On Wednesday July 12, 1899, 375 members of the National Editorial Association and their wives arrived in Tacoma for a short visit. They were met at the Tacoma depot by a reception committee consisting of members of the Tacoma Press club, various citizens, and the Tacoma Military Band. After breakfast at the Hotel Tacoma, the editors were taken by barge to the Point Defiance waterfront where their visit included a clambake. It was anticipated that entertaining the newspaper men and their wives would cost a substantial amount of money, and plans were made to raise the required $700. The Military Band was directed by Julius Adler and played daily concerts at Tacoma Parks, travelling from site to site on a tiny private streetcar. Their uniforms consisted of dark trousers and scarlet coats with bright blue trim. This photograph was recently donated by Ann Jorgensen and is from the Alta Scofield Collection/TPL (TNT 6/25/1950, PG. D-11, names of band members in caption)

Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Tacoma Military Band (Tacoma); Military bands--United States;

On November 5, 1899, over 50,000 admirers lined the tracks of the Northern Pacific Railroad to welcome home the First Washington Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "Fighting First," from their battle service in the Philippines. The crowd was so thick that it lined the track for miles, stretching upward to cover rooftops with a mass of humanity. The soldiers had been absent for 18 months, a year spent training and six months spent fighting Filipino insurgents in Manila and Luzon. Over 1,125 men left for the Philippines of which 129 never returned, felled by battle or disease. The Regiment was made up of 12 companies, mostly National Guard, from Seattle (2), Spokane (2), Walla Walla, Vancouver, Centralia, Dayton, Yakima, Waitsburg, Ellensburg and Tacoma. Picture of the crowd awaiting the arrival of the volunteers' train. On the left of the track were, front to back, 1701 Commerce (built 1892), a building at the corner of Jefferson and So. 17th St. and 1511-41 Pacific Ave. The street running along the left side of the track is Hood St.; the track is the Northern Pacific Portland branch.

First Washington Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Wash.); Philippine Insurrection, (1899-1902); Crowds; Homecomings;

ca. 1900. Copy of image Series 2215 image 1 pinned to a board: North Pacific Bank Note Company staff. Group of men in front of building. Copy of customer's photograph. (filed with Argentum)

North Pacific Bank Note Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1900. This is how Tacoma appeared from the south across the tideflats circa 1900 . Prominent early businesses identified in the foreground were: (left to right) the Pacific Match Co., the Tacoma Furniture Factory Bresemann & Klee, and the Pacific Lounge & Mattress Co. The Pierce County Courthouse with tower is at the far left background. The first 11th St. Bridge is at the far right. Copy made August 31, 1950.

Cityscapes; Pacific Match Co. (Tacoma); Tacoma Furniture Factory Bresemann & Klee (Tacoma); Pacific Lounge & Mattress Co. (Tacoma); Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, founder of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. Frederick Weyerhaeuser came to the U.S. from Germany as a penniless teenager. He ended up in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1856 working in a lumberyard. In the wake of the panic of 1857, he became the owner of a little sawmill. He expanded first northward and later westward, founding his family empire. He went into the lumber business with his brother-in-law Frederick Carl August Denkmann. In 1900, after long negotiations, the Weyerhaeuser syndicate purchased 900,000 acres of Washington timberlands from the Northern Pacific Railroad. Although a daring and adventurous businessman with boundless energy, Weyerhaeuser was also a painfully private and simple man. The patriarch of the Weyerhaeusers was devoted to hard work and the founding of a dynasty. At his death on April 4, 1914 of pneumonia, he left $30,000,000 and a empire of timberlands. ("Phil Weyerhaeuser Lumberman" by Charles E. Twining)

Weyerhaeuser, Frederick; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1900-1910; Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1900. Columbia Breweries remained proud of their beginnings in 1900 when Emil Kliese, William Kiltz and John Smith incorporated the Columbia Brewing Company. This photograph of the entire staff of the brewery in 1900 was used in several newspaper stories during the 1940's and 1950's when the company announced new additions to the brewery. Seated in the front are, L-R, William Kiltz, sales manager, and Emile Kliese, president and brew master. The five men in the back are not identified. Copies of old prints ordered by Heidelberg Brewing Company in December 1954. TPL-9625

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1900-1910; Columbia Brewing Co. (Tacoma); Columbia Brewing Co. (Tacoma)--People; Kiltz, William; Kliese, Emile;

ca. 1900. Copy from glass plate, Richards Studio. The docks are teeming with people in an unidentified photograph dating back perhaps to the late 1890's or early 1900's. Men are dressed in suits and hats while the ladies are covered from top to toe. The large crowd may have been disembarking after a pleasure cruise. Copy from glass plate was made on October 3, 1958.

