Articles tagged with: 1940s
The Red and White store used to be a familiar feature on Mashell Ave. For years you’d walk in and find Keith Malcom and Jesse Dawkins ready to serve you.
The building is no longer standing, and …
This shot was taken of a young June (Duffy) Carney behind the a team of horses on the family (Jensen) farm.
June is at the reins of the second photo too.
Horse teams may seem old-timey, but …
This shot is of Dixie Watler and Ruby Haynes Rulien. Dixie you might better know as the journalist around town and the writer/editor/publisher of EatonvilleNews.net.
Ruby Haynes was, among other things, the 1936 May Day queen.
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They always tell you, don’t feed the bear. But people just can’t seem to help themselves.
Here are some folks feeding a bear at Mount Rainier, probably in late 40s. It looks like a cub standing …
Today this portion of Ohop Valley is the site of Nisqually Land Trust work. But in the 1940s through the 1980s this was a working farm. The barn was built in 1947 by Fred Henrickson …
Early on Eatonville was more about basketball and baseball than football. The gym is the building on the right. The first basket ball team was 1912.
This picture was probably taken in the early 1940s and …
This picture of Anne (Christensen) Haynes, (born 1892) was taken probably in the 40s judging by the make of her iron.
Anne married Otto Haynes (a son of 1914 Ashford pioneer Paul Haynes). Otto was the …
I’m not sure why I like this shot of King’s Place so much. Maybe it’s the signs:
. . . the Camel ad in the bottom corner or the Chevron Supreme above.
. . . the slogan …
Here is a peak inside the Eatonville Lumber Company store around 1942. If you look closely you can see a crack in the glass case, which looks like it’s full of Coke bottles. Pat Van Eaton …
This post comes from David Breneman:
John Galbraith was my grandfather’s best friend. My grandfather, William Hill, managed the Standard Oil depot in Eatonville. The last time I was in town, it was still there, as …
