Civil Works Administration and State of Washington Emergency Relief Administration photograph collection, 1933-1934
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Civil Works Administration and State of Washington Emergency Relief Administration photograph collection
- Dates
- 1933-1934 (inclusive)19331934
- Quantity
- 211 photographic prints (2 boxes) ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH0267
- Summary
- Photographs of Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Washington Emergency Relief Administration (WERA) projects in Washington state in the 1930s
- Repository
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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
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Most of collection available on digital site. Collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical Background
The Washington Emergency Relief Administration (WERA) was created in 1933 as Washington State's response to the Great Depression. The relief program was administered by the Emergency Relief Commission under the direction of the Governor, Clarence Daniel Martin and the appointed director of WERA, Charles F. Ernst. WERA was replaced by the Department of Public Welfare in 1935.
On November 9, 1933, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) was created by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was intended as a temporary federal program which would help stave off severe deprivation for the following winter. Within weeks, Harry Hopkins, the energetic head of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), had employed a million and a half people in CWA projects. By January 1934, over 4 million workers were employed by the CWA and under the administration of WERA. Civil Works Administration employees worked specifically on short-term construction projects that could be completed fairly quickly and included the building and improvement of roads, schools, playgrounds, sewers, and hospitals around the country. The Civil Works Service (CWS) was also established and provided non-construction based jobs including sewing centers, nursing positions and education, mapping and surveying projects.
Content Description
Collection contains eight albums and loose photographs documenting Civil Works Administration (CWA), Civil Works Service (CWS) and some Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) projects in Washington state during the 1930s. Albums include typed reports, photographs and some city plans. Areas in Washington involved include: Bremerton, Clark County, Klickitat County, Spokane County and cities in King County such as Renton, Sammamish, Kirkland, Enumclaw and Seattle. Projects in the state of Washington include: road construction and improvement, bridge construction and maintenance, waterway improvement, playfield and park improvement, water and sewage pipeline repairs, school projects, hospital and nursing activities and airport construction. Some projects are represented in multiple albums with duplicate photographs.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Albums 1-7 were a gift of Washington State Social Security Department, Ben Tidball Library, 1943.
Processing Note
Processed by Kristin Kinsey, 2009; Stefanie Terasaki, 2013.
Added 5 albums containing photographs found in subject files that have been gathered back together based on projects represented. Original order of albums is unknown.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Album 1
Photographs have been removed from album. Original order has been retained.
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Project 544 -Report on Improving State Lands North of City Limits of Seattle
Written on photographs: State of Wash. E.R.A- K.C.D.
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Description: Cover and typed report of project cost and descriptionDates: February 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1-1 to 1-2
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Description: Cleared land and work headquartersDates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1-3
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Description: Uncleared landDates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1-4
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Description: Workers clearing landDates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1-5 to 1-8
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Description: Stump burningDates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1-9
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Description: Workers clearing landDates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1-10 to 1-13
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Description: Views of cleared landDates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 1-14 to 1-15
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Description: Views of cleared land and trailsDates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 1-16 to 1-17
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Description: View of cleared landDates: January 17, 1934Container: Box:oversize XH2, Item 1-18
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Album 2- Report of Work in City of Bremerton
Photographs have been removed from album.
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Project C.W.A. 18-58-Equipment Maintenance
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Description: Typed report on project C.W.A. 18-58Dates: February 21, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 2-1 to 2-7
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Project C.W.A. 18-19-Gorst Creek Trestle and Flood Control
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Description: Typed report on project C.W.A. 18-19Dates: February 21, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 2-8 to 2-9
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Description: Photographs for project C.W.A. 18-19Dates: January 24-February 3, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 2-10a-k
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Project C.W.A. 18-2
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Description: Typed report and photographs on project C.W.A. 18-2Dates: February 21, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 2-11 to 2-13a-b
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Project C.W.A. 18-25
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Description: Typed report on project C.W.A. 18-25Dates: February 5, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 2-14 to 2-16
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Description: Map of City of Bremerton showing revision of street names and numerical system for numbering buildingsR.M. Bicknell (Designer)Dates: January, 25, 1932Container: Mapcase M734, Item 2-17
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Album 3 -School District #99, Clark County, Ridgefield, Wa.
