ca. 1900. Copy of print made from glass plate. Pacific Avenue appears devoid of traffic other than one streetcar in the early years of the 20th century. This photograph was taken early one morning in the vicinity of 9th & Pacific; the distinct image of the Old City Hall can be observed clearly a block ahead. The names "Hotel Donnelly" and "Grand Theatre" have been imprinted onto the photograph. The Hotel Donnelly was probably one of the earliest hotels in the city, as it was listed in the 1893-94 City Directory. It was located on the northwest corner of Pacific Ave. & So. 9th St. The Motoramp Garage was to later be built on this site. Hotel Donnelly was in close proximity to the Hotel Revere, whose sign can be seen protruding from the building. The Hotel Revere, by 1907, was operated by John Fawcett and located at 732 1/2 Pacific Avenue. The Grand Theatre's first mention was in the 1907 City Directory. It was located on the northeast corner of Pacific & So. 9th. Sullivan & Considine were listed as proprietors and Dean B. Worley as manager. Date of original print is not known; copy from glass plate was made on October 3, 1958. TPL-8546

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1900-1910; Hotel Donnelly (Tacoma); Hotel Revere (Tacoma); Old City Hall (Tacoma); Cities & towns--Tacoma;

ca. 1900. Copy made from glass plate, Richards Studio. This may be a street scene from Yakima, Washington, circa 1900. The street is wide enough for a streetcar and many passing horses and carts. There are some carriages parked along the raised sidewalk. People could conduct business at the Yakima Valley Bank, get their teeth checked at Yakima Dental or buy a $12 suit at the Empire. Copy of glass plate made on October 3, 1958.

Commercial streets--Yakima; Street railroads--Yakima; Carts & wagons--Yakima;

ca. 1900. The Rustic Bridge in Point Defiance Park, circa 1900. (A copy by Richards Studio of a customer's print, negative is not available.) The Rustic Bridge was built over Sorex Gulch, located midway between the present boathouse and Owen Beach. It was built in 1892 and was dismantled in 1920. It was a stacked log bridge with notches for crosslogs which tied the two sides of the bridge together. It was constructed of 3500 logs and was 250 feet long and approximately 80 feet high. Limbs were used to build the rustic handrail and benches along the pedestrian walkway. The stream at the mouth of the Sorex Gulch was dammed, creating a pond. A picnic site was created beside the pond and this became one of the most popular attractions for park visitors. A smaller pedestrian bridge can be seen in the foreground of the photograph; its handrail matches that of the Rustic Bridge. (Pierce County Cultural Resource Survey, prepared by Office of Historic Preservation, Community Development Department)

Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma; Bridges--Tacoma;

ca. 1900. Gilbert L. Palmer (3rd from the left), the first warden of McNeil Island prison, serving from 1893-1900, and six of his men, were photographed standing next to Cell House # 1 circa 1900. Completed in 1874, the brick and stone building contained 48 double cells, each secured with a heavy, grated flat-iron door. The old cell block was torn down in the mid-1930s. The small, frame building behind the prison is one of the guard houses, where the guards were quartered. Before 1893, the prison had been run by Federal Marshalls. Left to right: Robert Troutman, John Drake, G. L. Palmer (warden), John Devoin, Robert Longmire (deputy warden), Frank Mooney, and H. E. Palmer. Copy of early photograph for Mr. Short, T. Times. (Price, Lester K. "McNeil, History of a Federal Prison", McNeil Island, Washington, July, 1970.)

Prisons--Washington; McNeil Island Federal Prison (McNeil Island); Prison guards; Rifles; Troutman, Robert; Drake, John; Palmer, Gilbert L.; Devoin, John; Longmire, Robert; Mooney, Frank; Palmer, H.E.;

ca. 1900. Tacoma grain elevators. The Tacoma Warehouse & Elevator Co. grain dock and Elevator B are in the foreground of this circa 1900 photograph. A masted sailing ship is docked there waiting for a shipment of flour. In the background is Elevator A, operated by Cardin & Bibb. The Sperry Flour Co. would be built on the site of Tacoma Warehouse & Elevator in 1905. Sperry Flour would be purchased later by General Mills, Inc.

