65 images. Broadway Terrace Bldg. Henry A. Rhodes, Inc., builder Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. Macdonald Bldg. Co., contr. -exterior faced with Mo-Sai precast stone -partially built on the foundation of the Tacoma Theater Bldg. -occupants included: Mierow's Jewelers, Sherman Clay & Co., Fraser's Gift Shop -plans at TPL
TNT 5/1/1963 p.A1 New building to rise on theater site
TNT 9/10/1963 p.A3 New Broadway building to cost about $450,000 (sketch)
TNT 12/17/1963 p.8 Music Box replacement not necessary (insurance claim ruling)
TNT 12/29/1963 p.A13 permits
TNT 2/19/1964 p.A1 Third story planned for new building
TNT 2/20/1964
TNT 3/1/1964 p.B8 (sketch)
TNT 3/8/1964 p.A6 Building projects shape the changing face of Tacoma (il)
TNT 6/21/1964 p.A2,B6 Changing skyline (il under construction)
TNT 11/8/1964 p.A8,A9 Mierow's newly-built store to open (Mierow's Jewelerstakes space in bldg.) (il)
TNT 11/26/1964 p.A18,A19 Sherman Clay opening set for Friday (interior ilof Sherman Clay & Co. music store at 904 Broadway)
TNT 7/11/1965 p.A11 New store to open Monday (Fraser's Gift Shop takes space in bldg.) (il)
TNT 11/25/1998 p.B4 Face lift at Broadway Terrace (sketch) Business Examiner 11/30/1998 p.1 Going for the gold in downtown Tacoma (sketch of proposed improvements)
TNT 2/7/1999 p.G1 "Donald Trump of Tacoma"; real estate broker Eric Cederstrand ...
TNT 4/13/1999 p.B5 New faces coming in old Tacoma Business Examiner 10/18/1999 p.18,19 Another Rushforth renovation (remodeling by McGranahan Architects, arch. and Rushforth Construction, contr.) (il)
TNT 12/7/1999 p.D1 Historic building's rebirth brings back a touch of class
TNT 8/25/2000 p.D1 Festivities in tech town (Atomic Tangerine company opens in bldg., drops 1,000 orange stress balls from second floor) -----
TNT 7/24/2014 p.A1 District may buy building, garage for SOTA
TNT 7/26/2014 p.A3 Tacoma School of the Arts lands new home
TNT 1/7/1940 p.A10 A.P. news film due; teletype machine to work in Music Box Lobby
TNT 1/12/1940 p.1 Music Box film shows how news is handled from all over world
TNT 1/27/1940 p.3 (ad for motion picture "Gone With the Wind")
TNT 2/8/1940 p.11 "Gone With the Wind" eagerly awaited here
TNT 12/8/1940 p.A9 Department is expanded (interior il of B.A. Almvig Music Co. at 908 Broadway)
TNT 4/16/1942 p.25 Again jailed for clapping at wrong time
TNT 4/23/1942 p.9 (ad for appearance by dancer Sally Rand)
TNT 4/26/1942 p.B9 Sally must dance minus her bubbles
TNT 2/4/1943 p.15 (ad for the motion picture "Casablanca")
TNT 6/23/1943 p.6-9 Music Box shows "A Stranger in Town" (starring Frank Morgan)
TNT 1/26/1947 p.B1Only girl to run theater (il of theater manager Florence Barbour)
TNT 6/25/1947 p.19 (ad for the motion picture "The Egg and I")
TNT 1/16/1949 p.A10 Jan. 13 big day in '90 (il)
TNT 7/1/1951 p.A1 Firemen have busy day in heat (popcorn machine on fire)
TNT 7/31/1951 p.17-21 Lloyd-Friesen opens doors of beautiful new shoe store Wednesday (il of Lloyd-Friesen, Inc. at 910 Broadway) (remodeling for shoe store by I.J. Gilfillen, contr.)
