-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Check these young folks out — sporting some interesting hats. Interesting fact, top hats where also known beaver hats, high hats, silk hats, cylinder hats, chimney pots hat or stove pipe hats and sometimes just called toppers. Front – Left to Right: Frank Van Eaton & Ed Samual Back – Left to Right: Dick Canty & Claire McAllison Photo courtesy of…
The information that came with this photo was “Mr. McVieken, taylor”. I don’t know anything about Mr. McVieken or where the taylor shop was located. If anyone has any information, please feel free to post it here. Based on the hate and the sewing machine, I believe the photo was taken in the 1920s. The…
The Eatonville Dispatch got its start in 1916. The press was possibly a 1908 Chandler & Price Gordon press. Hard Work There’s a video on YouTube that shows hand typesetting and printing in 1947. Within minutes you understand what work went into putting out a paper — long before the computer or printer. When you see all…
For decades Eatonville residents — especially those that worked for the mill — shopped at the Eatonville Lumber Company store. Photo courtesy of Rick Parnell and the Parnell family. Click on image to enlarge.
This is what the drug store (Kirk’s Pharmacy) looked like in the early 1900s, when it was run by Dr. A. W. Bridge. The top floor was a hospital. I’m told that the back bar is now in the Bigfoot Tavern. I’m going to have to check it out. Photo courtesy of Rick Parnell and…
Dr. A. W. Bridge was one of Eatonville’s first doctors. He created some innovative programs and you may hear his name still today. He is the “Bridge” in the “Mary Bridge Children’s Hostipal” in Tacoma. When he passed he donated dollars to the hospital in his mother’s name — Mary Bridge. Pictured here is a nurse,…
It wasn’t all guys working at the Eatonville Lumber Company. In fact, during WWII Eatonville women jumped in and did what needed to be done to keep the mill going. Here is Bertha Krones driving one of the tractors. Photo courtesy of Rick Parnell and the Parnell family. Click on photo to enlarge.
These pictures are of the home T.C. Van Eaton built for his mother, Carolyn Emerson. The house is still standing, next to the large Van Eaton home above the medical billing center. My guess is that Mrs. Emerson is the woman standing in front of the house. Photo courtesy of Rick Parnell and the Parnell…
Carter Street hasn’t changed much over the last 30+ years. The cars do more changing than the buildings. Photo courtesy of Ruthie Williams. Click on image to enlarge.
Where the Eatonville Outdoor sits today, on the corner of Center and Mashell, was once the Hearon Jeweler. Both H. L. Hearon and Wayne Hearon served as town councilmen sometime between 1909 and 1954 and H. L. Also served as one of the early town treasurers. The jewelry shop sold, in addition to jewelry, clocks, glassware,…
You’re getting a glimpse of Malcolm’s Meat Shop in August 1948 (or at least that’s what the date appears to be on the calendar behind the butcher). Olaf Malcolm was a second-generation butcher from Norway and arrived in 1918. He homesteaded just outside Eatonville (where Rich Collins lives today) and built a slaughterhouse. The young entrepreneur…
T.C. Van Eaton‘s home was built in 1898. The house beside it was built for his mother. Today the main house is owned by T.C.’s grandson, Tom Van Eaton, and looks better than ever. For more information about the house, just click HERE. Photos courtesy of Pat Van Eaton and Diane Mettler. Click on images…
Eatonville To Rainier 