Inlcudes digital images and prints of street photography taken primarily in Tacoma and Seattle during the 1970s and 2000s. Also included are oversize photographs, photographic negatives, and photographic slides.
ca. 1979. Street scene, view of buildings on east side of the 900 block of Broadway. Left to right are the Pantages (901 Broadway), 911-13 Broadway and 915-17 Broadway.
Pantages Theater (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1970-1980;
ca. 1979. This 1979 photograph shows the deterioration of the Commerce side of the buildings located at, left to right, 1523 Broadway and 1519-21 Broadway. The buildings are studded with broken windows and plants growing from crevices. The buildings have since been demolished and this is now the site of the Convention Center.
Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;
ca. 1979. Side entrance to the Hotel Massasoit, 1708 Broadway, circa 1979. The former hotel is now the University of Washington Tacoma Institute of Technology.
University of Washington (Tacoma); Massasoit Hotel (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. The gaily striped awning decorates the exterior of Tutor Craft Interiors at 1531 Market St. In 1979, a newly remodeled store had opened following a disastrous fire in Jan. of 1978. The business had opened in 1944 and specialized in custom draperies.
ca. 1979. View from Pacific looking west. On the left is the Last Chance Tavern, 1504-06 Jefferson Ave.; the Sproule-Bergheim Bldg. built in 1905. This was the location of the Cow Butter Store from 1901-1942. The building on the right with the broken windows is 1518 Pacific. In the background are the Commerce St. sides of 1523 Broadway (left) and 1519-21 Broadway. The Williams & Co. Bldg., 1518 Pacific, was built in 1906, G.W. Bullard, architect. It was previously home to the 1518 Cabaret and later Nativity House (1517 Commerce.)
Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; Last Chance Tavern (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. Parking lot at Union Station, 1717 Pacific Ave., located at the north end and behind the station. Schoenfelds, 1423 Pacific, can be seen in the background.
L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma); Furniture stores--Tacoma--1970-1980; Union Station (Tacoma); Parking lots--Tacoma--1970-1980;
ca. 1979. Side of the Sprague Building, 1501-09 Pacific Ave., and view of parking lot behind. The structure was built in 1889, designed by the architectural firm of Pickles & Sutton and is on the City and National Registry. It has, since 1996, been occupied by United Way as their Betye Martin Baker Human Services Center.
ca. 1979. South 19th St., circa 1979; looking up the hill past the railroad tracks on the left are the Tioga Building (1901 Jefferson) and the Swiss Hall (1902-04 Jefferson.) In 1995, South 19th St. between Pacific and Jefferson was closed to traffic and made part of the University of Washington, Tacoma campus. It is the site of the school's grand staircase.
University of Washington (Tacoma); Tioga Building (Tacoma); Swiss Hall (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. View of the back portion of the original St. Joseph Hospital, 1812 So. I St. circa 1979, with the J St. Standpipe in the right background. The hospital was built in 1914 and demolished in 1982. The standpipe was completed in 1890 and is located near St. Joseph Hospital.
Water towers--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma); J Street Standpipe (Tacoma); St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980;