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Projects 6-38, 6B4-32, C.6-5-E
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Description: Typed text explaining location and C.W.A.'s role for the school including accompanying photographsDates: circa 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 3-1a-b to 3-10
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Description: Photographs of completed C.W.A. projects at the schoolDates: circa 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 3-11 to 3-14
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Washington Emergency Relief Administration Projects
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Description: Photographs of completed W.E.R.A. projects at the school and typed explanations of W.E.R.A.'s role in the schoolDates: circa 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 3-15 to 3-24
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Description: Photographs of continuing W.E.R.A. projectsDates: circa 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 3-25 to 3-32
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Description: Photographs of school/community programs and sportsDates: circa 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 3-33 to 3-36
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Description: Photograph of school and newspaper articleDates: circa 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 3-37, 3-38
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Album 4- Municipal Street Railway, Seattle, WA
Some projects are represented in multiple albums and are repeated multiple times in the same album.
Photographs have been removed form album. Original order has been retained. Some of the photographs were taken by Asahel Curtis.
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Report on Municipal Street Railway, Seattle, Washington
Duplicate photographs also found in album 8.
Some of the same photographs can be found in PHColl 661 Federal Emergency Relief Administration Seattle Municipal Railway Photographs.
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Description: Typed report for project CWA 17-199 and Project 552Dates: February 15-19, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 4-1 to 4-12
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Description: Workers making and loading concrete slabsDates: January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 4-13 to 4-17
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Description: Workers preparing streetcar tracks for concrete slabs
4-18 is the same photo found in PHColl 661.4.
Dates: March 23, 1931 and January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 4-18 to 4-19 -
Description: Finished streetcar tracksDates: March 23, 1931 and January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 4-20 to 4-21
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Description: Concrete slabs partially installedDates: March 23, 1931 and January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 4-22
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Description: Workers preparing streetcars- including constructing painting, repairing and upholstering
4-25 is the same as item 8-10.
4-26 is the same as item 8-8.
4-27 is the same as item 8-9.
4-28 is the same as item 8-11.
4-23 is same photo found in PHColl 661.16.
4-24 is same photo found in PHColl 661.14.
4-25 is same photo found in PHColl 661.13.
4-26 is same photo found in PHColl 661.18.
4-27 is same photo found in PHColl 661.19.
4-29 is same photo found in PHColl 661.17.
Dates: January 19, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 4-23 to 4-29 -
Description: Maps for paving car tracks Seattle, WashingtonDodge and Graham (Designer)Dates: November, 24, 1931 and 1934Container: Mapcase M734, Item 4-30 to 4-32
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Album 5
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Pier 41-Smith's Cove, Seattle
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Description: Typed report on Pier 41, of Smith's CoveDates: February 21, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 5-1 to 5-2
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Description: Map by Port of Seattle Commission on Pier 41 regarding the seawallG.T. Treadwell (designer)Dates: November 1933Container: Mapcase M734, Item 5-3
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Album 6- Railroad Avenue, Marginal Way, Rainer Avenue
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Report on Railroad Avenue, Marginal Way, Rainier Avenue, Seattle, Washington
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Description: Typed report on Project C.W.A. 17-15 on the reconstruction of the brick along Railroad way, Marginal way and Rainer AvenueDates: February 18, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Item 6-1 to 6-2
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Dates: February 4, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Item 6-3
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Dates: February 4, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Item 6-4
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Album 7- Seattle School District #1Progress Report
Some projects are represented in multiple albums and are repeated multiple times in the same album.
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Progress Reportfor Seattle School District #1
Duplicate photographs found in album 8.
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Description: Typed report for Seattle School District #1
Typed report includes project CWA 17-244 and project KWCB 547 regarding specific schools
This report covers Ballard, Broadway, Cleveland, Franklin, Garfield, Queen Anne, Roosevelt, and West Seattle High Schools. A well as grade schools including, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Cascade, F.H. Coe, J.M Colman, Columbia, B.F. Day, Dunlap, Emerson, Fairview, Gatewood, Bailey Gatzert, Georgetown, Greenlake, Hawthorne, E.C. Hughes, Lowell, McGilvra, Horace B. Mann, T.T. Minor, Pacific, Salmon Bay, Seward, University Heights, Van Asselt, Warren Avenue, West Queen Anne,West Woodland, Martha Washington and various other sites.
Dates: November 24, 1933 -February 15, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Item 7-1 to 7-69 -
Description: Photographs for project 547 of repairs done in schools including repairing school desks, fixing machinery and refinishing pianos
7-70 is the same as item 8-74.
7-71 is the same as item 8-72.
7-72 is the same as item 8-73.
Dates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 7-70 to 7-72
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Album 8- Miscellaneous Projects
Some projects are represented in multiple albums and are repeated multiple times in the same album but in different locations.
Photographs have been removed from album. Original order has been retained.
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Project 505 and 2505-Fort Lawton
Fort Lawton was built in 1897 and opened in 1900 in Seattle, WA. During WWII it was used as a prisoner of war camp. In 1972 a large part of Fort Lawton land was given back to the city of Seattle and the following year it became today's Discovery Park. The Fort officially closed September 14, 2011.
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Description: Bluff Road at Fort LawtonDates: March 7, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Item 8-1
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Dates: January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Item 8-2 to 8-3
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Project 2749-North Bend Airport
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Description: Photographs of workers on North Bend Airport siteDates: March 19, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Item 8-4
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Project 501-Sand Point Naval Air Station
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Description: Photographs of construction for the landing field, including landing field drainage installationDates: December 7, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Item 8-5 to 8-6
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Project 2715-Preston Airport
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Description: Workers clearing land for Preston AirportDates: March 26, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/1, Item 8-7
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Project 552A-Municipal Street Railway
The photographs are the same as those found in Album 4.
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Description: Workers in the electrical department working with armatures
8-8 is the same as item 4-26.
8-9 is the same as item 4-27.
Dates: January 19, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/2, Item 8-8 to 8-9 -
Description: Workers preparing streetcars- including painting and repairing
8-10 is the same as item 4-25.
8-11 is the same as item 4-28.
Dates: January 19, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/2, Item 8-10 to 8-11
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Project 509-Lincoln Park
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Dates: December 26 and 31, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/2, Item 8-12 to 8-15
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Project 658-Cedar River
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Dates: December 27, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Item 8-16 to 8-18
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Project 697-Renton Commercial Waterway
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Description: Views of Cedar River and pile driving machineryDates: February 12, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Item 8-19 to 8-21
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Project 556-Sammamish River Improvement
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Description: Dredging of Sammamish RiverDates: February 10, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Item 8-22
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Project 508-Seward Park
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Description: Views of workers around Seward Park including construction of log shelter and swimming areaDates: January 1934 and December 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Item 8-23 to 8-27
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Description: Colman ParkDates: December 28, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/3, Item 8-28
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Project 561A ans 696-Firland Sanitorium
The Firland Sanitorium was opened in 1911 and changed locations in 1943. It was Seattle's tuberculosis hospital until 1973.
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Dates: January 30 and February 14, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/4, Item 8-29 to 8-32
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Project 579-King County Hospital
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Dates: January 8, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/4, Item 8-33
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Project 507 and 2507-Montlake Playfield
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Description: Montlake Playfield constructionDates: January 8, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/5, Item 8-34
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Dates: March 12, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/5, Item 8-35
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Project 552-Municipal Street Railway, Seattle, WA
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Dates: February 3, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/5, Item 8-36 to 8-39
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Description: Workers layering concrete slabs at Elliot Avenue from Harrison Street North, 2nd and Broad and 21st and Jackson, First Avenue South
8-41 is the same as item 4-18.
Dates: February 3, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/5, Item 8-40 to 8-44
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Project 609-Railroad construction on Railroad Avenue
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Dates: February 1, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/5, Item 8-45 to 8-47
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Water Pipeline Projects
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Description: Laying water pipline for project 553LDates: February 14, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/6, Item 8-48 to 8-49
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Description: Pipeline and dam construction in Redmond, WA for project 1521B showing pipe laying and jointingDates: February 14, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/6, Item 8-50 to 8-51
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Dates: February 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/6, Item 8-52 to 8-57
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Project 614-Smith's Cove, Seattle, WA
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Description: Construction for Smith's Cove Seattle, WADates: February 9, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Item 8-58 to 8-60
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Project 574-Seattle Bridge Construction
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Description: Views of Spokane Street BridgeDates: February 15 and March 8, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Item 8-61 to 8-62
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Description: View of workers on Montlake BridgeDates: February 19, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Item 8-63
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Description: Painters on 8th Avenue South BridgeDates: February 15, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Item 8-64
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Project 553-Cedar River Bridge
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Description: Bridge constructions over Cedar River in Barneston and Trude, Washington
From accompanying material: State of Washington Stream, bridge and channel improvement projects. Photo No. 4 of series of four. (8-65).
