• Located near the corner of Division and North "I" Street, the duck pond was once home for many years to a pair of swans until the male developed a case of wanderlust and was found as far away as Seattle. After the female died, the male was given to the Point Defiance Zoo to live out his days.
• Printed on front: Section of Wright Park, Tacoma, Wash.

• The Pierce County Court House, built in 1892 at 1012 So. G Street, was demolished in 1959 after the new County-City Building was completed. The State Armory with its distinctive arched roof and battlements, is at 715 So. 11th St., and was added to the Tacoma Historic Registry in 1976.
• Printed on front: The Pierce County Court House and State Armory, Tacoma, U.S.A.

• Built in 1909 at 1102 So. A St., the Federal Building which houses the Post Office, was added to the City Historical Register in 1975.
• Printed on front: U.S. Post Office and Custom House, Tacoma, Wash.

• A map showing the "Line of Original Emigration to the Pacific Northwest commonly known as the Old Oregon Trail." This card was part of a series sold by Washington State pioneer Ezra Meeker between 1906-1912. During this period, Meeker, one of the first emigrants to cross the trail in 1852, re-crossed it again twice by ox team and wagon, raising monuments along the way to commemorate the Trail's original pioneers.
• Printed on front: The Old Oregon Trail. The famous Trail, shown on the map, the natural gateway to the Pacific, may be said to date back to the discovery of the South pass of the Rocky Mountains in 1822 by Etienne Provost, although sections of it had been traversed by hardy adventurers in the early part of the seventeenth century. After the buffaloes came the Indians, followed in turn by trappers and traders, and these by the the intrepid missionariies who pointed the way for that mightiest migration of the world's history, the home builders of the Pacific Northwest, to the Oregon country. History does not record so great a movement for so great a distance as this, over a 2,000 mile stretch of an unknown country from the Missouri River to the Pacific coast. The Mormons in 1846 and the gold seekers of Californina in '49 followed the Oregon Trail for more than a thousand miles to the big bend of the Bear River and contended for possession of the single trail then existing, with the still passing throng to Oregon, until in later years parallel tracks were worn deep for long distances as the multitudes jostled each other in their weary westward journey. The Oregon Trail is without its parallel of picturesque sceneries, its tragedies and legends of heroism, that some day will lend a theme for an imperishable epic to go down into history for all ages, as has already been the physical marks along the way to point the spots where the multitudes passed and suffered and died.

Printed on back: This residence stands where dense forests stood in the then village of Portland, within a few hundred feet of where Ezra Meeker landed in 1852; now surrounded by stately residences and in close proximity to "Sky Scrapers" destined soon to banish it to more quiet regions.

Printed on back: To the readers left is shown a glimpse of Snake River; to the right irrigation works preparatory to carrying the water around a difficult point. This apparently barren waste will yield marvelous crops when the water reaches the land.

Printed on back: This beautiful group of elk typifies scenes of early days, but this was before the advent of the camera. Like the view, however, now at rare intervals gladden the heart of the hunters, not only in the Rockies yet also the Olympic, even above the clouds.

• A large, wooly buffalo stands imposingly in a field.
• Printed on front: The Buffalo

Printed on back: This view was taken a few moments prior to the commencement of service dedicating the childrens monument shown elsewhere in this collection. More than 5000 people attended.

• Ezra Meeker, a Washington State pioneer, undertook two re-crossing of the Old Oregon Trail between 1906-1912 to raise commemorative markers for its original pioneers. This photo was taken on the eve of his departure for the first trip. Camp 1, as he called it, was on the lawn of his own house. The Meeker Mansion was a 17- room structure built in 1890. Meeker was correct in predicting that the building would last long into the future. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and serves as a museum in the city of Puyallup.
• Printed on front: Ezra Meeker's Homestead, Puyallup, Wash. Camp No. 1, Old Oregon Trail Monument Expedition January 29th, 1906.

Printed on back: On the Plains 1906; a snap shot without posing near Wells Spring, Oregon; busy writing journal of previous day.

• Washington pioneer Ezra Meeker and his ox-driven covered wagon are shown heading a transportation parade at the Dominguez Air Meet, held on the Dominguez Ranch near Los Angeles. The parade represented developments in transportation methods, and included horses, bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, dirigibles and airplanes. Meeker spent some time in California between his two cross-country wagon journeys along the Old Oregon Trail. Participation in parades like this and the Rose Bowl Parade provided him with publicity he sought to support his cause of preserving the Trail and erecting monuments for its pioneers.
• Printed on front: Ezra Meeker at Aviation Meet. Los Angeles, 1910.

Printed on back: At the head of parade then forming; Paulham in the air just passing.

• Near the end of his first wagon journey re-crossing the Oregon Trail, Washington pioneer Ezra Meeker drives his ox team through Manhattan before proceeding on to Washington D.C. to meet with President Teddy Roosevelt. Meeker traveled twice between 1906-1912 across the Old Oregon Trail, raising funds to preserve it and erect commemorative markers. He tried to generate as much public awareness and support for his cause as possible on these journeys, which probably explains his unnecessary and difficult passage through New York.
• Printed on front: Broad Street, near Wall, New York City, 1907.

• Printed on back: The Bridge of Grass--Tacoma, WA
• Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; card by Lynn, John, Ann and Doug, And Eddie. Claudia, too.

Printed on front: Bridge of Glass Tacoma, Washington

• Printed on back: Ruston Way Tacoma, Washington
• Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Photo by Theresa Tavernero

Printed on front: World Famous Bob's Java Jive

• Printed on back: A magnificent altocumulus standing lenticular cloud hovers near Mt. Rainier viewed from Tacoma, WA
• Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; photography by Tacoma native Duncan James Livingston copyright 2009

• Printed on back: Thea Foss Waterway welcomes all mariners Arrive, Tacoma, WA
• Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; photography by Tacoma native Duncan James Livingston copyright 2009

• Printed on back: Rays of sunshine pierce the sky over the giant globe at Thea's Park along the waterfront esplanade in the City of Destiny, Tacoma, WA
• Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Photography by Tacoma native Duncan James Livingston copyright 2009

• Printed on back: Making ahoma Tacoma, The entrances are waiting, will the people return?
• Picture Tacoma Artist's Postcard Project; Remants of downtown Tacoma houses. Photo copyright 2009 Rick Semple