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"Everybody In" Packs It In
This project was completed in 2011 and was founded by a special project grant from King County 4Culture. John Hoole and I began our...
A Concrete Problem: SESCO and the Principle of Escalation
Community organizing starts with problems—a rat infested apartment, the steady drip drip from the ceiling of an elementary school after a...
The Lakewood Seward Park Community Club: 100 Years Strong
2010 marks the 100th year of operation for the Lakewood Seward Park Community Club Take a look at the Seward Park peninsula today and...
Windows on Religion
In the 2008-09 school year, fifty 6th grade students from the New School explored the rich tapestry of faith traditions in the Rainier...
Mothers' Club Leads the Way
Children's issues were deemed an appropriate arena for women: Washington Women started voting in school elections in 1890. The Rainier...
Beyond the Laundry: Women Changing the World
Women were not given the vote; they earned it.
Women's Votes, Women's Voices
This exhibit was created in 2009 in conjunction with the Washington State History Society's Exhibit, "Women's Votes, Women's Voices"....
Marion Southard Weiss
When Marion Southard married Phillip Weiss in 1926, she gave up her career as a social worker in order to raise her children. Back then,...
Working for Change Without the Vote
A hundred years ago, women's roles in the public sphere often grew out of their experience as wives and mothers at home: women worked as...
Play Ball! A Brief History of Baseball in the Rainier Valley
This photo essay was created by Eleanor Boba Early Beginnings In the beginning, baseball was everywhere. Nowadays when we think about...
Rainier Beach History Quilt
"We decided to make a quilt. It’s cool. It shows all kind of things that happened in history in this neighborhood. We learned to work...
Hidden Stream of Columbia City
In the spring of 2005, a group of fourth and fifth graders at Orca @ Columbia School researched the history of the stream that used to...
Pioneer Of The Valley
Audio recording of the song "Pioneer of the Valley," sung at the 1981 annual meeting of the Columbia Pioneers.
Mystery Building Identified: It’s Lakewood School
The one room Lakewood Grade School located at 48th Ave S and Snoqualmie Street taught only 1st and 2nd graders from 1916 to 1927. RVHS...
Columbia Hotel: “All You Can Eat For 25 Cents”
It was a Sunday in 1906 and the Columbia Hotel’s elegant dining room, with white linen tablecloths and floral centerpieces, was featuring...
Looking Into Courtland Place
Urban Archaeology in the Rainier Valley An unusual crowd filled Courtland Place for five days in October 2002. This tiny street that runs...
Columbia City's First Pool Hall
RVHS photo 1993.001.0032 There is a question as to the date this photograph was taken. Written on the back of this original photo we...
Frigidaire Week at Grayson & Brown
This is one of my favorite photos and I have it pinned on the wall in my home office. It is a nostalgic reminder to me of our family...
Columbia Theater in the '30s
This photo was taken looking northeast from the intersection of Rainier Avenue and Hudson Street. The Columbia Theater was a popular...
An Interview with Dr. Bill Hutchinson
Dr. Bill Hutchinson was a superb surgeon at Swedish Hospital for 40 years. He was touched by the cancer patients he treated, so he...
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