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| Title | Snowplow at work on Snoqualmie Pass, December 31, 1948 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1948 |
| Caption | Deep snow once closed travel through the Cascade Mountains for months at a time. After the railroad and roads were built through the passes, winter snow began to attract people to the mountains instead of keeping them away. Starting in 1931, Washington's highway department kept Snoqualmie Pass open all winter. People flocked to the summit to play in the snow and watch the few hardy souls who had taken up skiing. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: 12/31/48, Sno-go clearing Snoqualmie Pass.
Handwritten on sleeve: Snow.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 10, 1949. |
| Subjects | Snow--Washington (State); Snow removal--Washington (State); Passes (Landforms)--Washington (State) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)
Snoqualmie Pass (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI25299 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 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. |
