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C144406-79

ca. 1908. Copy of customer print. Family portrait of the John Cheneys. Taken approximately in 1908 when Ben Cheney was three and his sister Lula, one, probably by the children's grandfather, Benjamin Franklin ("Frank") Cheney, a professional photographer in Lima, Montana. The picture is labeled "John, Lulu, Ben, Martha." After the death of Martha Cheney in 1914, the children were taken to live with their paternal grandparents who had moved to South Bend, Washington. John Cheney would remarry and remain in Montana until moving west to Tacoma in the mid-1920's. (The Sou'wester, Fall, 2000, p. 6)


Families--Montana--Lima; Cheney, John--Family; Cheney, John; Cheney, Martha; Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971; Cheney, Lula;

C121667-1

ca. 1908. Copy negative of a customer's print. The print is dated September 7, 1908 and was taken on the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Mead. The individuals are identified as back row, left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Mead and William H. Mead. Bottom row, left to right, Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Mead and Mrs. and Mrs. Martin E. Mead. All of the individuals are dressed in dark, somber clothes.


Mead, Martin E.; Mead, Steven; Mead, William H.; Mead, J.S.; Anniversaries;

TPL-5916

The Ladies Aid group of the Fern Hill Methodist Church met at a private residence near South 78th Street and Pacific Avenue in 1908. The women planned ice cream socials, bazaars and other church activities. Some of the women in this portrait were later identified as: Mrs. A. Hartley, Ms. Cooper, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Brill, Mrs. Chenowith, Mrs. Wilhelmi and Dorothy, Mrs. Clarkson and little Mildred.

WIL (D)-124

ca. 1908. A scene in the Big Bend, circa 1908. Threshing 3 miles south of Waterville, Washington. This area of north central Washington State was a wheat farming community. The fertile soil, dry summers and heavy snows in winter produced abundant crops. During the past season circa 1907, however, wheat ran from twelve to thirty bushels per acre, a lighter yield than normal but as prices remained good, the farmer did not lose in the long run. The town of Waterville became the Douglas County seat in 1887, and according to its Chamber of Commerce, farming remains a mainstay of the local economy. The Wilhelm Collection (Coast Magazine September 1908, p. 153-157-article on Waterville) TPL-4273


Photographer: Witter, Alfred S., Waterville

C87485-22

ca. 1908. Emile Kliese, in a dark beard, and another man stand in the offices of Columbia Brewing Company by their tall desks. Emile Kliese was the German-born brewmaster who, with two other men, William C. Kiltz and John Smith, filled for articles of incorporation in 1900 "to brew and sell at wholesale and retail beer and other malt beverages" at a company to be known as "the Columbia Brewing Company". Emile Kliese was the first president and brewmaster of the Columbia Brewing Company from 1900 to 1916. Copies of old prints ordered by Heidelberg Brewing Company. (TNT, 10/6/1951, p.A-3)


Brewing industry--Tacoma--1900-1910; Columbia Brewing Co. (Tacoma); Kliese, Emile; Offices--Tacoma--1900-1910; Columbia Brewing Co. (Tacoma)--People;

G55.1-116

Tacoma's Stadium Bowl was under construction in April of 1909. Designed by local architect Frederick Heath and built by Western Engineering Co., the bowl had an original seating capacity of 23,486. It was dedicated on June 10, 1910. Stadium Bowl has been damaged several times over the years by mudslides and was forced to close in 1949. It did not reopen until about 1960. After renovation and rededication in 1980, it suffered further mudslide damage in 1981. BU-11552


Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Construction--Tacoma--1900-1910; Progress photographs;

G55.1-141

Tacoma's Stadium Bowl under construction in December of 1909. The building of Stadium Bowl adjacent to Stadium High School (then called Tacoma High School) continued during the winter months of 1909. It would be dedicated the following June of 1910. Stadium Bowl would suffer from multiple mudslides over the years which forced closure more then once. BU-11586


Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Construction--Tacoma--1900-1910; Progress photographs;

C164687-6

ca. 1910. Mayor Angelo Vance Fawcett, portrait circa 1910. Mr. Fawcett was a four-time mayor of Tacoma with terms of 1896-97, 1910-11, 1914-19, and 1922-26. He finally retired after his 1926 defeat by Melvin G. Tennent. His son, C. Val Fawcett, would follow in his father's political footsteps, eventually becoming mayor himself in the mid 1940s. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Savings & Loan Association on April 17, 1974, possibly for use in the savings & loan's 75th anniversary celebration starting on May 1st. TPL-5884


