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TPL-1079

ca. 1890. This is a view looking up South 9th from A Street in downtown Tacoma circa 1890. The big building in center of photo (to the right of 9th) is the Fife Block Building, later the Hotel Donnelly. Across 9th from this bulding is the Wright Building. Built in 1874 it was the first brick building in Tacoma. Although massive brick and stone structures were being constructed in the commercial business districts, streets were still rough and unpaved.


Commercial streets--Tacoma--1890-1900; Wright Building (Tacoma); Fife Block Building (Tacoma);

C8771-1

ca. 1890. Copy negative of photograph of old Puget Sound Savings Bank building. Photograph was "improved" by superimposing a sketch of a man on a bicycle and a drawn horse-drawn trolley car. Copy negative produced August 19, 1939.


Banks--Tacoma--1890-1900; Puget Sound Savings Bank (Tacoma)

TPL-4132

ca. 1890. Station # 3, Tacoma Fire Department. Location of Engine Co. No. 3 was listed at the corner of No. "G" and McCarver in 1889 with Captain Amil Krantz in charge of at least five men. A few weeks after a disastrous Seattle business district fire which saw Tacoma volunteers leap in to assist their Seattle brethren, the Tacoma City Council put its volunteers on salary. Considerable new equipment was purchased from the International Fire Engine Company of Seneca Falls, New York, and Tacoma had the first paid fire department. The 2nd Annual Report of the Tacoma Paid Fire Department, for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1891, listed a complete inventory of both employees and equipment for each fire station. Besides the Silsby steam fire engine and American Fire Apparatus hose wagon, 2 sliding poles, 6 rubber coats, 4 horse blankets, 6 spittoons, and one crowbar were among those listed. Running expenses for the fiscal year totaled $7,341.36 including $336.10 for oats, $8.05 for carrots and the largest expenditure, $5887.76 for salaries. Rosters were also listed, including the men's ages, nationality and former occupations. (2nd Annual Report, Tacoma Paid Fire Department, p. 24-25; 100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 17-18)


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

Brochures regarding changing Mt. Rainier's name

Three types of brochures: "Is it 'Mt. Tacoma' or 'Rainier?' What do History and Tradition Say?" brochure from the "Officers of the Tacoma Academy of Science" (1 copy); "Americanize the Mountain" an essay by Francis E. Smith (8 copies); and "The Name" (3 copies).

BOLAND-B4399

ca. 1890. This portrait, taken around 1890, is of the Foss boathouse, the first boathouse in Tacoma. The 16 x 30 structure was built by Andrew Foss to house his growing family. His industrious wife, Thea, began the family business here. The Foss family had arrived from Norway in 1889. While Andrew took what work he could find, Thea used the family fortune, $5, to buy a used rowboat and Foss Tug and Launch Co. was begun. At this time in 1890, the boathouse was located on the City Waterway (where Consumers Central Heating Co. and the City's Steam Plant would build in the 1920s.) The photograph was taken about three months before the birth of Henry Foss. Standing at the top of the landing are Andrew and Thea Foss and their daughter Lillian D. Foss. John Edmond is in the first boat on the water. In the second boat are Wedell Foss and Arthur Foss, only small children but already helping their parents out. The remaining folks are customers who rented the boats for five to ten cents a day. There was no Eleventh Street bridge at this time and in the back of the boathouse on the hill can be seen the old city jail at 12th and A St. (TNT 3/25/1922, pg. 14) G14.1-001; TPL-960


Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma); Foss, Andrew; Foss, Thea; Foss, Andrew--Family; Rowboats; Boathouses--Tacoma--1890-1900;

F. Jay Haynes TPL-1329

ca. 1890. Pacific Avenue in Tacoma looking north from about South 12th Street, circa 1890. The Grand Central Hotel, 1211 Pacific Ave. is at the far right. Parked outside the hotel is the Davis & McMartin laundry wagon; their steam laundry was located at 943-45 "C" St. On the far left side of Pacific Ave. were the Tacoma Bazaar and the Nolan & Hotchkiss grocery. Two sets of streetcar tracks run down the center of the street while horse-drawn wagons pass on the edges. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)


Commercial streets--Tacoma--1890-1900; Business districts--Tacoma--1890-1900; Grand Central Hotel (Tacoma); Carts & wagons--Tacoma--1890-1900;

F. Jay Haynes TPL-1332

ca. 1890. View of Tacoma from Commencement Bay, circa 1890. The Tacoma Hotel dominates the skyline. The pilings in the foreground are probably the supports for the old Northern Pacific tracks that crossed the tideflats into Tacoma. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)


