Here are the locations of eight shack towns that housed homeless people in the Seattle area in the 1930s. The largest, known as "Hooverville," was on Elliot Bay near the present site of Qwest stadium. Click the markers to see photos and descriptions of each site. Click again to enlarge photos.

 

Google map designed by Patrick Kelly. Photos courtesy University of Washington Digital Collections, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle Municipal Archives, King County Archives.