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Kenneth Callahan mural
These photographs were taken at the Anacortes Post Office. They represent sections of a large wall mural painted in 1936 by the late Kenneth Callahan. Another half of this painting was hidden from sight when a lobby ceiling was lowered. According to Seattle/King County HistoryLink.org, “the Spokane-born painter was one of the leading artists of […]
Seasonal patterns
This photograph showing evidence of season’s change became part of my historic archives collection with completion of the landscaping project at the City Museum. Last year at this time moss filled the cracks between tiles on the museum patio, while leaves and pine needles collected until brushed away by the wind. The tiles have since […]
Summer guests
I could see from Oakes Avenue it was going to be a beautiful sunset, so I headed straight for Washington Park. I arrived at Sunset Beach just in time to share the sunset with six Fidalgo Island visitors … a couple from California and a family of four from British Columbia. Sean Traverse, his wife […]
Anti-drinking fountain
This small statue/fountain of a woman and a bird stands outside the Anacortes Museum, a former Carnegie Library. According to Anacortes Museum researcher Alex Dunn, the cast iron/zinc water fountain was created by J.W. Fiske Co. of New York. It was donated by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in 1906 in memory of long-time Union […]
Statue silouette
This small statue/fountain of a woman and a bird stands outside the Anacortes Museum, a former Carnegie Library. According to Anacortes Museum researcher Alex Dunn, the water fountain was donated by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in 1906 in memory of long-time Union president Corrie M. White. It was located originally at the corner of […]
Fading signs
Among fading signs of this community’s rich history is the lettering on this 2nd Street building behind Anacortes Marine Hardware and Supply. This business, still going strong next door on Commercial Avenue, has roots dating to 1913. Efthemios “Mike” Demopoulos emigrated from Greece to the U.S. in 1906, ultimately settling in Anacortes. He scoured county […]