Snow vehicle, ca. 1926
Because Seattle was the closest major American port to Alaska, a number of Arctic explorers came through the city. Some tried out their equipment in the area. This photo, probably taken in 1926, shows a snow vehicle being tested near Snoqualmie Pass. This early snowmobile seems to have been part of...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/5141 2023-05-15T14:56:27+02:00 Snow vehicle, ca. 1926 Webster & Stevens Snoqualmie Pass (Wash.) Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5141 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1983.10.3112.1 W&S 118,604 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5141 PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection Explorers Snow Vehicles photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:55:28Z Because Seattle was the closest major American port to Alaska, a number of Arctic explorers came through the city. Some tried out their equipment in the area. This photo, probably taken in 1926, shows a snow vehicle being tested near Snoqualmie Pass. This early snowmobile seems to have been part of the equipment considered by the British air explorer Hubert Wilkins. 1 negative : nitrate, b&w; 8 x 10 in. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Arctic Wilkins ENVELOPE(59.326,59.326,-67.248,-67.248) |
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University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections |
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Explorers Snow Vehicles |
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Explorers Snow Vehicles Webster & Stevens Snow vehicle, ca. 1926 |
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Explorers Snow Vehicles |
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Because Seattle was the closest major American port to Alaska, a number of Arctic explorers came through the city. Some tried out their equipment in the area. This photo, probably taken in 1926, shows a snow vehicle being tested near Snoqualmie Pass. This early snowmobile seems to have been part of the equipment considered by the British air explorer Hubert Wilkins. 1 negative : nitrate, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
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Other/Unknown Material |
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Webster & Stevens |
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Webster & Stevens |
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Webster & Stevens |
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Snow vehicle, ca. 1926 |
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Snow vehicle, ca. 1926 |
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Snow vehicle, ca. 1926 |
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Snow vehicle, ca. 1926 |
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Snow vehicle, ca. 1926 |
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snow vehicle, ca. 1926 |
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http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5141 |
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Snoqualmie Pass (Wash.) |
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ENVELOPE(59.326,59.326,-67.248,-67.248) |
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Arctic Wilkins |
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Arctic Wilkins |
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Arctic Alaska |
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Arctic Alaska |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1983.10.3112.1 W&S 118,604 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5141 |
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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