Interstate 5 Bridge Ribbon Cutting
After 23 months of labor, the Interstate Bridge opened in February 1917 with a ribbon cutting by Mary Helen Kiggins.
View ArticleBaptist Church in Battle Ground
When this picture was taken in 1907, just after the Baptist Church was built in Battle Ground, regular procedure was holding of baptismal rites in a creek behind the church. Members of the congregation...
View ArticleVancouver Waterfront Park 1968
With plans in the works this summer for a new waterfront park, we’d like to throw it back to a view of the Vancouver waterfront in 1968, provided by the Port of Vancouver USA.
View ArticleBattle Ground Lake 1949
Enjoying the warm weather out at Battle Ground Lake this year? This is what the lake looked like back in 1949. Photo courtesy of the Clark County Historical Museum
View Article1923 Prune Festival Queen
Mayor N.E. Allen crowns Mary Pierce at the 1923 Prune Festival. Betty Watts and Gerldine Brown are the Queen’s attendants.
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Arthur W. Calder, dressed in a prune bag, participates in the Prune Festival.
View ArticleVancouver Police Department 1955
In 1955, the Vancouver Police Department began using three-wheeled motorcycles. The new black-and-white machines were equipped with three-way radio, allowing the two-meter officers to keep in touch...
View Article1902 Yacolt Burn
The 1902 Yacolt burn, the largest forest fire in state history, laid waste to 239,000 acres in three counties, claimed 38 lives and burned to the edge of Yacolt.
View Article1963 Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
Emmet J. Onslow, director of the tourist and convention committee of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, boards a city bus encouraging organizations to bring their convention to the city in...
View ArticleCentral High School 1904
Going back to school looked much different in 1904. In this photo, Paddy Hough, on the far left, teaches a class at Central High School.
View ArticleGus Purvis’ poolroom
Bud Anderson, left, and Frank DuPuis, squared off drawing the wide-eyed admiration of this group shown in the basement of Gus Purvis’s poolroom, which was located on Sixth Street, between Main and...
View ArticleLee Erickson home
This historical Vancouver photo shows the Lee Erickson home on Evergreen Highway. It was formerly the Tilden home and Tilden Gas and Oil Station. The house burned down in the 1940s.
View ArticleUnion Grade School 1909
Union Grade School in 1909. The American flag shown as the backdrop in this old school picture has but 45 stars.
View ArticleVancouver Waterfront 1905
The Vancouver waterfront pictured in 1905. An ambitious $1.3 billion commercial and residential waterfront project, nearly a decade in the making, will begin this summer.
View ArticleOrchards Freedom Tree
In 1981, the “Orchards Freedom Tree” at Orchards United Methodist Church was adorned with a yellow strip of cloth to recognize the final months of the Iranian hostage ordeal. The tree, which was...
View ArticleHistoric Downtown Vancouver
Vancouver probably about the time of World War I. Probably shot from the Ford Bldg., which is now called the Heritage Bldg. 5th Street is first crossing street. Royal Restaurant, 504 Main St., is...
View ArticleLewisville Family 1888
1888 Lewisville, Washington – Blacksmith Frank Lyon, his wife Catherine, and their three children. The girl on the left became Mrs. Edith Hamlin. In the middle is Carrie, who married and lived in...
View ArticleThe Ferry
Ferry boat, “City of Vancouver” making connection between Vancouver and Portland.
View ArticleBattle Ground High School Marching Band
Battle Ground High School marching band on June 16, 1956.
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