Historical Photos 1: General Collection – Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society

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Photo Title	Location	Approx Year	Link To Photo	Photo Collection	WdtID (key)
Photo Title	Location	Approx Year	Link To Photo	Photo Collection	WdtID (key)

Wenatchee Valley orchard, looking toward East Wenatchee ca. 1920.

Wenatchee Fire Brigade, 1905 Wenatchee WA

Wenatchee Apple exhibit made for the Spokane Apple Show 1908

Waterville Ford Club, 1909. Waterville, WA

Riverboat Columbia moving past Wenatchee, 1904 Wenatchee, WA

Reinigers Cash Grocery ca. 1930’s Wenatchee WA (2)

Reinigers Cash Grocery ca. 1930’s Wenatchee WA (1)

Plowing field, 12 horse team driven by Oliver Rudd, Badger Mountain area 1918 Wenatchee, WA

Parshall’s Department Store,6 S. Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee WA 1905

Nifty Theater downtown Waterville, WA built 1918

Losecamp and Frank building Leavenworth, WA ca 1900

Horse and cradled baby Woodin Avenue Chelan, WA circa 1902

Field Hotel, Stehekin WA on Lake Chelan

Cashmere Fruit Growers, circa 1907 Cashmere, WA

Cascade Tunnel opens GNR, 1929 Leavenworth, WA

Andersons Boarding House, Leavenworth WA early 1900’s

126 N. Wenatchee Avenue ca. 1930’s. Wenatchee, WA

Stevens School, fire drill. circa 1906 Constructed in 1903, eight more rooms added in 1906. Wenatchee WA

Wenatchee WA, looking towards East Wenatchee and Rock Island circa early 50’s smoke from Keokuk

Squilchuck School 1931-32, original school built in 1900.

Great Northern train in Tumwater Canyon outside of Leavenworth, WA

GNR train tracks at the Y of Icicle RD & US2 Tumwater Canyon, 1910 Leavenworth, WA

Wenatchee WA, looking towards East Wenatchee and Rock Island circa early 50’s smoke from Keokuk

Waterville School grades 1-12 Waterville, WA 1928

Stevens School, Wenatchee WA 1919 corner of Kittas and Chelan

Steamer sinking near Orondo, WA on the Columbia River circa early 1900’s

Ohme Gardens, Wenatchee WA circa 1960’s

Ohme Gardens, Wenatchee WA circa 1950’s

Main Street Dryden, WA cica 1940’s

Louis Building Pharmacy, Leavenworth, WA 1911

Leavenworth WA, cica 1900

Leavenworth Mercantile, front street circa 1915

Leavenworth Fish Hatchery 1951, Leavenworth, WA

Lake Chelan Stage going up Chelan Canyon late 1890’s Lake Chelan WA

Hotel Edelweiss (Chikamin Hotel) 1960’s Leavenworth WA

Hotel Chikamin before the Bavarian remodel. 1950’s Leavenworth WA

Hotel Chikamin (Edelweiss Hotel) under renovation early 60’s Leavenworth WA

Gateway Sheel, now Gustavs in Leavenworth WA 1969

Front St Leavenworth WA circa 1920’s

Final span of the Columbia River Bridge, 1907, looking towards East Wenatchee

Dryden WA first GNR depot before a permanent one was built. circa early 1900’s

Chelan Transfer Co. circa 1890’s Chelan WA

Chelan Falls, WA from Douglas County side, circa 1900

Campbell House on Lake Chelan, Chelan WA 1898

Apple Yard explosion, 1974 Wenatchee WA

Al & Jeanette Meltons laundromat and dry cleaners. circa 1960’s Leavenworth WA

Wenatchee City Fire Station, built in 1929 Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee boat yard bottom of 5th St, Wenatchee WA c.1897

Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival 1923, Wenatchee, WA

View down Cottage Ave Cashmere, WA 1941

Swaukane Canyon road looking toward Wenatchee, WA early 1900

Steamboat Chelan on Columbia River c1900

Road trip, returning from Chelan, WA looking at Chelan Falls 1910

Pine Canyon near Waterville, WA cica 1920

Palisades train depot, Palisades WA 1912. Edith Allmendinger waiting for train to Wenatchee.

