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| Title | Roslyn Coal |
| Accession ID number | 1994.0.344 |
| Object Type | card, boudoir; print, photographic |
| Creator | Thomas H. Rutter; Tacoma, WA |
| Date | 1891 |
| Rights | Property of the Washington State Historical Society - All Rights Reserved |
| Full Description | A rectangular piece of coal in a wagon is on display in the middle of Pacific Avenue in Tacoma before the arrival of President Harrison in May, 1891. A sign behind the wagon reads, We Can Warm the World on Coal. A group of men stand on either side of the wagon in front of S.J. Holland's and Murray's Drug Store. |
| Inscription | Printed at the top: "State of Washington Views". Printed at the bottom: "Roslyn Coal, Photographed by Rutter May 6th, 1891. Tacoma's / Greeting President Harrison with Washington Products/ Length 17 ft. 9 in., Width 54 in, Thickness 34 in. high / Weight 16, 600 lbs. A Two Foot Rule Lays on Top of the Coal". |
| Subject | Tacoma, WA; Pacific Avenue; coal; coal mining; Roslyn, WA; Benjamin Harrison |
| Electronic Publisher | Washington State Historical Society |
| Description | paper, photographic |
| Date Digital | 2006 |
| Dimension | overall height: 5.25 inches; overall width: 8.5 inches; image height 4.375; image width: 7.5 inches |
| File Characteristics | Photograph scanned on a Microtek ArtixScan 1800f scanner at 600 ppi RGB tif and resized to 300 dpi jpg using Adobe Photoshop CS |