Warehouses--Tacoma--1900-1910; Grain elevators--Tacoma--1900-1910; Shipping--Tacoma--1900-1910; Sailing ships--Tacoma--1900-1910; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1900-1910; Waterfronts--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. Men at work at unidentified machine shop in Tacoma circa 1900. They stand while working at their machines. Most are wearing hats/caps and retain their jackets/coats. Several of the machines are placed by the large windows which would allow for natural light.

Machine shops--Tacoma; Machinery; Men--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. Horse drawn wagon dressed in bunting parked in front of photo studio at 947 C Street (now Broadway). The occasion, in this circa 1900 photograph, may have been a Fourth of July parade. A.G. Bonner had his studio at 947 C Street with Christian Nelsen, boot and shoemaker, next door at 947 1/2 C Street. Both the sidewalk and street appear to be constructed of planks. The decorated wagon was from the R(obert) S. Bennatts' grocery, located at 2416 North 30th St. in the Pioneer Block Bldg. in Old Town. Mr. Bennatts would be in the grocery business in the north end for 40 years before his retirement in 1930. BiCentennial Project #75346-40.

Carts & wagons--Tacoma--1900-1910; A.G. Bonner Studio (Tacoma); C. Nelsen Boot & Shoe Maker (Tacoma); Robert S. Bennatts Grocery (Tacoma);

ca. 1900. German immigrant Henry Mahncke, with partner Charles Muehlenbruch, built the Berlin Building in 1892. It was the American dream come true for Mahncke who had toiled in his Tacoma bakery since 1882. Losing everything but his dignity in the economic Panic of 1893, Mahncke became a janitor and elevator operator in the building he once owned. The Berlin Building was demolished in 1920 to make way for the present Washington Building. Mahncke went on to a successful career in real estate and died in 1937.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1900-1910; Berlin Building (Tacoma); Mahncke, Henry;

ca. 1900. This photograph of Wright Park, taken around 1900, accompanied an article entitled "Do You Remember" in a 1922 News Tribune. The newspaper had been running a nostalgic series of pictures of events and places of times past. In this view of Wright Park, taken from the east side of the park looking westward, the park appears a little sparse with many of the trees little more then saplings. Several people are using the rustic bridge to cross Bird Lake. The houses beyond the park are on South I Street between Division and 3rd. Most were already gone by 1922; the bridge was still there but had been reconstructed. The Tacoma-Pierce County Blood Bank now stands where several of these houses once stood. G41.1-123; TPL-987 (TNT 3-9-22, p. 11)

Wright Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. Two women sit on a rustic bench, next to a path, in Point Defiance Park. From the collection of Don Cooper.

Parks--Tacoma--1900-1910; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma)

ca. 1900. A view of Wright Park from Division Street looking south circa 1900. The tower of the Pierce County Court House just makes it into the photograph at the far left. The parks two statues stand on pedestals on either side of a gravel road that winds through the park. A bicycle leans against a sapling tree. From the collection of Don Cooper. TPL-8288

Parks--Tacoma--1900-1910; Wright Park (Tacoma); Sculpture--Tacoma--1900-1910; Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1900. This undated photograph shows a gathering of Pierce County pioneers at the Ezra and Eliza Jane Meeker mansion; the house was built around 1889. Many of the Puyallup valley's first settlers were Oregon Trail blazers who arrived in Pierce County in the 1850s. Today, the Meeker Mansion is a museum that celebrates the history of these early pioneers. TPL-5685.

Pioneers--Washington (State); Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928; Meeker, Elizabeth Jane; Houses--Puyallup--1890-1900;

ca. 1900. This magnificent house, which stood at 4301 North Stevens Street, was built by the real estate developer Allen C. Mason in 1892. Mason, who came to Tacoma in 1883 with $2.40, was a millionaire by 1892. He helped finance the commuter railroad that ran from Division to Point Defiance, and spent tens of thousands of dollars "boosting" Tacoma. He lost his fortune in the "panic of 1893", and was forced to sell his newly built mansion. It was bought by Whitworth College, and was the main building on their north Tacoma campus from 1899 to 1913 when they moved to Spokane. John P. Weyerhaeuser purchased all the main buildings of Whitworth College in 1920 and razed them to build "Haddaway Hall." (Copy of glass plate was made by Richards on October 3, 1958.)

