Washington Emergency Relief Administration, Division 2 Works Project Summaries, 1934-1945 - Ar55-1-0-8_P0295
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Image shows men working on the understructure of a metal bridge that spans a body of water. The bridge operator's house is visible in the left-hand side of the image. A hill covered with buildings is visible in the background.
"State of Wash. / W. E. R. A. Dis # 2 / 17-B6-41 / Aug. 8-1934. Neg 436 / Painting Fremont Bridge." -- handwritten in lower left-hand corner on recto.
"Repainting City Bridges / (121) Cleaning and painting of six Seattle bridges was a continuation of a CWA project. While in operation structural cleaners, painters, electric welders and numerous semi-skilled workmen were given employment. This picture is of the Fremont bridge over the Lake Washington ship canal." -- on typewritten note attached to verso.
[Identification of item], Washington (State) Emergency Relief Administration, Division 2 Works Projects Summaries, 1934-1935, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed].
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Indexing and digitization completed by Rebecca Hastings, Washington State Archives.
