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Taylor's Mill
Taylor's Mill shown in the photo was located on Lake Washington, one mile south of Rainier Beach near the present Seattle City limits. ...
Car #20 at Rainier Beach Station
In this early Rainier Valley photo, taken about 1905, car number 20 of the "Seattle & Renton RY" pauses at Rainier Beach Station which...
Modern Woodmen of America
The members of the Modern Woodmen of America drill team are standing at attention, axes in hand, posing for the photographer. They are...
Two Franklin High School Letter Girls
The female high school athletes are closing out basketball season and looking toward the track and softball teams gearing up for spring....
Mount Baker Club: 80 Years Strong
Dances, masquerades and a rose show were among its first-year events. The Mount Baker Clubhouse is 85 years old this year. (1999). The...
Memories of a Rainier Valley Street Car Operator
Charlie Fletcher was the last surviving motorman from the Rainier Valley Street car line. Before he passed away in October of 1994 at the...
Dugdale Park: Baseball was a Rainier Valley Tradition
This photograph shows Dugdale Baseball Park at Rainier Avenue and McClellan Street, home of the Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast...
Reflections and Celebrations of Days Gone By
The holidays bring back many memories of family celebrations and the way things were when we were children. Neighborhoods also have...
Car #20 in Columbia City
The date is 1902. Car #20 of the Seattle, Renton & Southern RY., traveling southbound, has just crested the hill between Genesee and...
Brighton School
South Seattle has many schools with interesting histories. Our children attend newer, rebuilt schools, such as Muir and Whitworth, or...
Columbia Mill
This photo shows the Columbia Mill that was built in 1890, the same year the streetcar tracks were laid starting at Railroad Avenue on...
Franklin Band: Music on Skis = Spills and Dents
The date is January 1938. The event is the dedication ceremonies for the new Snoqualmie Ski Bowl near Hyak Station at the east entrance...
Rainier Valley's First Street Cars
The upper, 1891 photo was taken in Columbia City, the year the first lots were sold there and a year after the streetcar line was put in....
Columbia Library Under Construction
It took a lot of lobbying by the local citizenry to convince the downtown officials to build a library in Columbia City. With grants from...
Valley Fuel Company
This photo was taken in 1912. The location was the southeast corner of Rainier and Alaska Street in Columbia City, where the Post Office...
Old Columbia City: City Hall
This photo was taken about 1905 looking North along Rainier Avenue from Hudson Street. The building on the left housed the equipment for...
The Old Columbia School Bell To Ring Again
The Tower at the ‘Columbia School, seen here in 1906, was the original home of the bell that has since been kept in storage at Orca at...
Bethlehem Lutheran Church: The Church that Faith Built
Nineteen ninety-six marked an important milestone for one of the area’s oldest churches. Bethlehem Lutheran Church celebrated its...
History of Streetcar Line
Rainier Valley has seen a lot of traffic revision these last few weeks. We have many new traffic circles, sidewalks and curbs, thanks to...
Bill Phalen's Store: W.W. Phalen was a Business and Community Leader
One of Columbia’s most active and civic-minded businessmen was William W. Phalen: grocer, baseball player, and town mayor. Phalen settles...
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