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  • World War II air raid wardens, Seattle, 1942
    Bombers Over the Rainier Valley? World War Two Defenses
    World War II air raid wardens, Seattle, 1942. Photo property of Rainier Valley Historical Society, Accession Number 93.001.358 These pictures arrived in our office last...
  • Men in doorway of Rainier Valley Barber Shop and AYP Pool Room, Seattle, 1909
    De Facto Dry in Columbia City, 1893 - 1914
    Photograph, Men in doorway of Rainier Valley Barber Shop and AYP Pool Room, Seattle, 1909. Property of Rainier Valley Historical Society, Accession Number 93.001.708 by...
  • Everybody In
    SESCO Members This project was completed in 2011 and was founded by a special project grant from King County 4Culture. It is being re-uploaded in...
  • Cabins on Lake Washington, Seattle, 1908.
    Family Celebrations of Days Gone By
    The holidays bring back many memories of family celebrations and hot air balloons over Seattle.
  • Street grading equipment, Rainier Valley circa 1910
    Grading of Rainier Valley's Streets
    This snapshot depicts the equipment used to grade the streets in Rainier Valley during the early 1900’s. The photo is from the Hall-Summers Collection...
  • J.E. Keefe Block, Seattle, 1915
    Hillman City through the Ages
    J.E. Keefe Block, Seattle, 1915. Photo property of Rainier Valley Historical Society, Accession Number 93.001.029 Hillman City began as a stop on the Rainier Valley...
  • Keefe Grocery storefront
    Hillman City: The place where they do things
    Slideshow depicting the history of Hillman City, a thriving Seattle suburb annexed in 1907
  • Sweet Potato Pie, Stock Photo
    Ilda Jackson's Sweet Potato Pie
    Rainier Valley Food Stories is a multi-cultural oral history and documentary project about food in the Rainier Valley. The Rainier Valley Historical Society collected...
  • John Parker
    Audio recording of John Parker describing the Model T Ford he built up from parts from several cars in the 1920s
  • Face of "Freed Woman" statue at Juneteenth Memorial Monument, Austin, TX.
    Juneteenth Celebrations
    Face of "Freed Woman" statue at Juneteenth Memorial Monument, George Washington Carver Museum - Austin, TX. Stock photo. by Mikala Woodward, Excerpted from Rainier Valley...
  • Lessons in Civic Activism: Greenwood Gardens
    Greenwood Protest This project was completed in 2011 and was founded by a special project grant from King County 4Culture. It is being re-uploaded in...
  • Looking Into Courtland Place
    Urban Archaeology in the Rainier Valley: students from John Muir Elementary School, under the guidance of archaeologists from the Burke Museum, dig up the...
  • Modern Woodmen of America drill team, Seattle, 1909
    Modern Woodmen of America
    Modern Woodmen of America drill team, Seattle, 1909 by Buzz Anderson, "Days Gone By" The members of the Modern Woodmen of America drill team are standing...
  • Special Events: World's Fair
    Newspaper Collection
    Slideshow showcasing our comprehensive neighborhood newspaper collection, from 1910 through the early 2000s
  • Rainier Beach History Quilt
    Rainier Beach History Quilt We decided to make a quilt. It’s cool. It shows all kind of things that happened in history in this neighborhood....
  • A liquor raid in 1925, in Elk Lake, Ontario
    Roy Olmstead: Seattle's "Rum King"
    A liquor raid in 1925, in Elk Lake, Ontario. Source, Wikipedia Public Domain by Mikala Woodward On March 22, 1920, federal agents nabbed a tugboat crew...
  • Lakewood Seward Park Committee
    The Lakewood Seward Park Community Club: 100 Years Strong
    Lakewood Community Club members at a dance, 1940s. 2010 marks the 100th year of operation for the Lakewood Seward Park Community Club Take a look...
  • The Rainier Valley Rephotography Project
    Slideshow of then/now historic images from around around the Rainier Valley

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