On Sundays the Tri-City Herald published a column title “A Look Back: …”. It includes 3 short articles titled “10 years ago”, “25 years ago” and “50 years ago”. Sometimes these articles include pictures. Some of the articles or pictures are:
2010
Feb 14 – The Kamiakin High School cheerleaders, photo 16 Jul 1982, including Robin Craker, Janee Lee and Cherry Cabinella, Heidi Jelsing, Kelly Ennis and Sharon MacGettingan.
2008
Dec 07 – Pat Merrill, Richland first mayor in 1958 and a photograph of the first Richland City Council (but unfortunately no names).
Nov 23 – Richland Police Chief Harry Strock, JE Travis, manager of Hanford Operations for the Atomic Energy Commission and Officer TR Stout in a photo from Oct 4, 1955.
Sep 21 – article and several pictures of the 1958 Richland Bombers basketball team and their win at state. Local names from the article are CW Brown; Jim Castleberry; Pat Crook; Art Dawald, coach; Bob Frick; Bill Gill; Ray Juricich, ass't coach; Mike McKeown; Jim Meyer; John Meyers; Dick Nelson; LeeRoy Parchen; Bill Porter, team co-manager; Bill Rice; Bill Roe; Charles Van Sickel, newspaperman; Jim Walton; Jim Warren; Jerry Yates, team co-manager.
Jun 08 – Mrs Eva Lund and Mrs Alene Wagner, employees of the Prosser Packers shown in a 17 Jun 1956 photo.
Jun 01 – E D McClanahan in a June 23, 1957 photo inspecting a sail plane he and Paul Palmer built. Both men were GE Chemists & built the plane from a kit.
May 18 – Mr & Mrs Fern Crane of Sunnyside cut the cake at the 75th anniversary of Franklin County in a Nov 24 1958 picture (reprinted in the 18 May 2008 “A Look Back: A Franklin County First”. They were the first couple married in the courthouse on 14 June 1913.
Apr 27 – Ed Burnet of Richland sitting in the gyro-glider he built. Originally published 22 Aug 1955.
Mar 16 – Marlene Morton was a candidate for Water Festival Queen for the 1954 Richland Yacht Festival. She is pictured standing on the dock holding a line to a boat. Photo taken 9 May 1954.
Feb 24 – Elizabeth Owen Enger holding the dress she wore for her high school graduation from Kennewick High School in 1917. Photo take Aug 16, 1964.
Jan 6 – a 1954 photo of Public Utility District (PUD) workman Bob Sandusky feeding cable under the highway to Walla Walla.
Feb 10 – A Look Back included a photo of the Richland High School class of 1936 including Thad Grosscup, Walter Carlsan, Ross Harding, Roy Hackney, Jim Schiffner, Mary Supplee, Helen Millard, Ethyle Mann, Arva Weidle, Jerry Dam, Tina Marsh, Emma Larsen, Leila Kurth, Mr Carmichael, Mildred Koehler and Lois Keithly.
Jul 1 – a long article titled “Sweet Treats in the mail” about the Olmstead family of cherry growers in Grandview.
Jun 24 – A Look Back included a Jan 1962 picture of Basil Adams and his children on a frozen pond.
June 3 – A Look Back included “50 years ago: The first individual property owners in the Atom city of Richland are Mr. and Mrs. Jess Stice, who purchased a vacant lot at 2125 Harris for $2050. A total of 57 persons were given priority to buy vacant lots”.
May 27 – a 1936 photo of the champion basketball players (girls) of Richland High School. They are Jerry Dam, Emma Larsen, Ethyle Mann, Helen Millard, Dorothy Hollman, Margaret Barnett, Hazel Middleton and Mrs. Lois Dighton, coach.
Feb 11 – a 1926 or 1927 photo of a portable cookhouse used in a harvest on the Hart ranch east of Connell.
Feb 04 – a 1956 photo of a Amry Corps of Engineer's tug boat breaking up ice on the Yakima river east of the Richland-Kennewick highway bridge.
Jan 14 – a 1925 picture of the Fruitvale school, located in what is now North Richland. The school housed 5 grades and had a single teacher. The picture is of the class in front of the school.
Jul 16 – “A Look Back: A chip off the old block” includes a photo of Jim Yamauchi, foreman at the Burlington Northern ice house in Pasco (photo is undated) but ice making halted in 1973.
Jun 18 – A 1965 photograph of the First Methodist Church in Benton City. At the time it was one of eight churches in the city.
Feb 19 – “A Look Back: Plymouth 1953 – The outback years” includes a photograph from Aug 30, 1953.
Oct 3 – a “50 years ago” article about the Twin City Creamery of Kennewick.
Sep 19 – a 1970 picture of the Sea First National Bank in downtown Pasco. Plus a “50 years ago” article about the Camp Hanford (Army) band leading the Benton City Mardi Gras parade.
Sep 6 – an article titled “Kennewick 100 Years: They Made a Difference”. It includes short sketches of Joe Osborne (includes a photo of Hoe on a hapstack in 1930) and Bob Rupp (includes a small photo of Bob).
Aug 22 – “Zillah entrepreneur serves up custom bike frames”, an article about Oscar Camarena.
Mar 13 – a front page article titled “Recovering records: Pasxo courthouse employees find vault of old documents”. One of the documents recovered was the brand book.
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