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Longacres, Barn 7, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Barn 7, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Count...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-29 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F(Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F(Flying...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Parts for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber are cut on a routing machine in the Boeing plant in Seattle. The Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes, has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Parts for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress)...

Public domain photograph related to World War Two, National Socialism, The Third Reich, Europe under Nazi occupation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a bunch of pipes. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a bunch of pipes. Office of War Information...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A complete fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber ready to be hoisted from its cradle in rope slings for mating sections in Boeing's Seattle plant. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A complete fuselage section for a new B...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. At the big Boeing plant in Seattle a woman worker applies identifying numbers to electrical conductor wires to be used in B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers. The Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes, has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. At the big Boeing plant in Seattle a w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. An electric spot welding job on a part for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers at the Boeing plant in Seattle. The Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes, has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. An electric spot welding job on a part...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Material for the construction of the B-17 (Flying Fortress) bomber

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. The tail and rudder of a mighty B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber near completion at the Boeing plant in Seattle.  The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine, heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. The tail and rudder of a mighty B-17F (...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers at the Boeing plant are women. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A spot welder

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers at the Boeing plant are women. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Another mighty B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber sets out on a test flight from the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Another mighty B-17F (Flying Fortress) ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a propeller plane. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a propeller plane. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Aerial view of downtown Seattle, Washington

Aerial view of downtown Seattle, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

The iconic, and here under renovation but still open, Space Needle in Seattle, Washington

The iconic, and here under renovation but still open, Space Needle in ...

The 605-foot-high observation tower, which has become a landmark of the entire Pacific Northwest, was built for the 1962 World's Fair that drew more than 2.3 million visitors, an estimated 20,000 of whom used i... More

Some of the more than 40,000 plants within the Amazon Spheres, three spherical conservatories on the headquarters campus of the Amazon corporation in Seattle, Washington, United States

Some of the more than 40,000 plants within the Amazon Spheres, three s...

Designed by NBBJ, the glass domes are covered in pentagonal hexecontahedron panes. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 201... More

Aerial view of the Shilstone Bay Marina in Seattle, Washington

Aerial view of the Shilstone Bay Marina in Seattle, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

View inside the Amazon Spheres, three spherical conservatories on the headquarters campus of the Amazon corporation in Seattle, Washington, United States

View inside the Amazon Spheres, three spherical conservatories on the ...

Designed by NBBJ, the glass domes are covered in pentagonal hexecontahedron panes. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 201... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Longacres, Second Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Second Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton,...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-5 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Second Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Second Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton,...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-5 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: The first captains' quarters constructed on the post and the largest of the Double Officers Quarters. The only duplex with a fully finished third floor. Completed December 30, 1899, from QMGO Pl... More

Fort Lawton, Double Barracks, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Double Barracks, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The largest and one of the first buildings completed on the post. The older of the two-company barracks, first occupied in July of 1901. Served as barracks for the Women's Army Corps in World Wa... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, S...

Significance: The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project was completed in 1898 and includes a cavity generating station, constructed some 250 feet below the surface of the river and about 300 feet from the edge... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Longacres, Clubhouse & Additions, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Clubhouse & Additions, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Ren...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-2 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Clubhouse & Additions, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Clubhouse & Additions, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Ren...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-2 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Intake Two, Tunnel Portals, Forebay, Gatehouse and Penstocks, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Intake Two, Tunnel Portals, Fo...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

Longacres, Original Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Original Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Rento...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-1 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Original Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Original Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Rento...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-1 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seattle, King County, WA

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seattle, King County, WA

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seattle, King County, WA

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Lester Guard Station, Ranger Station House, Forest Service Road No. 45, Lester, King County, WA

Lester Guard Station, Ranger Station House, Forest Service Road No. 45...

Significance: The Guard Station Residence and Office is part of the Lester Guard Station which is an intact example of a transitional USDA Forest Service facility that possesses strong historical associations w... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Machine Shop, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Machine Shop, .5 mile north of...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Machine Shop, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Machine Shop, .5 mile north of...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

Lester Guard Station, Forest Service Road No. 45, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Lester, King County, WA

Lester Guard Station, Forest Service Road No. 45, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie...

Significance: The Lester Guard Station is an intact example of a transitional USDA Forest Service facility which possesses strong historical associations with early Forest Service administration and also reflec... More

Lester Guard Station, Fire Warehouse, Forest Service Road No. 45, Lester, King County, WA

Lester Guard Station, Fire Warehouse, Forest Service Road No. 45, Lest...

