Duke Ellington Day in Walla Walla was March 31 1952. The orchestra played in the Armory; there was dancing, a song contest, and a fashion show. Downtown merchants cashed in with sales and promotions.

Hepcats

 

Armory dances during World War II, 1943.

 

Military inductees leaving from Walla Walla in the 1950s. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

Greyhound Bus Depot at First and Poplar.

Armory on Colville Street.

Armory

 

Photos, news clips, and a few ads from the Bulletin newspaper of March 1926. Part 1

Auto Show in Armory

Fletcher's Jazz Band on Radio KOWW

Jensen Tea Room

Lincoln School

Novak's Vaudettes