Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D48857-1
Date(s)
- 1950-03-27 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The corner of Pacific Ave. and 9th St., downtown Tacoma, featuring the Provident Building, 917 Pacific Ave. Storefronts indicate the presence of, left to right, the Northwest Airlines ticket office, the Lincolnshire Hotel, and Ted Palmer Real Estate. The six story Romanesque Provident building had many tenants including the Federal Finance Co. Streetlights and automobiles line Pacific Ave. Prominent billboards on the top of the buildings advertise Seagram's and Union Oil's minute man service.
Office buildings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Provident Building (Tacoma); Automobiles--Tacoma--1950-1960; Billboards--Tacoma; Street lights--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Business districts--Tacoma;