Orondo Ferry, Orondo WA 1950’s.

Native American, Leavenworth, WA 1897

Monitor Bridge, Monitor WA 1898

Main street Peshastin WA, 1911

Colorized postcard of Leavenworth, WA 1910

Leavenworth, WA post card 1909

Leavenworth High School 1962, Leavenworth, WA

Lake Wenatchee State Park postcard 1963. Leavenworth, WA

John Doneen’s combined harvester at work on the Dubert Ranch in East Wenatchee, WA cica 1912

Hamilton Cemetery 2001

Finishing the Columbia River Bridge, East Wenatchee, WA 1908

Entiat School, Entiat WA 1920

Electric power plant built in 1907 in Tumwater Canyon to provide electric power to Great Northern trains crossing Stevens Pass. Leavenworth, WA

Douglas County, Waterville WA 1907

Columbia River at Entiat, WA cica 1905

Civilian Conservation Corp Camp at 25 Mile Creek. Lake Chelan, WA 1937

Chieftain Restaurant opened in 1961 on N Wenatchee Ave, closed in the mid 1990’s. Wenatchee WA

Camp Icicle, Civilian Conservation Corps, Leavenworth, WA 1937. Now part of Sleeping Lady Retreat.

Top -o-the-Hill Tavern, Blewitt Pass circa 1920

Sprinkler truck purchased from Dennis Automotive in 1923 Wenatchee WA

Pateros WA 1964

Pateros WA 1955

Pateros WA 1915

Opening of Beebe Orchard Co. bridge, over the Columbia River. Oct. 10, 1919. Beebe, WA

Old Chelan River Bridge at Chelan Falls. Looking down the gorge towards the Columbia River, original Beebe Bridge in the distance. 1930’s

Methow Valley near Pateros WA postcard 1913

Maurice’s Shoe Klinik, South Wenatchee Ave Maurice Cicchetti was born in Italy, came to America and ran the shoe store from 1934 until retiring in 1963. Wenatchee WA

Malaga WA Depot, postcard 1972

Main street Cahsmere, WA 1940’s

Dryden School on fire 1986, Dryden WA

Deaconess Hospital, old Gellatly Mansion, Wenatchee WA

Deaconess Hospital dedication, 1923, former Gellatly Mansion. Wenatchee WA

Cutting Ice on Three Lakes Malaga WA

Columbia River Steamboat headed to Pateros WA postcard 1909

Big Y gas station, intersection of US 2 (Stevens Pass Hwy) and US 97 (Blewett Pass Hwy), cica 1930’s Peshastin WA

Big Y Cafe juction of US 2 and US 97, 1980’s Peshastin WA

Beebe suspension bridge over the Columbia River, built by the Wenatchee Beebe Orchard Co. The largest privately built and owned bridge in the world. 1919

Withrow, WA 1922, Confirmation at Sacred Heart Church

Whitman School, Wenatchee, WA circa 1907

Wenatchee, WA 1922 postcard

Steamer Selkirk going up the Columbia River 1902 near Entiat, WA

Spraying Orchard, 1902 Wenatchee, WA

South end of Douglas, WA, 1909

Post card Lady of the Lake, 1902 Chelan WA

BADGER POST OFFICE Old post office buildings have often been turned into living quarters. This 1912 photo shows the old Badger Post Office, which became the home of the R. J. Toler family, shown at right. The post office was established in 1884 and was located 4 1/2 miles southwest of Waterville. The first mail was carried from Wilson Creek. The post office was discontinued in 1890.

Mold, WA 1914. In 1909 Otto Jahnke opened the Mold Trading Co. Served as the postoffice until 1937.

Mold School, 1974 Mold, WA Douglas County

Marshall McLean house ,Mold, WA c1914. First postmaster, named the town in1899.

Main St Leavenworth, WA theater on the left, Mottler building on the right circa late 1930’s, early 40’s

Leavenworth, WA 1960’s Beginning of the summer Art in the Park.

Lamb Davis Lumber Company headquarters Leavenworth, WA circa 1908

Lamb Davis Lumber Co looking East toward Mt. Home, Leavenworth, WA 1908

Cashmere Train Depot, cica 1900, Cashmere, WA

Cape Horn Ranch near the mouth of Tarpiscan Creek, abou t 1940, known as the Spanish Castle. It was built in 1917-18 by Lester Coffin. The site was flooded by the Wanapum Dam Reservoir.

