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COLUMBIA: Winter 2009-10; Vol. 23, No. 4

Table of Contents

History Commentary   2
The cultural and historical significance of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. By Michael Herschensohn

Sweethearts of Jazz   6
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The path-breaking women of Seattle's early black musicians' unions.
By David Keller

From the Collection   13
"Keep the Sky Clear...."

Seattle Apartment Kitchens   14
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By the early decades of the 20th century apartment buildings could offer the labor-saving appliances many women longed for.
By Jacqueline B. Williams & Diana James

Yvonne Twining Humber   19
A uniquely talented Washington painter whose work has fallen into obscurity.
By David F. Martin

Image Collections Online   26
Washington icons.

The Sage of Yelm   27
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Joseph Conine helps Thurston County onto the Populist bandwagon.
By Edward Bergh Jr.

The War League   33
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Asahel Curtis's unconventional solution for ending large-scale armed conflict.
By William W. Wilson

Retrospective Reviews   36
THe novels of Allis McKay.
By Peter Donahue

Additional Reading   37

Columbia Reviews   38

History Album   40