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A Congregational Church.

A photo showing water creeping up a hill during the 1948

Pullman flood.

A picture looking west down Main St. of the effects of the

1948 Pullman flood.

Looking north during the Pullman flood of 1910 on Alder (now Kamiaken) Street from the post office (now Pullman appliance). The Burgan Emerson Mercantile is on the left with the Old City Hall center, Pullman State Bank is on the right. Note the level…

Downtown Pullman looking east up Main Street from Grand

Avenue, ca. 1909. Note: the Flatiron Building on the right

and the IOOF (International Order of Old Fellows) on the

left.

1 map : col. ; 51 x 73 cmIncludes insets: Map to shew [sic] the communication from the NW coast of America to China & Australasia -- British possessions in AmericaRelief shown by hachuresScale undetermined (W 135--W 105/N 60--N 43)

Sioux boys at work in a field

This interview segment was recorded during the opening of the Outrageous Hypotheses exhibit at WSU MASC. The exhibit was based on Being Wrong, the 2013-2014 Common Read. Trevor Bond describes his favorite object in the exhibit, the Nuremberg…

This interview was recorded during the opening of the Outrageous Hypotheses exhibit at WSU MASC. In it, Mark O'English describes the materials in the exhibit about Samuel Rowbottam's Zetetic flat earch theory and what he finds interesting about it.…

Stereograph showing businesses and busy downtown street crowded with pedestrians, shoppers, streetcars, and horse and carts.

A wordle representation of Emerson's Self-Reliance essay

Cartoon shows the world as a globe being squeezed in a vise made up of two bombs, one labeled "Russia's Bombs" and the other "U.S.' Bombs." Reflects the fear of a world-wide atomic war that developed after the revelation in September 1949 that the…

This entry is from Flora's Dictionary a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana. This page contains an entry for Althaea with a poem.

This page is from a copy of Flora's Dictionary in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana.

Spine of Flora's Dictionary, a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana.

Detail from page of Flora's Dictionary, a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana. This detail is from the corner of the page and features a floral pattern used to frame the page's text.

Close up of a hole in the cover of Flora's Dictionary, a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana.

Cover of Flora's Dictionary, a book in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana.

This image contains page 5 from the copy of Flora's Dictionary in which E.W. Fuller wrote his letters to his wife, Mary B. Fuller of St. Martinsville, Louisiana and a letter from E.W. Fuller to his wife, Mary. This image illustrates the orientation…

1 map : col., 38 x 77 cm. In 1888, the Northern Pacific finally completed the last requirement of its original charter, the construction of a direct route to the Puget Sound. Stampede Pass across the Cascades opened in May of 1888.

1 map: blueprint, hand col., 39 x 48 cm.Map shows location of northeastern Washington Territory, with the Colville region outlined in red. It also shows a large portion of northern Idaho territory, established in 1863. Major landforms such as the…

1 ms. map: hand col., 21 x 27 cm. William Parkhurst Winans worked from 1870 to 1872 as Indian Sub-Agent for the tribes surrounding Fort Colville in Stevens County, Washington Territory. This hand drawn map delineates the area and number of the…

In this volume, George Wilson describes how to mix a vast assortment of substances to cure a number of maladies. For example, he describes an elixir made with 6 pounds of ground human skull that cures "Madness, Convulsions, and Hysterick Fits." The…

1 map : col. ; 45 x 31 cm. on sheet 56 x 47 cm. "Surveyed in 1896." Also, "Surveyed in 1894-1895" for topography? Geology by Bailey Willis and George Otis Smith. Scale: 1:125,000 Contour interval 50 feet. Relief indicated by…

1 map : col. ; 31 x 43 cm.Relief shown by hachures and spot heightsPublication date range is based on existence of Ferguson County in Washington Territory from 1863 to 1865In lower right: 19Scale [ca. 1:3,300,000] (W 126--W 110/N 49--N 41)

1 map : col., 35 x 48 cm. This map depicts the Northwest after the creation of all of the northwestern territories but before any but Oregon were actually made States.

1 map ; 21 x 18 cm.Relief shown by hachuresShows topography of the Pacific Northwest including northwest Oregon Country, Vancouver Island, and southwestern New Caledonia. Identifies hydrography, forts and mountains. From volume describing arbitration…

1 map ; 57 x 70 cm., on sheet 63 x 92 cm.Relief shown by hachuresInset: Columbia River, reduced from a survey / made by the U.S. Ex. Ex., 1841. -- Scale ca. 1:700,000Scale ca. 1:3,500,000 In 1836, Congress approved the sum of $300,000 for…

This is the title page from William Whitson's Theory of the Earth. In it, he attempts to explain the deluge described in the book of Noah as the result of a comet passing near Earth.

1 map : col. ; 88 x 61 cm."Compliments of Oliver Baker, real estate broker."Inset: Olympia & environsShows additions, lot numbers, street names, railroads, section numbers, and names of some landownersScale ca. 1:14,700