Whitworth College (Tacoma); Universities & colleges--Tacoma;

ca. 1900. Copy of a customer's negative, a family portrait ordered by W. Arthur Roberts. Copy was made on August 31, 1959. Photograph most probably dates from around 1900. The women wear upswept hairdos and the high necked shirt waists of the Gibson girl era. The men have suits with stiff collared shirts and ties.

Families--1890-1900;

ca. 1900. View from beach of McNeil Island Prison in the early days. Gilbert L. Palmer is warden at this time. During his service, from 1893-1900, a residence for his use was built on the hill north of the prison, Lumber in the foreground, was purchased and made into shingles by the prisoners to raise funds for the upkeep of the prison. The Federal prison facilities at McNeil Island were primitive and received little attention or money from Congress. Copy photograph for Mr. Short, T. Times. (Price, Lester K. "McNeil, History of a Federal Prison", McNeil Island, Washington, July 1970.)

Prisons--Washington; McNeil Island Federal Prison (McNeil Island);

ca. 1900. Early day chain gang at McNeil Island Prison. Prisoners at this time were mainly "squaw-men" and white men convicted of selling liquor to Indians whose sentences ranged from a few months to a year. Some men served time for murder, mutiny, and other crimes. A few women prisoners were also housed at McNeil, but not in the cellhouse. They were incarcerated in the guards quarters. When prisoners were not in cells, they worked in the fields, clearing and preparing land for gardens to feed the occupants at McNeil. Prisoners wore their own clothes while working in the fields or the striped wool uniforms issued to them. Copy photograph for Mr. Short, T. Times. (Price, Lester K. "McNeil, History of a Federal Prison", McNeil Island, Washington, July 1970).

Prisons--Washington; McNeil Island Federal Prison (McNeil Island); Prisoners;

ca. 1900. Copy negative of old postcard picture. Photograph was copied for Mrs. F. E. Washburn, 305 No. K., in June of 1939. TPL-7176

Houses--Tacoma--1890-1900;

ca. 1900. John W. Linck was elected mayor of Tacoma April 7, 1908, succeeding mayor George P. Wright. According to author and historian Herbert Hunt, the campaign was highly contested. Mr. Linck, Republican nominee, (often called by the honorary term, "Colonel" due to his able duty on the Union side of the Civil War) was victorious, defeating Mr. Wright by a vote of 6,840 to 4,799. Mayor Linck was born in 1843 near Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. Prior to his arrival in Tacoma in 1898 as a special agent for the U.S. Treasury, John Linck had been a school teacher, attorney, justice of the peace, prosecuting attorney, U.S. commissioner, Indiana legislator, city attorney, prison director, postmaster and lastly, mayor of Madison. He would also serve as a police judge and justice of the peace in Tacoma. In 1901 the Linck family moved to 817 North J St., the previous home of Tacoma pioneers John and Virginia Mason. There neighborhood children were welcomed, including a very young Bing Crosby and siblings. ALBUM 16. (Hunt: Tacoma Its History and Its Builders, II, p. 225-26; Prosser: A History of Puget Sound Country, II, p. 236-38) (G1.1-104)

Linck, John W.; Mayors--Tacoma--1900-1910

ca. 1900. A man hand feeds a deer as a number of deer crowd around him. The deer are in a fenced in area at Point Defiance Park. A large wooden building stands at the far left in the photograph. From the collection of Don Cooper.

Deer; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1900-1910

ca. 1900. A young nanny pushes a baby in an ornate pram through Wright Park in Tacoma. They have stopped by one of the ponds in the park. A white swan is at the edge of the pond. The tower of the Pierce County Court House just makes it into the photograph at the far left. From the collection of Don Cooper.

