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Image of Workers shoveling snow at Snoqualmie Pass, circa 1923
1983.10.236.7
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Workers shoveling snow at Snoqualmie Pass, circa 1923

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Until 1931, the highway department closed the Sunset Highway through Snoqualmie Pass each winter. Work crews usually opened the road in late May, sometimes blasting through remaining drifts with dynamite. This photo from the 1920s shows workers clearing snow at the pass.

Handwritten on sleeve: Snoqualmie Pass Snow.
Webster & Stevens number: 104105
ID Number: 1983.10.236.7
Date: Circa 1923
Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.236.7
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects: Transportation, Labor and Labor Unions

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