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	PETERSON-28 Front caption: American Bank Building, Everett, Wash. Date: c. 1910 Publisher: Portland Post Card Co., Portland, Ore. & Seattle, Wash. Printer: Made in Germany Notes: No. 5124 Description: Large stone building in Everett with automobiles and people in front. Subjects: Historic buildings; Automobiles; Business districts--Everett; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	SIRLES-15 Back caption: Seattle, Washington Looking north on Third Avenue and showing a section of the business section of the "Queen City". Date: c.1952 Publisher: Published by Smith's Scenic Views, Tacoma, Washington Notes: Color by Kyle Smith, 14472 Description: Although not mailed until 1967, this card shows an earlier Seattle. Prominent in the photo are both Woolworths and Kress department stores, and many automobiles of forties and early fifties vintage. Subjects: Department stores--Seattle--1950-1960; Street scenes--Seattle--1950-1960; Automobiles; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	ANDERSON-15 Front caption: Looking up Eleventh St. from Pacific Ave. Tacoma, Wash. Date: c. 1907 Publisher: Publ. by Theodore's Book Store Co., Tacoma Printer: E.C. Kropp, Milwaukee-- Notes: No. 3 Description: Fairly common view of downtown Tacoma for the time period, with pedestrians bustling about, and a streetcar and automobiles featured. The Equitable Building, built in 1891 as the Merchants National Bank, and renamed in 1897 is to the left--and the building to the right was demolished in 1920 to make way for the Rust Building. Subjects: Business districts; Street railroads--Tacoma--1900-1910; Urban renewal; Automobiles; Category: Downtown
	STOVER-14 Front caption: Eleventh Street, Tacoma, Washington. Date: c. 1910 Printer: Printed in Germany. Notes: "Carte Postale Universelle", Washington Series No. 454. E Pluribus Unum emblem on back of card. Description: Fairly common view of downtown Tacoma for the time period, with pedestrians bustling about, and a streetcar and automobiles featured. The Equitable Building, built in 1891 as the Merchants National Bank, and renamed in 1897 is to the left--and the building to the right was demolished in 1920 to make way for the Rust Building. Subjects: Business districts; Street railroads--Tacoma--1900-1910; Urban renewal; Automobiles; Category: Stores and Shopping
	GREENWOOD-65 Front caption: Public Market Seattle, Washington Date: c. 1955 Publisher: C. P. Johnston Co., Seattle, Washington Printer: C. T. Art-Colortone Notes: 2150 Description: Colorful farm trucks and 50's era automobiles are parked in front of the Public Market, beneath a large red neon sign reading "Public Market Center". A clock tells us it is about 9:15, and business seems to be humming right along on this sunny morning. Subjects: Pike Place Market (Seattle); Truck farming--Seattle; Markets--Seattle; Historic Buildings--Seattle; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	STENGER-14 Date: c. 1925 Description: Tacoma Parcel Delivery truck in neighborhood sporting sidewalks and an unpaved road. Man working in his garden on the far right. Subjects: Gardening; Delivery boys--Tacoma; Automobiles--1920-1930; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1920-1930; Category: Homes and Subdivisions
	NWRPC-166 Front caption: Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma, Washington. "Unequalled Location". Back caption: Donnelly Hotel Tacoma, Washington Light Spacious Sample Rooms-Free garage-Unequalled Location-Rates $1.25 up "A Bed Deluxe in every Room" "Economy with Comfort" Date: c. 1920 Publisher: Made by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, U. S. A. Notes: A-100207 Description: Built as the Fife Hotel on the Fife Block in 1887, it was completely remodeled and opened as the Donnelly Hotel in 1898. The building was demolished in 1925. Subjects: Hotel Donnelly (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma; City & town life--Tacoma; Historic buildings--Tacoma; Automobiles--Tacoma; Address (Links to Buildings Index): 742-50 PACIFIC AVE. Category: Hotels and Motels
	FLEMING-184 Front caption: Overhead Viaduct Blue Mountain Pass Between La Grande and Pendleton, Oregon On the Old Oregon Trail Date: c. 1930 Publisher: Wesley Andrews Co., Portland, Ore. Notes: 640, 939-30 Description: In the middle 19th century, the Blue Mountains were a formidable obstacle on the Oregon Trail and was often the last mountain range pioneers had to cross before reaching either southeast Washington near Walla Walla or passing down the Columbia River Gorge to end of the Oregon Trail in the Willamette Valley near Oregon City. Subjects: Bridges; Mountains; Automobiles--1930-1940; Category: Oregon
