Documentary in Narrative Form- A Rustic, Nostalgic Walk Through Early Seattle
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (US General American - GenAM)Transcript
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It was in October 1931 that I, a lumberjack long out of employment, found myself out of funds seeking relief from charitable institutions. I walked down the waterfront to the vacant property of the Seattle Port Commission, where a shipyard wants was located. I was one of the 1st 20 to build a shack upon the property, bounded by Railroad Avenue on the East Dearborn street on the north Connecticut street on the south and the waterfront over to the west. It was destined to pass through many difficulties and grow to a little shanty city of 600 shacks and 1000 inhabitants. When Hooverville were started in 1931 the business houses in this part of town, we're pretty hostile to us. They look down upon us, is a bunch of shiftless fellows and no doubt wanted to be rid of us. But when they saw us begin, the determined uphill struggle of building ourselves houses to live in their attitude toward has changed