John T. Little: Hardware and Sporting Goods
John T. Little, a Kansan who adopted Spokane in 1902, opened a hardware store that also sold sporting goods.
Photo blog archive for Oct. 2015
FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 2015
MONDAY, OCT. 26, 2015
Then and Now this week: Spokane's first waterworks
Attentive readers of the Then and Now column will notice that this week's photo is a recropping of one that ran several years ago in this space.This photo, circa 1888, shows the city's first waterworks, perched on the southwest corner of Canada Island, which was then called Crystal Island, possibly named after the Crystal Laundry which sat nearby.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 2015
Then and Now preview: The first Spokane Waterworks
The first city water system was on Canada Island in a modest brick structure clinging to the side of the basalt bank. It was built a year before the great fire of 1889 and it was critical to the outcome of that terrible conflagration.
MONDAY, OCT. 12, 2015
Then and Now this week: The Morris and Co. Building
The modest building at 124 S. Jefferson has been an ice plant since 1969, but before that it was a meat wholesale facility since 1911.
THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 2015
Then and Now preview: Pacific Pak Ice plant
The building housing the Pacific Pak Ice plant was built in 1911 as a meat packing facility. Although the meat packing is gone, the ice factory still uses some of the original refrigeration equipment for ice storage.
TUESDAY, OCT. 6, 2015
Bridges tell the story of the past
Bridges carrying cars and railroads are still critical to Spokane transportation.
MONDAY, OCT. 5, 2015
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