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| Title | Mining danger sign written in sixteen languages, ca. 1915 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | ca. 1915 |
| Notes | This sign was found by Jack Kombol near Franklin where mines had been operated by the Pacific Coast Coal Company. Miners were of many nationalities who could not read or speak English.
Danger signs such as these were mass-produced by Stonehouse Signs of Colorado where the accident prevention sign business was born. J.W. Stonehouse lobbied for the standardized safety codes in mines. In 1912, Stonehouse Signs became one of five founding member companies of what is now known as the National Safety Council. The 'Danger Sign' logo was copyrighted in 1914 and the languages section was copyrighted in 1915. |
| Personal Names | Stonehouse, J.W.; Kombol, Jack |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Franklin |
| 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 a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact The Black Diamond Historical Society, 32627 Railroad Ave, Black Diamond, 98010, 360-886-2142, museum@blackdiamondmuseum.org. |
| Credit Line | Black Diamond Historical Society; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Black Diamond Historical Society |
| 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. |