Dates: February 19, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Item 8-65 to 8-66
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Project 546-Kirkland Road Construction
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Description: Workers creating new street, Kirkland, WADates: February 14, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Item 8-67
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Project 603-Resurfacing Auburn Roads
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Dates: February 12, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Item 8-68 to 8-69
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Project 565-Seattle Public Schools
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Description: Assisting in school board office, Seattle, WADates: January 15, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Item 8-70
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Description: Mending books for Seattle SchoolsDates: January 16, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Item 8-71
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Project 547-Equipment overhaul Seattle, WA
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Description: Overhauling and refinishing machinery, pianos and school desks
8-72 is the same as item 7-71.
8-73 is the same as item 7-72.
8-74 is the same as item 7-70.
Dates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Item 8-72 to 8-74
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Project KCWB 639-Olympic View School
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Description: Man tuning a pianoDates: January 18, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Item 8-75
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Project 558-Sewing Center and Children's Bureau, Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA
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Description: Women working in Sewing Center
Sewing Center was located at 421 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA
Dates: January 20, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Item 8-76 to 8-77 -
Description: Filling requisitions at the Children's BureauDates: January 10, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Item 8-78
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Dates: January 10, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Item 8-79
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Project 923-North King County Sewing Room
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Dates: February 28, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Item 8-80
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Project 645, 606, 560-University of Washington
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Description: Work on a road at the University of Washington
Image includes an African American worker.
Dates: February 12, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Item 8-81 to 8-82 -
Dates: February 12, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Item 8-83
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Description: Baseball grounds for the University of WashingtonDates: March 28, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Item 8-84
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Project 2779-Naval Reserve
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Dates: April 7, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Item 8-85
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Project 665-National Guard Armory
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Description: Main Drill Hall with cannonsDates: March 27, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Item 8-86
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Project 547-Seattle Schools
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Dates: February 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Item 8-87
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Description: Workers painting exterior of University HeightsDates: February 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Item 8-88
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Description: Workers painting interior of Ballard High SchoolDates: February 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Item 8-89
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Dates: February 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Item 8-90
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Project 2964-Survey of High School Graduates
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Description: Seated workers
Printed on photo: Survey of High School Graduates- 810 Dexter Ave. Seattle, Wash., Checking graduate lists into city directory divisions.
Dates: February 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Item 8-91
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Project C.W.S. S-23-Seattle Public School Nurses
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Description: Group portrait of school nursesDates: February 27, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Item 8-92
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Project 508-Van Asselt Playfield
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Dates: December 25, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Item 8-93
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Project 534-Laurelhurst Fieldhouse
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Description: View of the Northwest corner of Laurelhurst Field House
Printed on photo: 80% complete.
Construction of the Laurelhurst fieldhouse started in January of 1934. In late March construction was stopped due to lack of funding from the CWA. Washington's Emergency Relief Administration provided the remaining necessary funds and the field house was completed Spring of 1935. The fieldhouse was built in the Tudor-Revival Style and was larger than it was originally planned to be.
Dates: March 6, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Item 8-94
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Project 576-Magnolia Playfield
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Description: Tennis courts at the Magnolia playfieldDates: March 12, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Item 8-95
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Project 503-Green Lake
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Description: Filled-in land south of Green LakeDates: March 6, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Item 8-96
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Project 573-Enumclaw, Washington
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Description: Playfield and stadium in Enumclaw, WADates: February 13, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Item 8-97
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Project 547-Seattle Schools
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Description: Martha Washington School grounds under construction
Printed on photo: 57th South and Holly Sts.
Dates: January 29, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Item 8-98 -
Dates: January 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Item 8-99
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Album 9- Seward Park, Washington
The photographs were probably from the same album, but were removed. They have been re-assembled but the original order is not known.
