Three miners with lighted helmets pose next to coal extraction equipment in mine

This photo is nearly identical to GB1904 which has the back caption: "Men working in the Birchwood Coal Mine." The mines under the Birchwood and Columbia neighborhoods of Bellingham, WA, operated from 1918 until 1955. According to "Looking Back" (auth. Dorothy Koert, Galen Biery), the photo was taken in 1924.

Creators/Contributors

Biery, Galen - Collector

Collection

Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs

Date Created

Circa 1930 (date is approximate) to Circa 1950 (date is approximate)

Extent

  • 1 black and white print
  • 8 x 6

Publisher

Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Physical location

  • WaBeCP
  • Western Washington University

Repository

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

Resource type

still image

Related to

Galen Biery papers and photographs

Access conditions

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Identifier

gb1700

Genre

Images

Rights and Permissions

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