Building the Highline Irrigation Canel, in1904 started upriver from Dryden, WA and to the mouth of the Wenatchee River, Wenatchee, WA

Fire at Appleyard in South Wenatchee, WA 1974

Apple City Dairy, South Wenatchee Avenue, circa 1935 Wenatchee, WA

Yellowstone Trail Auto Camp 1936, Wenatchee Ave. site of the Chieftan Motel

Wenatchee, WA circa 1910

Thrifty Drug, 1950 fountain and lunch counter in the back of store. 1950 Wenatchee, WA

Summit of Snoqualimie Pass 1925

Stevens School rebuilt in 1925, Wenatchee, WA

Stevens School demolished , Oct. 1972 Wenatchee, WA

Stevens School built in 1893, Wenatchee, WA

Stevens School 1963 Wenatchee, WA

Stevens Pass Ski area 1949 Leavenworth, WA

Opening of Tumwater Canyon Hwy, 1925 Leavenworth, WA

Opening of Snoqualimie Pass, 1925

Main Street Leavenworth, WA, 1965, probably one of the first Autumn Leaf Festivals

Main Street Leavenworth, WA 1965

Liquor confiscated by Sheriff McManus being destroyed at Chelan County Courthouse, Wenatchee WA 1926

Leavenworth, WA. Alpine Movie Theater dates the picture to 1965 via the movies that are being shown.

Leavenworth Ski Hill, 1935. Leavenworth, WA

Laying conerstone at the new Chelan County Courthouse. May,1925 Wenatchee, WA

Jumpin’Jack Trampoline Center, owner Leonard Regehr, 1960. 700 block of N Chelan Ave, Wenatchee, WA

First postoffice in Nelson, WA, was established in this store in 1907. Charles Mayfield was the postmaster from 1907-1912, then the mail was moved to Mansfield.

Dusty’s Drive In Wenatchee AVE, Wenatchee, WA 1950

Cashmere, WA 1908. Upper left corner, Francis Willard HS & Cashmere Elementary School both completed in 1907. Cashmere, WA

Apple Orchards, Wenatchee, WA 1910 postcard

Wenatchee, looking towards Saddlerock, 1902, Wenatchee WA

Wenatchee Ave 1916 Wenatchee, WA

Shepards water wagon, Wenatchee Ave 1894, Wenatchee WA

Picture taken looking over Wenatchee Valley, north toward Burch MTN undated

Orondo and Wenatchee Avenue 1896 Wenatchee, WA

North Wenatchee Ave circa 1940’s Wenatchee WA

GNR train caught in snow slide, Tumwater Canyon, Leavenworth, WA Feb. 1916

Dusty’s Burger’s Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee WA cica 1960’s

Cottage Ave, Cashmere WA early 1900’s

Chieftain Motel early 1960’s, Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee WA

Cashmere, WA 1908

Carmichael’s store on Sunset Highway, East Wenatchee WA

Apollo Club 1924-1925 at the Liberty Theatre, Wenatchee WA

YMCA boys recreation room 1926, Wenatchee, WA

YMCA apple packing school 1920 Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee YMCA 1923 Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee Produce Company unloading freight Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee Produce Company 1923 Wenatchee, WA

Stevens School Wenatchee, WA

Skating on the Columbia River 1930 Wenatchee, WA

Cottage Ave. Cashmere, WA 1939 Cashmere Valley Bank end of street on left.

Cottage Ave. Cashmere, WA 1930

Carnegie Library and Chelan County CourthouseWenatchee, WA

Blewitt Pass, WA c1920

1911 picture showing site for post office

Wenatchee’s first Catholic Church, approx 1910, Parish house next to it. Church burnt in 1921. Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee, WA circa 1907

View from Burch Mtn looking toward Wenatchee 1895

Tumwater Dam suspension bridge, Leavenworth, WA

Lake Chelan Dam under construction, 1926-27

Hotel Chelan, 1920’s , now Campbells Lodge Chelan, WA

Greyhound Bus Depot, Wenatchee, WA

GNR train in front of the Cascadian Warehouse, Wenatchee, WA

Entrance to Tumwater Canyon, Leavenworth, WA 1910, before there was a road over Stevens Pass

