Mrs. Anna B. Crawford lived in La Porte, a city in northwest Indiana – east of Gary.
The first Europeans settlement in this area grew up around a sawmill.
More settlers established homesteads through a Land Office, after the US government extinguished the claims or the indigenous tribes in 1833.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Porte,_Indiana
In June of 1917, Anna received a hand-colored. postcard photograph from a friend.
The friend, whose name I cannot decipher, mailed the postcard from Seattle, Washington.
Seattle, the largest city in Washington (and in the entire northwest US), lies between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 100 miles from the Canadian border.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, Seattle has been a center of trade with Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle
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The face of the postcard shows a beautiful array of “Mountain Flowers” at Mount Rainier National Park.
The printed title mentions especially the “Anemone” – a flowering plant related to the buttercup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemone
The National Park at Mount Rainier was established in 1899, the fourth National Park in the US.
The National Park is named for Mount Rainier, the highest peak in the Cascade Mountain Range.
https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm
The photograph was taken by Asahel Curtis; the postcard was first published by Lowman & Hanford Co. of Seattle.
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On the reverse, the sender notes, “this climate is conducive to growth of fine flowers, especially roses”.
(It is true that cities of the Pacific Northwest are known for their public gardens and ornamental plantings – Portland, Oregon is called “The City of Roses”.}
The writer adds, “This is an unusual view so thought you would like to have it.”
Anna appears to have valued highly the postcard as she preserved it throughout her life.
