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Penny Collectors, Chinese N.W. Div. Spokane Wash., Hawthorne School. Taken May 1919.
Source: American Red Cross via the Library of Congress
This is Bing, the Red Cross bear of Seattle. Daily he went down the main business street led by a little girl or boy of the Jr. Red Cross. Two tin cups were thrown like a saddle across his back, and into these cups at every corner an abundance of silver was poured. About January 1920.
A sixteen-horse combine in the fertile fields of the Palouse country. Washington. Taken July 1936.
Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Two women working on a machine. Taken December 1942.
Oiling combine during winter wheat harvest. Whitman County, Washington. Taken July 1936.
WASHINGTON D.C. - While many industries and organizations are looking to the future, sometimes it is important to look to the past to see how much has changed.
Below are a series of black and white photographs taken in the early to mid 1900s across Washington State available through the Library of Congress. Most captions are provided by the Library of Congress record with slight editing for clarity.
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