Ely Hotel & JC ELY Pioneer Merchant store. Entiat, WA 1897

Rock Island train bridge on fire

Columbia River rail bridge Rock Island fire 1967

Cascadian Fruit Building, Wenatchee, WA first of it’s kind to use refrigeration to store apples, 1920’s

Payless Store Wenatchee Ave cica 1935

Olympia Hotel NW corner of Palouse St & Wenatchee Ave early 1900’s

Cashmere, WA 1935

Train Depot Wenatchee, WA. Built in 1910, torn down in 1981

Street scene Wenatchee AVE

In 1906 Wenatchee had a total of 4 cars.

Delivery dray 1895 Wenatchee

Chelan Co Courthouse to the left Wenatchee Carnegie Library

Rocky Reach Dam 2022, Chelan County WA

Confluence State Park, Horan Area looking towards Wenatchee, East Wenatchee WA 2022

Windmill Restaurant, Wenatchee Ave. 1931 Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee Bottling Works Olympia Beer, Wenatchee WA corner of Columbia & Palouse Wenatchee WA

The Cashmere Hotel, Cashmere, WA was built in 1905 at the corner of Division & Mission St. In 1918 it became the Blewitt Hotel Cashmere, WA

Sunset Hwy Pine Canyon coming down from Waterville WA

Smitty’s Pancake House, Wenatchee Ave 1958, Wenatchee WA

school info

Orondo Ferry crossing Columbia River, 1917

Mansfield, Douglas Co, WA destroyed by fire June 3rd 1914

Malaga, WA school after the Nov.1, 1929 fire.

Malaga WA school 1938

Leavenworth Art in the Park cica late 60’s, early 70’s.

Igloo Tavern corner Miller & Wenatchee Ave late 1940’s Wenatchee WA

Harvesting Ice at Three Lakes cica 1913

Dryden WA cica 1910

Columbia River Bridge Wenatchee, WA from East Wenatchee

Wenatchee, WA 1893 Saddle Rock in bakground

Wenatchee Ave, no date

Watervilles first City Hall, Waterville, WA

Water tower and power plant Tumwater Canyon, Leavenworth, WA

Steamer Columbia, Wenatchee, WA cica 1902

Quincy, WA cica 1913

Okanogan riverfront early 1900’s

Entiat WA 1920

Columbia River Bridge, dedicated 1908

Wenatchee Ave, early 1900’s Wenatchee WA

Postcard no date taken from Northeast from Stevens School Wenatchee WA

Number hill in Entiat WA, first HS class 1919

Entiat WA, cica 1908

Entiat School 1920, Entiat WA

Colockum School

Chieftain Motel Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee WA

Buck Buchanan’s Stage to Waterville WA in Winter

Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee WA

Waterville WA train depot and Douglas County Courthouse in background. circa 1900’s

Valley North Mall, Wenatchee, WA 1960’s

Train stopping to pick up Sunday School Picnicer’s in Douglas, WA on the way to Waterville, WA circa 1914

Pizza Inn, Valley North Mall Wenatchee, WA 1960’s

Peshastin Mill, Peshastin WA being prepared to dismantle in the 1990’s

Palisades WA circa 1943

May 2022, View up the Wenatchee River from the Confluence of the Columbia. Pedestrian bridge, GNR bridge and Hwy 2 Bridge. New Chelan County PUD being constructed on the right. Wenatchee, WA

GNR freight, passenger train headed up Moses Coulee toward Palisades, WA circa 1910

Franklin Street Wenatchee, WA 1930

Entiat WA May 2022

Elks Building Wenatchee, WA

Cascadian Hotel , Wenatchee, WA late 50’s

Arlberg Ski Shop, North Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA

Aerial View of Peshastin WA early 50’s. Peshastin Mill in foreground, log mill pond, and sawdust bunker. View looking toward the town

Waterville, WA Main Street 1968

Chelan Hwy, looking Northeast from Ohme Gardens, Wenatchee, WA 1940.

