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PI27772
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Residential street in Wedgwood, September 8, 1949
Order an ImageHome building boomed in many areas of the United States after World War II. In the Seattle area, some 27,805 houses were built between August 1945 and September 1949. This September 1949 photo, taken as part of National Home Week, shows some of the new homes in Seattle's Wedgwood area. The view is to the north from East 82nd Street along 42nd Avenue NE.
Written on negative: Wedgewood 9/8/49, Barrett
Written on original envelope: Homes-Seattle-Wedgwood & Parkwood; Subject headings for envelope group: Dwellings;
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): September 12, 1949
Written on negative: Wedgewood 9/8/49, Barrett
Written on original envelope: Homes-Seattle-Wedgwood & Parkwood; Subject headings for envelope group: Dwellings;
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): September 12, 1949
ID Number: PI27772
Date: 1949
Creator(s):
Barrett, L.S., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI27772, photo by L.S. Barrett
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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