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| Title | Longshoremen loading cargo into railroad car, Seattle, ca. 1920 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1920 |
| Caption | Since the later part of the 19th century, Seattle has been a transshipment point for goods traveling between the United States and other Pacific Ocean ports. At the docks, longshoremen transferred the cargo between ships and the railroad. In the 1920s, the men did most of this work by hand; by the 1990s, many dockworkers had been replaced by machinery. |
| Notes | Typed on verso: Longshoremen loading bagged cargo into a railroad car from a warehouse by hand car, ca. 1920. |
| Subjects | Longshoremen--Washington (State)--Seattle; Warehouses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad cars--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | SHS1221 |
| 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 | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Historical Society Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 7 1/4 x 9 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 87642 |
