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  • The Society & Museum
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    • Board
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    • Strategic Plan
    • OHS-BHM Annual Awards for Excellence in Heritage
    • Membership
    • Contact Us
    • Get Involved!
  • Research Olympia history
    • Resources
      • Bibliography
      • Geographic Resources
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      • Interactive Map
      • Where Are We? Contents
    • Who are we? Area residents 1845-1930
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      • The Sanborn Overlays – Instructions and Tips
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      • 1891
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March 3, 2019

Harry McElroy – 3/3/19

Looking Back - Images from page 2 of the Sunday OlympianBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 3, 2019

A young Harry McElroy poses in a studio portrait from around 1865. Harry was the son of Olympia’s first newspaper publisher, Thornton McElroy. Until the early 20th century, it was customary for young boys to be dressed in skirts or dresses until they were “breeched” at around age 3 or 4. Photograph selected and captioned…

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