Commencement Bay (Wash.); Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1890-1900; Pilings (Civil engineering)--Tacoma;

F. Jay Haynes TPL-1333

ca. 1890. The Tacoma Hotel as it looked circa 1890, before any of the numberous additions had been added to the structure of the building. Tacoma was justly proud of this elegant structure with its beautiful views of Commencement Bay. It had opened in August of 1884. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)


Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1890-1900;

Rutter TPL-2891

ca. 1890. Photograph taken from the vicinity of South 30th and East B. Sts. circa 1890. Both South 29th and South 30th have bridges to cross the Tacoma and Eastern Gulch. The house in the bottom left corner (with the name Jaeger written on the roof) was the residence of L. G. Jaeger, 126 East 30th Street.


Streets--Tacoma--1890-1900; Bridges--Tacoma--1890-1900; Jaeger, L.G.--Homes & haunts; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1890-1900;

Rutter JOGDEN-05

ca. 1890. Residence of W. B. Allen, 419 North " J" Street, Tacoma, circa 1890. Photograph courtesy of the John Ogden Collection. William B. Allen, wife Florence (Long) Allen and their children resided at this Northend address for many years. It was the couple's first home in Tacoma since their marriage in Chehalis in 1888. Mr. Allen was a prominent banker and later lumberman. By 1903, the home was occupied by A. Francis Tourville, secretary and manager of Todd, Tourville & Co. TPL-10167


Allen, William B.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1890-1900;

CONNA-001

ca. 1890. John N. Conna, wealthy real estate agent and head of first Black family in Tacoma. John Newington Conna had accomplished much in his 85 years before his death in Alaska in 1921. Born of a mixed marriage in San Augustine, Texas in 1836, Mr. Conna fought in the Civil War as part of the famed 1st Louisiana Native Guards before migrating north to Hartford, Connecticut and then west to Kansas City, Kansas. In 1883 Mr. Conna journeyed to the "City of Destiny," Tacoma, and became a leading seller of real estate. The father of 14 children, he was married to Mary (Davis) Conna. Mr. and Mrs. Conna would donate to the City of Tacoma some 40 acres of land as a Christmas gift in 1889. He held numerous offices including president of the John Brown Republican Club and president of the Washington State Protective League. He was, in a sense, the titular leader of Tacoma's black community and highly influential in the city's black social and political activities. Mr. Conna was also an attorney authorized to practice before the Treasury Department; Conna family lore suggests that he was also an attorney for railroad magnate James J. Hill. John Conna was appointed as Asst. Sergeant At Arms for the Senate in 1889, Washington's first Territorial Legislature. He was the first black political appointee in the history of Washington Territory. Mr. Conna was also a delegate to the 1896 National Republican Convention. At the age of 64 and not ready for retirement, Mr. Conna traveled to Alaska on the S.S. Seattle with Federal Judge and close friend, James Wickersham. Mr. Conna, like thousands of others, had been attracted by the huge gold rush and opportunities in Alaska. Mrs. Conna and family remained behind while Mr. Conna set up his own real estate, mines and mining property company a few years later. John Conna, age 85, stricken with diabetes, a heart condition, and the loss of a leg, died on October 21, 1921. He is buried in Fairbanks. (Tacoma Morning Globe Annual Review, 1-1-1891; www.historylink.org) (Additional information provided by Douglas Q. Barnett, grandson of John N. Conna)


Conna, John N.; African Americans--Tacoma--1890-1900; Pioneers--Tacoma; Real estate development--Tacoma;

NWR-B-W931H

ca. 1890. Charles Barstow Wright, 1822 - 1898, a builder of the Northern Pacific Railroad and of the city of Tacoma, Washington. He also founded Annie Wright Seminary, then a private school for girls, donated land which became Wright Park, donated time and money to build the old St. Luke's Episcopal Church, and started the first gas and water systems in Tacoma. Charles Wright Academy is named in his honor. (Image donated by Vic Kucera)


Wright, Charles Barstow, 1822-1898;

TPL-389

ca. 1890. The Arlington Hotel was an impressive sight on Pacific Avenue for forty years before its demolition in 1930. Built by Jim Dorsey with architectural plans by C. Langlois in 1889, the hotel was first listed as 2023 Pacific Avenue before its address was later changed to 1955 Pacific Avenue. The 3+ story structure was built primarily of wood and contained multiple windows. A sample room was installed for the benefit of traveling salesmen to show their wares. Imported and domestic wines, liquors and cigars were available for purchase. Some of the hotel's staff, including the bartender in long apron, and the hotel watchdog, posed at the front entrance in this circa 1890 photograph. (copy of original) Bi-Centennial Project # 75346-2; BU-11870


Arlington Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1890-1900;

G68.1-033

Under a sea of umbrellas, hundreds of Tacomans await the arrival of President Benjamin Harrison on May 6, 1891, his second visit to Tacoma. A few intrepid souls have climbed and are clinging to tall poles in order to get a better view of the celebratory parade. Military and civic organizations would march up C St. and through residential Tacoma, Yakima and Division Avenues before marching back to 9th & C where a public reception was held for the President. The Gross Bros. Store, a major retail firm located at 9th & Broadway, is pictured above decorated in yards of cheerful bunting. It was just one of the many businesses spruced up for the short presidential visit.


Celebrations--Tacoma--1890-1900; Visits of state--Tacoma--1890-1900; Gross Bros. Store (Tacoma);

TPL-2263

Four huge arches spanned Pacific Avenue to welcome President Benjamin Harrison to Tacoma on May 6, 1891. The arch, built of coal taken from the mines of Roslyn, stood near South 13th Street; near its base was a single lump of coal weighing 16,000 pounds. The other arches were built of iron ore from Ellensburgh, wheat and flour from Washington's rich grain fields, and timber. President Harrison arrived by train at 8:00 am from Portland to the roar of a twenty-one gun salute. Although it was raining heavily, thousands flocked to Tacoma's commercial center for a fleeting glimpse of America's twenty-third President. (Also under G68.1-030)


Arches--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1890-1900; Visits of state--Tacoma--1890-1900;

G68.1-031

Close-up of arch built on the occasion of President Benjamin Harrison's visit to Tacoma in May of 1891. For extended view, see TPL-2263. This particular arch, near South 13th Street looking north, was one of four spanning Pacific Avenue. The arch was built of coal mined from Roslyn; signs placed nearby indicated that there were 150 coke ovens with more coming and annual output of coal was nearly 2 million tons. TPL-5447


Arches--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1890-1900; Visits of state--Tacoma--1890-1900;

C145725-1

Copy of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174, charter dated May 20, 1891. Only 23 years after the national organization of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma was granted a charter upon application by several prominent citizens. On the charter is the large head of the "Cervus Alces," a European elk, as well as the terms and symbols of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity. Copy of this charter was ordered on August 27, 1965, possibly in time for the Tacoma Lodge No. 174's dedication of its new temple on South Union Ave.


Charters--Tacoma; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

C8771-2

ca. 1891. In 1891 the LaMotte & Watkins Grocery Store, called simply "My Store" on the sign above their door, was located at 2420 Pacific Avenue. The store was owned by John W. Watkins and Mrs. Annie E. LaMotte, the widow of Oscar LaMotte. The four men standing in front of the store are (l to r) Mr. Lenard, a farmer; Charles S. Ecklund, a clerk at the store who later went to Alaska to seek his fortune; Herschel Rawlings, who was the store's bookkeeper and later became a Tacoma dentist; and Robert K. Taylor, a sales clerk who later moved to Seattle. (TNT 8/17/1922 p.4) Copy negative from 1939.


Grocery stores--Tacoma--1890-1900; My Store (Tacoma); Ecklund, Charles S.; Rawlings, Herschel; Taylor, Robert K.

2213-1

ca. 1891. This portrait of Elisha P. Ferry, first Governor of Washington State, was taken circa 1891. On October 1, 1889, Washington voters ratifed the state's first constitution by a four to one majority. Republican Elisha P. Ferry (1825-1895), former lawyer and mayor, was elected governor. He served from 1889-1893. President Ulysses S. Grant had appointed Ferry governor of territorial Washington in 1872 and he was the only territorial governor to be appointed a second term. Ferry County in the northeastern corner of the state was named for the governor in 1899. (www.secstate.wa.gov/history; Washington HistoryLink.org)


Ferry, Elisha P., 1825-1895; Governors--Washington (State);

