x-ST-MAY-21,1901-BoN-OSTRICH-Adver-web April 24, 2016 1000 × 778 Seattle Now & Then: The Great White Fleet, 1908 A detail from a nearly full page adver for the Bon Marche keying on the patriotic needs for Ostrich feathers to greet the thousands of sailors parading in their uniforms. The clip was pulled from the May 21, 1908 Seattle Times.