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The house owned by Phil and Anna Simon on Wharf Street above as it is today

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Then and now: The Simon House at Wharf Street was center of hub

The small house at the foot of today’s Wharf Street was first occupied by Phil and Anna Simon…

The historic Voelker House as it looks today in downtown Langley.

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Then and now: The many occupants of the Voelker House in Langley

Adam Voelker, who lived from 1863 to 1940, was a short, bow-legged man with crossed eyes and stained…

Here is the Island County Fairgrounds Pole Building as it appears today and

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Then and now: Island County Fairgrounds Pole Building

A stimulus antidote to our nation’s Great Depression, the federal government’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) funded thousands of…

The Beachum house is pictured as it appears today. Present owner Ben Breedlove purchased the property in 1964

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Then and now: Langley’s historic Beachum House

The two-story, side gabled home at Fourth and Anthes in Langley owned today by Ben Breedlove is one…

This photograph shows Langley High School in 1935 shortly after it was constructed.

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Born during the Great Depression, LHS was a pinnacle of education

Orville Hunter can recall a few good things about Langley High School. Location, location, location. Hunter was part…