Printed on back: Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Washington) - One of the longest suspension bridges in the world connects the City of Tacoma with the most beautiful and scenic Olympic Peninsula.
Printed on back: The Narrows Bridge and Mount Rainier Washington This ultra modern bridge costing $18,000,000 connects the Olympic Peninsula, America's Last Frontier, to the mainland of the great and developed Puget Sound area.
According to HistoryLink.org, this Totem Pole was stolen by members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce from the Tlingit Tribe, while the group was on a "Good Will" tour of southeast Alaskan ports, sponsored by the Seattle Post Intelligencer. 8 men were indicted in Federal court but never served papers -- and the suit was later dismissed by a U.S. District Court judge, as one of his first acts in office, after he was "entertained at the Rainier Club" while visiting Seattle. The Tlingits wanted $20,000 for the stolen item -- the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ended up paying them $500. After the original was damaged by fire in 1938, it was replaced by a replica carved by the descendants of the people who created the original pole. circa 1908.
Printed on front: The Totem Pole in the Pioneer Square. Seattle, Wash.
Message: January the 7th, 1910 Dear Mrs. Thorsen, This is my and Arthurs birthday. I am 50 isn't that afull old. Please get me one of those cakes of (always young) for me. Send it with James he is coming down Sunday. Goldie has got twin genes isn't it afful. Love from Mr. Nilson
Addressee: Mrs. Harry Thorsen, Billings, Mont. 207 So. 31. Str.
Broad view of northern downtown Tacoma, with Old City Hall and the Northern Pacific Headquarters to the right, the railyards to the left, and Mount Rainier in the distance. circa 1908.
Printed on front: Gateway to the City, Tacoma, Wash.
Message: Tacoma, Wash. 6-4-08 Dear friend: Were you in town all day the 30th? How did you enjoy the celebration? The battleships looked fine. Didn't they? How are you getting along? I am going to try to call the next time I come out home. Lovingly, Myrtle E. Price (957 Tac. Ave.,)
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
Broad view of northern downtown Tacoma, with Old City Hall and the Northern Pacific Headquarters to the right, the railyards to the left, and Mount Rainier in the distance. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Gateway to the city, Tacoma, Washington
Bustling Pacific Avenue business district. The Peoples Store, lower right, was built in 1895. The Berlin Building, just north across 11th street, was built in 1892 and demolished in 1919. Old City Hall in upper left corner. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, the City Hall at the End of the Street.
Printed on back: Business Section--Tacoma---Mt. Rainier in background. Towering man-made mountains, the skyscrapers in the foreground, provide dramatic contrast to nature's mountain looming in the background. Dominating a harbor listed by the United State as one of the five best in the world, Tacoma is the lumber capitol of America, railroad, steamship and highway center, famous for its efficient municipal government, low cost of living, pure soft water supplied from artesian wells and mountain rivers. Since 1841 when the region was first explored, the peacetime population of the Tacoma metropolitan area has grown to 156,000.
Message: 415 So. 7th St., Tacoma, Wash. 6-5-14. Dear Friend: - Your pretty card received many thanks. yes I have a kodak. I would like very much to have a picture of yourself, Sincerely, Niel A.
