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History Day: Vancouver students win state, compete in nationals

History Day: Vancouver students win state, compete in nationals

Washington State Archives Southwest Regional Archivist Tracy Rebstock proudly announces that the state’s top Junior Division 2018 History Day project comes from Pleasant Valley Middle School in Vancouver. Washington’s History Day is an annual contest conducted by National History Day, a nonprofit organization that engages students and teachers from across the United States to do original research on a topic of their choice and present it as a project. Original research on historical topics is right up the State Archives’…

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1960 photo of sailboats on Lake Washington.
From Digital Archives: Classic WA sailing photos

From Digital Archives: Classic WA sailing photos

When you visit Puget Sound or one of the many lakes in Washington, especially during the gorgeous summer months here, you’re bound to see someone sailing. (And maybe you’re the one on the sailboat!) Sailing has been a popular activity around these waters about as long as sailboats first appeared here. These photos on the Washington State Digital Archives website confirm it. The top picture shows a couple of sailboats on Lake Washington around 1960. The middle shot features a…

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Happy 50th birthday to 520 Floating Bridge

Happy 50th birthday to 520 Floating Bridge

(Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives) If it seems like the Albert D. Rosellini Floating Bridge has been around for 50 years, well, that’s because it has! The span, which carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington from Seattle to Medina, opened on Aug. 28, 1963 , the same day as Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C.  It was called the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge when it opened, but the name was changed in…

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Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day!

A father with children fishing on Lake Washington during the 1950s. Photograph courtesy of the Washington State Archives. There are a wide selection of photos to choose from in our State Digital Archives collection and best of all, they’re free!