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| Title | Three men and a woman standing on the deck of a mail route boat, with hills and Snake River in the background, Idaho, ca. 1945 |
| Photographer | Grand, William |
| Date | ca. 1945 |
| Notes | Printed on verso: Shooting the Rapids of the Snake. One rapid follows another in fairly regular succession. Passengers distribute themselves around, some on the deck, some on the cat walk and a few in the pilot house with the captain. Some grab the handrail as the boat keels and the splash breaks over the bow of the boat.
PH Coll 773.6 |
| Contextual Notes | The ninety-five mile river mail route down Snake River runs from Lewiston to Johnson's Bar in Idaho and is known for being full of rapids. The tradition of the River Route began in 1926 when Captain Ed MacFarlane was awarded the first mail contract and it is still operational today. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Rivers--Idaho; Passengers--Idaho; Mail steamers--Idaho |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Snake River, South Fork (Idaho); Packets--Idaho |
| Location Depicted | United States--Idaho |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC3325
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | William Grand Photographs of the Snake River Mail Boat Route. PH Coll 773 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. |
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