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Interior of Obde's Restaurant at 336 W. Riverside

Obde's Restaurant at 336 W. Riverside

"Spokane women volunteered for Red Cross overseas service but were not sent. Photographed at McMillan Hall, Whitworth College. Whitworth was closed and leased for war effort during World War I.

Spokane Police Department in front of city hall, ca. 1912.

1904/1905 Spokane Police Department roster.

Station No. 5 was originally located in the City Hall Annex on the
northeast corner of Howard and Front then moved to the new City
Hall at the southwest corner of Wall and Trent about 1912.

"Spokane's first chief of police, left at table, Peter Mertz, was once conductor on Francis Cook's street car."

Parade showing wagons, streetcars and buses. The city celebrated the end of the streetcars in Spokane and the buses taking over. They burned a streetcar in celebration.

First Decoration Day Parade on 2nd Avenue. Joe Warren, Chief of Police with entire force mounted. Sedgwick Post no. 8 G. A. R. with band before they had uniforms. On Second Avenue through Cannons Addition.

Parade showing wagons, streetcars and buses. The city celebrated the end of the streetcars in Spokane and the buses taking over. They burned a streetcar in celebration.

Procession of Masonic Blue Lodges to new Temple on Riverside Avenue at dedication.

Parade showing wagons, streetcars and buses. The city celebrated the end of the streetcars in Spokane and the buses taking over. They burned a streetcar in celebration.

Parade showing wagons, streetcars and buses. The city celebrated the end of the streetcars in Spokane and the buses taking over. They burned a streetcar in celebration.

World War I soldiers on Riverside, East of Washington St.

"An early day Elks Parade passing the Auditorium Theater"

O. K. Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, located on the Northwest corner of Lincoln and Riverside.

Model Stables, built in 1890. Located at 326 W. Main Avenue.

Unidentified livery stable in Spokane.

Lincoln Memorial shortly after it was erected.

The Liberty Bell passed through Spokane and was viewed by thousands of people at the old Union Station. Newspaper accounts tell of children strewing flowers on it.

The Liberty Bell passed through Spokane and was viewed by thousands of people at the old Union Station. Newspaper accounts tell of children strewing flowers on it.

Gale Power Sled. Trial speed tryouts at Newman Lake, WA. Covered 1 1/2 miles at 1 1/4 seconds. Invented by J. S. MacGregor, Spokane.

Entrance to the Spokane Industrial Exposition

Group portrait of the Spokane Flyers, 1957/1958.

Photograph of men on railroad cars and sleeping on the ground. The photographs are not dated but are likely from the 1930s.

Photograph of men on railroad cars and sleeping on the ground. The photographs are not dated but are likely from the 1930s.

Photograph of men on railroad cars and sleeping on the ground. The photographs are not dated but are likely from the 1930s.

Photograph of men on railroad cars and sleeping on the ground. The photographs are not dated but are likely from the 1930s.

Looking across the river to Glover Field.

Funeral procession for John T. Sullivan, former Spokane Chief of Police.

Funeral procession for John T. Sullivan, former Spokane Chief of Police.

Row of hearses and drivers. Identification says, left to right: Sawdey, McDonald, Hansen.

Funeral cars of the Buchanan Funeral home. Funeral parlor located at 316 W. Riverside.