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| Title | W.D. Gibbon Store and the Post Office, Maple Valley, ca. 1909 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1909 |
| Notes | Handwritten on verso: From Chester Gibbon [...]
Handwritten on copy print filed with image: Gibbons store in 1909. In wagon at left: Andy Rasmussen and Chester Gibbon. This was delivery wagon for store. On porch John E. Jones, who clerked in store; Mr. Gibbon; a man named Coombs (I think). Others unidentified, although woman at far right looks like Mrs. Mary Finell. Building at right is railroad section crew bunkhouse. Rasmussens lived in house on hill, owned by Gibbon. (This is a poor copy job of picture. Original herewith.) -- From Chester Gibbon.
Reference number printed on image: No 803.
Printed on image: At Maple Valley.
Original postcard sent to Mrs. F. J. Jones and postmarked September 22, 1909. |
| Subjects | Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Maple Valley
Carts & wagons--Washington (State)--Maple Valley
General stores--Washington (State)--Maple Valley
Post offices--Washington (State)--Maple Valley
Houses--Washington (State)--Maple Valley
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| Personal Names | Gibbon, Chester
Gibbon, W.D.
Jones, John E.
Rasmussen, Andy |
| MVHS Category | Business |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Maple Valley |
| Digital Collection | Maple Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection |
| Accession Number | 85.47.1PR |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact the Maple Valley Historical Society at (425) 432-3470, or send email to thepavos@hotmail.com. Please cite the Accession Number. |
| Repository | Maple Valley Historical Society Museum |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic postcard : b/w ; 3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | The photographic postcard was scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
