Scenic, on Great Northern Railway, Washington, 1914 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Scenic, on Great Northern Railway, Washington, 1914, a historic image rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: [Scenic, WA on Great Northern Railway]
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Scenic, on Great Northern Railway, Washington, 1914
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Scenic, Washington, sat along the Great Northern Railway's mountain line in the Cascades in 1914, a stretch of track the railroad had pushed over the range in the 1890s. The line carried lumber, ore, and supplies in and out of the upper Skykomish valley, and it also carried the growing number of travelers who came to see the peaks and forests. Great Northern promoted this scenery to passengers from Seattle, Spokane, and the East, turning a steep, costly grade into a selling point. The steam trains were slow and hard on the crews who worked the switchbacks and snowsheds, and the company was already planning the long tunnel that would later replace the mountain crossing.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | pickett photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,153 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Scenic, WA on Great Northern Railway] |
| Reference | WA 1914 Scenic, on Great Northern Railway |
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