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Lobby or Iron Springs Hotel
1903
J. M. Smith's General Merchandise store.  Shoe department in back. 
1903
Bair store pictured after addition of rear section in 1915.  Warren L. Bair at left, Shorty Bair at right.
1909
Glen Elder's grocery store on Lafayette Street
Slias Harvey's Parlor.  Decorated for wedding of Minerva Weston and Mr. Schultz.
1915
Schiesz's Saloon on Main Street, Mr. Schiesz behing bar
1895
Catholic Church with box pews
Oberlin Congregational Church sanctuary when church was located at Puyallup and Rainier.
Catholic Church with box pews
1895
Bair Store with O.K. Cheney and Fred Doyne sitting around heating stove and display cases
1900
Oberlin Congregational Church sanctuary when church was located at Puyallup and Rainier.
1895
1895
Masonic Hall when located on Commercial Street before relocation to present location on Lafayette Street
1900
Town Hall showing voting machine and furniture
J. M. Smith store in old Masonic Hall after new hall was built on Lafayette Street
1958
1910
Oberlin Congregational Church sanctuary when church was located at Lafayette and Pacific
1963
1963
Town Hall showing first photo in collection that eventually encircled the room.  Photo is of Mt. Rainier.
Mt. Rainier photo

Boat being repaired or built in Wagon Shop
Ed Bair's Deep Sea Aquarium.  Ed Bair and Mrs. Egan behind counter.
ca. 1925
Early 1900s
Taylor greenhouses
Three men in a saloon
ca. 1925
Taylor home living room with stone fireplace
Bair store soda fountain attended by Alyce Wartenbe
Taylor home living room, facing hall
I980s

Bair store 
Bair store 
Bair store drug counter
I960s

I960s

I980s

Young people enjoying the Bair soda fountain
I970s

Steilacoom seniors gathering for coffee at Bair store.  Shown are Jim Lesiter, Dick Johnson, and Andy Issacson


Christmas tree in W. L. Bair home.  Shown are Newdoll and Eudocia Bair.
Sea gull on display at aquarium
I970s

1898-1900

Front room of Fred and Adelat Schwab home
Victorian high chair at home of Fred and Adelta Schwab
Aug 3, 1972

Stained glass window in the bathroom of the Schwab home.  Window was originally in the chapel at Western State Hospital.
Aug 3, 1972

Aug 3, 1972

Ethel Scholes' home showing the brick fireplace from the original Armbruster home built in the 1870s.  The bricks were made in Steilacoom
Ethel Scholes' home showing the paneled corner from the original Armbruster home built in the 1870s
Aug 3, 1972

Aug 3, 1972

Bicentennial quilt
Ethel Scholes' home showing the front door and bookcases.
1981

Aug 3, 1972

Bicentennial quilt
1981

1918 Steilacoom School House
1981

A square from the Bicentennial Quilts shown agove, this one showing the U. S. Flag.  The following photos through Interiers067 also show individual squares.  All quilt photos were taken in 1981.
Oregon Trail
Steilacoom Historical Museum Association logo designed in 1970
Mount Rainier
Native American in canoe
1917 Fort Lewis gate
Sailing vessel (commerorating Steilacoom's past as a sea port)
Bicentennial logo
Judson home, 1861
Phillip Keach home, 1858
Albert Balch home, 1857
Sidewheeler "The Bearer", 1836 - 1888
Lowering a covered wagon at Natches Pass (commerorating the 1953 wagon train that brought Laura Belle Downing Bartlett and others to Puget Sound)
Steilacoom street car (connceting Steilacoom with Tacoma), 1890
E. R. Rogers home, 1891
The bell tower
Catholic Church, 1857
Steilacoom "First" sign
Orr Home and orchard, 1857
Miles West home, early 1850s
Railroad Depot, 1914
Steilacoom Town Hall, 1930
Fort Nisqually, 1843
Bair Drug and Hardware, 1895
Territorial jail, 1858
Steilacoom dock and ferry
Steilacoom grocery store, 1930s
Police Station, 1975
Early mill (one of several), 1850 to 1860
Christmas tree in Laughlin home
Christmas tree and grandfather clock in Laughlin home
Bair Drugs - Display cases, toys, etc.  Photos through Interiors084 are a pictorial inventory of Bair Drugs and Hardware taken in 1990

1990

1980
Lynn Scholes during Orr home restoration
Bair Drugs as seen from rear of store during Jeff Smith era
1978
Bair Drugs as seen from rear of store during Jeff Smith era
Bair Drugs as seen from rear of store during Jeff Smith era
Bair Drugs as seen from rear of store during Jeff Smith era
1978
1978
1978
Bair Drugs as seen from rear of store during Jeff Smith era
Bair Drugs as seen from rear of store during Jeff Smith era
1978
1978
Signs, for example "Ice Cream Sundae 20¢"
Bair Drugs as seen from rear of store during Jeff Smith era
Bair Drugs as seen from rear of store during Jeff Smith era
1978
1978
1978
Bennie Flinn during Orr Home renovation
1980
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Allan Forsyth and Doris Wier during Orr Home renovation
Kitchen during Orr Home renovation
1980
Kitchen during Orr Home renovation
Kitchen during Orr Home renovation
1980
1980
Parlor without wallpaper during Orr Home renovation
1980
Front hall looking toward dining room during Orr Home renovation
Parlor without wallpaper during Orr Home renovation
1980
1980
1980
Front hall looking toward front door during Orr Home renovation
1980
Picture of horse in parlor during Orr Home renovation
Bedroom during Orr Home renovation
Bedroom Orr Home renovation
1980
1980
Dining room during Orr Home renovation
Bedroom during Orr Home renovation
1980
1980
Dining room during Orr Home renovation
Dining room during Orr Home renovation
Dining room during Orr Home renovation
1980
1980
1980
Dining room after Orr Home renovation
Kitchen Orr Home renovation
Kitchen during Orr Home renovation
1980
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1980
Organ in dining room after Orr Home renovation