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Capitol fire photo wins Archives poll

Capitol fire photo wins Archives poll

(Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives) The voters have spoken on the September version of the Archives treasures online poll. And they’ve selected the 1928 photo of the Capitol fire as the winner of this month’s poll on three of the items found in our State Archives. The old photo received 46 percent of the vote, topping a letter from the 19th century Pig War (30 percent) and the State Supreme Court files (24 percent). Later this month we’ll unveil…

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Time to vote on September Archives Treasures

Time to vote on September Archives Treasures

Our State Archives has millions and millions of documents, records, photos and other interesting stuff. Every month this year we’re highlighting some of those rare or cool items in a blog series called “Archives Treasures.” We just finished spotlighting three items for September, so now it’s your turn to get into the act. We need you to go to our online poll and vote on your favorite Archives treasure for this month. The three choices are: 1) An 1862 letter…

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