Message: Hello Momma, Papa and Brother.how are you all, leaves us well. Clara, Joe and Lena Isenberg & children & us are going to the Point Sunday the boy's are going first car in the morning fishing, we are going out about 10., as it will be warmer.My but it has rained fierce here.how does brother like it there. I was to Mrs.? Munn's to lunch Wed. Had a lovely time, B & I. Got a card from Mrs. Leraine also. ? is coming out Sat. morning & stay all night here. Well write soon with love to all from Geo. B. & M. XXX These from little H. (XXX) from S.
Addressee: Mrs. J. E. Darling 498 5th Ave. East. Vancouver, B.C.
Card promoting a local art exhibit in the display windows of a long time Tacoma business -- Woolworth's. Picture on the front of the card whimsically features the lit-up sign of another Tacoma business -- this one with the "S" missing from the beginning of the second word, dramatically changing the function of the building... circa 2007.
Printed on back: Woolworth Windows November 12, 2007-February 2, 2008 Tacoma Contemporary presents Across the Bridge Jaylene Arnold Maki Hajikano Jim Sloman The Woolworth Windows are located in the former Woolworth building: 11th Street at Broadway and Commerce, downtown Tacoma, Washington. The Windows are available for viewing 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Installations in the Woolworth Windows are generously supported by the City of Tacoma Arts Commission, the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, and members of the TaCo Fan Club.
Addressee: Brian Kamens Tacoma Public Library 1102 Tacoma Ave S Tacoma, WA 98402
Postcard advertising a presentation of Richard's Studio photographs by the Northwest Room's Photography Archivist Bob Schuler. The popular Image Archive database managed by Schuler is comprised of about 90 percent Richards photos. circa 2005.
Printed on front: The Richards Studio Photography Collection Tacoma history in black & white A presentation by Robert Schuler, Photography Archivist, Tacoma Public Library Sponsored by the Friends of the Tacoma Public Library www.tacomapubliclibrary.org (253) 591-5666
Printed on back: Tacoma Public Library 1102 Tacoma Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98402 www.tacomapubliclibrary.org The Richards Studio Collection Tacoma history in black & white Robert Schuler, Photography Archivist at Tacoma Public Library provides an in-depth look at the library's vast (over 800,000 images) Richards Studio Photography Collection. Founded by Paul Richards, the Richards Studio was the predominate commercial photographic studio in Tacoma for over 35 years. The community's weddings, funerals, parades, business growth and school activities were forever preserved in black and white by the Studio's photographers. Richards was the official studio for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, the Cheney Lumber Company, and the Tacoma Athletic Commission and took many of the photographs that appeared daily in the Tacoma Times newspaper. The collection's images paint a compelling portrait of an American community through decades of change and growth. Saturday, February 12 @ 2:00 p.m. Olympic Room, Main Library, Sponsored by the Friends of the Tacoma Public Library For information: (253) 591-5666/www.tacomapubliclibrary.org
Message: Dear Louise, Received your postal this AM, and one of the same kind from Ivy yesterday. Do you think I belong there? I believe it was a put up job. Ethel
Operated as the Fern Hill Lumber Compnay from 1909-1928 with Charles F. Rostedt listed as the operator; from 1929-1931 this business was listed as the Roy V. Rostedt Lumber Company in the city directories. circa 1930.
Printed on front: Roy Rostedt Lumber Company. 766 South 84th Street. Tacoma, Wash.
Message: Dear Friend, You might think I'm dead but not yet. I felt awfully sorry when I got your card that you whir not coming in that I waited so long it is hard for me to come out on account of the men. Hattie went home Friday write soon. Emma (? written on top upside down)
Message: Dear Friend, I have been so busy lately that I don't have time to write but if you excuse me this time I will do better here often. Write soon hope you have a good time today. We are going up tp Henry sister's for dinner. Enid
Originally the Ryan Smelter, then the Tacoma Smelting & Refining Co., the American Smelting & Refining Co., at 5300 No. 52nd, in 1905 had the largest concrete chimney in the world. circa 1906.
Printed on front: The Tacoma Smelter, Tacoma, Wash.
Known as the "South Tacoma Shops," the plant was composed of 36 separate brick buildings, covering 15 acres. Craftsmen from 20 expert fields were employed to build, rebuild and service anything that travelled on wheels for Northern Pacific west of the Mississippi. The plant operated from 1890 until its closure in 1974. The body of water to the left was a wetlands area commonly called the "South Tacoma Swamp." It has since been filled in, although several of the original buildings still stand. circa 1915.
Printed on front: Birdseye View. N.P. Car Shops and Griffin Car Wheel Works. So. Tacoma, Washington.
