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ALBUM 1:(200 postcards)
Page 2. - Alberni, B.C [postcard] - Presbyterian Church, Newton Kan. [postcard]
Page 6. - U.S. Battleship Rhode Island [postcard]
Page 7. - Mt. Tacoma from Tacoma, Washington [postcard - [postcard of a boy with bike on front porch]
Page 9. - House Boat, Lake Washington [postcard]
Page 12. - The Flood, Snohomish, Washington [postcard]
Page 17. - I's Waiting for You Honey [postcard with caricature of an African American, c. 1908]
Page 18. - Dodd School Desk Co., Woodinville, Wash. [postcard]
Page 19. - No. 1. Shaft, coal washer, etc., Western Fuel Co's Mining, Nanaimo, B.C. [postcard c. 1908]
Page 22. - Tacoma and Mt. Tacoma, Wash [postcard] The Old Way - Snohomish [postcard showing ox dragging log]
Page 26. - Elk at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington [postcard c. 1908]
Page 27. - Home in Cedar Stump, near Snohomish, Washington [postcard depicting a cabin carved out of a stump with 2 men] - Ocean View, at Moclips, Washington [postcard]
Page 29. - Machias Lumber Co., Woodinville, Wash. [postcard]
Page 30. - Port Rupert, B.C. [postcard showing sailing ship in harbor, c. 1908] - [postcard of photo of possibly a school group with faint writing, mostly illegible "last summer"]
Page 32. - St. Luke's Church, Tacoma, Washington [postcard c. 1907] A River Scene, Western Washington [postcard c. 1907] Page 34. - Public School, Three Lakes, Wash. [postcard photograph of student group portrait]
Page 36. - Nisqually Canyon, Western Washington [postcard colored c. 1908] - The Oldest Church Tower in America, Tacoma, Washington [postcard depicting church with vine-covered tree as tower]
Page 37. - Snoqualmie Falls from North Bank, Washington [postcard colored c. 1908]
Page 38. - Laying Gold Brick, July 13th, 1908 [postcard published by H.D. Horton of Snohomish] - The Jolly Entertainers from the Children's Industrial Home, Seattle, Wash. [postcard photograph depicting 7 children with flag, c. 1908] Page 40. - State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington [postcard colored]
Page 41. - Hudson Bay Trading Post Near Tacoma, Washington [postcard colored c. 1909]
Page 46. - Oregon State Building, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington [postcard]
Page 48. - [postcard photograph of Thomas P. Evans family of Snohomish]
Page 53. - Cherry St. as seen from First Ave., Seattle, Wash [postcard colored c. 1909]
Page 54. - [photographic postcard of young woman in Sunday best] - [photographic postcard of the gravestone of David Milton Allen died 1908 aged 2 yrs.] Page 56. - Rustic Walks, Madrona Park, Seattle, Wash. [postcard tinted, c. 1909]
Page 57. - View of Pt. Defiance Park, Tacoma Wash. [postcard c. 1909] - Agricultural Building and Oriental Foreign Exhibit Building [postcard of AYPE c. 1909]
Page 58. - Fairy Falls 1000 ft, Mt. Rainier, Wash. [postcard c. 1909] - Front Elevation European Foreign Exhibit Building [postcard of AYPE c. 1909]
Page 59. - Rustic Bridge, Point Defiance Park [postcard colored c. 1909] - Manufacturers Building and Cascade Basin, Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Wn. 1909
Page 60. - Ferry across Snohomish River [postcard, tinted c. 1909] Page 61. - Interior of Russian Church, Sitka, Alaska [postcard tinted c. 1909]
Page 62. - Totem Pole and Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, Washington [postcard tinted c. 1909] - I'm Coming to the AYP [postcard cartoon of Uncle Same attending the AYPE, copyright McDougall-Zupar, c. 1909]
Page 65. - Tacoma, Wash. Mount Tacoma from Spanaway Lake [postcard color painting c. 1909]
Page 66. - They Got Out an Extra for Me [postcard cartoon with newsboy and mock-up of Everett Herald, copyright 1906] - Oriental Foreign Exhibit Building [postcard, AYPE, c. 1909]
