Name/Title
Postcard, Seattle, Steamers Dakota and Minnesota at the Great Northern DocksEntry/Object ID
CHSA-04804Scope and Content
B&W. Photo. Washington; Ships: Far view of two steamships on the docks and there is a train chugging by on the rails.
Front: Caption: "Steamers Dakota and Minnesota at the Great Northern Docks, Length each 670 feet and Tonnage each 30,000. The largest steamers in the World. Also the Japanese Steamer IYO Maru, length 460 feet Tonnage 7000. Seattle Wash." Message: "I was on the Dakota wednesday and I _ mom also. They were lovely. I did and want to get _. _ - Belle" handwritten in black. Back: Info.: "No. 2731 Published by The Puget Sound News Company, Seattle, Wash. Leipzig-Berlin". Postmark: 2 postmarks, "Pueblo, Colo. Sep 3 1906, 12-45P"; "Seattle, R.P.O., 31 Aug 1906, TP 3" stamped in black. Stamp: a one cent green stamp with a picture of Benjamin Franklin, "Serie 1902, United States of America, 1706 Franklin 1790, Postage one cent". Message: "Miss Belle Roberts, East Fifth Street, Pueblo, Colo" handwritten in black. Old Accession #: GAE