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Project 508-Seward Park, Seattle, Washington
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Description: Letter from C.E. Putnam regarding work accomplished at Seward ParkDates: February 21, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Item 9-1
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Description: Workers in forest at Seward ParkDates: January 2, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Item 9-2
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Description: Workers on hillsideDates: January 2, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Item 9-3
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Description: View of Lake Washington Boulevard near Dakota StreetDates: December 28, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Item 9-4
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Description: View of forestDates: January 3, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Item 9-5
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Description: Workers on road near hillsideDates: January 2, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Item 9-6
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Description: View of beachDates: January 3, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Item 9-7
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Album 10-Fort Lawton
The photographs were probably from the same album, but were removed. They have been re-assembled but the original order is not known.
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Project 505 and 2505-Fort Lawton, Seattle, Washington
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Description: Typed report on Fort Lawton
Report outlines type of work done at Fort Lawton including, clearing, grading, sodding, road and bridge building and tree surgery.
Dates: February 17, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/13, Item 10-1 -
Description: Views of clearing land at Fort LawtonDates: December 11, 1933- January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/13, Item 10-2 to 10-8
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Description: Before and after photographs of cleared landDates: November 22, 1933 and January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Item 10-9 to 10-12
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Dates: December 11, 1933 and January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Item 10-13 to 10-14
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Description: Tree planting and land grading at Fort LawtonDates: November 21, 1933 and January 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Item 10-15 to 10-16
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Description: Tree surgery before and during photos
From accompanying material: Emergency Relief Act pruned trees, WPA replanted trees, spent $292,460.
Dates: November 21, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Item 10-17 to 10-18 -
Dates: November 21, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/14, Item 10-19 to 10-20
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Album 11- Children's Bureau, Seattle, Washington
The photographs were probably from the same album, but were removed. They have been re-assembled but the original order is not known.
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Project 558-Children's Bureau and Sewing Center at 421 Fairview North, Seattle
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Description: Clothing on racksDates: January 9, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Item 11-1
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Description: Conditioning discarded clothingDates: January 9, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Item 11-2
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Description: Women sewing at machinesDates: January 9, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Item 11-3
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Description: Workers ironingDates: January 9, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Item 11-4
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Description: Interior of shoe departmentDates: January 9, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Item 11-5
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Description: Interior of stock roomDates: January 9, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Item 11-6
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Album 12-Firland Sanitorium
The photographs were probably from the same album, but were removed. They have been re-assembled but the original order is not known.
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Project 561-Firland Sanitorium
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Description: Entrance to the Firland SanitoriumDates: December 30, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/16, Item 12-1
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Description: Laundresses at Firland Sanitorium
From accompanying material: Four women laundresses were assigned under Civil Works Service funds to work as additional laundresses at Firland Sanitorium. The Sanitorium is a city supported institution free to all patients who have no funds.
Dates: January 30, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/16, Item 12-2 -
Description: Laundresses ironing at Firland SanitoriumDates: January 30, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/16, Item 12-3
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Description: Workers clearing landscapeDates: December 30, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/16, Item 12-4 to 12-5
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Description: Workers digging and burning out tree stumpsDates: December 30, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/16, Item 12-6
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Album 13-Activities at Greenlake Fieldhouse
The photographs were probably from the same album, but were removed. They have been re-assembled but the original order is not known.
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Project 577-Greenlake Fieldhouse, Children's Activities, Seattle
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Description: Group portrait of children's dramatic classDates: January 24, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/17, Item 13-1
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Description: Indoor ball gameDates: circa 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/17, Item 13-2
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Description: Junior boys tumbling classDates: January 24, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/17, Item 13-3
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Miscellaneous projects, Seattle, Washington
Some projects are repeats and represented in the albums above.
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Project 17-11-Seattle Public Library
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Description: Sorting the daily mail at Seattle Public Library
From accompanying material: Among women assigned to the Seattle Public Library under the Civil Works service program were women who did routine clerical jobs. Attached is a photograph of one of them opening and sorting the daily periodical mail.
Dates: January 16, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 14 -
Description: Woman typing cards for library catalogDates: January 16, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 15
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Description: Librarian and patron in periodical room
From accompanying material: 12 regular librarians were among the large staff of women assigned to the Seattle Public Library and its branches under the Civil Works Service program. Attached is a photograph showing charging magazines to a borrower in the periodical room.
Dates: January 16, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 16 -
Description: Worker organizing supply room
From accompanying material: Among the women assigned to the Seattle Public Library and its branches were several women who did routine dusting, cleaning and sorting of supplies.
