Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway personnel photograph album [graphic], 1898-1956 ; bulk :1945-1956.

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Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway personnel photograph album [graphic], 1898-1956 ; bulk :1945-1956.

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Photograph album primarily depicting personnel of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway. Most of the images were taken from 1945-1956, and the album also contains copies of photographs originally taken as early as 1898. Other subjects in the album include photographs Portland during the Vanport Flood of 1948; female employees of the railway company during World War II; Native Americans fishing near Wishram, Wash.; the first train from Astoria to Portland in 1898; and the completion of railroad construction between Vancouver and Pasco, Wash. in 1908. Includes a typescript history of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway. Photographers include Allan J. De Lay, Alfred A. Monner, Arthur Prentiss, and Gifford & Prentiss and Photo Art Studios of Portland, Or., among many others.

0.2 cubic feet (90 photographs in 1 v.)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6921341

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Photo Art Studios

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De Lay, Allan J.

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Monner, Alfred A., 1909-1998,

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Gifford & Prentiss (Portland, Or.),

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Prentiss, Arthur,

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Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway

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The Burlington Northern Railroad and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway merged in the 1970s. From the guide to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs collection, circa 1920-1979, (Oregon Historical Society) The Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway was incorporated in 1905 in Washington as the Portland & Seattle Railway. Its name was changed in 1908. The company, jointly owned and controlled by the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Great N...