Print preview Close

Showing 6602 results

Collections
Part Image
Advanced search options
Print preview View:

6602 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

ANDERSON-004 Front

This postcard shows some of the damage in Wilkeson caused by the flood of March 1910. A line of men are standing on the railroad bridge that crossed Gail's Creek just south of town. The vehicle bridge next to the railroad bridge has been washed out by the flood. circa 1910.

ANDERSON-008 Front

Days of torrential rain and warm Chinook winds that raised the temperatures in the Cascades to the 40s brought floods throughout western Washington in March of 1910. In Wilkeson, Gail's Creek became a river, overflowing its banks and flooding the town. The Livesley & Dice General Merchandise store can be seen just beyond the railroad bridge that crossed the raging creek at Church and Davis Streets. circa 1910.

ANDERSON-009 Front

Tobie J. Anderson in coat and hat, gloves in hand, selecting a cigar at the Miners Trading Co. general store in Wilkeson, WA. The shelves and display cases of the store are filled with merchandise, and there is a victrola sitting on the counter. circa 1910.

ANDERSON-012 Back

  • Message on back: How are they coming kid. Who did you say beat Sunday and how many times did you strike out? I bet Spanaway Lake raised about three feet after all you fellows got through sweating. Yours as B4 Bill the Careless Kid.
  • Rain in de Face. The Base Ball Kid. 1214 So. 8th St. Tacoma, Wn.

ANDERSON-013 Back

  • Message on back: What do you think about those snaps--Come up here and we show you how to fish. B.
  • Addressee: Mr. Tobie Anderson. #1214 South 8th St. Tacoma, Washn.

ANDERSON-015 Back

  • Message on back: Did you say a transfer to So. K Street O! I beg your pardon a ? alright. I'll take a I.C.S. Bernard.
  • Addressee: T.J. Anderson Emerald, Wis.

ANDERSON-016 Front

Originally constructed as a hotel, it never opened because the structure was damaged by fire in 1898. It was converted for use as Tacoma High School in 1906. The name was changed in 1913 to Stadium High school., after Lincoln High school was built. circa 1907. Printed on front: High School, Tacoma, Wash.

ANDERSON-016 Back

  • Message on back: Berg has not gone to Coos Bay yet, he has to much business on "L" St. Don't be so grouchy lossen up and write a fellow or her any way. Bernard
  • Addressee: T.J. Anderson Emerald, Wis.

ANDERSON-021 Front

Tobie J. Anderson and his new Model T, posing in front of the pavilion in Point Defiance Park. The Pavilion was built c. 1902, and featured a restaurant and boat rental concessions. By the late 1930's the building had been demolished. circa 1912.

ANDERSON-022 Back

  • Printed on back: Point Defiance Park consists of 640 acres of natural woodland, surrounded by ten miles of shore-line of Puget Sound waters. From the park, to the west, may be seen the Olympic Range, and to the west, Cascade Range with Mount Tacoma rising to a height of over 14,519 feet. The scenery here is delightfully picturesque.
  • Message on back: Daer Freind (sic): Rec. Telegr. from Alaska--and everything satisfactory--Leaving Seattle next month. Best Wishes, Yours H. Christensen?
  • Addressee: Mr. T. J. Anderson First Bank Wilkeson, Wash.

ANDERSON-024 Back

  • Message on back: 8/9/07 Hope you arrived safely and are having a jolly good time. Signa.
  • Addressee: Mr. T. J. Anderson Emerald, Wis.

ANDERSON-025 Front

  • This card doesn't look to have been used postally, but nevertheless the intent was made clear in some other way, since the writer, Signa Theresa Iverson, went on to marry the intended recipient, Tobie John Anderson. By the 1920 census they were married and had their first child Sydney, by the1930 census they had two children, with the addition of Neil. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: On the cliffs at Mt. Tacoma, near Tacoma, Wash.

ANDERSON-026 Back

  • Message on back: I got two letters from Miss Shotwell and one from Miss Hageman. Bernard.
  • Addressee: T. J. Anderson. Emerald, Wis.

ANDERSON-027 Back

  • Message on back: Dear Toby: Our address until we leave Seattle is Hotel Stewart Madison St. Please call or mile acct.
  • Addressee: Mr. T.J. Anderson, Wilkeson, Wash. c/o First Bank of Wilkeson crossed out, replaced with Scan Am. Bank Box #84, Tacoma, Wash.

ANDERSON-030 Front

  • The Willamette River is a tributary of the Columbia River. It is a87 miles long, and it flows from the coastal mountains to the Cascade Range in western Oregon. It was named a national American Heritage River in 1997 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. circa 1909.
  • Printed on front: Ferry on Willamette River, Corvallis, Ore.

ELLIS-001 Front

John W. Linck was elected Mayor of Tacoma in 1908, and left the office in 1910. He was married to the former Eva K. Buchanan in 1896. This postcard is believed to be about the remodeling of their home at 817 No. J Street in Tacoma, once owned by pioneers John and Virginia Mason.

FLEMING-006 Front

  • Two long rows of loggers, most of them with arms crossed, sit atop a pile of huge logs. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Camp 1 Polson Logging Co Hoquiam Wn

FLEMING-012 Front

  • A group of hardy loggers lean against a log that is taller than they are. Log hoisting machinery and cables are visible in the background. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Polson Logging Co Camp 1 Hoquiam, Wn

FLEMING-013 Front

  • A group of Pacific Northwest loggers pose by a donkey engine, among stacks of wood and various logging equipment. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Roader Camp 1 Polson Logging Co Hoquiam, Wn
Results 1 to 30 of 6602