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1.	16 From Rear Near Hyak	Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway; train, passenger; Kittitas County; Hyak, WA	Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Number 16 near Hyak, Washington

2.	[American Fruit Growers]	Chelan County; Wenatchee, WA; American Fruit Growers Association; truck, pickup; conveyor; car, freight; interstate commerce	Workers at American Fruit Growers, Inc. in Wenatchee, Washington stand on the loading dock with boxes of fruit, possibly apples, ready to load onto freight card for shipping to other parts of the country....

3.	Apex Cannery salmon	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.

4.	[Apex Fish Cannery - Fish Cutting Machine]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; Apex Fish Company; cannery, salmon; cannery worker	Cannery workers operate fish cutting machines that chunk salmon at the Apex Fish Cannery in Anacortes, Boxes of the chunked salmon are in front of the machines

5.	Apex Fish Cannery buildings	Apex Fish Company; Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; cannery, fish; worker, cannery	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...

6.	[Apex Fish Cannery warehouse floor]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; Apex Fish Company; cannery, salmon; building, storage	The warehouse floor of the Apex Cannery in Anacortes covered with wall to wall salmon cans. A group of cannery workers stands in an aisle that runs through the middle of the building.

7.	[Apex Fish Cannery]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; cannery, salmon; Aworker, cannery; Apex Fish Company; woman	Men and women cannery workers fill salmon cans by machine at the Apex Cannery in Anacortes. The women wear rubber aprons over their work dresses, gloves and cloth drawstring caps cover their hair.

8.	Apex Fish Company cannery crew	Apex Fish Company; Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; cannery, fish; worker, cannery	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...

9.	[Apex Fish Company cannery workers]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; Apex Fish Company; cannery, salmon; canning; cannery worker; Asians in Washington	Workers at the Apex Cannery in Anacortes, Washington stand by pallets of freshly canned salmon. A cannery machinery can be sen behind the workers. One of the workers is Asian American.

10.	[Apex Fish Company Cooling Floor]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; Apex Fish Company; cannery, salmon; canning	The cooling floor at the Apex Cannery in Anacortes, Washington. Flats holding canned salmon cover the floor of the warehouse cooling after the steaming process.

11.	[Apex Fish Company Interior]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; Apex Fish Company; cannery, salmon; canning; woman	Men and women cannery workers crimp the tops on cans of salmon at an assembly line at the Apex Fish Company Cannery in Anacortes, Washington. The women wear rubber aprons over work dresses and cloth drawstring...

12.	Apex Fish Company salmon can	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...

13.	Apex Fish Company salmon cans	Apex Fish Company; Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; cannery, fish; worker, cannery	Four cans of salmon from the Apex Fish Company in Anacortes, Washington. The cans are different sizes with the tallest on the left.

14.	[Apex Fish Company warehouse]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; Apex Fish Company; cannery, salmon; worker, cannery; building, storage	Exterior view of the Apex Fish Company brick warehouse seen from the back with a wooden ramp leading to an open door revealing stacked cases of fish. Four cannery workers stand on the wooden ramp near...

15.	Apex Fish Company women workers	Apex Fish Company; Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; cannery, fish; worker, cannery; woman	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...

16.	[Apex Fish Company women workers]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; Apex Fish Company; cannery, salmon; canning; cannery worker; woman	Women cannery workers hand fill cans at the Apex Fish Company in Anacortes, Wash. The women stand in a line behind a long table with a shelf at eye level. They wear gloves to fill the cans that they place...

17.	[Apex Fish Company]	Anacortes, WA; Skagit County; Apex Fish Company; cannery, salmon; cannery worker; slimer; salmon	Row of cannery workers at the Apex Cannery in Anacortes, Washington clean fish at a long work bench inside the cannery. They wear rubber aprons over their work clothes and they all wear hats or caps. A...

18.	[Apple packers]	Central Washington; apple; apple industry; apple packer; harvest; woman	Two women pack apples in crates at an unidentified orchard in central Washington. The women wear long skirts, aprons, blouses with full sleeves and hats.

19.	Babe Ruth	Milwaukee Road; Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway; Babe Ruth; Leo Boyer; engineer, railroad; railroad, electric; Washington State	Babe Ruth shakes hands with Leo Boyer, engineer for the Milwaukee Road, on a visit to the Pacific Northwest in 1926. They stand in front of a gearless bipolar locomotive constructed by General Electric...

20.	Battle of Seattle	Washington Territory; Battle of Seattle; Seattle, WA; Indian Wars; Southern Coast Salish; U.S. Decatur	Painting of the 1856 Battle of Seattle by the artist, C. Hanford. The U.S. Navy gunship, Decatur is visible in Elliott Bay.