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Duwamish, a fire boat, being launched at Richmond Beach, 1909
Duwamish, a fire boat, being launched at Richmond Beach, 1909
TitleDuwamish, a fire boat, being launched at Richmond Beach, 1909
PhotographerUnknown
Date1909
CaptionThe shipyard at Richmond Beach was located at Point Wells, before the Standard Oil docks. The Duwamish is still in use today by the Seattle Fire Department.
[Source of caption: Shoreline Historical Museum Staff.]
NotesHandwritten on verso: Duwamish Launching at Richmond Beach.
SubjectsFireboats--Washington (State)--Shoreline
Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Shoreline
Crowds--Washington (State)--Shoreline
Launchings--Washington (State)--Shoreline
Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Shoreline
Channels--Washington (State)--Shoreline
Personal NamesUnidentified
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Shoreline
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Digital CollectionShoreline Historical Museum Photograph Collection
Image Number604
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact Vicki Stiles at shm@shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org or at (206) 542-7111.
RepositoryShoreline Historical Museum
Physical Description1 photographic print: b&w; 10 x 13 1/4 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationA mounted copy print was scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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