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NWRPC-0069 Front

  • Aerial view of Stadium Bowl, dedicated in 1910, located at 211 No. E St. circa 1940.
  • Printed on front: Tacoma Stadium and Stadium Highschool

NWRPC-0070 Front

  • Tacoma High School, later to be known as Stadium High School, at 111 No. E St. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: High School, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0070 Back

Message: Are you with us this year. Mountain Hikers meet to talk it over Tues. Night June 9 at 8: AH Denman will give us a steri-opticon trip to Olympics & Mt. Tacoma. Come and bring a friend. Yours, C.F. Nevius.

NWRPC-0093 Front

  • A Military Tournament was held in Stadium Bowl in July of 1910. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: Tacoma Stadium, Night Exercises.

NWRPC-0132 Front

  • Built in 1909, dedicated in 1910 -- the Stadium Bowl, located at 211 N. E St., originally was said to have held as many as 60,000 people at events held there. Modern capacity is 15,000. circa 1914.
  • Printed on front: Stadium High School and Stadium, which will seat 50,000, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0132 Back

  • Message: Dear Gladys, Arrived O.K. and like Tacoma just fine. My address here is 518 S-L-St. Regards to all Gordon.
  • Addressee: Mrs. O. J. Cornell, 6-E-53rd St. Portland, Ore.

NWRPC-0161 Front

  • Originally constructed as a hotel, it never opened because the structure was damaged by fire in 1898. It was converted for use as Tacoma High School in 1906. The name was changed in 1913 to Stadium High school. circa 1907.
  • Printed on front: High School, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0161 Back

  • Message: I commenced school yesterday, and it seemed funny not to see you there. Practice by the high school football team was started last night. "Dick."
  • Addressee: Archie R. Kelsey, 120 Walnut St., Austin, Illinois.

NWRPC-0229 Front

  • Originally constructed as a hotel, it never opened because the structure was damaged by fire in 1898. It was converted for use as Tacoma High School in 1906. The name was changed in 1913 to Stadium High school. circa 1910.
  • Printed on front: HIgh School, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0043 Front

  • A view of an early Tacoma residential neighborhood. circa 1906.
  • Printed on front: Residences on "C" Street, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0075 Back

  • Message: 415 So. 7th St., Tacoma, Wash. 6-5-14. Dear Friend: - Your pretty card received many thanks. yes I have a kodak. I would like very much to have a picture of yourself, Sincerely, Niel A.
  • Addressee: Mr. H. C. Allen, Huntsburg, Ohio.

NWRPC-0076 Front

  • Opened in 1913, the Eleventh Street Bridge was renamed in honor of local historian and author Murray Morgan in 1997. circa 1915.
  • Printed on front: Eleventh Street Bridge, Tacoma, Washington.

NWRPC-0108 Front

  • Photograph of tree lined North I Street, with street car lines visible. (No street car lines ran on North J street.). circa 1905.
  • Printed on front: North "J" Street Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0139 Back

  • Message: January the 7th, 1910 Dear Mrs. Thorsen, This is my and Arthurs birthday. I am 50 isn't that afull old. Please get me one of those cakes of (always young) for me. Send it with James he is coming down Sunday. Goldie has got twin genes isn't it afful. Love from Mr. Nilson
  • Addressee: Mrs. Harry Thorsen, Billings, Mont. 207 So. 31. Str.

NWRPC-0160 Back

  • Message: 7/14/07 Dearest Mama-Kale-Nita and Hill arrived OK and I am so happy. Many thanks for the candy-Love and a big hug for you and Trix Emma
  • Addressee: Mrs. A. Niles, 1335 Webber St., Alameda, Cal.

NWRPC-0241 Front

  • Broad view of northern downtown Tacoma, with Old City Hall and the Northern Pacific Headquarters to the right, the railyards to the left, and Mount Rainier in the distance. circa 1908.
  • Printed on front: Gateway to the City, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0241 Back

  • Message: Tacoma, Wash. 6-4-08 Dear friend: Were you in town all day the 30th? How did you enjoy the celebration? The battleships looked fine. Didn't they? How are you getting along? I am going to try to call the next time I come out home. Lovingly, Myrtle E. Price (957 Tac. Ave.,)
  • Addressee: Miss May Chase, Des Moines, Wash.

NWRPC-0062 Front

  • Picture taken just minutes before "Galloping Gertie" began breaking apart. The car on the bridge belongs to Tacoma News Tribune News Editor Leonard Coatsworth. circa 1940.
  • Printed on front: Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Looking west from easterly pier, 10:45 am - 11/7/40.

NWRPC-0238 Back

  • Message: I was sorry not to have the opportunity to tell you "good bye" but I went rowing and then had just time to get my train. Erma L. Wiley. 720 S. Cedar St. Spokane Do you remember "The Totem Pole" in "The Alaskan"?
  • Addressee: Mrs. Earl M. Rogers Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

NWRPC-0127 Front

  • The Carnegie Library, built in 1903 is now home to the Special Collections department of the Tacoma Public Library. The Pierce County Courthouse is visible in the upper right corner, and the old Central School can be seen to the left. circa 1909.
  • Printed on front: Carnegie Library & Pierce Co. Court House, Tacoma, Wash.

NWRPC-0127 Back

  • Message: Tacoma, Wn. Aug 15/09. dear Miss Donoher, Your card reached us yesterday at noon was pleased to get it, the same mail brought one from Miss Gilchreest from California love to all. from the Hauser's We missed you today
  • Addressee: Miss Innis Donoher, c/o 21 Grange Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

NWRPC-0181 Front

  • Exterior of what is now called the Anna Lemon Wheelock branch of the Tacoma Public Library. circa 1988.
  • Printed on front: The Tacoma Public Library

NWRPC-0183 Front

  • Exterior view of the Moore library, the large regional branch in the south end of town. circa 1989.
  • Printed on front: The Tacoma Public Library

NWRPC-0125 Front

  • Chambers Creek with heavily timbered banks. circa 1912.
  • Printed on front: Chambers Creek, Popular Trout Stream, near Tacoma, Wash.
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