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A Newsletter of the White River Valley Museum |
July 2005
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Independence Day:
How We Celebrated
by Alyssa Shirley Morein, Curator of Collections
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Early Auburn studio photographer, Otto Pautzke took this image
of an early Fourth of July observance, c. 1890.
Identifications on file WRVM #376
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Joe Shimojima celebrates with baseball, Pacific, July 4, 1932. WRVM #3124
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Fourth of July Parade, Railroad Avenue, Kent WRVM #1349
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The Liberty Bell made a national tour to celebrate Independence Day. The train left Seattle late
and was going to skip its Auburn stop. Seeing a large crowd gathered, local trainmaster
Ole Ohlsen arranged for it to stop after all. Here it sits in front of the Auburn Depot, July 14, 1915.
WRVM #3663
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The Zeeuw family with Scotty McGee and wife in Zeeuw's Overland auto decorated
for the July Fourth parade, Kent, c.1914. WRVM #1510
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Alyssa Shirley Morein
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