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English: Elise Olmstead reading story book into microphone, ca. 1924   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Hartsook
Title
English: Elise Olmstead reading story book into microphone, ca. 1924
Description
English: Elise Olmstead, originally from England, was the second wife of Roy Olmstead, one of the most notorious bootleggers in King County during the Prohibition years of the 1920s. The Olmsteads started a radio station in their Mt. Baker home. Elise Olmstead read children’s stories that were broadcast, and Prohibition agents speculated that the stories contained coded messages for rumrunners. This studio photograph may not have been taken inside the radio station but it illustrates the broadcasts done at that time.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Microphones; Prohibition—Washington (State)—Seattle; Radio—Washington (State)—Seattle; Reading—Washington (State)—Seattle
  • People: Olmstead, Elise
Depicted place
English: United States—Washington (State)—Seattle
Date circa 1924
date QS:P571,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5474
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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