TNT 8/26/1951 Tacoma's architecture changes with years (il)
TNT 6/10/1953 p.13 Maple tree grows atop building (grows in old chimney)
TNT 6/11/1953 p.A1 Tree on Broadway (il)
TNT 7/31/1953 p.27-52 Tacoma station KMO-TV on the air this coming Sunday (studio at 914 1/2 Broadway)
TNT 8/23/1953 p.A9 ... to open shoe salon Aug. 25 (interior il of Lloyd-Friesen Shoe Store)
TNT 11/12/1953 p.C2 CinemaScope "movie marvel" due here soon
TNT 1/16/1955 p.A4 Elegant era opened here 65 years ago (il)
TNT 6/28/1955 p.10 (ad for motion picture "The Seven Year Itch")
TNT 11/13/1955 p.1 Anybody want to help? (il of workers doing roof repairs)
TNT 11/13/1955 p.D13 (ad for motion picture "Rebel Without a Cause")
TNT 8/15/1956 p.D4 (permit taken to remodel fire escapes)
TNT 7/31/1958 p.B6 Sprucing up Broadway (il of remodeling)
TNT 4/2/1959 p.A1 Bank to put in branch on Broadway (remodeling for the National Bank of Washington by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.)
TNT 8/9/1959 p.A15 Memories of theater live for Chas. Herald
TNT 2/25/1960 p.A1,A4,A6,A7 Banking returns to Broadway (remodeling for the National Bank of Washington at 912 Broadway by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. and Macdonald Building Co., contr.) (interior il)
TNT 6/22/1960 p.A6 Music Box opens again (after three month closure)
TNT 9/12/1960 p.6,7 Baker Bros. open shop at new Broadway site (remodeling by Jardeen Brothers, contr.) (il)
TNT 5/1/1963 p.A1,A2,A10,A11,B2 Music Box Theater destroyed by fire; Tacoma Theater symbol of entertainment magic (il)
TNT 5/3/1963 p.1 Ship model survives theater fire (il of model)
TNT 5/4/1963 p.18 In the old days, lines were long at Music Box
TNT 6/16/1963 p.A1 Music Box fire relived; firemen study debris, learn from experience (il of ruins) (includes timeline of fire)
TNT 8/21/1963 p.A1 Demolition of theater may start Monday
TNT 8/29/1963 p.B2 Down it comes (il of demolition)
TNT 9/22/1963 p.C15 Once the Music Box (il of demolition)
TNT 9/29/1963 p.A2 Dismantling Music Box can be pretty tricky
TNT 10/6/1963 p.A2 Wrecker plays finale at charred Music Box (il)
TNT 10/1/1964 p.D4 Man injured during theater fire sues city
TNT 4/27/1965 p.1 Theater fire suits filed
TNT 4/30/1965 p.A8 Five more suits filed
TNT 1/27/1974 p.A11 When stars shone at 9th and Broadway (il c.1920s)
TNT 5/9/1976 The Temple of Minerva (il,interior il)
TNT 5/28/1978 ... showplace for the world's greatest stars
TNT 5/1/1997 p.FP12 Rhodes turned Tacoma Theatre into bustling Broadway
65 images. Tacoma Theater Tacoma Opera House Co., builder J.M. Wood (Chicago), arch. A.F. Heide, assistant arch. John Galen Howard, exterior design Geo. B. Evans, supervisor of construction Moore & Clark, contr. Sydney Lovell, interior design Spierling & Linden, interior decorator Thomas Moses, scenic artist Charles H. Smith, stage builder Peterman Manufacturing Co., woodwork and carving John W. Hanna, theater manager -capacity of 1,300, later enlarged to 1,800 -"largest stage on the Pacific Coast" (67 ft. by 42 ft., 55 ft. to loft) -opened 1/13/1890 -known as the Broadway Theater from Feb. 1927 to Jan. 1933 -grand opening 2/4/1927 -"the magic sign of a wonderful time" -known as the Music Box Theater from Feb. 1933 to Apr. 1963 -destroyed by fire 4/30/1963 -plans at TPL for remodeling in 1927 by Heath, Gove & Bell, arch., digitized
