ca. 1925. Interior of men's restroom, ca. 1925. (WSHS)

Rest rooms; Public comfort stations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Toilets;

ca. 1925. According to the 1925 City Directory, Standard Office Equipment was located at 109 So. 10th. The company was a stationer and office outfitter. Apparently they guaranteed to furnish your office no matter what the employee's sizes. They demonstrate this by photographing the circus "Fat Lady" in a chair built by Sikes. A regular office chair is posed nearby for comparison. (WSHS)

Standard Office Equipment (Tacoma); Human curiosities;

ca. 1925. Young people pose on a stage in what appear to be Dutch inspired costumes. (WSHS-negative under A609-0)

Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1920-1930; Costumes--Netherlands;

ca. 1925. The wheels are falling off an old pickup truck. Another truck with built-up wooden sides is parked in front of the broken down truck; it has a rope dragging behind it and it appears to have been towing something. What is attached to the rope is blocked from view by the pole. (WSHS)

Trucks--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Walker Cut Stone, looking down into a stone quarry at Wilkeson. There appears to be a track or timbered skid to the left hand side of the photo, where stone can be brought down from the higher elevations. There are large stones of varying shapes and sizes piled on the ground. (WSHS)

Walker Cut Stone Co. (Tacoma); Building materials industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Quarrying--Wilkeson--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. The Washington Building under construction. Construction on the modern American skyscraper in downtown Tacoma began in 1919 for the Scandinavian American bank, but halted a couple of years later when the bank closed. The steel structure sat deserted until it was completed in 1925 for the Washington-California Co. and dedicated on June 29, 1925. At 17 stories, it was the second tallest building in the Northwest. (WSHS)

Washington Building (Tacoma); Office buildings--Tacoma--1920-1930; Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Washington Building at 1019 Pacific Ave. and on the left, the Rust building at 950 Pacific Ave.The Washington Building was finished in 1925. At 17 stories, it was the second tallest building in the Northwest. The Rust building measures in at 12 stories. It is named after its builder William R. Rust. (WSHS-negative A695-0)

Washington Building (Tacoma); Rust Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. Winthrop Motor Company, REO automobile dealership, general view of building from northwest. Brick structure with overhanging shed roof and exposed beam ends. Garage doors on both elevations, automobile visible in showroom window. (WSHS)

Winthrop Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950;

ca. 1925. Artist's rendering of design that would later become the Winthrop Hotel, 773 Broadway, designed by architect W.L. Stoddard and associate architect Roland E. Borhek. The hotel opened in May of 1925. The image appears to be reversed, since "New Tacoma Hotel" is printed backwards near the bottom of the drawing. (filed with Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. A woman poses in a new 1925 automobile.

Automobiles--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Interior of a beauty salon, circa 1925.(WSHS)

Beauty shops--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Interior shot of a bedroom with two twin beds. Two desks sit in front of a sunny window. A small dog stares at the camera from the bed in the foreground. (WSHS)

Bedrooms--Tacoma--1920-1930; Interiors;

ca. 1925. Bekins Transfer Company, moving and storage. A. M. Oswald, manager. This concrete structure was designed in 1916 by Lundberg & Mahon; it was the home to the City Transfer & Storage Co. from 1916-1921. In 1921, the business became McLean Moving and Storage Co. By 1925, it had sold to Bekins. (WSHS)

Bekins Moving & Storage Co. (Tacoma); Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1920-1930; Storage facilities--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Tacoma Railway & Motor Co. Power House. This building was built in 1889 and was designed by architect J.H. Cummings. It began life as a streetcar facility, housing the huge wheels that ran the cable car drive and the machine shops that kept the cars in running order. When the streetcars were retired in 1938, the facility became the Tacoma Transit Co. Garage for the new buses. It was razed in 1959 and the area became a parking lot. It is now the site of the Columbia Bank Center.

Mass transit--Tacoma; Cable railroads--Tacoma; Street railroads--Tacoma; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. An unidentified Afifi Temple member stands besides a metal trunk painted with a design of Mount Tacoma (Rainier) and his temple's name. On the trunk rests a large drum. The Shriner is holding onto a pair of drumsticks. This Chapin Bowen photograph was taken circa 1925.

ca. 1925. ASARCO smokestack and NP tracks coming out of the Nelson Bennett Tunnel to the west of Point Defiance Park. Photograph was taken circa 1925. BU-13881

ca. 1925. Annie Wright Seminary, circa 1925. Interior view of library showing fireplace, book stacks, girls studying at round tables. Building by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects, 1924. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Private schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Bathroom interior, circa 1925. Pedestal sink, toilet, tub, medicine cabinet with mirror and checkerboard tile floor. (WSHS)

Bathrooms--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Interior of a bathroom, circa 1925; tub, shower and sink. (WSHS)

Bathrooms--Tacoma--1920-1930; Bathtubs & showers--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Interior of a beauty salon. (WSHS) (almost the exact same photograph numbered A1332 image 1 with Argentum)

Beauty shops--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. A group of law officers, dressed in uniforms with badges and topped off with straw skimmers, pose in front of the B.P.O.E. (Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks) lodge. The man to the left is possibly Pierce County Sheriff John Bjorklund. The picture is probably related to the celebration of Straw Hat Day circa 1925. (WSHS- negative A844-0)

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Straw Hat Day (Tacoma); Hats--1920-1930; Law enforcement officers--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Foster & Kleiser billboard advertising church attendance. The billboard reads "Our churches cordially invite you to attend their services. A hearty welcome awaits you." Notes indicate that the billboard was located on Division Ave. (WSHS-negative A671-0)

Billboards;

ca. 1925. A price list from the Commercial Photographer's Association of Tacoma, scheduled to take effect March 4, 1925. The last signature is Paul Richards. Elements covered include negatives, prints, wait time per hour and travel time. (WSHS)

Price lists; Photographers--Tacoma; Photographic studios--Tacoma; Richards Commercial Photo Service (Tacoma)--Associated objects;