ca. 1926. The central building in the picture is 1113 Broadway, viewed from the Commerce Street side. It was built in 1890 and designed by Kissam & Morris, architects. Over the years it has had many tenants, including the Tacoma Daily News. In 1926, on the ground floor was the "Heather Bell Restaurant." The address for the cafe was 1114 Commerce. It was known as the Heather Bell from 1925-28, later as the "Bell Cafe." Above the Heather Bell were the offices of L. R. Clark, dentists. To the right of the picture is 1112 Commerce, the location of F. Kuchera & Son Co., wholesale leather and findings. The company was owned jointly by Edward, Frank Jr., William, Otto and Marie (Frank Sr's widow) Kuchera. The building, although greatly changed, is still standing in downtown Tacoma.

Heather Bell Restaurant (Tacoma); F. Kuchera & Son Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1926. The central building in this picture is 1113 Broadway, viewed from Broadway Street. In 1926, one of the building's tenants was L.R. Clark, dentists, as indicated by the large signage on the building. Upstairs at 1113 1/2 Broadway was the Ritz Hotel, in operation from 1914-1953. On the left side of the picture is McMillan Brothers, owned by Everett and Alfred McMillan. They owned three stores that offered the strange combination of druggist (ground floor) and musical instrument dealers. They also sold pianos, phonographs and records. The music department was located on the second floor at this location. To the right of the picture, at 1115 Broadway, is a ground floor Piggly Wiggly store, at one time the location of the Queen City Market. (WSHS- negative A874-0)

Hotel Ritz (Tacoma); McMillan Brothers (Tacoma); Piggly Wiggly (Tacoma);