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W. P. A.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Appears unread, but the lower 1/3 of the spine has been splattered with paint at some time. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 222+index pages .
Told By The Pioneers by Trotter, F. I. , and F. H. & J. R. Loutzenhise - 1937
by Trotter, F. I. , and F. H. & J. R. Loutzenhise
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Told By The Pioneers
by Trotter, F. I. , and F. H. & J. R. Loutzenhise
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Olympia, WA: Secretary of State, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. To preserve stories of pioneers, which had not already found their way into published histories and reminiscences of the State of Washington, a project was begun in the early part of 1936 as a part of a Friendly Visiting Program to elderly persons receiving assistance from the Washington State Dept. of Public Welfare. Consequently, these senior citizens were interviewed and their early stories, which might otherwise have been lost, have been preserved as part of the pioneer lore of the State of Washington. Signed by the authors: Contents bright and clean. Tan and green Washington Pioneer Project . With frontispiece, and index. Part I, a project of the W. P. A. Collected memoirs represent an important documentation of Washington territorial history. Signed by the Secretary Of State, Dr. Ernest. N. Hutchinson. 4to223 pages
To preserve stories of pioneers, which had not already found their way into published histories and reminiscences of the State of Washington, a project was begun in the early part of 1936 as a part of a Friendly Visiting Program to elderly persons.
To preserve stories of pioneers, which had not already found their way into published histories and reminiscences of the State of Washington, a project was begun in the early part of 1936 as a part of a Friendly Visiting Program to elderly persons.
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- Publisher Secretary of State
- Place of Publication Olympia, WA
- Date Published 1937
- Pages 223
- Size 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
- Keywords NW HISTORY / WASHINGTON
- Size 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
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Told By Pioneers: Reminiscences Of Pioneer Life In Washington, Vol. 2 Tales of Frontier Life As Told by Those Who Remember the Days of the Territory and Early Statehood of Washington
by Trotter, F. I. ; Loutzenhiser, F. H. ; Loutzenhiser, J. R. (Eds.)
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Told by the Pioneers Tales of Frontier Life as Told by Those Who Remember - COMPLETE in Three Vols
by TROTTER, F.I. with F. H. and J. R. Loutzenhiser (eds.)
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(Olympia): [State of Washington], 1937. First Printing. Printed wrappers. Very Good. Three volumes. Large 8vo. Pp. 223, 222; 232, with unpaginated indices following the text in each volume. Title page illustrations in each. Volumes II and III with frontis. photo portraits. Bound in uniform tan wraps with black lettering and flourishes done in an art-deco fashion. A hint of sunning to spines, with negligible wear to spine heads and tails of volumes I and II. A worthy WPA effort designed to capture the recollections of pioneers, then elderly, of the early days of Washington Territory and State, conducted as a "make-work" project for unemployed historians at the height of the Great Depress.Many of the interviewees readily recall the era of travel by stage and ship when roads were poor and communication limited.Features reminiscences of many prominent names from the annals of Pacific Northwest history, including James Longmire, of Mt. Rainier residency, Margaret Dykeman (Cowlitz County), Willis Boatman…
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