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| Title | Willys-Knight automobile at Longmire Lodge, 1919 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1919 |
| Caption | In 1918, nineteen years after the creation of Mount Rainier National Park, the park service built a new hotel at Longmire Springs. The area had been popular with tourists since 1890, when James Longmire cut a rough wagon trail through the dense forest to the hot springs. This was the third hotel at the site.
In this 1919 photo, a Willys-Knight automobile sits on the muddy road outside the new Longmire Springs Hotel. The hotel's sign advertises rooms with private bathrooms. The number of tourists visiting the park greatly increased as the roads were improved for year round automobile traffic. Eagle Peak rises in the background. |
| Subjects | Hotels; Automobiles; Snow; Mountains; Longmire Springs Hotel |
| Places | Longmire Springs (Wash.); Eagle Peak (Wash.); Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.12261 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative : nitrate, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 74, 031 |
