washington state

U.S.S. HORNET, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, ...

Significance: Subsequent to the unsuccessful efforts of the U.S.S. HORNET Historical Museum Association to obtain the ship as a donation, Hornet was designated a National Historic Landmark in December 1991 on t... More

U.S.S. HORNET, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, ...

Significance: Subsequent to the unsuccessful efforts of the U.S.S. HORNET Historical Museum Association to obtain the ship as a donation, Hornet was designated a National Historic Landmark in December 1991 on t... More

U.S.S. HORNET, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, ...

Significance: Subsequent to the unsuccessful efforts of the U.S.S. HORNET Historical Museum Association to obtain the ship as a donation, Hornet was designated a National Historic Landmark in December 1991 on t... More

U.S.S. HORNET, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, ...

Significance: Subsequent to the unsuccessful efforts of the U.S.S. HORNET Historical Museum Association to obtain the ship as a donation, Hornet was designated a National Historic Landmark in December 1991 on t... More

U.S.S. HORNET, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, ...

Significance: Subsequent to the unsuccessful efforts of the U.S.S. HORNET Historical Museum Association to obtain the ship as a donation, Hornet was designated a National Historic Landmark in December 1991 on t... More

U.S.S. HORNET, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, ...

Significance: Subsequent to the unsuccessful efforts of the U.S.S. HORNET Historical Museum Association to obtain the ship as a donation, Hornet was designated a National Historic Landmark in December 1991 on t... More

Washington Water Power Company Monroe Street Plant, Units 4 & 5, South...

Significance: Installed in Washington Water Power Company's (WWPC) Monroe Street Plant in 1903, Generating Units 4 and 5 are believed to be the oldest turbine-generator units still operating in the State of Was... More

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows at State Route 16, Tacoma, Pie...

Significance: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the first suspension span constructed in the United States after its predecessor's failure in 1940 from wind-induced torsional oscillations. Research of design flaws... More

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows at State Route 16, Tacoma, Pie...

Significance: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the first suspension span constructed in the United States after its predecessor's failure in 1940 from wind-induced torsional oscillations. Research of design flaws... More

Skagit Power Development, Ross Powerhouse, On Skagit River, 10.7 miles...

Survey number: HAER WA-24-G Building/structure dates: HAER WA-24-G

Skagit Power Development, Ross Powerhouse, On Skagit River, 10.7 miles...

Survey number: HAER WA-24-G Building/structure dates: HAER WA-24-G

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rainier Avenue, Port Gamble, Kitsap Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-158 Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000746

Skagit Power Development, Gorge Powerhouse, On Skagit River, 0.4 mile ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HAER WA-24-B Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1951 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Union Passenger Station Concourse, 1713 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Union Passenger Station Concourse, 1713 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Union Passenger Station Concourse, 1713 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...

Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...

Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...

Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...

Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More

Suntop Lookout, Forest Road 510, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest,...

Significance: Suntop Lookout is an element of a National Register thematic group, "USDA Forest Service Fire Lookouts on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest." This group of eight lookouts is associated wit... More

Suntop Lookout, Forest Road 510, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest,...

Significance: Suntop Lookout is an element of a National Register thematic group, "USDA Forest Service Fire Lookouts on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest." This group of eight lookouts is associated wit... More

Skagit Power Development, Skagit River & Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric...

Significance: Developed over a 50 year time span by Seattle City Light, the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of three large dams and power plants: Gorge, Diablo, and Ross. Associated with it is the ... More

Skagit Power Development, Skagit River & Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric...

Significance: Developed over a 50 year time span by Seattle City Light, the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of three large dams and power plants: Gorge, Diablo, and Ross. Associated with it is the ... More

Skagit Power Development, Skagit River & Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric...

Significance: Developed over a 50 year time span by Seattle City Light, the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of three large dams and power plants: Gorge, Diablo, and Ross. Associated with it is the ... More

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Glines Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Po...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N466 Survey number: HAER WA-130-B

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Glines Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Po...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N466 Survey number: HAER WA-130-B

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Broughton Flume, Hood River Junction on Columbia River at Washington/O...

Significance: The Broughton flume was one of the last working cant flumes in the United States. Spanning nine miles from Willard to Hood, Washington, it operated from 1923-1986. / The Broughton Flume was built... More

Broughton Flume, Hood River Junction on Columbia River at Washington/O...

