Though the card features a quite opulent, double-decked beach house on Alki Point, this card was actually mailed from Nellita, a small community in Kitsap county on Hood Canal. circa 1908. Printed on front: A Summer Home at Alki Point. Washington.

• Message on back: I miss the sight of you going down the hill in the morning little Signe. Having a fine time Harry.
• Addressee: Miss Signe Anderson 2324 So. L St. Tacoma, Wn.

• This card featuring Stadium High School and Stadium Bowl was sent from Detroit, Washington, which was a small town between Allyn and Grapeview on Case Inlet in Mason County. There is still a housing development in the area named Little Detroit--although the post office is now in Grapeview. The W. H. Opie mentioned in the card has had a presence in Tacoma since 1884, both as a builder and as a realtor. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Grand March at Stadium ? (damage)

• Message on back: 8/10/07 A Gentle reminder of when you went "Sailing, sailing o'er the sea." Signa.
• Addressee: Mr. T. J. Anderson Emerald, Wis.

• Message on back: Does this make you home sick for L St. BMJ
• Addressee: T. J. Anderson Emerald, Wis.

• Message on back: Albany, Ore. Sept. 25, '09 Hello Signa, This is near the place where my brother is going to college. We walked across this river on the bridge today and it is so clear you can see the bottom anywhere. Have you been on any more automobile rides? With love, Christine Sandstrom
• Addressee: Miss Signe Iverson 2324 So. L St., Tacoma, Wash.

St. Rita's Catholic Church, located at 1401 So. Ainsworth Avenue, was founded by Italian immigrants in 1924.

• June 21st 1907. Dear Eva: Well they have your fireplace built of chocolate colored pressed brick-the shelf is not on it yet, The big chimney is above the roof of the house-the plastering around the chimney and in the closets upstairs has the first coat on and may get the other this afternoon or tomorrow. The painting is going along slowly--only one painter here today. My room is papered and painted and we are dusting and moving the things in today. Then they will commence on my old room--they are closing up the ? ing about the chimney on the outside. The last brick they brought up were yellow soft things and I wouldn't let them put them on the chimney or it would have been done. They have not quite finished the plate rail. They sent up some of the pieces and the teamsters put them on the bottom of the load and they got all bruised but the carpenter wouldn't put them up--so we are waiting and it takes a day ot two to get anything. The cherries are ripe. The new asparagus is coming up nicely--everything I planted is up nicely as ever. --Daddy. I cannot tell all I want to for fear you would catch ??
• Addressee: Mrs. Eva K. Linck, E. Main St., Madison, Indiana.

• Jack (John W.) was the son of Tacoma Mayor John W. and Eva K. Link. Buchanan was Eva's maiden name, and they were married in Madison, Indiana--so this is likely a card to a relative. Linck was elected Mayor in 1908 and left office in 1910. Their family home was at 817 NO. J. Street.
• Printed on front: I miss the babies
• Message: I'm nearly well now am glad to say it Jack Linck

Addressee: Mrs. Kate Buchanan 702 East Main Madison Ind.

• Three loggers pose with recently felled timber. The Polson Logging Company was formed in 1895 and later bought out by Rayonier. The Polson Camps were located near Hoquiam in Grays Harbor County, Washington. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Bringing in a Turn. Camp 4 Polson Logging Co Hoquiam, Wn

A young man leans back with his arm stretched out against a huge log. This photo might have been taken in one of the Polson Company logging camps near Hoquiam, Washington. circa 1910.

• An elderly woman relaxes in one of several rocking chairs in front of the hearth at the Cloud Cap Inn. This lodge was built in 1889 by the Ladd family of Portland. It closed down at the beginning of WWII, was sold to the Forest Service in 1946, and then left empty and open to weather and vandals for 8 years. In 1954, a mountaineering club called the Hood River Crag Rats leased the building and refurbished it to use for their base. The building was placed on Oregon's Register of Historic Places in 1974. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Interior Cloud Cap Inn, near Summit of Mt. Hood, Oregon.

Printed on back: Cloud Cap Inn on the western slope of Mt. Hood, at an elevation of over 7000 feet, is an ideal spot for a summer vacation. In addition to the attractive and comfortable appointments of the inn, the far reaching view of mountains, rivers and valleys, is unsurpassed anywhere on the globe. The numerous mountain streams in the immediate vicinity afford excellent sport for the angler.

• Originally called Mt. Pitt, this volcanic peak was renamed Mt. McLaughlin after Hudson Bay Company's John McLaughlin. Mt. McLaughlin is the tallest volcano between Mt. Shasta and Crater Lake. Although it appears perfectly conical from its south side, viewed from the east, a piece of the mountain is missing where it has been carved away by glaciers. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Mt. Pitt, or Mt. McLaughlin, Southern Oregon, Elevation 9760 ft.

• View of the Andrew Carnegie funded Seattle Public Library Building, located on 4th Avenue. The Seattle Public Library dates back to 1869, when a lending library was established by Sarah Yesler. The library moved from place to place until a fire destroyed the entire collection- then located in the Yesler Mansion- in 1901. Steel magnate and library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie immediately came to the rescue by providing funds for a new, permanent structure. The sandstone, Beaux Arts style building pictured here opened in 1906, and served the public until its destruction in 1957. It has since been replaced by two more modern structures- the first in 1960, and the current building in 2004. circa 1906.
• Printed on front: Seattle Public Library.

• A small boy dressed in overalls stands on a chair to talk into an an old-fashioned telephone. circa 1912.
• Printed on front: I want to see you

Addressee: Ben Klack Polsen camp 1 Hoquiam Wash

Following the announcement that "We are Here", a small poem sends greetings to the card's recipient. Colorful illustrations depict porters carrying trunks and valises and an idyllic view of the countryside from a porch- the place of arrival. circa 1921. Printed on front: We are Here. We have hardly arrived/ Yet now contrive/ To send you a line of greeting/ By earlier post/ A word at most/ In the hope that we'll soon be meeting

• Message: Now don't say I didn't send you a card from us. We will be home some time to-morrow night, may be Sun. morning, Ellen, Bernard and myself have been going every day and evening since we got up here, I have tried to get Ellen all in, but can't, am all in myself. H.S.
• Addressee: Mr. Ben Klock 723 5th St Hoquiam Wash.

• Two men dressed for an outing in matching jackets and hats pass through the woods in their horse and buggy. The Hoquiam River is seen through the trees at left. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: On the Hoquiam River near Hoquiam, Wash.

Message: This card is for a keepsake by Dorothy B. Hansen

• View of a conservatory-like hotel lobby featuring many rocking chairs, statues along the walls holding bowls of leafy plants, and vines and potted plants hanging from a glass ceiling. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: The Lobby, Hotel Lincoln, Seattle, Wash.

• Several men walk along pathways in an Oregon park edged by a pond or reservoir. One man is feeding or trying to pet the resident goat, who is standing against the fence enjoying the attention. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: Portland, Ore., Scene in City Park