Phone photo 1883

Raymond, Washington

Buttons - Union - 1989

Save Our State

WFSE/AFSCME

On the curl: Grays Harbor Stamp Works 800-894-3830

Phone photo 1882

Montesano, Washington

Morty Comix # 2427

 

  

Morty Comix # 2427 was left in the entrance area of the Pacific County Courthouse, South Bend, Washington

Phone photo 1881

Birthplace of Ranald MacDonald

Astoria, Oregon

Favorite Movie Quotes: No Country for Old Men

"I always figured when I got older God would sort of come into my life. He didn't. And I don't blame Him."

Phone photo 1880

Montesano, Washington

$25 Sale - Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke Act 4, 2nd ed.

The Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke, Act 4

2nd edition, January 1985, 30 copies, orchid cover, enlarged digest size.

I have three copies, all in pristine condition, at 25 bucks each, ppd.

Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

or order through PayPal

Phone photo 1880

F.D. Roosevelt with a chipped nose

Buttons - Union - 1989

 

 PAY State Employees FAIRLY, WPEA

Curl has: Grays Harbor Stamp Works, 800.894.3830

I suspect this dates back to the 1989 Washington State surplus budget issue and Governor Gardner not honoring his political promises to the Washington Public Employees Association.

Phone photo 1879

Hettie in the buttercups

$25 Sale - Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke Act 2, 2nd ed.

The Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke, Act 2
2nd edition, June 1984, 30 copies, dark pink cover, enlarged digest size.

I have two copies, both in pristine condition, at 25 bucks each, ppd.

Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

or order through PayPal

Phone photo 1878

Buttons - Union - 1989

Booth Buster, 3%

Washington State Governor Booth Gardner, a Democrat, angered his political base when he failed to make good on his promise to raise state worker salaries even though the public coffers has an unexpected windfall. This button suddenly surfaced and was handed to me by member of a labor union.

This button was playing off the popularity of both of the Ghostbusters movies. The original was released in 1984 (the year Gardner was elected), and Ghostbusters II was currently out when this anti-Gardner image was made.

Phone photo 1877

By the Chehalis River, Aberdeen, Washington

$25 Sale - Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke Act 1, 3rd ed.

 

Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke Act 1

3rd edition, May 1984, 30 copies, blue cover, enlarged digest size.

In excellent condition

$25 ppd
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

or order through PayPal

Phone photo 1876

Aberdeen, Washington

Buttons - Union - 1991

AFT

This button was issued to me when I joined the American Federation of Teachers as a member of the faculty at South Puget Sound Community College, 1991-2000.

Phone photo 1875

Grayland, Washington

$25 Sale - Storm Warnings, 1st ed.

Storm Warnings, 1st edition, February 1986, Pullman, Washington. 50 copies, white cover, enlarged digest size.

The bottom right corner appears to have lightly pinched, otherwise this copy is in excellent shape.

$25 ppd

Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

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Phone photo 1874

Cranberry bog

North Cove, Washington

Buttons - Unions - 1970s

We're in Here For You, You're Out There For Us

Back in the early 1970s I interviewed several people who were participants or eyewitnesses to the Nov. 11, 1919 Centralia Massacre as well the subsequent 1920 trial in Montesano (a great uncle of mine testified). The fact I was related to people on both sides of this tragic incident, plus those willing to talk to me were looking at the end of their lives and were feeling confessional, gave me a unique and not very admirable view of this blot on Washington State history.

In the course of these interviews, someone gave me this IWW re-issue button.

Phone photo 1873

Four eagles at a bend where SR 105 hugs the Pacific Ocean

North Cove, Washington

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Help! Robbers!

Ad and article from the Raymond Herald, Raymond, Washington June 2, 1922

You have to admire the way this men's clothing store rolled with the punches after they were robbed. An unusual example of an early local cartoonist here in Southwest Washington a.k.a Bezango WA 985.

Phone photo 1872

Two eagles

North Cove, Washington

$25 Sale - Retreads 1

Retreads, 1st edition, 1983, Olympia, Washington, 46 copies, salmon cover, enlarged digest size.

Contains reprints from miscellaneous sources, 1976-1983, including the earliest known drawing of a dog called "Mortie."

In excellent condition.

 $25 ppd
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

or order through PayPal

Phone photo 1871

Pacific Ocean, North Cove, Washington

Someone left a rock arrangement

Buttons - Union - 1990s?

 

UFCW Local 44, AFL-CIO-CLC

Under the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.

Phone photo 1870

North Cove Pioneer Cemetery

Estab 1892, Eroded 1977

This small cemetery was relocated when the original spot was reclaimed by the Pacific Ocean. The new location is next to SR 105, and is also literally a stone's throw from the beach.

Phone photo 1869

It isn't often one sees a headstone on the very spot where they crossed over:

"In Memory of my good friend & buddy/helper Don Kiel who died on this spot 5/24/04 2:45pm while mowing."

"By Pic-n-Pa"

North Cove Pioneer Cemetery