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…
This unassuming book of black and white photos with minimal text packs an amazing amount of history in its 127 pages.
Photo courtesy Washington State Archives With Christmas just weeks away, many of us might want to give a relative or that special friend a unique gift that you won’t see on TV and just can’t find in a big store, a catalog or online. But you might not know what to get or where to get it. Here’s an idea: Buy a wonderful historic photo from the State Archives! Besides having millions and millions of public documents, our State Archives…
From the desk of Sean Lanksbury. PNW & Special Collections Librarian Otherwise, you might end up with the sight you have before you: rotting timber, broken windows, and a sagging foundation. Egads! Long-time library volunteer Gordon Russ recently uncovered this undated image of Washington’s Territorial Legislative Building in disrepair while processing a portion of the State Library Special Collections. The original capitol building was built for $5,000 appropriated by U.S. Congress as described in Section 13 of the Organic Act of…
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Washington Rural Heritage introduced Ellensburg Heritage last year with the stunning Rodeo Collection, documenting 40 years of one of the top 25 rodeos in the country. Their sophomore effort brings us three new collections (and a few more rodeo photographs, too!). The Kittitas Valley Crossroads Collection contains nearly 200 historic images depicting Indian life in Ellensburg and the surrounding area. It features the work of local photographers as well as a sampling from Eli Emor James, Lee Moorhouse, Vibert Jeffers,…
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…