Overview

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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  • Southwest corner of 4th Street and A., Yakima Washington 
    Anonymous (unknown, 1950)
    Southwest corner of 4th Street and A, Yakima Washington.
  • Carnegie Library Interior 
    Black, Elizabeth (previously unpublished, 1950)
    A view of the interior of the Carnegie Library, circa 1950. "Carol's Library" inscribed on back in ink.
  • Fair altering Agriculture Building for 4-H displays 
    author unknown (Yakima Herald, 1961)
    The mezzanine floor of the Central Washington Fair's agriculture building is to be remodeled for 4-H displays. Grange displays will still be arranged around the perimeter of the main floor.
  • Before Yakima Meadows 
    author unknown (Yakima Republic, 1967)
    A photo of the 1904 fair from the Frank Lanterman collection of old photographs.
  • Fair of former Days 
    author unknown (Yakima Republic, 1967)
    A photo of the 1904 fair from the Frank Lanterman collection of old photographs.

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