Orchard worker at the Curtis Orchard in Grandview, Washington is about to place a box of apples on a flatbed wagon that is pulled by two horses. A boy about ten years old stands with hands on his knees looking towards the photographer. Boxes of...
Apex Fish Company; Anacortes, WA; cannery, salmon; salmon
Close-up of the top of a can of salmon from the Apex Fish Company cannery in Anacortes, WA. In the center of the can top is trademark for the company; a flag with the letter APEX arranged in a diamond shape around the letters F and C in the center...
Workers at the Apex Fish Company in Anacortes, Washington have their picture taken on the dock at the cannery. There appear to be over 100 men and women on the dock. Most wear rubber aprons and the women wear drawstring cloth caps. On the face...
Apex Fish Company; Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; cannery, fish; worker, cannery; salmon; fishing industry
Interior of the Apex Fish Company at Anacortes, Washington showing a huge pile of salmon on the cannery floor ready to be processed. Workers can be seen in the background.
Great Northern Railway; car, dining; railroad travel; Inuit; North American Indian; waiter; reindeer
An American Indian girl cuts a reindeer steak with a knife and fork in the dining car of a Great Northern Railway train. She wears a parka with fur trim on the hood and fur at the cuff and at the shoulders. A waiter holding an empty tray stands...
Fishermen on the fishing boat, "Moonlight" out of Bellingham, use a brail net to haul fish from a purse seine. The deck is stacked high with netting. One of the fishermen is standing in a rowboat beside the fishing boat.
Purse seiners closing net somewhere off the northwest coast of Washington State. The floats of the net can be seen floating on top of the water. Fishermen on the fishing boat and in a small skiff pull on the nets.
Fishermen haul a fishing net into a boat inside a brailing trap. A net is attached to the sides of the trap which is constructed from posts with cross beams above the water. A fishing boat is visible at the left side of the photograph.
Fishermen in the hold of a fishing boat somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. The hold is filled with fish. Three of the men hold fish they have speared with pikes. Netting is piled high beside the hold.
View of the cannery and office of the Apex Fish Company in Anacortes, Washington. Two men and a woman stand on the porch of the small wood-frame white office structure. The other cannery buildings are in the background.
Two women cannery workers at the Apex Fish Company stand in front of flats of newly canned salmon. One woman looks at the photographer, while the other looks straight ahead. They wear rubber bib-style aprons, gloves and drawstring cloth caps. ...
Great Northern Railway; locomotive; billboard; advertising
Billboard advertising the Great Northern Railway in Seattle at Olive Way and Belview. The billboard reads: Go Great Northern / Thrifty Fares East / The Oriental Limited / Finest train East / Deluxe Service / No Extra Fare / Ticket Office / 1403 -...
Great Northern Dock; Seattle, WA; shipping; longshoreman; stevedore; earthenware
Longshoremen at the Great Northern docks in Seattle use handcarts to move crates of earthenware from an unidentified ship to a warehouse on the dock. The earthenware will be shipped by rail to other parts of the country.
Two boys aged about 10 and 12 stand in the Lowman warehouse of the Coast Fish Company in Anacortes, Washington. Cans of fish are stacked behind them and flats of cans are laid out on the floor around them. They stand with hands on hips wearing...
apple; orchard; apple picker; tree, apple; apple industry; harvest; Grandview, WA; Yakima County
Peter Arlow, apple picker, bends over a wooden box as he prepares to remove the apples from the picking bag that hangs around his neck on a strap. The tree behind him is known as the 41 box tree. Boxes of apples are stacked in front of Arlow.
apple; orchard; apple picker; tree, apple; apple industry; harvest; Grandview, WA; Yakima County
A flat bed truck with open sides stacked with apple boxes. Many more boxes are stacked behind the truck. A sign nailed to a tree beside the truck reads, "Asahel Curtis / Owner of Big Y Apples"