File:Dumping the last shovelful of muck taken out of the Pioneer Tunnel with the Marion steam shovel, December 8, 1928 (PICKETT 1157).jpg

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English: Dumping the last shovelful of muck taken out of the Pioneer Tunnel with the Marion steam shovel, December 8, 1928   (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
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q56802354
Title
English: Dumping the last shovelful of muck taken out of the Pioneer Tunnel with the Marion steam shovel, December 8, 1928
Description
English: Construction of the Cascade Tunnel for the Great Northern Railway.

Caption on image: Dumping the last shovel full of muck taken out of the G. N. Ry. Co. new 8 Mile Tunnel, Scenic to Berne Wn. with the Marion steam shovel. About 7 am, 12-8-28. A. Guthrie and Co., St. Paul, Minn. cont. Copyright 1928. Pickett, Index Wn. 4153

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad construction--Washington (State)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Pioneer Tunnel (Wash.); Railroad tunnels--Washington (State); Steam shovels--Washington (State)
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Scenic
Date Taken on 8 December 1928
Medium
English: nitrate, b/w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
1157
Source
English: Lee Pickett Photographs of Washington State
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Public domain

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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PIC1120

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