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TDS-013

ca. 1888. Two ships sit at dock next to the Tacoma coal bunkers while three more ships lay at anchor in Commencement Bay in this photograph from 1888. The enormous bunkers along the waterfront enabled Tacoma to become, briefly, the leading coaling station on the Pacific Coast. In 1879-180, the Northern Pacific built a branch railroad up the Puyallup River valley and opened the Pierce County field in Wilkeson, Carbonado, and Fairfax. The first commercial coke plant was established and put into operation by the Tacoma Coal and Coke Company in 1888. TPL-8327


Ore industry--Tacoma--1880-1890; Coal--Tacoma--1880-1890; Cargo ships--Tacoma--1880-1890; Sailing ships--1880-1890

TPL-X010

ca. 1888. William Nyce Golden Family on front porch of the home at Fernhill. (L to R) Guy Vance Golden, Lydia Dunham Golden, ??, William Nyce Golden (in rocker). Image donated by Cathryn E. Vannice the Great Grand-daughter of William N. Golden from her collection. ?? may be Fred Tucker Golden


Fernhill (Tacoma)--1880-1890; Golden, William N.; Farmhouses--Tacoma; Farms--Tacoma;

Rutter RUTTER-01

ca. 1888. Tacoma smelter. This smelter on Ruston's waterfront was established as the Ryan Smelter in 1887 by Dennis Ryan. It was sold to William R. Rust in 1889 who then changed its name to the Tacoma Smelting & Refining Co. This photograph was taken around 1888 when the smelter was still in its early stages. Pilings jut out into the water at the right, tree stumps are abundantly scattered on the grounds, and the chimney in the photo's center was the first of three succeedingly larger smokestacks. The smelter would be sold to the American Smelting & Refining Co. (ASARCO) in 1905. (Print owned by Thomas Martin. Copy on file)


American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Smelters--Tacoma;

French TPL-392

ca. 1888. A horse drawn streetcar, taken at the Southeast corner of Pacific Ave. and 11th Street. In 1888, this area was considered to be the south borderline of the business district. Photograph shows William P. Jackson Photographer building, 1101 Pacific Ave., and Hewitt and Hill Real Estate, 1105 Pacific Ave. There is an ad for lots in the Oakes Addition on the side of the real estate building. The Oakes Addition was planned to be a high class residential district. The streets were given Indian names. However, before the plots could be sold, the panic of the '90s affected Tacoma and the original plans were never carried out. The streets were renamed by the city council. (T. Times 9/15/1937, pg. 8; 6/4/1936, pg. 5) (copy of photograph also numbered C83 image 1 under Richards file Argentum)


Horse railroads--Tacoma--1880-1890; Mass transit--Tacoma--1880-1890; Business districts--Tacoma--1880-1890; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1880-1890; Hewitt & Hill Real Estate (Tacoma);

C8580-5

75 members of the Washington State Constitutional Convention, which met at Olympia during July and August of 1889, commencing July 4th. Each delegate was identified by a small number placed in the corner of the portrait. The assembled delegates chose James P. Hoyt of King County as their convention president. As can be seen, all the delegates were men. Only one of the seventy five delegates was born in Washington Territory. Several came from Europe, one from Canada, and eighteen different states were claimed as birth places. The convention remained in session until August 22, 1889. The constitution it framed was ratified on October 1, 1889, and President Harrison proclaimed Washington a state on November 11, 1889. Copied for the Tacoma Times newspaper but not used, 7-17-1939, fifty years after the first "Congress" met. ALBUM 4. (Washington: the Evergreen State p. 118-120; An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, p. 188) TPL-8244


Constitutional conventions--Olympia;

C8538-2

ca. 1889. Copy negative made July 6, 1939 of a photograph of the old Capital building in Olympia where the Constitutional Congress met in 1889 to prepare the document that completed Washington's transition from territory to state. The building is surrounded by a white picket fence. Several people relax in the grassy area next to building. Photograph ordered by Mr. Short of Tacoma Times. Photograph reproduced in the Tacoma Times 07-19-1939 p. 27 TPL-8245


Capitols--Washington Territory;

C8538-2A

ca. 1889. Cropped version of C8535, image 2, of old Capital Building in Olympia circa 1889 where documents were prepared to complete Washington's transition from territory to state. The two-story building with bell tower is surrounded by a white picket fence. Several people lounge on the grassy lawn next to the fence.


