Ship name: Sooloo. Full-rigger. Built at East Boston in 1861 by John and Justin Taylor for the old Salem house of Sislbee, Pickman & Allen, who owned her until 1887. Portrait of a Port: Boston 1852-1914, by W. H. Bunting, p. 342.

Sailing ships;

Cedarbank. The four-masted steel barque 'Cedarbank', 2825 tons. 2825 tons, 326.0 x 43.0 x 24.5. Built 1892 Mackie and Thomson, Glasgow. Owners A Weir and Co. registered Glasgow, later Norwegian owners without change of name. Reported wrecked in 1917 although she remained in Lloyds for a few years after. (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+1373/18/76)

Sailing ships; Barques; Barks;

Barkentine Monitor Formerly a unit of the Nelson Line fleet, was sold to the Interstate Fish Reduction Co., organized by E. B. McGovern of Seattle, and converted to a fish reduction plant, one of the largest on the coast and capable of processing 40 tons of sardine, pilchard or herring per hour into fish oil and meal. Capt. W. C. Ansell was appointed master of the Monitor, which carried a complement of 40 crew members and plant workers. (Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1936, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 448.)

Sailing ships; Barques; Barks;

Unknown Bark

Sailing ships; barques; barks;

Snow & Burgess Built as a full-rigged ship at Thomaston, Maine in 1878 by Thomas Watts. Converted to a fiveΓÇômasted schooner on the West Coast in 1904. 1655 gross tons. Burned for junk in 1922 after arriving at Port Townsand from Manila with a broken back, a year earlier. (Gibbs, Jim. Pacific Square-Riggers : Pictorial History of the Great Windships of Yesteryear. 1987. Pg. 190.)

Sailing ships; Schooneers;

Snow & Burgess. Built as a full-rigged ship at Thomaston, Maine in 1878 by Thomas Watts. Converted to a fiveΓÇômasted schooner on the West Coast in 1904. 1655 gross tons. Burned for junk in 1922 after arriving at Port Townsand from Manila with a broken back, a year earlier. (Gibbs, Jim. Pacific Square-Riggers : Pictorial History of the Great Windships of Yesteryear. 1987. Pg. 190.)

Sailing ships; Schooneers;

A. J. Fuller. Built in 1881 in Bath, Maine, the 1849 ton, 229 foot, square rigged ship, A.J. Fuller was originally a notable Down east sky sail-yarder for the Flint & Company fleet. Purchased at the turn of the century by the California Shipping Company and subsequently by Capt- Dermot, she was engaged for several years in the Puget Sound-Australian timber trade. After the outbreak of World War I the A.J. Fuller sailed under the Northwestern Fisheries Company in the Alaskan salmon trade. On October 30, 1919 she arrived in Seattle with a full load of salmon and salt. While sitting at anchor in a dense fog, the steamship Mexico Maru entered the port on a regular trans-Pacific run and collided with the A.J. Fuller. The ten foot hole torn in the bow of the wooden ship caused her to rapidly sink. Although salvage was deemed possible the underwriters decided against it. The approximate position of the A.J. Fuller is 2000 ft offshore of Harbor Island at a depth of 240 feet. (Newell, Gordon

Sailing ships;

Vincent.

Sailing ships

Americana. Schooner built in 1892 om Grangemouth, Scotland. Vanished en route from Astoria to Sydney in 1913. (Pacific square-riggers; pictorial history of the great windships of yesteryear, by Jim Gibbs, p. 183)

Sailing ships;

Clipper Saint Paul (St. Paul). Built 1874 in Bath, ME, served briefly as a museum in the Seattle waterfront, was towed in 1942 to Oyster Bay, Vancouver Island to serve as part of a breakwater. (https://www.historylink.org/File/20184)

Sailing ships;

Abner Coburn. The 1,972-ton wooden ship Abner Coburn, built by William Rogers at Bath, Maine in 1882, was acquired from California Shipping Co. by Libby, McNeil & Libby, making annual voyages to Bristol Bay for the next 11 years. Gordon Newell, "Maritime events of 1912" H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.,p. 201-202.

Sailing ships;

Tacoma Mayor Ben Hanson (R) poses with Lt. Cdr. Walter D. Reed, USN (Ret.) on July 29, 1960; Lt. Cdr. Reed will co-chair the eighth annual reunion of the U.S.S. Lexington CV-2 Minutemen Club to be held in Tacoma in June, 1961. The 1000- member club just concluded their 1960 convention in Long Beach, California. Reed was on the ship in 1929 when it came to Tacoma's rescue to provide power and light to the darkened city. (TNT 7-31-60, B-12) TAC 360.

