Rugged Deception Pass on Puget Sound, WA, 1925

Subjects: Boating & Canoeing Coastal Scenery Mountains & Hills
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1925 (White Border)

Back of Rugged Deception Pass on Puget Sound, WA, 1925, c. 1925 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The view looks across the water at Deception Pass, with calm water reflecting the sky, forested hills on both sides, and dark evergreens in the foreground. A small boat is visible on the surface. The sender's message is a travel greeting in rhyme, with Pullman cars, auto rides, broad plains, mountains, and a bear or two. Deception Pass separates Whidbey and Fidalgo islands; the bridge that now spans it opened in 1935.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

July 27, 1925 Dear Charles Greetings from the [illegible] of Jim and Alice. From Puget Sound to Ipswich - "Across the western Prairies To the shores of Puget Sound we have wound our way onward. On our summer journey bound. We have seen broad plains and mountains And a bear or two besides We have travelled long in pullmans And have taken auto rides- We have missed you Charlie & Alice on the train & on the car we send you heartiest greetings "on our journey - from afar"

PostmarkedTacoma, WA, July 27, 1925, 16:30

Addressed to

Mrs & Mr Charles S Byer

Ipswich, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	July 27, 1925, 16:30, Tacoma, WA
Publisher	A. C. Mack
Series	1271. 93081
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs & Mr Charles S Byer, Ipswich, MA
Place depicted	Deception Pass, WA
Place depicted	Puget Sound, WA
Place mentioned	Seattle, WA
Stamp	2c George Washington, red, issued 1902
Stamp	2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
Notes	Color printed card; no white border; caption and copyright at bottom. Postmark: TACOMA WASH. JUL 27 4:30 PM 1925. Divided-back card on cream stock; blue-ink message; light edge wear and slight toning; stamp torn at right edge.

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Rugged Deception Pass on Puget Sound, WA, 1925, postcard, c. 1925. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/rugged-deception-pass-on-puget-sound-wa-1925. Accessed November 2, 2026.