Passengers; Boats; Crowds;

ca. 1900. Copy of customer print. Cheney family and friends at Lima Rocks in Montana. This ca. 1900 photograph lists Clint & Fannie Shull, Lott & Nettie Shake, Frank and wife "Beck" (Rebecca) Cheney, Will & Lelia and Sylvan, Dot Cheney as being present. Benjamin Franklin ("Frank") and "Beck" operated a family photography studio in Lima. "Will" in photograph is William T. Cheney, a brother of Frank's, and also a photographer. Frank and Beck were the grandparents of lumberman Ben Cheney who raised him after his mother's death.

Cheney, Benjamin Franklin; Cheney, Rebecca; Cheney, William T.; Cheney, William T.--Family;

ca. 1900. This is a copy of an early photograph of the Atlas Foundry & Machine Co., originally taken circa 1900. The copy was made in 1978. Atlas Foundry (since renamed Atlas Castings & Technology) was established in 1899 as a manufacturer of iron castings. Steel and brass were later added to its catalog of moldable metals. Its sprawling complex is still located between Center St. and South Tacoma Way.

Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. A bicycle leans against a young sapling at the north entrance to Wright Park in this photograph from around 1900. The road curving through the park is Yakima Avenue, which was closed to traffic by the Metropolitan Park Board in 1922. The two "dancing maidens" that stand at either side of the entrance were purchased by Clinton P. Ferry, the "Duke of Tacoma", in Brussels and presented to the city in 1891. Somewhat worse for wear after over 100 years, they still stand at the north end of the park. The tower at the far left is the tower on the old Pierce County Court House which stood at 1012 South G Street. (This image appears on the reverse of BU-10705)

Parks--Tacoma--1900-1910; Wright Park (Tacoma); Sculpture--Tacoma;

ca. 1900. Hood St. Reservoir during its construction circa 1900. Teams of horses were used to drag materials or debris at the site. The reservoir was located at South 32nd and Yakima Ave. South. TPL-1551

Hood Street Reservoir (Tacoma); Reservoirs--Tacoma--1900-1910; Horses--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. The West & Wert Store, Roy, Washington, circa 1900. Almon W. Wert was a prominent businessman who had arrived in Roy about 1892. Born in Ohio in 1860, he had married Mattie West who is pictured above along with her mother and himself. He had purchased the above store (later called Wolf's) and later bought the entire block. Mr. Wert started a mill that manufactured hoop poles and also built a large windmill tower. He sold the store and the block he owned to Kincaid & Dobler from Sumner. He later farmed and ran a livery stable before purchasing an interest in the Roy State Bank. Stays in Tacoma and California then followed before Mr. Wert passed away in March of 1932. He and his wife are buried in the Roy Cemetery. (Baccus, "Roy Area Pierce County, Washington," p. 29-30-article) (Photograph and identification courtesy of Ilma Swanson Kandle)

West & Wert Store (Roy); Wert, Almon W.; Wert, Mattie L.; Families--Roy;

ca. 1900. Louis D. Campbell was elected mayor of Tacoma on April 3, 1900. Mr. Campbell, the Republican nominee, defeated A.V. Fawcett by a vote of 2,904 to 2,788. Mr. Fawcett was the candidate of the democratic-populist fusion. According to historian Herbert Hunt, Mr. Fawcett's record as county commissioner and mayor in the three years before was the issue in this campaign. Mr. Campbell would be re-elected mayor in 1902, defeating Democrat Frank R. Cole by a vote of 3,450 to 2,525. Herbert Hunt indicated in his "Tacoma Its History and Its Builders" that it was the first time in Tacoma's history that a mayor had succeeded himself. Born in 1852 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Mr. Campbell had studied both at the Pennsyvlania State College and the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. He arrived in Tacoma in January of 1883 and began the practice of law, becoming city attorney in 1884 and 1885. Mr. Campbell would pass away in January of 1908 while on holiday in Santa Cruz, California. This picture is from William Prosser's "A History of the Puget Sound Country, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1903. opp p.176 ALBUM 16. (Hunt: Tacoma Its History and Its Builders, II, p. 199-200; Prosser: A History of the Puget Sound Country, II, p. 176-177)

