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Series 400: Department of Public Works project photographs [Brittain Collection], 1900-2002

These files contain 2x3 and 4x5 negatives, cellulose nitrate negatives, prints, glass lantern and color slides. Bob Brittain, photographer for the Department of Public Works (c. 1960-1995) collected, maintained, and used early images for his work. Later files contain Brittain's own work. Topics include: roads, bridges, accidents, construction, floods and flood damage, Boeing field, aircraft, aerial views, ecology, scenery, machinery, work methods and workers.

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95_005_1752_N_women_building_airplane 95_005_5374_BFI_runway_striping_1972 95_005_0824_p
Women building airplanes
(Photo ID: 95-005-1752-N)    		 BFI [Boeing Field] runway striping, 1972
(Photo ID: 95-005-5374)		 Auburn
(Photo ID: 95-005-0824-P)

95_005_0272__N_Trunk_Rd_ 95_005_1573P 95_005_2518_P
North Trunk Road [now Aurora Avenue]
(Photo ID: 95-005-0272-N)		 Richmond Beach Sewer Construction, 1941
(Photo ID: 95-005-1573-P)		 Construction of West Side Lake Sammamish Extension [now W Lake Sammamish Parkway]
(Photo ID: 95-005-2518-P)

457_Earthquake_16th_S_Bridge5 95_005_0692_pg 95_005_0613_pg
Earthquake damage under 16th Avenue S Bridge, 1965
(Photo ID: 457)		 Bridge 122-I on North Fork Road over the Snoqualmie River, 1917
(Photo ID: 95-005-0692-PG)		 Ferry landing at Roshilla Trestle on Maury Island
(Photo ID: 95-005-0613-PG)