The Old Man Of Cape Flattery Washington large S America map Wisconsin Madison sits on its

Wisconsin Madison sits on its isthmus between Mendota and Monona

These postcards trade in dune grass and dory boats

Cook's Spanish Inn Seattle Tacoma Highway Washington arrives in stucco arches and red-tile roofs rising roadside between the two cities — a motorist's oasis of mission-style verandas

The Publicans Contraption — Patent Drawing for Beer Dispensing Apparatus is a drawing from the era when American brewing was a serious industrial science — pumps

Battle of the Little Bighorn 1876 — a retrospective rendering of the Greasy Grass

The Old Man Of Cape Flattery Washington large S America map Wisconsin Madison sits on itsThe Old Man Of Cape Flattery Washington arrives where the continent runs out Pacific swells gnawing at sandstone headlands, sea caves echoing beneath the Olympic Peninsula's northwesternmost point, and Tatoosh Light blinking through Strait of Juan de Fuca fog. The weathered rock face that names this place keeps its seaward vigil across linen and real photo postcards from the early century era. About the Source Bella Frye curates American postcards