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Garlic Gulch

  • De Rocco garden
    A Garlic Gulch House
    Slideshow examining the typical aspects of life in a Garlic Gulch house
  • Red heart in hand
    All’s Fair in Love and War
    by Mikala Woodward, Excerpted from Rainier Valley Food Stories Cookbook The greatest love stories all feature a seemingly insurmountable obstacle, overcome by a devoted couple...
  • Spaghetti with meatballs
    Dinnertime in Garlic Gulch
    “Thursday and Sunday was spaghetti day” by Mikala Woodward, "Days Gone By", Excerpted from Rainier Valley Food Stories Cookbook Rainier Valley’s Italian heritage goes back a...
  • Annie and Grace Briglio on 26th Avenue.
    Garlic Gulch under the Microscope
    The Rainier Valley’s Italian community has long been a focus of interest and curiosity. In 1915 sociology graduate student Nellie Roe made Garlic Gulch...
  • Mount Virgin Wedding Party, 1915.
    Garlic Gulch Wedding
    Rainier Valley’s Italian heritage goes more than a hundred years. Back then, the Valley was largely forests and farms, with the streetcar running down...
  • Garlic Gulch in 1915, drawing
    Remembering Garlic Gulch
    Slideshow remembering the bustling Italian community known as "Garlic Gulch"
  • Scuola Italiana
    Reflections on the "Scuola Italiana", the Italian School that existed in the Garlic Gulch during the 1930s.
  • Italian prune tree
    What am I going to do with these plums?
    Phyllis Macay's "Now Famous Plum Bread" recipe, Excerpted from Rainier Valley Food Stories Cookbook

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