ca. 1908. Shaw house in South Tacoma "Buffalo Bill" Three men, holding rifles, standing behind fence in front of house. There is a gramophone (record player) visible through the window of the house.
Verner Saffell house probably at 5814 South Tacoma Way or 5814 South Union Street. Two men and a woman stand in front of a house. There are large piles of chopped wood on the front porch.
ca. 1910. Stegelon (Germans) at 49th and Oak (sp) streets in South Tacoma. Two men, two women and a child stand in front of a small one story house with a picket fence. One of the men has a rifle.
ca. 1908. Winter scene of woman and child standing on the porch of a large, two story house. Snow covers the yard and roof. According to information that came with the negative, the house is on Washington St. A windmill driven water pump is in the backyard of the house.
ca. 1908. A young dark-haired woman in a striped dress with a long skirt is sitting on "The Flying Merkle" motorcycle. The photograph appears to have been taken in a park-like setting.
Tacoma Gas Light Company wagon, as photographed in July of 1908 on South Tacoma Way. The building in the background is 5046-50 South Tacoma Way. Six men stand in front of the wagon. The wagon has a canvas cover on the side of which is painted a gas oven and the words, "Cook with Gas- Light with Gas." The Gas Company had an ever changing name; known as Tacoma Gas & Electric Light Co. from 1905-06, the name was shortened to Tacoma Gas Light Co. in 1907 and finally to Tacoma Gas Co. in 1910. (It was later known as the Tacoma Gas and Fuel Co. and the Washington Gas Co.)
ca. 1910. Unidentified young man, holding a metal milk pitcher in each hand, stands next to a horse-drawn mik wagon among the trees. The wooden panels on the side of the wagon say "Jersey Milk."
ca. 1910. Building at 5034 South Tacoma Way. P. Oscar Storlie, Funeral Director and Storlie & Myhre, Real Estate. Man standing in front of building. Woman holding child to left in photo.
ca. 1907. Four men and a boy sit in chairs in front of a furniture store in South Tacoma. There is a poster in the window of the store advertising a program at the Savoy Theatre starting the Girton Stock Co. in a production of "Graustark." Another poster on the left is an illustration of an actress in the part of Jo Pemberton in the play, "For Mother's Sake."
ca. 1908. A group of men, women and children crowd into a butcher shop - probably in South Tacoma. Various cuts of meat are on display including a whole smoked pig. Four butchers, in white aprons, are standing behind the counter.
ca. 1908. A group of men, women, and children crowd into a butcher shop - probably in South Tacoma. Four butchers in white aprons stand at the far left side of the picture. This photograph is similar to BROWNING-071.
ca. 1911. A hearse and a car parked in front of a two-car detached garage. The name "Piper" in printed on the door of the hearse. It is probably the hearse for the South Tacoma Undertaking Parlors at 5034 S. Union Ave., George W. Piper, proprietor.
Hill Hardware Co. wagon & driver at east end of Wagon Bridge, Steilacoom Lake. Driver is C. L. Whitney. In 1908 the Hill Hardware Co. was at 2317-2319 Pacific Ave.
ca. 1908. Tacoma Steam Laundry wagon and driver. The wagon is piled full of bags of laundry. Even the driver's seat is packed, leaving no room for him to sit. From copy negative. Similar to BROWNING-073.
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. 1909. Northern Pacific Railroad steam locomotive #287 resting on tracks next to one of the buildings at the Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma.
ca. 1908. This winter view of the Northern Pacific Shops in South Tacoma dates from sometime before 1910. Started in 1890 as the Edison Car Shops, the complex of buildings at 5200 So. Proctor became the Northern Pacific Shops in 1895. The NP Shops were responsible for all repair work on Northern Pacific cars and locomotives west of the Mississippi. A horse-drawn sleigh can be seen by the entrance to the complex, as a line of workers leaves the plant.
ca. 1908. Northern Pacific Railroad workers at South Tacoma shops. Northern Pacific steam locomotive #3013 sitting on track in train yard. Same as BROWNING-081.
