Lee Pickett photographs, ca. 1911-1940s [graphic]. ca. 1911-1940s.

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Lee Pickett photographs, ca. 1911-1940s [graphic]. ca. 1911-1940s.

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The Lee Pickett collection documents scenes and people from Snohomish, King, and Chelan Counties in Washington State from the early 1900s to the 1940s. Local industries, such as the Heybrook Lumber Co. and Index Granite Works, are also depicted, and a large number of the photographs reflect the program undertaken by the Great Northern Railway Company in the 1920s to improve the line over the Cascade Mountains.

2,610 negatives : glass, b&w ; 10 x 8 in. or smaller.1,760 negatives : nitrate, b&w ; 10 x 8 in. or smaller.

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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

Pickett, Lee, 1882-1959.

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Michigan-born Lee Pickett moved in 1910 to the Cascade Mountains town of Index in Snohomish County, Washington. He photographed the construction of some of the first passable roads in the county, and during the 1920s he worked for the Great Northern Railway Company, documenting improvements in the line. A major improvement was the construction of the eight-mile Cascade Tunnel from Berne to Scenic as protection against avalanches and adverse weather. After the project was finished, Pickett return...