E.E. Paddock's general merchandise store in Farmington, Washington, located in Whitman County established by George Truax in 1879 and named after Farmington, Minnesota, the original home of Mr. Truax. Photograph c. 1907.

The entertainment focused section of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition that occupied the space that is now 15th avenue next to the University of Washington, known as the "Pay Streak." This area featured faux exotic amusement park attractions such as the "Streets of Cairo" and "Oriental Village." Photograph c. 1909. 

The Home Restaurant and Pioneer Cigar Store on Naches Avenue in Naches, Washington, located in Yakima Valley, c. 1907. A sign advertises the "Offices of the Naches City Land Co., J.W. Barker, mgr," with "lots and acre tracts for sale, small payments down, easy terms for balance." Photograph c. 1907. 

Laborers outside The Olympia Oyster Company warehouse and shipping department at Horr's Dock, West 4th & Tilton in Olympia, Washington, located in Thurston County. The company was owned by W.H. Kneeland and was the largest oyster company in Washington state, controlled one-third of the oyster beds on the Puget Sound and shipped to all parts of the Pacific Northwest, including Canada and Alaska. Other competing Oyster businesses at his time included J.J. Brenner Oyster Co., the Capital City Oyster Co., and the Olympia Packing Co. Photograph c. 1909. 

The Pacific Lutheran Seminary, formerly the Olympia Collegiate Institute, on Second Avenue in Olympia, Washington, located in Thurston County. The seminary was established by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1907 as an educational facility, primarily directed towards training ministers. After the seminary was damaged by fire in 1914, the church merged the Olympia school with the new Pacific Lutheran College in Tacoma. Photograph c. 1909.

This is a view of the one-story Cloud Cap Inn located on the northeast shoulder of Oregon's Mt. Hood. Cables are visible that were used to tie down the inn, a necessary measure due to fierce winds. Photograph c. 1907.

Horse drawn ambulance outside of Louis J. Sticklin and Sons Funeral Directors and Embalmers building in Chehalis, Washington, located in Lewis County. Sticklin was born on September 24, 1860 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Originally a casket maker, Sticklin moved to Chehalis in 1890 and established his business after gaining a state certificate and embalmer's diploma. Photograph by Drummond Studio, c. 1909.

Drawing for high school building in Chehalis, Washington, located in Lewis County. The building could have been one of eight schools that were operating in the Chehalis District No. 9 system at the time. Photograph by Drummond Studio, c. 1909. 

The Chanslor & Lyon Motor Supply Company (916) Fisk Rubber Co. (910) Firestone Tire & Rubber Company The Roe (912) and Bluff Apartments (920) on East Pike Street in Seattle, Washington. Photograph by Webster and Stevens, c. 1909.

Franklins and Appersons brand automobiles outside of The Seattle Automobile Company building at 1423-25 10th Avenue in Seattle, Washington. The business was run by President-Treasurer-Manager H.P. Grant. Photograph by Webster and Stevens, c. 1909.

People and parked bicycles outside of The United States National Bank building in Centralia, Washington, located in Lewis County, also containing The Palace Baths, The Little Gem Restaurant and Vaughan Tailor businesses. The bank was established in 1894. Photograph by George W. Gordon, c. 1909.

The Fine Arts Building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington. The building was located across Puget Plaza, featured international art and was one of the few permanent structures used after the fair by the University of Washington as the Architecture Hall. 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.

The head of a stag is mounted over the large fireplace of Antlers Lodge on the shores of Lake Cushman, Washington. In 1925 the lodge was burned to the ground in a planned blaze. It is now under 160 feet of water in the expanded Lake Cushman. Photograph by L.F. Murdock (Seattle) c. 1904.

A group of children wading in Green Lake, located in Seattle, Washington. Green Lake was donated to the City of Seattle by the State of Washington in 1905 and included in the Olmsted Brothers' comprehensive parks plan, undergoing major changes over the subsequent 15 years. Photograph c. 1903. 

A Family on walking path in Kinnear Park, located in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The park is named after the land's original owner, George Kinnear, who had moved to Seattle from Illinois in 1874, promoted the first wagon road through Snoqualmie Pass and organized the Immigration Board. Kinnear sold the park's wooded land to the City of Seattle in 1889 for $1.00. Photograph c. 1906.

Portrait of Yakima person, known by some as "Indian Nancy," who lived in a tepee with her husband "Blind Toby" on Water Street in Ellensburg, Washington, located in Whatcom County. Nancy had worked for a number of Ellensburg women, died about six years after this picture was taken and is buried in Toppenish, Washington. Photograph by Otto W. Pautzke, c. 1905.