ca. 1905. Families are pictured in this circa 1905 photograph enjoying a pleasant day at Point Defiance Park at what is now called Owen Beach. People dressed more formally back then with ladies and gentlemen in hats, suits and for women, long skirts. Even small children were not seen barefoot. The lack of benches did not prevent visitors from sitting on the somewhat rocky terrain to view the Sound. The beach would later be named Owen Beach in 1959 in honor of longtime Metro Parks employee, Floyd Owen. In the early days of the 20th century, the beach, then only accessible by boat or walking, was called "new" beach or sometimes "Picnic Beach." (metroparkstacoma.org)
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ca. 1905. Stacks and rows of women's clothing, including coats, dresses and perhaps lingerie, on display at Peoples department store circa 1905. The store was probably getting ready for its annual spring white sales which attracted hordes of shoppers. Peoples opened in Tacoma in 1888 and remained a vibrant presence in downtown Tacoma until 1983.
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ca. 1905. James Delbert and Frank Armstrong (left to right) stand at the entrance to the Armstrong Bros. grocery store at 5648 So. Union Avenue (now So. Tacoma Way) in the early part of the 20th century. Vegetables fill the window space at left while paintings are on display at right. The store was earlier known as Armstrong & Baker.
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ca. 1905. This drydock is believed to be the Dockton drydock on Vashon Island circa 1905. It was the only drydock in the south Puget Sound at that time for large boats. See TPL 1007 for another view of the drydock.
ca. 1905. Print in album marked 1905. Part of the Mt. Rainier series, Mt. Rainier from Pinnade Peak. This was the beginning of a peak storm on Mt. Rainier.
ca. 1905. Six unidentified men pose with their horses in front of the offices of the Commercial Truck Co. in the early 1900's. The Commercial Truck Co. first appears in the City Directory in 1903. The company occupied 717-19 Broadway after its construction in 1902. They listed their business as transfer, drayage, piano movers, livery and feed stables. The company was a predecessor of Tacoma's Star Moving Co. (photograph courtesy of Dan Powell)
ca. 1905. This early photograph of the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) dates from about 1905. To the left is the smelter's new 307 foot tall chimney which when built in 1905 was the tallest concrete chimney in the world. Twelve years later, in 1917, ASARCO replaced this giant chimney with a new one that stood almost twice as tall - at 571 feet. The smelter closed in 1985 due to both environmental and economic reasons; the smelter's tall stack was demolished on January 17, 1993. (Copy was made on October 3, 1958.)
ca. 1905. An unidentified man calmed a rearing horse near the offices of the Commercial Truck Co. in the early 1900's. The Commercial Truck Co. first appeared in the 1903 Tacoma City Directory. S.J. Pollard was listed as president with J.W. Garvin as Secretary-Treasurer and A.W. Tuel as Manager. They listed offices at 717-719 South C and 718-720 Commerce St. (in TPL building index as 717-19 Broadway). The company moved into this building on its completion in 1902. They listed their services as transfer, drayage, piano moving, livery and feed stables. The company sold in 1929 to AA Star Transfer of Aberdeen and became Star Commercial Moving & Storage, a predecessor of today's Star Moving Co. (photograph courtesy of Dan Powell)
ca. 1905. The steamer Fairhaven is in drydock for repairs at Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon Island, circa 1905. Built in Tacoma in 1889 and launched from the yards of Cpt. John Holland, the stern-wheeler was 130 feet long with 26-foot beam. She was built at a cost of $30,000 for the Fairhaven Land Co., of which Nelson Bennett was president. The wooden stern-wheel steamer was used by more than one company including the La Conner Trading & Transportation Co. and the Island Transportation Co. She had suffered several accidents during her long tenure on local waters including sinking in ten feet of water after striking a rock near Utsalady in 1902 and smashing her bow while caught by strong gales at Coupeville in 1907. Here the Fairhaven is undergoing repairs circa 1905 at Quartermaster Harbor, a nearly five-mile-long inlet which is formed by Vashon Island on the west and Maury Island on the east. The drydock was one of the largest in the Puget Sound. It could lift several large ships at a time and was in place until 1909. The Fairhaven was beached in 1918 after a fire and ended her days as a quasi-houseboat. (Carlaw, 'The Pickrell Brothers recall the Fairhaven,' The Sea Chest, XV1 (Dec. 1982-article)
Snow & Burgess Built as a full-rigged ship at Thomaston, Maine in 1878 by Thomas Watts. Converted to a fiveΓÇômasted schooner on the West Coast in 1904. 1655 gross tons. Burned for junk in 1922 after arriving at Port Townsand from Manila with a broken back, a year earlier. (Gibbs, Jim. Pacific Square-Riggers : Pictorial History of the Great Windships of Yesteryear. 1987. Pg. 190.)
Mount Baker Trip - Roosevelt Glacier. A view of Mount Baker looking up at Roosevelt Glacier on the north face of the mountain. The ridge of rock to the left of center in this photograph is known as the "cockscomb".
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This photograph was taken by Asahel Curtis near the base camp of the 1906 Mazama climb of Mount Baker. The caption for the lantern slide says: "Galena Lake - Mt. Baker". Galena Lakes were the name given to a group of four lakes that drain into the North Fork, Nooksack River on Mt. Baker's northeast slope. They are now known as Galena Chain Lakes or Chain Lakes. They are several miles west of Mt. Baker Lodge.
