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
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Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

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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

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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
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Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

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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

Buttons - Union - 1979

IBEW, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 9th District, Local 46, May 1979

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

Phone photo 1868

Pacific Ocean near North Cove, Washington

$25 Sale - Odd Dog

I have copies from three distinct printings of this 1978 book published by the Olympia School District for early readers. Odd Dog can be counted among Morty the Dog's ancestors. This book has not been fully scanned and posted on this blog.

For some reason my memory tells me this was drawn in 1976, but the 1978 date is on all three printings here. 

Mimeograph edition: I have two copies. Mimeo guts, cardstock blue cover.

Light Blue edition: Photocopy. Light blue cover, regular stock

Blue edition: Photocopy. Cardstock blue cover.

All copies are in fair shape. Copies of the Blue ed. have obviously been in the hands of little readers, but they have survived pretty well.

Regular digest size (letter size, folded).

Please specify which edition you would like when ordering.

$25 each, ppd.

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

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Phone photo 1867

Meet Officer Mannikin of the Westport, Washington Police Department. You can see him parked alongside the busiest road in town.

Buttons - Union - 1945

Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2761, U.B.of C. & J. of America, Labor Omnia Vincit, A F of L, Jan Feb Mar 1945

Curl has: Pac Coast Stamp Wks, Seattle

Phone photo 1866

Fishing boats at Westport, Washington

While the rest of the nation bakes, the Washington Coast gets rain

Phone photo 1865

Fleet Park Sequoias

Montesano, Washington

Buttons - Union - 1944

Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2761, U.B.of C. & J. of America, Labor Omnia Vincit, A F of L, Oct Nov Dec 1944

Curl has: Pac Coast Stamp Wks, Seattle

Phone photo 1864

Mysterious row of Sequoia cones found in Fleet Park, Montesano, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Maverick

"From the moment I slapped eyes on this hombre I smelled trouble, and refried beans."

Buttons - Union - 1942

Lumber & Sawmill Workers Loc. 2761, U.B.of C. & J. of America, Labor Omnia Vincit, A.F. of L., Oct Nov Dec 1942

Curl has: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.

Phone photo 1863