Half of the Manufactures Building featuring its pergolas and rounded porch. Geyser Basin- now known as Frosh Pond- is in the foreground, the Machinery Building is visible at far right, and many visitors are strolling about. The AYPE was held in 1909 on the campus of the University of Washington. Most of its buildings were temporary structures not intended to last much longer than the fair. circa 1908.
Printed on front: Manufacturers Building and Machinery Hall, Alaska, Yukon, Pacific Exposition, 1909. Seattle, Wash. (Official Post Card.)
Message: Dear Father and Mother We are all well have compnay from B.C. will be gone in a few days. will write you a long letter soon hope you are all well love to all M.G.
Addressee: Mr James Gilles Port Daniel Center Bonaventure C. P.Q. Canada
Message: Dear Father, Hope you are all better- do not work too hard we are having lots of rain in Hoquiam yet don't think we are going to have any summer. M G
Addressee: Mr James Gilles Port Daniel Center Bonaventure Co P.Q. Canada
Message: Dear Mother,- I am glad you enjoyed the ferns. When Lettie came we can get more so you can give a few to your friends. I missed your good Thanksgiving dinner. Love to all Will.
Addressee: Mrs. John Watsan. College View, Nebraska, Box 89
Seven young girls dressed in white nightgowns and caps stand at the front of a classroom. They are all holding lighted candles and baby dolls. Possibly this was part of a skit or school play.
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.-
Dry Falls no longer carries water, but is the remnant of what was once the largest waterfall known to have existed on earth. Compared to Niagara Falls, that has a drop of 165 feet and is one mile wide, this waterfall was 3.5 miles of sheer cliffs that dropped 400 feet. It is located 7 miles southwest of Coulee City. circa 1940.
Made from 12 million cubic yards of concrete, Grand Coulee Dam is the largest concrete structure in the United States and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world. circa 1940.
Printed on front: Aerial View of the Grand Coulee Dam and Vicinity
Hops have been an important Northwest crop since the late 1800's. Washington state is currently the number one producer of hops in the country, and most of those are grown in the Yakima Valley. circa 1915.
Message: Dear Cousin:- Got your Xmas card O.K. we are all well, hope you are the same. I like school fine. Did Santa Claus come down there? he was out here all right. How are Annie & Jessie I am writing to May. Do you see Hannah? Is she working yet? As ever yours, Bessie L.W. Answer soon.
Addressee: Miss Dora Hansen Portland, Oreg 389 Taylor St.
Printed on back: My pioneer home shown in the illustration, located in Pioneer Park, Puyallup, Washington, was our abiding place for many long years of sweet memory. Here some of our children were born to us and all our family grew up to manhood and womanhood, and small wonder many tender recollections remain. The ivy vine, planted forty years ago upon the birth of a child, now covers the form of the old house completely, supported by fresh framework (maintained by the city of Puyallup) which will preserve the shape of the pioneer abode long after all vestige of the original relic has disappeared. Depth of the alluvial deposit under the ivy stock 144 feet; size of ivy stock at base 9 inches in diameter.
The streamlined ferry passing Colman Dock on one of its daily Seattle-Bremerton runs. The Kalakala's maiden voyage from Seattle was July 3, 1935, and she remained a Puget Sound workhorse and tourist attraction until 1967. In 1963, the Kalakala was voted Seattle's biggest attraction next to the Space Needle. She served as an Alaskan seafood processing plant until her return to the Seattle area in 1998 for possible renovation.
Printed on front: Streamlined Ferry "Kalakala" and waterfront Seattle Wash
View through trees of the shoreline near Three Tree Point, a residential area close to Burien, Washington. In the 1900's, this was a weekend getaway site for city dwellers, and a docking point for ships from the Mosquito Fleet fleet (local steamships that travelled the Puget Sound) in their regular Seattle-Tacoma runs.
Printed on front: Shore of Puget Sound, near Three Tree Point, Wash.
View of the serene lake at the foot of forested mountains. Lake Crescent, located in the Olympic National Park area, is 10 miles long and over 600 feet deep. It was originally called "Lake Everett" before being rechristened in 1890 by the citizens of nearby Port Crescent. Carved out by glaciers, this is one of the deepest lakes in Washington State, and has the appearance of a fjord. Prior to the completion of the Olympic Highway in 1922, the lake was used as a transportation link between Port Townsend and the northwest Olympic Peninsula, and was travelled by steamboat.
Printed on front: Lake Crescent, Clallam County, Wash.
Message: Dear Mary. So little gene is growing and getting cute, huh. Jack & Winnie were here about 4 hrs, Tues. Evening. Aunt Ruth says hello to all of you. Love, grandma.
Addressee: Mary Scharff 1218 W.15th St. Boise, Idaho.
Printed on back: Bush Garden, Seattle's world famous and distingushed Japanese restaurant. Authentic Japanese dishes- Cocktails- Free courtesy parking. A McCall's award restaurant, designed, owned and operated by Mr. Seko. Panels and screens supplied by Bush Artcraft and Designs.
View of the Crown Point promontory at the Columbia River Gorge. This scenic lookout point is about 15 miles east of Portland. The Columbia River Highway was constructed between 1913-1922, and a building called Vista House was erected at Crown Point in 1916. Vista House is a landmark today, serving as a rest station and interpretative center. In this photo, it appears that the building is in the beginning stages of construction. Far below Crown Point, we see the Rooster Rock formation, a basalt column first recorded by the Lewis & Clark expedition.
Printed on front: Crown Point & Rooster Rock Columbia Highway Ore.
