After a month of remodeling and new exhibit installation, the Edmonds Historical Museum will reopen Saturday, May 4, with its main exhibition on display upstairs. “Growing Season: Farming in Snohomish County” will be on display the entire market season, from May 4 through Oct. 5. The exhibit celebrates Snohomish County’s rich agricultural history, and features vintage farm equipment and hist... »
Members of the Edmonds Fire Safety Foundation and Edmonds-South Snohomish County Historical Society made it official Saturday morning: The Historical Society, which operates the Edmonds Historical Museum on 5th Avenue North, will now be responsible for ensuring that Edmonds’ firefighting history is preserved — including a vintage 1938 Ford Fire Engine now stored at Fire Station 17 in ... »
My Edmonds News is proud to present a monthly look at Edmonds history, straight from the archives of the Edmonds Historical Museum. For the month of February, we’ll revisit Valentines Day through a few vintage cards donated to the museum. »
If you’re looking for a unique last-minute holiday gift, the Edmonds Historical Museum gift shop is the place for you. The museum’s gift shop is stocked with framed historic photographs, unique stocking stuffers, locally made Edmonds onesies, and plenty of 2013 Historic Edmonds calendars. Wrap these presents up with Edmonds wrapping paper, gift tags and greeting cards. The gift shop will be... »
By Marlene Martzke If you are the sort who enjoys connecting with nature in a busy urban environment, you can encounter a thriving marine ecosystem in Edmonds that is considered by many to be one of the healthiest in Puget Sound. But it wasn’t always so. The beaches at Edmonds once were teetering on the brink of industrial blight. Through the effort and vision of concerned citizens, they were brou... »
The 2013 Edmonds Historic Calendar goes on sale all over town on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Supplies are limited, so if you haven’t pre-ordered yours, don’t delay. Calendars cost $5 plus tax, and will be sold first-come, first-served at the following locations: - Edmonds City Hall, 121 Fifth Ave. N., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (pick up pre-orders here between 2-4 p.m.) - The Edmonds Chamber, 121 Fi... »
The demand for the 2012 Edmonds Historic Calendar outstripped supply, so this year the Historic Preservation Commission has ordered more — and you can pre-order yours — for just $5 each — beginning Nov. 15 at the Third Thursday Art Walk. “We were stunned by the excitement generated by the 2012 calendar,” said Larry Vogel, chair of the Edmonds Historic Preservation Com... »
My Edmonds News is proud to present a monthly look at Edmonds history, straight from the archives of the Edmonds Historical Museum. For the month of November, we’ll revisit 1894. Just four years after Edmonds was incorporated, it seems many of the early residents had much to be grateful for as Thanksgiving rolled around. The following comments were reported in the weekly Edmonds Lyre publication o... »
Ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes at the Edmonds Police Department? The department is planning a celebration for its centennial anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 16, and the public is invited to tour the department from noon-5 p.m. The community that became Edmonds developed from the original homestead of George Brackett in 1876. Edmonds was officially incorporated in 1890, and on the ... »
Get “locked up” like Mayor Dave Earling in the Edmonds Historical Museum’s restored jail cell this Sunday, Sept. 16. Visitors are invited to a joint open house with the Edmonds Police Department from noon to 5 p.m., where they can tour facilities old and new. The museum’s current exhibit, “Stick ‘Em Up! Celebrating 100 years of the Edmonds Police Department,” will be open t... »
This Sunday, Sept. 16, the Edmonds Historical Museum will unlock the door to its newest exhibit space, a restored jail cell on the lower floor of the museum building. As part of the centennial celebration for the Edmonds Police Department, both the museum and police station will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, offering visitors a look at police facilities old and new. The police department wa... »
My Edmonds News is proud to present a monthly look at Edmonds history, straight from the archives of the Edmonds Historical Museum. For the month of September, we’ll revisit 1931. In the early days, many of the town’s most interesting and eye-raising events showed up in the social, personal and “about town” newspaper columns instead of the front page. Similar to some of the stories seen in police ... »
Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling and the Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission on Wednesday announced the latest addition to the Edmonds Register of Historic Places: the Allen House at 310 Sunset Ave. Overlooking the spot where George Brackett first arrived in Edmonds and later set up his pioneering lumber and sawmill, the Allen House was built in 1906 for Zachary Taylor Allen. He and his wife Seraph... »
My Edmonds News is proud to present a monthly look at Edmonds history, straight from the archives of the Edmonds Historical Museum. For the month of August, we’ll revisit 1915. In 1915, the Ford Auto Company in Detroit announced that it sold 300,000 automobiles during the previous year. An article published in Edmonds’ The Tribune-Review at that time, demonstrated the sheer volume of these vehicl... »
