Looking Back’s theme for 2025 features Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. This image by local photographer Michael O’Connor, likely from the early 1900s, shows the Northern Pacific depot in downtown Olympia, to the south of the Fourth Avenue bridge. Photograph selected and captioned by Deborah Ross on behalf of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum, https://olympiahistory.org.
Michael O’Connor photograph, early 1900s, courtesy Moody Collection, Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum