Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Established in 1882, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce was responsible for establishing railroad terminals in Seattle and developing the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the Pasco-Kennewick Bridge, and the commerce of the Columbia River Basin. The chamber addressed its goals through committees that focused on areas such as Alaska, city affairs, county affairs, foreign and domestic affairs, logged-off lands and irrigation, mercantile issues, rivers and harbors, state affairs and legislation, and transportation. During the first decades of the twentieth century, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce organized tours of various parts of Washington State to encourage the commercial development of agriculture and natural resources in areas such as such as mining, forestry, and hydroelectric power. The two trips documented in this collection were railroad tours of Eastern Washington.

From the description of Seattle Chamber of Commerce photograph collection, 1908-1920 [graphic]. 1908-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 60427741

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