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FLEMING-027 Front

Following the announcement that "We are Here", a small poem sends greetings to the card's recipient. Colorful illustrations depict porters carrying trunks and valises and an idyllic view of the countryside from a porch- the place of arrival. circa 1921. Printed on front: We are Here. We have hardly arrived/ Yet now contrive/ To send you a line of greeting/ By earlier post/ A word at most/ In the hope that we'll soon be meeting

FLEMING-027 Back

  • Message: Now don't say I didn't send you a card from us. We will be home some time to-morrow night, may be Sun. morning, Ellen, Bernard and myself have been going every day and evening since we got up here, I have tried to get Ellen all in, but can't, am all in myself. H.S.
  • Addressee: Mr. Ben Klock 723 5th St Hoquiam Wash.

FLEMING-026 Front

  • A puppy and a baby, both the same size, look at each other eye-to-eye and wonder who belongs to who. circa 1906.
  • Printed on front: Whose Baby is OO?

FLEMING-028 Front

  • Dramatic night view of crashing water at he foot of the Spokane Falls on the Spokane River. Brick buildings on the bluff above are probably part of the Spokane Flour Mill, built in 1895. The mill still exists, has been renovated, and is an integral part of the very popular Riverfront Park. circa 1913.
  • Printed on front: Lower Falls by Moonlight, Spokane, Washington.

FLEMING-025 Front

  • Passengers being conveyed from ships via landing craft and a crane-operated elevator to shore. Choppy seas in Nome, Alaska, necessitated this complicated landing process. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Landing Passengers at Nome in Rough Weather

FLEMING-029 Front

  • Pink roses adorn a painted pastoral scene of a small cottage by a river. circa 1920.
  • Printed on front: Sincere Wishes

FLEMING-031 Front

  • A log boom is a barrier set up in a waterway to collect timber cut down from nearby forests. Once collected, the booms can be towed to sawmills or on to the mouth of the river. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Log Boom, Hoquiam, Wash.

FLEMING-034 Front

  • This ship was part of a fleet called the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service, run by the Canadian Pacific Railway. From 1901-1981, these steamships provided passenger service to coastal communities, canneries, logging camps, and summer excursions to Alaska. The Princess Adelaide was built in 1910 and withdrawn from service in 1938. She was sold to Typaldos Brothers in 1949 and renamed the Anjelika. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: C.P.R. "Princess Adelaide," Pacific Coast Service

FLEMING-035 Front

  • View of Victoria, B.C.'s oldest hotel- the Dominion- built in 1876 and still in existence today. In this portrayal, the four story brick building seems to stand by itself, with a wide road in the foreground being travelled by many horses and buggies. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Dominion Hotel, Victoria, B.C.

FLEMING-032 Front

  • Two men dressed for an outing in matching jackets and hats pass through the woods in their horse and buggy. The Hoquiam River is seen through the trees at left. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: On the Hoquiam River near Hoquiam, Wash.

FLEMING-030 Front

  • The Ninth Street School, with machinery and building materials visible at the left side of the photograph. This school was heavily damaged in the earthquake of 1949, and demolished a couple of years later after a new elementary school was built. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Public School, Raymond, Wn.

FLEMING-033 Front

  • Four men wearing suits and serious expressions pose within the hull of a ship under construction. Peter Matthews established the Matthews Shipyards in 1897 to build lumber carrying schooners. Upon his death, the company was run by his son-in-law, George Hitchings, and renamed Hitchings and Joyce. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Ship Building at Hoquiam. Wash. Matthews Ship Building Co.

FLEMING-040 Back

Printed on back: You will be welcomed to the Rose Festival, Portland, Oregon, June 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1914. There will be joy every minute!

FLEMING-041 Back

  • Message: Dear Mother, hoping you are all well as this leaves us all at presant- love from all M.G.
  • Addressee: Mrs James Gilles Port Daniel Centre Bonaventure Co Canada P.Q.

FLEMING-036 Front

  • Photo of the Old Post Office in Victoria, B.C., located on the northwest corner of Government Street and Humboldt. A banner hangs above the front entrance, and horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians are passing by. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Post Office, Victoria, B.C.

FLEMING-039 Front

  • The First Baptist Church of Portland was completed in 1894. Architect Warren Hayes designed it in a Romanesque Revival style that contrasted with the more Gothic styles of other Portland churches of the time. It has been referred to as the White Temple because of the light colored sandstone from Washington State. Incorporating a half block at Taylor Street, the church is still very active today. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: The White Temple, First Baptist Church, Twelfth and Taylor Streets, Portland, Ore.

FLEMING-040 Front

  • The Portland Rose Society held their first floral parade in 1904, and in 1907, these parades were incorporated into the newly created Portland Rose Festival. Additionally, night parades- or "electric parades"-were added to the festivities featuring floats illuminated by torches and electric lights. Discontinued for some time due to rowdiness, the night parades have resumed as part of the Portland Rose Festival but are now called Starlight Parades. This photograph depicts an exotic Egyptian themed float showing "Cleopatra en Voyage". Colorful roses run along the borders of the postcard. circa 1914.
  • Printed on front: Souvenir Portland Rose Festival Electric Parade.

FLEMING-041 Front

  • Moclips is a small community on the Pacific Coast north of Hoquiam, Washington once known for its cedar shingle and shake industry. Although the caption reads "Granville Point", the photo was probably taken at Point Grenville, an area northwest of Moclips named in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver after British Secretary of State William Grenville. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Spray Rock, Granville Point, near Moclips, Wash.
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