Photograph of the First National Bank of Cheney in Cheney, Washington. The bank is situated on the corner of First St. and Normal Avenue, (now College Avenue) . It was built by Daniel F. Percival in 1889 after a fire destroyed the previous building...
Photograph shows men and boys in period dress posed with wagons, carts, and horses in front of numerous buildings on First Street in Cheney, Washington. Many of the buildings have the false fronts common to the period. Included in the buildings is...
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.);Hydroelectric power plants -- Washington (State);Dams -- United States -- Design and construction;Railroads -- Design and construction.
The official opening of the contractor’s railroad was on July 29, 1935. Much of the work had been completed several months earlier. Governor Clarence D. Martin was the official engineer for the first official trip.
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane, Wash.); Church architecture -- Washington (State); Construction
Photograph of the early stage of construction of St. John's Cathedral in Spokane Washington. Photograph is showing the first courses of stone and some of the lifting equipment, including a hand-powered winch.
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Mount Rainier (Wash.)
"Mount Rainier is one of the highest and most prominent peaks of the Cascade range." "The mountain was first discovered by Vancouver in the beginning of May of 1792, from Port Townsend. He named it in honor of his friend, Rear...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Fort Walla Walla (Wash.)
Fort Walla Walla was first built along the Columbia River by the Northwest Company to act as a trading center. A second fort was built by the Hudson Bay Company prior to 1831 and served as a frontier post protecting their interests. This was...
First graduating class from Amber High School in 1915. Ella Dixon, Franc Mason, Grace Lonthon, and Josie Erlandon. Amber, Washington is located in Spokane County.
Eastern Washington University -- Faculty; Eastern Washington College of Education. Psychology Dept.; Eastern Washington College of Education -- Alumni;
Photograph of Celia B. Allen, Professor of Psychology at Eastern Washington College of Education (currently Eastern Washington University). Mrs. Allen was the first person to earn a Master of Arts in Education degree from Eastern. She was a member...
Eastern Washington University -- Faculty; Eastern Washington College of Education. Psychology Dept.; Eastern Washington College of Education -- Alumni
Photograph of Celia B. Allen, Professor of Psychology at Eastern Washington College of Education (currently Eastern Washington University). Mrs. Allen was the first person to earn a Master of Arts in Education degree from Eastern. She was a member...
Eastern Washington University -- Faculty; Eastern Washington College of Education. Psychology Dept.; Eastern Washington College of Education -- Alumni;
Photograph of Celia B. Allen, Professor of Psychology at Eastern Washington College of Education (currently Eastern Washington University). Mrs. Allen was the first person to earn a Master of Arts in Education degree from Eastern. She was a member...
State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.); Eastern Washington University -- Buildings -- History;
Photograph of the Cheney State Normal School (currently Eastern Washington University) buildings viewed from the southwest. The first building is the Training School, with its entry partially obscured by a pine tree. Beyond it is the administration...