A logger stands at the end of a cut log resting on a rail car. To illustrate the width of the timber, the logger stretches his arm up above him, but still isn't able to touch the top. circa 1910.
Printed on back: Cloud Cap Inn on the western slope of Mt. Hood, at an elevation of over 7000 feet, is an ideal spot for a summer vacation. In addition to the attractive and comfortable appointments of the inn, the far reaching view of mountains, rivers and valleys, is unsurpassed anywhere on the globe. The numerous mountain streams in the immediate vicinity afford excellent sport for the angler.
An elderly woman relaxes in one of several rocking chairs in front of the hearth at the Cloud Cap Inn. This lodge was built in 1889 by the Ladd family of Portland. It closed down at the beginning of WWII, was sold to the Forest Service in 1946, and then left empty and open to weather and vandals for 8 years. In 1954, a mountaineering club called the Hood River Crag Rats leased the building and refurbished it to use for their base. The building was placed on Oregon's Register of Historic Places in 1974. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Interior Cloud Cap Inn, near Summit of Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Originally called Mt. Pitt, this volcanic peak was renamed Mt. McLaughlin after Hudson Bay Company's John McLaughlin. Mt. McLaughlin is the tallest volcano between Mt. Shasta and Crater Lake. Although it appears perfectly conical from its south side, viewed from the east, a piece of the mountain is missing where it has been carved away by glaciers. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Mt. Pitt, or Mt. McLaughlin, Southern Oregon, Elevation 9760 ft.
Corner view of Astoria's Weinhard Hotel. 30 blocks of Astoria's downtown area were destroyed by fire in 1922. Among the casualties was this hotel. The building's decorative columns were saved, however, and are a feature of Astoria's Shively Public Park. circa 1910.
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.
