A Steilacoom Chronology, by Gary Reese
A list of events and activities in and around the town of Steilacoom, Washington, with a focus on the quarter of a century when the town was a center of trade, business, industry, and government from the 1850s to the 1880s.
World's Fair Advisory Committee Proposal
Part of Mayor Mike Parker Papers
Proposal to civic leaders from Mayor Mike Parker for Tacoma to host an International Exposition in 1989.
US International Exposition & Civic Center Site Study - Hawthorne Study
Part of Mayor Mike Parker Papers
The Hawthorne Neighborhood section of the site study report.
Part of Mayor William Baarsma Papers
Karen Vialle, former mayor of Tacoma, discusses the problems that Tacoma was facing when she became mayor. She mentions the Safe Streets Campaign and Neighborhood Improvement Committee as responses to those problems.
Part of Gerald Davis Papers
Quart Promotion Grocery Store Display
Part of Gerald Davis Papers
Part of Gerald Davis Papers
Part of Gerald Davis Papers
Part of Gerald Davis Papers
Part of Gerald Davis Papers
Part of Gerald Davis Papers
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. Long shot of Union Station, circa 1979.
Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. 1979 view from Pacific of the Carlton Hotel, 1552 Jefferson Ave., seen behind an unidentified Mobil gas station on Pacific Ave.
Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; Carlton Hotel (Tacoma);
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. Unidentified man poses on sidewalk beside Pacific Ave. Down the street on the left is the dome of Union Station.
Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979.
Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. Back of Union Station, circa 1979; train arrival and departure area.
Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. Graffiti on a wall behind a fire hydrant, circa 1979.
Graffiti; Fire hydrants;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. Shadow of a tree on a building, circa 1979.
Shadows;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. The 15th Street Bridge, circa 1979.
15th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1970-1980;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. Street scene, view of buildings on east side of the 900 block of Broadway. Left to right are the Pantages (901 Broadway), 911-13 Broadway and 915-17 Broadway.
Pantages Theater (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1970-1980;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. The back of a small statue, an empty jar and two jars of buttons, circa 1979.
Buttons (Fasteners); Figurines;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. A tree seems to sprout from an unidentified building. While broken windows and foliage growing from crevices adorn the building next door.
Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;
Part of Stephen Cysewski Photographs
ca. 1979. This 1979 photograph shows the deterioration of the Commerce side of the buildings located at, left to right, 1523 Broadway and 1519-21 Broadway. The buildings are studded with broken windows and plants growing from crevices. The buildings have since been demolished and this is now the site of the Convention Center.
Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;