Strollers, bathers, and bikers enjoy a sunny day at Green Lake. The lake was originally named "Lake Green" in 1855, due to its preponderous of algae blooms. In 1903, a park was built around the lake. A bathhouse was added in 1927 and an Aqua Theater in 1950 which featured "swimusicals". The Aqua Theater ran until 1965, but was still used occasionally for concerts until a 1969 Grateful Dead show demonstrated how dangerous and crumbling the grandstand had become. The bathhouse, however, is still in use as a theater for local productions, and the park is a very popular place to be on sunny days.
Bird's-eye view of the Everett, Washington Boeing Plant. Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains provide the backdrop for the huge airplane hangars and rows of commercial airplanes lined up on the tarmac.
The peak and slopes of Mount Rainier provide a magnificent backdrop here for Lake Washington and some densely wooded areas that may include Mercer Island and Bellevue.
Printed on front: Mt. Rainier from Lake Washington
View from street level of the 522 feet tall Smith Tower. The Seattle Restaurant is just visible at right, and a street car is present at bottom, center. The Smith Tower was constructed by typewriter and firearms magnate Lyman Smith in 1914. Until 1931, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and until 1962, the tallest on the West Coast.
Printed on back: The Totem Pole was carved from a cedar tree by natives upon Tongass Island, Alaska, where it stood for more than a century. It was presented to the City in 1899. It is an interesting feature in Pioneer Place.
Printed on back: La Push Ocean Park Phone: 347-5267- 14 miles west of forks- La Push, Washington 98350 Variety of facilities available from modern to Rustic including new "sleeping bag units" all with completely equipped kitchens- Enjoy swimming- surfing- surf fishing- beach combing (driftwood- Glassballs- agets)- whale watching- year around fun for all ages- and spectacular winter storms- steelhead and Ocean Salmon fishing- kicker and charter boats available. OPEN ALL YEAR.
Postcard sent by noted local historian, author and instructor Murray Morgan to his student, who now works in the Tacoma Public Library's Northwest Room. circa 1979.
Printed on Front: Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, Washington
Printed on back: The Administration Building In the background is typical of the architecture of the TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Located in Southwest Tacoma at 5900 SO. 12th Street, the college is one of the largest in the state. Both the rock in the foreground and Mount Rainier on the horizon add to the natural beauty of this Liberal Arts College. The 130 acre campus, which opened in the Fall of 1965, has ample space for expanding enrollments.
Message on back: Dear Jody--That was one of the best I've had about the museum. Murray Morgan
Addressee: Jody Mattsen 4523 So. Lawrence, Apt.D, Tacoma, Washington 98409
In 1886 the Tacoma Land Company, and its president, Charles B. Wright, donated a parcel of land about 20 acres in size to the City of Tacoma for the purpose of being developed as a public park. His stipulation was that 'upon condition nevertheless that said land shall forever be exclusively used as and appropriated for the uses and purposes of a public park.'.
Printed on front: View from Wright Park, Tacoma, Washington. Olympic Mountains in background.
Here is an Tacoma Smelter photograph of what was then the highest concrete chimney in the world at 317 1/2 feet--later a chimney height at the ASARCO plant would reach 571 feet, before being shortened to 562 feet due to repairs in 1937. The last stack was brought down by implosion in 1993.
Printed on front: Highest Concrete Chimney in the World, 317 1/2 feet. Tacoma, Wash.
Message: My dear Mrs. C.- ? better-Your letter came today-guess I had the grippe was pretty sick for two weeks-wish you could live here-will write soon-Besse
Message: Tacoma, April 15-Have been spending Easter week here with everyone. Jim coming over for Sunday. Am going back to Seattle this afternoon and send you my greeting from here before I leave. Hope all is well with you & yours. The beautiful spring weather is here but it brings such sad anniversaries to me. I think of ? Minnie
Addressee: Mrs. Anna K. Dickerman 31 Allston St. Allston, Mass.
Printed on back: Union Pacific System Pictorial Postcard The scenic Columbia River Route to the Pacific Northwest. Message mostly unreadable due to damage.
Message: 1923 Dear friends, How are you getting along these days? Often think of you. I am having a wonderful time and enjoy the cool climate. Spend most of my time at the beach with the folks. Hope you are well. Lovingly, C. Robenmasher (?)
Addressee: Mrs. Ingersoll, Kansas Ave. Los Angeles. Calif.
The aquarium was started in 1910 in the old Iron Springs Sanitarium Building, and later relocated to a house on Martin St. until the permanent aquarium building was built in 1920. It closed in 1942, and the building was demolished.
Printed on front: Interior Deep Sea Aquarium and Museum. Salters Point, Steilacoom, Wash.
Unusual chicken band and a couple enjoying their music. Chickens in the band are embossed on the card, wearing clothes but no shoes. The couple is both embossed and covered with a velvet material, both on their heads and their clothes. They also do not have shoes on.
Message: Dear Friend:-I told your brother two weeks ago to tell you of Miss S's. marriage. I asked him last night and he said he forgot to tell you. She was married Nov. 19th to Chas. Gunther in Vancouver, B.C. I'm so busy doing x-mas family work that I haven't had time to keep up any ? ? ? How is the cat? M.S.
Addressee: Miss M. Stambaugh 4101 So. J Street Tacoma, Wash.
Train crossing the Puyallup River. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power completed the line called the Puget Sound Electric Railway between Tacoma and Seattle in 1902. Seattle-Tacoma interurban rail service ended on December 30, 1928, after the construction was completed on Highway 99.
Printed on front: P. S. Electric Ry. Bridge, Puyallup, Wash.
Message: Puy. Wn. ? '09 Dear Mabel ? your nice card rec'd & as usual I am slow in answering. Elnora is alright now, Vernon is cutting teeth, many thanks for his card. Do come out for the fair also your Mother it will cost you more after next week. Come early maybe I can go with you. Ernest has been at Portland & Salem. With love--Mabel. Have you heard from Bertie?
Addressee: Miss Mabel Stambaugh 4101 So. J Street Tacoma, Wash.
