On September 23, 1940, 207 individuals took their citizenship oaths in one of the largest naturalization classes that year. Oaths had not been administered for several weeks due to a law prohibiting immigrants from becoming citizens within 30 days of an election.
In this image, a large group of people raise their right hands as the clerk of the court administers the oath of citizenship in front of Judge Lloyd L. Black (not pictured) at the United States District Court building in Seattle.
Handwritten on negative: Aliens become citizens Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): October 7, 1940.
Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, September 24, 1940, p. 17.
ID Number: PI24523
Date: 1940
Physical Description: 1 safety negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
