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NWRPC-0251 Front

Six gentlemen enjoying some music in the great outdoors -- complete with a drawn in mountain and trees in the distance. circa 1915.

NWRPC-0019 Front

  • Pavilion at Point Defiance built c. 1902. By the late 1930's the building had been demolished. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: Pavilion, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0034 Back

Printed on back: Peter Peter Pumpkin-Eater, Never Never Land, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma Washington. One of the many well-known verses colorfully depicted in this fabulous ten-acre storyland park. Visitors may stroll through this giant pumpkin and have their pictures taken beside Mr. and Mrs. Pumpkin-Eater.

NWRPC-0056 Back

Printed on back: Point Defiance Park Aquarium. Tacoma, Washington. The Penguin is showing off for the visitors in the center and in the tank to the right the seals are performing. The Aquarium displays one of the finest collections of Pacific Marine Life in the World. The building is two-levels and contains 38 tanks displaying invertebrates and fishes of all kinds found in Puget Sound. Your visit to this park would not be complete if you missed this outstanding attraction.

NWRPC-0028 Front

  • Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington. circa 1906.
  • Printed on front: A beautiful corner of Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0040 Front

  • Buffalo grazing at Point Defiance Park. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: Buffalo - Not quite extinct at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0130 Front

  • Early automobiles in Point Defiance Park, motoring down the dirt road. circa 1924.
  • Printed on front: The winding road in Point Defiance Park. Tacoma, U.S.A.

NWRPC-0097 Back

  • Message: Write, write, and be right Ellen
  • Addressee: Miss Estelle Lipscombe, No. 3890 - 18 St., San Francisco, Cal.

NWRPC-0118 Front

  • The camp Six Logging Museum was established in 1964 on a 14 acre site within Point Defiance Park, to educate the public about the logging industry. circa 1969.
  • Printed on front: Camp 6, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington

NWRPC-0149 Front

  • The original rose garden in Point Defiance Park was constructed of cuttings and seeds gathered by Tacoma school children in 1895. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Rose Arbor, Pt. Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0097 Front

  • Early view of young boy by pond and bridge in Point Defiance Park. circa 1906.
  • Printed on front: View in Point Defiance Park. Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0118 Back

Printed on back: Camp 6, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington This locomotive is a 90 Ton Shay, Pacific Coast Type, built 1929 at Lima, Ohio. Moved to Camp 6 in 1965 from Klickitat, Washington where it was used in logging operations by St. Regis Paper Co. It operates week-ends and Holidays (weather permitting) Memorial Day thru Labor Day.

NWRPC-0121 Front

Fort Nisqually was rebuilt within Point Defiance Park as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program to provide jobs in the 1930's. circa 1960.

NWRPC-0121 Back

Printed on back: Bastion (Block House) Fort Nisqually, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington The block houses located in the corners of the Fort provided sentry cover for those who guarded against enemy attack from without. The old British cannon now seen on the Fort grounds was previously used in the bastion. Originally there were platforms built up to the fence for men to lie on while fighting over the fence. Hudson's Bay people at one time hard a large farm outside the fence.

NWRPC-0146 Front

  • The Point Defiance Park greenhouse, built in 1901, is the large building in the upper center. This structure was torn down in the early '20s, and plant growing operations moved to another site in the park. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: View of Pt. Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0146 Back

  • Message: Tacoma, Sept. 10th '08 We saw the train leave, then went up and got the wheel and now we are ready to start home at 4:20. With love Fannie
  • Addressee: Mrs. Mary Ashley Malden, Missouri, Care Miss Daisy Tiffany

NWRPC-0149 Back

  • Message: Tacoma, Sept. 15, Dear Friend I am in the city again you see. Mrs. Sylvester asked me to come down with her and while I am waiting for her to do some shopping I thought I would send you a card. The Arbor is the one we went through last Spring when we came to see the Fleet. I expect you are tired today. How did you stand the trip? Fannie
  • Addressee: Mrs. Mary Ashley Malden, Missouri, care Miss Daisy Tiffany

NWRPC-0082 Front

  • The aquarium at Point Defiance Park was housed in the second Pavilion built at the park. circa 1940.
  • Printed on front: Deep Sea Aquarium - Point Defiance Park.

NWRPC-0086 Front

  • The Rustic Bridge was built in 1892 and was dismantled in 1920. It was constructed of stacked logs. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Rustic Bridge at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0086 Back

  • Message: Have not gone to T - at all: We have moved and just got settled when are you coming down? Anna. Tell all "hello"
  • Addressee: Mrs. George Miller, Sumner, Wash. RFD

NWRPC-0103 Front

  • The Japanese Pagoda in Point Defiance Park originally served as the station for the street car line. It was built in 1914. circa 1914.
  • Printed on front: Interior of Station. Point Defiance Park.

NWRPC-0130 Back

  • Message: My Dear Mrs. K. They dumped me off at Tacoma, to visit Miss Pumphrey so will be here till Wednesday afternoon. Home in the evening. Will see you Thursday. Love from Mr. A.
  • Addressee: Mrs. G. E. Kallstedl, 167 Beech St. Portland, Ore.

NWRPC-0133 Front

  • Constructed in 1892 of stacked logs, the Rustic Bridge in Point Defiance Park was dismantled in 1920. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Rustic Bridge at Point defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0133 Back

  • Message: Friday A.M. Dear Beulah T., send a box of salve today. Use freely. Better warm-Papa has sent the formula. It is splendid for cut fingers. We are well but so tired. Did you get two Mac Kages; will write Sun. with brothers love. Mamma
  • Addressee: Miss Beulah Jones, care Louis Bleedhorn, Roy, Wash.

NWRPC-0057 Front

  • Old bridge in Wright Park. Original stamp removed and replaced with 1966 Easter Seals stamp. circa 1916.
  • Printed on front: The Rustic Bridge in Wright Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0060 Front

  • The Seymour Conservatory at 316 So. G St. opened in 1908. circa 1920.
  • Printed on front: Scene in Wright Park.

NWRPC-0064 Front

  • View of duck pond in Wright Park with houses in the background. circa 1909.
  • Printed on front: Duck Pond, Wright's Park, Tacoma, Washington.
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