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a man and woman lay on a towel in the grass in swimsuits with a boy standing on the towel in a swimsuit. Behind them people are int eh water and walk along it. There also people on the dock at Capitol Lake

Olympia History: Swimming at Capitol Lake Park

Looking West down 5th Avenue, Olympia, WA, 1942

Thurston County History: Olympia’s Mickey Mouse Club Cheered Kids During the Great Depression

Go Boating With Olympia Outboard Club

A life-size cardboard cutout of reformer Susan B. Anthony stands next to the red velvet chair she reportedly sat in at the Bigelow House. A desk with flowers and pamphlets are behind the cut out and a tied shelf is next to the chair with different porcelain vases and pitchers on it.

Suffragist Susan B. Anthony Visited Olympia in 1871 to Address Territorial Legislature, Declared One Local Supporter ‘Splendid’

Tenino Moves Historic Train Depot, 1975

Lacey Washington History

Rebbecca Howard Honored With Mural In Downtown Olympia

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