Message: See if you can find my face in the bunch. I weigh 210 lbs. largest and heaviest fellow in the crowd. I am the fellow seating on the fence one girl on each side of me. I have a light hat on. I surely had a fine time. I couldn't walk after eating. From your Bro. Bob. Hope your walking. Come over soon. How is llittle Howard?
Addressee: Mrs. Ralph Philbrick, Hoquiam, Washington.
Two men stand high up on a pole staying dry as they watch a huge splash in the water below them. The cause of the splash is likely a log hitting the water. circa 1915.
Message: Dear Father We are all well and hoping you are all enjoying the best of health. weather very cold here at present love and best wishes from all M.G.
Addressee: Mr James Gilles Port Danile Centre Bonaventure C. P.Q. Canada
School children dressed in costumes rehearse for a pageant, play, or choir event. They stand on stage before a teacher, while other children watch from the audience seating below.
Message: Sept. 12 1908 Dear Father: I received your letter and receipt, Many thanks for same. We are pleased to hear you are all well as this leaves us at present Will write soon. W. B. McGee
Addressee: Mr James Gilles Port Daniel Centre Pro. Quebec Canada
A horse draped in a white cape advertising "Suter's Dry Goods Watch us Grow!" pulls a decorative buggy full of passengers. They appear to be participating in a parade, and the photo was taken as they pass in front of Suter's Dry Goods store. circa 1913.
Message: Dear Mother, Hope you are quite well do not work to hard we are all well and doing quite a business I am still working in the store but I am tired of it work work all the time never done M. G.
Addressee: Mrs. James Gilles Port Daniel Centre Bonaventure Co P.? Canada
Message: Hello Ben, how are you getting along have you taken good care of my little man while I was gone The wheather is rotten nothing but rain all the time. Will be home Sun. E.B.
Addressee: Mr Ben Klock 723 Fifth St., Hoquiam Wash.
Message: Seattle Wash Jan 27 Dear friend Received you letter to day ???? you ?? so much far that I have been out a little but no more auto rides for some time Will be home about first of the month your friend Chris(?)
Addressee: Mr. Ben Klock. C/O Home Bakery Cosmopolis Wash
Portrait of Kikisoblu, better known as Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle. Angeline was given her second name by Seattle pioneer Catherine Maynard, who befriended her. In 1855, a treaty required members of the Duwamish tribe to report to reservations, but Angeline remained in Seattle, living in a waterfront cabin near what is now Seattle's Pike Street Market. She made a living making baskets and taking in laundry. Postcards with her image were sold long after her death in 1896. circa 1915.
Printed on front: Princess Angeline. Daughter of Chief Seattle.
View from above directly down Third Avenue, showing trolleys, the Grand Opera House, the Paxton Hotel, a billboard for Owl Cigars, and many other commercial buildings.
Printed on front: Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington.
Message: Aug 21 In good old U.S. again. Seattle this after noon late. May start over the mountains Depends on roads. I p???? a piece of ???? Having a dandy time Slept well last night No Hotel as yet.
View of a large, many-storied hotel in Carson, Washington. This hotel was built around 1900, along with another hotel at nearby St. Martin's Hot Springs. Carson is a small community located in Skamania County in the southwestern corner of Washington State.
Printed on front: Shipherd's Hot Springs Hotel- Carson Wash-
Mt. Vernon, named for George Washington's plantation estate, is the county seat for Skagit County. It was established in 1893, and is well known for hosting the annual Tulip Festival. circa 1917.
Printed on front: Residence View on South 3rd Street Mt. Vernon, Wash.
A parade celebrating Independence Day features an elaborately decorated car with an abundance of flowers and a blossom and ribbon crowned deer's head. Flags are draped across the deer and flown from both sides of the car. circa 1911.