TDL 5/20/1888 p.3 Tacoma's opera house
TDL 6/28/1888 p.4 Our opera house
TDL 9/5/1888 p.5 The grand opera house
TDL 10/25/1888 p.3 The new opera house
TDL 11/16/1888 p.4 Building the opera house
TDL 1/1/1889 p.8 Grand opera house
TDL 4/28/1889 p.4 One million dollars
TDL 9/29/1889 p.5 (Moses of San Francisco starts painting scenery)
TDL 10/8/1889 p.4 (Charles W. Smith and crew fitting up the stage)
TDL 10/13/1889 p.5 New Tacoma Theater (description of stage area)
TDL 12/3/1889 p.4 A private exhibition (mention of Edward Loitz, scene painter)
TDL 12/25/1889 p.5 Tacoma theater (list of officers, contractors, bookings)
TDL 1/1/1890 p.1 (ad, sketch)
TDL 1/8/1890 p.4 There will be a crowd (opening night ticket sales)
TDL 1/13/1890 p.5 Let the curtain rise
TDL 1/14/1890 p.1 'Twas a gala night (full page article,sketch, floor plan)
TDL 3/8/1890 p.4 Fire in the theater
TDL 9/19/1890 p.4 Sale of the theater
TDL 2/18/1891 p.6 The crowning feature (electric lights)
TDL 9/24/1891 The Great Berndardt ... in "Fedora" at the Tacoma (appearance by actress Sarah Bernhardt)
TDL 9/26/1891 p.5 A policeman's idea of Bernhardt (taken to the Theatre Comique instead of the Tacoma Theater by mistake) T.Evening News 12/25/1899 (interior il of Schweigart's Art Store) T.Morning Union 8/13/1895 p.4 Twain compliments Cole (visit of author Mark Twain) TDN 6/3/1905 p.7 (ad for motion pictures at the Malan-Magrath Theater at 914 Broadway) TDN 9/25/1905 p.2 May revolutionize heating in Tacoma; oil burners to be tried ...
TDL 5/3/1908 p.21 Tacoma Theater historic place
TDL 12/12/1909 (interior il of Electro Dental Parlors) T.Daily Tribune 10/23/1910 Nazimova leading feature of week in local theatrical productions
TDL 2/2/1913 p.8 "Cleopatra" comes in motion pictures T.Tribune 8/22/1915 (ad for personal appearance by Al Jolson)
TDL 6/14/1918 Sarah Bernhardt at Orpheum tonight
TDL 4/8/1923 p.B8 Chocolate Shop will remodel (at 908 Broadway)
TDL 6/7/1923 p.12 (interior il of Chocolate Shop)
TDL 5/11/1924 p.A9 Veteran jewelers move to new business center (Frank C. Hart & Sons Jewelry moves to 912 Broadway)
TDL 5/25/1924 p.E10 (alterations for Frank C. Hart & Sons Jewelry by E.J. Bresemann, arch.)
TDL 6/1/1924 Jewelry firm to be in new home ...
TDL 8/3/1924 p.A6 Hart & Sons to open new home
TDL 11/2/1924 p.H2 Hear Houdini (appearance by magician Harry Houdini)
TNT 11/4/1924 Picked pantry locks; Houdini at the Tacoma ...
TDL 2/21/1925 p.3 Rachmaninoff recital at Tacoma tonight
TDL 12/19/1925 p.1 Tacoma Theater bldg. sold ("largest single realty transaction in city's history") (il)
TDL 3/7/1926 p.A1 Modernized theater for city is plan (remodeling by Heath, Gove & Bell, arch.)
TNT 8/19/1926 p.18 Famous old stage yields to new; Tacoma Theater "boards" trod in times past ... torn up in remodeling of house (il in 1890) (hard copy only)
TDL 10/17/1926 p.B1 Theater curtain ends long service (interior il)
TNT 10/26/1926 All eyes on new Tacoma
TDL 10/31/1926 p.E10 Forward work on theater building
TDL 12/1/1926 p.1 Remodeled building to be stuccoed ... will lose familiar red exterior (J.E. Bonnell & Son, contr.)
