"N. P. Railway, Tacoma (Wash. Terr.) Shipping first cargo of halibut c...
Public domain photograph related to US Navy, United States military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Pin-up girls at NAS Seattle, Spring Formal Dance. Left to right, Jean...
Public domain photograph related to US Navy, United States military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Boat house looking SE. Parcel 130, William Wagner, Jr. Todd Shipyard, ...
Scope and content: Following WWII, the Navy set about surplusing property it had owned and/or used during the war. Many of these properties had been operated by private companies. The assesments that were done... More
Chicken house looking SE. Parcel 127, C.W. Wood. Todd Shipbuilding, Se...
Scope and content: Following WWII, the Navy set about surplusing property it had owned and/or used during the war. Many of these properties had been operated by private companies. The assesments that were done... More
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ferry landing, McNeil Island - NARA - 299570
Scope and content: The photos in the collections date from its establishment as a Federal prison located on an island in Puget Sound.
Orchard looking southerly. Parcel 127, C.W. Wood. Todd Shipbuilding, S...
Scope and content: Following WWII, the Navy set about surplusing property it had owned and/or used during the war. Many of these properties had been operated by private companies. The assesments that were done... More
Pin-up girls at NAS Seattle, Spring Formal Dance. Left to right, Jeann...
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Point No Point Boat Landing, Dwelling and Tower, looking southwest, Ju...
Public domain photograph related to the US Housing administration, house, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Point No Point, looking west, July 1944 - NARA - 298206
Public domain photograph related to the US Housing administration, house, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ross Lake Reservoir, Mount Baker National Forest, 1954 - NARA - 299062
Public domain photograph of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Turn Point Light Station Dwelling and Watch Tower. April 1944 - NARA -...
Public domain photograph related to the US Housing administration, house, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Columbia School, ca 1892 (MOHAI 7192)
The real-estate developers of Columbia City reserved land for a school one block west of Rainier Avenue. The wood frame school with a large bell tower opened in 1892 and served students of all grades. When Colu... More
Governor John McGraw, Seattle, no later than 1891 (MOHAI 170)
Governor John McGraw, Seattle, ca. 1895
Hotel at Bayne, Washington, ca 1910 (MOHAI 5549)
Bayne, Washington, first settled in 1909, was located seven miles northeast of Enumclaw. The town existed primarily to exploit the coal and clay resources of the area. It was named by the Northern Pacific Rail... More
School at Bayne, Washington, ca 1914 (MOHAI 5550)
Written on verso: [Message:] Dear Sister-mine - Will be expecting you Mon. on the 7:30 P.M. train from Tacoma. It is the Palmer branch - N.P. [Northern Pacific] - leaves Tacoma at 5:30. Have lots of lovely plac... More
Lake Chelan Dam. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0...
A dam with water spilling out into a lake. Lake Chelan Dam. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0002 Assembled Collections, Series V: 1963 NPS North Cascades Survey Photographs) Keywords: lake ... More
Lake Chelan Dam. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0...
A dam with water spilling out into a lake. Lake Chelan Dam. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0002 Assembled Collections, Series V: 1963 NPS North Cascades Survey Photographs) Keywords: lake ... More
Café at Stehekin Landing (379a5ccc-a9f4-4ead-ab5b-4049a141c1c8)
People sitting outside of a café on a rock wall. Café at Stehekin Landing, on the upper end of Lake Chelan. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0002 Assembled Collections, Series V: 1963 NPS No... More
Caption on back of photo reads "Rainbow Falls, Ste." (North Cascades N...
A waterfall surrounded by coniferous trees. Caption on back of photo reads "Rainbow Falls, Ste." (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0002 Assembled Collections, Series V: 1963 NPS North Cascade... More
Lady of the Lake arriving at Stehekin Landing (e9737ddb-5cd9-46f0-9a34...
Cars and a boat next to a lake. Chelan, Stehekin waterfront: launch, old truck, guests. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0002 Assembled Collections, Series V: 1963 NPS North Cascades Survey... More
People sitting outside of a café on a rock wall in Stehekin. (North Ca...
People sitting outside of a café on a rock wall. People sitting outside of a café on a rock wall in Stehekin. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0002 Assembled Collections, Series V: 1963 NPS ... More
North Cascades Lodge at Stehekin Landing (141eda1e-58a9-43b6-a7e9-0201...
