University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
PH0818
Carbonado, Washington
photograph collection
circa 1890-1905
6 photographs (1 folder) ; 6 x 9 inches
Collection materials are in
English.
Photographs of Carbonado, Washington, including images of a store, a view of the town, a trestle bridge and mine workers
Carbonado is located near the Carbon River in northern Pierce County,
Washington, approximately 50 miles southeast of Seattle and 12 miles northwest
of Mt. Rainier National Park. Carbonado served as an important coal mining
community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the town
operated the largest coal mine in Pierce County.
Photographs of the mining town of Carbonado, Washington, including
images of a store, a birds-eye view of the town, a trestle bridge and mine
workers.
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Source: Michael Maslan; March 2008.
Carbanado (Wash.)--Photographs
Cities and towns--Washington (State)--Pierce County--Photographs
Coal miners--Washington (State)--Photographs
General stores--Washington (State)--Photographs
Photographs
Photographic prints
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Mines and Mineral Resources
Washington (State)
Photographs
1
Birds-eye view of town of
Carbonado
circa 1890-1905
2
Men and children outside of
store
circa 1890-1905
Obergfell, Carbonado,
Washington
3
Men and horse-drawn cart outside
store
circa 1890-1905
H. Siewert, Puyallup,
Washington
4
Miners in open railway car on tracks
built on the incline from Carbonado down the side of the Carbon River Canyon to
the Carbon River
circa 1890-1905
H. Siewert, Puyallup,
Washington
"Incline, Carbonado, Washington"
5
Men on wooden trestle bridge
circa 1890-1905
"No. Seven Bridge, Carbonado, Washington"
6
Men with shovels working on a rock slide
with mine buildings in the background
circa 1890-1905
"Landslide, Carbonado, Washington"