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- Collection: Spokane Miscellany
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Spokane -- Red Cross (#01)
"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 and Fire Departments (#04)
Spokane Police Department in front of city hall, ca. 1912.
Spokane -- Police and Fire Departments (#02)
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.
northeast corner of Howard and Front then moved to the new City
Hall at the southwest corner of Wall and Trent about 1912.
Spokane -- Police and Fire Departments (#01)
"Spokane's first chief of police, left at table, Peter Mertz, was once conductor on Francis Cook's street car."
Spokane -- Parades (#22)
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.
Spokane -- Parades (#21)
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.
Spokane -- Parades (#09)
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.
Spokane -- Parades (#07)
Procession of Masonic Blue Lodges to new Temple on Riverside Avenue at dedication.
Spokane -- Parades (#06)
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.
Spokane -- Parades (#04)
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.
Spokane -- Livery Stables (#01)
O. K. Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, located on the Northwest corner of Lincoln and Riverside.
Spokane -- Liberty Bell tour (#06)
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.
Spokane -- Liberty Bell tour (#01)
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.
Spokane -- Inventions (#01)
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.
Spokane -- Hoboes (#04)
Photograph of men on railroad cars and sleeping on the ground. The photographs are not dated but are likely from the 1930s.
Spokane -- Hoboes (#03)
Photograph of men on railroad cars and sleeping on the ground. The photographs are not dated but are likely from the 1930s.
Spokane -- Hoboes (#02)
Photograph of men on railroad cars and sleeping on the ground. The photographs are not dated but are likely from the 1930s.
Spokane -- Hoboes (#01)
Photograph of men on railroad cars and sleeping on the ground. The photographs are not dated but are likely from the 1930s.
Spokane -- Funerals (#01, bottom)
Funeral procession for John T. Sullivan, former Spokane Chief of Police.
Spokane -- Funerals (#01, top)
Funeral procession for John T. Sullivan, former Spokane Chief of Police.
Spokane -- Funeral homes (#01)
Row of hearses and drivers. Identification says, left to right: Sawdey, McDonald, Hansen.
Spokane -- Funeral homes (#01)
Funeral cars of the Buchanan Funeral home. Funeral parlor located at 316 W. Riverside.