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Jesse Tinsley

Jesse Tinsley

Current Position: photojournalist

Jesse Tinsley joined The Spokesman-Review in 1989. He currently is a photojournalist in the Photo Department covering daily news and shoots drone photography.

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News >  Spokane

Then and Now: The Progressive Party

In April 1916, 80 to 100 members of the Spokane County Progressive Party held their county convention and elected 22 delegates for the state convention in June. The progressives, also nicknamed the Bull Moose Party after former President Theodore Roosevelt, were an offshoot of the Republican Party.

Then and Now: Mearow and Hale buildings

There are four buildings on the south side of the 200 block of West Riverside Avenue that date back to 1905 to 1909. They are some of the few existing single-room-occupancy hotels that once filled old Spokane. More than 150 such hotels housed workers from 1895 to 1915, when the city’s population exploded, quadrupling to more than 100,000 people in 20 years.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: JCPenney’s Toyland

Spokane’s retail scene in the early 20th century featured stores like the Wonder, Palace and Culbertson-Grote-Rankin department stores which defined the modern shopping experience. Those stores were then sold or merged with Culbertson’s, Penneys or Bon Marché.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Joe Albi Stadium

The stadium that was later named for sports booster Joe Albi opened as Spokane Memorial Stadium in 1950. Intended for multiple uses, one of the first events was the Apple Cup between the Washington State Cougars and the Washington Huskies. It had been 40 years since the Apple Cup was played at a Spokane venue.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Britt’s

The popular discount stores of the early 20th century didn’t pop up overnight. Many startups and small chains either had merged or consolidated with bigger companies.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Sullivan Road Bridge

Getting roadways across rivers and railroads was always a challenge in Spokane. As residents spread through Spokane Valley, north-south arterials became critical.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Brunot Hall

The story of Brunot Hall is about the growth of Protestantism in the West and education of girls from well-to-do families in early Spokane.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Spokane Brewing office

Spokane had four breweries trying to provide beer to the workers rebuilding Spokane after the 1889 fire. The beer makers jockeyed for market share through the 1890s.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Realty Building

The 15-story U.S. Bank building at Stevens Street and Riverside Avenue was built as the Old National Bank in 1910, setting a new mark as the tallest building and the most stylish, with its light-colored brick and creamy glazed terra cotta tile.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Columbia Cavalcade

As 1939 dawned, Spokane wanted to celebrate the state’s Golden Jubilee, 50 years of statehood since 1889. The celebration would tell the saga of half a century in the rugged Northwest while also recounting Spokane’s reconstruction after its catastrophic fire, also 50 years prior.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Indian Village at the Interstate Fair

The earliest Spokane fairs, often focused on horse racing, started in 1886 in the area of Corbin Park. In 1901, the fair moved to East Spokane, near Sprague and Altamont, where it was first called the Spokane Interstate Fair.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Spokane International Railway

The row of warehouses on the north bank of the Spokane River between Washington and Division streets once lined the tracks of the Spokane International Railway, a short line connecting Spokane to Canadian railroads.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Officer Eslick

Arthur Franklin Eslick retired from the Spokane Police Department in 1952 and spent more than half of his 28-year career at what the newspaper called “Spokane’s toughest traffic spot,” the intersection of Monroe Street and Main and Riverside avenues.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: 311 W. Riverside Ave.

Architectural historian Robert Hyslop, in “Building Blocks of Spokane,” says 311 W. Riverside Ave. filled an intended alleyway between the three-story Robertson Building, built in 1909, and the 1910 Fairmont Hotel next door. Odd-shaped buildings sometimes resulted from a plat map that showed an alley, but owners later filling them in.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: URM Stores warehouse

United Retail Merchants, now called URM Stores, was founded in 1921 to supply independent grocery stores across the Northwest. After more than a century in business, URM has become one of the largest private companies in Washington.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Brownie Baking Company

The brick commercial building at West Indiana Avenue and North Calispel Street was constructed around 1910 and first occupied by the Washington State College veterinary science program. That program closed because of budget cuts in 1923.
News >  Washington

Then and Now: Spokane Bridge

Long before Spokane was settled or Washington and Idaho became states, the Spokane River near the Washington-Idaho state line was an important spot for people to cross.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Spokane Grand Prix

Spokane spent two years trying to turn the town’s love of cars into an ongoing event around the Fourth of July. Ultimately, it cost too much and struggled to generate enough interest or profit to keep going.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Auditorium Theater

Two of Spokane’s wealthiest pioneer businessmen built one of Spokane’s beautiful buildings, shortly before the building helped topple their business empires.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Indian Canyon

In the sluggish economy of 1936, the Spokane Chamber of Commerce announced an event that was sure to draw a crowd and showcase Spokane’s newest golf course at Indian Canyon: a golf match between Native golfers and officers of the U.S. Army at Fort Wright in Spokane. The Nespelem Commercial Club, which promoted business and infrastructure in central Washington, joined in the planning.