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ANDERSON-013 Back

  • Message on back: What do you think about those snaps--Come up here and we show you how to fish. B.
  • Addressee: Mr. Tobie Anderson. #1214 South 8th St. Tacoma, Washn.

ANDERSON-015 Back

  • Message on back: Did you say a transfer to So. K Street O! I beg your pardon a ? alright. I'll take a I.C.S. Bernard.
  • Addressee: T.J. Anderson Emerald, Wis.

ANDERSON-016 Front

Originally constructed as a hotel, it never opened because the structure was damaged by fire in 1898. It was converted for use as Tacoma High School in 1906. The name was changed in 1913 to Stadium High school., after Lincoln High school was built. circa 1907. Printed on front: High School, Tacoma, Wash.

ANDERSON-016 Back

  • 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
  • Addressee: T.J. Anderson Emerald, Wis.

ANDERSON-021 Front

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.

ANDERSON-022 Back

  • 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.

ANDERSON-024 Back

  • Message on back: 8/9/07 Hope you arrived safely and are having a jolly good time. Signa.
  • Addressee: Mr. T. J. Anderson Emerald, Wis.

ANDERSON-025 Front

  • 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.

ANDERSON-026 Back

  • Message on back: I got two letters from Miss Shotwell and one from Miss Hageman. Bernard.
  • Addressee: T. J. Anderson. Emerald, Wis.

ANDERSON-027 Back

  • Message on back: Dear Toby: Our address until we leave Seattle is Hotel Stewart Madison St. Please call or mile acct.
  • Addressee: Mr. T.J. Anderson, Wilkeson, Wash. c/o First Bank of Wilkeson crossed out, replaced with Scan Am. Bank Box #84, Tacoma, Wash.

ANDERSON-030 Front

  • 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.

ELLIS-001 Front

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.

FLEMING-006 Front

  • Two long rows of loggers, most of them with arms crossed, sit atop a pile of huge logs. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Camp 1 Polson Logging Co Hoquiam Wn

FLEMING-012 Front

  • A group of hardy loggers lean against a log that is taller than they are. Log hoisting machinery and cables are visible in the background. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Polson Logging Co Camp 1 Hoquiam, Wn

FLEMING-013 Front

  • A group of Pacific Northwest loggers pose by a donkey engine, among stacks of wood and various logging equipment. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Roader Camp 1 Polson Logging Co Hoquiam, Wn

FLEMING-014 Front

  • 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.
  • Printed on front: Giant Fir Hoquiam, Wash.

FLEMING-021 Front

  • Four men, possibly loggers, are dwarfed by mammoth fir trees as they pose in the woods. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Typical Forest Scene near Bellingham, Wash.

FLEMING-024 Back

  • Message: Hello Ben- How is all the family just arrived home had a fine time when are you going to come to town soon I hope- Yours, Mike
  • Addressee: Mr. Ben Klark of Polsons Camp 4 Hoquiam Wash

FLEMING-028 Back

  • 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

FLEMING-029 Front

  • Pink roses adorn a painted pastoral scene of a small cottage by a river. circa 1920.
  • Printed on front: Sincere Wishes

FLEMING-031 Front

  • 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.
  • Printed on front: Log Boom, Hoquiam, Wash.

FLEMING-034 Front

  • 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

FLEMING-035 Front

  • 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.
  • Printed on front: Dominion Hotel, Victoria, B.C.
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