Photo 1977.65.5 Whatcom Museum of History and Art Photo 1995.1.3771 Whatcom Museum of History and Art
At least symbolically furthering the places' linkage and the interconnection of the boosters' cosmologies, the park  gates and the coal mine sign bore a striking resemblance to each other.  The massive size of these markers  announced the places they signified with characteristic booster confidence while their raw lumber construction and attendant shrubbery suggested postcard possibilities.

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