Then and now

We've paired historical photographs of boats, planes, trains, kids, combines and the Clocktower with modern counterparts for this gallery.

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Fri., Oct. 16, 2009

Spectators at an Air Force open house in 1938 at Felts Field.

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Vintage WWII bombers arrived at Felts Field Tuesday afternoon 6/24/03 and the spectators showed up right behind them. A restored B-24 and B-17 from the Collings Foundation will be in Spokane for 3 days and open to the public .

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Hydroplanes on Lake Coeur d'Alene in 1936.

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With the size of Lake Coeur d'Alene and other lakes in the region, there's plenty of room for everyone, right? On any given summer weekend, dozens of speed boats share the surface of area lakes.

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That light up above may have been below - from a train on this trestle.

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"The Lady" leaves the Lilac City. The 1938-vintage steam locomotive, the 700, crosses the Latah Bridge westbound out of Spokane on Oct. 22, 2002. The historic engine and cars were returning to Portland after a rail excursion in Montana earlier this month. Rail enthusiasts chased the train all the way to Cheney before losing the race as the engine easily hit 58 miles an hour.

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At left in this 1971 photo is a view looking east toward the Spokane Falls, showing the bridge in final stages of construction. Dedication of the structure took place on Nov. 23, 1911.

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The Spokane River is framed in the sunset by the arches of the Monroe Street Bridge Wednesday evening July 6, 2005.

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One of Spokane's most recognizable landmarks, the Clocktower in Riverfront Park, has been standing for 100 years. The Clocktower was originally built in 1902 as part of the Great Northern (Railway) Depot. It was the most modern building in Spokane at the time, boasting nearly 100 electric lights. The depot surrounding the Clocktower was torn down in the early 1970s when the area was revamped for the 1974 World's Fair. This photo dates back to the 1930s.

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Fall leaves frame the Clocktower in Spokane's Riverfront Park on Oct. 28, 2006.

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Trick-or-treaters help themselves to candy on Halloween night in 1963.

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Five year-old "Dracula" Trevin Kretz takes a bite from his pepperoni pizza Friday afternoon, 10/31/03, as he waits for his brother and other members of the Chase Middle School band to perform at the STA Plaza. Trevin wasn't sure who Dracula is, but thinks he is some kind of monster.

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Manito Park visitors relax in the flower beds.

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Jamie Dearien, 23, uses her friend Lewis Frye, 31, as a back rest as she reads the horoscopes on a Friday afternoon in Manito Park. They each have children who like to play on the playground equipment.

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A Caterpillar Diesel RD4 and a John Deere 14-foot combine harvest wheat near St. John, Wash., in 1937. The crew and equipment worked 10 hour days, cutting about 30 acres a day on the extreme hills.
Mike Nelson of DMN Farms finishes up harvesting a field of garbanzo beans on the Charles Hofer Estate between Colfax and Pullman Thursday Sept. 4, 2009. At left is an already harvested wheat field.

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Children use their Radio Flyers to make a three-car train on North Audubon in 1948.

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Travis Young, 4, tiptoes over the wet leaves alongside his friend Nolan Hansen, 3, and his brother Dylan, 2, as they make their way down Smith Street to Arlington Elementary Monday morning, 11/17/03. The boys tag along with their mother Charlene Young everyday to pick up their brother.

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