First Street, Cle Elum.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
Collection
Citation
Russell H. Connell (1876-1950.), “First Street, Cle Elum.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed June 19, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/8629.
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Title
First Street, Cle Elum.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
Subject
Kittitas County (Wash.) - Streets, Historic; Historic streets - Washington (State) - Cle Elum; Streets -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum; First Street (Cle Elum, Wash.); National Good Road Committee; Commercial streets -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum; Thatcher, Colonel; Horse-drawn carriages and carts
Description
Automobile enthusiasts promoted road improvements in novel ways. Colonel Thatcher of the National Good Roads Commitee passed through Cle Elum in this pioneer cart to point out that roads had hardly changed in two generations.Title on original photograph postcard: "Col. Thatcher of National Good Roads Committe(sp) at Cle-Elum, Wa."
Creator
Russell H. Connell (1876-1950.)
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Publisher
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
ca. 1915.
Contributor
North Kittitas County Historical Society. Photo # NKSC-026
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 ½" x 5" b/w reprint of original photograph postcard.
Identifier
STS-093