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John Peterson fly fishing at Snoqualmie Falls, near Snoqualmie, 1950

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John Peterson fly fishing at Snoqualmie Falls, near Snoqualmie, 1950

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Title	John Peterson fly fishing at Snoqualmie Falls, near Snoqualmie, 1950
Photographer	Scaylea, Josef
Date	1950
Caption	The Snoqualmie River drops 268 feet at Snoqualmie Falls. The waterfall was spiritually important to the Snoqualmie people who once lived in the area and was a scenic wonder to the settlers who came later. After the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad was built along the south shore in 1889, the falls became a popular place for day trips from Seattle.
Notes	Handwritten on image: Josef Scaylea . Handwritten on verso: 1950. John Peterson, Fly Fisherman, Snoqualmie Falls.
Subjects	Fishing--Washington (State)--Snoqualmie; Waterfalls--Washington (State)--Snoqualmie; Rivers--Washington (State)--Snoqualmie; Snoqualmie Falls (Wash. : Waterfall)
Personal Names	Peterson, John
Places	United States--Washington (State)--Snoqualmie
Digital Collection	Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number	1993.20.167
Ordering Information	To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph.
Credit Line	Josef Scaylea Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
Repository	Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository Collection	Josef Scaylea Collection
Object Type	image photograph
Type	Photograph
Physical Description	1 photographic print: b&w; 20 x 16 in.
Digital Reproduction Information	Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.