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| Title | Mail boat FLORENCE passengers and pilot unloading a gasoline drum onto shore, Snake River, Idaho, ca. 1945 |
| Photographer | Grand, William |
| Date | ca. 1945 |
| Notes | Handwritten on verso: As the unloading of gasoline drums continues, McGrady got into dry clothes. Passengers eager to assist. (as previous picture) River Mailman hauls mail, cargo and tourists. The pilot of the mail boat does everything.....he hauls herders up the river; ferries sheep across the Snake River; brings sacks of wool to market; shunts miners back and forth; carries supplies; delivers mail; fills orders at Lewiston; sells stamps, cashes checks; delivers drums of oil. Passengers often lend a "helping hand."
Printed on verso:
PH Coll 773.11 |
| Contextual Notes | The ninety-five mile river mail route down Snake River runs from Lewiston to Johnson's Bar in Idaho and is known for being full of rapids. The tradition of the River Route began in 1926 when Captain Ed MacFarlane was awarded the first mail contract and it is still operational today. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Mail steamers--Idaho; Rivers--Idaho |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Florence (Packet); Packets--Idaho; Snake River, South Fork (Idaho) |
| Location Depicted | United States--Idaho |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC3328
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | William Grand Photographs of the Snake River Mail Boat Route. PH Coll 773 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. |
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