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| Title | Seattle Electric Co. workers with wagon, Seattle, ca. 1900 |
| Photographer | Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 |
| Date | ca. 1900 |
| Caption | In 1886, the private Seattle Electric Light Company installed the first Edison electrical system west of the Mississippi. Soon, a number of independent electric companies supplied power to local city residents and businesses. Many of these were later consolidated into the Seattle Electric Company. The city-owned Seattle City Light started in 1902.
This photo, taken around 1900, shows a Seattle Electric Company crew taking a break while they string electrical wires in a Seattle neighborhood. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Wilse.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Horses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Carts & wagons--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Public utility companies--Washington (State)--Seattle; Government employees--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1988.33.133 |
| 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 | Anders B. Wilse Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Anders B. Wilse Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; broken |
| 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 | 1437 |
