Logger for the Frank H. Lamb Timber Company posing in forest four miles from Montesano, Washington. Photograph by J. F. Ford, Portland, OR, c. 1903.

Panoramic photo of the Stanwood Lumber Co. in Stanwood, Washington, located in Snohomish County. Photograph c. 1903.

Fishermen emptying nets of salmon into the Michigan steamer at the Shultz & Gross trap near Roche Harbor, Washington. Photograph c. 1903.

Text from photo: "The old homestead." A group of four pose with their horses outside a small wooden house and wooden cellar with a soil roof in Eastern Washington. Photograph c. 1900. 

Two farm laborers picking apples on orchards owned by Mrs. Victor Dorris in North Yakima, Washington. Photograph c. 1909.

A herd of Jersey cattle grazing in a fenced pasture in Lewis County. Photograph by George W. Gordon, c. 1909.

Farm near Pullman, Washington, in Whitman County. Pullman in 1904 had a population of more than 1,200, not including students of the state agricultural college. Photograph by W.E. Hudson, Pullman, Washington, c. 1904.

Sacks of grain (consisting of 70,000 bushels of wheat) stacked at Richard J. Stephens' warehouse in Almira, Washington in Lincoln County. Stephens also owned a warehouse in the unincorporated community of Govan, Washington. Photograph c. 1908.

Elevated perspective looking east on Pike Street from Second Avenue in Seattle, Washington. Visible buildings include The Pike, Kodak's, The American, The Union Bakery, The Peoples Savings Bank and the MacDougall & Southwick Company. Photograph by Webster & Stevens, c. 1909.

Oblique aerial perspective of Cashmere, Washington located in Chelan County, with Cascade Mountains at the horizon. Cashmere is located in the Wenatchee Valley between Leavenworth and Wenatchee. Photograph by O.C. Jordan, c. 1908.

The Manufactures and Oriental Buildings in the Court of Honor section of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington. More than three million visitors attended the Exposition during the summer and fall of 1909. Photograph c. 1909. 

The Sedro-Woolley Iron Works offices in Sedro-Woolley, Washington located in Skagit County, where the company's foundry and machine shop was also located. At the time, Sedro-Woolley had a population then of about 4,000. Photograph by Marsh, c. 1908.

The Hotel Mabton in Mabton, Washington located in Yakima County, owned by Frank Martin. Mabton formed due a Northern Pacific Railway line through the area and was incorporated in November 1905. Photograph c. 1909.

This is the Toledo Hotel, in Toledo, Washington. The man on the sidewalk near the hotel entrance is possibly J.L. Steinberger, its proprietor. The two women on the second floor balcony are probably hotel staff. Toledo in 1909 was a thriving little community with two hotels, including the wood-framed Toledo Hotel. It is located on the banks of the Cowlitz River. Photograph c. 1909.

Fourth of July street parade from a building's vantage point on 1st Avenue between Cherry and James St. in Seattle, Washington. Right to left, the Pacific Coast Seamship Company, the Lowman and Hanford Stationary and Printing Company (draped in in American flag) and the Tremont Buildings are visible. Photograph c. 1907.

The Toledo Public School building in Toledo, Washington located in Lewis County, south of Chehalis. The school employed four teachers, maintained ten grades and was equipped with a library containing 1,000 volumes. Photograph c. 1909. 

The Westminster Presbyterian Church in Chehalis, Washington, located in Lewis County. The church was originally organized in 1855 and incorporated in 1857 before this building was dedicated in 1908, which remains active and extant. Photograph by Drummond Studio, c. 1909.

People standing outside of the Pioneer Drug Company on the H.H. Allen Block in North Yakima, Washington, located in Yakima County. Built in 1887, the building has Italianate features such as decorative brackets, tall, arched windows and elaborate window crowns along the side of the building. Photograph c. 1907. 

A horse drawn float decorated with American flags which won first prize in the Pullman Washington Fourth of July parade, in front of sponsor A. B. Baker and Company, which sold Studebaker carriages and agricultural machinery. The false front's of the building and a sign incorporating a fleur de lis is visible. Photograph by Artopho Studio, c. 1906. 

The Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Co. and Land Department offices at the Spokane Terminal Building, in Spokane, Washington. The Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Co. (aka Inland Empire System) incorporated in 1906 and operated over 200 miles of track radiating from Spokane. Photograph c. 1907.

People waiting outside the Canadian Pacific Railway Station at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in Canada. This is the second iteration of the station, built in 1898 from locally acquired stone and brick and outfitted with “solid oak furniture and upholstered patent leather chairs.” The Canadian Pacific Railway remains a transcontinental carrier operating in Canada and the United States. Photograph by Cameron, Agnes Deans, c. 1910. 

The Coffman, Dobson and Company Bank Building and W.E. Bishop, H.A. Langhorne and G.L. Thacker law offices in Chehalis, Washington, located in Lewis County. N.B. Coffman and Charles H. Allen established the bank in 1884 and eventually changed the name to Coffman, Dobson & Co., Bankers Inc., in 1904. Photograph by Drummond Studio, c. 1909.

The Coffman, Dobson and Company Bank Building, Chehalis, Washington. This is the same brick building as WIL (F) 202. This view of the bank building shows a pharmacy, advertised as both Coffman Drug Store (with two entrances) and Pheasant Pharmacy, on the first floor. A piano store adjoins the pharmacy at right and doctors' offices are above. Photograph by Drummond Studio, c. 1909.

The Safe Deposit Building at 218 4th Ave. in Olympia, Washington, located in Thurston County. The two-story reinforced concrete building was completed in 1908 and designed by Millard Lemon and Henry Mallory. The sidewalks next to the building were made of concrete as well, part of the fifty blocks of cement sidewalks laid by the city in its downtown business district over the past year. Photograph c. 1909. 

Machinery for the construction of the Tieton Canal in Naches, Washington, located in Yakima County. The work was part of the government's Reclamation Service to establish irrigation services in the area. Two-foot long sections of steel reinforced concrete were winched up hillsides, creating a 12 mile long canal. The first water deliveries were made in May of 1910 to the 28,000-acre district. Photograph c. 1907.

A team of horses with a wagon full of milk bottles and goods outside of the Harry Painter General Merchandise Store in Naches, Washington, located in Yakima Valley at the foot of Mount Clemens. Naches was founded on the completion of the North Yakima and Valley Railroad in 1907 and officially incorporated in 1922, following local merchant Lewis Smith being elected mayor. Photograph c. 1907.

The Eagle Furniture Company, Hotel Barker and Ernst Hardware Company at 514-18 Pike St. in Seattle, Washington. The Ernst Hardware Company was established in 1889 by Charles c. Ernst, renamed Ernst Brothers in 1902 and incorporated in 1907. The store expanded to 10,000 square feet with warehouses of combined floor space totaling 13,000 square feet. Ernst was headed by F.A. Ernst as president, Charles c. Ernst as vice-president and Wm. F. Eckert as secretary. Photograph by Webster & Stevens, c. 1909.

Grade school in Marysville, Washington, c. 1904. Marysville, north of Everett, had a growing population of about 1,200 c. 1904. Eight teachers were employed in their schools where promising students were able to achieve an eighth grade certificate. Here one teacher stands beside her pupils, most of them appearing to be of elementary school age. Photograph c. 1904.

The Governor's Mansion under construction in Olympia, Washington, located in Thurston County. The red brick, Georgian nineteen-room residence was designed by Tacoma architects Russell & Babcock at a cost of $35,000. While the structure was remodeled and enlarged in 1974, it remains the Washington State Governor residence. Photograph c. 1908. 

The Olympia Hotel on Main between 7th and 8th Streets in Olympia, Washington, located in Thurston County. The four-storied Victorian structure was built in 1889 at a cost of $100,000. The hotel advertised itself as "Headquarters for Commercial Men" with "Fine Sample Rooms." It was destroyed by fire in 1904. Photograph c. 1904.