The wading pool at Liberty Park, probably in the 1930s (image L93-18.159 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture).

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This file appears in: Violet Noble, Resident Since the 1940s

The wading pool at Liberty Park, probably in the 1930s (image L93-18.159 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture).

Although the wading pool was perhaps the most popular attraction at Liberty Park, in this photo there is no hint of the racial diversity that defined East Central.

This file appears in: Violet Noble, Resident Since the 1940s

Violet Noble, Resident Since the 1940s

By Spokane Regional Health District's Neighborhoods Matter Program, & Frank Oesterheld

"We didn't like the things they did and they didn't like the things we did." Born in Meridian, Mississippi in 1927, Violet Noble came to the East Central neighborhood during the growth period of the 1940s. This was also a time…