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The Evergreen State ... In Black and White
 
This exhibit features early 20th century photographs depicting life in Washington, the "Evergreen State." "These historical photographs evoke the varied landscape, communities, and activities that played a part in shaping the way today's state looks and how it works." From the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/evergreen/
Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, U.S. History By Place, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: Photograph Collections
Last updated Jan 31, 2006
MOHAI: Seattle's Museum of History and Industry
MOHAI, a private heritage organization, preserves the history of the Pacific Northwest as far back as 1850. Its site provides information on their current exhibits, educational programs, and special events. Online visitors can search from over a million photos in MOHAI's historical photo collection, search its database of oral history interviews, and experience "the sights and sounds from Seattle's past" with MOHAI's audio/video archive.
http://www.seattlehistory.org/
Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, Washington State: Business, Washington State: History, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: Photograph Collections, Washington State: Recreation, Washington State: Regions, Washington State: Travel
Last updated Jun 14, 2004
The Seattle Daily Times: 100 Years in the Pacific Northwest
In 1996, as part of The Seattle Times' 100th birthday celebration, weekly stories on Northwest history were prepared by historians Sharon Boswell and Lorraine McConaghy with the assistance of the newspaper staff. This site features the collection of stories and period photographs. Sets of discussion questions accompany each article. Includes a link to more information about The Seattle Times (originally called the Seattle Daily Times when it was founded in 1896).
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/centennial/
Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, U.S. History By Place, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: Media, Washington State: Media By Place, Washington State: Photograph Collections
Last updated Dec 1, 2007
Seattlepi.com: Photos and Multimedia
This section of the website for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (P-I) features galleries of photos by P-I staffers, including photos of recent events (such as the 2006 Jewish Federation shooting), and the "Week in Review." Also includes narrated slideshows on subjects such as the 2006 Creation Festival, a demolition derby, and the move of a house across Lake Union. Also includes photos by non-P-I photographers.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/
Topics: Washington State: Media, Washington State: Photograph Collections
Last updated Aug 7, 2006
Social Issues Photographs
A collection of "historical images primarily from Washington State organized around the following topics: Japanese and Chinese Americans; the World War II Japanese internment camps of Camp Harmony (Puyallup) and Minidoka (Idaho); labor and politics; prohibition; legislative assemblies; women; socialist colonies in Washington State; [and] leisure activities such as camping, hiking and mountaineering." Searchable by keywords and browsable by topic. From the University of Washington Libraries, Digital Collections.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/socialweb/
Topics: Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: Photograph Collections
Last updated Feb 17, 2005
Stereocard Collection
A collection of over 170 stereographic views, "double set[s] of paper prints mounted on card stock to be viewed through a stereoscope to produce a three dimensional image" popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject (agriculture, amusements, costume, dwellings, Far East, fishing, mining, lumber, Pacific Northwest, Pacific region, Southeast Asia, transportation, women). From the University of Washington Libraries, Digital Collections.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/stereoweb/
Topics: Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Washington State: Photograph Collections
Last updated Feb 14, 2005
Washington State Localities Photographs
A collection of over 1,250 photographs "documenting the counties, cities and small towns of Washington state, primarily from the 1880s to the 1940s." Searchable by keyword and browsable by topic (forts and military installations, homesteads and residences, national parks and mountaineering, industries and occupations) and county (using interactive map). From the University of Washington Libraries, Digital Collections.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/wastateweb/
Topics: Washington State: Photograph Collections
Last updated Jul 22, 2004
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