People sitting outside of a café on a rock wall. People sitting outside of a café on a rock wall in Stehekin. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0002 Assembled Collections, Series V: 1963 NPS ... More
Repairs to to quartermaster stables at Fort Spokane. Taken c. 1962. IM...
Black and white photograph of a builder with shovel. Repairs to to quartermaster stables at Fort Spokane. Taken c. 1962. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Black and white photograph of a person in a ruined building. The pers... More
Summer view of Rainbow Falls. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Colle...
A waterfall surrounded by coniferous trees Summer view of Rainbow Falls. (North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, NOCA.0002 Assembled Collections, Series V: 1963 NPS North Cascades Survey Photographs) Ke... More
Launch of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghto...
The U.S. Navy small seaplane tender USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) being launched at the Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington (USA), on 28 January 1945.
Buildings and grounds at Leschi Park on Lake Washington, Seattle, Wash...
Shows Leschi terminal for the Lake Washington Cable Railroad Company at the foot of Yesler Way, sidewheel steamboat KIRKLAND docked at boathouse, John Johnson's Lake Washington Hotel and Restaurant in backgroun... More
Calkins Hotel, Mercer Island, Washington, ca 1889 (BOYD+BRAAS 45)
Also known as the Mercer Island Hotel and the East Seattle Hotel. From William F. Boyd Album, page 26, left. Subjects (LCTGM): Hotels--Washington (State)--Mercer Island Subjects (LCSH): East Seattle Hotel (Merc... More
Man fishing on Snoqualmie River, ca 1890 (BOYD+BRAAS 160)
Boyd and Braas 111 PH Coll 277.BB5
Mount Rainier and Lake Washington, ca 1891 (BOYD+BRAAS 155)
PH Coll 277.BBS17
Snoqualmie Falls viewed through trees, Washington, ca 1889 (BOYD+BRAAS...
From William F. Boyd Album, page 37, right. No. 57 appears in lower left corner of image. Subjects (LCTGM): Waterfalls--Washington (State); Rivers--Washington (State) Subjects (LCSH): Snoqualmie Falls (Wash. : ... More
Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, circa 1889-1891 (BOYD+BRAAS 111)
Boyd 30 PH Coll 34.22
Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, circa 1889-1891 (BOYD+BRAAS 123)
Caption on image: Snoqualmie Falls 268 feet. PH Coll 34.38c Also in PH Coll 277.BB8
Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, circa 1889-1891 (BOYD+BRAAS 126)
PH Coll 34.40 Also in PH Coll 277.BB10
The "Three Falls" South fork of the Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, circ...
Boyd 51 PH Coll 34.46a A black and white photo of a river with a waterfall. A black and white photo of a river with a waterfall. Public domain postcard scan.
USS Franklin (CV-13) off Puget Sound Navy Yard in January 1945
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) at anchor at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), on 31 January 1945. Following three kamikaze hits off Leyte on 27 October 1944, she enter... More
Seattle Sanatorium (1906) (ADVERT 476)
Built in the late 1880s, the Calkins Hotel temporarily served as a sanitarium treating narcotics addicts. The building burned down on July 2, 1908. Geographic coverage: United States Subjects (LCTGM): Sanatoriu... More
Totem Place, circa 1933 postcard
Totems outside J.E. Standley's house located at California and Holgate, West Seattle, Seattle, Washington. Standley was the founder of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. Postcard collection (Record Series 9901-01), Seattl... More
"Pin-up girls at NAS Seattle, Spring Formal Dance. Left to right, Jean...
Public domain photograph - 20th century group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pin-up girls at NAS Seattle, Spring Formal Dance. Left to right, Jeann...
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
"Monterey" gunboat in Port Orchard dry dock, ca. 1896 - 755cfd629a097...
Transcribed from back of photograph: "A near view of the gunboat Monterey in the dry dock at Port Orchard, 10 miles from Seattle on opposite side of Puget Sound. This is taken looking toward the stern of the bo... More
"Monterey" gunboat in Port Orchard dry dock, ca. 1896 - 97f9c60a6389e...
The Port Orchard Dry Dock mentioned in the caption is likely the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
"Needles" rock formations on Columbia River, ca. 1900 - e26893678ea15...
Transcribed from photograph: "View of Needles on the Columbia River."; Columbia River, WA; Exact location unknown. This image appeared in a booklet called "Artwork of the State of Washington" published by the A... More
"Monterey" gunboat in Port Orchard dry dock, ca. 1896 - b755c27ccb287...
