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    "Map of the Surveyed Portion of Chehalis County, Washington Territory"
    Creation Date: 1890
    Catalog ID: 2005.0.411
    Call Number: MAPC/WW/GRAY/1890
    Map of the surveyed portion of Chehalis County, Washington Territory.
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    [L.B. Nims, Montesano]
    Creation Date: 1890
    Catalog ID: C2017.0.200.48
    Photographic portrait of a man, identified as L.B. Nims, of Montesano, Chehalis [Mason] County, legislator. He has gray hair, a trimmed gray beard and is wearing a suit with bow tie.
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    [J. T. Metcalf, member of the Washington State Legislature]
    Creation Date: 1890
    Catalog ID: 2006.156.35
    Call Number: 2006.156.35
    Studio portrait of upper torso and head of J.T. Medcalf, legislator, member of the Washington State Legislature from Montesano, WA, Chehalis County.
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    [ribbon for 1910 IOOF Convention in Cosmopolis, WA]
    Creation Date: 1910
    Catalog ID: 1998.22.395
    Commemorative ribbon with no badge for 1910 IOOF convention in Cosmopolis, Chehalis County, WA. Black ink on red silk with border lines and finial shape.
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    Plat of Oddfellows' cemetery: Elma, Chehalis County, Wash.
    Creation Date: 1891
    Catalog ID: 1998.22.1.20
    Call Number: EPH-D/363.3/In2p/1891
    1 sheet; map; Includes description, dedication, & acknowledgement
  • Log yard, Hoquiam, Chehalis Co. [Grays Harbor] County, Wash.
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    Log yard, Hoquiam, Chehalis Co. [Grays Harbor] County, Wash.
    Creation Date: 1895-1905
    Catalog ID: 2004.0.537
    Call Number: 2004.0.537
    workers standing on logs with bridge in background
  • The Puget Sound country
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    The Puget Sound country
    Creation Date: 1910
    Catalog ID: 2014.126.6
    Call Number: EPH/979.77/C38p/1910
    68 page booklet (25.5x17 cm.) by the Charles Somers Company, describing real property including farms, lands, and waterfronts for sale in counties bordering Puget Sound as well as Lewis, Chehalis, and Pacific Counties. Brown paper cover. Published in Seattle in 1910. Ephemera.
  • Compendium of information concerning the city of Tacoma and Washington Territory
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    Compendium of information concerning the city of Tacoma and Washington Territory
    Creation Date: 1887
    Catalog ID: 1917.44.1.4
    Call Number: EPH/979./77801/M38c/1887
    63 p.; tables; 23 cm.; Includes descriptions of Pierce, Lewis, Chehalis, Thurston, Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Kittitas and Lincoln Counties, and the Yakima Valley by Allen C. Mason, real estate broker in Tacoma. Ephemera
  • As the smoke from our funnels dissolves in the sky, prosperity enters our door : please mail this card to some friend in the east
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    As the smoke from our funnels dissolves in the sky, prosperity enters our door : please mail this card to some friend in the east
    Creation Date: 1909
    Catalog ID: 2004.2.1.55
    Call Number: EPH/979.77718/As1ch/1909
    Illustrated postcard (8x15 cm.) promoting lumbering industry in Chehalis County; souvenir of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909. Illustration features sawmill, train, and cargo ship carrying gold. Notes that visitors to the AYPE should not fail to visit the Chehalis county Building. ChehalisCcounty is now Grays Harbor County. Ephemera
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    [L.B. Nims, member of the 1890 Washington State Legislature]
    Creation Date: 1890
    Catalog ID: 2006.156.16
    Call Number: 2006.156.16
    Studio portrait of neck and head of L.B. Nims, member of the Washington State Legislature, from Cosmopolis, WA, Chehalis County.
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