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| Title | Workers in salmon cannery, ca. 1908 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1908 |
| Caption | In 1905, three-quarters of Washington state's salmon catch came from Puget Sound. The fish were brought in to Seattle, Bellingham, Anacortes and other Puget Sound ports where they were cleaned, processed and canned. This photo, probably taken around 1908, shows three men at work in a Puget Sound cannery. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Canning Salmon.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Canneries--Washington (State); Fishing industry--Washington (State); Salmon--Washington (State); Laborers--Washington (State) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.7671 |
| 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 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 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 | 5812 |
