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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
In honor of workers in the Northwest and just in time for Labor Day, there is a new photographic exhibit up in the Northwest Room. Titled "At Work in the Northwest," it features images of miners, loggers, farmers, railroad workers and others doing their jobs. The photographs illustrate the tremendous ...
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
The Special Collections at the University of Washington and Washington State Universities combined forces to create this digital collection of Early Washington maps. It's easy to search and there are maps of the entire state from the earliest surveys through the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam. We have some of ...
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
We have a new exhibit up in the Northwest Room. It's called "Wish You Were Here! Postcards from Spokane." It features postcards of Spokane from the early twentieth century into the 1970s. It is divided into five areas - views of Spokane, picture postcards, postcards of Spokane's parks and nearby ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
The Northwest Room has an impressive collection of historic maps. The collection includes maps of Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, the West, exploration, railroad surveys, and mining. The maps have long been a part of the collection in the Northwest Room, but they are now accessible through the SPL online ...
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
There's a new exhibit up in the Northwest Room display cases. It's called "Transient Documents: Ephemera of the Northwest." As I have been getting to know the Northwest Room collection, I have discovered some great examples of ephemera. If you're not familiar with the term, ephemera are sometimes defined as ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Hi. I'm Riva Dean - the new Northwest Librarian. I’m thrilled to be working in the Northwest Room. I’ve been working in libraries and archives for 25 years and have a MA in Northwest History so this is the ideal job for me. I’m getting to know the wonderful collection ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Baseball has a rich history in the Pacific Northwest. Spokane Falls vs. Seattle was the first professional baseball game played in Seattle on May 24, 1890. You can read about it here. You can also see the slide show Play Ball! A Slide Show of the History of ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Did you know that you can search early Spokane newspapers online? The Washington State Library has made available the Spokan Times from 5/8/1879 - 4/29/1882, and the Spokane Falls Review from 5/19/1883 - 3/6/1886. You can search these as well as other early Washington papers on the ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
May 17th will be the 150th Anniversary of the defeat of Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Steptoe (1816-1865) at the hands of Native Americans near Rosalia. You can read more about the battle in this essay from History Link. You may read the original article and do more in ...
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
The Washington State Library has announced the availability of Washington Rural Heritage.
Washington Rural Heritage (WRH) is an online aggregation of special collections from small and rural communities throughout the state of Washington. It features items important to Washington's history, culture, places, and people. Its purpose is to ...
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