by James Canby | May 24, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
With the upcoming graduation class of 2022, we thought you might enjoy photos from the Langley High School graduation classes of 1932 and 1942. Thanks to the South Whidbey School District and the Island County Historical Museum for digitizing the graduation...
by James Canby | Apr 29, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
They’re coming back: local Langley historian Bob Waterman’s popular Langley Walking History Tours. Sign up for a Saturday morning tour on May 14, 21 or 28. The 1.5 to two-hour tours are limited to 10 people and start off in the Museum. Whether...
by James Canby | Apr 29, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Most towns had butcher shops or meat markets before that function was brought inhouse to grocery stores and supermarkets. The South Whidbey Historical Society recently received meat cleavers, meat saws, and a butcher’s apron from Bob Frear’s old...
by James Canby | Apr 29, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
As Spring rains continue, we thought you might get a chuckle from these 1919 real estate advertisements of James C. Langley, aka ‘Fidelity Jim’, nephew of Judge James Weston Langley, the man for whom the town of Langley is named. One of the longer ads...
by James Canby | Apr 9, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
It was August, 1904, and it was hot the day that Anton Myre Anderson debarked from the steamer Fairhaven onto the Langley dock with his wife, Josephine, his nine-year-old son, Otto, and his two-year-old daughter, Alma. They had come from Everett with all their worldly...
by James Canby | Apr 8, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Thanks to Bob Boswell for sharing the following memories of summers spent on Mutiny Bay. A lightly edited (for length) version is in our latest South Whidbey Historical Society newsletter. Enjoy. ———— A Kid’s Day at Mutiny Bay in the Early...