Significance: The Fire Warehouse is part of the Lester Guard Station which is an intact example of a transitional USDA Forest Service facility that possesses strong historical associations with early Forest Ser... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: Designed to house two captains' families, this residence was identical to a second that was removed in 1956 to make way for the Air Defense radar antennae installation on Washington Avenue. Compl... More

Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel, Interstate 90, passing under Mount Baker Ridge, Seattle, King County, WA

Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel, Interstate 90, passing under Mount Baker Rid...

Significance: In the context of Western tunneling, it is remarkable for both the material it was driven through (clay), and the form it took (twin bore). It ranks as the world's largest diameter soft earth tun... More

Longacres, Paddock Club, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Paddock Club, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-4 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Paddock Club, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Paddock Club, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-4 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Racing Secretary's Office, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Racing Secretary's Office, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street,...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-35 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Lawton, Bake House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Bake House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Used as the post bakery through the 1930s and converted to office use during World War II. Completed April 24, 1902, from QMGO Plan No. 49-D. Original cost: $1,870. One story frame structure on... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: One of the first three officers quarters completed, this residence was part of the original unit of buildings constructed by the contractors Nichols and Crothers. The duplex is identical in plan ... More

Fort Lawton, Post Exchange & Gymnasium, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Post Exchange & Gymnasium, Discovery Park, Seattle, King ...

Significance: Architecturally the most formal non-residential building on the post. Originally included amenities such as billiard room, lunch counter, reading room, store, and gym. Completed May 2, 1905, fro... More

Fort Lawton, Quartermaster Work Shops, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Fort Lawton, Quartermaster Work Shops, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: Of three early service buildings on the post, this one remains closest to its original configuration. Converted to a Quartermaster Corps barracks in 1916, an ordnance storehouse in 1920, and offi... More

Longacres, Barn 5A, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Barn 5A, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Coun...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-41 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lightship No. 83, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Lightship No. 83, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Lightship No. 83 is one of three surviving lightships and "the oldest on the West Coast." Of the three surviving lightships, "only No. 83 has retained her original marine steam engine and machine... More

U. S. Courthouse, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

U. S. Courthouse, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: At the time of its completion in August 1940, the United States Courthouse in Seattle was the first building in the West to be designated solely as a Federal courthouse. It was the second Federal... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

Longacres, Barn 31, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Barn 31, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Coun...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-20 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Barn 31, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Barn 31, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Coun...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-20 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, WA

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Longacres, Barn 6A, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Barn 6A, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Coun...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-43 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Carpenter's Shop, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Carpenter's Shop, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, ...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-7 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Blacksmith Shop, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Blacksmith Shop, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, K...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-38 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Barn 25, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King County, WA

Longacres, Barn 25, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Coun...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-23 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California. The famous strikers' concentration camp in 1933 was at Corcoran camp

Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran,...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Fuselage sections

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Tail sections of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers ready for assembly into the big warships of the air at the Boeing plant in Seattle. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine, heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Tail sections of B-17F (Flying Fortress...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two women are working on a model train. Office of War Information Photograph

Two women are working on a model train. Office of War Information Phot...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table. Office of War I...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Fuselage sections

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Workers assembling a motor

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A nearly complete B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber at the Boeing's production line in the Seattle plant. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A nearly complete B-17F (Flying Fortres...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Fast, expert workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle apply outer "skins" to fuselage sections for new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers, while assembly and fitting operations go forward in the interiors. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Fast, expert workers at the Boeing plan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. An electric spot welding job on a part for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers at the Boeing plant in Seattle. The Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes, has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. An electric spot welding job on a part...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Boeing aircraft plane, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Fuselage section

Boeing aircraft plane, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers at the Boeing plant are women. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Pho...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Women working on the fuselage framework

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Two of the four mighty engines of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers warm up at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant as another warship of the air awaits its flight test. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Two of the four mighty engines of a new...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Six-year-old Gregorio Drozco III does what a lot of people do in a Seattle, Washington, alley when he blows a bubble, preparatory to wadding up his gum and sticking it to a wall next to the Market Theatre that has become a kitschy tourist attraction

Six-year-old Gregorio Drozco III does what a lot of people do in a Sea...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

14'-3" Double Ended Davis Boat, The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, King County, WA

14'-3" Double Ended Davis Boat, The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, ...

Survey number: HAER WA-227 Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

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