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Ready to vote on June Library Jewels?

Ready to vote on June Library Jewels?

We’ve shown off the three Library Jewels for June, so it’s time for you to choose your favorite. Your  choices are an 1867 map of the northern U.S. from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, 1890 state legislators’ signatures, and the J.W. Thompson photo collection of Washington. You can select your fave by going to our online poll (below), which is open until Friday at 5 p.m. 1867 map of America from Lake Superior to Pacific Ocean 1890 state legislators’…

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Library Jewel #2: 1890 legislators’ signatures

Library Jewel #2: 1890 legislators’ signatures

As House and Senate negotiators try to reach a compromise on the next two-year state operating budget, our second Library Jewel for June has a nice legislative tie-in from yesteryear: an autograph album that contains the signatures of the members of the 1st Legislature of Washington, 1890. The image above shows signatures of (top to bottom) state Reps. Joseph C. Painter of Touchet, Walla Walla County, Harry Hamilton of Conconully, Okanogan County, and Henry B. Day of Dayton, Columbia County….

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