Pacific Coast Company photograph album, ca. 1875-1925.

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Pacific Coast Company photograph album, ca. 1875-1925.

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Album containing 170 photographs on linen backing with typed captions on verso, showing Pacific Coast Company mining, steamship, and rail operations in Washington, California, Oregon, and Alaska. Includes images of piers, coal bunkers, coal and passenger rail depots, warehouses, and other buildings on and near company property.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6911078

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Pacific Coast Company

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The Pacific Coast Company rail, shipping, and coal operations served the West coast from the mid-19th century until its last railways were abandoned or sold in the mid-20th century. Though the company was organized under the "Pacific Coast Company" name in late 1897, it comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Pacific Coast Railway. In Seattle, the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Wall...

Pacific Coast Coal Company

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Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad

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Pacific Coast Railroad Company

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The company was incorporated in 1880, as the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad, to take over the properties of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad. It extended its rail line to a total of 58 miles running between Seattle and Black Diamond. It also owned 417 acres of industrial property in North Renton and Black River. Its name change occurred in 1916. From the description of Corporate records, 1880-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313845142 ...

Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950

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Frank H. Nowell (1864-1950) was a photographer who worked in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. He was the official photographer of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. From the description of Frank H. Nowell photographs of the Northwest and Alaska, circa 1880s-1920s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 179780507 Frank H. Nowell (1864-1950) was born on 19 February in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His father, Thomas Nowell, spent part of each year in Alaska for b...

Pacific Coast Steamship Company

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Biographical / Historical Notes The Pacific Coast Steamship Company (PCSC) was founded in September 1882 under the name Pacific Steamship Company. This passenger and freight company was based in San Francisco. They shipped a variety of cargo such as vegetables, grain, lumber, coal and iron, and boasted modern, luxurious facilities for their passengers. In the early 1890s, the name Pacific Coast Steamship Company gained permanent resonance, un...