Sepia-tone Real Photo Postcard of a view looking across Pioneer Square in Seattle's historic district, near the waterfront. Pioneer Park, created at the triangle where Yestler Way and James St come together at 1st Avenue gained a stolen Alaskan Totem Pole in 1899, (now replaced by one honestly acquired) and the elaborate Iron Pergola, designed by Seattle architect Julian Everett and erected in 1909 as a stop for the Yesler and James Street Cable Car Company. This waiting shelter was the most lavish of its kind west of the Mississippi with ornamental iron columns, wrought iron ornamentation and a large underground restroom. The pergola was completed just in time for Seattle’s first World’s Fair, The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition. The pergola, along with the square's Tlingit totem pole and the adjacent Pioneer Building, were designated as national landmarks in 1977.

Yestler Way is actually the nation’s original skid row. Named for the way logs were rolled down the hill to the wharf for transport, the expression took on connotations of poverty and vice when hordes of unemployed men camped in the area during the depression.

Titled on lower left -

Totem Pole -
Pioneer Square
Seattle, Wash.

The inset below shows some of the detail at the base of the Tlingit totem pole and the arch into Pioneer Square Pergola. The Victorian-style, iron-and-glass structure, about 60 feet long and 16 feet high, has become one of Seattle's most famous meeting spots. On the background building across the street is signs for Columbia Brew, Merchant's Hotel, Lovera Cigars. Other signs show in the image including United Cigars and Hansen and O'Reily Shops.

The card reverse shows a handwritten note to Miss Lily Larsen of Watsonville, CA, mailed from Seattle in 1940.

A fine addition to your Northwest history or Totem collection.

• Good condition with some age yellowing, and background fading
• Minor water spots seen on front, probably during the printing
• Corners and edges show some slight bumping

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