From the Archives: Sledding in Spokane
Even 70 years ago, a big snowfall represented no school and lots of sledding for kids.
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Taking advantage of the holiday snowfall in 1944 were these exuberant boys all set to shove off down the hill at Manito with a whoop and holler.
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Children enjoy a sledding in the snow in 1951.
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These kids were photographed in 1952 while sledding on Monroe street, near 14th, on Spokane's south hill. The street had been blocked of at the top and bottom to provide a safe place for neighborhood families to test the newly fallen snow.
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Sleeding in 1954.
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This group of sledders prepares to slide down a hill at Manito Park in 1960. A variety of devices for sledding are evident including sleds and saucers. Photo was taken during Christmas vacation.
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Kids sledding down hill on saucer sleds at Mt. Spokane in 1956.
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Sledding. Children crash sled into deep snow in 1960.
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Children and adults sledding in 1961.
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Children and adults sledding in 1961.
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Sledding in the winter snow in 1963.
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These 1965 Panhandle District Boy Scouts race around a 1.5 mile competitive course with five stations near Camp Easton on Lake Coeur d'Alene. These boys had stopped at log chopping, Morse code, game trap, rope throw, and emergency toboggan stations, and were photographed heading toward the finish line.
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Children sledding at Manito Park Hill in 1969.
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