File:Great Northern train and ships at Smith Cove, 1905 (MOHAI 7168).jpg

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English: Great Northern train and ships at Smith Cove, 1905   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
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creator QS:P170,Q4803332
Title
English: Great Northern train and ships at Smith Cove, 1905
Description
English: James J. Hill linked his Great Northern Railway Company with the Great Northern Steamship Company, thus providing direct passenger and freight service between the midwestern United States and Asia. The two parts of the system met at the Smith Cove Terminal in Seattle.

This photo, taken around 1906 at Seattle's Smith Cove, shows the Great Northern Railway's Oriental Limited racing south along its trestle. In the background are two Great Northern Steamship Company ocean liners, the "Dakota" and the "Minnesota."

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Piers & wharves; Railroads; Ships; Trestles
Depicted place
English: Smith Cove (Seattle, Wash." Seattle (Wash.)
Date 1905
date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 20 cm (7.8 in); width: 24 cm (9.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,24U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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Public domain
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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File:Great Northern Dock; Oriental Limited of the Great Northern passing Smith's Cove with the steamships MINNESOTA and DAKOTA lying (CURTIS 228).jpeg
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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