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FLEMING-054 Front

  • 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.

FLEMING-059 Back

  • Message: Mama's good long letter came today. will ans soon. Having fine weather. The Roof is on and chimney built- looks fine. Having grand weather. Was glad to know that you had a dry Lincoln and hope that you will get the rain that you need. Glad that you are all well. The cards came (mailed?), they were fine. Billy sends love too, Lethe.
  • Addressee: Mr. John Watson, College View, Neb.

FLEMING-061 Front

  • Waves and sea foam crash against what is probably the South Jetty on the Columbia River. Railroad tracks run along the top of the jetty which stretches into the distance as far as we can see in the photograph. circa 1916.
  • Printed on front: Columbia River Jetty, near Seaside, Oregon. "After a Storm."

FLEMING-061 Back

  • Message: Portland February 14-1916 Friend Klock, will drop you a line. still in Portland having a good time. hoping you are getting better by this time as the last time I was up there I could not see you. Yours truly N P Nelson
  • Addressee: Mr Ben Klock Hoquiam Wash c/o Hoquiam General Hospital

FLEMING-065 Front

  • Students and instructors pass through the lobby of the Behnke-Walker Business College on their way to classes. This business school was founded around 1900, and taught skills in business related areas such as retail, real estate, insurance, and banking. The school boasted of being the only college in the U.S. in the early 1900's that equipped each office with a typewriter, and the only business school west of the Mississippi that owned an adding machine.
  • Printed on front: Success Series, Behnke-Walker Business College, Portland, Oregon. Lobby to Bookstore, Office and elevator

FLEMING-070 Back

  • Message: Hoquiam March 14 1910 Dear Father Weather is some better then when I last wrote you. hoping you are all well. M.G.
  • Addressee: Mr. James Gilles Port Daniel Centre Bonaventure Co- P.Q. Canada

FLEMING-072 Front

  • The Emergency Hospital was one of the first buildings to be completed on the AYPE grounds, tending patients both before and after the fair opened in 1909. Cases involved anything from heatstroke and minor accidents, to gunshots wounds (a man was shot in the rowdy "Streets of Cairo".) The Hospital boasted of a horse-driven ambulance stationed in a garage next door. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Emergency Hospital, Alaska, Yukon, Pacific Pacific Exposition, 1909, Official Post Card. Seattle, Wash.

FLEMING-076 Front

  • A white lighthouse, red water tower, and diminutive lighthouse keeper's house stand among the sand dunes in Westport, Washington.
  • Printed on front: U.S. Lighthouse, Westport, Washington

FLEMING-077 Front

  • A lone man walks the beach in front of Westport's lighthouse, lighthouse keeper's quarters, and a water tower . circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Light House, Westport, Wash.

FLEMING-077 Back

  • Message: Dear Father We are all well and hoping you are all enjoying the best of health. weather very cold here at present love and best wishes from all M.G.
  • Addressee: Mr James Gilles Port Danile Centre Bonaventure C. P.Q. Canada

FLEMING-079 Front

School children dressed in costumes rehearse for a pageant, play, or choir event. They stand on stage before a teacher, while other children watch from the audience seating below.

FLEMING-083 Front

  • Portrait of Kikisoblu, better known as Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle. Angeline was given her second name by Seattle pioneer Catherine Maynard, who befriended her. In 1855, a treaty required members of the Duwamish tribe to report to reservations, but Angeline remained in Seattle, living in a waterfront cabin near what is now Seattle's Pike Street Market. She made a living making baskets and taking in laundry. Postcards with her image were sold long after her death in 1896. circa 1915.
  • Printed on front: Princess Angeline. Daughter of Chief Seattle.

FLEMING-085 Front

  • View from above directly down Third Avenue, showing trolleys, the Grand Opera House, the Paxton Hotel, a billboard for Owl Cigars, and many other commercial buildings.
  • Printed on front: Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington.

FLEMING-088 Back

  • Message: Mt. Vernon Monday morning 8 a.m. Bound for Vancouver B. C. Camped in Silver Lake 6 miles South of Everett last night. Back to Seattle Hotel by Tuesday night. Ralph
  • Addressee: Mrs. RL Philbrick Hoquiam, Wash.

FLEMING-090 Front

  • The Carnation Milk Company began in Kent, Washington in 1899 as Pacific Coast Condensed Milk. Deciding the product had to have a brand name, founder Elbridge A. Stuart decided on "Carnation" after seeing an eye-catching store cigar display featuring a beautiful red carnation. This building in Mount Vernon, a condensery, began operation in 1906. circa 1917.
  • Printed on front: Carnation Milk Products Co., Mt. Vernon, Wash.

FLEMING-092 Front

  • The Wilson Bros Lumber Works was one of the large lumber concerns in the Aberdeen, Hoquaim and Cosmopolis areas. The Wishkah Mall presently sits on the site. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Wilson Bros Lumber Works, Aberdeen, Wash.

FLEMING-093 Back

  • Message: Monday Morn. Dear Mother-the box of bulbs came this morning. We will plant them this evening. Many thanks for them and the seeds. They will help fill our garden and I hope will do well. Billy pulled the first radish today. Says he is going to send it to the ? Had a white frost Sat. night and the beans and tomatoes looked black yesterday-may live through it. We awful busy but hope to get well finished this week. Love to you all, Lethe. ? to wind the desk key.-
  • Addressee: Mrs. John Watson. College View, Neb. Box 87.

FLEMING-095 Front

  • The Great Northern Railway came to Everett in 1893, the same year the city was founded. circa 1917.
  • Printed on front: Great Northern Depot, Lower View, Everett, Washington.

FLEMING-097 Front

  • Ornate hotel in Bellingham, with repeating arches in the windows and in the exterior architectural features. circa 1917.
  • Printed in front: Hotel Fairhaven, Bellingham, Wash.

FLEMING-099 Front

Aerial view of the Westport harbor. Westport was founded in 1914 and is in Grays Harbor county. circa 1970.

FLEMING-101 Front

  • The Ginkgo (not Gingko, as written on the front of the postcard) Petrified Forest is part of the Wanapum Recreational Area in Vantage, Washington. The park and a small museum opened to the public in 1938. circa 1940.
  • Printed on front: Petrified Log Gingko State Park-Wn.

FLEMING-103 Back

Printed on back: Government Locks, Seattle, separate Puget Sound from freshwater Lake Union and Lake Washington. Large ocean steamers easily pass through these enormous locks.

FLEMING-107 Back

Printed on back: Peach Arch in Blaine, Washington, on the United States-Canadian International boundary, was erected as a symbol of goodwill and mutual understanding between the two countries. In Blaine also is the United States Customs Office. Tour the west this year with 76 gasoline

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