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Miners with shovels, ca. 1907
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| Title | Miners with shovels, ca. 1907 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1907 |
| Caption | In 1907, Washington State produced some three million tons of coal, mainly in King, Kittitas, Pierce and Lewis counties. The demand for coal was pushing production to the maximum, and new mines were expected to open soon. People were mining gold and silver in the Cascade Mountains. In the Cascades and elsewhere in the state, deposits of copper, lead, nickel, tin and other metals looked promising.
On this photographic postcard, made in 1907 or 1908, eight miners pose for the photographer at an unidentified location in Washington State. Judging by the state's mining activities at the time the postcard was printed, they are probably coal miners. |
| Subjects | Miners; Men--Employment |
| Places | Washington (State) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1998.40.1 |
| 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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