Of Cabbages and Kings
The 1912 construction crew of the Showalter Hall with W.J. Sutton, then Washington state senator, present for the picture.
It's about time you cleaned out that closet. Look what we found: a calendar with pages of Cheney pictures in the early days. This display, from 1889 to 1989, celebrated Washington State Centennial with the Cheney Tilicum Museum in charge of the photography.
The first picture was of the Showalter family at harvest time. Photo was by A.A. Ames, circa 1910. I counted 19 people, including two boys holding their dogs, a little girl holding tight to her mother and another woman in a long dress. It looks as if the crew stopped for a lunch that the women brought into the field for all to enjoy.
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