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Spokane the Beautiful. NWC118, Item #02
L. C. Dillman developed real estate in Spokane. This broadside advertises choice residential property around 1892.
Spokane the Beautiful. NWC118, Item #01.
L. C. Dillman developed real estate in Spokane. This broadside advertises choice residential property around 1892.
Invitation to opening ceremony for the Grand Coulee Dam.
Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the construction site of the Grand Coulee Dam in August 1934. More than 20,000 people came to see Roosevelt give a brief speech. This invitation reserved a seat.
Dance Card #01
Dance card for benefit ball, 1892. Young ladies used dance cards to keep track of their partners at a dance or ball. The cards listed the evening's dances and sometimes came with a small pencil attached so that the dance partner's name could be…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#11)
Demolition of the Old Great Northern Depot and the railroad lines, February, 1973. The Count-Down sign on the part of the depot that will remain, the tower, indicates 450 days left until the opening.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#02)
Demolition of the train trestle that crossed over the Monroe Street Bridge and the river before Expo.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#09)
The two semi-circular base buildings of the United States Pavilion during construction. The vinyl canopy rose 150 feet on a steel center pole from these bases.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#10)
Work nears completion on the major buildings of the Expo '74 world's fair. In the foreground is the Washington State Pavilion, which will become a convention center when the fair ends its six-month run November 4. In the upper left are the two…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#12)
Cleared of railroad yards and related industrial structures by 1973, the Expo '74 site still had a long way to go before the opening of the World's Fair. Construction had just started on the Washington State Pavilion at lower right. The old…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#15)
Demolition of the old station at the center of the railroad yards that became Spokane's World's Fair site is shown here as it looked in February 1973. The Burlington Northern Tower, the only part of the station to remain, indicates 450 days to go…
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#16)
Building the Soviet and European Pavilions and the Washington Street couplet prior to Expo.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#17)
Clearing of the site for Expo: Note demolition in the foreground of one of the many two story buildings that lined Trent Ave (renamed Spokane Falls Blvd. for the fair).
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#29)
Clearing the smaller island that was renamed Canada Island.
Spokane -- Expo '74 -- Construction (#30)
Construction on the IMAX movie screen of the U.S. Pavilion. The movie screen will be the largest in the world for use with a single projection source.