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FLEMING-278 Front

  • Built in 1895 by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White, the Low Memorial Library is the administrative center of Columbia University. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Columbia University Library, New York

FLEMING-279 Front

  • Incorporated in 1904, Mullan was a stop on the Great Northern Railway due to its silver and lead mining. Located in Shoshone County, Idaho, the town was named for John Mullan, the engineer who was tasked with finding a road between Fort Benton, Montana and Fort Walla Walla, Washington. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Birds Eye View of Mullane, Idaho.

FLEMING-281 Front

  • Everett was officially incorporated on May 4, 1893, the year the Great Northern Railroad came to the town. It was named for the son of Charles Colby, who along with Henry Hewitt and Colgate Hoyt founded the city. Everett is the county seat and largest city in Snohomish county. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: Hewitt Avenue, Everett, Washington.

FLEMING-287 Front

  • Coeur D'Alene was founded in 1887, and is the largest city in Kootenai County, Idaho. It has a rich history in fur trading, logging and mining. circa 1905.
  • Printed on front: Docks and Business District, Couer D'Alene, Idaho.

FLEMING-290 Front

  • Spokane Falls is the name of the series of waterfalls and dams on the Spokane River in downtown Spokane, Washington. circa 1905.
  • Printed on front: North and South Channels of Upper Falls, Spokane, Washington.

FLEMING-294 Front

  • The Moran Brothers Company, founded as a machine shop in 1882, operated a shipyard at the foot of South Charles Street, south of Seattle's Pioneer Square. In 1904 they launched a battleship built for the U. S. Navy, the U.S.S. Nebraska. Robert Moran, the company president, was Seattle's mayor from 1888 through 1890. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Moran Bros. Ship Yard, Seattle, Washington.

FLEMING-295 Front

  • Card shows a man putting a nice spin on spending the night in the doghouse. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: (1:30 a.m.) Spent a very pleasant and quiet evening with friend (in St. Louis. Your Cousin Charles. added by sender)

FLEMING-296 Front

  • According to Emporis.com, this was the first of Seattle's early skyscrapers to be demolished by implosion in the late 1970s. Wells Fargo Center currently occupies the site. The American Savings Bank was organized in Seattle in 1902, and was eventually acquired by the Washington Mutual group. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: American Savings Bank and Trust Co. Seattle, Washington.

FLEMING-304 Front

  • Seattle High School, later known briefly as Washington High School and far longer as Broadway High School, opened in 1902. The main building featured here was demolished in 1974, except for the auditorium that was built as an addition in 1911. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: High School, Seattle, Washington.

FLEMING-307 Back

  • Message: Dear Mrs. Wahlen, This is what we see at the Big Trees. Am having a fine time. Pearl.
  • Addressee: Mrs. J. C. Wahlen Keokuk St. Petaluma. Cal.

FLEMING-309 Front

  • Shoshone Falls is a waterfall on the Snake River close to Twin Falls, Idaho. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: Shoshone Falls, Idaho. O.S.L. Ry. Height of Falls 210 Feet.

GREENWOOD-001 Front

  • Home of John Robinson Jackson (one of the first settlers north of the Columbia River) and the first courthouse in what would soon become Washington Territory. Also known as the Jackson Prairie Courthouse, the first recorded event- Sheriff Jackson's presentation of a tax assessment roll- took place October 4, 1847. The building was located in Lewis County, near present-day Toledo, Washington.
  • Printed on front: This is the first court house in Washington.

GREENWOOD-006 Front

  • Main business street of Kent taken during the Cornucopia Festival. Once known as the "Lettuce Capital of the World", Kent's original "Lettuce Festival", begun in 1934, evolved into the "Cornucopia Festival" in 1946 to represent the more diversified crops grown in the area.
  • Printed on front: Business Dist.- Kent, Wn-

GREENWOOD-009 Front

  • Promotional monthly calendar for a shoe store, bearing a painted scene from the Hudson River. The calendar was apparently issued in monthly installments.
  • Printed on front: Palisades of the Hudson. Just a reminder from W. T. Harper Fine Footwear Kent, Wash. There are twelve of these beautiful scenes. One will be sent you each month. Keep them all, and please read our message on the back of each card.

GREENWOOD-010 Back

Printed on back: Taken at Pendleton, Oregon; typical dress of early days, but does not represent the subject, who never wore such, always preferring the plain farmer's garb; 76 years old (1906); migrated to Oregon in 1852; has lived there (Washington) ever since; farmer; sole organizer of the Oregon Trail monument expedition; erected twenty monuments; now season of 1907, en route to Washington, D.C., advocating the building of a natioanal road over the Oregon Trail as a monument to the pioneers, to be called Pioneer Way.

GREENWOOD-011 Front

  • Chief Sealth sitting with hands clasped and eyes closed. Sealth was the leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish tribes, and encouraged peace between his people and immigrants arriving in Seattle in the 1850's. The postcard is a reproduction of the only known photograph of Sealth, taken in 1864 by Seattle photographer E. M. Sammis.
  • Printed on front: Chief Seattle after whom the city of Seattle is named.

GREENWOOD-013 Front

  • Princess Angeline- or Kikisoblu, as she was known in her tribe- was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle. Ignoring orders to report to a reservation in 1855, she lived the remainder of her life in a shack on the Seattle waterfront, doing laundry and selling baskets. She was befriended and looked after by Catherine Maynard, a well-known Seattle pioneer.
  • Printed on front: Princess Angeline.
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