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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Recent Submissions

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Yakima's Gilded Age 1887-1914
(Yakima Valley Libraries/Yakima Valley Museum, 2022-05-13) Miles, Jo N.
Yakima Valley Libraries and the Yakima Valley Museum collaborated on this publication using photographs from their respective collections. The Gilded Age was a period of vibrant economic activity in a young community made up of magnificent brick and stone buildings in a horse-and-buggy environment. Each spread is a current photo taken in the exact or near exact location of an old photograph on the facing page.
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Man Feeding Deer
(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2023-09-06)
Man feeding deer in a forest. Circa 1910s.
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Downtown Visalia, CA
(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2023-12-20) Relander, Clifford "Click"
Aerial photograph of downtown Visalia, CA, near Church & Main Street, by Clifford "Click" Relander. 1940s.
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Alice Slim Jim Charley with sculpture
(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2023-09-29) Relander, Clifford "Click"
Alice Slim Jim Charley next to a sculpture of her by Clifford "Click" Relander. She was the last surviving member of the Wasallapum tribe. She lived at Hood River. Photo from circa 1955.
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185th Infantry
(Yakima Valley Libraries, 2024-01-04) Relander, Clifford "Click"
185th Infantry, men in line to board a train at Visalia, CA, possibly 1941.