	FLEMING-91 Front caption: July fourth. Hoquiam 1911. Date: c. 1911 Description: A parade celebrating Independence Day features an elaborately decorated car with an abundance of flowers and a blossom and ribbon crowned deer's head. Flags are draped across the deer and flown from both sides of the car. Subjects: Parades & processions; Flags--United States; Flowers--Wash.; Automobiles; Category: Fairs, Parades, Expositions, Clubs and Events
	FLEMING-94 Front caption: Frink Boulevard Serpentine, Seattle U.S.A. Date: c. 1917 Publisher: Published by Lowman & Hanford Co., Seattle, U.S.A. Notes: Photo by Frank H. Nowell. R-42171 Description: Originally a private park founded in 1883, much of the land was purchased by John M. and Abbie H. Frink and gifted to Seattle on October 25, 1906. The park's roadways and paths were designed by the famed Olmsted Associates in Brookline, Massachusetts, who took over the firm of their father, Frederick Law Olmsted-- to maximize the views of Lake Washington and to interconnect with other parks in Seattle. The parks paths, trails and footbridges were spruced up in anticipation of the AYPE held in Seattle in 1909, and an active friends group provides maintenance and restoration of native plants to the park today. Subjects: Parks--Washington; Automobiles; Paths & trails; Landscape architecture facilities; Category: Parks (general)
	ANDERSON-11 Front caption: Sreet Scene--Enumclaw, Wn. Date: c. 1930 Notes: Ellis 3401 Description: The Trommald Building in Enumclaw, located at 1523-1525 Cole St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Subjects: Historic buildings; Business districts; Automobiles; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	FLEMING-44 Front caption: Decorated Automobile in Portland, Ore., Rose Festival Parade. Date: c. 1909 Publisher: Portland Post Card Co., Portland, Ore. and Seattle, Wash. Printer: Made in Germany. Notes: 2005 Description: Four elegantly dressed ladies wearing flowered bonnets, a small child, and a somewhat disengaged gentleman ride in a car trimmed with ferns and roses. They are participating in the 1909 Portland Rose Festival Parade, an annual event that originated in 1907. Details in the postcard are tinted in pastel hues of pink, green, and blue. Subjects: Floats (parades)--Portland; Festivals--Portland; Roses; Automobiles; Category: Fairs, Parades, Expositions, Clubs and Events
	SUSAN-23 Front caption: Ezra Meeker at Aviation Meet. Los Angeles, 1910. Back caption: At the head of parade then forming; Paulham in the air just passing. Date: c. 1910 Publisher: Published by Ezra Meeker, Seattle, Wash. Printer: Made in U.S.A. Notes: 23. Oregon Trail Monument Expedition Post Card A-15606 This card was sold as part of a packaged set. Description: 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. Subjects: Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928; Pioneers; Trails & paths--Oregon; Ox teams; Covered wagons; Airplanes; Parades & processions--California; Category: Pioneers
	STENGER-342 Front caption: Am Going Der Limit In Tacoma Und I Wish You Vas Here to Go Der Limit Too Date: c. 1913 Printer: Made in U.S.A. Notes: S187 Description: Generic card sold to many cities simply by changing the name in the flag. Subjects: Tourism--Tacoma; Publicity; Automobiles; Category: Just for Fun
	MAGDEN-78 Front caption: Over-looking Tacoma's fast developing Civiv Center--First Presbyterian Church and Scottish Rite Cathedral (left background) Date: c. 1927 Distributor: Tacoma Chamber of Commerce Notes: Copyright--an Official Tacoma Chamber of Commerce photograph; C-106 Description: Tacoma Chamber of Commerce postcard showing the Scottish Rite Cathedral and the First Presbyterian Church in the latter 1920's. Many cars are lined up along the streets in front of and to the sides of the buildings. Subjects: Scottish Rite Cathedral (Tacoma); First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Promotional materials; Publicity; Automobiles; Address (Links to Buildings Index): 20 TACOMA AVE. SO; 5 SO. G ST. Category: Historic Buildings
	FLEMING-222 Front caption: Historical Society Library, Lincoln, Neb. Date: c. 1910 Description: One time location of the Historical Society Library in Lincoln, Nebraska. Message on this card likely promotes prohibition. Subjects: Historic buildings; Libraries--Nebraska; Horses; Automobiles--1910-1920; Category: Libraries
