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Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Panorama of a large, formally dressed standing party.
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Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Panorama of a large, formally dressed standing party.
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Panorama of the Japanese-American Citizen's League Inaugural Banquet.
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Panorama of 39th Convention of Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs.
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Panorama of the United Swiss Singing Society, "1st Saengerfest."
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Group of young men on the docks outside of a wooden building with a sign that says "Parcels Checked" and another sign advertising hot lunch.
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Panorama of the Seventh Annual Meeting of Pacific Northwest Feed Association at the Tacoma Hotel, exhibiting textured wood work of the building's interior.
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
ca. 1935. Display of gas home appliances at the Tacoma Hotel for the Washington Gas and Electric Company. Sign stating "Gas is Best" on far wall. Columns are topped with ornate carvings of sea creatures, mermaids and faces. The wall clock is inside a ship's wheel. Upper walls are decorated with stencilling and antlered animal heads. Exposed beams and dark wood give the room a heavy, dark look. Dark leather chairs and sofas are scattered about. Appliances displayed are cook stoves, water heaters and refrigerators.
Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Washington Gas & Electric Co. (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Appliances--1930-1940; Water heaters; Stoves--1930-1940; Refrigerators--1930-1940;
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
ca. 1931. Attendees of a Pacific Coast Gas Association meeting in the garden of the original Tacoma Hotel.
Pacific Coast Gas Association (Tacoma); Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma);
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
ca. 1935. The Tacoma Totem Pole at the foot of South 10th Street, near the south side of the original Tacoma Hotel, circa 1935. A painter is suspended from ropes halfway up the pole. Building by McKim, Mead and White, Architects, New York City. The Totem Pole was commissioned by W.F. Sheard and Chester Thorne and presented to the city in 1903. It was carved by two Alaskan carvers in the Haida tribal style. (filed with Argentum)
Tacoma Totem Pole (Tacoma); Totem poles--Tacoma; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma);
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
ca. 1935. Close up of unidentified painter as he restores the Tacoma Totem Pole at the foot of South 10th Street, near the south side of the original Tacoma Hotel (building in the background.) Photograph taken around 1935.The Totem Pole was commissioned by W.F. Sheard and Chester Thorne and presented to the city in 1903. It was carved by two Alaskan carvers in the Haida tribal style. (filed with Argentum)
Tacoma Totem Pole (Tacoma); Totem poles--Tacoma; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma);
Part of Postcard Collection
Printed on front: Mermaid Inn, Tacoma, Wash.
Part of Postcard Collection