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1.	Women’s Rights and Some of her Wrongs	women; Laura E. Halls Peter; suffrage

2.	The Women of Ellensburg Report of the Washington State International Women's Year Conference 1977	Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Congresses. Women's rights -- United States -- Congresses.	This report about the Washington State IVVY Conference fulfills one of the objectives of the Washington State Coordinating Committee - to make available the issues and events of the State Conference for...

3.	The Women of Ellensburg: Report of the Washington State International Women's Year Conference 1977		monograph

4.	[Laura E. Peters talk on religion to children]	religion; Bible; Christianity; Laura E. Peters	Laura E. Peters' notes for a lecture on religion for a group of children. Peters tells the story of how the Bible was created and questions the classic narrative.

5.	'Seattle City Jail. Open Charge Tank. (Bull Pen) Evening of May 1, 1930, After Bloody Fight On The Skid Road. Attempted Parade Broken Up By Police.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; jail; police	This is a watercolor and ink painting of the interior of a Seattle City Jail depicting male inmates jailed after a bloody fight on skid road; some are sleeping, some are talking, and some are sitting;...

6.	An Annotated Bibliography of Sources on the History of Oregon and Washington Women, 1787-1970	woman; Japanese American; North American Indian; bibliography	Northwest Women features concise descriptions of more than 700 books and articles that examine the contributions of Washington and Oregon women -- bringing to light generations of scholarship about celebrated...

7.	Panoramic view of the site of the former Tacoma Mill Company mill site on Commencement Bay in Tacoma, WA	Pierce County; Tacoma, WA; Tacoma waterfront; Commencement Bay; Hart Construction Company; Tacoma Mill Company; Henry Mill & Timber Company; tunnel, railroad; store, company	Panoramic view of the site of the former Tacoma Mill Company mill site on Commencement Bay in Tacoma, WA, which was purchased by the Henry Mill & Timber Company in 1923, the year of this photo. Hart Construction...

8.	'Seattle City Jail. (Time Tank) 1934. `Kangaroo Court' in Session. New Arrivals Charged with `Breaking Into Jail Without Consent of the Inmates.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; jail	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a 1934 scene in a Seattle City jail. Some men lying on bunks, some standing and talking, others sitting. `Kangaroo Court' in session. New arrivals charged with...

9.	Panoramic view of Tacoma, WA taken from the top of the Pierce County Courthouse looking east	Pierce County; Tacoma, WA; Pierce County Courthouse; Puget Sound Bank Building; Rhodes Building; Washington Building; Northwest Auto Top Co.; C.O. Lynn Co.; Muehlenbruch's Candies; Brown and Brown Garage; tideflats; roof; business district; construction; air pollution	Panoramic view of Tacoma, WA taken from the top of the Pierce County Courthouse, looking east. Decorative ornaments from the courthouse rooftop and a portion of a rooftop are visible in the foreground....

10.	Latona School - Outside - Some pupils working	Seattle, WA; King County; Seattle Public Schools; Latona School; child; boy; girl; rake; gardening	Students work in a large cleared area outside of the Latona School in Seattle. Boys and girls rake smooth a cleared area. A few small plantings are visible. Houses in the neighborhood can be seen in the...

11.	Broadway H.S. - Working outside	Seattle, WA; King County; Seattle Public Schools; Seattle school; Broadway High School; high school; student; boy; painting	Boys paint a wood frame building next to Broadway High school in Seattle. Some of the boys sit on a board balanced between two ladders. Another boy stands on a ladder and others paint while standing on...

12.	[Hop picking in Puyallup]	Pierce County; Puyallup, WA; hops; hop picking; hop pickers; hop industry; woman; child; Esie Darcy	A group of men, women and children pose for the photographer in a hopfield in Puayllup, Washington. Many of the women and a few of the men use hops to decorate their hats, drape around their shoulders...

13.	Sylvester Mowry Letter	Sylvester Mowry; Washington Territory; Westward Expansion; United States Pacific Railroad Survey; emigration; gold; agriculture; pack animal; horse	The letter from Sylvester Mowry to his father was written from a camp on the Yakima River in 1853 when Mowry was a member of the Pacific Railroad Survey Party. In the letter Mowry describes how poor conditions...

14.	Dawn Grytness	Artisans - Washington (State); Fishing flies; Washington State Folklife Council; Grytness, Dawn	Dawn Grytness operates the Mahaffey Camp Store on the Kalama River in Cowlitz County. In between waiting on customers, she ties the steelhead flies that have earned her a regional reputation. She learned...

15.	[Puget Sound Cooperative Colony letter]	Puget Sound Cooperative Colony; utopianism and communitarianism; utopia; Port Angeles, WA; Laura E. Peters	Letter from Laura E. Peters to William McLellan of Chicago, Illinois attempting to secure monetary support for the Puget Sound Cooperative Colony. The letter mentions disagreement and upheaval in the utopian...

16.	Voters!	election; Washington Territory; suffrage; voting; school; Tacoma, WA; Stuart Rice; William Christie	A pamphlet encouraging participation in an election of school directors in 1884.

17.	'Flop House, 20 cents A Bed, Skid Road, Seattle, Wash., 1931, Looking For Bed Bugs. The Great Depression.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; skid road; lice	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a Seattle flop house on Skid Road in 1931. It depicts some men looking for bed bugs before crawling into bed; the other men are already in bed.

18.	'Streets of Seattle, 1934. Unemployed Passing Through the Pike Place Market On Their Way To the Soup Kitchen On Western Avenue.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; unemployment; Pikes Place Market	This is a watercolor and ink painting of the streets of Seattle in 1934 depicting some unemployed men passing through the Pike Place Market on their way to the soup kitchen on Western Avenue.

19.	Marking Oldest Road in Pierce County -1919-Camp Lewis	Pierce County; Tacoma, WA; Camp Lewis; Fort Lewis; clergy; woman; child; boy; road; ceremony; marker, historical; United States Army; uniform, army; puttee; William Pierce Bonney	Panoramic photo of a ceremony at Camp Lewis, Pierce County, unveiling a stone marker mounted on a concrete base for the oldest road in Pierce County. Many men, including some in United States Army uniform,...

20.	'Picket Line, Fisher Flour Mill Strike, Seattle, Wash. 1935.'	poverty; art; Seattle, WA; The Great Depression; strike	This is a watercolor and ink painting of men outside the Fisher Flour Mill in Seattle during the strike there in 1935. Some of the men (with hands in their pockets) are talking; others are warming their...