This scene features the Downtown Anacortes horsedrawn trolley sponsored by the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce. Late November 2013 at the Majestic Inn. See Anacortes.org for details about this year’s Christmas activities.
I love these birds. This shot was taken at Seafarers’ Memorial Park in December 2002.
Remember when bowling a few frames was an option? 2009 photo at San Juan Lanes, Commercial Avenue. Now the building is gone.
I didn’t get any particulars as this driver was on the move, but I sure enjoyed the encounter. “O” Avenue and 41st Street, 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.
The late Bill Mitchell, Anacortes muralist and historian, loved a parade! Here he is in the 2002 parade, busy promoting a fishing museum.
Anacortes High School Marching Band, Anacortes Christmas Parade 2007.
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.
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 sweeps over Deception Pass Bridge, as viewed from Fidalgo Island. 2005.
Electrical crew does their work on the downtown Anacortes arch in January 2008.
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 […]