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;

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;

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.

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;

Back of Photo:
Women's Suffrage

ca. 1910 Seattle Suffragettes
Photo by Asahel Curtis

Credit: Washington State Historical Society

Rec'd Dec. 18, 1983

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;

ca. 1911. Street scene in Grandview, Washington. Copy of customer print. Asahel Curtis traveled to Grandview in Yakima County in 1911 to photograph several areas of town. Print #20733 was taken of the business district including the Grandview State Bank. Several men are pictured outside the bank while three horse-drawn buggies go by. Photograph ordered by Dr. C.B. Coulter of the University of Puget Sound. (University of Washington Digital Collections)

Commercial streets--Grandview; Grandview State Bank (Grandview); Carriages & coaches--Grandview;

ca. 1911. Copy of customer print. This is possibly the small town of Grandview, Washington, about 1911. Photographer Asahel Curtis, brother of Edward Curtis of Seattle, would spend years photographing the Klondike Gold Rush, Washington State's historical events and people, and its natural resources, especially Mount Rainier. In 1911 he traveled to Grandview and took several pictures of the town and surrounding areas. #20734 is a view of scattered small houses and possibly crops growing between them. Photograph ordered by Dr. C.B. Coulter of the University of Puget Sound.

Houses--Washington;

ca. 1911. Copy of customer print. This is the Grandview Lateral Canal located in Yakima County. Asahel Curtis of Seattle traveled to Grandview, Washington, in 1911 and photographed several scenes of the rural landscape. #20740 shows the intake for irrigation water. A man in a horse-drawn buggy pauses on the unpaved road before crossing the bridge. There is no other traffic in sight. Several farmhouses are in the distance. Photograph ordered by Dr. C.B. Coulter of the University of Puget Sound. (University of Washington Digital Collections)

Bridges--Grandview; Irrigation canals & flumes--Grandview; Carriages & coaches--Grandview;

George F Cram Company
1 map; 34 x 41 cm. From page 178-179 of Cram's unrivaled atlas of the world. Relief shown by hachures. Shows counties, cities and railroads. Scale ca. 1:1,300,000 On verso: "Alaska" and "Idaho" maps. In lower margin: 178, 179.

ca. 1911. Copy of customer print. Men digging small ditch connecting to water-filled narrow canal. Asahel Curtis print #20765. This is a photograph possibly taken in Grandview, Washington, about 1911. Photographer Asahel Curtis had traveled to the rural Yakima County area to take photographs of the town and surrounding vicinity. Photograph ordered by Dr. C.B. Coulter of the University of Puget Sound.

Digging; Canals;

ca. 1911. Copy of customer print. Arthur Magill in profile. Mr. Magill was a past Exalted Ruler of the Tacoma Elks Lodge No. 174. According to the April 6, 1911, Tacoma Daily Ledger, he was installed as Exalted Ruler on April 5, 1911. Photograph ordered on February 3, 1969, by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174.

Magill, Arthur; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

Yearbook for The Woman's Club on the theme of "English Literature."

Chicago : Rand McNally.
1 map : col. ; 48 x 66 cm. State capitals and County seats identified by symbols. A key to Railroads is located in the lower left. Shows Railroads and Steamship lines. Includes index of cities with a population of 1,000 or more. At top: "Library atlas of the world." Relief shown by hachures and spot highlights. Scale 1 in. = 15 miles [ca. 1:950,400].

Yearbook for The Woman's Club on the theme of "Ireland."

ca. 1912. The name painted on the side of the brewery is the Columbia Brewing Company. The building was built in 1900 when the brewery was established. Like most early breweries this building was tall and took advantage of gravity in moving materials through the brewing process. Grain storage and milling was often located high in a brewery on the 3rd or 4th floor. The copper brew kettle was commonly located beneath the mash tun at ground level. Copies of old prints ordered by Columbia Breweries in 1951. (Brewed in the Pacific Northwest, Gary and Gloria Meier)

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1910-1920; Columbia Brewing Co. (Tacoma);

Back of Photo:
Theatrical Group, Order of Vasa, ca. 1912, Tacoma
Photograph courtesy of the Vasa Lodge Norden, Tacoma

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).

The Mountaineers Summer Outing, July 20, 1912-August 10, 1913 Scrapbook, pg. 44. From captions, clockwise: Tacoma Winter Outing, December 28- January 1. Fresh meat!