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    • [Great Northern - tunnel under Seattle]

    • [Great Northern - tunnel under Seattle]

    • Great Northern Railway; Great Northern Tunnel; Seattle, WA; King County; worker, railroad construction; tunnel

    • Workers haul dirt in wheelbarrows out of the tunnel under construction for the Great Northern Railway. Shifts of men worked 24 hours a day on the project, each crew wanting to be the first to break through to complete the tunnel.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Milwaukee Road - Democratic victory special]

    • [Milwaukee Road - Democratic victory special]

    • Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road; Democratic Party; Washington State Democratic Convention; Washington state politics; Women in politics; Clarence Cleveland Dill; car; observation

    • Western Washington Democratic Party leaders on the rear platform of a Milwaukee Road observation car on the way to the state Democratic convention in Spokane.
    • 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
    • [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
    • [Santa delivers the mail]

    • [Santa delivers the mail]

    • Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; King Street Station; locomotive no. 2514; Christmas; Santa Claus; United States Postal Service

    • Man dressed in a Santa Claus suit and beard stands on the front of Great Northern locomotive no. 2514 at the King Street Station in Seattle. He holds a mail bag and a sign on the front of the train reads: "Great Northern Fast Mail."
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs
    • [Santa rides the Great Northern]

    • [Santa rides the Great Northern]

    • Great Northern Railway; Seattle, WA; King County; King Street Station; locomotive no. 2514; Christmas; Santa Claus; United States Postal Service

    • Man dressed in a Santa Claus suit and beard waves from the cab of a Great Northern locomotive. A sign below the cab window reads: Great Northern Fast Mail. The train is at the King street Station in Seattle.
    • Asahel Curtis Photographs

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