Vintage 1908 Photo Postcard : Mabe & Bessie Souvenir Portrait

            Vintage, found photo post card of 2 young ladies identified as Mabe (short for Mabel?) and Bessie posed behind a prop-gate.

Written on front of Post Card:
Seattle, Wash.
Dear Friend-
Well Jim do the old Chums look the same as ever? Bessie is here and we are having a lovely time– only Bessie is lonesome for a letter from you so you better get busy, says she wrote when she left LaGrande but has never heard a word from you. I’m trying my best to get her to stay and get work here. 
Your friends Mabe & Bess.

On back of Post Card:
(Addressed to)
Mr. James Gavin
Box 614
LaGrande, Oregon
I did find a James Gavin living in the Portland, Oregon area in 1910. Not sure if it's this guy:
James Eugene Gavin born on November 21, 1885, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his father, Thomas, was 42 and his mother, Anne, was 40. He married Lillian "Lily" Miller on November 9, 1908, in Grand Haven, Michigan. They had one child during their marriage. He died on December 24, 1927, in Tuscola, Michigan, at the age of 42.

Postmarked:
SEATTLE, WASH
JUL (?) 1908

Made by A.J. Park, 1112 Second Avenue, Seattle

Stamped:
MEET ME IN SEATTLE 1909
ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION

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This is a scanned image from a batch of wire photos, publicity photos, film negatives, vintage snapshots, cabinet cards, CDVs and real photo postcards purchased at auction. You are welcome to pin, re-post, embed and share this image, but please do not reproduce for your personal gain or profit without my permission.

I did some small, cosmetic clean-up retouches in photoshop.

Any comments or observations are much appreciated!
   

Taken in: United States / Washington / Seattle / Central Business District (show map)

Taken on: July 1, 1908

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Sets appears in: • RPPC Album • Mystery Ancestors

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