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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 -- Japanese-Americans (#01)
"The Japanese Mission in the early twenties at 514 and 512 West Third, the duplexes built for rental property by Judge Bettis. His original home was to the west of this, between the church and the mission, vacated by his family after the 1893 crash."…
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 -- Industry -- Spokane Gas Light Company (#02)
Window display at the Spokane Falls Gas Light Company in the early 1900s.
Spokane -- Industry -- Spokane Gas Light Company (#01)
Window display at the Spokane Falls Gas Light Company in the early 1900s.
Spokane -- Industries -- Vinegar Works (#01)
The west side of the Keller-Lorenz Vinegar Works. This structure was built in 1888 for F.G. Hieber as a brewery. In 1890, using the same vats, the Keller brothers began manufacturing vinegar. Date of photograph unknown.
Spokane -- Industries -- Smelter (#01)
The smelter on the east bank of the Spokane River downstream from the Bowl and Pitcher. Taken March 16, 1929.
Spokane -- Industries -- Printing (#04)
Men pour concrete for a sidewalk in front of the Inland American Printing Company on West Sprague. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Industries -- Printing (#01)
Western Auto Supply Company and C. W. Hill Printing on Riverside Avenue.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#09)
Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#08)
Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#08)
A man leans against pipes at the Spokane Oil and Refining Co. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#07)
Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#06)
Storage tanks and smokestack at Spokane Oil and Refining Co. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#05)
Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#03)
Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#02)
Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#01)
Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#01)
Man standing in front of storage tanks at Spokane Oil and Refining Co. near Hillyard. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Industries -- Meat Industry and Trade (#02)
In about 1897 Edgar Stanton began a meat market business in Spokane. He had the Cold Storage Market at 317 Riverside and the Idaho Market at 617 Sprague. The business grew into a huge operation, Stanton Meat and Packing, that sold to Armour & Co. in…
Spokane -- Industries -- Meat Industry and Trade (#02)
The E.H. Stanton meat packing plant prior to 1917. That year, it was sold to Armour & Co. The plant was located on the E 3300 block of Trent Ave. An observer watches cattle in holding pens next to the railroad tracks. Taken c. 1914.
Spokane -- Industries -- Distilling (#01)
Spokane Distilling Co. distillery located on Trent. Offices at 257 Main Ave in 1893.
Spokane -- Industries -- Central Premix (#01)
Aerial view of the Central Premix plant on Division, just north of the Spokane River. Taken c. 1940.
Spokane -- Industries -- Brown Metal Works (#07)
Plane built by William and Thoburn Brown at the Brown Metal Works in Spokane, ca. 1934.
Spokane -- Industries -- Brown Metal Works (#03)
Between 1932 and 1940, Brown Metal Works built and delivered aluminum body, streamlined buses with rear motors. Adults and children pose in front of a completed bus.
Spokane -- Industries -- Brown Metal Works (#01)
Thoburn and William Brown with their Metalark II. Taking over their metal company from their father, they manufactured airplanes during the 1930s. Taken c. 1933.
Spokane -- Indian Canyon (#01)
"This interesting little gorge water falls is within the city of Spokane."
Spokane -- Hutton Settlement (#14)
View of the administration building of the Hutton Settlement taken from the southeast.