Capitols--Washington Territory;

C72137-2

ca. 1889. Roster of Tacoma Police Department, 1889. According to the Tacoma Police Department's website, City Ordinance No. 77 officially created the Tacoma Police Department on April 15, 1885. This was the roster of the police department four years later in 1889; photo and identification provided by Carl Jacobs. Lower Row: Jack Keating, Jack Fitzgerald, John Smith, Mike Day, Hans Larson, Orvil Kaylor, William Solstein, John Flett, Chas. June, Ed Woods, Jack Ellison. Second Row: - - Gildchrist, Arthur Hice, clerk, Tom Fisher, Sterling Leroy, Capt. Leslie Ellis, Steve Murphy, Al Harris, - - Crawford, Jack Kinney, Minor Cudahy. Third Row: Wm. Westover, James Donivan, Ed Flanigan, W.H. Grinnell, J.B. McCoy, Capt. A.S. Read, Jack Martin, - - Harris, - - Stevens, Martin Kinney, Harvey Miller, Con Cane. Top Row: John Cunningham, Minor Btotten, - - Strand, Louis Granwich, D.O. Smith, Joe Bush, Jack Burke, Fred Ewing, Chas. Myers, Bill Hawley, - - Butcher and Bill Casey. Chief of Police in 1889, not shown, was listed on the TPD website as A.M. Chesney. TPL-7117


Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Police--Tacoma--1880-1890;

A2220-2

ca. 1889. Copy of a map of the Eastern Section of Washington, early history events, to 1889, marked on map. (WSHS).


Maps;

TPL-4109

ca. 1889. Tacoma's Fire Station No. 4 was located at 407 E. 26th Street from 1889-1911. In this photograph, a 1889 Silsby 2nd size (700 gpm) rotary pump drawn by three horses and a W.T.Y Schneck hose wagon with two horses are on display in front of the station. The "Our Boys 1887" lettering below the bell tower acknowledged the "Our Boys" volunteer organization. In 1889, H. L. Knoell was listed as Captain in charge of the six-man company; this photograph may have been taken somewhat later as there are now nine firemen present. Engineers made roughly $90 a month with hosemen being paid $70 and drivers $75. The Fire Department Chief was paid approximately $125 monthly. Engine Co. No. 4 was to remain at the 407 E. 26th St. location until June, 1911, when it moved into a new two-story brick station a few blocks away at 224 E. 26th. (100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 18, 20, 52). TPL-393


Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Fire stations--Tacoma--1880-1890; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma; Horses--Tacoma;

Rutter JOGDEN-10

ca. 1889. Northern Pacific Headquarters at 621 Pacific Avenue, circa 1889. The railroad had chosen Tacoma as its western terminus in 1873; from that point, the city would grow furiously from a small hamlet to a metropolis of about 30,000 by 1890. Construction of Northern Pacific's stone and brick headquarters with its distinctive tower, located on the bluff overlooking their half-moon railroad yards, began in the summer of 1887 and was completed the following year. Its 53 offices and storerooms and 19 vaults were utilized by the Tacoma Land Company, Weyerhaeuser Company and Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific would sell the building to the City of Tacoma in 1922 as the railroad planned to move its offices to Seattle. Photograph courtesy of the John Ogden Collection. (Tacoma Rediviva, p. 27+) TPL-10172


Northern Pacific Headquarters Building (Tacoma); Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma);

TPL-390

ca. 1889. This photograph was taken shortly after the Bostwick Block was completed in 1889. Designed by early Tacoma architect O. P. Dennis, the Bostwick was remodeled in 1924. At that time, the wood-clad exterior was faced with "Duralite" stucco as seen today with its newly painted facade.


Hotel Bostwick (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1880-1890;

TPL-1130

ca. 1889. Tacomans line both sides of Pacific Avenue in 1889 to watch a parade march down the unpaved main street of town. Horses and carts pause as bands and athletic groups pass by. The Empire House, located at 1401 Pacific Avenue, is on the right hand side of the street in this sepia photograph. Bunting decorates the first floor windows and entrance.


Parades & processions--Tacoma; Empire House (Tacoma); Horses--Tacoma; Carts & wagons--Tacoma;

C8580-2

ca. 1889. Copy of an old print, bird's eye view of Tacoma in 1889 issued by Geo. W. Traver, real estate & investment agent. In the center is the aerial view of 1889 Tacoma. It is surrounded by drawings of important Tacoma landmarks. Included are St. Peters Church, Jaeger Block, Holmes & Bull, Dickson Bro., Tacoma Lumber & Manufacturing, Puget Sound Ironworks, City Market, Central School, Hotel Fife, T.P. & B. Transfer Co. Stables, Duimette Building, Merchants National Bank, Mount "Tacoma" (Rainier) and Waters the Grocer. TPL-9665


Maps--1880-1890;

TPL-5106

ca. 1889. These are the members of the first Washington State House of Representatives who were elected in 1889. Their small oval portraits are placed within a shield and under the words "First General Assembly of House of Representatives, Olympia Washington" and the date "1889." Original photo copied by Richards Studio.