Starting construction of Safeway at the corner of 5th & Miller Wenatchee, WA 1992

GN Oriental Limited derailed March 11,1928, 1 mile west of Peshastin on the original Wenatchee River mainline to Seattle. Peshastin, WA

Stagecoach arriving in Wenatchee from Ellensburg over Colocum Pass. cica 1897 Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee Ave. looking south, 1900, Wenatchee WA

Wenatchee Apple Yard, in South Wenatchee. Loading blocks of ice into rail cars to keep apples cold. Ice blocks were hand cut from Three Lakes during the winter.

Liberty Theater 1923, Wenatchee WA

Entiat in 1953, before Rocky Reach Dam submerged most of it.

Artic Circle Drive-In, on Wenatchee Ave. 1965. Wenatchee, WA

Information on Waterville Tramway

Wheat Tramway built in 1902 to get wheat down to the Columbia River to the Steamboats for shipment. Waterville, WA

Waterville Wheat Tramway path Waterville, WA

Wenatchee Avenue 1932, Wenatchee WA

Top-O-The-Hill Tavern Blewitt Pass, WA 1926

Blewitt Pass, WA Top-O-The-Hill Tavern 1920’s

Summit of Stevens Pass Highway, Washington State

George Sellar Bridge under construction 1948-1950 East Wenatchee, WA

Nicholas Bersing was the first Peshastin Pharmacist. Bersing standing next to his Grandson Louis Wagoner, late 1940’s. Peshastin, WA

Marson & Marson Lumber Company 1950’s. Leavenworth WA

Mission Street Wenatchee WA, Post Office on right now the NCW Museum.

Peshastin School built apprx 1907, grades 1-12. Peshastin, WA

Cashmere HS, Cashmere, WA finished in 1920.

Stevens School 1905, Wenatchee WA

Gellatly Mansion, became the Deaconess Hospital in 1915. Intersection of Okanogan & Kittatas Streets, Wenatchee, WA

Deaconess Hospital 1938 Wenatchee, WA

Cascadian Hotel, under construction 1929, Wenatchee WA

1925 Federal Building (Post Office Annex) Wenatchee, WA. the car closest is a Buick, WAGS library entrance middle door

Columbian Hotel, Wenatchee WA

Columbian Hotel on Wenatchee Avenue burning 1990. Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee Avenue 1960’s, Columbian Hotel on left burnt to the ground in 1990. Wenatchee WA

Monitor WA School 1900

Leavenworth, WA early 1950’s. Safeway is the white building on the corner.

CapWenatchi group in temporary camp 1906, Wenatchee, WA in backgroundtion for first Pic

Wenatchee, WA Shipyard Builders 1903

Wenatchee, WA 1898 looking north, Columbia River on the right.

Wenatchee Memorial Square, Chelan County Courthouse, Wenatchee WA postcard postmarked 1930

Trinidad around 1900 Douglas Co.

Tinys Worlds Largest Fruit Stand, Cashmere, WA

Sternwheelers Selkik and Chelan unloading freight and taking on firewood for the engine boilers at Entiat, WA 1902

Sternwheeler pulling up to dock at Wenatchee, WA

Sternwheeler Columbia loading sacks of wheat from Waterville, WA, at the Orondo boatdock 1904-05

Steamer Columbia going up the Entiat rapids in 1904

Silicon plant, Rock Island, WA. Built during WWII. Photo taken before emissions-control equipment installed.

Rock Island Dam 1940s

Postcard of old Leavenworth High School

Peshastin Lumber and Box Mill, Peshastin, WA. Taken prior to 1928 when the train tracks were elevated.

Orondo Ferry Earl chandler and later his son Ranald (Ron), owned and operated several versions of the Orondo Ferry from 1905-1960

Omak fruit growers on the steamer Okanogan at Wenatchee WA dock c.1904 (colorized)

Ohme Gardens 1945, Wenatchee, WA

Monitor, WA 1898

Douglas County Courthouse, Waterville WA built in 1889

Cantrig handling material and concrete at Rock Island D

Brender Canyon schoolhouse, class of 1905-06

Boxes of packed apples being unloaded from wagons onto GN railcars in Wenatchee, WA c.1903

Boswell’s Store Main Street, Peshastin, WA

Billie Ambrose-Wenatchi-1907

August 6, 1974 a railcar holding volatile material exploded in a switchyard in South Wenatchee, WA.

