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NWRPC-0064 Front

  • View of duck pond in Wright Park with houses in the background. circa 1909.
  • Printed on front: Duck Pond, Wright's Park, Tacoma, Washington.

NWRPC-0141 Back

  • Message: Tacoma, July 4th Wish you were here. Kiddie
  • Addressee: Mr. Chas. D. Weigel, c/o St. George Hotel, Walla Walla, Wash.

NWRPC-0017 Front

  • Dancing Maiden statues flank the north entrance to Wright Park. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: North Entrance, Wright Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0112 Front

  • View of Wright park from the north looking south. circa 1906.
  • Printed on front: Wright Park and Mt. Tacoma, 14529 FT-Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0054 Back

  • Message: Aug. 15-06. We start on the big "hike" tomorrow am. All O.K., start home Monday, Frank.
  • Addressee: Miss Julia Christinsen, 411 Burch St., Anaconda, Montana.

NWRPC-0112 Back

  • Message: June 14, 1906 We took a trip through the park today fine A. J. Newman
  • Addressee: Miss Hattie McPhun 1900 Turk St. San Francisco, California U.S.A.

NWRPC-0138 Front

  • This bandstand for public performances was destroyed by fire in the 1930's. circa 1916.
  • Printed on front: Mammoth cedar stump used for band stand, Wright Park, Tacoma, U.S.A.

NWRPC-0057 Back

  • Message: Dear all, I will write more when I get another chance. I hope you are well, I am. It's quite cool here all the time. Love, Hattie. Write me at Chi- until later.
  • Addressee: Mr. E. Derr, 519 N. Prospect, Sturgis, Mich.

NWRPC-0138 Back

  • Message: 10-18-16 Dear all: Will leave for the east next Wed. 26th (?) I'm ok and will be glad when I get home. I like home best yet. Will write you a letter as soon as I arrive in Chi-How is business in Sturgis? I hope there's plenty when I get home. Hattie
  • Addressee: Mrs. E. Derr 519 N. Prospect, Sturgis, Mich.

NWRPC-0130 Front

  • Early automobiles in Point Defiance Park, motoring down the dirt road. circa 1924.
  • Printed on front: The winding road in Point Defiance Park. Tacoma, U.S.A.

NWRPC-0097 Back

  • Message: Write, write, and be right Ellen
  • Addressee: Miss Estelle Lipscombe, No. 3890 - 18 St., San Francisco, Cal.

NWRPC-0118 Front

  • The camp Six Logging Museum was established in 1964 on a 14 acre site within Point Defiance Park, to educate the public about the logging industry. circa 1969.
  • Printed on front: Camp 6, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington

NWRPC-0149 Front

  • The original rose garden in Point Defiance Park was constructed of cuttings and seeds gathered by Tacoma school children in 1895. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Rose Arbor, Pt. Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0097 Front

  • Early view of young boy by pond and bridge in Point Defiance Park. circa 1906.
  • Printed on front: View in Point Defiance Park. Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0118 Back

Printed on back: Camp 6, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington This locomotive is a 90 Ton Shay, Pacific Coast Type, built 1929 at Lima, Ohio. Moved to Camp 6 in 1965 from Klickitat, Washington where it was used in logging operations by St. Regis Paper Co. It operates week-ends and Holidays (weather permitting) Memorial Day thru Labor Day.

NWRPC-0121 Front

Fort Nisqually was rebuilt within Point Defiance Park as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program to provide jobs in the 1930's. circa 1960.

NWRPC-0121 Back

Printed on back: Bastion (Block House) Fort Nisqually, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington The block houses located in the corners of the Fort provided sentry cover for those who guarded against enemy attack from without. The old British cannon now seen on the Fort grounds was previously used in the bastion. Originally there were platforms built up to the fence for men to lie on while fighting over the fence. Hudson's Bay people at one time hard a large farm outside the fence.

NWRPC-0146 Front

  • The Point Defiance Park greenhouse, built in 1901, is the large building in the upper center. This structure was torn down in the early '20s, and plant growing operations moved to another site in the park. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: View of Pt. Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0146 Back

  • Message: Tacoma, Sept. 10th '08 We saw the train leave, then went up and got the wheel and now we are ready to start home at 4:20. With love Fannie
  • Addressee: Mrs. Mary Ashley Malden, Missouri, Care Miss Daisy Tiffany

NWRPC-0149 Back

  • Message: Tacoma, Sept. 15, Dear Friend I am in the city again you see. Mrs. Sylvester asked me to come down with her and while I am waiting for her to do some shopping I thought I would send you a card. The Arbor is the one we went through last Spring when we came to see the Fleet. I expect you are tired today. How did you stand the trip? Fannie
  • Addressee: Mrs. Mary Ashley Malden, Missouri, care Miss Daisy Tiffany

NWRPC-0082 Front

  • The aquarium at Point Defiance Park was housed in the second Pavilion built at the park. circa 1940.
  • Printed on front: Deep Sea Aquarium - Point Defiance Park.

NWRPC-0086 Front

  • The Rustic Bridge was built in 1892 and was dismantled in 1920. It was constructed of stacked logs. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Rustic Bridge at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0086 Back

  • Message: Have not gone to T - at all: We have moved and just got settled when are you coming down? Anna. Tell all "hello"
  • Addressee: Mrs. George Miller, Sumner, Wash. RFD
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