<p>Coal mining began at Franklin, Washington in 1884 and reached its peak around 1900. This photo, taken around 1920, shows the coal company store at Franklin, Washington, where miners and their families bought their food and other goods.</p>
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Typed on verso: Store at Franklin
Sign in image: Western Union Telegraph and Cables

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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Coal mining--Washington (State)--Franklin; General stores--Washington (State)--Franklin" Pacific Coast Coal Company</li></ul><hr><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"><li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px">
			<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:41px auto;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_Office,_Franklin,_Washington_(circa_1920).jpg" class="image" title='A similar photo, also dated as "circa 1920" but probably later than this one, shows a sign on this building indicating it being a post office.'><img alt='A similar photo, also dated as "circa 1920" but probably later than this one, shows a sign on this building indicating it being a post office.' src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Post_Office%2C_Franklin%2C_Washington_%28circa_1920%29.jpg/120px-Post_Office%2C_Franklin%2C_Washington_%28circa_1920%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Post_Office%2C_Franklin%2C_Washington_%28circa_1920%29.jpg/180px-Post_Office%2C_Franklin%2C_Washington_%28circa_1920%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Post_Office%2C_Franklin%2C_Washington_%28circa_1920%29.jpg/240px-Post_Office%2C_Franklin%2C_Washington_%28circa_1920%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="706"></a></div></div>
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<p>A similar photo, also dated as "circa 1920" but probably later than this one, shows a sign on this building indicating it being a post office.
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