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After we ran the [http://washington-state-magazine.wsu.edu/s/index.php?id=233 story] about Xerpha Gaines, we received a note from Jeri Archer, Xerpha's great niece, wondering if we would be interested in a collection of photographs found in the belongings of her grandparents, Charles D. Gaines '16 and Hazel Gowdy '17. The photographs are all from the mid-teens. Some are inscribed: Campus Day 1913; W.S.C. Band 1914; Sophomore Tug of War (Silver Lake) 10-3-13. People are generally not identified, but it soon becomes clear who Charles and Hazel are. Charles in his buggy, his horse looking back at its driver. Hazel in a long white skirt and dark blouse, round-cheeked and smiling, taking a step forward, presumedly toward her Charles who is taking the picture.
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After we ran the [http://washington-state-magazine.wsu.edu/s/index.php?id=233 story] about Xerpha Gaines, we received a note from Jeri Archer, Xerpha's great niece, wondering if we would be interested in a collection of photographs found in the belongings of her grandparents, Charles D. Gaines '16 and Hazel Gowdy '17. The photographs are all from the mid-teens. Some are inscribed: Campus Day 1913; W.S.C. Band 1914; Sophomore Tug of War (Silver Lake) 10-3-13. People are generally not identified, but it soon becomes clear who Charles and Hazel are. Charles in his buggy, his horse looking back at its driver. Hazel in a long white skirt and dark blouse, round-cheeked and smiling, taking a step forward, presumedly toward her Charles who is taking the picture.  
  
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Some photos will always be mysteries. Who are the friends in the photos? What are they doing? What is this person laughing at? Why are 18 people sitting on an open flat-bed Ford truck? Where are they going?
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Some photos will always be mysteries. Who are the friends in the photos? What are they doing? What is this person laughing at? Why are 18 people sitting on an open flat-bed Ford truck? Where are they going?  
  
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== The photo album ==
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== The photo album ==
  
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Bound in a black, stippled cover embossed with "W.S.C. Memories," the album contains postcards of Washington State College and stock photos interspersed with snapshots of people, homes, and events from the lives of Charles and Hazel.
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Bound in a black, stippled cover embossed with "W.S.C. Memories," the album contains postcards of Washington State College and stock photos interspersed with snapshots of people, homes, and events from the lives of Charles and Hazel.  
  
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== Postcards ==
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== Postcards ==
  
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<gallery>Image:{Gaines album3 WSC campus postcard.jpg}|{W.S.C. campus scenes}
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<gallery>Image:Gaines album3 WSC campus postcard.jpg|W.S.C. campus scenes
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Image:{Gaines album1 Presidents residence postcard.jpg}|{President's residence at Washington State College.}
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Image:Gaines album1 Presidents residence postcard.jpg|President's residence at Washington State College.
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Image:{Gaines album6 WSC Home Economics Building.jpg}|{Home Economics Building.}
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Image:Gaines album6 WSC Home Economics Building.jpg|Home Economics Building.
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Image:{Gaines album10 library inside postcard.jpg}|{Inside the library.}
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Image:Gaines album10 library inside postcard.jpg|Inside the library.
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Image:{Gaines album14 WSC Bryan Hall.jpg}|{E.A. Bryan Hall.}
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Image:Gaines album14 WSC Bryan Hall.jpg|E.A. Bryan Hall.
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Image:{Gaines album7 WSC Mechanic Arts Building.jpg}|{Mechanic Arts Building.}
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Image:Gaines album7 WSC Mechanic Arts Building.jpg|Mechanic Arts Building.
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Image:{Gaines album9 WSC Administration Building.jpg}|{Administration Building (now Thompson Hall).}
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Image:Gaines album9 WSC Administration Building.jpg|Administration Building (now Thompson Hall).
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Image:{Gaines album16 WSC birds eye illustration.jpg}|{An illustrated bird's eye view of campus.}
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Image:Gaines album16 WSC birds eye illustration.jpg|An illustrated bird's eye view of campus.
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Image:{Gaines album21 WSC Stevens Hall.jpg}|{Stevens Hall.}
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Image:Gaines album21 WSC Stevens Hall.jpg|Stevens Hall.
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Image:{Gaines album26 inaugural procession 1916.jpg}|{Inaugural procession, 3/24/16}
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Image:Gaines album26 inaugural procession 1916.jpg|Inaugural procession, 3/24/16
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Image:{Gaines album32 WSC footballvsIdaho 1916.jpg}|{A critical moment, 11/9/14. WSC vs. Idaho football.}
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Image:Gaines album32 WSC footballvsIdaho 1916.jpg|A critical moment, 11/9/14. WSC vs. Idaho football.
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Image:{Gaines album35 campus day 1915 postcard.jpg}|{Campus Day 1915.}
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Image:Gaines album35 campus day 1915 postcard.jpg|Campus Day 1915.
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Image:{Gaines album42 WSC May Queen postcard.jpg}|{Crowning the May Queen, May Fete, 5/26/16.}
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Image:Gaines album42 WSC May Queen postcard.jpg|Crowning the May Queen, May Fete, 5/26/16.
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Image:{Gaines album43 WSC Home Guard band postcard.jpg}|{Home Guard military band.}
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Image:Gaines album43 WSC Home Guard band postcard.jpg|Home Guard military band.
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Image:{Gaines album45 WSC College farm postcard.jpg}|{College farm, 1916.}</gallery>
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Image:Gaines album45 WSC College farm postcard.jpg|College farm, 1916.</gallery>  
  
