• 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.

• Very unusual leather postcard. The postal service banned the use of leather postcards in 1909. circa 1907.
• Printed on front: Greetings From Tacoma

Football team lines up in Stadium Bowl. circa 1910.

• Message: Eva - . I have been thinking about sending that kid a blackhand letter. Are you mad. How is school? Hello from Fred. So! long. Roland E.
• Addressee: Miss Eva Hall, 1704 W. 63rd St., Seattle, Wash., Ballard Sta.

• Message: Hello Momma, Papa and Brother.how are you all, leaves us well. Clara, Joe and Lena Isenberg & children & us are going to the Point Sunday the boy's are going first car in the morning fishing, we are going out about 10., as it will be warmer.My but it has rained fierce here.how does brother like it there. I was to Mrs.? Munn's to lunch Wed. Had a lovely time, B & I. Got a card from Mrs. Leraine also. ? is coming out Sat. morning & stay all night here. Well write soon with love to all from Geo. B. & M. XXX These from little H. (XXX) from S.
• Addressee: Mrs. J. E. Darling 498 5th Ave. East. Vancouver, B.C.

• Military exercises held in Stadium Bowl. circa 1916.
• Printed on front: Cavalry Drill U.S. Military Tournament Tacoma Stadium

• Tacoma High School (later Stadium High School) embellished with frame and flowers. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: High School.

• Card promoting a local art exhibit in the display windows of a long time Tacoma business -- Woolworth's. Picture on the front of the card whimsically features the lit-up sign of another Tacoma business -- this one with the "S" missing from the beginning of the second word, dramatically changing the function of the building... circa 2007.
• Printed on front: Tacoma Elf Storage

• Printed on back: Woolworth Windows November 12, 2007-February 2, 2008 Tacoma Contemporary presents Across the Bridge Jaylene Arnold Maki Hajikano Jim Sloman The Woolworth Windows are located in the former Woolworth building: 11th Street at Broadway and Commerce, downtown Tacoma, Washington. The Windows are available for viewing 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Installations in the Woolworth Windows are generously supported by the City of Tacoma Arts Commission, the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, and members of the TaCo Fan Club.
• Addressee: Brian Kamens Tacoma Public Library 1102 Tacoma Ave S Tacoma, WA 98402

• Postcard advertising a presentation of Richard's Studio photographs by the Northwest Room's Photography Archivist Bob Schuler. The popular Image Archive database managed by Schuler is comprised of about 90 percent Richards photos. circa 2005.
• Printed on front: The Richards Studio Photography Collection Tacoma history in black & white A presentation by Robert Schuler, Photography Archivist, Tacoma Public Library Sponsored by the Friends of the Tacoma Public Library www.tacomapubliclibrary.org (253) 591-5666

Printed on back: Tacoma Public Library 1102 Tacoma Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98402 www.tacomapubliclibrary.org The Richards Studio Collection Tacoma history in black & white Robert Schuler, Photography Archivist at Tacoma Public Library provides an in-depth look at the library's vast (over 800,000 images) Richards Studio Photography Collection. Founded by Paul Richards, the Richards Studio was the predominate commercial photographic studio in Tacoma for over 35 years. The community's weddings, funerals, parades, business growth and school activities were forever preserved in black and white by the Studio's photographers. Richards was the official studio for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, the Cheney Lumber Company, and the Tacoma Athletic Commission and took many of the photographs that appeared daily in the Tacoma Times newspaper. The collection's images paint a compelling portrait of an American community through decades of change and growth. Saturday, February 12 @ 2:00 p.m. Olympic Room, Main Library, Sponsored by the Friends of the Tacoma Public Library For information: (253) 591-5666/www.tacomapubliclibrary.org

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Message: Wishing you a Happy New Year, Lee
• Addressee: Miss Bessie J. Wade

• A street view of downtown Tacoma, looking west up Ninth St. from Pacific Ave.
• Printed on front: Tacoma, Wash. Pacific Ave. and Ninth St.

• Depicting Tacoma's waterfront, most likely between the years of 1907-1915. circa 1907.
• Printed on front: Bird's Eye View of Waterfront, showing "A" Street, The Tacoma Hotel and in the distance the City Hall, Tacoma, U.S.A.

• According to newspaper coverage at the time, the concert given here by John Philip Sousa's band in July of 1915 shattered the "seated attendance" record. It was reported that 25,000 viewed the event. circa 1915.
• Printed on front: Sousas Band-Tacoma Stadium

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Most likely dates from 1907-1915; moonlit night downtown. circa 1907.
• Printed on front: The Heart of the City by Night, Tacoma, U.S.A.

Message: Arrived Nov 10th; Departed Nov 11th