ca. 1908. The top of a broken telephone pole hangs from the phone lines over a rail yard. Photo was probably taken at the Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma.
ca. 1908. Northern Pacific boxcars in the "halfmoon yard". The Northern Pacific headquarters building and Tacoma's Old City Hall can be seen in the background above the yard.
ca. 1908. One of the streetcars of the South Tacoma Line of the Tacoma Railway & Power Co. stops in front of the C. S. Enger Hardware Store in South Tacoma at 5401 South Union (later South Tacoma Way). The Enger Hardware Store occupied a succession of buildings in the south end starting in the 1890s.
ca. 1908. Men digging a ditch along what is now the 5200 block of South Tacoma Way - probably laying water pipe. Many building fronts can be seen in the background including: A. E. Thompson & Sons and Smith Hardware Co.
ca. 1908. Several men, one with a bicycle, by a corner building in the 5200 block of what is now South Tacoma Way. The corner building has a sign above the door that says "Rooms." Street looks like it is dirt, not paved.
ca. 1908. A street scene in South Tacoma. A horse and buggy approach a Funiture and Hardware store on the right side of the picture. An early model automobile is parked in front of a building on the other side. There is a banner hanging above the street.
ca. 1908. A young boy, with two ribbons pinned to the lapel of his coat, leans against the railing of the fence that encloses the racetrack at the Western Washington Fairgounds in Puyallup. Several exhibition tents and the grandstand can be seen in the background.
ca. 1908. A hearse with the name Piper painted under the driver's side window. The hearse is probably owned by the Piper Undertaking Co. which is listed in theTacoma City Directory of 1910 at 5034 So. Union Avenue, George W. Piper proprietor.
ca. 1908. A woman, young man, and boy stand in front of an unfinished house with dormers. The boy holds a hammer, the woman a hatchet, and the young man a saw and a carpenters square. Photograph listed as "Kirks residence."
ca. 1908. A woman with a small child and a dog stands in front of a two story house. The child, who has a bow in her hair, appears to be the same girl that is in BROWNING-132.
ca. 1908. A man in a suit and hat, and a woman in a full length, dot covered dress stand next to a horse with fruit trees behind them. The horse moved his head during the exposure - causing it to blur. The photograph is identified as "Kramer's & horse."
ca. 1908. A man in a business suit and tie, holding the leash of a dog, stands in front of the corner of the porch of a two story house. Flowers are in full bloom behind the unidentified man.
