Isolde Zitzewitz's lost wallet

Workers renovating the old Macy's department store discovered a wallet containing the effects of Isolde Zitzewitz, a Women's Army Corps veteran of World War II who lived in Spokane late in the 1950s.

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Sun., April 16, 2017

An overstuffed wallet identified by its contents as the property of Isolde Zitzewitz was found recently in a drain pipe in the former Macy’s building as it was being renovated. The wallet was likely lost in the late 1950s. Photographed Thursday, April 13, 2017.

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An overstuffed wallet identified by its contents as the property of Isolde Zitzewitz was found recently in a drain pipe in the former Macy’s building as it was being renovated.

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The overstuffed wallet belonging to Isolde Zitsewitz, according to the contents, was found recently in a roof drain pipe being removed during the interior demolition of the Macy’s building in downtown. Photographed Thursday, April 13, 2017. The identification and multiple licenses indicate that Zitzewitz was a career soldier in the Women’s Army Corps.

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The former Macy’s building, actually a complex of three buildings tied together, is undergoing major renovations, shown Thursday.

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Construction worker Jordan Duncan, right, cuts through drain pipes in the former Macy’s store on Main Avenue on Thursday, while co-worker Steven Upchurch, left, hauls pieces of the pipe away.

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