Page 67. - Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, Wash. [postcard tinted c. 1909] Page 69. - Tunnel of W.P. & U. Ry., Alaska [postcard painting showing train entering snow-covered tunnel, c. 1909]
Page 70. - On the cliffs at Mt. Tacoma, near Tacoma, Wash. [postcard painting showing people atop a cliff/cervase, c. 1909]
Page 75. - Bird's Eye View, Everett, Wash. [postcard tinted showing city and harbor, c. 1909]
Page 77. - Canadian Government Building [postcard AYPE, c. 1909]
Page 78. - Friday Harbour, San Juan Islands, Puget Sound, Washington [postcard showing harbor and town, c. 1909]
Page 80. - Indian Totem Pole and Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, Washington [postcard tinted c. 1909]
Page 81. - Upper Rogue River, Oregon [postcard painting showing rapids and cabin c. 1910]
Page 83. - City Park, Everett, Washington [postcard tinted c. 1910] - A Corner of the Forestry Building, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition, Seattle, Wash., 1909 [postcard tinted AYPE showing huge stump]
Page 85. - Monroe, Wash. [postcard tinted showing town with train c. 1910]
Page 86. - Mt. Pitt from Pelican Bay, Southern Oregon [postcard tinted c. 1910] - Washington School, Everett Washington [postcard c. 1910]
Page 89. - Oregon, Cape Horn, Columbia River [postcard painting -- watercolor? c. 1910] - Greetings from Port Stanley, Wash [postcard of rose painting c. 1910] Page 90. - Falling Timber, Everett, Washington [postcard tinted showing logger and falling tree c. 1910]
Page 93. - Tacoma, Wash. Buffaloes in Pt. Defiance Park [postcard tinted c. 1910] - [photograph postcard of unknown family of 3 generations c. 1910]
Page 99. - Monroe, Wa. (postcard floral with horseshoe c. 1910]

ALBUM 2:(495 postcards)
1. - [postcard photograph from the Radium Studio of Seattle showing an unknown woman with fur muff and glasses] - [postcard photograph of 4 unknown men c. 1911] - Group of university students Nov. 1910 [postcard photograph in costumes and drag] - [postcard photograph of railroad workers c. 1911]
2. - [postcard photograph showing holdup, message "This is a photo of a couple of your acquaintances" c. 1912] - [postcard photograph of a group possibly of students that supposedly includes the correspondent F.G. Fox, c. 1911] - [postcard photograph of large group of men that supposedly includes the correspondent F.G. Fox, c. 1911] - House on 17th Ave. N.E. Seattle 1911 [postcard photograph (photo pasted on postcard)]
3. - House on 17th Ave. N.E. Near University [postcard photograph (photo pasted on postcard)] - Mr & Mrs. C.P. Allen, 1909 [postcard photograph] - Grave of Mrs. C.P. Allen Died at the age of 26 years [postcard photograph] - Grave of Jesse Lloyd. Died at the age of 19 years [postcard photograph]
4. - [postcard photograph of 2 women in male garb with pipe, c. 1912] - Frank G. Fox 1909 [postcard photograph] - Murray Elmore 1911 [postcard photograph of Elmore in Indian garb] - [postcard photograph of Frank G. Fox? c. 1911]
5. - Crew - University of Wash. [postcard photograph 8 man crew] - Largest Log House in the World [postcard photograph c. 1911]
6. - New Depot Great Northern Railway, Everett, Washington [postcard tinted] - University of Washington Buildings [postcard showing 5 UW buildings: auditorium, forestry, chemistry, science and administration]
8. - A "6,000.00 Pan of Golde Nuggets From [postcard tinted] - Savings Department Fidelity Trust Co. Tacoma, Wash.] - Leschi Park, Seattle, Wash [postcard tinted]
9. - Beautiful Washington, Mt. Rainier from Paradise Valley [postcard painting copyright 1909]
10. - Fourth Avenue, Looking North, Seattle, Wash. [tinted street scene c. 1911]
11. - Wright Park, Tacoma, Wash. [postcard tinted c. 1911] - Umbrella seat, Kinnear Park, Seattle [postcard tinted] - [postcard birth announcement for a Albert Christian born Nov. 11 1911?]
