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Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest

Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest (1940)

February. 17,1940
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Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest

1940  / 0 hr 9 min

This Traveltalk series short visits Seattle and other areas in the state of Washington. Seattle was a small city until the 1897 gold rush. During World War I, it served as a major shipping center for lumber that was transported through the Panama Canal to East Coast shipbuilders. We also visit a Weyerhaeuser lumber camp located between Longview and Tacoma, and the city of Everett, where lumber is used in the burgeoning aircraft industry.

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James A. FitzPatrick
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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