A Glimpse at Some of Washington's Earliest Women Voters

Dec 15, 2020

These pages of the Second Ward, City of Tacoma Voters Register list numerous women's names alongside their male counterparts. Washington State Archives. Tacoma 2nd Ward Voter Registration Records from 1885-1889.

Pouring Concrete for the Grand Coulee Dam

Oct 19, 2020

December 6, 1935, over two years of preparation and construction began to see its culmination as Washington's Governor poured the first four yards of concrete for the Grand Coulee Dam. Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Project [Scrapbook], 1935-1941 here.

Tribal Gathering on the Colville Reservation

Mar 18, 2020

Tribal Gathering on the Colville Reservation, Spokane City Historic Preservation Office Photographic Collection.

Secretary Wyman's statement about potential closure of the National Archives and Records Administration facility in Seattle

Mar 04, 2020

Stacks and interior of the Seattle Federal Records Center, National Archives, ca. 1970. State Library Photograph Collection, 1851-1990.

African-American History Month: Arthur Fletcher

Feb 03, 2020

Press photo released when Art Fletcher announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Washington, 1968. General Subjects Photo Collection, 1845-2005.

Mountaneering in Washington State

Jan 06, 2020

A Mountaineer Rappels, Photographs, General Subjects Photograph Collection, 1845-2005, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives.

A Mountaineer Rappels, Photographs, General Subjects Photograph Collection, 1845-2005, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov.

This amazing photo shows Walter Gonnason (ca. 1950), explorer and mountaineer, rappelling from Pinnacle Peak with Mt. Rainer framed perfectly in the background. Gonnason, a Seattle native, made many expeditions to peaks and glaciers around North America. He also played a small role in a long-fought controversy over the credibility of one of America’s most famous explorers.

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