Fawcett, Angelo Vance; Mayors--Tacoma;

C3-4

ca. 1910. Studio copy photograph of Stanley Ketchel, Middleweight Boxing Champion, American, 1908-1910. Ketchel is wearing his elaborate championship belt. Ketchel (born Stanislaus Kiecal) was known as the "Michigan Assassin," reflecting his birthplace and hard hitting style of fighting. He fought middleweights, light heavyweights and heavyweights during his short career, including heavyweight champ Jack Johnson. Ketchel was the first two-time middleweight champion. He died at age 24, shot in Missouri by an allegedly jealous ranch hand named Walter Dipley. The legendary fighter was part of the inaugural class of inductees in 1990 into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. (T. Times, 11/15/1938, p. 12; boxrec.com). (Argentum)


Ketchel, Stanley; Boxers (Sports)--1900-1910;

2215-1

ca. 1910. Copy of a customer's photograph of the North Pacific Bank Note Company staff, circa 1910, in front of company's office at 1012 1/2 A St. Immediately to the right is J.N. Barrett, printer. (1005 A St.) (WSHS)


North Pacific Bank Note Co. (Tacoma);

C63825-1

ca. 1910. Ben Cheney looks to be five years old and his sister Lula three in this portrait almost certainly taken in Lima, Montana, by their grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Cheney. Ben was born March 24, 1905, in Lima and was nine-years-old when he and his sister Lula came from Montana after the death of their mother, Martha Kidd Cheney, in 1914. Ben and Lula began new lives in South Bend with their grandparents B.F. and Rebecca Cheney. (The Ben Cheney Story by Med Nicholson, The Sou'wester, Fall 2000) TPL-6327


Portraits; Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971; Cheney, Lula; Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971--Family;

C117132-12

ca. 1910. Copy made from glass plate, Richards Studio. South 11th Street looking east. The steepness of South 11th St. is evident in this view from possibly the early 1900's. Traffic seems very light, with only a streetcar, one automobile and one man keeping pace with his team of horses. Tacoma would not experience parking problems in the downtown area for quite a few years. A glimpse of Peoples Store on the corner of 11th & Pacific can be seen as well as a meat market believed to be owned by William T. Dickenson further up on 11th. The Perkins Bldg., on A St., has flags flying. The Stone-Fisher department store, later known as the Fisher Department Store then the Bon Marche, is to the foreground, far right at the corner of Broadway and 11th. Copy made from glass plate on October 3, 1958.


Commercial streets--Tacoma--1900-1910; Street railroads--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Horses;

C117132-24

ca. 1910. Originally advertised as the "Great White Store on C Street", the five-story Stone-Fisher Department Store, at the corner of South 11th and Broadway, opened in February, 1906. This photograph from around 1910 shows the building's original facade as designed by Frederick Heath, with tall plate glass windows that could be protected by a giant roll-down awning. In the 1920s a seven-story addition was added to the building, and in 1925 the name was changed to Fisher Company. One of the most popular, and most successful of Tacoma's many department stores, Fisher's spent $500,000 in 1947 to remodel and modernize, including new fixtures in all departments. In 1952 Fisher's was taken over by The Bon Marche, and in 1964 it closed when The Bon moved to the Tacoma Mall. TPL-9913


Fisher's Department Store (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1910-1920; Facades--Tacoma--1900-1910;

C117132-33

ca. 1910. Copy made from glass plate, Richards Studio. This is the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club circa 1910. Stands are filled with well-dressed ladies, some under canopies, as they watch tennis matches. Some spectators are viewing the tennis from a bridge overhead; that bridge has now been demolished. There is a referee and two seated line judges as well as ball boys. Tennis outfits were quite formal in the early 1900's; women are dressed sedately in long skirts although the sole male player has on more casual attire. Copy of glass plate made on October 3, 1958.


Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis; Tennis courts; Spectators;

D12334-A

ca. 1910. Copy of old boxing picture for the Times. Barechested man with ornate belt. This is identical to series C3-4 which depicts Stanley Ketchel, American middleweight boxing champion, 1908-1910. The elaborately designed belt is his championship belt. Ketchel was the first two-time middleweight champ and died at age 24, victim of an allegedly jealous ranch hand. Stanley Ketchel was part of the inaugural class of inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. (T.Times 11-15-1938, p. 12; boxrec.com)


Boxers (Sports)--1900-1910; Ketchel, Stanley;

RICHARDS-5

ca. 1910. View of Tacoma taken by a camera pointed south from a location on the steep slope between So. Cliff Ave. and Pacific Ave. at about So. 4th St.. The photograph clearly shows the railroad yard (called the "half moon yard"), the Tacoma tideflats, and Mount Rainier in the distance. There is a banner hangling over Pacific Ave. that reads "You'll Like Tacoma." The old Tacoma City Hall stands at the far right with the Northern Pacific Headquarters Bldg. on the other side of the street. TPL-9631


Northern Pacific Headquarters Building (Tacoma); Railroad sidings--Tacoma--1900-1910; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma--1900-1910; Old City Hall (Tacoma); Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

Immigration and Emigration - 2

Back of Photo:
"August Anderson clearing land." C1910, Lakebay, Washington
Courtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Gustaf Loustrom, Tacoma, WA

From In the Footsteps of Nicholas Delin: the Swedish Presence in Pierce County, a photography exhibition tracing the world of Swedish and Swedish-Finnish immigrants in Pierce County from 1887 - 1930, opening Thursday, December 14, 1995 at the Tacoma Public Library's Handforth Gallery (Main Library, 1102 Tacoma Avenue South in downtown Tacoma).

C86878-1

ca. 1910. Copy of customer print. According to the 1910 City Directory, the McKenzie Transfer Co. was located at 2520 North 30th between Steele and Carr Streets in Old Tacoma. They were delivery specialists who advertised that they were capable of moving lime, plaster, cement, brick, coal and sand plus furniture as well. Exterior view of business with two men standing next to a horse-drawn company cart. These possibly could be employees of McKenzie Transfer as one well-dressed man is extending a pen and document to possibly the delivery cart's driver. Photograph ordered by McKenzie Fuel Co. TPL-8633


McKenzie Transfer Co. (Tacoma); Horse teams--Tacoma; Carts & wagons--Tacoma;

C117132-39

ca. 1910. The original Horace Mann school at 5234 South J Street was built in 1901 as a simple two story, four room building. Over the next eight years as the school age population on Tacoma's south end increased two additions were added to the building. By 1910 it was the the imposing structure shown in this photograph. It was named for the noted American educator Horace Mann, who revolutionized public school instruction and established the first normal school for teacher training. A new Mann School was built nearby at 52nd & So. "K" in 1953 and the old school was demolished. (Copy of glass plate was made on October 3, 1958.) (Olsen: For the Record, p. 83)


Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1900-1910;

C59-1

ca. 1910. Copy of an old photograph for Griffin Fuel Company. Five men pose in front of a wagon and piles of fuel wood. The company was organized by entrepreneur Fred L. Griffin. He came west in 1889 to make his fortune and obtained first a wagon and horse. He started out delivering fuel wood that he cut himself. After a few years of grueling work, he had the need for more wagons and employees and began to do general hauling and transfer. Aside from delivering coal and wood, the company began the delivery of ice for local consumption. The company settled at 1910 Commerce in 1904 and began to focus on supplying fuel. (Argentum)


Carts & wagons--Tacoma--1890-1900; Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1900-1910; Fuel--Tacoma--1900-1910; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1900-1910; Fuelwood;

TPL-6400

ca. 1910. The Paradise Ice Caves were once one of the most popular attractions at Mount Rainier National Park. Visitors were fascinated by the "blue light" beauty of the Paradise Glacier caves. Over time the glacier retreated up valley and the thinning lower end became an unstable mass of ice. Due to extremely dangerous conditions the Paradise Ice Caves were closed to the public in 1971. By 1991 the last of the ice caves had collapsed.

G73.1-009

ca. 1910. In March of 1910, Tallman-Thompson Co., Inc. hired pioneer aviator Charles K. Hamilton to take a birds eye view of Tacoma from his 8 cylinder Curtis bi-plane. Tallman-Thompson, located at 111 So. 10th, was the owner of Lakewood Subdivisions. The company owned 3,000 lots in Lakewood, being sold at $125 each and up. The company had 5,000 18x24 copies of the aerial view printed up and gave them away as promotion. On the top left is a quote from Success magazine picking Tacoma as the next New York and predicting that Tacoma would grow to a population of 5 million. The Tallman-Thompson Co. felt that the most growth would be through Lakewood, "the gateway to the Lakes." On the sides of the picture are predicted statistics on population, financial and industrial growth. (TDL 3/20/1910, PG. 41)


Tallman-Thompson Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Promotional materials; Aerial photographs;

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