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Meadow Creek, Wash., ca. 1917
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| Title | Meadow Creek, Wash., ca. 1917 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1917 |
| Caption | The Keechelus Dam, at the south end of Lake Keechelus, was completed in 1917. For several summers, dam construction workers lived at a camp called Meadow Creek. The temporary town had a post office, school, store, YMCA and several other businesses. Almost everyone left during the winter, except for about 25 families who stayed on to take care of the camp.
This photographic postcard, made sometime around 1917, shows Meadow Creek, the Keechelus Dam construction camp in Kittitas County, Washington. Some 1, 500 to 1, 800 people, including workers and their families, lived at the camp during the summer construction season. |
| Subjects | Work camps; Dam construction; Keechelus Dam |
| Places | Meadow Creek (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1981.7333.111 |
| 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 | Postcard Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin, b&w; 9 x 14 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original postcard 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. |
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