These postcards all appear to have been issued before 1920, and all but one of them from before 1915. One of cards is Southern Pacific issue, while the others were probably issued with the cooperation of the railroad.
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This card has a divided back, which means it was issued in 1907 or later, and a Southern Pacific logo on the back. The large white space on the front suggests it was issued right after the Postal Service allowed people to write messages on the back; prior to 1907, many postcards came with space on the front for writing messages. We’ve previously seen later postcards of the Wawona tree, which–contrary to this card–was probably about 2,300 years old when it fell in 1969.
The Pacific Rail & Navigation Company, which Southern Pacific purchased in 1915, followed the Nehalem River, and this photo was included in the PR&N postcard folder presented here nearly two months ago. This postcard was issued by the Pacific Novelty Company, which also published the Official Shasta Route postcard folder, likely under license to the Southern Pacific.
This card was published by Edward H. Mitchell, a San Francisco publisher and, later, real estate developer. The card, which could date to as early as 1910, is one of several dozen that Mitchell published for Southern Pacific. Mitchell also published numerous postcards of “exaggerated” fruits and vegetables, mostly places on Southern Pacific freight cars.
This card was published by Curt Teich (which published another Shasta Route postcard folder, and probably dates to 1915.