• Photo showing employees of the Walker Cut Stone Co. circa 1907.
• Printed on front: Walker Cut Stone Co., Tacoma, WN.

• Exterior of what is now called the Anna Lemon Wheelock branch of the Tacoma Public Library. circa 1988.
• Printed on front: The Tacoma Public Library

• Exterior view of the Moore library, the large regional branch in the south end of town. circa 1989.
• Printed on front: The Tacoma Public Library

Printed on back: Tacoma Public Library The McCormick Branch Library, 3722 North 26th Street, brings a wealth of library services and materials to residents of Tacoma's North and West End neighborhoods. The 11,975 square foot addition to the 61 year old Tudor-style library was designed by McGranahan Messenger Associates, Architects, and built by Mar-Jan Contractors, Inc. Funding for the $2.2 million library was provided through passage of a $15.8 million Library Construction Bond approved by Tacoma citizens in 1984.

• View of the Swasey Branch library, one of ten libraries located within the city. circa 1989.
• Printed on front: The Tacoma Public Library

Printed on back: Tacoma Public Library Designed by Architects Reed Reinvald, the 14,487 square foot Grace R. Moore Branch Library at 215 South 56th Street provides an abundance of library materials and services to the residents of Tacoma's south end neighborhoods. The $2.2 million regional library, named in honor of one of the founders of public library service in Tacoma, was built by Pease Construction, Inc. on the site of the original Moore Branch Library. Funding was provided through passage of a $15.8 million Library Construction Bond approved by Tacoma citizens in 1984.

• Message: Tacoma, Wash. May 2nd. Dear Little Alice: We have moved so I am sending you our new address. I sent you a letter but don't know if I got the right address on it or not. Hope you got it. Dorothy Nash has a trained nurse taking care of her. She has something the trouble with her now caused when Dickey came. Write soon, 1408 So. 16th St. With love, Effie.
• Addressee: Miss Alice Gregory, 235 1/2 Eagle Rock Ave, Los Angeles, Calif.

• Message: Sept. 21 - 16, Dear all: I have been in this park don't you think it's pretty? We pass this pk. to go to Pt. Defiance pk. Grace you write and tell me the news too do you see Dick W anymore. Hope to get a few lines from you all soon. Love to all, Hattie.
• Addressee: Mr. EL (?) Derr, 519 N. Prospect, Sturgis, Mich.

• Fall foliage in Lincoln Park. circa 1916.
• Printed on front: Along the Creek, Lincoln Park, Tacoma, U.S.A.

• Large postcard commemorating the renovation and expansion of the Main Library. circa 1990.
• Printed on front: The Tacoma Public Library

• Originally conceived as an alternative to the area's many saloons, this first branch library grew from the Women's Christian Temperance Union's South Tacoma Reading Room that was opened in 1905. The building that housed the first South Tacoma Branch was dedicated in 1911, and the current building opened in 1959. circa 1989.
• Printed on front: The Tacoma Public Library

Printed on back: Tacoma Public Library The $1.05 million renovation and addition to the South Tacoma Branch Library, 3411 South 56th Street, was designed by Seifort and Forbes, Architects and built by C E & C, Inc. Originally constructed in 1959 on the site of an original Carnegie-funded library, the South Tacoma Branch brings a wealth of library services and materials to Tacoma's south end neighborhoods. Funding for the renovation was provided through passage of a $15.8 million Library Construction Bond approved by Tacoma citizens in 1984.

• Regents Park, located in Fircrest, shown under construction. circa 1915.
• Printed on front: Regents Park Under Construction, Tacoma, Wash.

• Adjacent to Lincoln Park High School (later Lincoln High School). circa 1916.
• Printed on front: Little Lake and Rustic Bridge, Lincoln Park, Tacoma, Washington.

Printed on back: Tacoma Public Library. Tacoma Public Library's 87,708 square foot Main Library at 1102 Tacoma Avenue South encompasses the city's original Carnegie Library, built in 1903 through a grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and its 1952 addition. Funding for the 1990 renovation and expansion was provided through passage of a $15.8 million Library Construction Bond approved by Tacoma voters in 1984. The $5.1 million project was designed by the Tsang Partnership, with construction by Mar-Jon Contractors, Inc. Photo inset: The restored glass skylight of the Carnegie Library.

Printed on back: The $1.05 million comprehensive renovation and addition to the George O. Swasey Branch Library, 7001 Sixth Avenue, was designed by Elaine Day LaTourelle and Associates, Architects, and built by Sunset Pacific General Contractors, Inc. Originally built in 1960 and named to honor Tacoma Attorney George Swasey, whose generous bequest made the library a reality, the Swasey Branch Library brings a wealth of library services and programs to Tacoma's growing west end neighborhood. Funding for the renovation was provided through passage of a $15.8 million Library Construction Bond approved by Tacoma citizens in 1984.

• Picture taken just minutes before "Galloping Gertie" began breaking apart. The car on the bridge belongs to Tacoma News Tribune News Editor Leonard Coatsworth. circa 1940.
• Printed on front: Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Looking west from easterly pier, 10:45 am - 11/7/40.

• Message: I was sorry not to have the opportunity to tell you "good bye" but I went rowing and then had just time to get my train. Erma L. Wiley. 720 S. Cedar St. Spokane Do you remember "The Totem Pole" in "The Alaskan"?
• Addressee: Mrs. Earl M. Rogers Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

• The Carnegie Library, built in 1903 is now home to the Special Collections department of the Tacoma Public Library. The Pierce County Courthouse is visible in the upper right corner, and the old Central School can be seen to the left. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: Carnegie Library & Pierce Co. Court House, Tacoma, Wash.

• Message: Tacoma, Wn. Aug 15/09. dear Miss Donoher, Your card reached us yesterday at noon was pleased to get it, the same mail brought one from Miss Gilchreest from California love to all. from the Hauser's We missed you today
• Addressee: Miss Innis Donoher, c/o 21 Grange Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Black & white photograph of the second Narrows Bridge. circa 1979.

• The Hotel Tacoma was located at 913 A Street. It was built in 1884 and destroyed by fire in 1935. circa 1907.
• Printed on front: Hotel Tacoma, and Totem Pole, Tacoma, Washington.

• An early view of the Carnegie Building, part of the Tacoma Public Library's Main location. It now houses the library's Special Collections in the Northwest Room. circa 1914.
• Printed on front: Carnegie Library, Court House, State Armory and Central School, Tacoma, Wash.

• Tacoma's Carnegie Library, built in 1903, now home to the Northwest Room and Special Collections. circa 1906.
• Printed on front: Carnegie Library, Tacoma, Washington (Court House Tower Beyond)

• Message: Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, are a substantial world, both pure and good. Albert.
• Addressee: Mifs Bessie J. Wade, 28 Hancock St., Boston, Mass.

This is the second Narrows Bridge, opened in 1950 after the first bridge, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" broke apart during a windstorm in November 1940. circa 1950.

• Message: I wish to be informed upon the day when you will arrive in Tacoma. All well. Your loving cousin, Mabel Lund.
• Addressee: Mr. Wm. Holmes, 140 Howell Av., Milwaukee, Wis.