Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
MATSURAPC0220 |
Title |
When Mail Comes in Okanogan, Wash. F.S.M. 3/14 '13 |
Subjects |
Men Women Children Dogs Stagecoaches Horses Businesses Towns Signs Clothing Mail service Boardwalks |
Description |
Two copies of photo. Handwritten on back of one card is "Mrs. Baker taking in the mail. Tubby Hill in overcoat drove the stage. Johnny Owens on crutches." On the other card typed on back is "I came to Okanogan on this stage in 1910 before the building of the Railroad into the Okanogan Valley. B.E.Gregory Okanogan Washington" Signs visible read "Elgin Nelson --" and "Post Office." A large pile of mail bags are on boardwalk with a women pulling on one while the stage is parked adjacent to boardwalk. Several men and a dog are watching with two children walking towards the stage on the boardwalk. |
Photographer |
Matsura, Frank S |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Date |
03/04/1913 |
Year Range from |
1903 |
Year Range to |
1913 |
People |
Wenner, Harold F. Baker, Clara E. MacArthur Hill, Tubby Owens, Johnny Gregory, Burton E. |
Place |
Okanogan-Okanogan County-Washington (state) |
Search Terms |
Elgin, Nelson & Co Okanogan Post Office |
Classification |
Business & Commerce |
Relation |
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Related Publications |
Okanogan County Heritage Vol 45 No 4, Fall 2007 |
Legal Status |
No known copyright. Item is public domain as it was published prior to 1923. |
Copyright |
If using this postcard, please give credit to: Okanogan County Historical Society. Please notify us of your use so that we may add it to our catalog. |