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| Watching Marcus, Washington burn, 1941. | Caption included with image: Two Marcus residents, sitting in the window of the old Marcus School, watching the night burning of a group of old Marcus homes and outbuildings as a part of the clearing operations carried on by the WPA in the Grand Coulee reservoir. Buildings were purchased by the... |
1941 1941 |
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| Recreation room aboard Camp Ferry, 1939 | Caption on image: C-421<br><br>
Caption on verso: WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION, M-9; STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date taken: 6/20/39; Zone: 1; County; City; Title: Columbia River Clearance Project;
Descriptive Caption: Camp... |
1939 1939 |
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| Loggers at work, ca. 1940 | Loggers stacking logs using a crawler tractor<br><br>[Grand Coulee Dam 94b] |
ca. 1940 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 |
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| Three bridges across the Columbia River at Kettle Falls, Washington, April 28, 1941 | Label on verso: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, M-9; STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date: 4-28-41; OP No.; Zone: 1; County: Stevens; City: Kettle Falls; Neg. 12069;
Title: Columbia Basin Clearing Project; Caption: Three bridges that now cross the Columbia at Kettle Falls; a railroad bridge, a new... |
1941 1941 |
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| View of Grand Coulee dam site, Washington, ca. 1935 | Caption on verso: Site of Grand Coulee Dam on Columbia River<br><br>[Grand Coulee Dam 458] |
ca. 1935 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 |
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| House being moved from old Marcus, Washington, 1941 | Caption on verso: US WPA 568<br><br>[Grand Coulee Dam 309] |
1941 1941 |
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| Camp Kettle, largest of the six camps for quartering workers on the clearing project, ca. 1940 | Label on image: COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN CLEARING PROJECT: Camp Kettle, near Kettle Falls, where 525 of the 2,200 WPA workers on the Coulee reservoir clearing project are now quartered. It is the largest of six camps housing the crews operating on the upper Columbia and tributaries including the... |
ca. 1940 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 |
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| They cut down the Old Pine Tree, 1941 | Caption included with image: "They cut down the Old Pine Tree." The last remaining tree in the Columbia River reservoir was cut down with fitting ceremony on July 19, 1941 when Frank A. Banks, Bureau of Reclamation, Supervising Engineer, and Carl W. Smith, Works Projects Administrator,... |
1941 1941 |
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| Old bridge on the Columbia River near Kettle Falls, Washington, June 6, 1940 | Label on verso: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, M-9; STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date: 6-6-40; OP No.; Zone 1; County: Stevens; City: Kettle Falls; Neg. C-586-A; Title: Columbia River Resrvoir Clearing Project; Caption: Bridge across the Columbia River before fire was set to it. This bridge was built... |
1940 1940 |
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| Grand Coulee Dam from the south bank looking north, Washington, 1942 | Caption on verso: Grand Coulee Dam, Coulee from south bank looking north. G. Asahel Curtis Studio 1942. 590-1<br><br>[Grand Coulee Dam 462] |
1942 1942 |
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| Last tree in the Camp Gifford area, 1941. | Caption included with image; Last tree felled in Camp Gifford clearing area by WPA crews. Standing beside the tree which was felled along the old river highway on a flat midway between the towns of Rice and Daisy are, from left to right: H.M. Sheerer of the Bureau of Reclamation, W.L. Radke,... |
1941 1941 |
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| Moving a house in Marcus, Washington to a new location above the high water line, 1941. | Caption included with image: "MARCUS MOVES" -- A common sight to the WPA Crews clearing the Columbia river reservoir area, is that of towns being moved. Now its Marcus' turn. This house, being hauled on multiple wheels along Main Street, is the home of Elmer Bircher, thirty years a... |
1941 1941 |
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| Remains of the first Catholic Mission in the Northwest, Kettle Falls, 1938. | Caption included with image: With its timbers rotting and nothing left except an outer shell, this Catholic Mission was constructed in the early 1800's by the missionaries. It is located high on a bluff overlooking Kettle Falls and will not be disturbed by the waters. It is contemplated that... |
