Native Americans, possibly from the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes, sit on a bench on front of a general store in Seattle. The windows of the store advertise lumber, groceries, and a barge company. "Siwash" was a Chinook jargon term used at the time as a catch-all name for Native Americans of all tribes. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Puget Sound Indians, "Siwash," Seattle.
View of the Andrew Carnegie funded Seattle Public Library Building, located on 4th Avenue. The Seattle Public Library dates back to 1869, when a lending library was established by Sarah Yesler. The library moved from place to place until a fire destroyed the entire collection- then located in the Yesler Mansion- in 1901. Steel magnate and library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie immediately came to the rescue by providing funds for a new, permanent structure. The sandstone, Beaux Arts style building pictured here opened in 1906, and served the public until its destruction in 1957. It has since been replaced by two more modern structures- the first in 1960, and the current building in 2004. circa 1906.
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
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.
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
Message: Friend Ben- I don't feel very good since I came back to Spokane and think I will be up there again soon you see the boat- maybe and find out if has the launch fixed and if he has her fix I will come up and run it for him Best regards to all the boys ????Regards ????
Addressee: Mr. Ben Klack Soap Lake Wash Thomas Hotel
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.
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.
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.
