Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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University of Washington Libraries
Special
Collections
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Collection Number:
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608
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Title:
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Helping the Homeless
Man: Activities and Facilities of the Central Registry for Homeless Single
Men
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Dates:
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ca. 1933-1934 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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18 photographic prints
(1 box)
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in English.
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Summary:
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Photographs of
Salvation Army shelters operating in Seattle, Washington, during the Great
Depression.
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Location of Collection:
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K0184
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Historical Note
The Seattle Salvation Army was founded in 1887 and during the
Depression operated shelters for homeless men at 213 ½ Second Avenue South, the
former United States Immigration Building, and at 117 ½ Main Street. Because of
Seattle's position as a gateway city to the Pacific and Alaska, the men who
visited the shelters came from all over the United States and even from foreign
nations.
Historical Background
During the early 1930s, while the United States
endured the Great Depression, many people became homeless. Some government
agencies and private charities tried to help the homeless by providing food,
shelter, and employment. These shelters were known by several names such as
emergency shelters, flophouses, Hoover's hotels, and recreation halls.
When men entered the shelters, they were registered, fed, cleaned and
examined, and provided with clean nightclothes and a bed for the night. If the
men needed medical attention, they were sent to a hospital. In the morning,
their newly fumigated and sterilized clothes were returned. They were served
breakfast and either sent on their way or asked to do some work in the shelter.
Sometimes a shelter had an employment agency that located jobs for the men.
Content Description
The photographs in this collection show three of the shelters that
were set up by the Salvation Army to help the homeless men in Seattle during
the Great Depression. Interior views of the shelters show double-deck beds, the
shower facilities, and some of the areas in the shelters where the men could
find employment, such as a tailor shop, a shoe repair shop, and a wood yard
operation.
Administrative Information
Processing Note Processed by Maria Ovalles and Jocelyn Spicer,
2002.
Condition Note: Because the album had come apart,
the album pages were separated and put into protective folders.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access Collection is open to the public.
Subjects
| Salvation
Army. Advisory Board (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Depressions--1929--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Shelters for the
homeless--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs |
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Container(s)
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Description
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1:
Title page: Helping
the Homeless Man, Activities and Facilities of the Central Registry for
Homeless Single Men
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2-3:
Shelter #1, 213 1/2 Second Avenue South,
Seattle (social)
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4-5:
Shelter #2, formerly the United States
Immigration Bldg., Seattle (social)
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6-7:
Shelter #3, 117 1/2 Main Street,
Seattle (social)
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8-9:
Shelter #2, dormitory (social)
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12-13:
Wood yard at Railroad Avenue and King
Street (social)
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14-15:
Receiving ward (social)
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16-17:
Check room at headquarters (social)
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18-19:
Shelter #1, tailor shop (social)
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20-21:
Shelter #1, laundry rooms
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22-23:
Shelter #1, sterilizer
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24-25:
Shelter #1, shower room
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26-27:
Shelter #1, shoe repair shop (social)
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28-29:
Occupational chart
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30-31:
Shelter #1, recreation room (social)
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32-33:
Number two corps auditorium at the
Salvation Army chapel
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34-35:
First-aid cabinet (social)
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36-37:
Harborview Hospital
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