Seattle's Beacon Hill (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531614959)

Ride the trolley up the ridge of Beacon Hill and discover one of South Seattle's most interesting districts. Unique among Seattle neighborhoods, Beacon Hill is a community where immigrants from all over the globe have settled side by side for over 100 years. This new book tells the story of the people and businesses of Beacon Hill in vintage photographs, the majority of which date before World War II. Readers will learn about the immigrants who worked on farms, opened shops, and labored in shipyards, the building of Jefferson Park, as well as the activism and political struggles that shaped the Beacon Hill neighborhood.

Author: Mira Latuszek, Frederika Merell, The Jefferson Park Alliance
ISBN-10: 1531614957
ISBN-13: 9781531614959
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2003
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d