Federal Emergency Relief Administration/Civil Works Administration Improvements photograph collection, circa 1930s

Overview of the Collection

Title
Federal Emergency Relief Administration/Civil Works Administration Improvements photograph collection
Dates
circa 1930s (inclusive)
Quantity
174 photographic prints (2 boxes)
8 negatives (1 box) : nitrate
Collection Number
PH0272
Summary
Photographs of FEMA/CWA improvement projects in Washington state, circa 1930s
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English

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Projects in Washington state include: school repair and improvement; road and bridge construction and improvements; sewer and water system repair; flood control and irrigation system projects; and playground and park improvements.

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Container(s) Description
Box/Folder
1/1 Repairs to four schools - Lincoln, Roosevelt, Jefferson, Washington (Port Angeles) (Project #C-5-2)
1/2 E. Bremerton Playfield (Project #C-18-6); Improvements - Manette, Hillcrest Schools (Project #C-18-5); Improvements - Waterman School (Project #C-18-4)
1/3 Kirkland Byway construction (Project #C-17-9); Improvements - Lincoln School (Project #C-18-2); Improvements - Keyport School (Project #C-18-1)
1/4 Construction - Port Townsend School (Project #C-16-6); Construction - Chinicum School (Project #C-16-3)
1/5 Improvements - Quilcene School District #5 (Project #C-16-4); Repairs to four schools - Lincoln, Roosevelt, Jefferson, Washington (Port Angeles) (Project #C-5-2)
1/6 Goldendale-Bickelton Rd. (Klickitat Co. (Project #C-20-1); Wildwood-Vader Rd. (Lewis Co.) (Project #C-21-1); Centralia sewer job (Project #C-21-9)
1/7 Centralia Playground Shed (Project #C-21-8E); Centralia Playfield (Project #C-21-4); Pe Ell Water System (Lewis Co.) (Project #C-21-2)
1/8 Winlock Sewers (Lewis Co.) (Project #C-21-6); Odessa Flood Control (Lincoln Co. (Project #C-22-2); Improvements - Odessa School (Lincoln Co.) (Project #C-22- 8E0; Shelton Sewer System (Project #C-23-1)
1/9 Tonasket Sewers (Project #C24-4); Sullivan Lake Rd. (Pend Oreille Co.) (Project #C-26-19); Sea Wall at Point Defiance Park (Project #C-27-7); Pierce Co. (Project #C-27-2)
1/10 Repairs - Shaw Schools, Stewart Island (Project #C-28-4); Marblemount Deception Pass Rd. (Skagit Co.) (Project #C-29-1]
1/11 Stevenson School Dist. #3 (Skamania Co.) (Project #C-30-40E) Wind River irrigation (Project #C-30-3); Deception Pass Bridge (Project #33); Swimming pool in Skamania Co. Park (Project #C-30-4)
1/12 Carsen School playshed (Skamania Co.) (Project #C-30-5E); Improvements - Mulkiteo Rural School Dist. #6 (Project #C-31-5); Everett Public Library (Snohomish Co. (Project #C-31-2); City of Snohomish water supply system (Project #C- 31-1)
1/13 West Valley High School, Millwood. (Project #C32-2); Government Way Rd., Spokane (Project #C-32-1); Felts Field Hangar, Packwater; Spokane sewer and street improvements (Project #C-32-6)
1/14 Northport Gymnasium (Project #C-33-5E, C-33-6); Springdale Road fill (Stevens Co.) (Project #C-33-1); Bridge construction? (Project #C-34-6); Olympia pumping plant (Project #C-34-1); Recreational swimming pool and sewing project, Walla Walla (Project #C-36-3)
1/15 Ellensburg water and sewer system (Project #C-19-2); Flood control and diking project , Yakima River; Improvements - Pearson School (Project #C-18-7E); Improvements - Hillcrest School, Bremerton (Project #C-18-E); Recreation project, Walla Walla (Project #C-36-3); Mill Creek Flood Control (Project #C-36-1)
1/16 Harmony School furnace (Project #C-37-14); Sumas School Dist. #319 (Whatcom Co.) (Project # C-37-11E); Everson City Hall (Project #C-37-12); Pullman City Hall and Fire Station (Project #C-38-1]
1/17 Improvements high school, Pullman (Project #C-38-6); Yakima High School tennis courts; Franklin Jr. High School, Yakima; Washington Jr. High School park and playground (Project #C-38-6); Lions Club, City Park swimming pool, Yakima; City of Yakima garage.
2/18 Toppenish School (Project #C-39-3); Schuler Grade Rd, Yakima (Project #C-39-7); Sunnyside School, Yakima (Project #C- 39-1)
2/19 Improvements - Adams Co. roads (Project #C-1-3); Improvements - Lind Consolidated School Dist. #149 (Adams Co.) (Project #C-1-1); Improvements - Clarkston Jr. High School (Asotin Co. (Project #C-2-2)
2/20 Railroad Ave. (Project #C-17-10); Improvements to high school, Redmond. (Project #C-17-4); Improvements to high school, Renton (Project #C-17-19]
2/21 Flood control, Mission Creek (Project #C4-8/C4-9); Headgates of Columbia Irrigation Districts main canal (Benton Co); Water system intake, Leavenworth (Project #C4- 4); Street and water improvements, Cashmere (Project #C4- 2/C4-3); 8th Street Bridge, Port Angeles.
2/22 Henry Ford School, Renton; Railroad Ave. (Project #C-17- 10); Garfield Playfield (Project #C-17-12); Sartori School, Renton (Project #C-17-13); Addition to high school, Renton (Project #C-17-4); New school building, Tolt (Project #C-17-17)
2/23 Vancouver High School (Clark Co.) (Project #C-6-2); Columbia County Fairgrounds, Dayton. (C-7-1); Columbia County roads (Project #C-7-2)
2/24 New pumping house and dikes (Cowlitz Co. (Project #C-8-1)
2/25 Improvements - Inchelium School (Ferry Co.) (Project #C- 10-2); Ferry County roads (Project #C-10-1); Pomeroy High School (Garfield Co.) (Project #C-12-4E/C-12-5E); Pomeroy Municipal Golf Course (Garfield Co. (Project #C-12-7)
2/26 Bridges (Grant Co. (Project #C-13-2); Dock construction, Grays Harbor Co.) (Project #C-14-2); Beacon Hill Reservoir (Grays Harbor Co. (C-14-1)
2/27 Sewer laying, Pacific City. (Project #C-17-11); Youngstown Playfield (Project #17-B11-108)
2/28 High school building (Island Co. (Project #C-15-4); Improvements to Junior high school, Renton (Project #C-17- 3); Midlakes? (Project #C-17-4?); Railroad Ave. (Project #C-17- 10); Henry Ford School, Renton (Project #C-17-19)
2/29 Bicycle path, Kirkland (Project #C-17-9); Magnolia Playfield, Ravenna Park pool, Lincoln Park seawall, Laurelhurst fieldhouse (Project #C-17-12)
2/30 East Bremerton Playfield (C-18-6); Illahee Giberton Rd. (Project #C-18-3]

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Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)