Wright Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1900-1910; Governesses;Baby carriages

ca. 1901. Tacoma dock and ships

ca. 1901. The Lichtenberg grocery store was located at 1510 Jefferson Ave. on the ground floor of a building that faced both Jefferson and Commerce St. Founded by Julius Lichtenberg, the store was in operation from 1897 to 1909 and was a typical grocery carrying fruits and vegetables, salt fish, and the finest coffee and tea. Above Lichtenberg's, and occupying the Commerce St. side of the building, was the Western Blank Book Co. Specializing in ruled ledger books, the Blank Book Co. was in business from 1893 to 1912.

Lichtenberg Grocery (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma; Carts & wagons--Tacoma;

ca. 1901. Ships at dock on Tacoma waterway (Copy). Masted vessels are waiting on the City Waterway to take on cargo in this circa 1901 photograph. The buildings on the water's edge are wheat warehouses. The Northern Pacific Railroad Headquarters building is at far left upper edge, with its commanding view of the busy marine activities. TPL-1344

Sailing ships--Tacoma--1900-1910; Cargo ships--Tacoma--1900-1910; Shipping--Tacoma--1900-1910; Warehouses--Tacoma--1900-1910; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1900-1910; City Waterway (Tacoma); Northern Pacific Headquarters Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1901. Sepia photograph of a Lincoln Elementary School class in 1901. Standing on the steps of Lincoln Elementary are numerous students; in the third row, second from the left is reportedly Jeston Reed Foss. Originally named West School, construction began on the new school at 1610 South K Street (now MLK Way) in 1887. It was renamed in honor of President Abraham Lincoln in 1889. The school began as a two-room school with two grades; by 1890, it had four grades and five teachers. The school was closed and demolished in 1938. Most of the students and staff were transferred to McCarver Junior High where they joined students from Longfellow to form a new elementary school. Others were assigned to either Central or Stanley schools. (Olsen: For the Record, p. 57) (note: the same photograph is identified in Olsen's book as Hawthorne School)

Lincoln Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1900-1910; School children--Tacoma;

ca. 1901. Looking up 11th Sreet in the heart of the business section of Tacoma, ca. 1901. Sidewalks are crowded with people. Several pedestrians leisurely cross the street ahead of oncoming streetcars.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1900-1910; Business districts--Tacoma--1900-1910; Pedestrians--Tacoma; Street railroads--Tacoma--1900-1910; Street railroad tracks--Tacoma--1900-1910;

ca. 1901. Local photographer Arthur French captured a moment in time on busy, bustling Pacific Avenue circa 1901. This glimpse of vibrant downtown Tacoma was taken looking south from the corner of South 9th St. Sidewalks were crowded with people spilling over into the street on this late spring/summer day. Little boys and some grown men are decked out in straw hats crossing Pacific while others, some hatless, wheel their bicycles across the tracks, barely avoiding streetcar #17 approaching above. Horse drawn carriages and wagons shared space on the street along with the many pedestrians. Women were out and about that day, perhaps running errands or just perusing the many store windows. On the left side of the photograph was Elder & Albright, wallpaper and paints store, located at 905 Pacific Avenue. The Palace Grocery Co. was on the right side of the street at 904 Pacific Avenue. (Photo donated by Chiho Kato)

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1900-1910; Street railroads--Tacoma--1900-1910; Pedestrians--Tacoma; Elder & Albright (Tacoma); Palace Grocery Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1901. Tacoma Business College at the corner of South 9th and Tacoma Avenue South circa 1901. The business college occupied the top floor(s) of the Lucerne Block which was later renamed the Midtown Bldg and the Hess Bldg. The school instructed its students in shorthand, bookkeeping, typewriting, commercial law and other business subjects. It had previously been located in the 1200 block of Tacoma Ave. So. before moving to the Lucerne Block. The Bennett New & Second Hand Furniture store (at 901 Tacoma Ave. So.) occupied part of the first floor. It was owned by Thomas Bennett and sold new and second hand furniture, stoves and carpets. Frank P. Fentress's Bicycles & Bicycle Sundries firm (at 903 Tacoma Ave. So.) was adjacent to Thomas Bennett's establishment. Both businesses had sale items on display under the building's large front awnings. (Arthur French Collection)

Tacoma Business College (Tacoma); Bennett New & Second Hand Furniture (Tacoma); Frank P. Fentress Bicycles (Tacoma);