WAUHancyPHColl704.xmlGuide to the Arthur and Freda Hancy Photograph Collection 1909-1914 1909-1914Hancy (Arthur and Freda) Photograph CollectionSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2008 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0704Hancy, ArthurArthur and Freda Hancy Photograph Collection 1909-191410 photographic prints (1 folder) ; 5 x 7 inchesCollection materials are in English.Photographs in and around Carbonado, Washington, and photographs of the memorial labor parade in Seattle on May 30, 1914

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.

Since they constituted one of the largest mining operations in Washington State, miners from Carbonado likely participated in local labor activities along with other industrial workers. On May 30, 1914, nearly 7,000 people gathered in Seattle for a memorial parade to honor those who died in support of the labor movement. Noted labor activist Mary Harris Mother Jones led the parade, and after the march she gave remarks urging nationalization of America's mining industry and increased safety and compensation for miners. The memorial parade occurred during a period of intense conflict regarding mine safety and regulation, highlighted by violent mining strikes in Michigan and Colorado. The parade was the largest recorded labor gathering in Seattle, and it also marked the labor movement's first explicitly memorial parade in the United States.

The collection contains scenes in and around Carbonado,Washington, images from the memorial labor parade in downtown Seattle that occurred on May 30, 1914, and portraits of miners.

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Donor: Arthur and Freda Hancy, 1993.

Processed by Anna Siedzik, 2005; Revised by Alonso Avila, 2014.

"Labor Honors Its Dead in Monster Memorial Parade," Seattle Post-Intelligencer , May 31, 1914, p. 9.

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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Carbonado, Washington, and vicinity11View of CarbonadoMay 1909 12View of Carbonadocirca 1909 13Dry goods store in Carbonadocirca 1913 14Coal workers at Mine #11circa 1910 15Carbon River Canyoncirca 1910

Northern Pacific railroad tracks are visible in the photograph.

 Labor Movement Memorial Parade, Seattle, Washington

The goal of the memorial parade was to honor people who died in support of the labor movement. Participants wore everyday working clothes, bore somber expressions, and carried only approved signs and banners that directly memorialized deceased labor advocates. The parade began at 6th Avenue and continued west on University Street to 4th Avenue, where it turned south until Cherry Street. Marchers traveled one block west on Cherry before turning on 3rd Avenue and continuing north to Blanchard Street. The parade ended at 3rd and Blanchard with remarks from labor activist Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.

16Beginning of parade at 6th Avenue and University StreetMay 30, 1914

Banner reading "In Memory of the Children of Calumet" visible in the photograph. The banner remembered 89 children who died in a fire during the Michigan copper strike of 1913.

17Parade passing Hippodrome at 5th Avenue and University StreetMay 30, 1914 18Parade traveling north on 3rd AvenueMay 30, 1914

Cobb Building located at 4th Avenue and University Street visible in the photograph.

Portraits19Idris and Thomas David Evans on board ship en route from Wales to the United Statesundated

Both brothers worked in the Carbonado mines.

110Idris Evans, two men, and Thomas David Evansundated

"Thomas David Evans in USA died of pneumonia in Carbonado mines. . ."