We know we don’t have to tell Washington’s fishing community, but Saturday marks the opening weekend of trout fishing in many lowland lakes. To help celebrate the big opening, and to help get folks in the mood to grab their poles and tackle boxes, we’re sharing a few of the classic fishing photos found in the State Digital Archives website. The top photo shows a man in waders fishing in an unidentified river with mountains in the background. The photo…
1945 postcard shows Native Americans fishing at Celilo Falls. (Images courtesy of Washington State Archives) March 10 marks the anniversary when a famous and treasured fishing and trading spot for Northwest tribes for thousands of year vanished in a matter of hours. It was on this date in 1957 when Celilo Falls along the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon disappeared after floodgates on The Dalles Dam closed. To remember this moment, the State Archives brought out these classic photos…
Fishing is a favorite outdoor activity for many Washingtonians, whether casting from a riverbank or dock, or from a boat bobbling on a river or off the coast. If you’re looking for some nostalgic photos of people fishing on a river in the mountains, look no further than your Digital Archives. The top photo was taken by famed outdoor photogs Bob and Ira Spring. We don’t know the river, but we do know it was taken sometime around 1950. Esteemed…
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!
The Washington Rural Heritage team has been criss-crossing the state consulting with project participants, meeting with potential contributors and scanning, scanning, and scanning some more. In the last month, we’ve seen three out of four corners of this state — and a few spots in between — and though we’re a little road-weary, we can’t wait to feature these incredible historic finds on our site. We started the month of July on Lummi Island, capturing some large reef-netting maps and…