Real Photo Post Card - "City Park, Coulee City, Wash., 82"

Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1920s-1930s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Imprint of "Ellis" printed in the lower-right corner with "82" underneath. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. This postcard shows the city park in Coulee City, Washington. Coulee City is named after the nearby Grand Coulee, an ancient riverbed. The Ellis imprint belongs to the Ellis Post Card Company, which was founded in 1921 by John Boyd Ellis (1894-1983) when he opened a photography studio in Arlington, Washington. J. Boyd's specialty was tourism postcards depicting different locales in Washington state. His son, Clifford B. Ellis (1919-1992), eventually joined the company. After J. Boyd retired in 1959, Clifford took over his father's photography business. The company produced over 5,000 postcards.