TDL 12/12/1926 p.A14 Artistic shoe shop opens in new quarters (Allen's Arch Preserver Shoe Shop opens at 910 Broadway) (interior il)
TNT 1/3/1927 Tacoma nearly done; new entrance of (Wilkeson) stone
TDL 1/22/1927 p.2 Broadway is nearly ready for opening (remodeled theater renamed the Broadway Theater)
TDL 1/23/1927 p.A5 New theater of city gains fame; Hollywood folk autograph huge key for opening of playhouse p.E1 (help wanted ad for usherettes) p.H2 Lloyd comedy to open Broadway (to open with "The Kid Brother") p.H3 (ad)
TDL 1/24/1927 p.2 (ad)
TDL 1/25/1927 p.3 Selecting corps of ushers for new theater real task (il)
TDL 1/27/1927 p.3 More than 1,000 pipes in Broadway's new organ
TDL 1/30/1927 p.A6 These men have big part in ... opening p.D1 Parties await opening night p.H4,H5 New Broadway Theater presents colorful atmosphere
TDL 2/2/1927 p.5 Key ... souvenir from Hollywood; picks "Miss Tacoma" as usherette ... (il)
TDL 2/3/1927 p.3 Bobbed hair wins out with usherette (il) p.10 New theater nearing completion
TNT 2/3/1927 Interior views of new Broadway Theater (interior il) T.Times 2/3/1927 Ornamental niches add to beauty ... (interior il)
TDL 2/4/1927 p.1 Tacomans ready for jubilee at opening of new theater tonight
TDL 2/5/1927 p.1 New theater's debut marked with gala affair (il)
TDL 2/6/1927 p.D1 Society greets newest theater
TDL 2/7/1927 p.2 Task of playing host to thousands big job
TDL 2/25/1927 p.14 Clara Bow in Elinor Glyn's "It" is at Broadway today
TDL 3/19/1927 p.3 Midget organ will be shown; Oliver Wallace will give his invention world premiere in Tacoma
TDL 3/20/1927 p.H2,H3 (ad - letters of congratulations)
TDL 6/12/1927 p.H3 (ad for Tacoma made film "Eyes of the Totem")
TDL 9/4/1927 p.B5 Shoe store here given publicity (R.P. Allen's Shoe Store at 910 Broadway)
TDL 10/19/1927 p.5 Dainty Mitzi captivating in "Madcap" (old "Temple of Minerva" backdrop from theater given to the new Heilig/Temple Theater upon its opening)
TDL 12/2/1927 p.7-9 Diminutive banjo wizard here today (appearance by Eddie Peabody) Architect & Engineer Mar. 1928 p.58 (interior il)
TNT 5/9/1928 Broadway will close doors Thursday
TDL 9/7/1928 p.1 Broadway Theater to reopen Sept. 13
TDL 10/7/1928 p.A11 New radio shop on Broadway one of west's finest (Broadway Radio & Music Co. at 908 Broadway)
TDL 10/14/1928 p.A8 (ad for Broadway Radio & Music Co.) (il)
TDL 12/30/1928 p.B2 Midnight show New Years Eve
TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec. p.3 (il)
TDL 8/6/1930 p.7 ... to open in blaze of glory August 14 (il)
TDL 8/10/1930 p.A9 Splendid bill for opening of Broadway (ad)
TDL 8/15/1930 p.5 Broadway is opened with splendid bill
TDL 10/29/1930 p.7 Upside down man will perform here
TDL 10/31/1930 p.4 Hangs by heels to do stuff
TDL 11/2/1930 p.A7 Harry Kahne's stunt pleases (il)
TDL 12/6/1930 p.1 Children to rule downtown theater at toy show today
TDL 12/7/1930 p.C6 Thousands of toys given by children (il)
TDL 12/13/1930 p.3 "Stink" bomb
TDL 3/11/1931 p.1 Theater canopy crashes; Buster Keaton at Broadway almost literally brings down house as big sign and marquee fall
TDL 3/22/1931 p.A3 Free matinee for pioneers; residents of 40 years standing to see "Fighting Caravans"
TDL 6/7/1931 p.A7 Stepin Fetchit appears at Fox Broadway
TDL 8/24/1932 p.6 Jazz studio popular (interior il of Halfhill Piano Studio)
TDL 10/1/1932 p.1 Broadway will open October 8
TDL 10/9/1932 p.A8 Broadway doors open to throngs
TDL 2/9/1933 p.8 Gala opening set for Music Box (theater renamed)
TDL 2/11/1933 p.2 Music Box ready for debut today
TDL 2/12/1933 p.A4 ... opens with gala show
TNT 5/23/1934 p.7 Carriers hold party (il)
TDL 5/26/1934 p.2 ...at Music Box (appearance by Duke Ellington)
TDL 10/27/1934 p.3 Tacoma to again see vaudeville
TDL 4/5/1935 p.1 Rob Music Box Theater
TDL 12/22/1935 p.A4 (ad for appearance by Cab Calloway)
TDL 4/19/1936 p.A4 (ad for appearance by Major Bowes' Amateurs)
TDL 5/30/1937 p.B8 (mention of maple tree growing in chimney)
