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You’re looking at the Eatonville Mashell Telephone Company‘s switchboard that was last used in the early 1950s. Today we’re looking at the Ls. For some this will bring back a lot of memories. • LaGrande Cafe, 2-3835 • Carl Lane, 2-3263 • Lester DeWitt, 2-3689 • Carl Langberg, 2-4331 • Harold Lanning, 2-3845 • Hugo Laplante,…
This scale has seen better days, but when it was in use it was invaluable. Steve Burwash used it weigh the buckets of milk coming off the cows at the Kjelstad/Burwash farm. Here’s also a shot of Steve doing a little milking. Photo courtesy of Mary Burwash Chalberg. Click in images to enlarge.
This photo of the Griffith & Graeber Camp, taken August 10, 1925, is a great family shot. Patty Harris can identify her family: Front row, second from left: Otto Carl Nensen. Second row, second from left: Emmy Evelyn Nensen. Second row, sixth from left: Mary Ann Nensen. Second row, seventh from left: Emma Westin Nensen. Thank…
I’m posting each letter of the Eatonville Mashell Telephone Co. switchboard. Today we’re covering second half of the Ks. Lots of names you might remember. • Kapowsin Hatchery, 2-4701 • Kapowsin Lake Boat House, 2-3665 • E. R. Kennedy, 24824 • Joe Kent, 2-4315 • Kennedy’s Kapowsin Korner, 2-4824 • Martin Kilian, 2-3613 • Scotty…
Long before it was Rainier Connect, it was Mashell Telephone Co. and a switchboard was used to connect the people around Eatonville. Here is the H, I and J page straight from the switchboard that went out of commission in the early 50s. You may recognize some names. • Kapowsin Forestry, 2-4828 • High School…
Have any of your come across pieces that look like this. They are found throughout the area—from Elbe to Ohop. These are pieces of the Nitgrogen plant that was once functioning in LaGrande. When the nitrogen plant was taken down, many used the pieces for foundation. I got my piece from Sally (Asplund) McKay, from…
Roni Johnson has been kind enough to share images of the Eatonville Mashell Telephone Co. switchboard (early 1950s). Each day I’m posting a letter. Today it’s H. See anyone you recognize? • Ed Haarsted, 2-3611 • Oscar Haarstad, 2-3313 • A. R. Hackerd, 2-3342 • George Hagen, 641 • Corbett Hale, 2-4755 • John Hale,…
For the next handful of days I’ll be posting each letter of the alphabet from the Eatonville Mashell Telephone Co. switchboard, which went out of commission in the early 1950s. Today you’ll find the names under G. See if you recognize some family, friends or businesses from back then. • Lloyd M. Garner (Kap.), 2-4709…
Each day I’ve been posting one of letters of the alphabet from Eatonville’s Mashell Telephone Company’s switchboard that went out of commission in the early 1950s. Today is E, which is especially interesting because of all the businesses listed. One especially interesting business is the Eatonville Lumber Company and the different numbers associated with it.…
As you’re probably aware by now, I’m putting up the Marshell Telephone Co. Eatonville Switchboard (that went out of commission in the early 1950s) one letter of the alphabet at a time. Today we the the Ds. Take a look and see if you recognize anyone. • Jess Dawkins, 2-3384 • Carl Day, 24724 •…
I got a chance to photograph the names on the old Mashell Telephone Co. switchboard, which went out of commission in the early 1950s. Posted here are the C’s. These names are almost a snapshot of Eatonville back then. If you have have any memories of Mashell Telephone Co. or any of these individuals or companies,…
Remember these? These are never-been-used cardboard caps that went on the top of glass milk bottles. These particular ones came from Lakeview, a once-operating dairy not too far from here. You know they’ve been around a while based on the phone number. Photo courtesy of Diane Mettler. Click on image to enlarge.
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