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| Title | Couple and car in the snow at Snoqualmie Pass, ca. 1920s |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1920s |
| Caption | Until 1931, the highway department closed the Sunset Highway through Snoqualmie Pass each winter. Work crews usually opened the road in late May, sometimes blasting through remaining drifts with dynamite. This photographic postcard, probably made on a spring day in the 1920s, shows a couple and their car surrounded by deeply packed snow at the summit of Snoqualmie Pass. |
| Notes | Original title: At the summit of Snoqualmie Pass.
Original photographic print (postcard): Juleen, J.A., ca. 1920s. Copied in 1998 by the Museum of History and Industry. |
| Subjects | Passes (Landforms); Snow; Roads; Automobiles |
| Places | Sunset Highway (Wash.); Snoqualmie Pass (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1998.10.14 |
| 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 | Postcard Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 2.25 x 2.75 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from copy 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 5. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | Juleen no. 633 |
