Walla Walla's 1960 AutoFun Show draws TV actor Chuck Connors as guest of honor.
COL: In photos and text, a look back 54 years ago to a 1967 fair at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds.
A June 15, 1953, Union-Bulletin advertisement notifies readers that the Clyde Beatty Circus would be at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds …
The Union-Bulletin on Monday, Jan. 3, 1966, printed a photo of Sharon Washington looking over posters the Walla Walla Opera House used in 1889-90 to publicize its events.
Dolphinettes swimming groups were popular at Walla Walla's YMCA swimming pool in the 1960s.
Dolphinettes swimming groups were popular at Walla Walla's YMCA swimming pool in the 1960s.
Thrifty Drug at Main and Palouse streets in Walla Walla was a huge draw downtown in the 1950s and ‘60s. Note Joe Denney’s Hi-Spot (a…
Blalock Lake — or pond — on McKinney Road in College Place was created for trout fishing in 1954 by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, then abandoned in 1964 as an unsustainable operation.
Camp Fire girls enjoyed a variety of activities at Camp Kiwanis in July 1963.
The 30-member University of California pep band nearly “blew the plaster off the ceiling” inside the Union-Bulletin on the Friday af…
Walla Walla Federal Savings & Loan Association kept passersby apprised of the time and temperature at two locations in downtown …
The Menlo Park wading pool was a big draw at 1242 Alvarado Terrace. These are scenes captured there on July 18, 1969.
Scenes from the Armed Forces Day parade in Walla Walla on May 16, 1965.
Scenes from the Armed Forces Day parade in Walla Walla on May 16, 1965.
The first concrete poured at Lower Monumental Dam, Nov. 27, 1962.
The National Guard demonstrates a Duckboat at the Walla Walla Yacht Club River Fair at Wallula.
Annual Mothers March on Polio throughout the 1950s.
From the Vault: Painting crosswalks in the 1950s and '60s from Joe Drazan's Bygone Walla Walla Project.
From the Vault: Los Angeles Dodger's star shortstop, Maury Wills spoke to youth and signed autographs in old YMCA gymnasium, Feb. 8, 1965.
Union Pacific Railroad gifted Walla Walla with this retired locomotive in 1959. Special track was laid to Jefferson Park off Ninth A…
The four queens of the Walla Walla Bears are, left to right, Sara Joe Chandler, Karen Brown, Carol Ann Stewart and Janice Johnson.
From the Vault: Workers build Pioneer Park pond retaining wall in 1958.
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From the Vault: Walla Walla Community College started in 1967 in the abandoned Walla Walla High School buildings between Park and Palouse streets.
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Handling a Christmas rush of cards, letters and packages at the Walla Walla post office in December 1958 wasn’t as automated as it i…
Kids decorate the Christmas tree in the Marcus Whitman Hotel lobby, December 1966.
The Marcus Whitman Hotel Christmas tree decorated by kids, December 1964.
COLUMN: Miss Merry Christmas and the Snow Bunnies were Wa-Hi students in the Distributive Education Club of America where sales and retailing were the topics of this national organization. Marsh Radio was located at 105 East Alder Street at the time.
Wild turkey follows Borgers sisters to Edison School. Dec. 5, 1965.
Wild turkey follows Borgers sisters to Edison School. Dec. 5, 1965.
Wild turkey follows Borgers sisters to Edison School. Dec. 5, 1965.
Sherwood & Roberts Fairway Finance building, June 1966.
Veterans Day parade Main Street, November 11, 1954.
