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Mine worker leaning on a pipe with machinery in background, 1917 (INDOCC 1401)

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Mine worker leaning on a pipe with machinery in background, 1917 (INDOCC 1401)

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PH Coll 1350.15
Images taken by J.L. McAllen on a trip to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Northport, Washington as part of a University of Washington's School of Mining trip in the winter. McAllen was an instructor in mining at the University of Washington circa 1917 and contributed to the Winter Mining Sessions, a shorter more technical mining class than the regular academic program.
Subjects (LCSH): Miners; Mineral industries

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