Knowles Postcard Collection, 1909/1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Knowles Family
Title
Knowles Postcard Collection
Dates
1909/1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
.5 cubic feet, (1 box)
Collection Number
PG 107
Summary
Postcards showing scenes from Idaho, Washington and Oregon, some written and postmarked.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public. Researchers must use the collection in accordance with the policies of the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.

Additional Reference Guides

A detailed inventory separating the postcards by state is included with the accession report.

Languages
This collection is in English.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

In 1995, Catherine and K. Johnson Knowles, along with their son Colin, inherited around 14,000 postcards from Mr. Knowles' mother, Joann Baxter Zeisel. Ms. Zeisel's mother and grandmother had originally collected them during their travels. About 10 years later, Mrs. Knowles decided to donate the postcards to public libraries, colleges, museums, and historical societies all over the United States. This collection is all those from Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of linen, chrome, and black and white postcards, some written and postmarked. The postcards range from the early 1900s to the 1980s.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

This collection is part of the Northwest Historical Postcard Collection

Restrictions on Use

Consult Head of Special Collections and Archives on permission for use.

Preferred Citation

Knowles Postcard Collection, PG 107, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Location of Collection

Cage, Row 94

Acquisition Information

The Knowles Postcard Collection was donated to the University of Idaho by the Knowles Family in 2007.

Processing Note

Individual postcards and postcard groups were placed into separate, numbered envelops.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Subordinate Component # 1Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s) Description Dates
PG107_001: Stanley Lake and Peaks, Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho
1929
PG107_002: Payette Lake
c.1960
PG107_003: State Capitol, Boise, Idaho (1)
c.1920
PG107_004: New Mechnafe (1)
c.1920
PG107_005: New Mechnafe (2)
c.1920
PG107_006: Gooding County Courthouse
c.1920
PG107_007: Idaho (1)
c.1940
PG107_008: Mt. Borah, Idaho
1937
PG107_009: Maryhill Museum and Colombia River, Washington
c.1960
PG107_010: American Black Bear, a native to this area
1960
PG107_011: 12 trucks - 12 giant fir logs - Western Washington
c.1920
PG107_012: View on the Sunset Highway, Washington - P76
c.1920
PG107_013: Sheep across the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington - 217
c.1920
PG107_014: Close-up of Spillway, Grand Coulee Dam, Washington
1948
PG107_015: Paradise Inn, Paradise Valley, Rainier National Park, Washington
c.1940
PG107_016: Rainier National Park Inn and Mt. Rainier, Washington
c.1940
PG107_017: Beautiful Lake Chelan, Washingon
c.1940
PG107_018: Whatcom County Court House, Bellingham, Washington
c.1920
PG107_019: City Hall, Bellingham, Washingon
1950
PG107_020: Whatcom Falls, Bellingham, Washington
c.1950
PG107_021: Cowlitz County Court House
1956
PG107_022: Washington State Courthouse, Olympia, Washington
c.1940
PG107_023: Noll Aduitorium [Bryan Hall]
1915
PG107_024: Court House Square, Seattle, Washington
c.1900
PG107_025: Lake Washington Pontoon Bridge, Seattle, Washington
1957
PG107_026: Oregon State Building, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
1909
PG107_027: Lincoln High School, Seattle, Washington
c.1910
PG107_028: Forestry Building
1909
PG107_029: Visit Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
1930
PG107_030: Hotel Seattle, Seattle, Washington
c.1900
PG107_031: Sunset highway, entrance to Spokane, Washington
c.1950
PG107_032: Spokane County Court House, Spokane, Washington (1)
1912
PG107_033: Court House, Spokane, Washington
c.1910
PG107_034: Spokane County Court House, Spokane, Washington (2)
1941
PG107_035: Spokane County Court House, Spokane, Washington (3)
c.1940
PG107_036: Hunter's Room, Silver Grill Hotel, Spokane, Washington
c.1920
PG107_037: Davenport Hotel
1928
PG107_038: Spokane's Great Restaurant, Washington
1909
PG107_039: Clark County Courthouse, Vancouver, Washington
c.1950
PG107_039: Clark County Courthouse, Vancouver, Washington
c.1950
PG107_040: Entrance to Davenport's Restaurant, Spokane, Washington
c.1910
PG107_041: Pierce County Court House, Tacoma, Washington
1911
PG107_042: Perkins Building
1911
PG107_043: C Street, Tacoma, Washington
c.1900
PG107_044: Tacoma High School, Tacoma, Washington
1909
PG107_045: State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, Washington
c.1910
PG107_046: New Yakima County Court House, Yakima, Washington
c.1920
PG107_047: Crater Lake
1947
PG107_048: Tillamook Light House
1933
PG107_049: Shepperd's Dell
c.1960
PG107_050: Simmons-By-The Falls
1940
PG107_051: Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Highway, Oregon
c.1920
PG107_052: Vista House, Columbia River Highway, Oregon
1937
PG107_053: Mount Adams
c.1910
PG107_054: General View of Ashland, Oregon
c.1900
PG107_055: Court House, Eugene, Oregon
c.1910
PG107_056: Sigma Nu House, Eugene, Oregon
1908
PG107_057: Gladiola Parade, Grants Pass, Oregon
1956
PG107_058: New Rose City Park School, Portland, Oregon
c.1920
PG107_059: Twelfth Street, Showing Rose Covered Homes, Portland, Oregon
c.1940
PG107_060: Multnomah Hotel, 600 Rooms, Portland, Oregon
c.1910
PG107_061: Hotel Portland, Portland, Oregon (1)
c.1900
PG107_062: Hotel Portland, Portland, Oregon (2)
c.1910
PG107_063: Willamete River at Oregon City
c.1950
PG107_064: Lambert Gardens
c.1950
PG107_065: Oregon State Capitol at Salem
c.1940
PG107_066: State Capitol, Salem, Oregon (1)
c.1950
PG107_067: Oregon State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon
1946
PG107_068: Tillamook County Court House
c.1950
PG107_069: Fort Stevens State Park
c.1960
PG107_070: Columbia River
c.1960
PG107_071: American Falls Dam, Idaho
c.1960
PG107_072: Payette River
c.1960
PG107_073: State Capitol, Boise, Idaho (2)
c.1960
PG107_074: Idaho State Capitol, Boise, Idaho
c.1960
PG107_075: Boise, Idaho
c.1960
PG107_076: Steunenberg Statue, Boise, Idaho
c.1960
PG107_077: Old Water Wheel
c.1960
PG107_078: Boise Gallery of Art
c.1960
PG107_079: Idaho State Historical Museum
c.1960
PG107_080: Old U.S. Assay Office Boise, Idaho
c.1960
PG107_081: Lewiston Hill
c.1960
PG107_082: Lewiston Hill at Dusk
c.1950
PG107_083: Greetings from Idaho Falls, Idaho
c.1960
PG107_084: L.D.S. Mormon Temple
c.1950
PG107_085: Wagon Days
c.1950
PG107_086: Anderson Ranch Dam, Idaho
c.1950
PG107_087: Historic Silver City, Idaho
c.1960
PG107_088: Challenger Inn and Village Square
1967
PG107_089: White Bird Hill, Idaho
c.1960
PG107_090: Highway 10 in 4th of July Canyon
c.1960
PG107_091: South Fork of the Clearwater
1969
PG107_092: Log Drive on the Northfork of the Clearwater River
c.1960
PG107_093: Pressure Ridge
c.1960
PG107_094: Spatter Cones
c.1960
PG107_095: Lava Sinks
c.1960
PG107_096: Big Craters
c.1960
PG107_097: Grand Coulee Dam
c.1960
PG107_098: Syinga Time, Lake Pend Oreille, North Idaho
c.1960
PG107_099: Lewis and Clark Highway near Old Man Creek
c.1960
PG107_100: Indian Post Office
c.1960
PG107_101: Canoe Camp Site
c.1960
PG107_102: Mount Harding
c.1960
PG107_103: Snake River Canyon on Idaho Line
c.1960
PG107_104: Moyie River Bridge, Highway 2
c.1960
PG107_105: Little Redfish, Big Redfish Lakes
c.1960
PG107_106: Old Vienna Mine
c.1960
PG107_107: Sawtooth Mts., Idaho
c.1960
PG107_108: Payette River north of Smith's Ferry
c.1960
PG107_109: Perrine Memorial Bridge
c.1970
PG107_110: Upper Mesa Falls
c.1960
PG107_111: Hell's Canyon
c.1950
PG107_112: Oxbow Dam
c.1970
PG107_113: Covered Bridge, Oregon
c.1960
PG107_114: Storm over the Desert, Central Oregon
c.1970
PG107_115: Giant Fir Log
c.1960
PG107_116: Covered Bridge in Southern Oregon
c.1960
PG107_117: Ecola State Park Looking South
c.1960
PG107_118: Harris Beach State Park, Oregon
1946
PG107_119: Sea Lions, Oregon Coast
c.1960
PG107_120: Umpqua Lighthouse
c.1960
PG107_121: Coos Bay Bridge, Oregon
c.1960
PG107_122: Columbia River Gorge
c.1960
PG107_123: Vista House, Crown Point
1950-1930
PG107_124: Mt. Hood, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_125: Timberline Lodge, Oregon (1)
c.1960
PG107_126: Timberline Lodge, Oregon (2)
c.1960
PG107_127: Mount Hood, Oregon
c.1960
PG107_128: Mount Rainier and Tipsoo Lake
c.1960
PG107_129: Crater Lake, Oregon in Winter Splendor
c.1960
PG107_130: Winter in the Cascades
c.1960
PG107_131: Cascade Range, Oregon
c.1970
PG107_132: Southern Oregon College
c.1960
PG107_133: Clatsop County Historical Museum, Astoria, Oregon
c.1960
PG107_134: Astor Column, Astoria, Oregon
c.1960
PG107_135: Baker County Court House
c.1960
PG107_136: Thomas Creek Bridge
c.1960
PG107_137: Corvallis, Oregon
c.1960
PG107_138: Weatherford Hall
c.1960
PG107_139: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_140: Polk County Courthouse
c.1960
PG107_141: Eugene, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_142: University of Oregon
c.1950
PG107_143: Klamath Falls, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_144: Lake County Court House at Lakeview, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_145: City Hall, Milton-Freewater, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_146: Newberg, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_147: Wood-Mar Hall
c.1950
PG107_148: Umatilla County Courthouse
c.1950
PG107_149: Greetings from Port Orford, Oregon
1961
PG107_150: Greetings from Portland
c.1950
PG107_151: Portland, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_152: New Federal Building
c.1950
PG107_153: Union Station, Portland, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_154: Battleship Oregon Memorial
c.1950
PG107_155: Saint Anne's Chapel
c.1950
PG107_156: Pittock Mansion
c.1960
PG107_157: World's largest log cabin
c.1950
PG107_158: Ice Rink, Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_159: State Capitol, Oregon
c.1950
PG107_160: Oregon State Capitol Building
c.1950
PG107_161: State Capitol, Salem, Oregon (2)
c.1950
PG107_162: Marion County Court House
c.1950
PG107_163: Battery Russell, Fort Stevens State Park
c.1950
PG107_164: Interstate Bridge, Washington-Oregon
c.1950
PG107_165: Pacific Ocean Seacoast
c.1950
PG107_166: Driftwood
c.1950
PG107_167: Grays River, Wahkiakum County
c.1950
PG107_168: Park Junction Covered Bridge
c.1950
PG107_169: Mount Adams, Washington
c.1950
PG107_170: Greetings from Washington, Mt. Baker
c.1950
PG107_171: Highway to Mt. Baker Lodge
c.1950
PG107_172: Mt. Hood and Rhododendrons
c.1950
PG107_173: Glacier Vista
c.1950
PG107_174: Mount Rainier and Nisqually Glacier
c.1950
PG107_175: Mount Rainier, Washington
c.1950
PG107_176: Mt. Rainier and Tipsoo Lake
c.1950
PG107_177: Mt. Rainier National Park Washington State
1958
PG107_178: Mount Rainier and Flower Decked Meadows
c.1950
PG107_179: Mt. Rainier and Myrtle Falls, Washington
c.1950
PG107_180: Mount Si
c.1950
PG107_181: Mount St. Helens
1980
PG107_182: Mt. St. Helens, Washington May 18, 1980 Eruption
1980
PG107_183: Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
1980
PG107_184: Spirit Lake and Mount St. Helens, Washington
c.1950
PG107_185: Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake
c.1950
PG107_186: Waptus Lake
c.1960
PG107_187: Lake Keechelus
c.1950
PG107_188: Tieton Reservoir
c.1950
PG107_189: North Head Lighthouse
c.1950
PG107_190: Hop Harvesting
c.1950
PG107_191: Pete Lake
c.1950
PG107_192: Snoqualmie Pass Ski Area, Washington
c.1950
PG107_193: Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
c.1950
PG107_194: Snoqualmie Pass
c.1950
PG107_195: Rock Chalet, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
c.1950
PG107_196: Snoqualmie Falls Lodge and Vista Point, Washington
c.1950
PG107_197: Chuckanut Gardens
c.1950
PG107_198: Causland Memorial Park, Anacortes, Washington
c.1950
PG107_199: Whatcom County Court House
c.1950
PG107_200: Bremerton, Washington
c.1950
PG107_201: Historic Covered Bridge
c.1950
PG107_202: Columbia County Courthouse
c.1950
PG107_203: Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington
c.1950
PG107_204: St. Mary's Church
c.1950
PG107_205: Snohomish County Courthouse
c.1950
PG107_206: Alexander Blockhouse
c.1950
PG107_207: Stevens County Courthouse
c.1950
PG107_208: Colfax, Whitman County, Washington
c.1950
PG107_209: House Museum
c.1950
PG107_210: Washington State Capital Building, Olympia
c.1950
PG107_211: State Capitol, Olympia, Washington
c.1950
PG107_212: Governor's Mansion, Olympia, Washington
c.1950
PG107_213: Governor's Mansion and State Capitol, Olympia, Washington
c.1950
PG107_214: Olympia, Washington
c.1950
PG107_215: General Administrative Building, Olympia, Washington
c.1960
PG107_216: Sunken Gardens, State Capitol, Olympia, Washington
c.1960
PG107_217: Jerry's American Heritage K.O.A.
c.1960
PG107_218: Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
c.1960
PG107_219: Point Grenville, Washington
c.1960
PG107_220: Famous Lighthouse and Washington State Ferry, Puget Sound, Washington
c.1960
PG107_221: Space Needle, Seattle, Washington
1966
PG107_222: Monorail
1967
PG107_223: Seattle Skyline
c.1960
PG107_224: Federal Court House, Seattle, Washington
c.1960
PG107_225: Roche Harbor
1968
PG107_226: Floating Bridge, Seattle, Washington
c.1960
PG107_227: Spokane County Court House, Spokane, Washington
c.1960
PG107_228: St. John's Episcopal Church
c.1960
PG107_229: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Episcopal)
c.1960
PG107_230: Main Entrance Expo '74
1974
PG107_231: Clock Tower and Circus Pavilion in the Riverfront Park
1974
PG107_232: Pacific County Courthouse
c.1960
PG107_233: Pierce County Courthouse
c.1960
PG107_234: Greetings from Historic Port Townsend, Washington
c.1960
PG107_235: Clark County Court House
c.1960
PG107_236: Old Lighthouse
c.1960
PG107_237: Westport Lighthouse
c.1960
PG107_238: Greetings from the Scenic Oregon Coast
c.1960
PG107_239: Greetings from Portland, Oregon
c.1960
PG107_240: Greetings from Washington
c.1960
PG107_241: Welcome to Idaho
c.1960

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Postcards

Geographical Names

  • Idaho
  • Oregon
  • Washington

Form or Genre Terms

  • Postcards

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Knowles, Catherine--Archives (contributor)
    • Knowles, Colin (contributor)
    • Knowles, K. Johnson (contributor)