Posts tagged history
The Farmer House Museum
A Glimpse Into the Past
Happy Birthday to our followers with May birthdays.
The original postcard is postmarked September 15, 1909 from Bloomington, Indiana.
Happy Birthday to our followers with April birthdays. No April Fools.
For our followers with March birthdays, Happy Birthday from The Farmer House.
Original postcard is postmarked 1910 from Seattle, Washington.
The building in the picture was built in 1898, originally as an annex of the Lewis and Clark school. It was later renamed Whitman Elementary. The new Whitman Elementary building built in 1948 is still in use. The history of school in Lewiston Idaho here.
No postmark, so this card was probably purchased as a souvenir. Madrone Park in Seattle circa 1910.
Google searching for Madrone Park turns up Madrona Park. The lower image is Madrona park in 2004 from the Wikipedia entry here.
In the Victorian language of flowers violets stand for faithfulness and daisy’s for innocence. I also really like the typography in this card. The original card is postmarked September 10, 1910 from Bloomington, Indiana.
The Cliff House in San Fransisco, California. It was first built in 1863 and survived the Great San Fransisco Earthquake of 1906 just to burn down a year later. It was rebuilt in 1909, thus the “New Cliff House” caption above. In 2004 the older parts of the building were restored to look like this era. It will definitely be on my “must see” list if I’m ever in San Fransisco. Their website is here.
The original postcard is postmarked San Fransisco, California August 16, 1909. “I am back in Cali. so I will send you a postal.”
Best Wishes. Postmarked Bloomington, Indiana. September 26, 1910.
A belated Valentine.
The original is postmarked September 23, 1910.
Postmarked Spokane, Washington. August 8, 1910.
