Front and side, Western Auto, Herb Sturtridge. A view of the Dr. Bostwick Building, front, and the Cornell House, rear, from across 8th Street. The site includes 111-19 South 8th Street and 715-17 Pacific Avenue. The building at 715-17 Pacific Avenue was built c. 1884 as the Dr. Bostwick Building. The separate building at 111-15 South 8th Street was built c. 1892-1910. The two buildings were later combined. North Pacific Bank Note Company purchased the building in 1919. The entrance to North Pacific Bank Note Company is shown on South 8th Street. Western Auto Supply Co, managed by Herb Sturtridge, occupies the street level storefronts.

Western Auto Supply Co. (Tacoma); Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobile equipment & supplies; North Pacific Bank Note Co. (Tacoma); Financial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Ed Cook at N.P. Bank Note Co. for 25 Years, Times, Buzz. Edwin G. Cook was a lithographer with North Pacific Bank Note Company. Edwin G. Cook lived in Tacoma from 1907 until 1964, the year he retired from the North Pacific Bank Note Co. After he retired, he moved to Vancouver, WA where he died on January 10, 1970.

North Pacific Bank Note Co. (Tacoma); Cook, Edwin G.;