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| Title | North Bend during road construction, ca. 1928 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1928 |
| Caption | The automobile road over Snoqualmie Pass opened in 1915. It passes through the town of North Bend which, in 1924, had a population of only 387.
This photo, taken around 1928, shows an automobile driving on a wooden plank railroad crossing at North Bend. The highway was being paved at the time. In the background are a hotel, a cafe, a gas station and tire shop, and other road-related businesses. |
| Subjects | Automobiles; Road construction; Roads |
| Places | North Bend (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.3824.4 |
| 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 original 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 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 127, 927 |
