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April 29, 1965: In the wake of a 6.7 magnitude #earthquake , WA Gov. Dan Evans ordered the evacuation of the Legislative Building and instructed all other buildings on the Capitol Campus to be vacated save for skeleton crews. #waleg #reusingoldletterhead
It’s #NationalParkWeek ! From our WA State Patrol records is this 1928 photograph of U.S. Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis (standing) visiting Mount Rainier National Park at the start of the summer season.
Happy School Bus Driver Appreciation Day!
A shout-out to all the school bus drivers, past and present, for taking care of those kids during the school year. #SchoolBusDriverAppreciationDay 🚍
📷 School van with Irene Marty, driver, ca 1914. Kettle Falls, WA.
Happy #NationalWorkZoneAwarenessWeek !
If you have ever wondered how the @WSDOT applied a center line stripe onto our state highways in 1936, here you go. Crews were likely able to cover no more than 10 miles a day. #Orange4Safety #NWZAW
Clearing snow at Snoqualmie Pass, April 16, 1921.
That year, 8 miles of snow averaging 8' deep and 12' wide were cleared using a specially designed 3 ½-yard dipper on a Bucyrus shovel.
📷 Washington State DOT photograph, Washington State Archives.
Happy #NationalPetDay ! 🐶 We're celebrating with pix of some of the beloved 'first dogs' who have resided at the Governor's Mansion (and the Governor's Office) in Olympia.
Today is National Beer Day, so we pulled this Olympia Brewery advertisement the company had to submit for approval from the Liquor Control Board. #ItsTheWater
Credit to the dedicated photographers, including Alfred G. Simmer, who hauled their camera equipment up the 502' suspension towers to document the 1939-1940 construction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. #GallopingGertie #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesSnapshot