(Photo courtesy North Olympic Heritage/Washington Rural Heritage)

Since Washington’s 125th birthday celebration has come and gone, you’d think we’d be done with looking back at the year we reached statehood. Think again.

This photo offers a side view of the inauguration of our  first governor of the new state, Elisha P. Ferry, in Olympia on Nov. 18, 1889, exactly 125 years ago Tuesday. More than 3,000 Washingtonians celebrated their new statehood that day, marching in parades and watching the new governor take the oath of office.

The photo is found in the North Olympic Heritage collection, which is part of the State Library’s Washington Rural Heritage program. WRH is an online aggregation of special collections from small and rural communities throughout the state. It features photos and other documents that capture Washington’s history, culture, place and people.