Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"Evergreen Point Bridge, spanning Lake Washington, is the longest floating span in the world. It has an over-all length of 5.93 miles and a floating section of 7,578 ft. This route leads to the Cascade Mountains seen in the background."

1970s. Today it is called "Governor Albert D. Rosellini Floating Bridge-- Evergreen Point," and at age 50 is getting too old to maintain.

I like the way to top postcard edge contour sort of matches the peaks of the Cascades.

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Postcard - Seattle, Washington

 

"Portage Bay with the University of Washington Medical School and other campus buildings in the distance and the moorings of the Seattle Yacht Club in the Bay. The western end of the Evergreen Floating bridge runs in the foreground."

1970s.

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Hettie the helicopter detector, always the first to pick up on the fact one is near

Favorite Movie Quotes: Gone With the Wind

"You mustn't say such things. You'll hate me for hearing them."

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The Fab Four enduring great hardship

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"Seattle, Washington. University of Washington Stadium at left center with a seating capacity of 58,000 overlooks Lake Washington and is bordered by Union Bay in the center with Portage Bay in the foreground tied together by Lake Washington Ship Canal."

1970s.

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Charlie and Dreamer

Morty Comix # 2592

Morty Comix # 2592 was placed inside an old issue of Newsweek in a clinic waiting room in Tumwater, Washington.

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Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"Opening Day Regatta, Seattle. The annual parade of boats through the east section of the Lake Washington ship canal marks the official opening of the boating season."

1970s.

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Morty Comix # 2591

Morty Comix # 2591 was tacked up on the public bulletin board of the McCleary Post Office.

It has been awhile since I have displayed anything on this medium. Apparently, some individual in town takes down anything I post and within 24 hours tears it up into little pieces, and throws it in one of the trash cans. So I have pissed off someone around here. Imagine that. The long line forms at the Right.


This comic was gone within 24 hours, but I didn't inspect the trash to see if it was torn up.

The McCleary Post Office remains home to four earlier Morty Comix, and one of them has been there for over a year! 

In the last photo, Nadine awaits outside.

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James Abbott mural detail

McCleary, Washington

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"George Washington Memorial Bridge, Seattle, Washington"

1930s. Today this is known as the Aurora Bridge or the Suicide Bridge.

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James Abbott mural detail

McCleary, Washington

There is something deliciously and I'm sure unintentionally disturbing about the way he painted facial expressions in nearly all of the works he created around Grays Harbor County, although his landscape work was really good. It just adds to the surreal feeling many visitors have when visiting this zone of Washington State, Bezango WA 985.

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Godfather Part III

"Politics and crime, they're the same thing."

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Pacific Beach, Washington

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"Seattle, Washington. A view looking north shows the U.S. Interstate 5 Freeway Bridge crossing the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a waterway leading into Puget Sound. A portion of the University of Washington can be seen on the right."

1970s. The upper right corner of the photo was the area where I lived, worked, and went to school 1980-1982.

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Pacific Beach, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Freshman

"There's kind of a freedom in being completely screwed, because you know things can't get any worse."

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Goodbye Shirley

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"Government Locks, Seattle, Washington. These locks offer easy access for pleasure and commercial boats between the salt water of Puget Sound and the fresh waters of Lake Union and Lake Washington."

1970s, with a little bit of Ballard tossed in. I lived a few blocks away for part of 1979-1980 on Market St.

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Moclips, Washington

Obscuro Bezango Show!

The following press release was found in my email this morning about an art exhibit opening in Pittsburgh, PA that will be something of a landmark in the history of the Obscuro genre. I am very excited about attending this event!

Obscuro Bezango!

Curated by Thomas Rehm

At Future Tenant 819 Penn Avenue

Opening reception Friday August 2, 2013 | 7-10 PM

On display from August 2 to September 1, 2013

Free Admission

(June 18, 213) Future Tenant presents Obscuro Bezango!, a body of work by three creators in a little known arena of art called Obscuro Culture. This four-week visual arts exhibit will feature traditional sculpture, outsider sculpture, and Obscuro art and comics all unified by their singularity of vision. In addition to curating the show, Thomas Rehm will display work alongside Maximum Traffic- the assumed name of a prolific artist- and Elmore “Buzz” Buzzizyk. These three unlikely gallery-mates help carry on the underground culture of self published artists and cartoonists that arose in the advent of widely available, inexpensive photocopying, today known as Obscuro art.

Meet the curator and enjoy complimentary drinks at the opening reception FRIDAY AUGUST 2 FROM 7-10 PM. This event is free and open to the public.

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"Shilshole Bay Marina, Seattle. The Olympic Mountains form a backdrop behind Puget Sound."

1970s

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Moclips, Washington

Morty Comix # 2590

Morty Comix # 2590 was slipped into a copy of our free local weekly and returned to a newspaper stand under a James Abbott mural in a restaurant in Elma, Washington

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"Shilshole Bay and Marina, Seattle, Washington. With facilities to moor over 1,600 pleasure boats, this saltwater harbor is located near the Gov't Locks in Ballard. The canal connecting Puget Sound with Seattle's freshwater Lake Union can be seen in the distance."

1970s.

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Moclips, Washington