Reed, Walter D.; Hanson, Ben; Mayors--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1892. This is an image of the Pierce County Court House under construction circa 1892. Stone masons are posed in front of the incomplete building with large heaps of stone in the foreground. It would eventually become a three-story structure with a 230-ft. tower. Wilkeson and Pittsburg grey freestone, finished with Tenino bluestone, would be used on the exterior. The massive Romanesque edifice would serve as the county's courthouse for over sixty years until its demolition in 1959. (Copy of original) Bi-Centennial Project # 75346-53; BU-10704

Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1890-1900; Stone cutting--Tacoma;

ca. 1927. Legislative Building. The most complex structural element was the building's dome. Possibly the fourth highest dome in the world, the dome was one of the last great self-supporting masonry domes built. New York City architects Walter Wilder and Harry White envisioned the creation of three domes, blending them into a structure 176 feet above a base 102 feet above the ground. The overall height of the dome would be 278 feet, resting on a 130-foot monolith foundation of concrete and steel which supported four massive corner piers. Topping-out ceremonies, in which the final stone was set into place on the lantern, occurred on October 13, 1926. (Johnston: Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders)

Legislative Building (Olympia);

ca. 1927. Interior of rotunda - Legislative Building. This view of the rotunda's interior was believed to have been taken shortly after its completion. The rotunda was located directly beneath the Legislative Building's dome. After much discussion, it was decided not to use all marble in the interior of the rotunda but to use plaster as the interior finish. Besides the cost, it was felt that the presence of too much marble would make it too austere. The marble that was used in the rotunda was from Alaska with its light gray tones; the same was used in entrances, staircases and corridors. Richer, more expensive imported marble would be utilized in the legislative chambers and in the state reception room. (Johnston: Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders)

Legislative Building (Olympia); Rotundas--Olympia;

ca. 1920. Aerial view of Lakewood area, looking northwest, was taken by Barnes Aviation Co. in 1920. The building at right center is Lakeview School. The road at bottom of image is Pacific Highway with Northern Pacific Railroad tracks running next to the road. The street at left blending into Pacific is Lakeview Blvd. There are a few stores congregated near the bottom of the photograph.

Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Lakeview School (Lakewood); Streets--Lakewood; Railroad tracks--Lakewood;

ca. 1920. Aerial view of Lakewood area, looking north, as photographed in 1920 by Barnes Aviation Co. The building at top center is Lakeview School. Road running along right top of image is Pacific Highway with Northern Pacific Railroad tracks next to road. Road going right to left across bottom is Old Highway 99 Road cutting across center of image and disappearing into the trees is the old Boundary Road (now 112th Street SW).

Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Lakeview School (Lakewood); Streets--Lakewood; Railroad tracks--Lakewood;

ca. 1910. "Thornewood" under construction. The massive, 27,000 square foot Tudor Gothic mansion on American Lake was built in 1910 for Chester Thorne, a prominent turn of the century banker, and his wife Anna. It was designed by noted Spokane architect Kirtland Cutter, of Cutter and Malmgen, architects. The exterior was built of concrete reinforced with steel with red brick facing and Wilkeson sandstone. Mrs. Thorne expressed her wish that the interior should resemble those of English ancestral homes that she admired. So, the interior of an 15th century English castle was actually purchased and shipped to Tacoma aboard three vessels that sailed around Cape Horn. The home had 40 rooms, 18 bathrooms and nine marble fireplaces.

Thornewood (Lakewood);

ca. 1930. View of Pier No. 1 and the waterfront of Seattle - looking toward the city from the water. Buildings in photograph include: Luckenbach Steamship Co. Inc. on Pier No. 1, and the L. C. Smith Tower in the background. To the right is the Pacific Steamship Co. (building labeled Pier A.)

Luckenbach Steamship Co. Inc. (Seattle); Pacific Steamship Co. (Seattle); Smith Tower (Seattle); Port of Seattle (Seattle);

Western Washington Fair. Western State Hospital produce exhibit.

