Bygone Walla Walla: vintage images of the City and County, collected by Joe Drazan

Dacres Hotel

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Graybill's Swimming Pool advertisements (Pictures wanted!)

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Alder Street seen in old postcards

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Restaurant advertisements, part 2

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Odd Fellows Grand Encampment group portrait at 1st & Main Streets, 1913. The panorama in full, and in sections left to right.

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Pioneer Beer

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Odd Fellows bands and parades

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Odd Fellows old building, 5th & Main St, razed 1968. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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Restaurant advertisements, part 1

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Burbank

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Burbank Days, annually ca1910-1917

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Restaurants

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Drumheller Building

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Boy Scouts & Cub Scouts

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New Walla Walla County Court House (1915-), with assorted old cars.

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Kirkman House, 214 N. Colville. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin

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Green Park School boys patrol, 1931. Thanks to Doug Taggart for sharing this photo.

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Army Day parade by 1st & Main, April 1942. Thanks to James Allen for sharing these snapshots.

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Pioneer Park vintage post cards, part 2. Thanks to Terry Atchison for sharing these pictures.

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Pioneer Park vintage post cards, part 1. Thanks to Terry Atchison for sharing these pictures.

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Nursing homes

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Funeral Homes

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Gardena (near Touchet) about 100 years ago

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Used car dealers

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Edison School, 1936-2009. Thanks to Bonnie Johnson & Roger Taylor for providing some of these images.

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Ambulances

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Buffalo in the Frontier Days parade & Rodeo, ca1913-14

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Elks Club sponsors Schoolboy Patrol excursion to McNary Dam. Escorted and assisted by Washington State Patrol, ca1951

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Touchet band plays for President Eisenhower in Walla Walla parade and as his motorcade passes through Touchet en route to the McNary Dam dedication, Sept 23, 1954.

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Veterans Hospital postcards, part 3

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Veterans Hospital postcards, part 2

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Veterans Hospital postcards, part 1

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Alberta Dooly & Bill Beaver drove in many Fair parades in 1950s. She was Parade Marshall in 1959. Thanks to Casey & Lisa Richards for sharing these photos.

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Businesses of 1959, part 2.

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Businesses of 1959, part 1.

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Red Apple Restaurant

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Vess Cola, 1948. Part 2

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Parking meters and Meter Maids. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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Christmas decorations downtown.

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Christmas toy shopping, 1946-48, 1952, and one from 1911. Advertisements.

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Christmas programs in the schools: Berney, Edison, Jefferson, and Sharpstein.

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Christmas Greetings, Season's Greetings, and Happy Holidays.

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Columbus statue and dedication at the old Walla Walla County Court House, 1911. Thanks to Carmy Buttice and the Italian American Heritage Association for sharing these images.

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Old Walla Walla County Court House, 1881-1914.

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Capitol Theatre, 110 South 2nd Ave. The marquee, ticket window, and lobby in the early 1950s. Thanks to Connie Van Donge Rogers for sharing these photos.

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Liberty Theatre and its movie promotion efforts, early1950s. Thanks to Connie Van Donge Rogers for sharing these photos.

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Drivers Education; Traffic Safety Education. The cars at the schools in Walla Walla County. Part 3

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Drivers Education; Traffic Safety Education. The cars at the schools in Walla Walla County. Part 2

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Drivers Education; Traffic Safety Education. The cars at the schools in Walla Walla County. Part 1

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Timmons' dray wagon, part 2. File photos courtesy of the Union Bulletin.

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Duff's Dairy Store & Drive-in Creamery, 3rd & Poplar

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Wanted: your old snapshots of Walla Walla to share in this project.

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Touchet, Washington. Part 2.

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Touchet, Washington. Part 1.

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Pioneer Park pond - 7 more views.

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Pioneer Park pond. Thanks to Mary Tompkins for contributing some of the images in this post.

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Washington State Penitentiary gate - 6 old views.

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Malcolm McLean Grocery Company delivery team and store interior. Thanks to Casey and Lisa Richards for sharing these photos.

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Bee Hive store, First & Main

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Camp Fire Office, 414 S Park (in 1982), and parades 1976-81.

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Razed in Walla Walla, part 6. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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Razed in Walla Walla, part 5. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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Razed in Walla Walla, part 4. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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Razed in Walla Walla, part 3. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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Razed in Walla Walla, part 2

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Razed in Walla Walla, part 1. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin. (Mouse-over the photo to reveal filename & date at bottom of your screen)

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Greiner's Radiator Shop, since 1930. Thanks to Bill Greiner for sharing these photos.

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Eastgate Country Store, 1950 & 1960s. Thanks to Claudia Fowler for sharing these photos.

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Denny Building, 2nd & Alder

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Thanksgiving dinner menu, Grand Hotel, 1949. One dollar and eighty five cents.

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Model Grocery Store, 1947. Thanksgiving turkeys are in! Thanks to Casey Richards for sharing these photos.

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Duff's Dairy milk bottle caps

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Tallman's Drug Store. Thanks to Tye Watts for sharing these 4 photographs.

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Flood of April 1, 1931. Photos by Ronal Fleenor, Gary's father. Thanks to Gary Fleenor for sharing these pictures never before scanned or published.

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Malcolm McLean Grocery Company delivery truck fleet parked on Spokane Street looking North to Main St, 1916. Thanks to Casey and Lisa Richards for sharing these photos.

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La Salle School was on the site of the former St Patrick's School, 7th & Alder.

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Ginny Jackson, movie starlet from Walla Walla, 1949-50

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Blue Mountain Tavern history and menu, 1974

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Motels

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Roxy Theatre, 1934-1972

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Baker-Boyer Bank

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Penitentiary escape tunnel, Dec 1948. File photos courtesy of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin newspaper.

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United Mutual Savings Bank construction at 1st & Alder, Summer 1973

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Sky-Vue Drive-In Theatre shows from the 1950s & 60s.

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Fire trucks

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Camp Fire girls at Camp Kiwanis, ca1950

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Sears through the years at Main & Colville Sts, downtown Walla Walla, 1938-1989

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Berney School football teams

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Vess Cola, 1948. Part 1

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Sharpstein School. Four old postcard views.

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Sharpstein School classes through the years.

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Lincoln School was on the site of the present Lincoln Alternative School (which was Paine School for many decades)

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Paramount Theatre (formerly the Keylor-Grand) razed, May 1954. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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Paramount Theatre (formerly the Keylor-Grand) presents wrestling and boxing after just a few years of movies during 1944-46.

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Paramount Theatre (formerly the Keylor-Grand) opens with great fanfare, January 1944. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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Saint Paul's School for Girls. Advertisements.

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Whitman Centennial Parade, Aug 1936. Six more floats.

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Whitman Centennial Parade, Aug 1936. Some of the dozen or more floats rolling down Main Street. Thanks to Ronald Jackson for sharing these photos.

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Whitman Centennial Parade, Pets section, Aug 1936. Thanks to Ronald Jackson for sharing these photos.

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Paving the Mill Creek Channel, Summer of 1948. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

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