Circa 1918.

ca. 1888. Several men and a horse drawn carriage stand in front of the Ross & Naubert Real Estate office, 1001 A Street, in the Mason Block building. The Mason Block was built by Allen C. Mason in 1887.

Ross & Naubert Real Estate (Tacoma); Mason Block (Tacoma); Carriages & coaches--Tacoma--1880-1890; Office buildings--Tacoma--1880-1890

Cameras focus on a passerby placing money in a beggarwoman's, played by Wanda Hawley, tin cup as the motion picture "Totem Pole Beggar" is filmed on busy A Street in downtown Tacoma in March of 1926. The Mason Hotel and signage is to the left of the begging woman seated on the bench; it was built as part of the Mason Block in 1887. A loaded newspaper cart is parked outside of the hotel. "Totem Pole Beggar" was the second motion picture filmed by the H.C. Weaver Productions, Inc., which was based near Titlow Beach. The film, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, had its name changed to "Eyes of the Totem" in April, 1926. It would open at the Broadway Theatre on June 10, 1927.

Actors--Tacoma--1920-1930; Actresses; Beggars--Tacoma; Tin cups; Motion pictures; Mason Hotel (Tacoma); Signs (Notices); H.C. Weaver Productions, Inc. (Tacoma);

ca. 1935. Willis Meacham, photographer. Wrecked automobile on A Street at intersection with South 10th. Truck stacked high with lumber and touring sedan automobile with crunched rear fender and spoke wheel. Mason Block, Fairmont Hotel, and other buildings. The Fairmont Hotel was in the Mason Block, developed by Allen C. Mason in 1887. It was demolished and is now the site of the Weyerhaeuser Building. (WSHS)

Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940; Business districts--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fairmont Hotel (Tacoma);