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Metadata
Object ID |
PO.178.0089 |
Description |
Snoqualmie Depot and Logging Train. Log Train at Snoqualmie at Northern Pacific Depot, early 1890s. View from balcony diagonal across street from Railroad Depot. Locomotive with steam up and loaded flatcars with logs. Looking southeast toward Rattlesnake Mountain in background. Tall Trees on edge of town at left. Balustrade of balcony in lower left corner. Tall slim pole in foreground. Dirt street and sidewalk crosses Railroad Tracks in foreground. Four men stand on second railroad track at right of train. Two men stand on log on first flatcar. Dark clouds in sky. Two black triangles from photograph processing error in upper left. Engine parked by Depot and end of train is out of sight in the east. Two boxcars parked on second track by utility pole. Depot and houses built along railroad on right side of tracks. End of street on left, last house is Kinsey home, next Methodist Church, next large house and smaller house were Knowles, next Vaughn School House, Northern Pacific Depot on right end of street. Cupola of depot mostly hidden by steam cloud from engine. Dirt street in front of building in left foreground later became Railroad Ave. Note: Originally misidentified as being taken in 1890. The Methodist Church was not constructed until 1892. The Vaughn School did not start until 1902 (but the building may have existed earlier). The Woodman Lodge built in 1902 not in background of depot. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Collection |
Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum Photograph Collection |
Caption |
Po.178.0089. Log Train In Snoqualmie, 1890 (1) |
Photographer |
Kinsey |
Year Range from |
1892 |
Year Range to |
1902 |
Search Terms |
1890s Buildings Businesses Hotel Lucile, Snoqualmie, Washington Hotels Logs Logging Northern Pacific Railroad People Railroad Tracks Railroad Ave, Snoqualmie, Washington Railroads Roads Schools Snoqualmie Snoqualmie Northern Pacific Depot Snoqualmie Methodist Church Vaughn School, Snoqualmie, Washington Nineteen Century |
People |
Unknown |