From 1888 through the 1950s trains dominated travel in and out of Seattle, via the King Street Station and Union Station in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. Built between 1904 and 1906, the King Street Station served the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway until the creation and start of Amtrak in 1971. The depot with its 242-foot clock tower still serves Seattle today, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places and the Washington Heritage Register in 1973.
In this image a large group of King Street Station coach yard employees pose together in front of two GNRR and two NPRR observation cars. Two individuals are identified in this image: Peter Martincevic (1881-1967) is kneeling above the "2" in the caption, in white shirt; the African American man standing at the right in the back row is Tom, an air brake mechanic.
Caption information source: "King Street Station (Seattle)," by John Caldbick, HistoryLink.org Essay 11124
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.25 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
