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This letter from John Muir articulates in a clear and concise fashion his reasons for wanting to preserve the land around Yellowstone National Park. Being a primary source document, this letter expresses the weight of concern that John Muir had for…

A perment Christmas Tree being moved.

National Register of Historical Places: Building - #72001283

This is a medicinal advertisement from 1885 that for a remedy called Pepper’s Quinine Iron Tonic. The ad is in text and calls out the uses of this medicine. This product seems to be pretty universal since it is used for “bodily, mental, nerve,…

Photograph of people, including Takematsu and Harry Suda, seated at a table with food at a farewell party for Julius Egashira in a mess hall, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Several tables are captured in this photograph. There is a stove…

2"x1.5" negative. Photograph of people exiting a train from the Jerome Relocation Center in Arkansas with luggage and military personnel standing near the train, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Two men exit the train as three guards…

Looks like hygiene and being clean was a big thing in the turn of the century. In this advertisement they use mainly women who are all dressed up. The target audience is obviously women and it is more obvious in the description where they use words…

Advertisement showing a brand of soap called Pear's. Has a New Year's theme because of the date, January 4th

A pear tree against a gray sky.

115 S Main

Pea Viners hard at work.

Employees from the Seattle First National Bank Pullman

branch dispense free pea soup to a crowd.

Employees from the Seattle First National Bank Pullman

branch dispense free pea soup to a crowd.

1 ms. map: hand col., 26 x 22 cm. In 1840, Jesuit missionary Fr. Pierre Jean DeSmet, traveled to the Pacific Northwest upon request by the Flathead Indian nation. Returning the next year with supplies and a few fellow brethren, DeSmet founded St.…

840 6th St

1 view : col ; 30 x 42 cm.Insets: Houser & Harford grain elevator, Harford & Son Bankers, Residence R. M. Smith, and the Residence Mrs. Lillie Stiles.Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North…

1 map : col., 22 x 34 cm. Pasco was established in 1884 as a railroad town and incorporated in 1891. Its name comes from the Peruvian town of Cerro de Pasco. A surveying engineer for the railroad was reminded of his time in Peru by the unpleasant…

1 map : col. ; 45 x 31 cm. or smallerRelief shown by contours and spot heightsTitle supplied by catalogerSet includes various editions"Surveyed in 1904 and 1914""Contour interval 50 feet. Datum is mean sea level.""Edition of 1917"Diagram depicts…

1 map: hand col., 46 x 52 cm. The map identifies rivers, lakes, and mountains. Indian tribes and populations are identified. It includes notes and dates from the routes of several exploratory expeditions, including Lewis & Clark. It also…

1 map: hand col., 46 x 52 cm. The map identifies forts, rivers, and mountains. Indian tribes and populations are identified. It includes notes and dates from the routes of several exploratory expeditions, including Lewis & Clark. It also…

Advertisement for furniture of all descriptions for sale a a moderate cost (being made by machinery).

A picture of a parlor.

A view from Skyline Drive.

A view from Skyline Drive.

A view from Skyline Drive.

A view from Skyline Drive.