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  • Phalen's Grocery delivery truck in parade for Rainier Valley Fiesta, Seattle, 1915
    Bill Phalen's Parade
    Phalen's Grocery delivery truck in parade for Rainier Valley Fiesta, Seattle, 1915. Photo property of Rainier Valley Historical Society, Accession Number 93.001.064 by Buzz Anderson,...
  • Catherine and Nick Vamkros in doorway of Columbia Confectionery, Seattle, ca. 1925
    Columbia Confectionery
    Columbia City’s Sweetest Places: Columbia Confectionery was one of many such businesses by Buzz Anderson, "Days Gone By" This was the sweetest place in Columbia City...
  • Man with logs at Columbia Mill, Columbia, July 15, 1891, Property of Rainier Valley Historical Society, Accession Number 93.001.530
    Columbia Mill
    The Columbia Mill that was built in 1890, the same year the streetcar tracks were laid starting at Railroad Avenue on Seattle’s waterfront. The...
  • The Shoemaker's daughters: Mary, Katherine (Kate), Helen and Anne Drazic
    Days Gone By: Columbia Shoe Repair
    The Shoemaker's daughters: Mary, Katherine (Kate), Helen and Anne Drazic, photo property of Rainier Valley Historical Society They were known as the shoemaker’s daughters–Mary,...
  • Heater Glove employees in front of factory, Seattle, ca. 1925
    Heater Glove Company
    by Buzz Anderson, 1999 "Days Gone By" Columbia City has had its share of manufacturing companies over the years. One of the more noteworthy was...
  • 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...
  • Hitt's Fireworks Company Brochure, Front Cover
    Hitt’s Fireworks: 1905-1976
    Hitt's Fireworks Company Brochure, image property of Rainier Valley Historical Society Fireworks in Columbia City Thomas Gabriel Hitt, known as T.G. Hitt, was born in...
  • John Parker
    Audio recording of John Parker describing the Model T Ford he built up from parts from several cars in the 1920s
  • Smith M. Wilson's Rainier Valley Dairy business.
    Rainier Valley Dairy
    Smith M. Wilson's Rainier Valley Dairy business. by Buzz Anderson, "Days Gone By" Smith M. Wilson started in the dairy business on Beacon Hill in 1916....
  • Horses hauling logs at Columbia Mill, Columbia, July 15, 1891
    Rainier Valley's Timbered Past
    Horses hauling logs at Columbia Mill, Columbia, July 15, 1891. Photo property of Rainier Valley Historical Society, Accession Number 93.001.531 by Mikala Woodward Big Trees, Shingle...
  • 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...
  • RVHS Founder Buzz Anderson with KUOW radio host Steve Scher discuss Columbia City history on 1.26.2001
    https://soundcloud.com/rainier-valley-history/kuow-steve-scher-interviews-buzz-anderson-in-2001-on-columbia-city-history
  • Cameron's Drugstore in Toby Building, Seattle, ca. 1925.
    Simeon T. Toby's Bank Building
    Cameron's Drugstore in Toby Building, Seattle, ca. 1925. Photo property of Rainier Valley Historical Society, accession number 93.001.006 by Buzz Anderson, "Days Gone By" This...
  • Doris and Jim Ackley at Bob's Quality Meats, Seattle, October 2001
    Thanksgiving Turkeys at Bob's Quality Meats
    Doris and Jim Ackley at Bob's Quality Meats, Seattle, October 2001. Photo property of Rainier Valley Historical Society, Accession number FS.06 by Mikala Woodward, Excerpted...
  • 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...
  • Mrs. Stella Vincent’s Whitworth Grocery
    The Lost World of Neighborhood Groceries
    by Mikala Woodward Whenever young Bernice Boley had a little money, she’d head over to Vincent’s grocery for some penny candy: this was the 1930s,...

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