Printed on back: The Bavarian. The Restaurant and Delicatessen with Old-Country Style and Atmosphere serving traditional German Home Cooked Foods. Also the finest selection of Imported Beer and Wine. Owned and Operated by the Vierthaler Family at 204 North KAY and Division, Tacoma, Washington. Phone MA7-5010.
The Rhodes Brothers Department Store Tea Room. Tables are covered with white tablecloths and graced with flowers. circa 1920.
Printed on front: The pretty Tea Room on the Sixth Floor of Rhodes Brothers Department Store -- Considered by tourists Tacoma's finest eating place. The insert shows the dainty private Dining Room where many Club, Lodge, Church and other committees now hold their noon luncheons.
Printed on back: North Fort Lewis, Washington. This late-afternoon telephoto view shows some of the barracks, parade field and their eternal guardian, Mt. Rainier, 60 miles to the east. These barracks will house some of the troops of the Viet Nam War.
Printed on back: Viking Room, Tacoma Hotel. The scheme of decoration throughout the hotel is of a decidedly marine character. The main dining room, which is magnificently equipped, is called the "Viking Room," deriving its name from the painted frieze around the walls. Tacoma Hotel was erected in 1884, and enlarged and remodeled in 1905.
Message: My Dear Carrie, It is now a week since I saw You S.H. and that is long time for me. I am getting along fine your most affectionately, L.P.
Addressee: Miss Carrie Wood, Graham, Wash. In care C. Seversen.
Printed on back: Castle Hall Pythian Temple Commencement Lodge No. 7 Knights of Pythias Lodge instituted 1881. Temple constructed 1906-1908. Dedicated with 1250 Knights in Grand Convention. 100th Anniversary Grand Convention, October 6, 1985. Most beautiful Pythian meeting hall in the world. Home to Commencement
Printed on back: Monumental Main Gate Fort Lewis, Washington This historic land mark was first constructed as the last main gate in 1917 using money and labor donated by the workers who built original Camp Lewis. It was moved to its present location in 1957 to make room for super highway expansion.
Message: RFD #3. Box #84. Tacoma, Wash., Dear Friend; I haven't heard of you for so long I thought I would send you a postal. How are you, anyway? Have been visiting in Tacoma a few days. I have a "girl Friend" staying with me. (write me a letter) Well good-bye (Fannie.)
Printed on back: McChord Air Force Base, Washington In the foreground is the new multi-million dollar freeway which skirts this important air base. Mt. Rainier looms majestically 60 miles away.
Most likely a calling card for Brown & Haley, a Tacoma candy company founded in 1909. Addressed to co-founder J.C. Haley, possibly from his son. circa 1932.
Printed on front: Almond Roca and other winners! Presenting the above, together with a full line of Brown & Haley quick profit producing Confections. It will be my pleasure to call on you about Date_ 19. Sincerely yours, ____ (Representative). Brown & Haley, Tacoma, Wash. U.S.A.
McChord Field, on the site of what once was an airstrip owned by the city of Tacoma, opened on May 5, 1938, after being chosen as the best site in the Pacific Northwest by military officials to establish an air base. circa 1960.
American Smelting & Refining Co. (ASARCO) was located at 5300 No. 52nd St. in Ruston. This smokestack was sometimes touted as being the largest in the world. circa 1917.
Printed on front: Second largest smokestack in the world - Tacoma Wash.
