Completed in 1941, and hailed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", here the Grand Coulee Dam is shown still under construction. The project used 12 million cubic yards of concrete. circa 1940.
Printed on back: Skyhomish River, Washington, wends its way from the Cascades to Puget Sound amid such scenic beauty as this. Take State Highway 15 from Monroe. Tour the west this year with 76 gasoline
Printed on back: Westport Boat Haven. Fishing was good the day this view was made. The facility is usually crowded to its capacity. Westport is one of the "Hottest" fishing ports on the west coast.
Cute little buck hardly looks big enough to support his impressive headgear. Likely of the odocoileus hemionus columbianus species, or the Columbian black-tailed deer, the most prevalent type of deer in Western Washington. These deer prefer brushy, logged off lands and coniferous forests. circa 1940.
Money was appropriated fom Congress in 1910 to begin construction on the locks. They opened in May, 1917, but the removal of several old bridges, and the construction of new bridges in Fremont, Ballard, University and Montlake wasn't completed until 1934. circa 1950.
The Ginkgo (not Gingko, as written on the front of the postcard) Petrified Forest is part of the Wanapum Recreational Area in Vantage, Washington. The park and a small museum opened to the public in 1938. circa 1940.
Printed on front: Petrified Log Gingko State Park-Wn.
Printed on back: Government Locks, Seattle, separate Puget Sound from freshwater Lake Union and Lake Washington. Large ocean steamers easily pass through these enormous locks.
Completed in the summer of 1931, the A.E.Larson building, located at the corner of 2nd Street and Yakima Avenue, was an instant landmark in the city of Yakima. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. circa 1952.
Originally a private park founded in 1883, much of the land was purchased by John M. and Abbie H. Frink and gifted to Seattle on October 25, 1906. The park's roadways and paths were designed by the famed Olmsted Associates in Brookline, Massachusetts, who took over the firm of their father, Frederick Law Olmsted-- to maximize the views of Lake Washington and to interconnect with other parks in Seattle. The parks paths, trails and footbridges were spruced up in anticipation of the AYPE held in Seattle in 1909, and an active friends group provides maintenance and restoration of native plants to the park today. circa 1917.
Printed on front: Frink Boulevard Serpentine, Seattle U.S.A.
Message: Dear Daisy we are resting and writing postal cards we leave again in the morning. I wish you could be with us. It is nice and warm lots of dust in the roads. With love, Bertha
Addressee: Mrs. R.L. Philbrick 610 Sixth St. Hoquiam, Wash.
Message: Wed morn-we are going to lake lunch here and then journey on. Yesterday was very warm in Seattle and we were all glad to be on our way again-Bertha-
Addressee: Mrs. R.L. Philbrick Hoquiam, Washington 610 Sixth St.-
The New Whatcom County Normal School was opened in Bellingham in 1899. Normal schools existed to train people to become teachers, especially in rural areas. The Normal school became the Western Washington College of Education in 1933, and by 1947 was called Western Washington College and had increased the degrees it offered. In 1977, it became Western Washington University. circa 1917.
Printed on front: State Normal School, Bellingham Wash.
The Wilson Bros Lumber Works was one of the large lumber concerns in the Aberdeen, Hoquaim and Cosmopolis areas. The Wishkah Mall presently sits on the site. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Wilson Bros Lumber Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
Message: Monday Morn. Dear Mother-the box of bulbs came this morning. We will plant them this evening. Many thanks for them and the seeds. They will help fill our garden and I hope will do well. Billy pulled the first radish today. Says he is going to send it to the ? Had a white frost Sat. night and the beans and tomatoes looked black yesterday-may live through it. We awful busy but hope to get well finished this week. Love to you all, Lethe. ? to wind the desk key.-
Addressee: Mrs. John Watson. College View, Neb. Box 87.
Printed on back: Wilson Bros Lumber Works. One of the large lumber manufactories of Aberdeen having an annual output of 56,000,000 ft. of lumber.
Message: Sat. Night. Dear Mother your good letter came this noon I just came up with the milk and Miss Driuse gave me a La France Rose that is 6 in. across and 2 red ones & a yellow climbing one that are all grand. Wish you had them. Love to all. All well. Love, Lethe