	PETERSON-9 Front caption: Columbia Gorge looking East from Crown Point, Columbia River Highway, Oregon. Back caption: 8319 COLUMBIA GORGE FROM CROWN POINT. Showing Cape Horn and Castle Rock in the distance. This view shows the concrete supports on the brink of Thor's Heights, and is one of the most prominent viewpoints along the Columbia River. Date: c. 1920 Publisher: Published by The Oregon News Co., Portland, Oregon. Notes: 8319, Americhrome, Portland, Ore. Description: Crown Point is the name of a promontory on the Columbia River Gorge and an associated state park in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in eastern Multnomah County, approximately 15 miles east of Portland. Crown Point is one of the scenic lookouts along the Historic Columbia River Highway, providing a panoramic view of part of the Columbia River. It stands 733 feet above the river and is remains of a lava flow that filled the Columbia River channel 14 million years ago. Subjects: Rivers--Washington (State); Automobiles; Aerial views; Columbia River (Ore.); Category: Lakes and Rivers
	FLEMING-246 Date: c. 1907 Description: Studio card with two gentlemen "motoring" to or from San Francisco. Many photography studios of the era had painted backdrops that people posed with. Subjects: Automobiles; Photography industry--Washington; Studio props; Category: Just for Fun
	SIRLES-66 Back caption: Thunderbird Motel Seaside, Oregon 1021 S. Downing St.--2 blocks from the ocean, 5 blocks south of Broadway. 10 blocks North of Golf Course. Heated swimming pool. All electric--32 units. Phone RE 8-6431. Date: c. 1963 Publisher: Photographed and published by George Mood, Seattle, Washington Notes: S-32393, Restricted--see NWR staff; Description: The Thunderbird Motel in Seaside, Oregon as it looked in the early sixties. Subjects: Motels; Automobiles--1960-1970; Travel; Category: Hotels and Motels
	MAGDEN-56 Front caption: The-"Auto"-Driveway-Buckley-Wash.- Date: c. 1909 Description: The City of Buckley is south of Enumclaw on the White River in north central Pierce County. An early automobile road is featured here. Subjects: Roads--Washington; Automobiles; Electricity; Trees; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	FLEMING-186 Back caption: Post Card in several languages. Date: c. 1908 Publisher: Published by S. & M. New York and Berlin. Printer: Printed in Germany. Notes: ESD Serie 1904--1650. Description: Cartoon depiction of a behatted horse and his rider pulling an automobile to the delight of some onlookers. Subjects: Horseback riding; Automobiles; Spectators; Category: Just for Fun
	FLEMING-157 Front caption: Fourth Street, Looking East Ellensburg, Wash. Date: c. 1915 Notes: 50227 Description: Ellensburg is the county seat of Kittitas County, and is located near the geographical center of Washington. The town was founded in 1871, incorporated in 1884, and prospered after the Northern Pacific Railroad arrived in 1886. The Washington State Normal School, chartered here in 1891, is now known as Central Washington University. Subjects: Streets; Historical buildings; Automobiles--1910-1920; Pedestrians; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	FLEMING-311 Front caption: Everett looking east from Wetmore Ave. Date: c. 1910 Publisher: Published by Hill's News Stand, Everett, Washington. Printer: Made in Germany. Description: Everett was officially incorporated on May 4, 1893, the year the Great Northern Railroad came to the town. It was named for the son of Charles Colby, who along with Henry Hewitt and Colgate Hoyt founded the city. Everett is the county seat and largest city in Snohomish County. Subjects: Pioneers--Washington (State); Great Northern Railway Co.; Historic buildings; Automobiles; Business districts--Everett; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	PETERSON-12 Front caption: Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley Back caption: Along the Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway Date: c. 1939 Printer: Photographed and copyrighted by Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada Description: Takakkaw Falls is a waterfall located in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, in Canada. Its highest point is 1260 feet, making it the second longest waterfall in Canada. Subjects: Waterfalls; Automobiles; Trees; Canadian Pacific Railway; Category: Canada
