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Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#19)
A cat sits in the sun on rail tracks between Hooper and Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls. Taken c. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#20)
Photo taken of workers and family eating lunch on the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920
Northwest -- Railroads (#04)
Driving first railroad pile in waters of Elliot Bay in 1874. Near the corner of present-day King Street and First Avenue in Seattle.
Northwest -- Wheat and Wheat Farming -- Steptoe (Wash.) (#01)
Men with bags of harvested wheat at warehouse in Steptoe, Wash.
Northwest -- Avalanches -- (#01)
"Two great snow slides at Mace, Idaho, March 29, 1894. No one hurt. Picture is taken from the top of one slide looking toward the other. Slide was from 75 to 100 feet in depth, cut made was 86 ft. by actual measurement one month after the slide…
Northwest -- Bridges (#21)
"Kettle Falls Bridge, August 1939." "This area was flooded later by Coulee Dam making Lake Roosevelt."
Northwest -- Creeks -- Latah Creek (Hangman Creek) (#18)
"H. S. Bassett standing on edge of creek across from about 10th in Stafford's Addition (Also known as Vinegar Flats).
Spokane -- Street railways (#09)
Isabel Marguerite Whalen Fuchs in front of a streetcar with Manito on the front. Manito streetcar took people south to Spokane College at 29th and Grand.
Spokane -- Street railways (#17)
"Spokane Traction Company streetcar to 11th & Freya, 1915. Open end with conductor, rear, Motorman in front Right. E. Sprague - Union Park Line."
Spokane -- Street railways (#27)
"The Washington Water Power Company was in the transportation business from 1891 until 1945. Ridership on the company's rail system peaked in 1910 when the system carried nearly 25 million passengers. The huge increase in riders led the company to…
Spokane -- Automobile dealers (#01)
Nelson Motor Company at the corner of Sprague and Grant in Spokane.
Spokane -- Aviation (#01)
Spirit of St. Louis being refueled at Felts Field, Spokane, September 12, 1927.
Spokane -- Aviation (#07)
"Three unidentified men with one of the new Boeing Bombers at Felts Field."
Spokane -- Aviation (#26)
This airplane landed and took off from Glover Field in Peaceful Valley about 1912.
Spokane -- Aviation (#12)
"A photo of the airplane that made the flight to Trail & Nelson, B. C. to drop a supply of yeast on January 26, 1935. Donated by Fred D. Griffith of Ephrata. His father was manager of the yeast company that supplied the yeast."
Spokane -- Aviation (#14)
"First woman to apply for flying license in Spokane. She learned to fly from Nick Mamer but never got her license."
Spokane -- Aviation (#15)
"Carl Schirmer is probably one of Montana's best-known general aviation pilots. He learned to fly in Spokane with Mamer and Bigelow Johnson in 1926. Associated with Wallace Air Service and Johnson Flying Service."
Spokane -- Banks -- First National Bank (#02)
"Trader's mule and wagon outfit in front of the First National Bank on the Southwest Corner of Front and Howard, ca. 1883."