- 2.1.9-BROWNING-019
- Item
- c. 1908
ca. 1908. Five men in suits, with vests, and hats lean against the side of a building probably located in South Tacoma. Photo is slightly out of focus.
ca. 1908. Five men in suits, with vests, and hats lean against the side of a building probably located in South Tacoma. Photo is slightly out of focus.
ca. 1908. Three couples in a room in a house. Two of the couples are sitting in chairs, with the young women sitting on the men's laps. One couple is standing. This photograph is possibly a "Parlor play." Two of the women are wearing robes or dressing gowns. The men have on suits and ties.
ca. 1908. A young couple pose for a picture while sitting in a parlor. The young man is wearing a suit and tie, but the young woman appears to be wearing a robe or house dress of some kind. This photograph may have been taken at a "Parlor play." This couple also appear in BROWNING-020 and BROWNING-137.
ca. 1908. Four young couples sitting in a room in a house. The young men are sitting in chairs. The women are sitting in the men's laps. This photograph is possibly a "Parlor play." Written on back of copied photos is "The Club" (prostitution).
ca. 1908. Two couples pose for their picture in a parlor. The young men are wearing suits and ties. One woman is wearing a blouse with a tie, and jumper. The other is wearing a long skirt with a matching long-sleeved jacket. This photograph may have been taken at a "Parlor play." The couples in this photograph also appear in BROWNING-020. The two men and one woman also appear in BROWNING-137.
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. 1908. Several men stand in the judges tower at the Puyallup fairgrounds which is decorated with bunting. There is a crowd of people on the grounds and several buildings can be seen in the background.
ca. 1908. People at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup. It is raining, and people have umbrellas. Road is muddy.
ca. 1908. McClintock's World Famous So. Tacoma Band. Men in costumes in parade on So. Union Ave. The vehicles and men cover from the sidewalk into the street. C.S. (Carl S.) Enger's hardware store, 5401 So. Union Ave., in background.
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.
ca. 1908. Two young men, dressed like cowboys, sit on horseback. Both the horses moved during the exposure, so they and their riders are blurred. Behind the horsemen there is a shack with a paper notice tacked to the wall. The notice says "$100 reward for capture of "Texas Bill". The horseman to the right in the photograph has a handgun in a holster at his waist.
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.
ca. 1908. Wooden bridge over Steilacoom Lake.
ca. 1906. Two men in small boat on unidentified lake, woman in long dress and hat on tree-lined lane that runs along the water.
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. Young men in uniforms (holding axes) stand on horsedrawn float. Float is marked "So. Tacoma Camp No. 8600." Float stands in front of the C. S. Enger Hardware Store at 5412-14 South Union (later South Tacoma Way). Built in 1910, this was the third building occupied by Enger Hardware in South Tacoma.
ca. 1910. Rodeo in Stadium Bowl. Horses and riders (with numbers on their backs) on field at Stadium Bow. Riders dressed in western garb. People watching from seats.
ca. 1910. Rodeo at the Stadium Bowl. Horse and rider race around a track built into the Stadium Bowl. Puget Sound can be seen in the background.
ca. 1910. Group of Native Americans, including women and children, dressed in traditional clothing sitting in the stands at the Stadium Bowl.
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. A man with a full beard, wearing a vest and hat, stands behind a dairy cow in a field. In the background can be seen a fence and tall trees. Man identified as Mr. Stoten.
ca. 1908. A woman stands beside a small house in Manitou Park in South Tacoma. The house is surrounded by snow, and icicles are hanging from the edge of the roof. There are snow covered trees in the background.
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. A man with a dog at his side, and a woman with a small child, stand in the backyard of a large house. The man is barely visible near a small shrub/tree near the right side of the photograph. The photo also shows the garden behind the house and several trees.
ca. 1908. Miller residence at Manitou Park in South Tacoma, circa winter of 1908. Trees and ground are covered with snow. Icicles hang from the house eaves.
Family group in front of the Norstread residence in South Tacoma.