Name/Title
1930s Water Festival PhotographEntry/Object ID
2019.042.086Description
Photo of two Native Americans standing in front of the Post Office during the Water Festival. They are wearing jeans/trousers, shirts, bandanas and tall hats. On the back: Two Indigenous Peoples (Water Festival) in front of Elkhorn building. From a sticky note: 1930s Water Festival 2 Indigenous Peoples standing in front of Coupeville Post Office (formerly Elkhorn Saloon).
1883 Elkhorn Saloon. 1884-1892 drug store. 1888 enlarged - Dr. Joshua Highwarden's drug store. A. N. Corbin law office. 1890s- 1938 Post Office. 1942 Dr. Chafey's office. 1949 Bishop Building for Dr. Paul Bishop's office until died 1962. 1967 sold. 1971 La Tienda Store. Early 1970s-1991 Coupeville Weaving Shop. 1992 antique store. 1992-current Elkhorn Trading Antiques.
Per PNRO page 155: Built in 1883, first false front commercial building in Coupeville. Elkhorn Saloon. 1884-1892 drug store. 1888 enlarged - Dr. Joshua Highwarden leased it. 1900s as Post Office. Bishop Building when Dr. Paul Bishop used it. Various businesses since.
http://chwahistoriccoupeville.com/buildings/elkhorn.html and from "A Peculiar Friend" by Jimmie Jean Cook.
From folder: Coupeville, 15 NW Front Street, Elkhorn Saloon, Dr. Bishop's Office, Coupeville Weaving, Elkhorn Trading Co. Antiques.Collection
Penn Cove Water FestivalMade/Created
Date made
1930 - 1938Place
City
Coupeville, WashingtonCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonRegion
Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey IslandContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
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Event
Penn Cove Water Festival