Campbell, Louis D.; Mayors--Tacoma--1900-1910

ca. 1900. This view of hilly 11th Street was probably taken in the late 1890s or very early 1900s. The street is relatively empty of traffic with pedestrians having time to stop and talk while still in the roadway. Peoples department store, built in 1895, is on the left side of 11th while the Fidelity Building, built in 1890, is at 9th & Broadway on the right hand side. The Fidelity Building is pictured without its additional six stories which were not added until 1909. The Fidelity Building was demolished in 1949 to make way for the F.W.Woolworth Co. Bldg. TPL-9915

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1890-1900; Peoples (Tacoma); Fidelity Building (Tacoma);

Members of the Tacoma High School faculty and the senior class, class of 1900, posed on the porch and steps of the school then located at 714 Tacoma Avenue South. The site was the former location of the Washington College, private school for boys. Two students have been identified in the photograph: George (or Georgia) Armstrong and Roy Knapp. Roy Knapp is seated in the second row of steps, second from left, next to an unidentified female. He was the business manager in 1899-1900 for the "Tahoma," the monthly publication of the Tacoma High School students and would pass away in 1906. Two cadets sit on the step railings. They are holding their distinctive hats and appear to be wearing similar clothing, i.e. uniforms. Cadets would participate in drills and would have an armory prepared for their use. KING 012, TPL 1038.

ca. 1900. Copy negative of photograph of Overland's store at the turn of the century on Tacoma Avenue. Young man and woman stand at entrance to small store; man is Thomas Overland, proprietor. Overland Furniture then moved to 1137-39 Broadway where it expanded to become a complete home furnishings store. Copy made for the Tacoma Times on 7-17-39 where it was used as a photograph in the Golden Jubilee insert in the Times July 19, 1939, edition. (T.Times 7-19-39, p. 18) TPL-9558

Furniture stores--Tacoma--1890-1900; Overland's (Tacoma); Overland, Thomas;

ca. 1900. Around 1900, a young woman was photographed riding her bicycle across Tacoma's bicycle bridge, also known as the Galliher Gulch bridge. The bridge was constructed in 1896 by the Tacoma Wheelmen's Bicycle Club at the height of the national bicycling craze. It was near Holy Rosary Church, connecting Delin Street with the path leading to the Hood Street reservoir. For more than 25 years, it was the "longest, highest and only exclusive" bicycle bridge in the world. The narrow wooden bridge was perched on steel poles high above the gulch and provided a way for bicyclists to cross the ravine. The bridge measured in at 440 feet long, 127 feet high and 12 feet wide and was built with funds accrued from the sale of bicycle licenses. (TNT 9/5/1922- in clipping file; TNT 4-7-1953, E-4-alt photo of bridge) TPL-4459

Bicycles & tricycles--1890-1900; Cyclists--1890-1900; Cycling--Tacoma; Bridges--Tacoma--1900-1910; Bicycle Bridge (Tacoma);

ca. 1900. An emblem of Columbia Brewing Company's trademark, a large circle with an ornament at the top, shows a female figure holding a sheaf of barley in one hand and a glass of beer extended above her head in the other. A bald eagle behind her grasps barley and hops in his claws and a barrel with the initials CB Co. on the end is beside her. Mountains rise in the background. Drawings of barley and hops also wreathe the banner around the circle of stars completing the design. The name "Dawes, P'gh, Pa." appears at the bottom of the emblem. Copies of old prints ordered by Heidelberg Brewing Company in December 1954. TPL-6695

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1900-1910; Columbia Brewing Co. (Tacoma); Trademarks;

ca. 1900. Built in 1889, the First Presbyterian Church at 1001 So. G Street was designed by the architectural firm Farrell & Darmer in the "Eastlake" style. It was dedicated in June, 1890. When the First Presbyterian Church congregation moved to 20 Tacoma Ave.So. in 1925, the building at 1001 So. G St. became the Central Lutheran Church. Thirty years later, in September of 1955, it was torn down to make room for the "new" County-City Building that was to occupy the whole block between So. 9th and So. 11th from Tacoma Ave. So. to G Street.

