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President’s Letter
As visitors stroll through the Museum, it’s difficult to predict which displays will grab their attention. Everyone reacts differently. They will pass by some, pause at a few, and linger at others. But there is…
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Letter from the President
Let me introduce you to Kay Miniver. I’m sure that name is vaguely familiar. You probably know her better as Mrs. Miniver, the unassuming British housewife in the 1942 movie Mrs. Miniver. The character of…
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A warm retirement…
This quilt, object id 517.001, in our collection represents many in the community at the time. Created in 1939 in honor of Snoqualmie School Superintendent Richard Jacobs Schusman (he preferred to be addressed as R.…
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Reflections of a Time Gone By: Remembering Snoqualmie, 1950 – 1955
by Carolyn Perlbachs My ancestors were early homesteaders in Snoqualmie, Washington. In 1900, my grandfather, Joseph Emery, built a large house just half a block from the historicSnoqualmie Train Depot. The original town was situated…
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Telephone Service – Number By Number
by Gloria McNeely Originally written in the 1990s… As we head down the “Information Highway” in the closing decade of this century we look back in awe at the changes in the field of communication…
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Fritz Ribary
You may have first met Fritz Ribary as your pizza delivery man, through a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, or as a classmate in school. No matter how someone met Fritz, he was soon known for…
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A Memory of 1940 North Bend
Interview of Lucille Bonifas Smith from 2012. Lucille passed in 2017 at the age of 93. In 1940 I baby sat by the month for people by the name of Van Dykes. She worked at…









