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English: Workers drilling in tunnel interior, west portal, Scenic, ca. 1926   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Lee Pickett  (1882–1959)  wikidata:Q56802354
 
Description American photographer and independent insurance agent
Date of birth/death 1882 Edit this at Wikidata 1959 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Big Rapids
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creator QS:P170,Q56802354
Title
English: Workers drilling in tunnel interior, west portal, Scenic, ca. 1926
Description
English: Construction of the Cascade Tunnel for the Great Northern Railway

Caption on image: A mounted battery of Denver drills. West Portal, Scenic. Pickett Photo Co. 3231

  • Subjects (LCSH): Cascade Tunnel (Wash.); Railroad tunnels--Washington (State)--Scenic; Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)--Scenic; Drilling and boring machinery--Washington (State)--Scenic; Excavating machinery--Washington (State)--Scenic
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Scenic
Date circa 1926
date QS:P571,+1926-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: glass, b/w
Dimensions height: 6.5 in (16.5 cm); width: 8.5 in (21.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,6.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
342
Source
English: Lee Pickett Photographs of Washington State
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The author died in 1959, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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