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: A group of school children stand on steps of nearest of the Central schools, Bellingham, WA, with two identical two-story buildings with belltowers; The school buildings were the Central School Buildings on 17th (Dupont), between "I" and "J" streets, Whatcom, WA. The structure on the right was built in 1884; the structure on the left was built in 1889 as an elementary school. These buildings later became the Whatcom High School. Eventually, Roeder Elementary was built here as well. Today, the Bellingham School District Administration offices are housed here.

: A group of six women and a couple stand on porch of two-story residence with picket fence

: A group of six women and a couple stand on porch of two-story residence with picket fence; Duplicate of GB1861, GB1862, GB1875. Uncaptioned.

: A group of six women and a couple stand on porch of two-story residence with picket fence; This is a duplicate of GB1861, but the print is more exposed.

: A group of six women and a couple stand on porch of two-story residence with picket fence; Duplicate of GB1861 and GB1862.

: A group of sixteen men, ten women and six children in three rows; Caption in ink on front: "Photo by Corbett" and in pencil on reverse: "Steamer" (or Steaner?)

: A group of small sailing yachts moored in shallow waters of Chuckanut Bay

: A group of ten men standing in front of an open Great Northern railway car filled with wooden pallets; The men have two dolleys loaded with the pallets which they have likely just unloaded from the train car. Caption in ink on the front of the photo mat: "L-R - Henry Warner, John Conlin, Todd Clark - - Bill Wieland, Bill Fisk, Pete Tiernan - Harley Hewitt - about 1910"

: A group of young people sit on rocks in front of cave

: A grouping of photographs, notes, and large oil painting of Mount Shuksan hang on wall; Accompanying text: "Paintings by Marvin Thompson. The above picture - at work in his studio - 1014 Mason St. "Mt Shuksan" is the picture for "Galen Biery" well known historian. Marvin has won many awards out of the "five western states" His picture won the most popular vote at the Frye Art Museum in Seatte, Wn." Marvin Thompson was a a painting contractor in Bellingham from the mid-1950s through 1960. From 1965 to 1980 he is listed in the Polk Directory as "Commercial Artist."

: A head of cabbage or lettuce

: A highway skirts a bucolic valley; An elevated section of the highway is seen in the lower right, with an early model touring car parked in roadway and a person looking over the edge of the bridge.

: A holding scow teems with salmon

: A large cargo ship, "Bereby," at dock unloading grain or some other dry cargo.; Stamped on reverse: "Sandison - Photos That Please - Portrait and Commercial Photography - Bellingham, Wash." Possibly at dock at PAF in Fairhaven. A white clapboard two story building sits on the dock and two cars are parked next to it. One man watches the grain being unloaded; another walks by the cars.

: A large crowd of men and boys stand next to seven trolleys parked at a depot, with forested shore of Lake Whatcom in background; Front caption: "Fairhaven and New Whatcom Elec. R.R. - Terminus. Silver Beach. Lake Whatcom."

: A large crowd with banners and flags is gathered at the Peace Arch; See GB 0136.2

: A large group (ca. 85) men, women and children at a plumber's event; The following men are identified: Front row, first and second on the left: "Sam Myers, Art Blythe" Second row, second from the right: "Hans Thiel" Third row, second from the right: Jim Mc Elmond [sic]" Back row, sixth from left: "Haskel [sic]" and eighth from left: "Chip Groom" According to the 1918 Bellingham City Directory, all were plumbers except ChipGroom who owned a hardware business. This is likely a plumbers' convention or special gathering. All are well dressed, the women wearing hats and long coats, then men hats and three piece suits. Several men and women wear rectangular badges pinned to their clothes. Caption on front top in ink: "About 1918"

: A large group of men, women, children pose in field of hopvines with harvested vines laying on ground in foreground, poles of live vines growing in background; Several of the men appear to be Native American, the rest are caucasian. Back caption: "Star Drug Co., State & Holly Sts., Quality Kodak Finishing."

: A large group of well-dressed women and children pose in five rows with one man seated in the middle; Possibly, the man and woman seated in the middle are the newly-married or newly-engaged celebrants?

: A large industrial building with smoke stack under construction at water's edge, at the base of mountains; This is possibly King Cove cannery, Alaska, being built in 1911. See The Great Pacific American Fisheries, 1899-1965 for more information on the construction of King Cove Cannery.

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