1938 1938 |
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| Tent barracks are added to Camp Kettle, ca. 1940. | Caption included with image: Camp Kettle Barracks -- All canvas up. Near the final stage of construction is this view of the recent building of a tent barrack addition to Camp Kettle to accommodate 250 additional men. US WPA 492<br><br>[Grand Coulee Dam 203] |
ca. 1940 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 |
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| Old and new bridges near old Kettle Falls, Washington, April 26, 1941. | Label on verso: WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, M-9; STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date: 4/26/41; OP No. 65-2-93-146; Zone 1; County: Stevens; City; Neg. C-841; Title: Columbia Basin Clearing Project; Caption: Seen at the lower left is the old highway bridge soon to be removed since it is too low for the... |
1941 1941 |
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| Grand Coulee Dam looking south toward Steamboat Rock, Washington, ca. 1935 | A date of ca. 1935 was given to this photograph becuase it clearly shows the early stages of construction before any of the coffer dams had been installed.<br><br>Caption on verso: Grand Coulee Dam looking south toward Steamboat Rock. G. Asahel Curtis Studio... |
ca. 1935 1934 1935 1936 |
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| Blasting stumps across the river from Camp Gifford, 1940. | Label on verso: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, M-9; STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date: 8-30-40; O.P. No. WP 3570; Zone #3; County: Stevens; City; Neg. 686; Title: Coulee Clearance; Caption: Blasting stumps across river from Camp Gifford. Timber on right will be left standing on this land which will be... |
1940 1940 |
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| Last tree in Camp Gifford area, 1941. | Caption included with image: The last tree to be felled in the Camp Gifford area was this yellow pine which was once located in a densely forested area along the old river highway between the towns of Rice and Daisy. WPA officials and others came to witness the falling of the lone tree. Rising... |
1941 1941 |
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| Moving a house above the high water line, Marcus, Washington, 1941. | Caption verso: US WPA 569<br><br>Truck with advertising for Bohemian Club Beer in background<br><br>[Grand Coulee Dam 307] |
1941 1941 |
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| Spokane River Valley, looking south, Washington, May 1941. | Label on verso: DATE: June 27, 1941; OP 65-2-93-146, Dist. 1; PHOTO BY: Morgan Fitz, Camp Kettle; COUNTY: Stevens; Neg. No. 914; TITLE: Columbia River Reservoir Clearing Project; CAPTION: SPOKANE RIVER VALLEY (About May 15th) LOOKING SOUTH; The Spokane River, swelling with lake water as the... |
1941 1941 |
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| Camp Kettle workers leaving clearing locations, 1941. | Label on verso: DATE: June 27, 1941. O.P. 65-2-93-146. Dist. 1; PHOTO BY: Morgan Fitz, Camp Kettle; COUNTY: Stvens (sic); Neg. No. 908; TITLE: Columbia river Reservour (sic) Clearing Proj. CAPTION: CAMP KETTLE WORKERS LEAVING FOR CLEARING LOCATIONS; Truck loads of clearing workers are seen... |
1941 1941 |
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| Columbia river valley one mile south of Rice, Washington, May 1, 1941. | Label on verso: DATE: June 27th, 1941; OP 65-2-93-146; Dist. 1; PHOTO BY: Morgan Fitz, Camp Kettle; COUNTY: Stevens; Neg. No. 902; Title: Columbia river reservoir clear. Prog. CAPTION: Columbia River valley from point one mile south of Rice (May 1st) looking south. The Columbia river valley in... |
1941 1941 |
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| Grand Coulee dam with the Engineers' Camp in the foreground, Washington, 1942. | Caption on verso: Grand Coulee Dam, Govt. Engineers' camp in foreground. G. Asahel Studio, 1942.<br><br>[Grand Coulee Dam 487] |
1942 1942 |
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| In the infirmary, Camp Lincoln, May 17, 1939 | Label on verso: WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION, M-9 STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date taken: May 17th, 1939; Zone; County; City; Title: COLUMBIA RIVER CLEARANCE PROJECT.
Descriptive Caption: View of Ward in Infirmary at Camp Lincoln with patient who cut his foot with an adze while working on boat... |
1939 1939 |
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| Sawing a Yellow Pine across the river from Camp Gifford, 1940. | Label on verso: US WPA 661
WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date 10-9-40; O.P. No.; Zone 1; County: Stevens; City; Neg. C-703; Title: Columbia Basin Clearing Project; Caption: Sawing, felling trees, across river from Camp Gifford. Sawing with a cross-cut saw is... |
1940 1940 |
