This postcard was mailed from Long Beach, Washington on June 10, 1923 and depicts a 47 foot whale ashore near the Breakers.
Whale strandings along the Washington coast were public spectacles that blended maritime industry, local news, and emerging seaside tourism. The Breakers area near Long Beach had already developed as a coastal destination by the early twentieth century. Printed event postcards such as this circulated as visual documentation of notable strandings.
The scene shows the massive whale resting on the sand, its ribbed body and flipper clearly visible and dwarfing the men and early touring automobile posed beside it. A placard on the car reads Kendall Auto Co Auto Trips, tying the image to early motor excursion culture. The printed lower caption reads 47 Ft. Whale ashore near Breakers Aug. 18 1913, while the reverse carries the Long Beach Washington June 10 1923 postmark with a one-cent green Washington stamp addressed to Seattle.
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