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1 map ; 23 x 18 cm.Relief shown by hachures and landforms. Bathymetry shown by soundingsShows topography of the Pacific Northwest including part of Vancouver Island and northwestern Oregon Country. Identifies Canal de Arro involved in the disputed…

1 map ; 71 x 55 cm.Relief shown pictorially and by hachuresShows the north and south routes of the two vessels along the coast of northern Oregon and Washington, and along the southern coast of British Columbia. Includes topography along the coast…

1 map ; 43 x 32 cm.Shows the Pacific Northwest including Vancouver Island. Identifies coastal features and water bodies including the Canal del Rosario and Straits of Juan de Fuca involved in the boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United…

The official emblem of the Old Communist Party

A photo depicting the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima city

An aerial photo of the mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, minutes after the atomic bombing.

'The political hostility between the United States of America and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1990 not only perpetuated enemy propaganda in both countries, but was also a power battle between both nations to sell their respective ideologies to the…

1960 comic book warns young readers of the dangers ahead should Uncle Sam fail to steer clear of the "Red Iceberg."

A Japanese soldier lies dead face down in the surf at the end of the Battle of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands 1944

May 5, 1938, Pierce County officials signed a deed passing the title of Tacoma Field, 900 acres of land with buildings, to the War Department to be used as part of a giant airbase to defend the Pacific Northwest.

Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, December 1931 to January 1947, then chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

This cartoon is mocking the Southerners’ character and questioning their battlefield prowess. In the forefront are two Confederate soldiers, one pointing with a knife and another holding a musket in the back. Both appear less than gentlemanly as…

This portrait of E. W. Fuller depicts Captain Emelius Woods Fuller of the Confederate Army seated and wearing a sash containing Freemason symbols. "Hon: E. W. Fuller / St. Marinsville, LA" is written in the margin along the bottom edge of the print.

5"x7" print. Photograph of a man shoveling coal at Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho. The man stands at the entrance to a building with a sign reading, "Keep Out: Boilerman only." In addition to coal, several pieces of wood are stacked near the…

Photograph of Hisako Takeda holding her son, Terry, in front of a barrack at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Hisako stands in front of a barrack and snow covers the ground in front of her.

4x2.5 negative. This photograph is of Kiyo Hide and Marie Bressler standing next to each other in front of a barrack at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. The Hide family provided help to Bresslers on their farm in Lyman, Nebraska in the…

This is a photograph of Shiro Takeda sitting on the deck of a ship to Japan in April 1932. He is wearing a suit and glasses and is seated in front of an emissions pipe. After graduating from Lincoln University, Takeda visited Japan before returning…

Mexican Immigrants line up at a Braceros Processing Depot, c. 1920s

28 x 22 cm. leaflet, 3 pages. The University Committee for Rationality, consisting of faculty, staff, and teaching assistants, urged students to address issues of foreign and domestic policy in other less disruptive ways, and condemns the Citizens…

1 map; 40 x 45 cm. Scale 1/4 inch = 1 mile"Indicating sheets 1 to 6 embraced by survey"Map shows rail road lines. This map comes from a governmental survey of the Duwamish River, intended to determine what uses the River could be put to, and what…

1 map : 27 x 40 cm.Before the creation of the Walla Walla District on November 1, 1948, all work done by the War Department's Corp of Engineers on waterways in the west was handled by the district headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Most jobs done…

1 map ; 56 x 71 cm.Relief shown by hachures"Sen.Ex.Doc. No.1. 37th Cong. 2nd Sess."Shows progress of the township surveys in western Washington Territory. Indicates surveys executed, under contract, and proposed. Includes Indian reservations,…

1 map : col. ; 71 x 53 cm.Color cadastral map of the Puyallup Indian Reservation, indicating land ownership and acreage of plots. Divided into sixteenth sections. Includes creeks and railroads. Township range is given. Also includes part of…

1 map ; 90 x 54 cm.Depths shown by soundingsShows soundings and coastal features in Puget Sound. Includes islands, points, creeks, passages, bays, inlets, coves, lakes, rivers, ports, bluffs, sounds, harbors, cities and railroadsIndexed in: CIS US…

1 map ; 135 x 85 cm.Relief shown by contours; depths shown by soundings and isolinesShows soundings and borings in the vicinity of Port Orchard, in Puget Sound. Includes Sinclair's Inlet, Part Washington Narrows, and Phinney's Bay. Also shows…

1 map : col. ; 54 x 73 cm.Black, yellow, green and blue lines indicate proposed railroad routes, along with the corresponding 40 and 50 mile limits. Pink lines indicate land grant limits. Shows Indian reservations, military reservations, county…

1 map : col. ; 56 x 73 cm"J.A. Williamson, Commissioner" General Land OfficeLongitude west from Greenwich and WashingtonLibrary's copy hand colored to show land capabilityScale 1:950,400 (W 124°45--W 117°/N 49°--N 45°30) …

1 map ; 40 x 53 cm."J.A. Williamson, Commissioner" General Land Office"Sen. Ex. Doc. 120."Shows Washington Territory and its boundary with surrounding states. Shows proposed, amended, constructed, and branch lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad.…

1 map : col. ; 58 x 86 cm.Relief shown by hachures and spot heightsScale 1:760,320. 1 in. = 12 miles (W 125°--W 117°/N 49°--N 45°)