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NWRPC-0120 Back

  • Message: 7/11/7. At last I am "camping": Look for me last of August and don't come home until after I have had a visit with you. DE
  • Addressee: Miss Bessie Wade, 50 St. Germain St., Boston Mass.

NWRPC-0124 Front

  • Climbers walking down the edge of a crevasse on Mount Rainier. circa 1920.
  • Printed on front: Beautiful Washington. Along the Edge of a Crevasse, Mount Rainier.

NWRPC-0134 Back

  • Message: (?) K. M. Envolsen, Sta. 14, Tacoma, Wash.
  • Addressee: Mr. Martin Nielsen, Sindasygranstalten Middlefast Denmark. Europe

NWRPC-0143 Back

  • Message: Dear sister Ethel, We had a dandy boat ride yesterday. Today is very hot, so I am not feeling well. But still were having a good time. Tomorrow we're going to Point Defiance Park. goodby from your sister Elvera.
  • Addressee: Miss Ethel Rocene, 1223 Lombard ave. Everett, Wash.

NWRPC-0147 Back

  • Message: We got to camp all night but we haven't moved yet we are going to move sometime this week see but I am tired, Minnie
  • Addressee: Mrs. Julia Goodpaster, Elma, Wash.

NWRPC-0072 Front

  • Momma bear and her offspring exploring on Mount Rainier. circa 1920.
  • Printed on front: Native Brown Bear and Triplets, Rainier National Park.

NWRPC-0109 Front

  • View of Paradise Valley in Rainier National Park. Two horseback riders can be seen in the foreground. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Mt. Rainier from Paradise Valley, Wash. Rainier National Park.

NWRPC-0144 Front

  • Men hiking through Nisqually Glacier, likely observing mining operations. circa 1912.
  • Printed on front: Nesqually Glacier, Rainier National Park, Washington.

NWRPC-0144 Back

  • Message: May 27, 1912 Dear Sister all, Read your card all right. They were all right many thanks for same. Everyone is well. Henry is still at Hol-Sake he is improving very slow. We're having miserable weather here. hope these few lines finds you all well. Write soon your old sis.
  • Addressee: Mrs. Julia Goodpaster; Elma, Wash. Box 253

NWRPC-0015 Front

  • Photo of man leaning against driftwood on Puget Sound. circa 1901.
  • Printed on front: Drift wood Islands on Puget Sound, Wash.

NWRPC-0123 Front

  • Sun rising or setting over Puget Sound. circa 1920.
  • Printed on front: Solitary night on beautiful Puget Sound.

NWRPC-0185 Front

  • Large salmon catch being netted on Puget Sound. circa 1915.
  • Printed on front: Seining for Salmon, Puget Sound, Wash.

NWRPC-0169 Back

  • Message: Friend Fred, the man did not take my place. Your brother can have it if he wants it. Roy Duval
  • Addressee: Mr. Fred Goodpaster, Elma, Wash.

NWRPC-0187 Front

Preliminary plans for the Grand Coulee Dam were made in the early 1920's, but the dam itself was not completed until 1941. The powerhouses and pumping plants were worked on during World War II and completed by 1946. 12 million cubic yards of concrete were used in the project, making it the largest concrete structure in the world. circa 1945.

NWRPC-0187 Back

Printed on back: Grand Coulee Dam is the biggest thing ever built by man. Into it was poured enough concrete to build a standard highway from Seattle to New York and back again to Puget Sound via Los Angeles.

NWRPC-0033 Front

The Seattle-Tacoma Airport was constructed by the Port of Seattle in 1944, with some monetary help from Tacoma. circa 1960.

NWRPC-0030 Front

  • Ships off-loading cargo at the Tacoma waterfront. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: New Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound R.R. Dock. The Tacoma Maru at left, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0050 Back

Printed on back: Gig Harbor, Washington. Located on a tip of the Olympic Peninsula, this beautiful Harbor provides entertainment for lovers of salt-water activity. Adjacent to the Narrows Bridge residents here are only a few minutes from Tacoma or Bremerton.

NWRPC-0172 Back

  • Printed on back: World's Largest Frying Pan, Long Beach, Wash. This frying pan has been used for many years for a clam festival.
  • Message: Hi, We have been lucky to have good weather to start off our vacation at the ocean. We got up at five this morning to go clam digging & all got our limit. Great tides and perfect swimming whether. Hope all is as well at home and things are running smooth. Diane
  • Addressee: Literature Department, Tacoma Public Library, 1102 Tacoma Ave. Tacoma 2, Washington.

NWRPC-0173 Back

  • Message: Aug. 1912 Hello Julia and Fred I received your card and all. Here is every thing ? in ?and how did you like the rain storm we had the other day in the good old summer time and how is the kids? Love to all and good night Hxxx Dxxxx
  • Addressee: Mrs. Julia Goodpasture Elma, Wash.

NWRPC-0224 Front

  • View of a large high school building in Kent, Washington. It was built some time before 1909 and was probably the same school that later became Kent Junior High School. circa 1915.
  • Printed on front: High School, Kent, Wash.

NWRPC-0224 Back

Message: Dear Aunt Flora: This shows our school building at Kent. The high school of which I am principal occupies most of the upper floor. We wish you Auntie and all our cousins and relatives a very happy New Year. Herbert & Lulie.

NWRPC-0236 Back

  • Message: Dear Carrie, we came over here from Frazer Mills last Sat.-All well. ? you have been sick. Am fully sorry I have been to busy eating to make any letters. Had a lovely time in ? & in Vancouver. We took two days to come here from ? Came by boat and took in other places. We go to Tacoma Thursday. Japanese Fleet is there 24th. We are going ? Love from all, Em
  • Addressee: Mrs. Earl Rogers Coeur d' Alene Idaho.
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