Main Street Waterville, WA undated photo

Wenatchee, WA circa 1911 looking northeast up Miller Street

Water intake flume inTumwater Canyon for the Lamb Davis Mill Leavenworth, WA from postcard sent in 1909

YMCA apple packing school, 1922, Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee, WA looking north on the avenue, 1930’s

Waterville Bicycle Club, cica 1896. Waterville, WA Holly Sparks, family collection

Water coming into Highline Canal April 5, 1920, Heather Hills, maybe above Monitor, WA

Trinidad around 1900 Douglas Co.

Sternwheelers Selkik and Chelan unloading frieght and taking on firewood for the engine boilers at Entiat, WA 1902

Sternwheeler pulling up to dock at Wenatchee, WA

Steamer Columbia going up the Entiat rapids in 1904

Silicon plant, Rock Island, WA. Built during WWII. Photo taken before emissions-control equipment installed.

Rock Island Dam Construction

Monitor, WA 1898

Odabashian Bridge being built in 1975 connecting N end Wenatchee & East Wenatch

Monitor, WA 1898

Lewis & Clark School Wenatchee, WA

Great Northern train running through Leavenworth WA

Leavenworth WA

Leavenworth, WA taken after 1904 Lamb Davis mill in the background

Leavenworth, WA Front street 1916

Monitor WA

Horselake Road 1906

Miller Freer Trading Post, Wenatchee WA (1)

Leavenworth WA Main Street early 1960’s

June 3, 1911 Aviation field, bi-plane, Wenatchee, WA

Interstate Telephone Company 1928, Wenatchee, WA

Head of Lake Wenatchee, WA 1908

Harvard Avenue Wenatchee WA

GNR Wenatchee Apple Yard in the 1940’s. Wenatchee, WA

First Courthouse in Douglas County WA

Entiat, WA train Depot 1914

Douglas, WA train depot after passenger train hit it. 1920

Dirty Face Lodge, Lake Wenatchee, WA Built in 1904 by the Lamb Davis Company. Burned to the ground in Oct. 1944.

Chelan, WA Depot 1915

Burke Hill apt in background, Plaza Super Jet. Wenatchee, WA

Boswell’s Store Main Street, Peshastin, WA

1950 opening of the new South end bridge, Columbia River Bridge, linking Wenatchee to East Wenatchee. Renamed George Seller Bridge

1948 flood Wenatchee, WA The river rose 29 ft.,

1948 Flood Water going over Rock Island Dam

1948 flood water flowing over Rock Island Dam. The Dam couldn’t generate electicity for a few days.

1933 Shacktown near the Columbia River in Wenatchee, WA

1929 Peshastin Fruit Growers employees. Peshastin, WA

1920 Wreck Waterville Railway. GN Douglas depot was knocked off it’s foundation when passenger train hit it.

1884, homestead cabin of Alexander Brender in Brender Canyon west of Cashmere, WA. Deke Brown (Monitor homesteader) on the left and A.B. Brender, the first settler at Cashmere in 1881.

Early picture Leavenworth WA

Entiat Train Station Depot 1914

Lewis & Clark School Wenatchee WA

Badger Mountain wheat ranch, Waterville WA 1887

Baseball game between Wenatchee and Leavenworth July 4th,1900. Wenatchee, WA

Bridge at the mouth of Nahahum Canyon Cashmere, WA 1900

Downtown Wenatchee ca. 1919, Wenatchee Hotel & Columbia Valley Bank. Wenatchee, WA

Drug Store Waterville WA early 1900’s

Eagle Transfer Company Wenatchee, WA early 1900’s

Field Hotel at Stehekin, Chelan WA early 1900’s

Intro of the Ford Model A in Wenatchee, WA 1927

Leavenworth Ski Jumping competition 50’s or 60’s Leavenworth WA

Leavenworth Ski Lodge top of Ski Hill Drive Leavenworth, WA circa 50’s-60’s

Leavenworth WA HS football team 1925

Leavenworth WA, Main street circa 1930’s

Miners at Chelan Falls, Chelan WA circa 1900

Waterville Hotel, Waterville WA postcard dated 1910

Wenatchee Avenue, July 4th 1912. Large white building Olympia Hotel. Wenatchee WA

