Message on back: Berg has not gone to Coos Bay yet, he has to much business on "L" St. Don't be so grouchy lossen up and write a fellow or her any way. Bernard
Tobie J. Anderson and his new Model T, posing in front of the pavilion in Point Defiance Park. The Pavilion was built c. 1902, and featured a restaurant and boat rental concessions. By the late 1930's the building had been demolished. circa 1912.
Printed on back: Point Defiance Park consists of 640 acres of natural woodland, surrounded by ten miles of shore-line of Puget Sound waters. From the park, to the west, may be seen the Olympic Range, and to the west, Cascade Range with Mount Tacoma rising to a height of over 14,519 feet. The scenery here is delightfully picturesque.
Message on back: Daer Freind (sic): Rec. Telegr. from Alaska--and everything satisfactory--Leaving Seattle next month. Best Wishes, Yours H. Christensen?
Addressee: Mr. T. J. Anderson First Bank Wilkeson, Wash.
This card doesn't look to have been used postally, but nevertheless the intent was made clear in some other way, since the writer, Signa Theresa Iverson, went on to marry the intended recipient, Tobie John Anderson. By the 1920 census they were married and had their first child Sydney, by the1930 census they had two children, with the addition of Neil. circa 1908.
Printed on front: On the cliffs at Mt. Tacoma, near Tacoma, Wash.
The Willamette River is a tributary of the Columbia River. It is a87 miles long, and it flows from the coastal mountains to the Cascade Range in western Oregon. It was named a national American Heritage River in 1997 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. circa 1909.
Printed on front: Ferry on Willamette River, Corvallis, Ore.
John W. Linck was elected Mayor of Tacoma in 1908, and left the office in 1910. He was married to the former Eva K. Buchanan in 1896. This postcard is believed to be about the remodeling of their home at 817 No. J Street in Tacoma, once owned by pioneers John and Virginia Mason.
Three determined looking loggers pose with their giant saw next to a fir tree. The loggers' work appears to be almost done: the tree has a huge gash sawed into it, and is on the verge of crashing down. circa 1910.
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
A log boom is a barrier set up in a waterway to collect timber cut down from nearby forests. Once collected, the booms can be towed to sawmills or on to the mouth of the river. circa 1910.
This ship was part of a fleet called the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service, run by the Canadian Pacific Railway. From 1901-1981, these steamships provided passenger service to coastal communities, canneries, logging camps, and summer excursions to Alaska. The Princess Adelaide was built in 1910 and withdrawn from service in 1938. She was sold to Typaldos Brothers in 1949 and renamed the Anjelika. circa 1910.
Printed on front: C.P.R. "Princess Adelaide," Pacific Coast Service
View of Victoria, B.C.'s oldest hotel- the Dominion- built in 1876 and still in existence today. In this portrayal, the four story brick building seems to stand by itself, with a wide road in the foreground being travelled by many horses and buggies. circa 1910.