The Edmonds Historical Museum opens its much-anticipated exhibit, “Stick ‘Em Up! Celebrating 100 years of the Edmonds Police Department,” on Saturday, July 28. The exhibit will run through Nov. 4, 2012. The Edmonds Police Department was officially created by ordinance on Oct. 16, 1912. At that time, an ununiformed and often unarmed town marshal kept the peace, enforcing laws about dogs, drun... »
Story and photos by Lily Jaquith Western Washington University communications intern On Thursday, many current Edmonds residents gathered at the Edmonds Memorial Cemetery and Columbarium to hear about residents of the past during the annual “Walk Back Through Time” event. Cemetery board members put on period costumes to lead a tour of the historical graves located in the cemetery, incl... »
Do you want to find out a more about the Edmonds Memorial Cemetery and Columbarium? Be sure to attend the Thursday, July 19 “Walk Back in Time” cemetery tour and learn about Edmonds history through the people buried there. The guided tour, which starts at 1 p.m., is conducted by members of the Cemetery Board dressed in period costumes. The tour is divided into three sections and lasts approximatel... »
Through a unique partnership between the Edmonds-Woodway High School History Club and the Edmonds-South Snohomish County Historical Society, local residents are invited to share their memories of Edmonds and help preserve the city’s history, all while visiting the Edmonds Museum Summer Market. For the past year, the after-school History Club—created by EWHS Assistant Principal and Historical Socie... »
The Edmonds Historical Museum is welcoming a peer reviewer as part of a year-long museum assessment program this week—and he’s a bit of a celebrity. Mark Hall-Patton is the administrator of the Clark County Museum system in Nevada and a regular history consultant on the History Channel’s Pawn Stars. Hall-Patton will be meeting with staff and board members June 4 and 5 in an effort to evaluate th... »
My Edmonds News is proud to present a monthly look at Edmonds history, straight from the archives of the Edmonds Historical Museum. For the month of June, we’ll revisit 1935. With the long days of summer in sight, many Edmonds’ residents will jump aboard a ferry and head out of town. It’s the same pattern people have followed for nearly 100 years. Ferries have been an important form of transportat... »
The Edmonds market season has arrived, and for those who can’t wait to shop at the museum’s sales booth, you’re in luck: Volunteers will be on site for a massive book sale during the next four Saturdays. Stop by the museum’s booth at Centennial Plaza on Fifth and Bell May 19, May 26, June 2 and June 9, to get first pick of books, paper dolls and more. Also, you can renew your Edmonds-South Snohomi... »
Paper doll collector Nan Moorehead co-curated “Paper People Go To the Movies,” currently displayed at the Edmonds Historical Museum, 118 Fifth Ave. N. The show features two-dimensional images from the golden years of paper dolls, the 1920s through the 1950s, tapping out in the Brady Bunch years. Moorehead’s collection is so complete that it even has a Brady Bunch sample on display. The museum is o... »
My Edmonds News is proud to present a monthly look at Edmonds history, straight from the archives of the Edmonds Historical Museum. For the month of May, we’ll revisit 1922. The spring of 1922 brought with it a campaign for better housing in Edmonds. Sponsored by a number of local businessmen to increase the number and quality of homes in the area, the “Build With the Birds” campaign was promoted... »
My Edmonds News is proud to present a monthly look at Edmonds history, straight from the archives of the Edmonds Historical Museum. For the month of April, we’ll revisit 1922. With so many newspapers printing the social activities of their readers, Edmonds High School followed suit and printed those of its students in a spring issue of The Wireless. The following excerpt, printed April 14, 1922, l... »
The Edmonds Historical Museum as the “Winters of Yesteryear” exhibit features vintage skis, sleds, ice skates and historic photographs from the museum’s collection, including the Big Snow of 1916. But you only have until Sunday, Jan. 27 to see it. You can visit the Edmonds Historical Museum, located at 118 5th Ave. N. in downtown Edmonds, through Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Suggested donation is $5... »
The Edmonds Historical Museum will open its first exhibit of 2012 next week with “Weavers, Wobblies, and Woe: The story of shingle workers in Snohomish County.” The exhibit runs from Jan. 11 through March 4, 2012. Shingle mills were once Snohomish County’s economic backbone, and their employees — shingle weavers — were often regarded as the elite workers of the lumber indus... »
My Edmonds News is proud to present a monthly look at Edmonds history, straight from the archives of the Edmonds Historical Museum. For the month of January, we’ll revisit 1918. Like many newspapers of its time, the Edmonds Tribune-Review often printed the comings and goings of its residents in a column called, “About Town.” Each story—no more than one or two sentences—gave a snapshot of life at ... »
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