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Curtis dam negatives top Library jewels poll

Curtis dam negatives top Library jewels poll

(Photo courtesy of Washington State Library) Leading wire to wire, the Asahel Curtis glass photographic negatives of Grand Coulee Dam was the overwhelming winner in April’s State Library jewels online poll. The Curtis negatives took first with 62 percent, well ahead of the Seattle World’s Fair Commission records (31 percent) and W.E. McCroskey’s poem about Northwest Pioneers (7 percent). The image above is one of the few color negatives in that collection. The black-and-white negatives feature the dam’s construction. Next…

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Time to vote on favorite State Library jewel

Time to vote on favorite State Library jewel

With the end of April comes the online poll to determine this month’s favorite State Library “jewel.” The three items featured this month include the “Pioneers of the Northwest” poem written by  W.E. McCroskey; Seattle World’s Fair Commission records and other materials; and photo negatives of Grand Coulee Dam taken by famed Northwest photographer Asahel Curtis. Now we need you to choose which one you like best. Just go to the online poll below and pick your fave. The poll…

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April State Library jewels #1: Pioneer poetry

April State Library jewels #1: Pioneer poetry

(Image courtesy of Washington State Library) With April being National Poetry Month, it’s fitting to make a poem our first State Library “jewel” contestant for the month. Entitled “The Pioneers of the Northwest,” this ode was composed by W.E. McCroskey.  The State Library staff doesn’t know for sure when it was written, but one guess is sometime between 1935 and 1945. The framed print possessed by the State Library has a note that states it was presented by the Colfax…

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