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This imprint is pressed into the cement of one of the sidewalks leading into Old Main at the WWU Campus.
It reads:
"MACY BROS CONTR'S 1919 BELLINGHAM WN"
What is intriguing about this imprint is that it uses "WN" as the abbreviation for Washington State, instead of the ISO 3166-2 standard "WA," which the postal service now uses. I guess the standard hadn't been implemented yet in 1919.
I just wish that the AP Style and coast guard boat registrations would switch to the international standard abbreviations as well, but that's just a pet peeve of mine....
It reads:
"MACY BROS CONTR'S 1919 BELLINGHAM WN"
What is intriguing about this imprint is that it uses "WN" as the abbreviation for Washington State, instead of the ISO 3166-2 standard "WA," which the postal service now uses. I guess the standard hadn't been implemented yet in 1919.
I just wish that the AP Style and coast guard boat registrations would switch to the international standard abbreviations as well, but that's just a pet peeve of mine....
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