Transcribed from back of photograph: "The Monterey in dry dock at Port Orchard near Seattle. They put the boats in the dock, then pump out the water to paint or clean the bottom which gets covered with barnacle... More
"Doubtful Lake - Cascade Range," 1907 - 3a584525dea5501d81679b2f71e28...
Transcribed from photograph: "Doubtful Lake - Cascade Lake." This image appeared in "Artwork of Seattle and Alaska" published by W.D. Harney Photogravure Co. in 1907.; Image appeared in ""Art Work of Seattle an... More
"Snows of Mt. Constance from the Madison Channel," ca. 1910 - 47da31a...
Transcribed from photograph: "The snows of Mount Constance from the Madison Channel." No Madison Channel found on historic maps or in historic newspapers of the era. Possible that this is meant to be Hood Canal... More
"The sphinx of the Washington Coast," 1910 - ea6a004647060582a5716d04...
Transcribed from photograph: "The sphinx of the Washington Coast."; Location unknown. This was one of 64 images copyrighted by Asahel Curtis in 1910. iFkcAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=%22madison+channel%22+mt.+c... More
"Portal of Tacoma harbor," ca. 1910 - 9ce2af5ab7aacfd5f3c186e3d66e08d...
Transcribed from photograph: "The portal of Tacoma Harbor."; Commencement Bay, WA; Exact location unknown. General Commencement Bay location provided. This was one of 64 images copyrighted by Asahel Curtis in 1... More
"Whidby" ferry, ca. 1925, postcard - 7ea811b4c68a5eaec50497320d6d0ee2 ...
Transcribed from front of postcard: "Langley - Everett Ferryboat." Boat name appears to be "Whidby" based on sign on upper level. front back
A Forest Trail, ca. 1900 - f3a69245224dae3384ad722bc0b27392
Transcribed from back of photograph: "A Forest Trail." This image appeared in a the "Art Work of the State of Washington" published by the Art Photogravure Company in 1900.
A Washington Fir, ca. 1900 - 2fbd9f88d1f8dbf9db41cffbd2d0ac27
Transcribed from back of photograph: "A Washington Fir." Photo shows a group of men, some loggers and some dressed in suits, standing in front of a large tree preparing to be cut down. This image appeared in a ... More
A Monarch of the Forest, ca. 1900 - 2cf1ed738cde81c9458ca7f6d21b37b5
Transcribed from back of photograph: "A Monarch of the Forest." Photo shows a man standing beside a large tree. This image appeared in a the "Art Work of the State of Washington" published by the Art Photogravu... More
A Washington Ranch, ca. 1900 - d664e781f99519b4d3d3a0101afae78f
Transcribed from back of photograph: "A Washington Ranch." Photo shows a small building with cattle nestled inbetween forested hills. This image appeared in a the "Art Work of the State of Washington" published... More
Aerial view of unknown Olympic Peninsula town, ca. 1900 - 9423c341df7...
This is part of a set of photos (spl_nwp_00924-00938) showing Olympic Peninsula scenes ca. 1900.
Aerial view of Eastsound, Wash., ca. 1915 - d949e99d52431840ba530e920...
Eastsound, WA front back
Aerial view of town, possibly Port Angeles, ca. 1900 - b3d8d84c2e0982...
A note on the back indicates that the town is possible Port Angeles. This is part of a set of photos (spl_nwp_00924-00938) showing Olympic Peninsula scenes ca. 1900.
Apple tree on McKinneys, Staight and Butlers Ranch, Wash., ca. 1890 - ...
Man standing in front of apple tree. Exact location unknown.
Antlers Hotel and Mt. Rose on Lake Cushman, ca. 1898 - 9bafb71d24169c...
Transcribed from photograph: "Mt. Rose from The ANTLERS. Lake Cushman. No., 320" The Antlers Hotel was constructed in 1895. The construction of the Lake Cushman Dam in 1926 resulting in the flooding of the hote... More
Antlers Hotel on Lake Cushman, ca. 1899 - 37b9f6b570b53edaef4f9c6dcbc...
Transcribed from photograph: "The Antlers, Lake Cushman." The Antlers Hotel was constructed in 1895. The construction of the Lake Cushman Dam in 1926 resulting in the flooding of the hotel and other structures ... More
Auto stages at Paradise Inn, ca. 1930 - bafb47d28d182d2a24160ce50b4d2...
