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| Title | Photo of Steamer VIRGINIA V, 1948 |
| Photographer | Joe Williamson |
| Date | 1948 |
| Notes | The S.S. VIRGINIA V was built in 1922 for the West Pass Transportation Company to carry freight and passengers from the communities on Vashon Island to Seattle and Tacoma. Once part of the Mosquito Fleet, the VIRGINIA V is the last surviving steamer of that large fleet of vessels that served waterfront towns all over Puget Sound, . At a time when most of the small private ferries were scrapped, the "Five" continued to provide a vital commercial service as a passenger and cargo ferry well into the mid-twentieth century. By the 1950s she had become Seattle's favorite excursion and charter vessel and has remained in almost continuous operation in the years since. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: president@pugetmaritime.org or call PSMHS Library at 206-324-1125. Please cite the Negative Number. |
| Credit Line | Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | PSMHS Collection is located at the Museum of History & Industry, Seattle |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
