Tacoma Public Library - Fern Hill Branch

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Millstone presented with story

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Workers cleanup and store moveable partitions in the newly remodeled Bicentennial Pavilion.
Gillie
Photo/Bill Hunter

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City Records Protection

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Aerial View From South
City Hall Plan

Old City Hall Plan
Only the clock tower is saved in this old City Hall proposal presented Tuesday to the Coty Council. The proposal, jointly made by Alan Liddle, James Harris and William Reed, local architects, calls for tearing down most of the old City Hall and building a new structure for a performing arts auditorium. The new structure would span Commerce Street and have its main entrance on Broadway, near the old Elks Temple at left. TNT 05-10-1967 A6.

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Tacoma--City Hall

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Tacoma--City Hall History
Shops, boutiques offered everything from books to beads

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Tacoma--City Hall History

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Tacoma, City of - Urban Renewal

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Tacoma--General
Pacific Avenue

Norton Memorial. Erected by a grateful city, the Norton Memorial stands on a grassy plot at St. Helens and Tacoma Avenue and 1st St. South. A likeness of Percy Dunbar Norton, public servant and pioneer businessman, is engraved upon the stone. A small drinking fountain (later removed prior to WWII when scrap metal was essential for national defense) is attached. Percy Norton, related by marriage to two of the founders of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., served as manager of the firm as well as Tacoma City Council president at the time of his death, age 44, in April of 1900. Flags were flown at half mast at City Hall, colors lowered on mastheads of vessels loading at the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. dock, as well as the emblem on the lumber company offices' flagpole. His desk at council chambers would be draped in mourning for 30 days. The Tacoma Ledger in its April 14, 1900, tribute to Mr. Norton praised his "indomitable pluck, courage, and ability" in the building up of Tacoma and his "business sagacity and management" on the city council in enabling the city to "weather the hard times with its credit untouched." The Norton Memorial still partially remains at the same site, now called the Norton Memorial Park at 99 Tacoma Avenue South. (Tacoma Ledger, April 14, 1900, p. 1-article on Mr. Norton)

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Tacoma--Historical Buildings and Sites

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1898 Vaeth house - striking features

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Tacoma--Parks and Recreation

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Tacoma--Streets--Pacific Avenue

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Tacoma--Views (Tacoma--Aerial Views)
Photograph by Bob Rudsit

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View of Old City Hall in Downtown Tacoma
By Geff Hinds

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Tacoma--Views (Tacoma--Aerial Views)

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Tacoma--Views (Tacoma--Aerial Views)

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Tacoma--Views (Tacoma--Aerial Views)
Photograph By Bob Rudsit

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Teachers on Picket Line
Teachers in Steilacoom Historical School District picketed outside district headquarter Tuesday morning after rejecting the district's most recent contract offer Monday night. Teachers association spokesman, Frank Calsbeek said teachers voted to conduct a one-day strike, while instructing their representative to stay in around-the-clock negotiations.
Bruce Larson

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Tacoma teachers walk the sidewalk outside District offices at Central School as part of an informational picket to let administrators know their disapproval of the school districts latest offer. The Tacoma Education Association has set Tuesday 10/6 as a strike deadline.
News/Nelson
Bill Hunter Photo

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Titlow Park
Titlow Beach Lodge
Date? No clip in file

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2-minute bath

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A Spot of Fall Color

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New Buses

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Woman Race Winner Before the Race
Candace Cable-Brooke (right) helps a fellow racer stretch out before the race. His name is Paul Clark from Terris B. C.. Candace is from California and she went on to win the women's division in the race.
Photo by Russ Carmack

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Photo Rcv'd 05/26/1968 - Article date, 11/28/1976 - Article date
This Picture is 'Twin" to 'Mystery Photo'
The files at the News Tribune contained this picture identified only as the Woman's Club House, until the publication two weeks ago of a 'mystery photo' with a plea for identification. Now the date and subject of the photo are somewhat established.
The Woman's Club House stood at 426 Broadway until 1961. It had been a gathering place for Tacomans, containing large halls, sitting rooms and dining areas for teas and luncheons and had belonged to the Tacoma Woman's Club House Association since 1915.