Bygone Walla Walla: vintage images of the City and County (and beyond), collected by Joe Drazan

BYGONE WALLA WALLA PROJECT BY JOE DRAZAN is a local non-profit, non-commercial effort to build and share a visual history of Walla Walla. Use SEARCH box or the INDEX, or just scroll. CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE; right click & open in new tab for even LARGER view. WANTED! Your old snapshots, slides, or negatives of Walla Walla area places and events to share in this project, please contact me to get them scanned in; over 500 individuals have so far. CONTACT me; skippycat3@charter.net. c2025

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Souvenir spoons. Images courtesy of Doug Saturno







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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

McFeely Hotel new, 1911.








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Monday, October 29, 2012

Inland Auto Company, corner Alder & Spokane, 1909







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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Boat Club beginnings at Wallula, 1953. Photo copies contributed by Robert Freeman and Carol Kirkman.









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Friday, October 26, 2012

Graybill's swimming pool, corner of Kendall & Reser Roads, 1940s. Thanks to Robert & Maryanne Freeman for sharing these photos.








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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Coppei Falls, summer and winter, 1909. Thanks to Judy Benzel & Garry Katsel for sharing these photos reproduced from glass plate negatives taken by August Sornson.











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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Lakum Duckum at Whitman College as reported in the Union-Bulletin.







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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Mystery of the big white "flagpole" at Pioneer Park solved. The Marconi radio shack still sits in Pioneer Park today.





Marconi radio tower and shack

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A librarian at Whitman College, 1972-2005; retired.
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