First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Presbyterian churches--Tacoma;

ca. 1900. Copy made from glass plate, Richards Studio. A woman, her sleeves rolled up, is hard at work preparing a tasty snack on an outdoor cement stove. What resembles an enormous stack of buns piled up next to the stove is actually a cobblestone chimney. A small boy reclines on a giant log; he and three men appear to be waiting to be fed. The park appears crowded on a sunny day with several groups of men relaxing in conversation. Even on a casual outing to the park, it was still customary to dress in suits and hats. Date of original plate is unknown, possibly in 1900; copy was made on October 3, 1958.

Picnics; Outdoor cookery; Logs;

ca. 1900. Copy made from glass plate. A graceful woman, arms akimbo, gazes over Wright Park at the Division Street entrance circa 1900. The statue was one of a pair of dancing maidens donated to the city by Clinton P. Ferry in 1891. They were part of a large art collection secured by Ferry from a memorable trip to Paris. Photograph was apparently taken by the Washington Camera Club; actual date of photograph was not known but copy was made from glass plates on October 3, 1958.

Wright Park (Tacoma); Sculpture--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. Copy, made on October 23, 1958, of a customer's print of meat cutting operations in a large butcher shop. The copy was ordered by Bud Merrell of Counterfitter Inc., manufacturer of store fixtures in Seattle. Five butchers, wearing white shirts with ties with white jackets covering, stand behind counters heaped with sausages and cuts of meat. One man is in the process of cutting up some carcass on the butcher block. In the background, wild game and aged processed meats hang from racks. TPL-8129

Butchers--1900-1910; Meat; Sausages; Meat cutting--1900-1910; Butcher shops--1900-1910; Meat industry--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. Copy of customer negative. The prone patient casually rests his head on his hand as doctors pause in the act of swabbing out an injured leg. Because the print is so grainy, it is difficult to see the injury but it appears that there is a chunk missing from the man's right calf. A nun gently places her hand on the man's shoulder. This photograph was not dated nor the people identified in studio records; it may have been taken in the late 1800's or early 1900's. Sepia copy was made on behalf of Mrs. Marie Mason on November 8, 1958.

Sick persons; Wounds & injuries; Nuns;

ca. 1900. Copy of customer print. Southwest view of location of Cheney farm in Overton, Nebraska. It is not clear if the house in the photograph belongs to the Cheney family. Notes on the photograph's border show arrows pointed to the grassy area in the foreground, the apparent location of the old house. Post in left corner is a pasture post. Tree on right side was labeled "Mother's tree." Date of original photograph is not known, possibly in the very early 1900's; copy ordered 9-30-61 by Cheney Lumber Co.

Houses--Nebraska;

ca. 1900. Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. operations circa 1900 with the Malt House, Bottling department and Main plant clearly visible. By 1900 Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. was considered the best brew house on the North Coast. The company was in continuous building mode from 1891 through 1916 with stockhouse, cooling plant, stable and warehouse as some of the additions. They manufactured Tacoma and Pacific beer brands and by 1909 was the second largest brewing company in the state with output of 200,000 barrels of beer per year. Prohibition caused the plant to shut down in 1916. Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. has been added to the City and National registers.

Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. (Tacoma); Brewing industry--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. Wright Park looking east circa 1900. The park by this time enjoyed the emergence of a more park-like setting with the planting of hundreds of trees and landscaping to replace the tree stumps and brush originally situated on the land donated by Charles B. Wright in 1886. It would eventually total 27 acres of an oasis in what was becoming an urban part of town. (copy of original) Bi-Centennial Project # 75346-7 G41.1-124A, TPL-374

Wright Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1900-1910;