ca. 1908. A young man leans back against his motorcycle at the entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. The motorcycle has the name "The Flying Merkel" painted on its fuel tank.

Nisqually Canyon. Water rushing through rocks of canyon, lone man in distance on right

ca. 1910. Race car, with number 20 on radiator, speeds past people standing along edge of dirt road at Tacoma Speedway. The speedway is where Clover Park Vocational School is today. Banners hang over road in the background. Car is blurred because of speed.

ca. 1910. Rodeo in Stadium Bowl. Men and women in Native-American costumes on bowl field. Some are on horseback. Also cowboys . Some of the Native-Americans are wearing feather headdresses.

ca. 1908. Four men, in suits and hats, and a young boy stand outside a metal cage at the Tacoma Zoo in Point Defiance Park. There is a large bear inside the cage. The face of the bear is blurred because it moved during the exposure.

ca. 1908. Man and woman standing in front of a wood frame house probably in South Tacoma. The wire gate is hospitably open for visitors.

ca. 1908. Two women in front of a two story house. In front of the house is a sign that reads, "Dr. Carlsen." In 1908, Dr. Carlsen lived at 5317 So. Lawrence. This photograph is similar to BROWNING-050A.

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. 1908. View of the top floor of the Northern Pacific Hotel, at 5201 So. Union Ave. Behind the hotel are other buildings in South Tacoma.

ca. 1908. Electron power plant on the Puyallup River, near Orting.

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 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 young boy in suit and hat sits on the back of a donkey. This appears to be the same donkey that is in BROWNING-148.

ca. 1908. Two women and a man stand in front of a large two-story house. House has dormers, bay window, and front and back porches. A.D. Browning's residence.

ca. 1908. A little dark haired girl, with a bow in her hair, sits on a highchair. The chair is in front of the porch of a house. There is a sheet or blanket hanging behind the girl serving as a backdrop. A white basin and cloths are adjacent on the wooden porch.

ca. 1908. Rural lumber mill surrounded by timber.

ca. 1908. Eight couples in a room. Three of the young women are sitting in the laps of three of the men. These are the same young men and women that are in BROWNING-020. Several also appear in BROWNING-022 and BROWNING-023. This photograph is possibly a "Parlor play."

ca. 1908. Tents for a street fair fill the streets, a banner over the street welcomes the Knights of Pythias

ca. 1915. Members of the McLintock's Band of South Tacoma, dressed in various costumes pose for a photograph in front of a bakery in South Tacoma. Photograph taken in front of the Pennant Billiard Hall at 5438 So. Union Avenue (later So. Tacoma Way).

1908/08. Group by peach tree. Krumm Farm. Three men, a woman and a horse stand next to a tree. There is a barn in the background.

ca. 1908. Miller residence at Manitou Park in South Tacoma, circa winter of 1908. Trees and ground are covered with snow. Icicles hang from the house eaves.

ca. 1908. People at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup. It is raining, and people have umbrellas. Road is muddy.

Tacoma High School students parade to "Boost the Stadium." The campaign to raise $100,000 to build a beautiful high school stadium next to the school was successfully launched on October 6, 1908, when 2,000 school children ranging from 7th-8th grade to high schoolers marched in the "Boost for Stadium" parade. The school district cooperated by making the day a half-day so that the youngsters could march from Tacoma High School (later renamed Stadium High School) to the Union Club and then onto the downtown business district. Led by the Tacoma Musicians Union, who provided their services without charge, the marchers chanted "Boost for the stadium, stadium, stadium" and "Stadium, stadium, stadium, stadium" throughout the long walk. Paraders canvassed the business blocks of Commerce and "C" (now Broadway) and Pacific and would go on to canvas residential areas after school the next day. They asked businesses to contribute $10 promissory notes payable to the Board of Education. Each $10 entitled subscribers to one seat in the stadium for all entertainments there for the next five years. Supporters of the new stadium aimed to have it completed and ready for dedication and use by May 1, 1909. (TDL 10-6-1908, p. 5-article; TDL 10-7-1908, p.1-article)

ca. 1908. Garret W. O'Brien, contractor, and men laying pipe in South Tacoma.

ca. 1908. Water rushing though power generator at Electron Dam.

ca. 1908. Wooden bridge over Steilacoom Lake.

ca. 1908. Boys and girls stand in front of a wood frame school building. A man in suit and bow tie stands behind the children. An American flag is on the porch of the school.

On Memorial Day, May 31, 1909, people, including men and children, watch a group of soldiers in parade formation march past the doric columns of the crematorium at the Oakwood Cemetery, at So. 53rd and So. Alder. The veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and the Spanish American War are participating in a memorial service over the graves of their departed comrades. During the service, many speeches were made and flags were mounted on the graves, which were strewn with flowers by young girls dressed in white. Members of the National Guard Troop B fired a volley at the end of the ceremony and played taps. (TDL 6/1/09 pg. 12)

ca. 1908. Man, woman, and young girl standing in a vegetable garden next to a tall pea vine. The unidentified man raises his arm to show how tall the vines have grown.

ca. 1908. Three men in suits and bowler hats stand behind a water fountain near a corner in South Tacoma.