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  • Great Northern Land Co.: Real estate, insurance and business chances
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    Great Northern Land Co.: Real estate, insurance and business chances
    Creation Date: [ca. 1910]
    Catalog ID: 2005.172.7
    Call Number: EPH/979.7711/G798g/1910
    1 card including steamboat, interurban and railway timetables. Ephemera.
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    160 acre home all in cultivation
    Creation Date: ca. 1911
    Catalog ID: 2003.112.14
    View of a farmhouse, barn, and other outbuildings of a 160 acre farm in central Washington offered for sale by the E.D. Fear Land Co. for $65 per acre.
  • Washington State, it's cool, it's green, it's great
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    Washington State, it's cool, it's green, it's great
    Creation Date: 1949-1952
    Catalog ID: 2005.0.305
    Call Number: EPH/979.7/W276w/1952
    [30] page illustrated (mostly colored) booklet (21x14 cm.) promoting Washington State tourism, published by the Washington State Advertising Commission. Includes map of state and national parks. Published in 1952. Ephemera.
  • Shoreliners: ...a beachsite for you--in the beautiful evergreen empire
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    Shoreliners: ...a beachsite for you--in the beautiful evergreen empire
    Creation Date: [ca. 1953]
    Catalog ID: 2004.69.95
    Call Number: EPH-B/979.77/P81sh/1953
    1 sheet, folded; ill., map. Promotional advertising for Pope & Talbot shoreline real estate for sale.
  • Allen C. Mason
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    Allen C. Mason
    Creation Date: 1888
    Catalog ID: 2019.2.16B
    Call Number: EPH/979.7781/W52m/1888
    One page (port., 28 x 21 cm.) portrait of Allen C. Mason of Tacoma, WT, from the West Shore Magazine in 1888. Obverse is Tacoma--Mason Block, S.E. Cor. A & 10th Sts., 2019.2.16A. Edward Nolan Collection. Ephemera Ephemera
  • Wenatchee and the Wenatchee Valley
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    Wenatchee and the Wenatchee Valley
    Creation Date: 1906
    Catalog ID: 2001.100.88
    Call Number: EPH-B/979.7591/W48we/1906
    1 sheet, folded; col. ill.; Co. illus. Color panoramic view of city & surrounding valley as seen from Badger Mt. Promoting Wenarchee and agricultural lands. Includes testimonials from prosperous local farmers. Edward Nolan Collection. Ephemera
  • The land of plenty: Kittitas County in the upper Yakima district
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    The land of plenty: Kittitas County in the upper Yakima district
    Creation Date: [1909]
    Catalog ID: 2003.1.126
    Call Number: EPH-B/979.757/EL54Lk/1909
    1 sheet, folded; ill., map; Item is attached to ''private mailing card'' for requesting more information. Card is 18 x 27 cm. Promoting immigration to Kittitas County, WA. Probably distributed at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, WA, 1909. Ephemera
  • Oregon, the land of opportunity
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    Oregon, the land of opportunity
    Creation Date: ca. 1911
    Catalog ID: 2000.104.27
    Call Number: EPH-A/979.5041/P837or/1911
    32 p.; col. ill., map; 27 cm.; Item consists primarily of color photographs and accompanying text; Includes brief essays on fruit; poultry & dairying; lumber, manufacturing, water power & irrigation; education, outdoor life; fish, wheat, mohair & stock; Col. illus. wraps. Ephemera
  • The Seattle spirit : to love Seattle, to know Seattle, to have faith in the grand future of Seattle...
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    The Seattle spirit : to love Seattle, to know Seattle, to have faith in the grand future of Seattle...
    Creation Date: 1907
    Catalog ID: 2006.116.323
    Call Number: EPH/979.7771/L884se/1907
    Postcard (9x14 cm.) promoting Seattle and its future, 1907. Slogan won the silver cup in the Seattle slogan contest. Ephemera
  • A year of progress for Seattle : report for the year 1920
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    A year of progress for Seattle : report for the year 1920
    Creation Date: 1920
    Catalog ID: 2007.0.359
    Call Number: EPH/979.7771/Se18y/1920/c.2
    40-p. annual report by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club; includes portraits, roster of members, and tables. Ephemera
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