Society and Museum Board Member Dwight Moody has generously agreed to allow us to share some of his extensive postcard collection on our website. These represent rarely-seen images of Olympia and add to our understanding of our history and heritage. Many will be also linked on our Where Are We? and Who Are We? pages. Click on the image to see a larger view.
![]( "Chalet Priest Point Park")
The Chalet at Priest Point Park (now Squaxin Park)
![]( "Carnegie Library;")
Carnegie Library (Olympia Public Library)
![]( "William Billings home")
William Billings home at right, St. John's Episcopal at left (now First Baptist) 9th and Washington
![]( "Capitol Way looking north pre earthquake")
Capitol Way looking north before 1949 earthquake
![]( "YMCA")
YMCA building shortly after construction in 1909
![]( "Woodmen of the World Parade on 4th front of Bettman Block")
Woodmen of the World parade, May 1902
![]( "Westside Mill log boom")
Huge log boom, Oly,pia westside
![]( "West Olympia with NP Depot and 4th Ave Bridge")
Northern Pacific depot on Water Street
![]( "Washington looking north with Liberty Theatre")
Washington Street near Legion with Liberty Theatre and M.M. Morris store
![]( "View from Old State Capitol looking north")
View from Old State Capitol Building, with Thurston County Courthouse and Columbia hall at right
![]( "Temple of Justice after facing")
Temple of Justice shortly after completion
![]( "Tate Henry Rogers store interior")
Tate Henry Rogers store in Governor Hotel
![]( "Sylvester Park pond with Old State Capitol")
Sylvester Park with pond and Old State Capitol in background
![]( "Sloan Shipyard Port of Olympia")
Sloan Shipyard, which built ships during World War I
![]( "Providence Academy")
Providence Academy on Main Street (Capitol Way)
![]( "Oyster House at night")
Olympia Oyster House restaurant at dark
![]( "Olympia High School first location with Territorial Capitol")
First Olympia High School (William Winlock Miller High School) with Territorial Capitol with cupola in background
![]( "Olympia from West Side Little Hollywood")
View from Westside. Note float houses of Little Hollywood along estuary
![]( "Pacific Lutheran Seminary (Olympia Collegiate Institute)")
Pacific Lutheran Seminary (Olympia Collegiate Institute)
![]( "Northern Pacific depot with water tower")
Northern Pacific Depot on Water Street with water tower and steam locomotive
![]( "Log booms Westside Mill dup")
View from Schneider Hill, with Westside Mill log boom, elevated tracks, and small Schneider home visible this side of tracks.
![]( "Log Boom Olympia")
Giant log boom, West Olympia
![]( "Hotel Olympian Dining Room dup")
Olympian Hotel dining room
![]( "Downtown from Old State Capitol colorized")
Colorized view from Old State Capitol Building, with Odd Fellows Hall and Woodruff Building prominent
![]( "Deschutes Estuary with log boom")
Log boom in foreground with shingle mill in mid-distance
![]( "4th Ave with Opera House and Rabeck Store")
Fourth Avenue looking east. Large building is Olympia Opera House
![]( "4th ave looking west from top of Opera House")
Fourth AVenue looking west from Opera House; United Presbyterian is building with steeple
![]( "4th and Capitol looking south with post")
Capitol Way looking south. McKenny Block (Kneeland Hotel) is in right foreground, at Fourth and Capitol
![]( "4th and Capitol looking east post earthquake pre rehab of Chambers Block")
Fourth and Capitol looking east. Chambers Block is at left, before its bay windows were restored, after 1949 earthquake
![]( "William Billings home")
William Billings home with St. John's Episcopal across from it, at 8th and Washington
![]( "YMCA")
YMCA, with Charles Williams home next door
