• View down Second Street of the business district of the Dalles. This city is located in Wasco County, Oregon, on the Columbia River and is historically known as the end of he Oregon Trail. The photo was possibly taken during a holiday. Some of the buildings are festively adorned with American flags. "O.-W. R. & N." refers to the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, a railroad system that ran through Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and was eventually absorbed into the Union Pacific Railroad Company. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Second St., The Dalles, Ore.

• When gold was discovered in eastern Oregon in 1861, a rush of incoming miners created Baker City, a town formally incorporated in 1874. Baker City is now known more for its tourist industry. The photo shows men in an open pit employing placer mining techniques which involve the use of water to mine, move, and separate minerals from deposits of sand and gravel. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Placer Mining near Baker, Ore. On line of O.-W. R & N.

• Exterior and interior photographs of Tacoma's original Carnegie library building, funded by steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The building, completed in 1903, now houses the Tacoma Public Library's Northwest Room history collection, and is annexed to the more modern main branch of the Tacoma Public Library. circa 1906.
• Printed on front: Tacoma Public Library Tacoma, Wash.
• Message: (The message is in Norwegian).

Addressee: Mr. Ben Klock Polson Camp 1 Hoquiam Wahs

• A dapperly dressed man poses next to a fallen Spruce tree, reaching his arm up its side. The width of the huge tree is almost twice the height of the man. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: A Fallen Giant (Spruce) Aberdeen, Wash.

• Four elegantly dressed ladies wearing flowered bonnets, a small child, and a somewhat disengaged gentleman ride in a car trimmed with ferns and roses. They are participating in the 1909 Portland Rose Festival Parade, an annual event that originated in 1907. Details in the postcard are tinted in pastel hues of pink, green, and blue. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: Decorated Automobile in Portland, Ore., Rose Festival Parade.

• Message: Crater Laker Ore- Dear ones, Wed- We were up at this beautiful spot on Sun. with gertrude and Claude- Have been having a wonderful time. Every bit of furnishing is made by hand in this lodge. Love, mother
• Addressee: Mr. & Mrs. M.E. Buckman. 3153 Liberty Fresno Calif.

• View of a conservatory-like hotel lobby featuring many rocking chairs, statues along the walls holding bowls of leafy plants, and vines and potted plants hanging from a glass ceiling. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: The Lobby, Hotel Lincoln, Seattle, Wash.

• Message: Am up here to the rose carnival Came up on the boat. my very first trip on the old ocean. not very much in love with the water, ha ha- This is a beautiful place I am very anxious to have a home here. will write more later. love to all from "Glee" 743 Fern Ave. Portland Heights Portland Oregon.
• Addressee: Miss Lethe Watson College View Nebraska

• Message: Mr & Mrs Baumert, Kind friends!- We reached Wallace the 5th at 8 PM regestered in Spokane 8:30 AM. Just wait till I get that claim. J. W. looking fine 11 of us went on a picnic yesterday, was 5000 ft above sea level. Visited a lead and zinc(?) mine 400 men working Pay well for time (?). 55 thousand dollars (?) coming down the mountain at sunset . lovely sight. How is Mr B. is he on crutches yet, give Daddy & Mr B my regards. (signature illegible).
• Addressee: Mrs Wm Baumert Laura St. N. Aberdeen. Wash.

• Message: We have just left Aberdeen today. Are nearly at Portland. We had the dandiest time with mr & mrs Baumert. They certainly showed us a dandy big time. Have lots to talk to you about. We are getting the Washington (fever?) bad. We are certainly enjoying ourselves
• Addressee: Mrs John Watson College View Nebraska.

• A poem of greetings from Washington is nestled between two scenic photographs of the state featuring vivid blue rivers, craggy bluffs, and lush hillsides. circa 1916.
• Printed on front: Greetings from Washington. From the sun-kissed hills of the Treasure State, From her plains and valleys, too; From her forests of pine and waiving wheatfields Come heartiest greetings to you. May your days be bright as her sapphire skies- Your joys as pure as her snow-blown air; your peace the peace of her star-gemmed nights, Your hearts as her song birds, free from care.

• Timberline Lodge, situated on the south side of Mt. Hood 60 miles east of Portland, was built in 1936-1937 during the Great Depression. Unemployed, skilled craftsmen hired by the Works Progress Administration constructed the lodge entirely by hand. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978. circa 1939.
• Printed on front: Timberline Lodge and Mt. Hood- Gov't Camp, Oregon

• Message: Sun. morning. We didn't go to Star (?) last night. Jean is home. It rainy. We are all well but miss you- Hope I get a letter this morning- Lots of love to you from all, Lethe
• Addressee: W. M. Baumert. Aberdeen, Wash. 505 E. Wishkah.

