Past Post: Lake Washington Ship Canal 1951
May 29th, 2007 @ 1:17 am by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post
Today’s Past Postcard shows us Industrial Ballard with the Olympic Mountains looming in the background. We here in Seattle are used to this dichotomy, of course. One similar and familiar sight is downtown Seattle with Mount Rainier as a backdrop. Note that this linen postcard was made when hand tinting of B&W photos was going out of practice as full color shots took center stage. They don’t hand tint them like they used to, eh? Also check out the postmark killer’s Smokey the Bear ad slogan. The vintage postcard reads:
Helloo Folks. Arrived here Sunday at 7:30 A.M. Left Boisie(?) Thursday at 7:15 A.M. The trip over the Rockies was thrilling. Will stop on our way at glacier Park on way home. The weather has been marvelous nice and cool.
Love,
Anna and Ed Thompson
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| Front: 318:–Lake Washington Ship Canal and Industrial Ballard, Olympic Mts. in the Background. |
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| Back: C. P. Johnston Co., Seattle, Washington. En route to Mr. and Mrs. Hack in Philadelphia, PA on July 23, 1951. |