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C52158-5
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- 1888 (Creation)
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ca. 1888. Copy exposure of historical negative. Taken approximately around 1888, this viewpoint of Tacoma shows a rapidly growing city. Fallen trees and stumps in the foreground seem to indicate more development will be occurring. Pacific Avenue is at the far right with many buildings already constructed. There are a few buildings perched at the edge of the deep ravine known as Galliher's Gulch. The structures near the photograph's center would eventually make up the city's brewery district. The Northern Pacific Railroad would aid in the growth of the brewery district by running a spur track from the waterfront to the area. Near left center is the multi-storied Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. Malt House. Within ten years of this photograph, Pacific Brewing & Malting was advertising itself as "one of the most complete brewing and malting plants on the Pacific Coast." Copy made August 31, 1950.
Cityscapes; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1880-1890; Tree stumps--Tacoma; Canyons--Tacoma; Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. (Tacoma); Brewing industry--Tacoma--1880-1890;