ca. 1908. Elevated view of Northern Pacific Shops and Griffin Wheel Co. in South Tacoma, circa 1908. TPL-1864

1908/08. Mr. Young with bull "Conqueror" Price $120.00 . A young man in a white shirt, wearing a hat, stands next to a large black and white bull in this August of 1908 photograph.

ca. 1908. Bicycle shop and Storage business. The bicycle shop is probably the Amzie D. Browning Bicycle & General Repairing business. The bicycle shop has an advertisment painted on it for the Tacoma Baking Co. Print is somewhat out of focus.

ca. 1913. A view of the west side of the 5200 block of South Union (now South Tacoma Way) looking north. The Bobbi Burns Wine House was at 5238 South Union. A boy stands by a water fountain.

ca. 1908. Garret W. O'Brien, contractor, and men laying pipe in South Tacoma.

ca. 1910. Cannon emplacement probably at Fort Casey,Whidbey Island, Washington.

ca. 1908. Battleships in what is probably Commencement Bay - off Tacoma with the tree covered cliffs of Browns Point in the background.

ca. 1908. Young man sitting on a " Flying Merkle" motorcycle.

ca. 1910. McClintock's World Famous So. Tacoma Band. Men dressed in costumes for a parade. The bell of one of the horns says "So. Tacoma Tigers - Pacific Coast Champions, 1910"

ca. 1910. Clown with top hat on unicycle. Street is paved with brick. Building to rear of clown has signs for "Baldwin Real Estate" and a large banner for a clothing sale starting March 31st.

On November 1, 1910, Joe Wrangge was photographed standing in front of his home in South Tacoma. The wood-framed house had a bay window left of the entrance.

ca. 1908. Steam locomotive No. 10 probably on the Tacoma & Eastern Railroad outside Mineral, Washington.

Undated photograph of possible circus parade marching down Pacific Avenue past the Tacoma Grocery Co. Two ornate carriages are in sight pulled by teams of horses.

Undated photograph of a parade in process; the color guard leads the way followed by long lines of soldiers. Public Market at left with the Rector Cafe on the ground floor. V Invest poster on cafe's window probably means that this picture was taken during the period of or shortly after WWl.

Five women and one man stand in front of a building whose large awning promotes Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Co.'s "good things to eat" including its Everbody's brand and an ice cream parlor. Tacoma Biscuit was located at the corner of E. "F" and 25th St.

ca. 1908. Portrait of a large family group. A man and woman sit in chairs surrounded by their children. The picture was taken outdoors with a large tree behind the family group.

1908. Crowd in front of Tacoma High School. This photograph was taken after a fund raising parade to build the stadium next to the high school.

ca. 1908. Four young couples in an unidentified house. The four women are seated in chairs. The young men are standing behind them and in front of curtained windows. This photograph is possibly a "Parlor play," popular around the turn of the 20th century.

ca. 1915. A man with his belongings in a wheelbarrow holds a sign that states that he has traveled from New York to Bellingham - and that he is on his way back. It looks like it took him 100 days to get to Bellingham. His name may have been R.O. Wise and he is asking for assistance.

ca. 1915. A man with his belongings in a wheelbarrow holds a sign that states that he has traveled from New York to Bellingham - and that he is on his way back. It appears that it was a 100-day journey. Traveler's name may have been R.O. Wise, according to his sign.

ca. 1908. A young man leans back against his motorcycle at the entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. The motorcycle has the name "The Flying Merkel" painted on its fuel tank.

Nisqually Canyon. Water rushing through rocks of canyon, lone man in distance on right

ca. 1910. Race car, with number 20 on radiator, speeds past people standing along edge of dirt road at Tacoma Speedway. The speedway is where Clover Park Vocational School is today. Banners hang over road in the background. Car is blurred because of speed.

ca. 1910. Rodeo in Stadium Bowl. Men and women in Native-American costumes on bowl field. Some are on horseback. Also cowboys . Some of the Native-Americans are wearing feather headdresses.

ca. 1908. Four men, in suits and hats, and a young boy stand outside a metal cage at the Tacoma Zoo in Point Defiance Park. There is a large bear inside the cage. The face of the bear is blurred because it moved during the exposure.

ca. 1908. Man and woman standing in front of a wood frame house probably in South Tacoma. The wire gate is hospitably open for visitors.

ca. 1908. Two women in front of a two story house. In front of the house is a sign that reads, "Dr. Carlsen." In 1908, Dr. Carlsen lived at 5317 So. Lawrence. This photograph is similar to BROWNING-050A.

ca. 1908. Railroad tracks and buildings in South Tacoma including some of the Northern Pacific Shop buildings. The decision of Northern Pacific Railroad to move its car shops to the South Tacoma area (then called Edison) in 1891 resulted in the development and growth of this community, then considered far outside the downtown business district. The shops were located west of Union Ave. (now called South Tacoma Way) between South 46th and South 58th Sts. At first employees would commute to work by streetcar and trains but later houses were built and primarily purchased by railroad workers. The car shops, largest in the West and responsible for the repair and erection of railroad needs west of Montana, provided steady employment and a regular payroll for hundreds. By 1909, boilermakers, now unionized, made 39 cents an hour with helpers earning 24 cents an hour. The Northern Pacific was willing to pay for its skilled labor force. ("Boilermakers Lodge 568, To Live in Dignity;" Bergman: "South Tacoma")

ca. 1908. View of the top floor of the Northern Pacific Hotel, at 5201 So. Union Ave. Behind the hotel are other buildings in South Tacoma.

ca. 1908. Electron power plant on the Puyallup River, near Orting.