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- 1950
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
ca. 1950. Aerial view of Annie Wright Seminary, from Tacoma Ave. No. to Commencement Bay in the North end of Tacoma. The heavily wooded area between the school and the Stadium district is Garfield Park. Annie Wright Seminary was endowed by Northern Pacific Railroad's President C. B. Wright, with an original grant of $50,000. The school was named for his daughter Annie. It opened in 1884 with 94 students, at its original location of 611 Division Ave. It was moved to this location in 1924.
Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Aerial photographs; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--Buildings