Looking Back’s theme for 2024 is Many Streams, celebrating our rich and diverse history. Pictured here is the James family, including Chinese-born father Toone James and his wife Nettie Chiang, and their five children. Photograph selected and captioned by Deborah Ross and Ron Locke on behalf of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum. Photograph selected and captioned by Deborah Ross on behalf of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum, https://olympiahistory.org/many-streams-a-resource-guide/.
Ida Smith photo, around 1900, courtesy State Capital Museum Collection, Washington State Historical Society