Yakima Memory

Yakima Memory is an online collaboration between Yakima Valley Libraries and Yakima Valley Museum for the digitization, preservation, and distribution of historical materials held by both institutions. Here you will find digitized photographs, historical texts, memorabilia & ephemera, maps and many more items of historical and cultural significance. Use the Search or Browse features to view items in the collection. Each item record tells where to find the physical object.

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Old Meany Hall

(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2023-12-20) Peterson, Gary B.

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific (AYP) Expo Auditorium Hall, or "old" Meany Hall at University of Washington. Built in 1908, demolished in 1965 after being damaged by the April 29th, 1965 Olympia Earthquake. Photo likely from the 1950s, taken by Gary B. Peterson, Office of News Services, University of Washington, Seattle.

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Grover Shoots Across the Meadow

(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2023-06-15)

Grover firing a shotgun across the meadow with a hunting dog excitedly running on. 1911, likely in Idaho.

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Colorado Forest

(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2023-07-21) Relander, Clifford "Click"

Likely to be the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest near Boulder, Colorado, possibly in the summer of 1962. Photo taken by either Virginia "Ginny" Relander or Clifford "Click" Relander, who visited Virginia's Derby family in Boulder, Colorado in 1962.

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Dog on a Cliff

(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2023-10-31)

Woman with a leashed dog running near a cliff. Likely in the Cascades, 1910s.

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Examining Petroglyphs

(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2023-10-02) Relander, Clifford "Click"

PUD surveying petroglyphs in preparation of the building of Priest Rapids Dam. From left to right: Max Folsom, Robert Ries, Puck-Hyah-Toot (Johnny Buck), and an unknown man.