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English: Carbon River and coal mines, near Carbonado, looking south, July 26, 1893   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Alvin H. Waite  (1862–1929)  wikidata:Q42319410
 
Alvin H. Waite
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1862 Edit this at Wikidata 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Iowa Seattle
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creator QS:P170,Q42319410
Title
English: Carbon River and coal mines, near Carbonado, looking south, July 26, 1893
Description
English: Notes in inventory: Carbonado, Carbon River and coal mines looking south .

Carbonado was once a busy coal-mining town on the Carbon River, five and a half miles south of Buckley in north central Pierce County. It was once one of the highest coal producers in the state. Meany reports that the town was named for the Carbon River which flows at the bottom of the nearby canyon and that the river was named for the coal which was found in the area. The post office was estblished May 7, 1880 as Carbondale.

PH Coll 291.61
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Coal mining--Washington (State); Rivers--Washington (State)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Carbon River (Wash.)
Depicted place Pierce County, Washington
Date 26 July 1893
date QS:P571,+1893-07-26T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
79
Source
English: Alvin H. Waite Photographs Collection
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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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WAT019

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