On April 13, 1930, mine and state officials pose outside the Pacific Coast Coal Co.'s Carbonado mine prior to entering to start their investigation into one of the worst mining disasters in Washington history. On Saturday, April 12, 1930, a few hours after the the afternoon shift was lowered to their work, a blast wracked the south chute #5 of the Douty seam, 1500 feet underground, killing 17 mine workers. Posed on one of the carts used to ferry the workers into and out of the mine are, standing left to right, George T. Wake, deputy mine inspector; William R. Reese, chief state mine inspector; and H.A. Wilson, general manager of the Coal Co. In the back seated are John G. Schoning of the US Bureau of Mines and Robert Simson, superintendent of the mine. Although the cause was officially "unknown," it was felt that the explosion was caused by a too heavily charged first blast which uncovered a second charge and ignited coal gas. TPL-6266 (TNT 4-14-1930 p.1; TDL 4-14-1930, pg. 1; TNT 4/16/1930, pg. 1)

Pacific Coast Coal Co. (Carbonado); Coal mining; Mine accidents--Carbonado; Explosions; Schoning, John G.; Reese, William R.; Simson, Robert; Wilson, H.A.; Wake, George T.;

Mt. Rainier from the Ohop Valley

ca. 1918. Photograph by Albert Henry Barnes of the Mazama party making its way on horseback across Paradise Park, Mount Rainier National Park, circa 1918. Mazama is a Spanish word for "mountain goat" and also the name of the climbing club of Portland, Oregon. The Mazama climbing club was organized on the summit of Mount Hood on July 19, 1894. It was the second climbing club to be organized on the Pacific Rim, the first being the Sierra Club which was founded by John Muir in 1892.The Mazamas had many outings on Mount Rainier beginning in 1897. (ORIGIN OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF TACOMA/PIERCE COUNTY WASHINGTON by Gary Fuller Reese; www.mazamas.org)

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Packtrains--Mount Rainier; Pack animals--Mount Rainier; Horses; Mazama Climbing Club (Mount Rainier);

ca. 1910. The 41st annual session of the Grand Lodge of Washington I.O.G.T. Chautaugua was held on Vashon Island in 1910. Many of the men and women are wearing I.O.G.T. regalia. Included in the group are Bertha Penberthy (front row, 4th from left) and Effie and Merton Brewer (front row, 9th & 10th from left) I.O.G.T. stood for the Independent (now International) Order (now Organization) of Good Templars which promoted the ideals of temperance, peace and brotherhood. It was one of the first organizations with no distinction between race, color, creed and sex. The Grand Lodge of Washington would hold the 1911 annual session again on Vashon Island. (www.iogt.us-article on organization)

Independent Order of Good Templars (Wash.); Meetings--Vashon Island;

Undated photograph of Mount Rainier.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Mountains--Washington;

All Aboard! On June 16, 1927, members of the 148th Field Artillery, Tacoma's own National Guard unit, crowded into three coaches at Union Station. They would be shoving off at 8:30 a.m. for the National Guard encampment at Camp Murray for summer training. (TNT 6/16/1927, pg. 1) BGN-687

Washington National Guard, 148th F.A. (Tacoma); Military uniforms; Military personnel; Railroad cars;

Logging railroad bridge being built for Weyerhaeuser near Elma, WA. Timbers used in construction may have been cut from trees nearby as evidenced by several tree stumps. (copy negative on file; original owned by Kathleen Ramsey)

Railroad bridges--Elma; Bridges--Elma; Weyerhauser Timber Co. (Elma);

This information was written on the back of the April 11, 1924 group portrait of the fifth grade students at Orting School. The back listed the names of the majority of the children in the photo. To see the photograph itself, see Series RUCSHNER Image 001B. (scanned copy only - no hard copy) back of photograph donated by Shirley Frasl Sigafoos.

School children--Orting; Orting School (Orting); Public schools--Orting--1920-1930;

ca. 1911. The student body of Oak Knoll School, District No. 5, posed for a group picture in 1911. Front row: Frank Otremba, John Dilley, Ed Patzke, _ Bevins, Waldo Smith, George Goymer. Second row: Laura Pflugmacher, Mildred Carter, Almira Kawelmacher, Irene Smith, Thelma Carter, Zelda Lenz, Evelyn Laverne and Ella Otremba. Third row: Edna Kawelmacher, Ida Smeiden, Minnie Patzke, Louise Laverne, Elizabeth Otremba, Fred Otremba, George Carter and Freida Jeschke. Fourth row (8th grade): Homer Hawk, John Pflugmacher, Oscar Lindahl, John Carter, Helen Dilley. Alexa McGilvary was the teacher. Oak Knoll School was located east of Roy on Harts Lake Loop Road. It was on the west side of 8th Avenue South, going toward the junction with 288th Street South.

Oak Knoll School; Students--1910-1920;