Fireboat ALKI, Seattle, Washington

real photo postcard, color, divided back, white border

POSTCARDS
2014 Lang Collection
J.L. Robbins Co.; Curt Teich & Co.
USA, WA, Seattle
before 1933
paper
3-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.

Real photo postcard, color, divided back, white border; handwritten on back "3 8-95"; printed on back "2063.29", and "PUBLISHED BY J.L. ROBBINS CO., SPOKANE, WASH.", and "An unusual photograph of this monster fire-fighting vessel . . .", and "C.T. AMERICAN ART COLORED", and Curt Teich & Co. logo; printed on front upper right "THE ALKI OF SEATTLE, THE WORLD'S LARGEST FIREBOAT", and lower left "THE MOST POWERFUL FIRE FIGHTING VESSEL OF ITS KIND IN EXISTENCE"; fireboat ALKI, Seattle, Washington; see duplicate postcards 2014.49.2883-2885.

2014.49.2885

Gift of Monika and Steven Lang, 2014