13. - Seattle-Everett Interurban Train, Washington [c. 1911]
14. - Sunset on Puget Sound [postcard tinted] - Seattle, Wash. City Park. [postcard tinted showing swings]
15. - Everett-Snohomish Bicycle Path Through Cedar [postcard photo]
16. - Country Road, Monroe, Wash. [postcard photo colored]
17. - Luna Park, Seattle [floral postcard with "Luna Park" in glitter]
18. - Trout Falls, Monte Cristo, near Everett Wash [postcard photo colored] - Fountain in Broadway Park, Bellingham, Wash [postcard photo colored of car on small road with towering trees and seated man, no location given]
19. - Harvesting the Fir Forest on Puget Sound, Wash [smaller b/w photo postcard showing logs] - Tunnel on Everett & Monte Cristo Ry., Wash. [postcard tinted] - Felling Mammoth Trees, Washington
20. - Indian Maidens on the Banks of the Puyallup River, Washington
24. - Tumwater Creek, Washington
25. - Court House, Everett, Wash. [Swalwell Paper Co. Everett, Wash, b/w] - G.N. Depot, Everett, Wash. [shows train pulling in, colored]
26. - Lake Chelan, Washington - The New "200,000 High School, Everett, Wash [sepia] - A Glimpse of Seattle from Denny Park (b/w)
27. - Mount "Si" and Snoqualmie River, Washington. - High School, Everett, Wn. [color]
28. - Mount Baker Boulevard, Seattle [color showing car going down blvd] - Hawaii, Oriental and Manufactures Buildings [AYPE] - Boating off Everett, Everett Wash. [b/w sailboat]
29. - High School, Tacoma, Washington [Stadium hs, colored] - In Tumwater Canyon, Wash, on the line of Great Northern Ry. - Old Renton Trolley Line and Shore of Lake Washington [on back: " The old Renton Trolley line, running between Seattle and Renton, skirting the shore of Lake Washington for several miles, makes it a most delightful ride for tourists." Incl. AYPE logo on front]
30. - Moonlight on the Columbia River [3 postcards showing flirtation scenes with captions]
31. - [2 postcards showing flirtation scenes] - [1 humorous postcard showing fat woman and thin fan] - [1 postcard with stereotypical view of African American with caption, "I'se Got a Fellin' for You."]
44. - McCormick Mill Yard, St. Helens Oregon [b/w]
46. - Group of Scholars & Teachers, Knox Sunday School, Presbyterian Mission, Tacoma, Wash. [b/w with some tinting showing 2 views of school and group photo] - [1 postcard from Wales]
47. - Motoring through Beautiful Washington. [colored showing car on road by creek] - [2 postcards from Wales and England]
48. - Rhodedendron, Washington State Flower - [2 postcards of England and Wales]
49. - A Portland Oregon Rose Scene [colored roses and porch] - [postcard photo of women with furs and muff, on back reads "Esther Phillips, 1912 Le Sueur, Minn."]
50. - Machinery Hall, U. of W. Copyright 1910 L.G. Linkletter [b/w] - [postcard photo, b/w of group of people, on back reads "House on 14th Ave. N.E., A Group of University Students. Also Flo Elmore and Helen Eastlake. 1911"] - [postcard photo, sepia, group of 9 people, mostly women, on back reads "Group of friends, 1911"]
51. - [postcard studio photo of young somewhat heavyset woman with glasses and enormous hat, by J.B. Cawthon, identified as "Dina L. Evans Age 19 years 1911"] - [postcard studio photo of infant by Snohomish Studio of Snohomish, Wash., identified as "Elizabeth Aldrich 1911"]
52. - Mt. St. Helens, from Lava Fields, Washington - Near Snohomish WN - Greetings from Bothell WN [men sitting and fishing]
53. - Lake, Louise, Canadian Rockies - [postcard photo of group of men with rakes and shovels, identified as "Group of University Students. Geo. Noble among the boys. 1912"] - Mount Baker, Washington - Friday Harbor, Washington. from Upper Argyle Avenue [sepia]
54. - [photo postcard showing costumed western scene with women pointing gun at man with hands-up, on back "I had this taken the night before I left Seattle. That is my sweed (?) at Columbia. What do you think of him."] - The Cascade at Glacier and Eagle Peak, Canadian Rockies - [studio photo of old man standing and seated younger woman, no identification on back.] - [studio photo of toddler, identified as "Jessie Lloyd 1912"]
55. - No. 15 Residence Street, St. Helens, Ore. [b/w photo postcard] - Second Ave. South from Spring, Seattle, Washington [sepia with logo for the Golden Potlach July 17-22, 1911]
56. - [Native American type of figure in red, black and white, postcard for the Seattle Golden Potlatch, c. 1915] - Views of Tacoma, Wash. [b/w vignettes of Tacoma]
58. - Grand Trunk Pacific Dock, Seattle, Washington - Pilchuck [handwritten on front of b/w photo postcard of rural scene] - J.A. Broley Co, Fernie British Columbia [name of company scene on the back of some sort of steam powered farm vehicle? Identified as "Group in High River Alberta Canada, F.G. Fox among the men."]
