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Greystone interiors.

This United States War Department Recognition journal is from May of 1944, and details ships, planes, and land vehicles of the primary combabtants of World War 2.

An 1868 illustration evoking the difficulties faced by the Freedmen's Bureau, the agency responsible for transforming Southern society, in the face of white opposition, to accommodate freed slaves.

1 map; 27 x 130 cm. Scale: 1 inch = 4 miles.This map comes from an 1882 Army expedition to locate a path across the Cascades from Ft. Colville to the Pacific via Lake Chelan. Lt. Pierce's report concluded the route to be impractical at best, and…

1 map ; 21 x 19 cm.Shows topography of the Pacific Northwest. Identifies islands and coastal features. Shows the locations of the Straits of Rosario involved in the border dispute between Great Britain and the United States"E."Indexed in: CIS US…

1 map : col. ; 23 x 41 cm. From: Exploration du territoire de l'Oregon, des Californies et de la mer Vermeille, executee pendant les annees 1840, 1841 et 1842, par M. Duflot de Mofras, [Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844] Plate no. 18Vice Consul for France…

This postcard features a black and white photograph of the USS Olympia, a protected cruiser of the US Navy currently preserved and notable for its role as the flagship during the Spanish-American War.

1 map : col. ; 41 X 50 cmRelief shown by hachures and spot heightsInset: Diagram of summitScale 1:99,600. 5/8 in. to the mile (W 122°14--W 121°36/N 48°56--N 48°35)

1 map col. ; 65 x 88 cm. Scale [1:68,760]. 1 in. to 6 miles. Shows roads, rail roads in operation, projected rail roads, post offices, and saw mills. The Yakima Indian reservation, at the lower left corner of this map, was created in 1855. In…

Chief Joseph posing for a photograph

1 map; 26 x 37 cm. To view text on verso: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu583b

1 map ; 41 x 68 cm.Identifies coastal features and water bodies in Spanish in the vicinity of the southern part of Vancouver Island. Identifies the Gran Canal de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, the Canal de Lopez de Haro, and the Estrecho de Juan de…

1 map ; 18 x 21 cm.Bathymetry shown by soundings Shows the Pacific Northwest and identifies coastal features and water bodies named by Don Francisco Eliza during his exploration. Shows areas involved in the disputed boundary between Great Britain and…

The Washington Hotel.

Looking east on Main Street from the corner of Grand and

Main.

Looking east on Main Street from about halfway between Pine

and Alder (Kamiaken).

Date taken from postmark. Looking west on Main Street

from corner of Main and Alder (Kamiaken).

Date taken from postmark.

Letter, Ralph Waldo Emerson to Walt Whitman extolling Whitman's poetry, 21 July 1855.

In one of the most quoted letters in American literary history, Emerson writes to an eager Whitman, "I greet you at the beginning of a brilliant career..." …

1 photograph: 19 x 24 cm.