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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…

Newspaper Clipping

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

Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands

View of Celilo Falls- Homes of Indians and Indians Fishing

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

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

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.

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…

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 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 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…

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…

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…

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: 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…

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

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 ; 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…

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

The untanking tower at the Chehalis Substation of the Bonneville Power Administration, Napavine, WA.

1 map : col. ; 55 x 57 cm.Relief shown by spot heights and pictoriallyScale 1:62,500 (W 121°55--W 121°30/N 47°00--N 46°44)

television poster

Magazine Cover