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  1. Surviving a Snoqualmie Snowslide

    Two photographers seeking the perfect shot of Snoqualmie Falls were caught in a treacherous mountain avalanche.

    Feb 11, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSnoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, King CountyDisasters

  2. The 1895 Plan to Photograph Suspected Voters at the Polls

    A Washington legislator proposed stationing photographers at polling places to snap 'doubtful voters' and preserve evidence against repeaters.

    Jan 20, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerState Capitol, Olympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall

  3. The Great Seattle Balding Summit

    After the Great Fire of 1889, fifty-two insurance adjusters gathered to assess the wreckage—and accidentally became the most famous bald-headed group on the Northwest coast.

    Jun 18, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  4. Capturing the Wild Great Northern Route

    A photographer describes the thrill of documenting the newly opened Great Northern railway path, from the roaring falls of Spokane to the desolate, ghost-haunted ruins of McCartysville.

    Jun 25, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSkykomish, King CountyBoom & Bust

  5. A Christmas on the Ice King: The Climb That Saw Rainier Smoking

    In 1894, Major Ingraham led six men, seven homing pigeons, and a camera onto Mount Rainier’s glaciers. They came back with frostbite, a story of steam and smoke rising from the crater—and one pigeon missing.

    Jan 6, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMount Rainier, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  6. Monte Cristo's Railroad Is Racing the Rain to Town

    Everett & Monte Cristo crews expect to reach the boomtown by December, with a tunnel breakthrough only weeks away.

    Aug 23, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMonte Cristo, Snohomish CountyBoom & Bust

  7. A Body in the Ashes at Rolling Bay

    An eyewitness to the coroner's inquest corrects the Post-Intelligencer's lurid account of a bullet-scarred, half-burned corpse found in a shack on Bainbridge Island — and lays out his own theory of an unsolved Kitsap County killing.

    Jan 15, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerRolling Bay, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap CountyTrue Crime

  8. General Booth Brings the Salvation Army’s Hallelujah Show to Seattle

    A visiting evangelist fills the Armory, keeps a basement congregation on its knees, and explains why the Army is not a church.

    Jan 2, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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