Do you sometimes mistakenly think the 90s was just 10 years ago? It happens to the best of us — and it just goes to show that time flies while you’re busy living life. These old photos from Washington are from the early 1900s, which really doesn’t seem like all that long ago… until you see how different everything looked.

These two were working hard in a hop field in the Yakima Valley.
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Some things never change.
Here's the wife and child of a fruit worker in Yakima, standing ground at the migrant camp.
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Yakima's agricultural history goes way back.
This is what 2nd and Yesler in Seattle looked like in 1904.
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It looks a bit different now.
And here's an old photo of Fort Lawton at Seattle's Discovery Park.
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The fort was built in 1900 and remains an important part of the park today.
This image shows the construction of the Monroe Street Bridge in Spokane in 1911.
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Can you even imagine the city without the bridge now?

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This old wheat elevator in Walla Walla County reminds us of how far we've come.
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These men were working hard on the combine in a wheat field in rural Washington.
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Born-and-raised Washingtonians come from a long line of hard workers.
While this business is no longer open, Tenino still has a historic look.
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Here's a glimpse into what life was like in rural Washington almost 100 years ago.
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And here's a wheat farmer with his mules in Whitman County.
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We're betting Washington's current wheat farmers are glad mules are no longer necessary.

It’s fascinating to look at pictures from our past to see what life was like back then. Here’s a collection of photos from World War II.

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