• Two loggers balance on timber floating in a log boom. A saw mill is busily puffing out smoke in the background.
• Printed on front: Washington Saw Mill.

• Message: Dear Aunt & Uncle Reached Tacoma O.K. Hope your cold is better and that you have a lovely trip home Myrtle
• Addressee: Mr & Mrs John Watson 918 Laura St Aberdeen Wash.

• Several men walk along pathways in an Oregon park edged by a pond or reservoir. One man is feeding or trying to pet the resident goat, who is standing against the fence enjoying the attention. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: Portland, Ore., Scene in City Park

• Message: Dear Dora: Rec'd your card yesterday morning. Anna and I were to Hillsborog thursday we saw quite a number from Scholls, but didn't see you. We saw Mr. & Mrs. Loper and Roy and Gail. Miss Lewis and I went to the Herlig Theatre yesterday to the matinee to see the morning pictures of the Durbar (?). It was just fine. Mr. Marm (?) is about the same. Henry and wife came this morning. I can't hardly wait until you come down. We're planning to give you a time of your life. Also I am anxious for you to see your big nephew. he weighs 14 lbs. We'll write a little in a few ? Where did you celebrate at? How is Ma? ? (The rest is illegible.)
• Addressee: Miss Dora Hansen, Laurel, Oregon

• Printed on back: The State of Washington is famous for its timber industries, some of the largest saw-mills in the world being located on Puget Sound.
• Message: 1-26-10 Dear People- I am sitting with my window wide open and my frog is singing in the sun. I wish we would not ? so much rain for I could get along so nicely with less. But I put on my rubber coat hat and boots and go whistling down to the office dry, love to all.
• Addressee: Mrs. John Watson, College View, Neb, Box 87.

• Humorous picture of a dandily dressed dog, smoking a pipe while reclining on a settee.
• Printed on front: As I was going to say, we would enjoy working if we didn't have to do it.

• People strolling on paths or touring in autombiles through a forested park featuring an elaborate water fountain.
• Printed on front: City Park, showing Fountain, Portland, Ore.

• Message: The folks around last morning after I mailed my card to you, was de-lighted to see the boys it was so un-expected to see them ? into the ? they both look so nice Bertha
• Addressee: Mrs. R. L. Philbrick Hoquiam Washington 610- 6th

• Message: (The message is in Norwegian).
• Addressee: Mr. Ben Klock. Polson Camp 4

• Wooden schooners are lined up at a dock in Tacoma, waiting to be loaded with piles of timber resting in the foreground.
• Printed on front: Loading Lumber for Shipment, TACOMA, Washington.

• View of the front and right side of the Lewis & Clark Exposition's Forestry building- a large, rustic structure made almost entirely of rough-hewn logs.
• Printed on front: Lewis & Clark Exposition Portland, Or. 1905. Forestry Building.

• Message: Chehalis, Wash. March 7, '09. Washington is better than Oregon- Rain, the first I have seen.
• Addressee: Lethe E. Watson Lincoln, Nebr. College View

• Front view of a large brick school trimmed with white around the windows and doors. An old automobile passes before the building on an otherwise empty street. Jefferson High School still exists. It was founded in 1909, and is a public school located in north Portland.
• Printed on front: Jefferson High School, Portland, Ore.

• This 5-story grand hotel was built on a bluff in Tacoma in 1884. It was destroyed in a catastrophic fire October 17, 1935.
• Printed on front: Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, Wash.

• A logger leans back against an enormous log resting on a rail car. This is probably one of two logs exhibited at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Exposition where two huge pieces of timber, interchangeably referred to as the "Big Stick", were displayed at the Forestry Building. This might be the 156 feet long log cut down in Cowlitz County, shipped by the Castle Rock Logging Company to Seattle, and displayed on the back porch of the Forestry Building. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: A Washington "Big Stick".
• Message: Teddy will need this when he gets back to America

• A girl in a pink, flouncy dress swings her bonnet daintily as she stands next to the poem about Ballard, Washington. It is a generic poem- the name of the city must be handwritten in.
• Printed on front: The name of this town is Ballard/ And I'm having the greatest fun/ I hate to think of leaving/ Wish my visit had just begun/ Have met the jolliest people/ So if ever you're up this way/ I'm sure you will have a good time/ Even tho' you're here but one day!