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| Title | Spring opening of Big Four Inn, ca. 1920s |
| Photographer | Juleen, J.A. (John Albert) |
| Date | ca. 1920s |
| Caption | In 1920, the owners of Snohomish County's Hartford & Eastern Railway built the Big Four Inn and its cottages as a summer resort. Located at the base of Big Four Mountain, nine miles from Monte Cristo, the inn was very popular with tourists who wanted to hunt, fish or just enjoy the scenery. The resort burned in 1949 and was not rebuilt.
This photographic postcard, probably taken in the 1920s, shows the spring opening of the Big Four Inn. The managers and workers have arrived by train to get the resort ready for a new season of visitors. |
| Subjects | Hotels; Snow; Mountains; Railroads; Big Four Inn (Monte Cristo, Wash.) |
| Places | Monte Cristo (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1996.28.5.3 |
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| 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 photographic print (postcard): gelatin, b&w; 9 x 14 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original postcard 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 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 747 |
