Printed on back: These two realistic views graphicaly record the work of recovering the "Lost Trail," and preserving its identity, better than volumes of written testimony; 1906.
Two photos of pioneer Ezra Meeker on the first of his two re-crossings of the Old Oregon Trail between 1906-1912. The top photo shows Meeker trying to find wagon tracks in a rugged, brushy hillside. The bottom photo depicts Meeker, his dog Jim and several other people gathered around a commemorative trail marker just placed by Meeker.
Printed on front: Found the Trail. Planting a Marker.
Washington pioneer Ezra Meeker's ox team steadily pull his covered wagon along the Old Oregon Trail, past a group of curious onlookers. This photo was probably taken near the end of the first of Meeker's commemorative re-crossings of the trail, from 1906-1908, and then again from 1910-1912. The trips were undertaken to preserve the trail and raise monuments to its original pioneers. A banner on the side of the wagon, barely legible in the photo, appears to mark his progress on the journey.
Printed on back: This wonderful land mark could be seen long distances before the growth of timber in the North Platte Valley. Seen in mirage 50 miles away in 1852.
Washington pioneer Ezra Meeker, on one of his two commemorative re-crossings of the Old Oregon Trail between 1906-1912, pauses with his ox team and wagon before Chimney Rock. This rock formation was one of the most noted landmarks in the mid-19th century for travelers of the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails. It is considered a symbol of the largest voluntary migration of people in the history of mankind. The rock is now a National Historic Site.
Printed on front: Chimney Rock, near Bayard, North Platee, Neb.
Printed on back: No one on the whole trip showed a livelier interest in the effort to monument the Oregon Trail, than did Mr. Roosevelt; recommended an appropriation by Congress to complete this work.
Washington pioneer and Oregon Trail historian Ezra Meeker is shown here with President Teddy Roosevelt and his covered wagon at the end of a cross-country trip from Puyallup, Washington. Meeker underwent this arduous journey by wagon and ox team in efforts to preserve the Old Trail and raise commemorative markers for its pioneers. After reaching what he considered the end (or the beginning, from a pioneer viewpoint) of the Trail in Omaha, Nebraska, Meeker continued on to Washington, D.C. where he requested support for his project from President Roosevelt. Although the president urged Congress to consider a bill appropriating $50,000 for trail preservation, the bill failed. This did not discourage Meeker from tirelessly promoting his cause until his death in 1928.
Printed on front: President Roosevelt viewing the Team, 1907.
Ezra Meeker, a Washington pioneer and historian, is shown here with his ox team and covered wagon among a group of onlookers. In an effort to preserve and memorialize the Old Oregon Trail, Meeker took two covered wagon trips back across it in 1906-1908 and 1910-1912. After the first trip, Meeker spent some time in California conducting research on the trail. He briefly returned to Washington when his wife died, but traveled back to California with his wagon and ox team to fulfill a prior commitment to drive in the Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade- an event he knew would be good for publicity. He then embarked on his second re-crossing of the trail, raising funds along the way to erect markers. This photo was probably taken shortly before leaving on his second trek.
Washington pioneer Ezra Meeker and his ox-driven covered wagon are shown heading a transportation parade at the Dominguez Air Meet, held on the Dominguez Ranch near Los Angeles. The parade represented developments in transportation methods, and included horses, bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, dirigibles and airplanes. Meeker spent some time in California between his two cross-country wagon journeys along the Old Oregon Trail. Participation in parades like this and the Rose Bowl Parade provided him with publicity he sought to support his cause of preserving the Trail and erecting monuments for its pioneers.
Printed on front: Ezra Meeker at Aviation Meet. Los Angeles, 1910.
Printed on back: Business was suspended, a speech called for and loudly acclaimed by the brokers and multitude:- one of those places harder to get out of than to get into, but bay the help of two policemen a way was opened.
Near the end of his first wagon journey re-crossing the Oregon Trail, Washington pioneer Ezra Meeker drives his ox team through Manhattan before proceeding on to Washington D.C. to meet with President Teddy Roosevelt. Meeker traveled twice between 1906-1912 across the Old Oregon Trail, raising funds to preserve it and erect commemorative markers. He tried to generate as much public awareness and support for his cause as possible on these journeys, which probably explains his unnecessary and difficult passage through New York.
Printed on front: Broad Street, near Wall, New York City, 1907.
Printed on back: Born Dec. 29, 1830; migrated to the Oregon country summer of 1852; farmer, father of the hop industry of Washington Territory (now State); pioneer in Exporting Pacific coast hops; spent four winters in London; and five years in searching out and recovering the lost Oregon Trail; never sick in bed for sixty years; always lived in the open air; never drank intoxicants nor experienced a rheumatic pain; active and hopes to live to be a hundred years old, Good night.
An unusually formal portrait of Ezra Meeker dressed in leather frontier clothing and holding an elaborate rifle. Meeker, an original traveler of the Oregon Trail, was probably best known for his tireless efforts to preserve and permanently mark its route. He made two journeys by ox team and wagon late in his life to raise monuments along the trail. Meeker nearly achieved his desire to live to be 100. He died 27 days before his 98th birthday.
Printed on back: Tacoma Invites You Date___ Greetings! This is a year 'round play-ground----a great place to spend your next vacation. I am inviting you.
Rare wooden Tacoma postcard. Most likely produced as a promotional item for the area, it highlights the region's many recreational activities and close proximity to the mountain.
Printed on front: Come to Tacoma Heart of the Evergreen, Playground, Gateway to Rainier National Park
Printed on back: W. W. Seymour Conservatory More than 17,500 individual panes of glass make up the wings and 72-sided dome of the Seymour Botanical Conservatory. The building was named for benefactor William Winkie Seymour, who also funded a YMCA summer camp that bears his name. Ironically, William Seymour died of a heart attack in the conservatory while planting a section of digitalis with his butler, Allen C. Mason.
The Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, as depicted by artists Lance Kagey and Tom Llewellyn. Description on the back of the card is largely a product of the artists' imaginations.
Printed on front: W.W. Seymour Conservatory, Tacoma Washington Having a heart attack in the W.W. Seymour Conservatory is like dying in a movie because it's so beautiful there, under the lemon tree that you wonder if you want to reach for the nitroglycerine.
Printed on back: Beginning in the 1930s, Tacoma became known for the "Tacoma Aroma", a distinctive, acrid odor produced by paper manufacturing on the industrial tide flats. In the late 1990s, Simpson Tacoma Kraft reduced total sulfur emissions.
Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; card by johnc
Artist John Carlton features Larry Anderson's statue symbolizing the lumberman's contribution to the devolpment of Tacoma that stands at Fireman's Park.
Artist John Carlton features the center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Printed on front: Northwest Detention Center I.C.E. "Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free..." We're expanding! Brought to you by the GEO Group, Inc. YOUR social issues, OUR corporate interest Where the past meets the future: Northwest Detention Center The Tacoma Solution The NEW HUB for TUNNELS in the PACIFIC NW!
Printed on back: The Hot Shop Amphitheater, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington This imposing 90' stainless steel cone houses a hot glass studio and accomodates 200 visitors. The furnaces hold 1,000 lbs. of glass at temperatures up to 2,400 degrees.
Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Photography by Sharon Styer, Sharon@sharonstyer.com
