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1 map: col., 26 x 37 cm. Scale 25 miles to 1 inch.This forms the center pages from a 46 page promotional brochure issued by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. Also in brochure: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu188 Also in…

1 map; 13 x 17 cm. Legend shows average annual temperature by county for the Inland Empire. This map is drawn from a 46 page promotional brochure issued by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. On facing page:…

This photograph from the Spokane Chronicle features members of the Colmbia River Development League, including James O'Sullivan, Rufus Woods, and Senator C. C. Dill. The Columbia River Development League formed in support of a dam built at Grand…

1 map; 13 x 9 cmScale: 1 inch = 40 miles The Spokane Falls and Northern Railway was started in 1889, and subsequently sold to the Great Northern in 1898. It connected Spokane to Colville and from there split two ways. One went to Okanogan along…

This image shows an article published in a paper after the Dred Scot Decision in 1857. It is cropped where the newspaper title itself is not visible.

1 map; 41 x 59 cm. Legend indicates paved roads, graveled roads, 9 ft. pavement, 9 ft. gravel, and bridges. Map lists primary and secondary highways. The Washington State Highway Department was created in 1905, though the state Legislature had been…

1 map ; 55 x 45 cm.Also shows proposed and completed railroadsRelief shown by hachuresMap of the Olympic Mountains in Washington, U.S.A. mapScale 1:380,160. 6 miles to the in. (W 124°45--W 122°44/N 48°30--N 46°53)

1 map on 3 sheets ; assembled 58 x 152 cm.Relief shown by hachures"H.R. Ex. Doc. No. 56, 1st Sess., 36th Cong."Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1054 (36-1) H.exdoc. 56, map 1Scale 1:600,000

1 map. 70 1/2 x 129 1/2 cm. fold. to 25 1/2 x 17 cm.Scale: 1: 1,200,000

1 map : hand col. ; 35 x 38 cm.Relief shown by hachuresNote Color map showing the Yakima Indian Nation and Reservation in Washington Territory. Includes rivers, creeks, lakes, mountain, cities, towns and fortsIndexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt.…

1 map; 31 x 83 cm.Bird's-eye view.Perspective map not drawn to scale.Oriented with North to lower right.Includes key to points of interest."Reproduced ... from an engraving in the Library of Congress."Includes inset of "Mount Tacoma, 14,444 ft.…

Stereograph showing a view of several businesses and crowds of pedestrians on the sidewalk; street railroad trains running along elevated railroad tracks.

1 ms. view ; 95 x 179 cmBird's-eye view"Copyrighted--B. Dudley Stuart."Oriented with north to rightBlack ink on linenNot drawn to scale

28 x 22 cm. handout, 1 page. This schedule of anti-war events for May 11, 1972 includes a blockade of the south entrance to campus, discussions and lectures by Washington State University professors, guest speakers, and a march beginning on the mall,…

This photograph appears on page 90 of the 1971 Chinook, the Washington State University yearbook. It features members of the Coubabes, an African American cheer squad approved by the Associated Students of Washington State University in 1970.

1 map ; 23 x 19 cm.Shows the boundary by dashed line along the forty-ninth parallel, through the Gulf of Georgia and Straits of Juan de Fuca. Includes hydrography of major rivers and identifies some coastal features"G."Indexed in: CIS US serial set…

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1 map; 13 x 28 cm.Artist: Catlett, Portland Ore. Sunnyside, Washington, is located in the Yakima Valley, and was founded in 1893. The name Sunnyside comes from the fact that the local irrigated lands were laid out on the sunny side of a gentle…

1 map; 20 x 27 cm. Insets: Railroad Map of Oregon and California; Four scenic views. Umatilla Indian Reservation identified in center of map.

The members of the United States Supreme Court in 1896-1897. Under Chief Justice Melville Fuller, the Court established the separate but equal rule following the pivotal Plessy v Ferguson Case.

1 map ; 43 x 54 cm.Relief shown by hachuresShows progress of township surveys. Indicates surveys executed, proposed, or under contract. Shows land claims of Puget Sound Agricultural Company, the proposed routes of the North Pacific Railroad, Indian…

1 map; 19 x 25 cm. In 1852, James G. Swan was invited to come visit Shoalwater Bay, now known as Willapa Bay, in the Washington territory. Swan spent several years there, engaging in the oyster business. In 1856 he went to the nation's capital…

North facing exterior of B-Reactor at Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

On October 18, 1931, Capone was convicted after trial and on November 24, was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison, fined $50,000 and charged $7,692 for court costs, in addition to $215,000 plus interest due on back taxes. The six-month…

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An issue of the newspaper "The American Issue" from January 16, 1919

Newspaper article headline reads, 'Immigration Bill is Signed by President; Japanese Ban Becomes Effective on July 1.

1 map: color, 43 x 29 cm. Scale 6 miles to 1 inch. Idaho & Washington Northern R.R. indicated by thick red line. Pend Oreille River Navigation Co. indicated by dashed red line. Spokane International indicated by heavy black line. Other railroads…

1 map: col., 34 x 25 cm. Page 40. Indian Reservation Boundaries and forest reserves shown. "Size of type indicates relative importance of places." Idaho was originally part of the Oregon Territory, then part of the Washington Territory when…