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SUSAN-019 Front

  • 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 front: Way down in Old Missouri.

SUSAN-020 Back

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.

SUSAN-024 Back

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.

SWASON-001 Front

  • 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

SWASON-001 Back

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.

TACOMA ART CARDS-003 Front

  • Artist John Carlton features Larry Anderson's statue symbolizing the lumberman's contribution to the devolpment of Tacoma that stands at Fireman's Park.
  • Printed on front: Tacoma Smells Like Tree Spirit

TACOMA ART CARDS-007 Back

  • Printed on back: Tacoma Leaps! Art and Water at the Pierce Transit Plaza, Tacoma, WA
  • Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Image copyright Mick Klass-www.mickklassphoto.com

TACOMA ART CARDS-012 Back

  • Printed on back: A gull & rainbow appear over the South Puget Sound where Commencement Bay meets the Narrows Strait at Point Defiance, Tacoma, WA
  • Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; photography by Tacoma native Duncan James Livingston copyright 2009

TACOMA ART CARDS-022 Back

  • Printed on back: Wright Park, Tacoma, Wa. Frannie and Annie have greeted visitors to Wright Park since 1890. They have seen some amazing things over the years.
  • Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Photograph copyright 2008 Tom Holt Photography, artist Lynn Di Nino.

TACOMA ART CARDS-025 Back

  • Printed on back: Looking out from the Bell Tower of Old City Hall, you see the Commencement Bay Grainery. Trains arrive daily from the Mid-West loaded with grain that is then shipped to Asia.
  • Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Photography by Sharon Styler

TACOMA ART CARDS-026 Back

  • Printed on back: TACOMA - City of Destiny Award-winning cartoonist extraordinare Mark Monlux is a Northwest native and Tacoma resident. He also co-founded the Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians, otherwise known as The C.L.A.W.
  • Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Copyright 2009 Mark Monlux - www.markmonlux.com

NWRPC-0188 Front

Mount Adams reflected in a lake on a clear autumn day. Located about 35 miles east of Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams is the second highest mountain in Washington state. circa 1945. (Oversize)

NWRPC-0188 Back

Printed on back: Mount Adams, Washington is one of the chain of towering Cascade snow peaks stretching from Canada to California; 12,307 feet high, it is beautifully visible, in particular, from U. S. Highways 97 and 30. (Oversize)

NWRPC-0045 Front

  • Promotional postcard featuring Mount Rainier, provided for servicemen during World War II. circa 1941.
  • Printed on front: Mount Rainier. Rising 14,408 feet into the sky, Mt. Rainier is spectacularly beautiful and the crowning triumph of the Evergreen State of Washington. Here it is only two hours from sea level to ski level.

NWRPC-0087 Back

  • Message: Just a reminder, Edna. Oct. 21st.
  • Addressee: Miss Elizabeth Wade, 95 Lata Ave, Columbus, Ohio.

NWRPC-0088 Front

  • Crevasse on Mount Rainier. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Crevasse in Cowlitz Glacier, Mt. Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0143 Front

  • Mount Rainier rising above a farm. Animal pens in the foreground, outbuildings in the distance. circa 1911.
  • Printed on front: Mount Tacoma, Washington.

NWRPC-0148 Back

  • Message: Dear B.-We thought to see you before this or should have written to thank you for our pretty gifts you brought. My pretty veil set is vert acceptable, and Mamma enjoys, so much, her pretty kimono-We start home tomorrow morning. I went down to the 'city' yesterday and spent the day. I hope we can all see each other this fall, and I suppose we can. I shall come back about Sept. I think, but they are not sure when school will open.-My pupils rented the hall and gave me a surprise party Tuesday eve.-When you write to the girls in the east give them our love, and tell Aunt S. we want to see her very much.-Much love, F.F. B.B.
  • Addressee: Miss Bessie Wade, 23 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0049 Front

  • A group of early visitors traveling by horse and buggy to Rainier National Park. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: On the Paradise Valley Road, Mt. Tacoma, Rainier National Park, Wn.

NWRPC-0051 Back

Printed on back: America's Greatest Ski Terrain is to be found in Paradise Valley. This mountain glacier wonderland offers a wealth of ski trails over an immense area of hills and valleys, to points of outstanding scenic beauty.

NWRPC-0110 Back

  • Message: Aug. 6, '08. Dear Aunt Hattie: - We are stranded at Ashford. Our things did not come on the same train with us. We are staying at Hotel until tomorrow. It is beautiful here you should come up some time. Yours Lovingly -
  • Addressee: Mrs. H. Baker, 3315 So. 11th, Tacoma.
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