The collection consists of 73 folders photographs of eastern Washington state geographic and agricultural features, primarily taken in the 1950s. The provenance of the photographs is unknown, but based on notes on their backs it appears a number of them were used in a magazine or newsletter of some sort. A significant number of the images were taken by Theo H. Scheffer, of the U.S. Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife). Combining those facts with the knowledge that Mr. Scheffer was in Puyallup at the time, we speculate that these images were collected by someone at the WSU-affiliated Puyallup Experiment Station.
The geographic items are ordered alphabetically in a series at the start (folders 1-45), followed by primarily agricultural photographs which appear to be unordered (folders 46-66). Folders 67-73 are negatives only, lacking prints, and appear to be unordered. The collection contains a mix of both photographs (about 175) and negatives ( about 50). Almost all items are labeled, but very few are dated.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
North Central Washington, Columbia Basin, and Grand Coulee Reclamation, Irrigation and Farming Photographs, 1905-1954 (PC 91)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Materials were organized and refoldered after acquisition.
Frank Arthur Banks Papers, 1913-1957
Papers on Columbia River Basin Shipping and Development, 1934-1936
Ralph J. Kugelman Grand Coulee Dam Construction Photographs, 1930s
Grand Coulee Dam and Columbia Basin Project Photographs, 1935-1950
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