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| Title | Puget Sound Power and Light Company employees posed with their service vehicles in front of a garage at 8th Ave. and Roy St., Seattle, Washington, ca. 1927 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1927 |
| Notes | Another copy of this photograph has all the employees numbered in ink. Notes accompanying this photograph enumerate and list all the names of the men depicted.
Handwritten on verso of another copy of this photograph: Puget Sound Power and Light Co. 8th and Roy, Seattle, Wa. 1927?
PH Coll 900 |
| Contextual Notes | Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company was incorporated in January 1912 and was responsible for the operation of several Puget Sound interurban railway lines. In addition to their passenger lines, Puget Power provided freight services to regional businesses and industries such as the Renton coal-mines owned by Puget Sound Electric Railway. As automobiles became more prevalent during the 1920s, the company reincorporated in 1919 as Puget Sound Power & Light Company in response to the gradual demise of the railroad passenger industry. The subsidiary company Pacific Northwest Traction began offering bus services between Seattle and Bellingham from 1925 onwards. When use of the railway interurban gradually declined between 1928 and 1939, Puget Power began to focus its interests on the distribution of power in the Puget Sound region and began its acquisition of Washington utility companies. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Puget Sound Power and Light Company--Officials and employees; Electric industry workers--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Panoramic Photographs
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| Order Number | PPC074 |
| Ordering Information | Restrictions apply to the ordering of this image. Please contact photos@u.washington.edu for more information. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Panorama Photographs Collection. PH Coll 900 |
| Object Type | Panoramic photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b&w;7 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photograph at 400 dpi in TIFF format using a Graphtec CSX300-09, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2010. |