59. - Harvesting Hops in the West [colored photo postcard] - Court House St. Helens [handwritten on b/w photo postcard] - City Hall Georgetown, Wash. [b/w] - [photo postcard of man in car identified as Mr. R.F. Titus 1912]
60. - 'The Gray Devil' in the Wild Horse Race at 'the Stampede' Calgary, Alta 1912 [studio - Marcell, Calgary] - A Grand Stand Play - bull Dogging a Steer. Stampede Calgary Alta Can. 1912 [studio - Marcell, Calgary] - Good Night, I'm Gone, From Cyclone. At the Stampede, Calgary, Alta, 1912 [studio - Marcell, Calgary]
61. - [studio portrait postcard of an infant identified as "Baby Beryl Dorley, October 2, 1912 age four months."] - Residence Section, Tacoma, Washington [tinted]
62. - Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Co's Depot, Seattle, Washington [sepia] - Mission Indian Grill, Hotel Alexandria, Los Angles, Cal [interior of restaurant, tinted]
70. - [postcard photo of man and woman in car identified as "Mr and Mrs R.F. Titus, September 21, 1912 Seattle, Washington"]
71. - White and Henry Building, Seattle, Washington [sepia]
72. - Bath Room, Jordan Sulphur Springs Sanitarium [interior scene with attendants and patrons bathing] - [postcard photo of crowd scene in auditorium, people have name tags, no identification] - Main Street, Looking West, Monroe, Wash.
73. - Coeur d'Alene Park, Spokane, Wash [tinted] - N.P. Depot, Snohomish, Wash. [tinted showing trolley and train]
74. - First Street, looking West, Snohomish, Wash. - Main Street, from Lewis, Monroe, Wash. - Engineering Building, U of W [studio: Pedersen Bros.]
76. - "Next" U.W.-O.A.C. [b/w photo postcard of bench during a football game] - [photo postcard of 6 girls at a party, identified as "Jessie Lloyd's birthday party. Her 3rd birthday."]
81. - Season's Greetings from Washington, Mount Rainier from Seattle, Height 14,526 feet showing Lake Washington
84. - Shipping Scene, Everett, Washington. Steamer Hazel Dollar loading lumber from scows - [photo postcard of ejector station in winter with men, identified as "a picture of the Ejector station behind the town hall. This also shows the "Spec" in the same place." postcard marked ALTA]
85. - [4 photo postcards showing some sort of excavating machine possibly related to the Ejector station above?]
86. - [unidentified photo postcard of man on horse with packhorse in front of cabin] - [unidentified photo postcard of man on horse in front of cabin] - [unidentified photo postcard of group of 12 men sitting on log eating lunch] - UW The Whole Cam Campus [photos of 8 buildings]
87. - [photo postcard of sort of a conga line on football field with men carrying something saying "Pullman's Championship Hopes."] - [3 photo postcards of the football game]
88. - [photo postcard of the football game] - [3 photo postcards of the UW 1915 track team; one team portrait, 1 hurdle, 1 dash]
89. - [photo postcard of shotput] - [photo postcard of building with construction] - [photo postcard of building with construction slightly different view than above] - [photo postcard of 4 men standing in front of a drainage/excavating vehicle]
90. - [photo postcard of men using the drainage/excavating vehicle] - [photo postcard of some sort of silo-type structure] - [photo postcard of some sort of silo-type structure - interior of structure?] - [photo postcard of a fire hydrant]
91. - [photo postcard of 3 men standing in front of a drainage/excavating vehicle] - [3 photo postcards of pipes waiting to be connected -- part of a fire hydrant system?]
