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    • [Milwaukee Road freight train]

    • [Milwaukee Road freight train]

    • Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road; W.A. Dooley & Co.; locomotive, electric; locomotive no. 10250; engineer, railroad; machine, washing; interstate commerce

    • A Milwaukee Road freight train of 18 cars loaded with washing machines pulled by locomotive no. 10250. The sign on the front of the locomotive reads, "World's largest shipment of bench type washers from Newton, Iowa for Seattle / W.A. Dooley & Co."
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Milwaukee Road freight train]

    • [Milwaukee Road freight train]

    • Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road; W.E. Dooley & Co.; machine, washing; locomotive, electric; locomotive no. 10250; interstate commerce

    • Big crowd of people in front of Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound electric bipolar locomotive no. 10250. The sign on the train reads, "World's largest shipment of bench type washers from Newton, Iowa, for Seattle, W.E. Dooley & Co."
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Milwaukee Road snow scene]

    • [Milwaukee Road snow scene]

    • Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway; Drexel, MT; Montana; worker, railroad, snowplow, rotary; snow; shovel

    • Group of Milwaukee Road railroad workers and others in the snow at Drexel, Montana. A rotary snowplow is visible on the tracks.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Sugar Beet harvest]

    • [Sugar Beet harvest]

    • Whatcom County; Bellingham, WA; Utah-Idaho Sugar Company; agriculture; sugar beet industry; sugar beet; worker, agricultural; harvest

    • Four workers slash sugar beets in the field near Bellingham, Washington. The sugar beets were sold to the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Sugar beet field conveyor}

    • [Sugar beet field conveyor}

    • Whatcom County; Bellingham, WA; Utah-Idaho Sugar Company; agriculture; sugar beet industry; sugar beet; worker, agricultural; harvest; conveyor, field

    • Worker with long-handled tool stands at a field conveyor and loader that moves sugar beets to cars for transport to the Utah and Idaho Sugar factory in Bellingham, Washington
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Sugar beet conveyor and loader]

    • [Sugar beet conveyor and loader]

    • Whatcom County; Bellingham, WA; Utah-Idaho Sugar Company; agriculture; sugar beet industry; sugar beet; worker, agricultural; harvest; conveyor, field; wagon, farm

    • Agricultural workers dump a field wagon full of sugar beets into a conveyor and loader near Bellingham, Washington. One man operates a pulley that tilts the wagon bed, dumping the contents into the conveyor
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Sugar in warehouse]

    • [Sugar in warehouse]

    • Whatcom County; Bellingham, WA; Utah-Idaho Sugar Company; agriculture; sugar beet industry; conveyor; building, storage; sack, sugar

    • Workers stack bags of sugar as the bags come off the conveyor at the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company warehouse in Bellingham, Washington.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Sugar beet field workers]

    • [Sugar beet field workers]

    • Whatcom County; Bellingham, WA; Utah-Idaho Sugar Company; agriculture; sugar beet industry; sugar beet; worker, agricultural; harvest; wagon, farm; horse

    • Agricultural workers load sugar beets into a farm wagon pulled by two horses near Bellingham, Washington. The beets are headed to the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. for processing.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.]

    • [Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.]

    • Whatcom County; Bellingham, WA; Utah-Idaho Sugar Company; agriculture; sugar beet industry

    • The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company building in Bellingham, Washington. Two Great Northern freight cars are on the track in front of the building.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Sugar beet farmer]

    • [Sugar beet farmer]

    • Whatcom County; Bellingham, WA; Utah-Idaho Sugar Company; agriculture; sugar beet industry; sugar beet; worker, agricultural; farmer; plow; horse

    • Farmer near Bellingham, Washington plows his beet field before slashing can begin
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Loading apples at Hanford Dock]

    • [Loading apples at Hanford Dock]

    • International Stevedoring Company; Hanford Street Dock; apple industry; Seattle, WA; King County; international trade; longshoreman

    • Loading Washington apples from Yakima at the Hanford Dock in Seattle to be shipped to Liverpool. A longshoreman stands on the dock guiding a platform loaded with crates of Samson apples as it is lifted to the deck of the ship.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Milwaukee Road club car]

    • [Milwaukee Road club car]

    • Milwaukee Road; Chicago, Milwaukee Puget Sound Railway; waiter; African American; car, club; card playing; card game

    • Interior of a Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway club car. Five men are playing cards at a round table. An African American waiter stands beside the table holding a tray with two bottles of ale and glasses.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Kaga Maru at Seattle]

    • [Kaga Maru at Seattle]

    • Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; silk trade; international trade; S.S. Kaga Maru

    • The Steamship Kagamaru (Kaga Maru) at dock in Seattle. The ship carries silk from Japan to be loaded onto Great Northern Railway boxcars for shipping to Chicago and New York on a special silk train.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Kaga Maru at Seattle]

    • [Kaga Maru at Seattle]

    • Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; silk trade; international trade; S.S. Kaga Maru

    • The deck of the steamship Kagamaru (Kaga Maru) at dock in Seattle. Bales of silk are being raised from the hold of the ship. The ship carried silk from Japan to be loaded onto Great Northern Railway boxcars for shipping to Chicago and New York.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Kaga Maru at Seattle]

    • [Kaga Maru at Seattle]

    • Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; silk trade; international trade; S.S. Kaga Maru

    • The steamship Kagamaru (Kaga Maru) unloading bales of silk at dock in Seattle. Longshoremen on the dock with handcarts wait for the bales to be lowered.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Silk in warehouse]

    • [Silk in warehouse]

    • Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; silk trade; international trade; building, storage

    • Interior of a warehouse filled with bales of silk that had recently been unloaded from the S.S. Kaga Maru. The final destination of each bale is printed on the bale: Chicago or New York. The warehouse was located at Pier 88 in Seattle.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Customs inspectors inspect silk]

    • [Customs inspectors inspect silk]

    • Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; silk trade; international trade; bale; customs agent; U.S. Customs Service

    • Three custom inspectors wearing uniforms prepare to inspect bales of silk in a warehouse that had recently been unloaded from the steamship Kaga Maru. The warehouse was located at Pier 88 in Seattle.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Great Northern silk train]

    • [Great Northern silk train]

    • Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; silk trade; international trade; bale; longshoreman; boxcar

    • Longshoremen using handcarts load bales of silk into a Great Northern Railway boxcar. The bales were stored in a warehouse on Pier 88 in Seattle. Two men push a cart up a ramp into the boxcar. The silk is destined for Chicago and New York. The...
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Great Northern silk train]

    • [Great Northern silk train]

    • 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...
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs

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