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  • Oppenheimer Mill, Stevens County
  • Mills--Washington (Terr.); Lumber industry--Washington (Terr.); Bodies of water--Streams--Rivers
  • A water-powered mill on inland stream.
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  • 1870s threshing machine
  • Agricultural machinery & implements--Harvesting machinery--Threshing machines; Agriculture--Farming--Washington (Terr.)
  • This thresher was a step or two beyond hand threshing.
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  • Transporting logs near Stanwood, 1890.
  • Cattle--Stanwood--Washington (State); Logs--Stanwood--Washington (State); Lumber industry--Stanwood--Washington (State); Roads--Stanwood--Washington (State)
  • Draft cattle was used to pull large logs over skid roads.
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  • Simple pit-saw (date of photo unknown).
  • Logs--Washington (State); Lumber industry--Washington (State); Men--Washington (State)
  • "Two-man power saw mill of the pioneer days in Washington, and Alaska, made it possible to build houses with boards instead of whole logs, or to satisfactorily roof the log cabins. The first lumber in Washington was made in this manner long before...
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  • Columbia Construction Co. : Bonneville Dam, Dec. 20, 1934.
  • Dam construction; Dams; Rivers
  • 1 photographic print; 120 x 20 cm. Panoramic photograph of the contraction of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington states. Back identifies this as from "Harold M Brown Photo. Logging, Lumbering, & Marine. Rt 1 Bx...
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  • Pullman, Northern Pacific Railway
  • Railroad stations; Passengers; Automobiles
  • Black and white photo depicting several women standing along the side of a Northern Pacific Railway train, and a man helping one woman down the steps. Several people are on the ground beside the train next to the nose of an automobile.
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  • Jackson Sundown
  • Sundown, Jackson, 1863-1923; Horesemen and horsewomen; Rodeos; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Jackson Sundown was a famous nimíipuu (Nez Perce) horseman and warrior, known for his skills in rodeo riding and accomplishments in the Pendleton Roundup in Pendleton, Oregon during the early twentieth century (early 1900s). He was a member of the...
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  • nimíipuu (Nez Perce) women at ceremonial gathering
  • Clothing and dress; Ceremonial objects; Horesemen and horsewomen; Tipis; Lapwai (Idaho); Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • In this photograph, three nimíipuu (Nez Perce) women ride horses at an outdoor ceremonial gathering in Lapwai, Idaho. All three women wear púxnin’(shawls) and cíickan (blankets/robes), while their horses are adorned with cíickan (blankets/robes). ...
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  • nimíipuu (Nez Perce) and employees at nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency
  • Native American agents; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Nez Perce Agency; Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874; Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851; Montieth, Reverand W.J.; McFarland, Reverand D.F.; Lapwai (Idaho); Missionary settlements;...
  • In this photograph, a large group of nimíipuu (Nez Perce) peoples and employees of the nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency stand in front of the physical site of the agency in Lapwai, Idaho. In the 1830s, Reverand Henry Spalding and his wife Eliza...
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  • nimíipuu (Nez Perce) at nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency
  • Native American agents; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Nez Perce Agency; Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874; Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851; Lapwai (Idaho); Missionary settlements; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • In this photograph, a large group of nimíipuu (Nez Perce) peoples stand at on the grounds/site of the nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency in Lapwai, Idaho. In the 1830s, Reverand Henry Spalding and his wife Eliza originally established a mission (referred...
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  • Jackson Sundown
  • Sundown, Jackson, 1863-1923; Horesemen and horsewomen; Rodeos; Campaigns & battles; Subsistence hunting; Tipis; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Jackson Sundown was a famous nimíipuu (Nez Perce) horseman and warrior, known for his skills in rodeo riding and accomplishments in the Pendleton Roundup in Pendleton, Oregon during the early twentieth century (early 1900s). He was a member of the...
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  • The Providence Gazette, and Country Journal, February 16, 1788
  • Constitutional history--United States; Constitutional amendments; United States. Constitution; Political conventions; Parades--Massachusetts; United States--Politics and Government--1783-1789
  • 1 newspaper, 40 x 26 cm. [4] p. Vol. XXV, No. 1259. Of note are articles on the ratification of the United States Constitution by the state of Massachusetts on February 6, 1788. Included in the text of the ratification is a list of nine suggested...
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  • Spokane Review 1892-01-31
  • Pullman (Wash.)--Description and travel--Views; Pullman (Wash.)--Description and travel; Washington State Agricultural College and School of Science; Newspapers
  • This eight page section (pages 9-16) from the January 31, 1892 issue of the Spokane Review (later the Spokesman-Review) contains a multi-page promotional piece on Pullman, Washington, and includes several line drawings of significant Pullman...
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  • St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, W.T., erected 1873.
  • Buildings--Washington (State); Churches--Washington (State);
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  • Fourth of July parade, Uniontown, W.T., ca. 1887.
  • Buildings--Washington (State); Children--Washington (State); Men--Washington (State); Parades & processions--Washington (State); Roads--Washington (State); Houses--Washington (State); Women--Washington (State)
  • An elevated view of Uniontown's Fourth of July Parade, 1887. Note the wooden sidewalks and dirt streets.
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  • The Steamer Spokane on the Snake River
  • Steamboats--Washington
  • Built in the 1870s (this photo dates from the post-Territorial period). This boat is typical of the hundred or so shallow-draft steamers in the Territory.
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  • The steamer Olympian
  • Boats--Washington (State); Steam engines--Washington (State); Olympian
  • Steel-hull, with mid-depth draft. The Olympian worked around Puget Sound.
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