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1.	[Baling Hay Near Prosser, WA]	Benton County; Prosser, WA; hay; baler, hay; harvest worker; Jackson Fork; farm	Harvest scene showing men using a Jackson Fork to load hay into a baler near Prosser, Washington.

2.	[Milwaukee Road] Olympian first fast train, May 29th, 1911, Malden, WA	Spokane County; Malden, WA; Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad; Milwaukee Road; The Olympian; car, passenger; train, passenger; depot, railroad; worker, railroad	The Olympian, a Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railroad train at the Malden, Washington depot. It is described as the first fast train to Malden.

3.	[Milwaukee Road] Olympian first fast train, May 29, 1911, Malden, WA	Spokane County; Malden, WA; Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad; train, passenger; depot, railroad; The Olympian; locomotive no. 3018; tender	The Olympian, a Chicago, Milwaukee, and Puget Sound Railroad train pulled by locomotive no. 3018, is stopped beside the Malden, Washington depot.

4.	Roslyn Coal	Tacoma, WA; Pacific Avenue; coal; coal mining; Roslyn, WA; Benjamin Harrison	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...

5.	[Cook Wagon near Prosser]	Benton County; Prosser, WA; harvest; wheat industry; chuck wagon; horse; child; girl; boy; woman	A cook wagon mounted on wheels in an open field near Prosser, Wa. during wheat harvesting time. Three women sit near the door with five children. An older girl on a white horse is beside the wagon.

6.	[Wheat Harvest Wagons Near Prosser]	Benton County; Prosser, WA; Horse Heaven Hills; horse; mule; sack, wheat industry; wagon, farm	Three wagons loaded with wheat sacks are on the way to market through Horse Heaven Hills to Prosser, WA. The wagons are pulled by horses and mules, with a team of mules in front of the first wagon. Sagebrush...

7.	A.Y.P.E., A Pay Streak Scene	King County; Seattle, WA; Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition; Paystreak; Gold Camps of Alaska Building; vendor; World's Fair	Crowds of people, including a few women, extending far into the photo background, stand on the midway called the Pay Streak at the A.Y.P.E., Seattle, WA. Those in the foreground are watching speakers at...

8.	[Northern Pacific freight train]	Northern Pacific Railway; Walla Walla County; Attalia, WA; train, freight; locomotive, steam; wheat industry; locomotive no. 1362	Branch line Northern Pacific freight train with box cars for loading wheat at Attalia, Washington

9.	[Great Northern switchbacks]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA: Tye, WA; Cascade Tunnel; Cascade Mountain Range; switchback; snow; railroad, construction	Great Northern switchbacks through the Cascade Mountains. On the right edge near the "o" that is pencilled in on the matte board is Wellington, Washington. The tunnel line for the Cascade Tunnel is near...

10.	[Tacoma waterfront]	Tacoma, Wa; Pierce County; Northern Pacific Railroad; ship, sailing; elevator, grain; wheat industry; international trade; shipping; Commencement Bay	Sailing ships loading grain at Elevator A in Tacoma, Washington. Northern Pacific Railroad boxcars on the tracks carry wheat from Eastern Washington.

11.	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.

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.	[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...

14.	[Milwaukee Road - Easton Depot]	Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road; Easton, WA; Kittitas, WA; depot, railroad; track, railroad; railroad travel	A Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway train is coming down the tracks to the Easton, Washington depot.

15.	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.

16.	[Great Northern - Wenatchee]	Chelan County; Wenatchee, WA; Great Northern Railway; Wenatchee Produce Co.; train, freight; child; boy; wagon, farm; fruit industry; shipping, rail	Boxes of fruit are stacked on the railroad platform in Wenatchee waiting to be loaded onto a Great Northern Railway train. Signs on the side of the two railroad boxcars read, "Wenatchee Valley Fruits,...

17.	Ocean Wharf Tacoma, no. 252	Northern Pacific Railroad; Ocean Wharf; Northern Pacific Wharf; Tacoma, WA; ship, sailing; steamship; shipping; transportation	The Northern Pacific Wharf in Tacoma, WA.

18.	[Northern Pacific Hospital]	Northern Pacific Beneficial Association Hospital; Pierce County; Tacoma, WA; room, hospital; nurse; woman; patient, medical	A nurse takes the pulse of a male patient lying in bed at the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association Hospital in Tacoma, WA. A man, possibly a doctor, stands at the foot of another bed watching the nurse...

19.	[Hop pickers at Slaughter, Washington]	King County; Auburn, WA; Slaughter, WA; hops; hop picking; hop pickers; hop industry; North American Indian; woman; child; child labor; dog, domestic	A group of Caucasian men, women, boys and girls at a hops farm in Slaughter, Washington stand in the center of the photo. They are flanked on either side by Native American, probably Coast Salish, men,...

20.	[Hop picking in Puyallup]	Pierce County; Puyallup, WA; hops; hop picking; hop pickers; hop industry; woman; child; Esie Darcy	A group of men, women and children pose for the photographer in a hopfield in Puayllup, Washington. Many of the women and a few of the men use hops to decorate their hats, drape around their shoulders...