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Director Burr Gregory counting money and tickets at the 1960 Western Washington (now Washington State) Fair. See more featured images and posts…

Young girl standing on pumpkin next to sign that says " Welcome to the Western Washington Fair " at the 1950 Western Washington (now Washington State) Fair. See more featured images and posts…

Five boys were hard at work on September 11, 1969, washing and polishing "Gus II," the new Eastside bus. "Gus II" is a replacement for the much beloved original "Gus" who transported 15,000 lower-income children on various excursions for nearly two years. The Eastside community helped to raise money for the used North Kitsap School…

Girl scouts bandage each other after mock trauma at the 1950 Western Washington (now Washington State) Fair. See more featured images and posts…

Young girl sitting with a basket of dahlias at the 1930 Western Washington (now Washington State) Fair. See more featured images and posts…

In August of 1926 Killian Van R. Schermerhorn, in boat, and Wilmot McCune, on log, spent a week rowing 80 nautical miles from Point Defiance to Olympia and back in a double oared "clinker" they rented from the Park's boathouse. They stayed close to shore or hopped from island to island, camping when they needed…

On August 28, 1947 C.V. Fawcett, the current Mayor of Tacoma and the reigning Pacific Coast Mayors' Salmon Derby champion, squeezed in a few extra minutes of practice for the upcoming competition in his City Hall office. The mayor had barely a moment to spare as the derby was scheduled to take place on Saturday…

This unidentified young man helped advertise the "Goofy Hat Contest" being held on August 20, 1946 at the Roxy Theater by riding a mule through downtown Tacoma. The hat contest was just one of the events used to promote the movie "Breakfast in Hollywood" with Tom Breneman. The movie was based on the radio program…

Doris Lee appears to be comfortable as she sits in the basket on the front of Bobby Seeber's bicycle on August 21, 1936. The pair was enjoying ice cream cones at the 9th annual area farmers' picnic in Sumner. A day off was declared by Pierce County farmers as they and their families and friends…

A group of young boys participated in a foot race at the 12th Annual All-Rail Picnic sponsored by the Joint Railway Employees Association of Tacoma and Southwest Washington. The picnic was held on August 17, 1947 at Offut Lakes in Thurston County. Special railroad cars, along with automobiles, carried several thousand railway workers and their…