Woman's basketry hat, woven in wrapped twining of hemp, bear grass, and an unidentified plant fiber. The design has three triangular units along the top and three along the bottom. The buckskin thong at the top of the hat is used to tie the warps...
Skokomish; crow's feet and dishes motif; dog, domestic; container
Large cylindrical twined basket, Skokomish. The base is started with a square panel of plain twining in which the rows alternate direction. This panel is surrounded by three sections of plain twining separated by single rows of three strand...
Oblong rectangular basket with attached lid. Said to have been made by Siagut, a Cowlitz basket maker. The base and lid are made as separate pieces, each has twill plaiting of bear grass and dyed cedar bark or fern root (?) on both surfaces. The...
Interior of the Renton Coal Mine showing empty coal cars and two miners. Shows structure of the interior supported by heavy wooden beams. Wires are strung along the walls.
Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; silk trade; international trade; locomotive no. 2517
The Marathon, Great Northern Mountain class P-2 no. 2517 pulling the silk train out of Seattle, Washington on a record breaking round trip run to St. Paul carrying $5,000,000 worth of raw silk. People in towns along the way turned out to watch as...
Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; silk trade; international trade; locomotive no. 2517
The Marathon, Great Northern Mountain class P-2 no. 2517 pulling the silk train out of Seattle, Washington on a record breaking round trip run to St. Paul carrying $5,000,000 worth of raw silk. People in towns along the way turned out to watch as...
Okanogan County; Omak, WA; depot, railroad; Great Northern Railway; boxcar
The Great Northern Railway depot at Omak in Washington State. Two men with suitcases stand beside the station along with a man in an automobile. A Great Northern freight train is on the tracks.
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; railroad travel; railroad, electric; electrification; train Olympian; Yakima River; Yakima County
The Olympian, Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, no. 15, near Tunnel 46 along the Yakima River in Washington State.Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; railroad travel; railroad, electric; electrification; train Olympian; Yakima River; Yakima...