Postcard - Ilwaco, Washington

"Port Basin - Ilwaco, Washington. Located at the mouth of the famous Columbia River. Berths for over 900 small boats, launching facilities. Area noted for silver and chinook salmon fishing. From May thru October."

Love the staccato description there. Probably from the 1960s or 1970s. Ilwaco is also known, at least to us Washington State trivia collectors, as the base for Malcolm Mark Moore, who ran for Governor in 1936 as a member of the Hitler-loving "Christian Party," otherwise known as the Silver Shirts.

Ilwaco is also the burial place of legendary muralist Joe Knowles.

Postcard - Ilwaco, Washington

"Port of Ilwaco Boat Mooring Basin, Washington. Located in Baker's Bay is one of the finest commercial and sports fishing facilities in the world. Catering to the sports fisherman it attracts visitors from over the entire nation who are searching for the elusive King Salmon. White streaks at the bottom is the wake from a few of the boats as they return with their limit of three fish per man. Quit wishin- -- Go Fishin'."

1970s, probably.