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.
cattle; cow; livestock; shipping; ship, cargo; Seattle, WA
View of cattle on board an unidentified ship at dock in Seattle. The cattle are enclosed in a open wood frame structure. Each cow is tied to the frame with a rope. A man is sitting on a crate on top of the structure.
cattle; cow; livestock; shipping; ship, cargo; Seattle, WA
Full view of the deck of an unidentified ship with cargo of cattle on board. The pens for the cattle that line the sides of the deck are constructed in an open wood frame. Cattle are tied with rope to the posts. The top of one side has been...
Ballard, WA; King Co; Great Northern Railway Bridge; Lake Washington Ship Canal; locomotive no. 2514
A great Northern Railway train on the G.N.R. bridge across the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Ballard. The engineer leans out of the cab of locomotive no. 2514. Steam billows from the stack.
apple industry; E.E. Samson Company; Yakima, WA; Seattle, WA; shipping; stevedore; longshoreman
Crates of Samson Brand apples from E.E. Samson Company of Yakima, Washington are being hoisted onto a ship from the Hanford Street Dock in Seattle. Two longshoreman steady the platform as it is lifted. Other boxes of apples are on the dock in a...
King County; Seattle, WA; shipbuilding industry; Skinner & Eddy Corporation; Seattle General Strike; strike; labor; employment
A large crowd of Skinner and Eddy Corporation ship workers is gathered in front of a long, low building on the Seattle waterfront. Skinner and Eddy Corporation is painted on the roof of the building in large letters. A small employment office is...
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.
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.
Tacoma, WA; Commencement Bay; Tacoma Mill Company; ship, lumber; lumber; lumber industry; Ship Mary E. Foster; Ship Eric
Two lumber sailing schooners, the Eric of San Francisco and the Mary E. Foster of Honolulu, loading lumber at a Tacoma Mill. A steamship is partially visible to the left. Lumber covers the dock waiting to be loaded.
Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Assoication; Blue X Fruit; Zillah, WA; refrigeration; ice; shipping industry; fruit Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Assoication; Blue X Fruit; Zillah, WA; refrigeration; ice; shipping industry; fruit industry
Workers guide cakes of ice coming from a brick icehouse on a conveyor belt are headed for chutes in the tops of boxcars. Workers guide the ice into a car. The refrigerator cars will ship fruit for the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Association.
Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Assoication; Blue X Fruit; Zillah, WA; refrigeration; ice; shipping industry; fruit industry
Cakes of ice coming from the brick icehouse a conveyor belt are headed for chutes in the tops of boxcars at Zillah, Washington. Workers guide the ice into a car. The refrigerator cars will ship fruit for the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Association.
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad; Milwaukee Road; Seattle, WA; Ocean Dock; car, tank; tung oil; China wood oil; Pacific Rim; international trade
Workers monitor the pumping of tung oil (China wood oil) direct from ship into Milwaukee Road tank cars at the Milwaukee Railroad oil terminal at Ocean Dock in Seattle.
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.
Great Northern Dock; Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; shipping; earthenware; building, storage; interstate commerce
Interior of the warehouse at the Great Northern Dock in Seattle, Washington stacked with crates of earthenware. The crates were unloaded from a ship at the dock and moved into the warehouse where they await shipment to cities and towns across the...
Five members of the crew of the Superior pose for the photographer on the deck of the 85 foot motor cannery tender. One crew member wears a white apron and cap.
The lumber schooners, Ariel and Mukilteo, loading lumber at docks in Seattle. An unidentified ferry boat is also at dock between the two schooners. Piles of lumber are stacked on the dock waiting to be loaded.