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FLEMING-083 Front

  • 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.

FLEMING-085 Front

  • 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.

FLEMING-088 Back

  • Message: Mt. Vernon Monday morning 8 a.m. Bound for Vancouver B. C. Camped in Silver Lake 6 miles South of Everett last night. Back to Seattle Hotel by Tuesday night. Ralph
  • Addressee: Mrs. RL Philbrick Hoquiam, Wash.

FLEMING-090 Front

  • The Carnation Milk Company began in Kent, Washington in 1899 as Pacific Coast Condensed Milk. Deciding the product had to have a brand name, founder Elbridge A. Stuart decided on "Carnation" after seeing an eye-catching store cigar display featuring a beautiful red carnation. This building in Mount Vernon, a condensery, began operation in 1906. circa 1917.
  • Printed on front: Carnation Milk Products Co., Mt. Vernon, Wash.

FLEMING-092 Front

  • 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.

FLEMING-093 Back

  • 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.

FLEMING-095 Front

  • The Great Northern Railway came to Everett in 1893, the same year the city was founded. circa 1917.
  • Printed on front: Great Northern Depot, Lower View, Everett, Washington.

FLEMING-097 Front

  • Ornate hotel in Bellingham, with repeating arches in the windows and in the exterior architectural features. circa 1917.
  • Printed in front: Hotel Fairhaven, Bellingham, Wash.

FLEMING-099 Front

Aerial view of the Westport harbor. Westport was founded in 1914 and is in Grays Harbor county. circa 1970.

FLEMING-101 Front

  • 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.

FLEMING-103 Back

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.

FLEMING-107 Back

Printed on back: Peach Arch in Blaine, Washington, on the United States-Canadian International boundary, was erected as a symbol of goodwill and mutual understanding between the two countries. In Blaine also is the United States Customs Office. Tour the west this year with 76 gasoline

FLEMING-111 Front

  • 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 front: Coulee Dam, Wa

FLEMING-115 Front

  • Loggers working to move a huge fir tree that has been felled. circa 1925.
  • Printed on front: A Timber Scene in the Northwest

FLEMING-117 Front

  • Sugar pines are the tallest pines in the world, often growing to heights of 200 feet or more. Some of these trees occasionally exceed 500 years. Sugar pine was 'discovered' by David Douglas of Douglas-fir fame. Here a hunter takes a break up against the base. circa 1915.
  • Printed on front: An Oregon Sugar Pine Tree

NWRPC-0071 Front

  • Tacoma High School (later Stadium High School) embellished with frame and flowers. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: High School.

NWRPC-0002 Front

  • A street view of downtown Tacoma, looking west up Ninth St. from Pacific Ave.
  • Printed on front: Tacoma, Wash. Pacific Ave. and Ninth St.

NWRPC-0009 Front

  • Depicting Tacoma's waterfront, most likely between the years of 1907-1915. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: Bird's Eye View of Waterfront, showing "A" Street, The Tacoma Hotel and in the distance the City Hall, Tacoma, U.S.A.

NWRPC-0122 Front

  • Artist's rendering of part of downtownTacoma and Mount Rainier, with the Puyallup River winding throughout. circa 1930.
  • Printed on front: Mt. Tacoma and part of city, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0164 Front

  • This vertical lift bridge, dedicated in February 1913, was originally called the 11th Street Bridge. It was officially renamed the Murray Morgan Bridge in 1997 for the noted Tacoma historian and author. circa 1913.
  • Printed on front: New Lift Bridge, Tacoma, Washington
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