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| Title | Colman Dock, 1915 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1915 |
| Caption | Before regular ferry service, hundreds of small steamers competed to carry people and freight around Puget Sound. There were so many of these vessels making short runs between so many towns and islands, that they were called the Mosquito Fleet. Some people limit the term Mosquito Fleet to the many small wooden steamers on the sound, while others include larger steel-hulled vessels too.
In this 1915 photo, the steamer "Iroquois" pulls in to Colman Dock in Seattle. The "Iroquois" was one of the larger steamers and ran between Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia. Smith Tower rises in the background, to the right of the clock tower on Colman Dock. |
| Subjects | Piers & wharves; Waterfronts; Ships; Iroquois (Ship) |
| Places | Colman Dock (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.10135 |
| 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: glass, b&w; 5 x 7 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 45, 809 |
