Spokane, Washington, 1908 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Spokane, Washington, 1908, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: B.E. view, Spokane, Wash.
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Spokane, Washington, 1908
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Spokane in 1908 was in the middle of a population boom that nearly tripled its size in under a decade, drawing families from the Midwest and the East who came for work in wholesale houses, freight yards, and the building trades. City leaders counted each new arrival as proof that the interior Northwest had a future, and new schools, churches, and brick homes spread up the hills above the central business district. Gonzaga College, the Jesuit school on the north side, drew young men from across the region, while the neighborhoods near the rail yards filled with immigrants from Scandinavia and Germany. Anyone looking out over the rooftops that year would have seen a town still reaching outward, its growth measured in new lots, new houses, and new faces at the depot each week.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 938 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | B.E. view, Spokane, Wash. |
| Reference | WA 1908a Spokane |
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