Saturday, July 31, 2010

Depoe Bay, Oregon, Today and 1936


Depoe Bay Oregon
Photo: Steven Astillero

unused, bought in 2010
the card is shaped like the state of Oregon :)

Here is a reprint postcard of what it looked like in 1936:


Oregon Coast Hi-Way
Depoe Bay, Oregon 1936

Historical picture of Depoe Bay, Oregon taken in 1936. The Seagull Gift Shop was established in the 1930's and has been in continuous operation since.

unused, bought in 2010 at the Seagull Gift Shop :)

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Depoe Bay is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, located on U.S. Route 101 next to the Pacific Ocean. The population was 1,174 at the 2000 census.

The bay of the same name is a six-acre (24,000 m²) harbor that the city promotes as the world's smallest.

In 1975, the fishing trip sequence in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was filmed in Depoe Bay.
In 2008, restaurant scenes from The Burning Plain were filmed in Depoe Bay, at the Tidal Raves restaurant.

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