Significance: The Broughton flume was one of the last working cant flumes in the United States. Spanning nine miles from Willard to Hood, Washington, it operated from 1923-1986. / The Broughton Flume was built... More

Broughton Flume, Hood River Junction on Columbia River at Washington/O...

Significance: The Broughton flume was one of the last working cant flumes in the United States. Spanning nine miles from Willard to Hood, Washington, it operated from 1923-1986. / The Broughton Flume was built... More

Officers' house, Hudson's Bay Co's. Fort Colville, 1860

Photograph shows buildings of the officers' quarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Colville, Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 22].... More

U.S. military post at the Cascades, May 1860

Photograph shows the guardhouse and other buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; mountains in the background. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission ... More

Bird's Eye View of Cheney, Wash. Ter., County seat of Spokane County. ...

P14714 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Beck & Pauli.

View of the city of Tacoma, W.T., Puget-Sound, county seat of Pierce C...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 980 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Birds-eye view of the Puget Sound country.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Spotted Elk. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Full lgth., seated, facing slightly left; holding peace pipe. Photo copyrighted by C.M. Bell. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ind. of N.A. Peace pipes; Photog... More

Cram's township and railroad map of Washington.

Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroads distinguished by color and name.

Cascade Mountains, near Seattle, Wash.: [Cutting shingle bolts]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indian chief / by Gertrude Käsebier., portrait of american indian man

Illustration shows portrait of Native American man in headdress and robe.

Massed thousands at Seattle, Wash., to hear Pres. Roosevelt on Alaska'...

H33940 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workmen at Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash, presenting souvenir of the "Ore...

Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Makers of the great north west in throngs at Seattle, listening to Pre...

H33945 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - The vanishing race--Navaho

Photograph shows Navajos on horseback riding away from photographer. Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1904. Curtis no. 984. Also available as a platinum photographic print (Print... More

Black Eagle Falls. Skykomish River. Wash

H71099 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 520. Copyright 1905 by J.A. Blosser. Series: Views of the Cascade Mountains, Puget Sound, and the Pacific Northwest.

Panoramic map of Spokane, Washington.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 978 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and inset "F... More

Snoqualmie River. Looking down from the falls. Wash

H71123 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 574. Copyright 1905 by J.A. Blosser. Series: Views of the Cascade Mountains, Puget Sound, and the Pacific Northwest.

Edward S. Curtis - Fasting, Native Americans

Teton Sioux Indian performing vision cry ceremony through fasting and chanting to the Great Mystery. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2504-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. ... More

"Dr. Joseph," chief medecine [i.e. medicine] man of the Swinomish Rese...

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish traditional healer. H97243 U.S. Copyright Office. "No. 1."

"Old Joe," Swinomish Indian / Photo by O.J. Wingren., La Conner, Wn.

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish man. H97241 U.S. Copyright Office.

Edward S. Curtis - Planning a raid

Photo shows Natives on horseback on a hill. Curtis no. 2574-07. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward... More

Edward S. Curtis - Start of war party

Several Dakota men on horseback riding in a circle around a tipi. H104383 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2572-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Ame... More

B.E. view, Spokane, Wash., Panoramic Photograph

H116165 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; September 19, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. No. 1.

Edward S. Curtis - He perceived an earthen vessel

Hidatsa Indian crouching by stream to get water with a bowl. "He perceived a clay kettle" on verso. No. 2815-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, ... More

Eskimo family from Labrador Seattle A.Y.P.E.

Photograph showing two Inuit couples and two children, with backdrop of snow covered log buildings in background. J133777 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: No. 1088. On recto: Seattle A.Y.P.E. 09. Copyright by ... More

A young Yakima - Public domain portrait print

Portrait of a man, bust, facing front, long braided hair, shell disk earrings, shell choker, cloth shirt, beaded vest.

[An elderly Makah woman carrying faggots, a bundle of sticks, on her b...

J151793 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Asahel Curtis. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Whale ceremonial - Clayoquot. Book illustration fro...

Nootka indian taking ceremonial bath, before whale hunt. J150302 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3366-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S.... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Kwakiutl house-frame, Memkumlis]

J150221 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3351-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 suppl., v. 10, p. 343.