92. - [photo postcard of a building under construction] - [photo postcard of a Canadian Pacific train accident] - [photo postcard of men using the drainage/excavating vehicle] - Main St. on 12 July, Stoughton, Sask [photo postcard of a street scene identified as "Arrival at Stoughton 10:30 A.M. May 30, 1913."]
93. - [photo postcard of a deep trench] - [photo postcard of 2 men standing on platform above the trench? Underneath the postcard a small bi-photo of machinery and man in front of house] - [postcard photograph of Frank G. Fox? c. 1911, same as the one on page 4] - [photo postcard of 5 workers in a rail yard]
94. - Rhododendron, Washington State Flower [bucolic scene with flowers and lake]
95. - Snohomish, Wash. The High School
96. - Snohomish, Wash. The Pilchuck River. - Wishkah River, Aberdeen, Wash. Showing immense stream of Logs over five miles long, each Log costing from 10 to 30 dollars. Largest boom in the world. [sepia tones, 1913] - Six Inch Disappearing Gun in Action. Fort Worden, near Port Townsend, Washington. [sepia tones] - Scene near Snohomish, Wn. [colored]
97. - City Hall, High River, Alta. - Collegiate Institute, Moose Jaw, Canada - Centre Street and C.P.R. Dept, Calgary, Alberta - Asulkan Glacier, showing Crevasse, Glacier, Canadian Rockies
99. - 1st Prize Exhibition, 1913 Swift Current, Sask. [photo postcard of cobbler with boots and shoe made for person with one much shorter leg]
100. - Lake Chelan, Washington
101. - Lake Chelan, Washington - S.S. Minnesota, Seattle Washington [postcard photo of ship] - [photo postcard of 2 men squatting beside a drainage trough?] - [photo postcard of group om men in front of the excavator?]
102. - Benton University Jeweler [photo postcard advertisement, back side is addressed to Frank Fox, pre-printed message reads "Just to remind you that this is a good place to get your Christmas Gifts..."] - C.P.R. Passenger Train, Canadian Rockies - Beautiful Washington, Woodland Scene
104. - [studio portrait of young woman signed "Cousin Jane"]
106. - [photo postcard of grandparents and child identified as "Mr. and Mrs. F. Fox"] - [studio portrait of 2 children, girl and toddler, unidentified]
107. - [studio portrait of an unidentified baby] - [studio portrait of 2 unidentified young men]
108. - [photo postcard of a unidentified young child] - [photo postcard of a young woman with book on porch, card says "from Hazel"]
109. - [photo postcard of unidentified toddler and baby] - [photo postcard of a house with unidentified children] City Park Medicine Hat Alta
110. - [photo postcard of young woman identified as "Annie Thomas 1910"] - [photo postcard of group of students in some sort of scrimmage identified as "Grounds of the University of Wash. 1910"] - [photo postcard of dapper young man identified as "Geo Elmore 1910"] - [photo postcard of young girl with teddy identified as "Retta Ricci 1910"]
112. - Beautiful Oregon. On the Willamette River (Off the Road of a Thousand Wonders, Ore.) - Camp Wigwam, Elevation 6000 ft., Indian Henry's Park, Mt. Rainier, Wash.
113. - Snoqualmie Falls, near Seattle, Wash.
115. - Lumber Camp and Sawmill, Near Snohomish, Wash. [scene showing mules pulling logs]
116. - Madrona Park, Seattle [includes AYPE logo] - Point Defiance Park
117. - Savings Department, Fidelity Trust Co., Tacoma, Wash. [interior shot showing teller's windows]
119. - Ladies' Room, Fidelity Trust Co., Tacoma, Wash. - Birdseye View, Snohomish, Wash. [shows town from across the river]
121. - The Rose Arbor in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash.
122. - Rhododendron, Washington State Flower - Sheep Crossing the Wenatchee River
123. - Everett-Snohomish Bicycle Path Through Cedar [shows bicyclist] - Lincoln Centennial Souvenir 1909 [postcard with Lincoln]