Issaquah Historic Postcards
Five for $2.00
Each set contains five postcards, one each of the following images:
Postcard Caption: The Issaquah Historic Depot, built in 1889 and restored by the
Issaquah Historical Society in 1989. Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, the depot is open to visitors.
Additional Information: This photo was
 taken by
historical society
member Barb Justice in 1998. The beautifully forested Squak Mountain
looms to the southwest. On the actual postcard, the "Issaquah" insignias
are clearly readable.
Postcard Caption: A locomotive arrives at the Gilman Depot, c. 1892-1898. Coal and
timber resources made the area attractive to the Seattle, Lake Shore &
Eastern Railway, which built the depot in 1889. Issaquah was originally called Gilman
after railroad co-founder Daniel Hunt Gilman.
Additional Information: This photo was taken in the 1890's by Thomas
S. Crossley, an Issaquah resident
 who was a professional photographer.
Mr. Crossley also served as Issaquah's town marshal and had a "fix-it"
shop in Seattle. On the actual postcard, the "Gilman"
insignia is clearly readable.
Postcard Caption: The Gilman Cornet Band in front of the International Order of
Odd Fellows Hall, c. 1900. Constructed in 1888, the Hall remains a distinctive
Issaquah landmark.
Additional Information: Home-made musical recreation was popular and
successful in our town, judging from the size and snappy uniforms of the Gilman
Cornet Band in this 1900 photograph. The lower floor of the Odd Fellows' Hall at
the rear was used for concerts by groups such as this and plays and
dances. (caption for this photo in The Past At
Present, page 125)
Postcard Caption: Issaquah Round-Up Parade marches down Front Street, Labor day
weekend, 1924.
Additional Information: In this Sept. 1, 1924 photograph, the
Labor Day Rodeo cowboys lead the march south on Front Street. Following is a
band led by William Harris, visible just to the right of the band, in a suit,
holding a book. The Issaquah Cafe on the left is at the location of the new
library being built in 2000. The railroad tracks in the foreground led from the
depot to the coal mines behind the fish hatchery. Also of note is the white
drinking fountain located next to the telephone pole on the right corner.
(from a Issaquah Press Looking Back
article)
Postcard Caption: Entering Issaquah by train, early 1900's. Ahead is the
depot, with Mt. Rainier in the distance. To the left is the dairy plant. Darigold's
forerunner. The railroad once provided the chief route into town.
Additional Information: Issaquah looked like this to the
incoming traveler in the days when the railroad was the principal route from
"outside." Up ahead is the depot, waiting for passengers and mail, and
to the left and right are the creamery and Baptist Church. Notice the stumps
close by, with springboard holes in them, and the split rail fence along the
dirt road -- reminders of the forest not long gone. (caption for this photo in The
Past At Present, page 19).
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