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English: King County Poor Farm, Georgetown, ca. 1907   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Webster & Stevens
Title
English: King County Poor Farm, Georgetown, ca. 1907
Description
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In 1854, Washington's legislature made counties responsible for caring for all poor, sick and homeless people whose relatives could not support them. Counties could build workhouses or poor farms and contract out the care of sick and indigent adults. Starting in 1877, King County operated a County Poor Farm on the Duwamish River, where destitute people lived and worked. This photo, taken around 1907, shows the King County Poor House (left) and Poor Farm south of downtown Seattle.

Handwritten on sleeve: County Poor Farm. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Almshouses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Farms--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Barns--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fences--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Georgetown (Seattle, Wash.)
Date circa 1907
date QS:P571,+1907-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 6.5 in (16.5 cm); width: 8.5 in (21.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,6.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
2464
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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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.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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