Looking Back
Christmas tree topper 2015
At Christmas time in 2015 the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce featured a community Christmas tree composed of stacked crab pots. This was the topper that year.
Bill enjoys Christmas Parade: 2002
The late Bill Mitchell, Anacortes muralist and historian, loved a parade! Here he is in the 2002 parade, busy promoting a fishing museum.
Christmas parade 2007
Anacortes High School Marching Band, Anacortes Christmas Parade 2007.
Unique breakwater: 50 years ago
Brother Nick Steen from Georgia shared this photo he took about 50 years ago! La Merced, serving as a breakwater at Lovric’s SeaCraft on the Guemes Channel in Anacortes. Also attached is a more up to date photo I took a couple of years back.
Logs through Pass: 50 years ago
I was excited this week to receive two images taken about 50 years ago by brother Nick Steen. The first was this photo of a classic tugboat towing a log boom east under Deception Pass Bridge. Will share the other image, also of the maritime variety, later this week. Thanks, Nick! (Now a resident of […]
Fog over the pass: 2005
Fog sweeps over Deception Pass Bridge, as viewed from Fidalgo Island. 2005.
Juicing up the arch
Electrical crew does their work on the downtown Anacortes arch in January 2008.
Fire engine saga begins: 1997
It was 25 years ago this week that I published an article detailing the efforts to restore a 1924 American LaFrance fire truck owned by the Anacortes Fire Department. That goal has since been met after many years of commitment and investment by a dedicated team of restoration supporters. In fact, the truck is often […]
Aerial Grand View Cemetery: 2006
Grand View Cemetery, 2006. You’ll notice this photo is pre-roundabout at the entrance to town.
Eagle release: 2001
I photographed this bald eagle in 2001 at the close of a successful rehab. The bird had been injured by a car on Whidbey Island, was released into the wild again when injuries were healed.
Scuba divers: 2001
From my archive of slides. Washington Park scuba divers and friends, March 2001.
PO boxes, twilight: 2017
Twilight in downtown Anacortes, September 2017. PO boxes as seen through front door on Commercial Avenue.
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