ca. 1910. Rhodes Brothers Store, circa 1910; Women's fall fashions in corner window. Henry A. Rhodes opened his grand mercantile establishment, Rhodes Brothers Department Store, at 950 Broadway in 1903. By 1910, business was booming as a result of appeal of current fashions, expert merchandising and advertising. Road signs led travelers to the store from miles around, promising them that "All roads lead to Rhodes." The store employed a professional window decorator and buyers made frequent trips back east to New York for the current fashions. In 1911, three more stories were added to the building, providing a needed expansion. (photograph donated by the Rhodes Reunion Committee)

Department stores--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma); Women--Clothing & dress--1910-1920;

ca. 1910. Horses played an important role in early Tacoma firefighting as this turn-of-the-20th Century photograph illustrates. The firefighting team is in front of Engine House No. 5 which was built in 1890 at 1215 So. I Street. The horses were fed well on oats, bran and carrots; their medical needs were taken care of by a veterinarian and medicines. By the turn of the century, the department had 33 horses working side-by-side with firefighters. This team of horses pictured here in a 1910 sepia photograph may be pulling a 1910 Metropolitan 2nd Size 550 gpm double pump. Tacoma Fire Department Collection. (100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 33)

Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Fire stations--Tacoma--1910-1920; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1910-1920; Horses--Tacoma;

ca. 1910. Sepia photograph of 1910 Seagrave Auto-chemical. This appears to be a combination hose and chemical wagon, possibly one of the 80 horsepower units. The wagon is elaborately decorated with painted designs. There is room for two men seated at front, one behind the wheel, and a running board for several others to climb aboard and hang on. This is believed to be a Tacoma Fire Department wagon; lettering on the side indicates " F T D Chemical Engine." No company number is listed.

Fire engines & equipment;

ca. 1910. Copy of customer print. According to the 1910 City Directory, the McKenzie Transfer Co. was located at 2520 North 30th between Steele and Carr Streets in Old Tacoma. They were delivery specialists who advertised that they were capable of moving lime, plaster, cement, brick, coal and sand plus furniture as well. Exterior view of business with two men standing next to a horse-drawn company cart. These possibly could be employees of McKenzie Transfer as one well-dressed man is extending a pen and document to possibly the delivery cart's driver. Photograph ordered by McKenzie Fuel Co. TPL-8633

McKenzie Transfer Co. (Tacoma); Horse teams--Tacoma; Carts & wagons--Tacoma;

ca. 1910. The original Horace Mann school at 5234 South J Street was built in 1901 as a simple two story, four room building. Over the next eight years as the school age population on Tacoma's south end increased two additions were added to the building. By 1910 it was the the imposing structure shown in this photograph. It was named for the noted American educator Horace Mann, who revolutionized public school instruction and established the first normal school for teacher training. A new Mann School was built nearby at 52nd & So. "K" in 1953 and the old school was demolished. (Copy of glass plate was made on October 3, 1958.) (Olsen: For the Record, p. 83)

Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1900-1910;

Back of Photo:
"August Anderson clearing land." C1910, Lakebay, Washington
Courtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Gustaf Loustrom, Tacoma, WA

From In the Footsteps of Nicholas Delin: the Swedish Presence in Pierce County, a photography exhibition tracing the world of Swedish and Swedish-Finnish immigrants in Pierce County from 1887 - 1930, opening Thursday, December 14, 1995 at the Tacoma Public Library's Handforth Gallery (Main Library, 1102 Tacoma Avenue South in downtown Tacoma).

ca. 1910. Copy of an old photograph for Griffin Fuel Company. Five men pose in front of a wagon and piles of fuel wood. The company was organized by entrepreneur Fred L. Griffin. He came west in 1889 to make his fortune and obtained first a wagon and horse. He started out delivering fuel wood that he cut himself. After a few years of grueling work, he had the need for more wagons and employees and began to do general hauling and transfer. Aside from delivering coal and wood, the company began the delivery of ice for local consumption. The company settled at 1910 Commerce in 1904 and began to focus on supplying fuel. (Argentum)

Carts & wagons--Tacoma--1890-1900; Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1900-1910; Fuel--Tacoma--1900-1910; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1900-1910; Fuelwood;

ca. 1910. The Paradise Ice Caves were once one of the most popular attractions at Mount Rainier National Park. Visitors were fascinated by the "blue light" beauty of the Paradise Glacier caves. Over time the glacier retreated up valley and the thinning lower end became an unstable mass of ice. Due to extremely dangerous conditions the Paradise Ice Caves were closed to the public in 1971. By 1991 the last of the ice caves had collapsed.

ca. 1910. In this photograph that dates from around 1910, workers at the Atlas Foundry pause in the process of building a form, probably a mold or "pattern," to pose for the camera. Atlas was the first foundry built in Tacoma; it began in 1899 as a manufacturer of iron castings. The company incorporated in 1903. Through the years, they added steel and brass to their list of moldable metals. By 1946, they offered the only complete foundry service in the Northwest. Utilizing their over 50,000 wooden patterns, they could make castings varying in size from 2 oz to 16 tons. TPL-9515

Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1910-1920;

ca. 1910. Several fountains shoot plumes of water into the air above the pond at Pt. Defiance Park. Part of the park's greenhouse peeks out from behind the bushes. Although the area seems void of visitors in this circa 1910 photograph, Point Defiance Park and its (now) 702 acres was a popular destination for city residents. Handy streetcars made the trip to the large park easy for those without automobiles. Once there visitors could enjoy strolling through gardens, picnic areas and on the beach, checking out the conservatory and viewing the zoo animals.

Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1910-1920; Fountains--Tacoma;

Grenada. The four-masted steel barque 'Grenada', 2268 tons, anchored in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2268 tons. ON104591, 278.4 x 42.0 x 24.1. Built 1894 (11) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: P Denniston and Co. registered Glasgow c.1900 Lang and Fulton then Gwalia Shipping Co. (Roberts, Owen and Co. ) Captured by German submarine 32 miles SW by S from Beachy Head, Nov. 22, 1916 and sunk by gunfire. (State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/17/60)

Sailing ships; barks; barques;

ca. 1910. Members of the A.S.M.W.I. A. (Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Association), Local #99 of Seattle posed outside the Fisher Flouring Mills Co. circa 1910. Nearly all are dressed in overalls. Although the photographer, J.J. Kneisle has labeled the picture "A.S.M.W.I.A., " the union's name had changed to the Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance in 1903. The union movement was growing with membership of over 100 local unions and over 5000 people at the turn of the century. In 1924 the union's name would change again to the Sheet Metal Workers International Association. (www.smwia.org)

Labor unions--Seattle; Sheet Metal Workers (Seattle);

ca. 1910. A young deer pauses, one foot in the air, among the tall grass in Okanogan County, circa 1910. This photograph appears on page 25 in the book "Frank Matsura, Frontier Photographer, " by JoAnn Roe.

Okanogan County (Wash.); Deer;

ca. 1910. Back in the early days of the 20th century, there were not many automobiles in Tacoma and even fewer delivery vans. Bottled beer was transported in cases via a tried-and-true method--by horse and wagon. Here two patient horses pause while their driver has his photograph taken. He has removed his sturdy work coat which is laid on the covered seat. There are several cases of beer in the open wagon bed. The beer had been brewed by the Pacific Brewing & Malting Co., then one of Washington's largest breweries and located in downtown Tacoma on South 25th St., between "C" and Jefferson. State prohibition laws went into effect in January of 1916, effectively halting the thriving business. (Photograph courtesy of the William Cammarano Collection) TPL-10424

Beer--Tacoma; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1910-1920; Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. (Tacoma); Carts & wagons--Tacoma--1910-1920; Horses--Tacoma--1910-1920;

ca. 1910. Chinook Female Profile - "Skokomish Female - type" Photo by Edward S. Curtis. Scanned from Asahel Curtis lantern slide. Original photograph appears in The North American Indian, v.8 between pp. 86-87. The permanent villages of the Chinook tribes, constructed of imposing cedar board houses, once extended from the banks of the Columbia River and the rushing waters of the Dalles all the way to the sea. They occupied a land of abundant food and lived mostly on salmon. The trading post at Astoria was established in 1811 and Fort Vancouver in 1825. The fur traders brought the twin scourges of disease and alcohol. Whole villages of Chinook were decimated.

Indians of North America--Chinook--1910-1920; Women--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

Image title: A typical Nez Percé. The North American Indian, v. 8, p. 4.

Indians of North America--Nez Percé--1910-1920; Men--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

Image title: Mat lodge - Yakima. The North American Indian, v. 7, p. 4.

Indians of North America--Yakima--1910-1920; Dwellings--Indians of North America;

ca. 1910. Some of the damage in Wilkeson caused by the flood of March 1910. A line of men stand on the railroad bridge that crossed Gail's Creek just south of town. Parts of a washed out bridge are next to the railroad bridge.

Floods--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Bridges--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Gail's Creek (Wilkeson);

ca. 1910. A line of people stand on the railroad bridge at the south end of Church Street in Wilkeson where the bridge crosses Gail's Creek. The creek, swollen with flood water, rushes under the bridge. The Wilkeson bank building can be seen at the far left in the photograph. TPL-10403

Floods--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Bridges--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Railroad bridges--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Gail's Creek (Wilkeson);

ca. 1910. A grouping of rough loggers, probably employees of the Grays Harbor Logging Co., posed for the camera on and around a downed giant tree, circa 1910. The early era of the Grays Harbor lumber industry was often called the "Timber Rush," as fortunes were made in the attempt to clear cut the great stand of Douglas Fir. The Grays Harbor Logging Co. was in operation from 1909-1920. They had logging camps on the East Fork of the Wishkah River and maintained offices in Aberdeen. The company's president was C. H. Shutt and the Secretary/Treasurer was F.E. Burrows. ("They Tried to Cut It All" by Edwin VanSyckle") (photograph courtesy of Dan Powell) TPL-9833

Grays Harbor Logging Co. (Aberdeen); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor; Loggers; Woodcutters;

ca. 1910. Jacqueline Noel joined the Tacoma Public Library staff in July of 1914 as an assistant in the Reference Department. She became head of the Reference Department and later City Librarian, after the departure of John Kaiser. She served as City Librarian from 1924 until her retirement in 1947. At that time, the Tacoma Public Library did not have a Director and the City Librarian ran the library. Miss Noel deserves much of the credit for raising the funds for the McCormick (now Wheelock) and the Mottet branch libraries. Both libraries were built entirely from donations; citizens raised the funds for the land and the buildings were donated by their namesakes. She was a member of the American Library Association and served as vice president of the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She died on May 19, 1964 at the age of 83.

Noel, Jacqueline; Public libraries--Tacoma--1910-1920; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees; Librarians;

ca. 1910. Carl W. Sharpe (left), and Clarence R. Sharpe, Manager, sit on the front porch of the Longmire Springs Hotel. From the collection of Beverly Knoll.

Longmire Springs Hotel; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.)