Vintage Tri-Cities

Vintage Tri-Cities Featuring vintage photographs from in and around the Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Richland, Pasco) and surrounding communities. You will get credit of course!

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Check this out! How cool is it to see another Downtown Kennewick building return to its former glory?!
07/18/2026

Check this out! How cool is it to see another Downtown Kennewick building return to its former glory?!

U-12 Miss Budweiser along with other unlimited hydroplanes prepare for the Columbia Cup, 1976. Previously the race was k...
07/09/2026

U-12 Miss Budweiser along with other unlimited hydroplanes prepare for the Columbia Cup, 1976. Previously the race was known as the Atomic Cup, with that year being the first since the name change. Bill Muncey drove the Atlas Van Lines to victory.

D&D workers remove waste from the 108-F building, August 1983. The 108-F building was originally built in 1944 to suppor...
07/07/2026

D&D workers remove waste from the 108-F building, August 1983.

The 108-F building was originally built in 1944 to support treatment of cooling water for use in the 105-F reactor. In 1949, the building was converted to a biological laboratory to test the effects of radiation and contamination on plant and animal life. While a lot of interior features of the building were removed in the early 1980s, the building itself wouldn't be demolished until 1999. All building debris and the foundation was removed and the site backfilled.

Pasco High School Pep Squad, 1971-72. Pictured from left to right: Susan Kuffel, Eileen Sullivan, Sheryl Bell, Kathy Mah...
06/30/2026

Pasco High School Pep Squad, 1971-72. Pictured from left to right: Susan Kuffel, Eileen Sullivan, Sheryl Bell, Kathy Mahaffey, Marsha Woelk.

Before and after photo of an unboat going over the Horn Rapids dam, 1976. Many unboats this year featured American flags...
06/28/2026

Before and after photo of an unboat going over the Horn Rapids dam, 1976. Many unboats this year featured American flags celebrating our bicentennial.

After doing a quick dive into the Unboat race history this is what I've found:

The Unboat race started in 1969 with the first race held at the Finley Lagoon. It was organized by the student members of CBC Intercollegiate Knights. In 1970 the race was held on the Walla Walla River between nine mile bridge and the railroad bridge. 1971 was the first year the race was held on the Yakima, with racers starting by the landing above Horn Rapids dam and finishing where the Yakima and Columbia River meet. The winners of the first race on the Yakima was a raft from the Young Life club at Kennewick High with Bill Anderson, Joe Nevius, Wyatt Scheibner, Roger Newby, and Paul Bruizeman as its passengers.

The race continued every year until 1993. The 1994 race was cancelled due to poor water levels. The last Unboat race held was in June 1995, a boat called Das Boot which boasted a crew of Monica Austin, Bob Mogul, Dan Ivey, and Ahmad Ziada.

The 1996 race was cancelled due to damage from the flooding and by the next year the new dam was in place and it was too dangerous to go over due to a severe undercurrent that the old dam didn't create.

As seen in the July 30, 1962 edition of the Tri-City Herald:Young'un Enjoys Pasco PicnicEddy Rivas, age 2, was one of ma...
06/24/2026

As seen in the July 30, 1962 edition of the Tri-City Herald:

Young'un Enjoys Pasco Picnic

Eddy Rivas, age 2, was one of many children who enjoyed a Mexican fiesta held yesterday on the lawn of the John Diettrich home in Pasco. A crowd of over 100 workers and their families from the Basin area attended. The fiesta honored the local residents of Spanish-American descent. A potato sack race, swimming, and consumption of goodies marked the event.

Swimming pool at the north end of Riverside Park, now known as Howard Amon Park, 1949. This pool, the kiddie pool still ...
06/18/2026

Swimming pool at the north end of Riverside Park, now known as Howard Amon Park, 1949. This pool, the kiddie pool still in the park today, and the corresponding bath house was built through a community effort in 1935. The pool stayed open until the "Big" pool opened in 1951. The pool was filled in and the bathhouse taken down sometime in the early 1950's.



Aerial view of Vista Homes Phases 1 and 2, Kennewick, 1949. You can see the Tri-City Country club golf course in the bac...
06/09/2026

Aerial view of Vista Homes Phases 1 and 2, Kennewick, 1949. You can see the Tri-City Country club golf course in the background.

The homes were built by Modern Home builders and sold by the realty company Fyfe and Spaulding, Inc. They featured two and three bedroom models and sold between 6k-8k depending on the phase, with special deals for WW2 Veterans.

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