Politicians; Legislative bodies--Washington;

C117132-29

ca. 1889. The Emerson School, which was located at South 4th and St. Helens, was one of only a handful of schools in Tacoma that was not replaced with a newer school building when it was torn down. Built in 1889 and named after Ralph Waldo Emerson, it replaced the "Old North School" which was the first school built by the East Tacoma School District No. 13. Emerson offered both elementary and high school classes, and from 1890 to 1892 it housed the offices of the Superintendent and the School Board. After it closed in 1913, it was used to house soldiers during World War I. It was demolished in 1920. (Copy made from glass plate, October 3, 1958.) (Olsen: For the Record, p. 45-46)


Emerson School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1880-1890;

Rutter TPL-076

ca. 1889. This view of the Hawthorne area of southeast Tacoma was taken from a hillside circa 1889. Dirt roads have been carved out of the former timberlands and houses are beginning to appear. The Tideflats are in sight. Nearly 100 years later, the Tacoma Dome would appear in this general neighborhood. Rutter Collection


Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1880-1890; Cityscapes;

Rutter TPL-2890

ca. 1889. West side of the 900 block of Pacific Avenue as pictured in 1889. Buildings include the Tacoma National Bank with its new addition located at 921-23 Pacific Avenue (right lower corner of photograph) , the Olds Building across the street at 926-28 Pacific and next door the Michael Murphy Block at 930 Pacific, later home to the California Oyster House. The avenue's surface still appeared rough at the time although sidewalks were in evidence.


Commercial streets--Tacoma--1880-1890; Tacoma National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;

G61.1-008

ca. 1889. In 1889, if you were able to stand on the roof of the Northern Pacific Headquarters building at 621 Pacific and look south, this is the scene you would take in. Horse drawn carriages and the streetcar stir up dust in the street while pedestrians stroll on wooden sidewalks past shop windows. On the right is the Charles W. Langert Wholesale Liquor and Thompson, Pratt & Co. located in the new structure at 710-712 Pacific Ave. The building had been constructed in 1887 and was designed by the architecture firm of Farrell & Darmer. TPL-379


Commercial streets--Tacoma--1880-1890; Business districts--Tacoma--1880-1890;

C148207-1

ca. 1890. Copy of customer print. Sepia portrait of J.B. (Jesse) Sutton, first president of Puget Sound National Bank. Pulling up stakes from Quincy, Michigan, the 62-year-old banker arrived in the "fastest-growing town on the Pacific Coast" in 1890. By the late 1880's, Tacoma was home to six national banks and six state and private banks. Sutton was to add one more, the Puget Sound Savings Bank which incorporated on May 8, 1890. He led the bank through the slowing Tacoma economy in the early 1890's and survived the bank closures that affected many Tacoma banks after the 1893 stock market panic. Sutton passed away in 1904. Prior to his death, the board of directors commended him for his "conservatism, good judgement (sic) and high sense of honor" that led the bank during the "stormy period of the great financial crisis of 1893, and establishing it firmly in the confidence of the people which it enjoys today." Puget Sound Savings Bank would evolve into the Puget Sound National Bank which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1965. (Provorse: Banking on Independence)


Sutton, J.B.; Banking--Tacoma--1890-1900; Bankers--Tacoma;

TPL-1034

ca. 1890. Built in a modified Queen Anne style, the Annie Wright Seminary took its name from the daughter of Northern Pacific Railway president Charles B. Wright who came to Tacoma in the 1880's. The school was designed by Boone & Meeker, architects, and built by F.W. Lewis in 1883. It opened in September, 1884, with 94 girls as students. Annie Wright Seminary moved to new quarters at 827 Tacoma Avenue No. in 1924; the stately old school with its sharp gables and turrets was then demolished. Only the gymnasium and a remaining building remained to be leased to the Tacoma Drama League in 1925. G10.1-091


Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1880-1890;

TPL-2924

ca. 1890. This house was built in 1889 for Henry Hewitt Jr., one of the founders of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. Designed by Andrew J. Smith, it was considered to be one of the finest houses in Tacoma. The three story "castle" was occupied by several Hewitts, as well as Edgar T. Short and E. E. Rhodes. It was demolished in 1957 to make way for a parking lot for the Central Lutheran Church.


Hewitt, Henry J.--Homes & haunts;

TPL-4108

ca. 1890. In 1890 Tacoma Fire Dept. Station # 3 was at 1212 North "G", near the corner of "G" and McCarver Streets. According to the 2nd Annual Report of the Tacoma Paid Fire Department, for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1891, Amil Krantz was listed as Captain in charge of at least five men. Krantz, age 36, was originally from Germany and was a former sailor. The station had a Silsby patent, fourth class rotary engine weighing in at 7,000 pounds which was drawn by two horses. In addition, there was an American Fire Apparatus hose wagon with two horses, which weighed 4,000 pounds and could carry 1000 feet of cotton hose. In this photograph from ca. 1890, the engines are decorated with flapping flags and garlands; it may have been taken on a holiday, perhaps the 4th of July or Memorial Day. Known as the Oldtown Station, Station # 3 occupied this building from 1885-1908. (2nd Annual Report, Tacoma Paid Fire Department, p. 24-25; 100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 30 )


Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Fire stations--Tacoma--1890-1900; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1890-1900; Horses--Tacoma;

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