This is the time of year where our thoughts turn to family and celebration. As we ask our neighbor to feed the cat, stop the mail for a week, pack our cars for a trip over the mountains, or head towards the airport it’s easy to forget the challenges of travel in the early days of our state’s history. With winter travel in mind we’ve compiled photographs from the collection; pictures of snowy travel by sleigh, train and automobile. So…
… that the Washington State Digital Archives is a treasure trove of historical pictures? Thousands of scanned photos are available for anyone to download, free of charge. Just last week as I was thumbing through the collection, I came across this slightly unique photo below: In the photo, Governor Rosellini is presenting a giant pickle to a gal representing National Pickle Week. National Pickle Week still exists and begins tomorrow, May 15, and ends the 25th. It first began in…
Volume 6, May 13, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) MARKETING 101 – PR FOR NON-PROFESSIONALS 2) HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR LIBRARY? 3) MORE TRAINING FOR DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS 4) WEBINAR EXPLORES BENEFITS OF PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS 5) REVISED STANDARDS FOR SERVICE TO YOUNG ADULTS 6) TRENDS IN TEEN LIT – THE INDEPENDENT VIEW 7) DIGITAL PHOTO MANAGEMENT FOR LIBRARIES 8) THE FUTURE IS MOBILE – IS YOUR LIBRARY READY?
Washington’s Rural Heritage program (see news release), creatively run by the folks at the Washington State Library, is a free online showcase for collections of photos and other cool materials that help tell the story of our rural past. Evan Robb, project manager, sends us some examples that illustrate the enormous value of digitizing older photos. The first photo, taken in 1945, is from the Stevens County Heritage collection. The photo description reads: Fred Guenther and his son Vernon doing chores…