Transcribed from photograph: "Lodges and Resorts. Rainier National Park. Early July Scene at Paradise Inn. Road has been opened by steam shovel. Inn is entered through tunnel. Alaska dog team on upper level. St... More
Auto stages en route to Mt. Rainier near Longmire, ca. 1930 - cf99b16...
Transcribed from photograph: "Transportation. Automobiles and Buses. Rainier National Park. Rainier National Park Company's stages en route to Paradise Inn from Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, on a turn in the ne... More
Antlers Hotel and Mt. Ellinor on Lake Cushman, ca. 1898 - b59bd370f1b...
Transcribed from photograph: "Mt. Ellinor from The ANTLERS. Lake Cushman. No., 318." The Antlers Hotel was constructed in 1895. The construction of the Lake Cushman Dam in 1926 resulting in the flooding of the ... More
At the Ocean Beach, ca. 1900 - a683c2f6770beac9f1a03766b9369d9f
Transcribed from back of photograph: "At the Ocean Beach." This image appeared in a the "Art Work of the State of Washington" published by the Art Photogravure Company in 1900.
Back view of house with boy and laundry, ca. 1910 - 760e51f0e5883c586...
Back of house - boy in doorway - barn roof.
Bainbridge passenger steamer, ca. 1915 - 7d884d68670b3160d717e93476e4...
The Bainbridge was one of the first boats purchased by the Kasch Navigation Company, owned by William Kasch. The company provided mail service and passenger transport between the San Juan Islands, Anacortes and... More
Automobile at entrance to Mt. Rainier Park, ca. 1910 - 0c069606e0fa8e...
Transcribed from photograph: "The entrance to Rainier National Park." Two men sit in the front of an automobile.; Exact location unknown.
Barnacle covered rock at waterfront, ca. 1915 - 48181f6628c03e96258c8...
Location not identified. front back
Basaltic rocks, ca. 1900 - c1ef51ced4b6d6ff5f4f2a20ec767a4d
Transcribed from photograph: "Basaltic Rocks."; Location unknown. This image appeared in a booklet called ""Artwork of the State of Washington"" published by the Art Photogravure Company in 1900.
Battleship Nebraska, July 16, 1906 - bcb9ff53c4c3071187cf18b238f798c7
Transcribed from photograph: "Ships. Nebraska (Battleship) on official trial, July 6, 1906. Built in Seattle at the Moran Brother's Shipyards. Launched Oct. 7, 1904; scrapped 1923."
Bellingham Bay Brewery, ca. 1905 - 6bff7e46ad6da8025e4b6d1a18a8764e
Transcribed from photograph: "Industries. Alcohol. Bellingham Bay Brewery. Copy of photo by Kirkpatrick."; 1837 Ellis St, Bellingham, WA 98225
Boats gathered at docks in unknown harbor, ca. 1915 - 51c1864e99f135e...
Location not identified. The name of the largest boat appears to be "Nereid." front back Probably Friday Harbor. Compare the very similar view File:A typical day at Fri... More
Buildings and tents along waterfront, ca. - 8c4182865ed8a54fc71deb284...
Two buildings, several tents and a dock set along a forested, hilly waterfront. Location not identified. front back Almost certainly somewhere on the Salish Sea, even i... More
Buildings and tents along waterfront, ca. - 99f557b63e6a3762d1e7884a0...
Two buildings, several tents and a dock set along a forested, hilly waterfront. Location not identified. front back Almost certainly somewhere on the Salish Sea, even i... More
Buildings along river in Skykomish, ca. 1890 - f9305069c16ff0477d8baf...
Transcribed from back of photograph: "Skykomish. Hillman & James. Early view on the Skykomish River. This is an interesting picture of the early days when shallow-draught paddle steamers were usually the only m... More
Broken log, ca. 1910 - 242f7ce1f79cb6d67eebb8142d6b4228
Log - shattered end.
Cape Flattery, ca. 1910 - d94e540c7d65bbb8bb8edbe146661771
Transcribed from photograph: "In the swirl of the sea at Cape Flattery."; Cape Flattery, WA; General Cape Flattery location provided. This was one of 64 images copyrighted by Asahel Curtis in 1910. iFkcAQAAIAAJ... More
Cattle team and workers on skid road, ca. 1890 - 77c063f59903f96da573...
