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Lee Pickett Photographs - Scenes from Snohomish, King and Chelan Counties in Washington State from the early 1900s to the 1940s.
Transportation Photographs - Historical photographs including ships, railroads, aviation, automobiles and other motor vehicles.
William E. Meed Photographs - Scenes in the Yukon Territory, Canada, Alaska and British Columbia during the Klondike gold rush, ca. 1898-1907.
Central Eurasian Image Database - Images illustrating the geography, folkways, lifestyles and architecture of the vast regions of the former Soviet Union.