Wenatchee river front, postcard dated 1911. Wenatchee, WA

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Wenatchee WA looking toward East Wenatchee, circa early 1900’s

Windmill Restaurant on Wenatchee Avenue Wenatchee WA 1931

Wenatchee, WA viewed from Saddle Rock c.1900

Wenatchee, WA intersection of Wenatchee Ave & Palouse 1907

Wenatchee WA circa 1898 Saddlerock in the background

Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee WA 1930’s

Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee WA 1920’s

Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee WA 1917

Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee WA early 1960’s

Washington Federation of Business & Professional Womens Club 2nd annual convention. Wenatchee WA 1922

Wapato Catholic Church, near Chelan WA 1912

Studebaker Auto Dealership, Wenatchee WA 1923

Miners and Merchants Bank, Chelan WA circa 1910

Metropolitan Building built in 1929, also known as the Dore Building, Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee WA

Main Street Chelan WA 1914

Looking East toward Chelan, WA 1920

Loading sheep onto barge Chelan, WA 1919

Loading Sheep at Lake Chelan, WA 1919

Leavenworth, WA. Fire Dept located in the City Hall Building on Main Street c. early 1940’s

Leavenworth, WA late 1950’s probably in February. City Hall has window paintings advertising Ski Jumps Bill Stevens painted them

Leavenworth, WA 1960 shows Osborne Elem, JHS and LHS, that was torn down in 1963 or 1964.

Leavenworth HS, Leavenworth WA

Leavenworth High School, Leavenworth WA undated

Leavenworth 1972, old JHS and gym, Hospital in the background.

Leavenworth early 1970’s taken from the Ski Hill

Lake Chelan , Chelan WA S.S. Belle moored probably where Campbells Lodge is now circa 1899

GNRR, Entiat WA 1914, carrying railway ties to complete the line.

GNR high car, X838, retired in 1956. Ford garage at right it’s sitting on a siding where the old Safeway, Standard station are. Leavenworth, WA ca 1950’s

Flying A Texaco station late 1950’s, Al Keeton owner. Leavenworth, WA

Officials and employees in front of Douglas County Courthouse, Waterville WA 1918

Columbia River Bridge approaching from East Wenatchee, circa 1910

Clark Hotel, Wenatchee WA 1901

Main Street Chelan WA 1949

Cashmere WA postcard 1909

Cashmere WA Division St crossing train versus car 1920

Cashmere Presbyterian Church, Cashmere WA undated postcard

Baseball field behind Osborne Elementary school in Leavenworth WA 1961

Chelan Hotel,Chelan WA, was built on sand dunes in 1901 by Caroline and CC Campbell in 1898, for $400 restaurant was added in 1914 Campbell family still owns

YMCA Wenatchee, WA 1915

Yer-Cos-Tsin of the Wenatchi Tribe with her baby in a beaded cradleboard. Wenatchee WA 1910

Wenatchee WA top of Circle Street. Appleatchee Grounds there now. circa 1920

Wenatchee Valley in bloom. Asahel Curtis colorized photo 1928 Wenatchee WA

Steam Ferry Chelan Falls, Chelan WA early 1900’s!

Ruth’s dress shop downtown Leavenworth, WA 1960

Rock Island railway bridge constructed circa 1893 about 5 miles south of Wenatchee, WA. Support trusses added in 1925. Still in use.

YMCA Wenatchee, WA 1915

Wenatchee WA view of Saddle Rock, 1918

Norris Hardware Leavenworth WA 1960’s,

Liberty Theater, Wenatchee WA 1946

Leavenworth, WA main street circa 1892

Leavenworth, WA main street in circa 1920’s

Leavenworth WA main street Chickamin Hotel, Ski Cafe & Tavern, Plummers Drug store 1950’s

Leavenworth WA GNR rail yard early 1900’s

Leavenworth Ski Hill Leavenworth WA circa late 60’s

Hobsons Brick Yard by the Columbia River, Wenatchee WA cica early 1900’s

GNR high car, X838, retired in 1956. Ford garage at right it’s sitting on a siding where the old Safeway, Standard station are. Leavenworth, WA ca 1950’s