French TPL-1107

ca. 1891. This was the smoking room of the Union Club, 539 Broadway, circa 1891. The Union Club was built in 1888 by prominent Tacoma businessmen who sought to form a social organization and construct a building where they could spend leisure hours, develop friendships and probable favorable business connections. The clubhouse was a handsome five-story building which overlooked Commencement Bay and faced Broadway (then called "C" St.) The main entrance was on the third floor which also contained the reception room, steward's apartment, dining room, reading and waiting room, and according to the Tacoma Daily Ledger of June 6, 1890, the "general loafing and smoking room." The smoking room opened up on a veranda that ran the full length of the building on the east. The room was furnished with comfortable leather chairs and couches along with gas fixtures and a fireplace. (Tacoma Daily Ledger, 6-6-1890)


Union Club (Tacoma); Clubhouses--Tacoma--1890-1900; Smoking rooms--Tacoma;

French TPL-1108

ca. 1891. The Union Club, built in 1888, provided a serene and relaxing atmosphere for its select membership which initially brought together many of the city's well known businessmen. Membership was limited to 400 in three classes with 200 proprietary members given votes in controlling club affairs, 100 associate members who enjoyed the same privileges as the proprietary without the ability to vote, and 100 non-resident members. Elegant furnishings brought the cost of the club to $40,000 which also included the lots and structure. Pictured above is a view of the front hall and grand staircase, finished in cherry with carved trimmings. Although the photograph by LaRoche & French is labeled "first floor," the main entrance actually opened on the third floor. It was the first, however, of the two main floors which the members would mostly use. (Tacoma Daily Ledger, 6-6-1890-article; Morning Globe, 11-4-1889, p. 8-article)


Union Club (Tacoma); Clubhouses--Tacoma--1890-1900; Passageways--Tacoma--1890-1900; Stairways--Tacoma--1890-1900;

French TPL-1110

ca. 1891. The Greco-colonial five-story building housing the Union Club was located on the corner of Seventh and "C" (now Broadway) with breathtaking views of Commencement Bay. Among amenities enjoyed by its membership was this large billiard parlor on the fourth floor. The 20 x 32-foot room opened out upon the balcony and was directly above the club room. Four tables, three of which are visible, were available. Nearby were two card rooms that adjoined the porch. (Tacoma Daily Ledger, 6-6-1890-article; Morning Globe, 11-4-1889, p. 8-article)


Union Club (Tacoma); Clubhouses--Tacoma--1890-1900; Billiard parlors--Tacoma;

French TPL-384

Once home to the ultimate in refined entertainment, the Alpha Opera House had been reduced to a pool hall, the Brunswick Billiard Hall, in this 1891 photograph by Arthur French. Built in 1882 for Andrew J. Baker, the Alpha Opera house hosted plays, operas, vaudeville, and town meetings including Tacoma's celebration of statehood in 1889. Its heyday ended when the magnificent Tacoma Theater opened in 1890 on C Street, now Broadway. The building was torn down in 1892 and replaced by Chilberg's restaurant. In 1928, the stately Bank of California building was constructed on the site. BU-10258


Brunswick Billiard Hall (Tacoma); Billiard parlors--Tacoma; Alpha Opera House (Tacoma);

French TPL-4298

ca. 1891. The reading room of the Union Club, 539 Broadway, was accessible by entering the main entrance on the third floor, passing by the grand staircase and down to the north end of the main hall. It measured 14 x 22 feet and had a smaller 7 x 12 foot writing room between it and the grand 12 x 16 foot staircase. Footsteps were quieted by flowered carpets and a serene atmosphere provided by (then) modern lighting, brick fireplace and paintings in gilded frames. A tall bookcase held stacks of newspapers while bound copies of Life and Harpers magazines were available on the ornate table. Comfortable seating was provided with stuffed leather chairs. (Tacoma Daily Ledger, 6-6-1890-article; Morning Globe, 11-4-1889, p. 8-article)


Union Club (Tacoma); Clubhouses--Tacoma--1890-1900; Reading rooms--Tacoma;

TPL-4144

ca. 1891. The faculty and pupils of Washington College pose on the wide steps of their secondary school, located on Tacoma Avenue South at the present site of Central School, ca. 1891. Washington College opened as a boys school on September 2, 1886, with a $50,000 endowment by Charles B. Wright. It started with 65 pupils, half of them day students. According to a letter from John Kirtland, a former teacher at the school, the college was headed by a Mr. Pulford at the time of this photograph. Mr. Kirtland was not in this particular picture but he indicated the presence of other faculty: Mr. Dudley, Mr. Ayrault, and Mr. Reed. The school closed in 1892 as the Great Depression of 1892 caused many of the pupils to leave school to find work. Its endowment was then transferred to Annie Wright Seminary.


Washington College (Tacoma); Private schools--Tacoma;

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