Edward S. Curtis - Author's camp among the Spokan

Five tents erected in a clearing, Edward S. Curtis in center, Spokane men and women on horseback on the left. J139625 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2997-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Libra... More

Edward S. Curtis - Waiting in the forest--Cheyenne

Cheyenne man, standing in forest, is covered with white blanket except for eyes and nose, hoping to meet his girlfriend. J150298 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3256-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collec... More

Edward S. Curtis - The Bowman--Nootka

Rear view of nude Indian standing on rock in water and aiming arrow. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Curtis no.3359-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Cu... More

Edward S. Curtis - On Spokane River

Seven Spokane men on horseback probaby near a Spokane River tributary. Fir trees dot landscape, mountains on side and in background. J139714 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2989-10. Forms part of: Edward S. C... More

Combined harvester at work, Coulee City, Wash.

Photograph shows a five man crew, in a grain field, riding a combination harvester pulled by a team of approximately twenty or more horses.

Edward S. Curtis - Watching for the signal--Nez Percé

Two Nez Percé men on horseback, on holding a bow, with gun in holster, while the other is holding a coup stick. J150301 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2929-10. Daytime photograph manipulated by E.S. Curtis t... More

W. S. C. [i.e., Washington State College] in winter

Postcard shows the campus of the State College of Washington in Pullman under a blanket of snow. J142346 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyright 1910 by Robert Burns, Pullman, Washington.

[Baseball team on ship named WASHINGTON (baseball)]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Benton McMillin - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Lucille Foster McMillin who married Benton McMillin who was Minster to Peru in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Precautions taken in Seattle, Wash., during the Spanish Influenza Epid...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Disaster Relief Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American N... More

Bird's eye view of Spokane from Sacred Hart [sic] Hospital

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ex Slaves - Sam Kilgore, Age 92

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Logging in Cascade Mtns.: piles 132 feet long used in the trestle - he...

J252602 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Darius Kinsey, Seattle. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Trestles; Lumbering Wash.; Shelf.

Edward S. Curtis - Interior of Wichita grass-house

J293347 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 19, p. 42.

Morton Gould Collection

Liberty Historic District, Livery Stable & Barker Cabin, Route 2, Cle ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS WA-163-P

Liberty Historic District, Eloise Stine Cabin, Route 2, Cle Elum, Libe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS WA-163-U

Darrington Ranger Station, Building 2515, 1405 Emmens Street, Darringt...

Survey number: HABS WA-191-J Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Barn F, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Count...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-15 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rosemary Inn, Red Wing Cabin, Olympic National Forest, Barnes Point, L...

Significance: This cabin was constructed as an integral part of the Rosemary Inn Complex. It contributes to the overall character of the rustic, picturesque resort ensemble and possesses integrity of design, m... More

Longacres, Barn 9B, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Coun...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-48 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rosemary Inn, Dixie Cabin, Olympic National Forest, Barnes Point, Lake...

Significance: This cabin was constructed as an integral part of the Rosemary Inn Complex. It contributes to the overall character of the rustic, picturesque resort ensemble and possesses integrity of design, m... More

Engle Farm, 89 South Ebey Road, Coupeville, Island County, WA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1389 Survey number: HABS WA-247

Liberty Historic District, Ed Guse Cabin, Route 2, Cle Elum, Liberty, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS WA-163-J

Longacres, Barn 4A, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, King Coun...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-40 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coulee Dam, Wash., Coffer Dam, Washington State

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, works, 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wheat farm, Walla Walla, Washington

Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Driver of caterpillar tractor which draws combine in wheat fields of W...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bulk wheat belonging to members of the Walla Walla Grain Growers is ca...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

These signs were frequently seen on the highyway in Yakima County, Was...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Directing bulk wheat after combine has been through. Eureka Flats, Wal...

Public domain photograph of 1930s working-class Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wheat fields and summer fallow. Whitman County, Washington

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wheat fields and summer fallow. Whitman County, Washington

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sign, Yakima County, Washington. The clinic at FSA (Farm Security Admi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sign which is evidence of absentee ownership in the wheat section. Whi...

Public domain photograph of mountain view, valley, mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description