ca. 1908. McClintock's World Famous So. Tacoma Band. Men in costumes in parade on So. Union Ave. The vehicles and men cover from the sidewalk into the street. C.S. (Carl S.) Enger's hardware store, 5401 So. Union Ave., in background.
Family group in front of the Norstread residence in South Tacoma.
ca. 1908. Fowler children on Oak (sp) Street. Probably the children of Jane and/or Mary S. Fowler. Jane Fowler, the widow of Fredrick Fowler, lived at 832 N. Oakes in 1908. Mary S. Fowler, the widow of Giles H. Fowler, lived at 709 No. O St.
ca. 1910. Stegelon (Germans) at 49th and Oak (sp) streets in South Tacoma. Two men, two women and a child stand in front of a small one story house with a picket fence. One of the men has a rifle.
1908/08. Group by peach tree. Krumm Farm. Three men, a woman and a horse stand next to a tree. There is a barn in the background.
ca. 1908. Miller residence at Manitou Park in South Tacoma, circa winter of 1908. Trees and ground are covered with snow. Icicles hang from the house eaves.
ca. 1908. People at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup. It is raining, and people have umbrellas. Road is muddy.
Tacoma High School students parade to "Boost the Stadium." The campaign to raise $100,000 to build a beautiful high school stadium next to the school was successfully launched on October 6, 1908, when 2,000 school children ranging from 7th-8th grade to high schoolers marched in the "Boost for Stadium" parade. The school district cooperated by making the day a half-day so that the youngsters could march from Tacoma High School (later renamed Stadium High School) to the Union Club and then onto the downtown business district. Led by the Tacoma Musicians Union, who provided their services without charge, the marchers chanted "Boost for the stadium, stadium, stadium" and "Stadium, stadium, stadium, stadium" throughout the long walk. Paraders canvassed the business blocks of Commerce and "C" (now Broadway) and Pacific and would go on to canvas residential areas after school the next day. They asked businesses to contribute $10 promissory notes payable to the Board of Education. Each $10 entitled subscribers to one seat in the stadium for all entertainments there for the next five years. Supporters of the new stadium aimed to have it completed and ready for dedication and use by May 1, 1909. (TDL 10-6-1908, p. 5-article; TDL 10-7-1908, p.1-article)
ca. 1908. Garret W. O'Brien, contractor, and men laying pipe in South Tacoma.
ca. 1908. Water rushing though power generator at Electron Dam.
ca. 1908. Wooden bridge over Steilacoom Lake.
ca. 1908. Boys and girls stand in front of a wood frame school building. A man in suit and bow tie stands behind the children. An American flag is on the porch of the school.
On Memorial Day, May 31, 1909, people, including men and children, watch a group of soldiers in parade formation march past the doric columns of the crematorium at the Oakwood Cemetery, at So. 53rd and So. Alder. The veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and the Spanish American War are participating in a memorial service over the graves of their departed comrades. During the service, many speeches were made and flags were mounted on the graves, which were strewn with flowers by young girls dressed in white. Members of the National Guard Troop B fired a volley at the end of the ceremony and played taps. (TDL 6/1/09 pg. 12)
ca. 1908. Man, woman, and young girl standing in a vegetable garden next to a tall pea vine. The unidentified man raises his arm to show how tall the vines have grown.
ca. 1908. Three men in suits and bowler hats stand behind a water fountain near a corner in South Tacoma.
ca. 1908. Four young couples sitting in a room in a house. The young men are sitting in chairs. The women are sitting in the men's laps. This photograph is possibly a "Parlor play." Written on back of copied photos is "The Club" (prostitution).
ca. 1910. Young men in uniforms (holding axes) stand on horsedrawn float. Float is marked "So. Tacoma Camp No. 8600." Float stands in front of the C. S. Enger Hardware Store at 5412-14 South Union (later South Tacoma Way). Built in 1910, this was the third building occupied by Enger Hardware in South Tacoma.
ca. 1908. A man with a full beard, wearing a vest and hat, stands behind a dairy cow in a field. In the background can be seen a fence and tall trees. Man identified as Mr. Stoten.
ca. 1908. Man and woman in front of the George Scott residence in South Tacoma.
ca. 1908. Smith Hardware Company in South Tacoma.
ca. 1908. Five men in an ice house with several blocks of ice, and ice molds. The man at the far right is completely in shadow.
ca. 1908. This winter view of the Northern Pacific Shops in South Tacoma dates from sometime before 1910. Started in 1890 as the Edison Car Shops, the complex of buildings at 5200 So. Proctor became the Northern Pacific Shops in 1895. The NP Shops were responsible for all repair work on Northern Pacific cars and locomotives west of the Mississippi. A horse-drawn sleigh can be seen by the entrance to the complex, as a line of workers leaves the plant.
ca. 1908. Northern Pacific boxcars in the "halfmoon yard". The Northern Pacific headquarters building and Tacoma's Old City Hall can be seen in the background above the yard.
ca. 1908. Halvar Folkestad men's furnishings store at 5223 So. Union Ave. in South Tacoma. This address is now on South Tacoma Way.
ca. 1908. Men digging a ditch along what is now the 5200 block of South Tacoma Way - probably laying water pipe. Many building fronts can be seen in the background including: A. E. Thompson & Sons and Smith Hardware Co.
ca. 1908. A street scene in South Tacoma. A horse and buggy approach a Funiture and Hardware store on the right side of the picture. An early model automobile is parked in front of a building on the other side. There is a banner hanging above the street.
ca. 1908. Biplane caught as a silhouette against a cloudy sky.
ca. 1908. A man in a business suit and tie, holding the leash of a dog, stands in front of the corner of the porch of a two story house. Flowers are in full bloom behind the unidentified man.
ca. 1908. Members of the "Lions" baseball team.
ca. 1908. Houses and buildings in Tacoma. A sign on the roof of one of the buildings says "...Tacoma Mill Co." Could be the South Tacoma Mill Co. Dirt road is pitted with large puddles of water.