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'Neath the Pines, forest path, Bellingham, WA, 1910

Subject
Forests & Trees
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of 'Neath the Pines, forest path, Bellingham, WA, 1910, Mr. R. Y. Anderson, WA, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of 'Neath the Pines, forest path, Bellingham, WA, 1910, Mr. R. Y. Anderson, WA, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A dirt path winds through a stand of tall pines, sunlight falling in patches on the ground while the far end of the grove fades into shadow. The view is generic Pacific Northwest woodland, the sort of scenery card that travelers and locals sent as a reminder of the region's forests. Bellingham in 1910 was a lumber and coal town on Puget Sound, its mills fed by the dense conifer stands of Whatcom County. The card was mailed to a rural free delivery address in Mount Vernon, roughly thirty miles south through the Skagit Valley, a reminder of how rural households depended on the post for everyday correspondence.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Hello: Arrived safely and this [illegible] Bellingham, [illegible] this at Bellingham to the [illegible] [illegible] up to [illegible] afternoon as I suppose [illegible] Aug. [illegible] will be [illegible] Op Evin n.

'Neath the Pines
PostmarkedBellingham, WA, April 20, 1910, 17:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. R. Y. Anderson

R.F.D. No. 4, Box 47 Mt. Vernon, WA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Bellingham, WA
ConditionFair
Place addressedMr. R. Y. Anderson, R.F.D. No. 4, Box 47, Mt. Vernon, WA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, Scott #300, green, issued 1903
NotesArched-top image with gray border; blue decorative caption band; corner damage at top right. Postmark: BELLINGHAM WASH. APR 20 5-30P 1910. Divided-back card with pencil message; 1c green Washington stamp; light edge wear and a small tear at bottom.

Cite this card

'Neath the Pines, forest path, Bellingham, WA, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/neath-the-pines-forest-path-bellingham-wa-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.