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Virginia Street Dock warehouse interior, Seattle, ca. 1911
Virginia Street Dock warehouse interior, Seattle, ca. 1911
TitleVirginia Street Dock warehouse interior, Seattle, ca. 1911
PhotographerWebster & Stevens
Dateca. 1911
CaptionNorthwest Fisheries caught and canned red salmon in Alaska. The cans were packed into wooden crates and shipped to Seattle. The crates were then stored in warehouses until they could be sent to buyers in the United States and other countries.

This photo was taken around 1911. It shows men loading crates of Northwest Fisheries' canned red Alaska salmon onto a conveyor belt at the Virginia Street Dock & Warehouse Company. In 1911, the total canned red salmon catch from northwestern waters filled 1, 320, 705 cases.
NotesHandwritten on sleeve: Virginia St. Dock Int.

Caption by MOHAI staff.
SubjectsLaborers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fishing industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Industrial facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Crates--Washington (State)--Seattle; Dollies (Moving equipment)--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1983.10.7984
Ordering InformationTo 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 LinePEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionPEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from print made from original negative 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 Number8344
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