Mt. Baker trip - Main party on Mazama Glacier on way up Mt. Baker - Along the edge of a crevasse - Mt. Baker As the climbers from the Mazamas approached the top of Mt. Baker from the northeast, they had to cross the Mazama Glacier. In this photograph a group of climbers hike along the edge of a crevasse.
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A snow bridge on the Mazama Glacier, Mt. Baker. This photograph was taken during the Mazama outing to Mount Baker in 1906. It was used by Asahel Curtis in his article for the April 1907 issue of Overland Monthly titled, "Mazama's Ascent of Mount Baker".
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Eastern slope of Mt. Baker. Asahel Curtis used this photograph in an article that he wrote for the Overland Monthly, April 1907, titled "Mazama's Ascent of Mount Baker." His caption for this photograph was, "Head of Roosevelt Glacier, northeast side of summit of Mount Baker." That would mean that the rock formation in this photograph is part of the "cockscomb."
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Mt. Baker trip - On the awy to Coleman Peak - Near Coleman Peak A long line of climbers from the 1906 Mazamas cross a snowfield on the way to Coleman Peak. F. H. Kiser had chosen a northeast approach to Mt. Baker for the Mazamas. Coleman Pinnacle is at the far end of Ptarmigan Ridge on the way up to the mountain.
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Mt. Baker trip - Crevasse on east side of Mt. Baker - Kiser A lone climber stands at the edge of a crevasse on a glacier on Mount Baker. This photograph was used in several publications including an article by Gertrude Metcalfe published in the March 1907 Mazama. The man in the photograph may be F.H. Kiser.
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Mt. Baker trip - Party on Mazama Glacier - Wells Creek Glacier - Mt. Baker This photograph shows a group of climbers moving down a lifeline on one of the glaciers on Mount Baker during the 1906 Mazamas outing. The original lantern slide identifies the glacier as the Wells Creek Glacier. It is probably the section of the Mazama Glacier that acts as the source for the Wells Creek.
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Mt. Baker trip - Overhanging glacier on Shuksan - on eastern side. On August 3, 1906, as a side trip from the Mazama outing to Mount Baker, W. Montelius Price and Asahel Curtis made the first recorded ascent of Mount Shuksan. Curtis used this photograph in his article in the July/August 1907 issue of Overland Monthly. The photograph was captioned "Beaufiful hanging glacies of Mt. Shuksan."
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Mt. Baker trip - Mount Shuksan The northwest face of Mount Shuksan as it appears approaching it from Mount Baker. This photograph was used in several publications by Curtis.
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Mt. Baker trip - Overhanging rocks on Shuksan. This rock formation was photographed by Asahel Curtis near the summit of Mount Shuksan. He used it in two publications. In Mazama, March 1907, his caption states, "Overhanging rock, summit of Shuksan. This rock weights several tons and juts out fully 20 feet into mid-air."
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Mt. Baker trip - Price building monument on Shuksan - summit Mt. Shuksan. The climb by Asahel Curtis and W.M. Price was so difficult that they had to spend the night of August 3, 1906 on the mountain. This photograph shows W. M. Price building a cairn at the top of Mount Shuksan to commemorate their climb.
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Mt. Baker trip - Lifeline work on east side of Mt. Baker. As they approached the summit of Mount Baker, Kiser's party was stopped by a 400 foot wall of ice. Kiser, dragging a line line behind him, used his spiked toes to kick-step his way up the precipice. He then secured the line so that the other five climbers could follow. Asahel left the lifeline to get the photograph of the two remaining climbers.
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Mt. Baker trip - Curtis, Asahel on summit of Mt. Baker This photograph shows Asahel Curtis on the summit of Mount Baker at the culmination of the Kiser climb of 1906. This photograph was used in several publications. In the account of the climb published in the March 1907 Mazama magazine, this photograph is credited to F. H. Kiser.
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Mt. Baker trip - Summit of Mt. Baker - the northwest summit. The summit of Mount Baker as it appeared on August 7, 1906 when the Kiser party made it to the top in the late afternoon. Two small figures are visible against the immense field of snow.
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Mt. Baker trip - Working out of crevasse on eastside of Mt. Baker On August 7, 1906, F.H. Kiser led five other climbers, including Asahel Curtis, in a desperate attempt to get to the top of Mount Baker from a northeast approach. This photograph shows five of the climbers working their way out of a crevasse.
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Forsythe jumping crevasse - Mt. Baker The original caption for this photograph indicates that it shows C.E. Forsyth, one of the six member of the Kiser party that climbed Mt. Baker in 1906 leaping across a crevasse. This photograph was used by Asahel Curtis in his April 1907 article for the Overland Monthly.
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Ascending snow slope on eastern side of Mt. Baker below main crevasse - Mt. Baker The Kiser party climbs a steep snow slope on the east side of Mount Baker. This photograph was used by Asahel Curtis in several articles about the Mt. Baker climb.
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Mt. Baker trip - Mazama box on ridge - The Mazama Sphinx - Mt. Baker This August 7, 1906 photograph of the Mazama box was taken before the final ascent. When the Kiser party reached the top of Mount Baker there were no visible rocks to build a cairn. The box was buried in the snow.
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Mt. Baker trip - Falls at base of Mt. Shuksan - west slope This photograph of a waterfall on Mount Shuksan was used by Asahel Curtis in his article about the first ascent that was published in Overland Monthly. The caption by Curtis described this photograph as "The southeast side of Shuksan, where the ascent was made, showing the precipitous character of the peak."
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