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G68.1-032
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- 1887-07-06 (Creation)
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Tacoma was celebrating the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad's Cascade Division on July 6, 1887, with city buildings decorated in yards of bunting. The massive structure in the foreground is the newly built Chamber of Commerce Building at South 12th & Pacific Ave. Construction would begin shortly on the new N.P. headquarters brick building to be located at 621 Pacific Ave.
Celebrations--Tacoma--1880-1890; Chamber of Commerce Building (Tacoma);