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1.	Tacoma Narrows Bridge construction workers	Tacoma, WA; Pierce County; Tacoma Narrows Bridge; Galloping Gertie; suspension bridge; worker, construction; Puget Sound; The Narrows; industrial safety	Group of fifteen construction workers standing on the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge during its construction in 1939 or 1940. The men all wear hard hats and work clothing. The Tacoma Narrows is visible far...

2.	Tacoma Narrows Bridge	Tacoma Narrows Bridge; Galloping Gertie; worker, construction; hardhat	Eleven construction workers on the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Galloping Gertie, pose standing and crouching in a group at one end of the bridge. The unfinished bridge is visible in the background. All...

3.	[Stoneworkers]	stoneworker; stone industry; worker, quarry; stone cutting; child labor	Men and boys working with stone at an unidentified rock quarry, probably located in Washington State. Two of the workers appear to be teenagers. All wear either overalls or pants with suspenders, work...

4.	McNary Dam Control panel	McNary Dam; Columbia River; control room; powerhouse; construction, dam; industrial safety; hydroelectric power; worker, construction	A man wearing a hard hat and work clothing stands with his hand on a lever of the control panel at the powerhouse under construction at the McNary Dam. The control panel is a room-sized metal chamber with...

5.	[Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad - Survey]	Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad; Northern Pacific Railroad; Lewis County; J.E. Valentine; surveying; engineer	Camp J.E. Valentine, a railroad surveying camp for Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad. J.E. Valentine was the engineer in charge of the camp situated at the junction of the Chehalis and Black Rivers...

6.	George Gibbs	George Gibbs; Washington Territory; United States Pacific Railroad Survey; Northwest Boundary Survey; geologist; ethnologist	Portrait of George Gibbs

7.	Rail side of Ocean Warehouse No. 2, Tacoma	Northern Pacific Railway; Ocean Warehouse no. 2; Tacoma, WA; Pierce County; boxcar; shipping industry	Northern Pacific Railway boxcars at Ocean Warehouse No. 2 in Tacoma, WA.

8.	[Northern Pacific] Camp Cr. and switchback. (w. portal Stampede Tunnel)	Northern Pacific Railroad; Stampede Tunnel; Cascade Mountain Range; Washington Territory; King County; switchback; worker, railroad; construction site	Switchback at the western portal of the Stampede Tunnel during construction of the tunnel by the Northern Pacific Railroad

9.	[Northern Pacific] West portal of Stampede Tunnel, Cascade Mts.	Northern Pacific Railroad; Stampede Tunnel; Cascade Mountain Range; King County; Washington State; tunnel, railroad; construction site	An elevated view of the western end of the stampede Tunnel during its construction for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

10.	[Great Northern] New Type Pullman Steel Standard Sleeping Cars	Great Northern Railway; New Oriental Limited; railroad travel; car, Pullman; porter, Pullman	Interior view of a Pullman sleeping car on the New Oriental Limited of the Great Northern Railway.

11.	[Milwaukee Road] Laying track Malden yds. C.M & S.P.R.R.	Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway; Whitman County; Malden; WA; worker, railroad construction; machine, track laying	Track layers for the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway work at the Malden yards. They use a track laying machine to set the rails.

12.	[Northern Pacific] "Ship Republic" discharging tea at R.R. wharves of N.P.R.R.	Northern Pacific Railroad; Tacoma, WA; Pierce County; Ship Republic; tea trade; international trade; Pacific Rim	Sailing ship Republic off-loading tea at the Northern Pacific Railroad wharf in Tacoma. A worker on the ship prepares to put a box of tea on a ramp while a group of onlookers observe from the dock

13.	[Northern Pacific office]	Northern Pacific Railway; Wells Fargo & Co.; Port Townsend, WA; Jefferson County; W.L. Clark; office, ticket; agent, ticket	Interior view of the Northern Pacific Railway and Wells Fargo & Co. Express Office in Port Townsend, Washington.

14.	[Great Northern] A Shower Bath Exclusively for Women / A Feature of the Oriental Limited's De Luxe Service	Great Northern Railway; Oriental Limited; railroad travel; woman; stall, shower; curtain, shower; cap, bathing	A woman takes a shower aboard the Oriental Limited of the Great Northern Railway

15.	[Great Northern]	Great Northern Railway; Oriental Limited; railroad travel; car, observation	Railroad travelers on the back of an observation car of the Oriental Limited beside a river in unidentified locale.

16.	Chen Chong and his wife	Chen Chong; Chinese in Washington; Washington Territory; Seattle, W.T.; wedding	Studio wedding portrait of Chen Chong and his wife who were married in Seattle in 1866

17.	[Northern Pacific -Every day is salmon day]	Northern Pacific Railway; Olympic Hotel; Yesler Way; Seattle, WA; King County; Pacific Northwest; economic development; float, promotional; salmon; potato	Northern Pacific Railway parade float stacked with salmon frozen in blocks of ice promotes the Pacific Northwest salmon industry. Float is in front of the Northern Pacific ticket office at 107 Yesler Way...

18.	[Chinese family]	Toone James family; Thurston County; Olympia, WA; Chinese in Washington; Gold Bar Restaurant	The Toone family (also known as the James family) of Olympia, Washington. The father is Jim Ah Toone (Toone James), mother is Nettie Chiang James (Toy Yen). Children from left to right: Selma James, baby...

19.	[Milwaukee Road - Malden]	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway; Milwaukee Road; Malden, WA; Whitman County; dispatcher, railroad yard	The dispatcher's office at the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway yards in Malden, Washington.

20.	Street Scene, Puyallup, W.T.	Northern Pacific Railroad; Washington Territory; Puyallup, W.T.; Pierce County; train, freight; hops industry; shipping; interstate commerce	A group of men in Puyallup, WA wait for the Northern Pacific with bales of hops for shipping.