Dates: January 16, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 17 -
Description: Women's lavatory in the Seattle Public Library
From accompanying material: Attached is a photograph showing the matron assigned to the women's lavatory. This lavatory had been closed for eight months due to the fact that the Library Board had no funds with which to keep it open.
Dates: January 16, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 18
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Project 27-48, 27-49 and 27-146-Point Defiance Park, Tacoma Washington
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Description: View of the Octagonal Waterfront Pavilion
The ocatgonal waterfront pavilion was built in 1903 and torn down in the 1930s. In 1921 an adjacent Waterfront Pavilion was added and included a restaurant and houseing for employees.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 19a -
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 19b
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Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 19c
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Project 505 and 2505-Fort Lawton, Seattle, Washington
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Description: Rustic Bridge and Bluff Road at Fort LawtonDates: March 7, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/18, Item 20
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Project 507-Washington Park
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Description: Washington Park under constructionDates: January 5, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/19, Item 21-22
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Project 508-Seward Park, Seattle, Washington
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Description: Workers along beach at Seward ParkDates: December 27, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/19, Item 23
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Project 547-Seattle Public Schools
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Description: Painters working on University Heights SchoolDates: February 23, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/19, Item 24
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Project 567-Community Nursing, Seattle, WA
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Description: Community nursing records office
From accompanying material: Community nursing furnishes a large free service throughout the city, much of it to the relief clients of the Washington Emergency Relief Administration. A staff of clerical women was supplied their office force to assist in handling the vast addition to records brought about by the increased relief load of the past two years.
Dates: January 16, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/19, Item 25
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Project 579-King County Hospital Projects
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Description: Record and storage room at King County Hospital
From accompanying material: Records in the storage room of the free King County Hospital were re-filed and amended to great advantage, according to hospital authorities. The work had been needed for sometime, but no appropriation had ever been available.
King County Hospital became Harborview Medical Center in 1931.
Dates: January 8, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/20, Item 26 -
Description: Linen room at King County Hospital
From accompanying material: Several women were employed in the linen room of the free King County Hospital for some months. Linen, gowns, and other hospital supplies were mended and resorted advantageously.
Dates: January 8, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/20, Item 27
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Project 580-Sacred Heart School, Seattle
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Description: Nurses administering Tuberculin Test at 509 Warren, Seattle
From accompanying material: Children of the Sacred Heart School taking the tuberculin test furnished through the Anti-Tuberculosis League of King County, in cooperation with the Seattle City Health Department. All nurses, doctors, social service and clerical workers on this project were paid for by the Federal Civil Works Service funds.
Dates: January 31, 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/20, Item 28
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Miscellaneous Projects, Klickitat County, Washington
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Unidentified Projects
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Description: Buck Creek Bridge across White Salmon RiverDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/21, Item 29
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Description: Pitt Bridge across Klickitat RiverDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/21, Item 30
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Description: Klickitat River Road
Attached to verso: Between Lyle and Klickitat. Washed out by floods. Rebuilt by CWA funds.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/21, Item 31
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Miscellaneous Projects, Spokane, Washington
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Project 32-28- Union Park Trunk Sewer
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Description: Workers layering sewer pipe
From accompanying material: layering of sewer pipe in the Union Park Trunk sewer, the largest CWA project undertaken in the county. The project was sponsored by the City of Spokane, and originally was approved for a grand total cost of $518,703, of which $331,680 was for labor, $187023, for CWA materials and $8000 for local contributors. The work was about 75 percent completed at the close of CWA activities March 29.
Dates: January 26, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/22, Item 32 -
Description: Man inside a sewer pipe
From accompanying material: Photograph shows the reinforcing of pipe joints in a curve in the Union Park Trunk Sewer. The pipe pictured here has an inside diameter of 66 inches. This big project, which at the completion of the CWA program March 29 was about 75 percent completed, employed as high as 1500 men, working in two shifts daily.
Dates: February 5, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/22, Item 33
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Project 32-53A- Spokane Valley Canal
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Description: Workers in Spokane Valley Canal near Liberty Lake
From accompanying material: Photograph shows workers engaged in the construction of the Spokane Valley Canal System, a project when completed will furnish sufficient water to irrigate 1500 acres of rich orchard and truck gardening lands situated approximately 15 miles east of the City of Spokane.
Dates: January 22, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/22, Item 34
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Unidentified Project
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Dates: January 13, 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/22, Item 35
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- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
