WAUBlaineHighPHColl467.xml Guide to the Blaine High School Photograph Collection 1940 Blaine High School Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2004 (Last modified: 4/11/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0467 Clark, Horace G Blaine High School Photograph Collection 1940 16 photographic prints in one album (1 folder) ; various sizes Collection materials are in English. Album of photographs documenting the of construction of the Vocational Training Building at Blaine High School, Blaine, Washington, 1940

Blaine, Washington, is situated just below the Canadian border in Whatcom County. The first school district was established in Blaine in 1885. The high school began a site-expansion program in the late 1930s, and the next decades saw multiple building projects, beginning with the Vocational Training Building in 1940.

The collection consists of an album photographed by Horace G. Clark of the construction of the Vocational Training Building at Blaine High School in Blaine, Washington.

Collection is open to the public.

Request at UW

Processed by Eydie Detera, March, 2003. Revised by Sarah Nelson, April, 2004.

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1 1 Cover page Sept. 1940

Typed on cover page: "Blaine, Wash. Sept. 6th, 1940. The following views taken at different times show interesting views of the new Vocational Training Building, an important addition to the Blaine High School. The building, now completed, to be dedicated tonight 66x144 feet in size is, I am told, one of the best in the state. Horace G. Clark."

 2 2 Construction site with framed walls of structure Oct. 1939 3 3 "Front view" of completed walls of structure Nov. 1939 4 4 "Rear view" of completed walls structure Nov. 1939 5 5 "Roof construction" 6 6 "During construction" 7 7 Front view of construction with windows added July 1940 8 8 Angled front view of construction with windows added July 1940 9 9 "Main entrance" 10 10 "Rear view" of construction with windows added 11 11 "Rear and south end including high school" 12 12 "South class room" 13-14 13-14 "North class room" 15 15 "Farm shop" 16 16 "Manual training shop" 17 17 "Bleachers built of salvaged lumber"