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| Title | Workers, possibly Filipino, in galley of steamship President Jackson, probably in Seattle, ca. 1923 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1923 |
| Caption | The "President Jackson" carried passengers and freight between Seattle and Asian ports in the 1920s and 1930s. One of its most important cargoes was Japanese raw silk, headed for mills in the eastern United States. The workers in the galley are probably from the Philippines. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Admiral Oriental Line Co., President Jackson, storage quarters, officers.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Galleys (Ship kitchens)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Cooks--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.123.2 |
| 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 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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 Number | 103448 |