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== Family photos ==
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== Family photos ==
  
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<gallery>Image:{Gaines album40 woman snapshot.jpg}|{A snapshot of an unidentified woman.}
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<gallery>Image:Gaines album40 woman snapshot.jpg|A snapshot of an unidentified woman.
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Image:{Gaines album48 Pullman street.jpg}|{A street in Pullman.}
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Image:Gaines album48 Pullman street.jpg|A street in Pullman.
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Image:{Gaines album53 painting Pullman house.jpg}|{An unidentified man painting a house in Pullman.}
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Image:Gaines album53 painting Pullman house.jpg|An unidentified man painting a house in Pullman.
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Image:{Gaines album50 Pullman home.jpg}|{A house in Pullman, possibly the Gaines' home.}</gallery>
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Image:Gaines album50 Pullman home.jpg|A house in Pullman, possibly the Gaines' home.</gallery>

Revision as of 16:50, August 12, 2009

(By Tim Steury, Washington State Magazine, Fall 2009)

After we ran the story about Xerpha Gaines, we received a note from Jeri Archer, Xerpha's great niece, wondering if we would be interested in a collection of photographs found in the belongings of her grandparents, Charles D. Gaines '16 and Hazel Gowdy '17. The photographs are all from the mid-teens. Some are inscribed: Campus Day 1913; W.S.C. Band 1914; Sophomore Tug of War (Silver Lake) 10-3-13. People are generally not identified, but it soon becomes clear who Charles and Hazel are. Charles in his buggy, his horse looking back at its driver. Hazel in a long white skirt and dark blouse, round-cheeked and smiling, taking a step forward, presumedly toward her Charles who is taking the picture.

Some photos will always be mysteries. Who are the friends in the photos? What are they doing? What is this person laughing at? Why are 18 people sitting on an open flat-bed Ford truck? Where are they going?

The photo album

Bound in a black, stippled cover embossed with "W.S.C. Memories," the album contains postcards of Washington State College and stock photos interspersed with snapshots of people, homes, and events from the lives of Charles and Hazel.

Postcards

  • W.S.C. campus scenes

  • President's residence at Washington State College.

  • Home Economics Building.

  • Inside the library.

  • E.A. Bryan Hall.

  • Mechanic Arts Building.

  • Administration Building (now Thompson Hall).

  • An illustrated bird's eye view of campus.

  • Stevens Hall.

  • Inaugural procession, 3/24/16

  • A critical moment, 11/9/14. WSC vs. Idaho football.

  • Campus Day 1915.

  • Crowning the May Queen, May Fete, 5/26/16.

  • Home Guard military band.

  • College farm, 1916.

Family photos

  • A snapshot of an unidentified woman.

  • A street in Pullman.

  • An unidentified man painting a house in Pullman.

  • A house in Pullman, possibly the Gaines' home.

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