Skid road: early logging during the 1880's and '90s (To prevent the ends of the logs from digging into the ground they were skidded over half-buried cross-logs, placed several feet apart.) Location and date unknown.
Canyon Falls on Skykomish River, ca. 1900 - 4d8ec253db9abd32efde1957a...
Canyon Falls, near Index, Wash., on the G.N.R.R. Pillsbury P.V. Co. Seattle. No. 702.
Canyon Falls on Skykomish River, ca. 1900 - 2c88ab7f5209cb333a57acd2f...
Canyon Falls, near Index, Wash., on the G.N.R.R. P.P.V. Co. Seattle. No. 701.
Cabin on lake, ca. 1910 - 4af852c906dc301eaf0da546d3be9d9b
Presumed to be in Washington but exact location is unknown. Lake - buildings at end.
Camping, North Beach, Wash., ca. 1910 - 0dac907b958da564c282ab61c8759...
North Beach was located on the Long Beach Peninsula.
Cedar River, ca. 1880 - 260c13789f5b549a39333660b29a25f5
Transcribed from photograph: "Cedar River 12 miles from Seattle." Photograph shows a group of people along the Cedar River with a trestle bridge in the background. Looks more like a truss bridge than a trestl... More
Chehalis baseball team, ca. 1913 - 07403f55386d8c60a599fabd5ef88049
Copy neg of Chehalis Baseball team, ca. 1910
Circulation desk at Fort Lewis library, ca. December 1917 - de45270f5...
Transcribed from photograph: "Fort Lewis. Libraries. Library. Interior. Main room. Charge desk. Front view. December 1917? Photo by Boland." The Fort Lewis Library was established by the American Library Associ... More
Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Plant, ca. 1910 - a855a712bfd5c6e287fa11bef...
The Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Plant which began supplying Seattle with power in 1905. Interior shots of the plant appear in spl_gpn_172, spl_gpn_173, and spl_gpn_174. Seattle City Light Facility at Cedar Falls
Colton Football player, ca. 1910 - add44407ba022c5ecc75dafcf9003a57
Colton Football player, ca. 1910
Colton Football player, ca. 1910 - ca34d36dc65afa373b79f97d4416aae9
Identity of player unknown. Colton Football player, ca. 1910
Couple standing next to large logs, August 1897 - 1d3a3f02362a87d6965...
Transcribed from back of photograph: "Washington Logs, Iowa People. Aug '97. Photo by N.L.D. 4338 ft. of lumber on top log. August 1897."
Crevasse in Glaciers, ca. 1900 - 18f0c84f52ec957f785fd1d7c833fad1
Transcribed from back of photograph: "Crevasse in Glaciers." Photo shows three men standing at the bottom right of the crevasse. This image appeared in a the "Art Work of the State of Washington" published by t... More
Cowlitz Glacier on Mt. Rainier, 1905 - aec070e830f354e3b8285120b94c6f...
Transcribed from photograph: "Mt. Rainier. Cowlitz Glacier and Tatoosh range in distance."; Cowlitz Glacier, WA; General Cowlitz Glacier location provided. The Kiser Photograph Company was run by Portland broth... More
Cowlitz Glacier and snow fields on Mt. Rainier, 1905 - cf22a60511da1a...
Transcribed from photograph: "Mt. Rainier. Cowlitz Glacier, and snow fields."; Cowlitz Glacier, WA; General Cowlitz Glacier location provided. The Kiser Photograph Company was run by Portland brothers Frederick... More
Country home, ca. 1910 - 4725a62f6ccee89e065679d688e2f002
Location is presumed to be in Washington State but the exact location is unknown. Large farm house, river in front.
Country road and barn, ca. 1910 - a734459c014549fb9b004980b305fb5f
Location is presumed to be in Washington State but the exact location is unknown. Old barn - country road.
Dallesport, ca. 1900 - a0b313138e679c82b0b8f2675d988f75
Transcribed from photograph: "Scene at the Grand Dalles." Grand Dalles was the name that the town Dallesport went by circa 1913.; Dallesport, WA; Exact location unknown. This image appeared in a booklet called ... More
Country road, ca. 1910 - 425a94bcf69115288d55c0a3509349cc
Location is presumed to be in Washington State but the exact location is unknown. Country road.