1 40 21 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/804a98cdbad3805a5d08a83e1d19dd90.tif 6e7c60052c133f463a4c09467fe48010 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights This object is in the public domain in the United States as determined by Spokane Public Library in 2021 and does not have restrictions on usage. We request that you acknowledge the source of the object whenever possible. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane -- Washington Water Power Company (#01) Subject The topic of the resource Washington Water Power Company Description An account of the resource "Washington Water Power temporary headquarters after the Spokane fire of 1889. The great fire struck the city's downtown in early August, just five months after WWP was created. Using any wire that would carry 10 amps - including barbed ware - company crews restored power to the downtown area the evening after the fire. A tradition of excellence was born." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/4301fcef280fab9cb335141330868235.tif b241eba6f4694cca2cacf440ed5b8f4b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1898 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane -- Fires (#02) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource "View of a portion of the city after of the fire of 1883 showing piles of goods scattered somewhat about." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tolman, T. W. (Thomas White), 1851-1935 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1883 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/65cff0eee28effde9063ed92bfc695c9.tif 990ac5d82d7ea027011dfb43825c1a1e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1898 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane -- Fires (#04) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource "Site of Spokane fire of 1883. The x marks Glover's house. It was later moved to Browne's addition." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1883 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/7fc1446fc8c4b293b85a13bcc1084909.tif 8ec4feec0486428022c1868373904504 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library is reasonably sure that the object is in copyright. A good faith effort by Spokane Public Library has been made to identify the copyright holder of this object, but none has been identified or located as of 2020. Please contact nwroom@spokanelibrary.org for more information about how this object can be used. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#24) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane; Spokane (Wash.) -- Maps Description An account of the resource Map showing boundaries of the August 4, 1889 fire. Map owned and drawn by Robert Hyslop, 1982. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hyslop, Robert B., 1909-2002 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Maps https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/a5917c593eb5df34acfa86dc35d07e7d.tif 4565dd12bb64842e35181590560ceb8e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights This object is in the public domain in the United States as determined by Spokane Public Library in 2020 and does not have restrictions on usage. We request that you acknowledge the source of the object whenever possible. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#23) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane; Howard Street (Spokane, Wash.) Description An account of the resource Howard Street looking south front Front Street before the fire. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/0f85b5204a1b5d23b6bc94e4fb2364f3.tif 70c71ae9f4a7b31b33d3fa2fb4a95dc8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights This object is in the public domain in the United States as determined by Spokane Public Library in 2020 and does not have restrictions on usage. We request that you acknowledge the source of the object whenever possible. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#21) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Offices of Clough & Graves Co. and J. C. Eaton Co. in tents after the fire. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/24c4832eeb8213d05c83885f1feeea08.tif c6ce65b0cd1b7f4190fe6c048031b901 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/09a537e7342181321072d7638561fec2.tif c7f3599ed27520d879be39d172ea1bb2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights This object is in the public domain in the United States as determined by Spokane Public Library in 2020 and does not have restrictions on usage. We request that you acknowledge the source of the object whenever possible. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#05) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Insurance Adjusters, Spokane Fire, Aug 1889. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889-08 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/33830fe5aaf93e739802635f52defb61.tif 3cb357d0d898115be0f8c003cc13d96f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights This object is in the public domain in the United States as determined by Spokane Public Library in 2020 and does not have restrictions on usage. We request that you acknowledge the source of the object whenever possible. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#02) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane; Riverside Avenue (Spokane, Wash.) Description An account of the resource Looking west on Riverside prior to 1889 fire. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/f7b511ff54c9064ed80c900c9b67e41e.tif ba4869529b1d376475869b9876094adf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights This object is in the public domain in the United States as determined by Spokane Public Library in 2020 and does not have restrictions on usage. We request that you acknowledge the source of the object whenever possible. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#01) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane. Description An account of the resource Riverside Avenue looking west the morning after the fire. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889-08 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/a167f7ac55df15f097cb2d88f9503c7d.tif 1cdac66c9a5d9db065428c0e9f26e699 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#27) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Clough & Graves Real Estate, Bank of Spokane Falls. J.C. Eaton operating out of tents after fire. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Teakle Collection. Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/594f6c26276c05549ddb11d98445cc0f.tif 1486c9a9d2a7fc9211e4e09b05a4c67d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#29) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Drug store operating out of a tent after fire Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/6d202e4ad1d272911b75b06bf0cd54c3.tif 2e514ab6b5a0b289a8a0fb32ad5cb96b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#10) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Insurance adjusters at work in improvised quarters after fire. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/ec6df893859ed0cdc4a89de3a91917c4.tif 3ff3f0d2be1779b580de57a7baaec190 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#09) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource John W. Graham store in buisness in a tent after 1889 fire Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived E.T. Becher Collection. Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/a12f507d3a0769556511afbc43e54d01.tif ef4702ae22eb5ab412662cf5aed1c95c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#04) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Insurance Adjusters, Spokane Fire, Aug 1889. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/4b0d888b1973c2619ae0447b290f2078.tif c6f138379197434afa195d41e6961429 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#03) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Remains of the Glover/Pioneer Block after the fire of 1889. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/42d4483d70493c7645100b00e950e552.tif fdb759ca73f7e212cf23517e5e32cf77 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#16) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane; Riverside Avenue (Spokane, Wash.) Description An account of the resource Riverside Avenue looking west after 1889 fire. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/a482fd1af2bb029732272789cb25e76d.tif cfb5a2c26e24ec92c0d917a99b7cd226 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#14) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Looking north from Railroad Ave. after the fire. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Teakle Collection. Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889-08-05 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/66544d6164f3daa73499d0df66bb7c2f.tif eb0617f25582b1393ab948287e91e20b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#18) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource First Street looking east from Lincoln. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/d4ba7a612986ab40d39db4c3deb2c07d.tif 84b07cee2c2d0a3f542f084f3254ddff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#19) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Howard St. looking north Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/828b41ff5f3d7cbbd65d80bf272d9ee5.tif 6452a6f6472a4f8a5c4afe718895de44 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#28) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Description An account of the resource Riverside Ave. after fire. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 https://lange.spokanelibrary.org/files/original/66c5c04dabfa74c896f46be6c4a1fc86.tif 771bb38dc1b054bffaef3ebabc3774c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fires Description An account of the resource The summer of 1889 was particularly dry in the Pacific Northwest. Forest fires throughout the region were joined by a massive urban fire in Seattle on June 3rd. On August 4th, a fire ignited in a lodging house near the Northern Pacific Depot on Railroad Avenue in the city of Spokane Falls. Racing through the makeshift wooden buildings near the railroad tracks, the flames rapidly spread to the brick downtown. The fire department could not contain the blaze due to equipment failure. In the end, 32 blocks of the city center were razed. These black and white images are a sample of the Northwest Room's collections showing the aftermath of this fire. Some of the photographs are views of the burnt-out streets and blocks indicating the physical effects of the fire and early reconstruction efforts. The others document the improvised quarters of businesses in the city in the period immediately after the fire. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Spokane Public Library has determined that this unpublished photograph was created before 1900 and has passed into the public domain. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spokane Fire, 1889 (#12) Subject The topic of the resource Fires -- Washington (State) -- Spokane; Electric lines. Description An account of the resource The first electric line being strung along Main Avenue after the 1889 fire. Type The nature or genre of the resource Black-and-white photographs Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/tiff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Teakle Collection. Northwest Room. Spokane Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889