East View of Fourth Street.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs

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Citation
Johnston., “East View of Fourth Street.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed June 19, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/8407.
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Title
East View of Fourth Street.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
Subject
Ellensburg (Wash.) -- Streets, Historic; Historic streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg; Streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg; City & town life -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg; Commercial streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg; Fourth Street (Ellensburg, Wash.); Davidson Building (Ellensburg, Wash.); Phoenix Building (Ellensburg, Wash.); Ben Snipes Bank (Ellensburg, Wash.)
Description
Looking east on Fourth Street at the intersection of Fourth and Pearl Streets, the distant western slope of Craig's Hill is in the background. The towered Davidson Building often referred to as the Phoenix Block is an Ellensburg landmark. The ornate stone façade of the Ben Snipes Bank on the right had been removed and remodeled in to a modern streamlined bank building.Postcard titled, "#1952 Street Scene - Ellensburg, Wn." Handwritten note in ink to Mrs. H. A."Mary" Mosher, 6600 Broadway, West New York, New Jersey from Henry postmarked 1943.
Creator
Johnston.
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Publisher
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
ca. 1942.
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the director of the Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection. Please contact at 209 N. Ruby St.. Ellensburg, WA 98926, (509) 962-7252.
Type
3 1/2" x 5 1/2" sepia colored original photograph postcard.
Identifier
STS-053
