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1 map : blueprint ; 72 x 53 cm., on sheet 95 x 57 cm. Originally folded to 25 x 29 cm. WSU Archives has name of donor and date of donation printed in pencil. Chewelah was founded in 1873, but boomed in the late 1880s with the discovery of…

1 bird's-eye sketch : col., 12 x 21 cm. Fort Walla Walla was built in 1856 for protection from Indian attacks, and a small city quickly grew up around it. The name of the city comes from an Indian phrase meaning "place of many waters."

1 ms. sketch ; 20 x 18 cm."30 miles below the Coeur d'alene Lake" Gustavus Sohon was born in Tilsit, Germany on December 10, 1825. After emigrating to America, he enlisted as a private in the United States Army at the age of 26. He was ordered…

1 ms. sketch ; 10 x 21 cm. "looking towards the north" Gustavus Sohon was born in Tilsit, Germany on December 10, 1825. After emigrating to America, he enlisted as a private in the United States Army at the age of 26. He was…

1 ms. sketch ; 17 x 22 cm. Gustavus Sohon was born in Tilsit, Germany on December 10, 1825. After emigrating to America, he enlisted as a private in the United States Army at the age of 26. He was ordered West for service on the Pacific Coast. …

Propaganda tech:View of a Civil War encampment from Harper’s Weekly, November 2, 1861

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows 27 African Americans in two lines with rifles resting on the ground.

Children stand out front of their wood house with a dirt

road in the foreground.

1 map; 82 x 65 cm.Damaged.Shows addition names, boundaries and block numbers, cable railways, electrical railways and motor lines..Includes key to places of interest.Scale 1 in. = 733 feet [ca. 1:8800]

1 map ; 56 x 49 cmShows addition names and block numbersIncludes key to prominent buildingsScale ca. 1:8,800 (W 122°2758--W 122°2442/N 47°1628--N 47°1320)

1 map : 22 x 26 cm. folded to 15 x 10 cm.Map indicates the travels of Pierre-Jean de Smet around the Northwest with Missions indicated. "Longitude West from Greenwich." Father Pierre Jean De Smet came to the northwest in 1840, as a "black…

1 map ; 27 x 32 cm. Maps shows the locations of missions, churches, and the travels of Pierre-Jean de Smet. The title of the map translates loosely as "New chart of the sources of the Flathead river, made by the R.P. DeSmet, of the …

1 map ; 27 x 32 cm. Maps shows the locations of missions, churches, and the travels of Pierre-Jean de Smet. The title of the map translates loosely as "New chart of the sources of Columbia river, made by the R.P. DeSmet, of the …

1 map ; 27 x 32 cm.Maps shows the locations of missions, churches, and the travels of Pierre-Jean de Smet.Father Pierre Jean De Smet came to the northwest in 1840, as a "black robe" missionary to the Flathead Indians. With them, he traveled through…

1 map: hand col., 24 x 22 cm. Catholic missionary and northwest explorer, Fr. Pierre John DeSmet, established a mission with the Flathead Indians of the Bitterroot Valley near present day Missoula, Montana on September 24, 1841. Having gained the…

The Seattle Times warns of shortages in this headlined article of May 10, 1934, shortly after the strike began

1 map; 17 x 25 cm.This bird's-eye sketch of downtown Seattle comes from a promotional brochure aimed at the sale of business properties.

Section of the Seattle Daily Times, Do Women Work Only for Pin Money? March 13, 1932

1 map; 55 x 42 cm. When the Northern Pacific selected Tacoma as the western terminus for its transcontinental route in 1873, Seattle residents took matters into their own hands. The city of Seattle incorporated its own railway, the Seattle and…

1 map : hand col. ; 81 x 71 cm.Base map is cadastral map also showing waterfront businesses and tract names, 1889, by O.P. AndersonInsets: [Steamship and railroad routes from Seattle] -- Map of Seattle tide lands, King County, Wash. Scale ca.…

1 map ; 41 x 66 cm."February 1918."Includes pier occupancy information, depth in feet at piers and in waterways, and depth in fathoms elsewhereOriented with north to left

1 map : col. ; 67 x 63 cmShows addition names and block numbers"December, 1891."Scale ca. 1:25,850 (W 122°26'06"--W 122°13'36"/N 47°41'26"--N 47°32'05")

1 map : col., 21 x 21 cm. Mount Rainier National Park was established as our fifth National Park by an act of Congress on March 2, 1899. Construction on roads began in the early 1900s, and the first car to reach Paradise Valley under its own power…

This illustration shows a member of a race of people called the Blemmye. They were initially described by Pliny the Elder in his Historia Naturalis as in Nubia.

This illustration shows a member of a race of people called the Panotti. They were initially described by Pliny the Elder in his Historia Naturalis as living in the islands off Scythia.

Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson as a doctor holding aloft a bottle of "Tariff Subsidy Morphine" among a group of men at the "Democratic Sanitarium - Morphine and other Drug Habits Cured"; on a table are bottles of "High Protection Cocaine, High…

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.

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…

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…

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