	FLEMING-89 Front caption: Residence View on South 3rd Street Mt. Vernon, Wash. Date: c. 1917 Notes: 50248 Description: Mt. Vernon, named for George Washington's plantation estate, is the county seat for Skagit County. It was established in 1893, and is well known for hosting the annual Tulip Festival. Subjects: Tulips; Residential streets; Automobiles--Washington; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	FLEMING-49 Front caption: City Park, showing Fountain, Portland, Ore. Date: 1912 Notes: 7476. Description: People strolling on paths or touring in autombiles through a forested park featuring an elaborate water fountain. Subjects: Parks--Oregon; Fountains; Automobiles--1910-1920; Category: Oregon
	MAGDEN-77 Date: c.1908 Description: Within the shadow of the Mount Rainier looming above them, the men below are busy setting up pup-tents. Wearing the same uniforms, boots and hats, they are most likely either a military unit of some sort, or the contingent of Park Rangers. In 1908 the park was opened to automobiles, necessitating the year-round force of rangers that was Congressionally approved in 1910. Prior to that time, the ranger force was hired seasonally. Subjects: Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Military; Tents; Trees; Category: Mount Rainier
	ANDERSON-28 Front caption: Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington Date: c. 1911 Publisher: Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher Notes: 829 Description: View of bustling downtown Seattle, with more streetcars visible than automobiles. Subjects: City & town life--Seattle--1910-1920; Historic buildings--Seattle; Street railroads--Seattle--1910-1920; Category: Other Cities and Towns
	SIRLES-37 Front caption: "Say Buddy, could you spare a dime?" Back caption: Park Panhandler at Work A friendly but very dangerous welcoming committee at many of the beautiful Western National Parks. Tourists are warned it is illegal to feed the bears--no matter how cute they are. Date: c. 1955 Distributor: Bob Anderson Postcards, 885-5th Ave. W.N., Kalispell, Mont. Printer: Plastichrome by Colourpicture Boston, Mass. 02130 Notes: A Color Vu Card Creation Description: A bear looks for handout from tourist, likely at Yellowstone National Park. Although feeding of bears was prohibited, the rule wasn't rigorously enforced until implementation of the intensive bear management program in 1970, brought about by increasing numbers of people/bear conflicts. Subjects: Bears; Tourists; Automobiles; Food; Category: Animals
	NWRPC-186 Front caption: Ezra Meeker at Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, 1910. Back caption: Oregon Trail Monument Expedition Post Card At the head of parade then forming; Paulham in the air just passing. Date: c. 1912 Publisher: Published by Ezra Meeker, Seattle, Wash. Printer: Made in U.S A. Notes: 23. Description: During Ezra Meeker's second expedition honoring the pioneers who came across the Old Oregon Trail, he took time out to lead a transportation parade in Los Angeles at an aviation show in January. In addition to his covered wagon, there were automobiles, dirigibles, balloons, and aeroplanes. During the air show, Frenchman Louis Paulhan and American Glenn Curtiss shared over $15,000.00 in prize money for different aeronautic feats. Subjects: Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928; People associated with transportation; Covered wagons; Airplanes; Category: Airports and Aviation
	NWRPC-145 Front caption: Tacoma General Hospital Date: c. 1929 Notes: Ellis 1211 Description: Tacoma General Hospital, at 315 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, was originally the Fannie Paddock Hospital. Here is the original hospital built on this site in 1914, and the addition built behind it in 1926. Subjects: Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma; Historic buildings--Tacoma; Automobiles--Tacoma; Address (Links to Buildings Index): 315 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY Category: Hospitals and Sanitaria
	NWRPC-130 Front caption: The winding road in Point Defiance Park. Tacoma, U.S.A. Date: c. 1924 Publisher: Published by Leland Lund, Tacoma, Wash. Made in U.S.A. Printer: C.T.Photocrom Notes: A-48307 Photo by H. Nowell Description: Early automobiles in Point Defiance Park, motoring down the dirt road. Subjects: Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma; Dirt roads--Tacoma; Category: Point Defiance Park

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