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This source describes the Historical implications that Jackie Robinson had on the game of baseball.

1 map ; 61 x 72 cm. This is very obviously drawn from Greenhow's 1840 map, seen at: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu479 It corrects a few minor mistakes, but mostly is a redrawing of the earlier maps, with many of the…

1 blueprint map; 71 x 38 cm.Compiled by W.J. Roberts-Civil Engineer and John F. Fuller-Draughtsman. Section traversed by L.W. & P. Co. pole-line. Scale 1.5 inch = 1 mile.

1 map: hand col., 37 x 27 cm. Scale: "16 miles to 1 inch." Page 94

1 map; col., 33 x 41 cm."Entered in Sta. Hall, London. ... & according to act of Congress in the year 1857 by H.D. Rogers. in the clerks office of the District Court of Massachusetts""Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh""Scale 1 /…

1 map; 20 x 25 cm. The author of this map (and the book it comes in) was a trader in the employ of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, and took part in Astor's first expedition to the northwest to establish the profitability of the fur…

1 map: blueprint ; 51 x 48 cm. In 1901, Mr Ben F. Ross, an employee of the Great Northern Railroad, settled with his family in the area that became the town of Omak, Washington. By 1906, Ross had helped to organize the first…

1 map: blueprint ; 51 x 48 cm. In 1901, Mr Ben F. Ross, an employee of the Great Northern Railroad, settled with his family in the area that became the town of Omak, Washington. By 1906, Ross had helped to organize the first…

This diagram illustrates how the sun illuminates the Earth in Samuel Rowbotham's model of a flat Earth. The book that contains this drawing was published in 1881, well after the vast majority of Western civilization dismissed the notion. Rowbotham…

1 map: hand-col., 38 x 55 cm.Scale: 1 inch = 18 miles.The Washington State Highway Department was created in 1905, though the state Legislature had been attempting to create state roads as early as 1893. The first concrete and…

The ad displays a few different types of watches they sell, from wristwatches to keyless watches. It also describes the features of each watch. Saying that all their watches have chronometer balance, jeweled throughout, and patent protection from…

This ad is about cocoa and it tries to persuade the consumer to buy their brand because it is pure concentrated and it is especially adapted to those who's digestive organs are weak. It also encourages you to ask your nearest grocer for a free…

This ad doesn't have much information but it gives detailed pictures of all the supplies that comes in the bag. It also gives the price and says it's the oldest and best, and feels no hesitation in recommending it's use.

This ad is promoting bicycles. It gives three pictures of people riding different bikes that the company sells. It also gives the address of two different places where you can get one. There isn't much in this ad other than the pictures, it's very…

This ad takes up about half the news paper and is full of quotes and information about their products. It says their diamonds and ornaments cannot be surpassed for elegance of design, quality of workmanship, and perfect setting. All London made and…

Kearby Chase looking good in front of a bus that workers took to work at Hanford. This bus is in Richland, Washington at the museum there.

Keaby gets on the bus as the owner looks wistfully on.

View of the canyon wall on the Oregon side showing Celilo Falls

View of Celilo Falls- Homes of Indians and Indians Fishing

Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands

Short clip from The Columiba: America's Greates Powerstream concerning Salmon and Celilo Falls

Newspaper Clipping

1 map: col., 36 x 29 cm.In 1831, S. Augustus Mitchell, a teacher from Connecticut, began a publishing firm in Philadelphia. By 1845, Mitchell purchased the copyright to The New Universal Atlas, the product of one of the fathers of American…

This typed letter addressed to Mr. Jewett from Mr. Nomura describes the sending of 18 Japanese ship postcards for Mr. Jewett's collection.

1 map; 12 x 22 cm. In 1876 and 1877, the Northern Pacific purchased a controlling interest in the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, which gave them a connection to the railroads of the Midwest, and which assured St. Paul am major shipping role when…

1 map : col., 19 x 24 cm. This map shows the Upper Geyser Basin as it existed before the construction of any permanent buildings. At the time of this map, a permanent hotel existed several miles away near the Fountain Paint Pots (the Fountain…

This letter is from Sakutsu Emi [?], a former internee at Minidoka Relocation Center, to George MacIntyre, who supervised the motor pool at Minidoka. In the letter, Emi describes his current life in Seattle.