Allender's Shovel Gang, Elgin Canyon Road, 1911
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Title
Allender's Shovel Gang , Elgin Canyon Road , 1911
Photographer
Matsura , Frank , 1873-1913 .
Description
A Matsura postcard , containing a collage of the work done on Elgin Canyon Road , showed this same picture , with the title "Allender's Shovel Gang. " The name could be in reference to either Oscar or Ernest Allender , citizens of Okanogan . All of the crew seen here were from the town . Since the project of creating a road through Elgin Canyon was not sponsored by the county , the project required the volunteer services of the community . The road meant a shortcut to town for orchardists living near Shell Rock Point , north of Okanogan . It wound its way down the north side of Elgin Canyon and connected with the River Road at Elgin Ranch . The road was projected to cost $650.00 , but, while some progress was made , it still had not reached completion a year later and might never have been finished .
Subject
Dogs--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Horses--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Laborers--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Picnics--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Road construction--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Elgin Canyon Road
Date
1911
Type
Image
Genre
Group portraits ; Photographic prints ; Progress photographs
Location
North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Okanogan county--Okanogan
Identifier
pc035b2f49n19
Source
Is found in PC 35, Frank S. Matsura Collection https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc35.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item went into public domain 70 years after the 1913 death of the author.
Restrictions
For permission to publish please contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691 or the Okanogan Historical Society (509) 422-4272
Format
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
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