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Salmon club, handmade with stone tools, given to F. M. Sherman by a Vashon Native American. Names: Sherman, F. M.

This issue is vol. 2, no. 13, dated Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1896, of the first weekly Vashon Island newspaper, published by O.S. Van Olinda from June 4, 1895 until May, 1897. He had previously published a m…

This issue is vol. 2, no. 35, dated Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1897, of the first weekly Vashon Island newspaper, published by O.S. Van Olinda from June 4, 1895 until May, 1897. He had previously published a m…

Tad age 7 with a neighbor, Martha Bates, and a dog. Taken at Caster Rd, in Paradise Cove, on the southwest side of Vashon Island. Paradise Cove at that time was only accessible by steamer to Bates Lan…

Two young men, graduates of Vashon College, sitting in ornate chairs at a table with an open book. Taken at Jackson Studio, Berlin Bldg., Tacoma, Wash. Jones went on to become a physician and surgeon…

Tad sitting on the beach with two unidentified women and Martha Bates on the right. Taken in Paradise Cove on the southwest side of Vashon Island. Paradise Cove at that time was only accessible by ste…

The Armory (gymnasium) of Vashon College and Academy burning about 1930. It was used for athletic exercises and military drill. The ceiling was 22 ft. high. Vashon College was chartered in 1892 and va…

Three buildings of Vashon College: left to right main building, boys' dormitory, gymnasium. Lawn, walkway, scaffolding, and young deciduous trees in foreground.

Young man reading in Vashon College dormitory room. Bed covered with quilt, walls covered with floral wallpaper and assorted posters, photographs, and memorabilia; desk equipped with four shelves of b…

Mary Bridges wove this basket and gave it as a gift to her child's teacher, Emma Joy, in the 1930s. The basket is of coiled construction; designs of orange, purple, red and green raffia.

Bill Rendall as a small child, posed in a Denver photography studio, wearing button shoes. Bill Rendall came to Maury Island about 1885 with his father Thomas Rendall. He wrote Memoirs of Maury Island…

Vashon College staff in first term of 1892, standing and seated around table, bookcase in background. Photograph originally published in O. S. Van Olinda's History of Vashon-Maury Island in 1935. Vash…

This photo shows a Native American man and woman digging clams next to the Quartermaster Dock. Each has a basket and digging implement. The steamer Vashon sits at the end of the dock, and a rowboat is…

Book of rules for behavior for cadets, together with disciplinary actions for each category of transgression. Includes the daily schedule. Vashon College was chartered in 1892 and various buildings we…

Mary Bridges wove this basket and gave it as a gift to her child's teacher, Emma Joy, in the 1930s. The basket is of coiled construction; designs of red, yellow and green raffia.

Early road map of Vashon, showing elevations and roads. "Paved Road", from Center to Vashon Heights at north end of island, was paved in 1920. Other road descriptions include "farm-to-market", 'gravel…

Vashon College on hill above Burton dock, Vashon Island. Steamer at dock, tall fir trees behind buildings. Village of Burton on right, ca. 1908. Note on back by amateur historian Marjorie Rose Stanley…

Photograph of Bill Rendall in front of his store at Portage. Undated photo; estimated at circa 1918-1929. Names: Rendall, William "Bill" Sanderson, 1879-1959

An illustrated scene of Vashon College and Academy from the water, boats and shoreline in foreground and scattered fir trees in background. Left to right: main building, commerical hall, armory.

Monthly magazine of essays on studying, college topics, international politics, alumni news, literary societies, local gossip, poems. Written by students of Vashon College. All pieces unsigned.