ca. 1910. In this photograph that dates from around 1910, workers at the Atlas Foundry pause in the process of building a form, probably a mold or "pattern," to pose for the camera. Atlas was the first foundry built in Tacoma; it began in 1899 as a manufacturer of iron castings. The company incorporated in 1903. Through the years, they added steel and brass to their list of moldable metals. By 1946, they offered the only complete foundry service in the Northwest. Utilizing their over 50,000 wooden patterns, they could make castings varying in size from 2 oz to 16 tons. TPL-9515

Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1910-1920;

ca. 1910. Several fountains shoot plumes of water into the air above the pond at Pt. Defiance Park. Part of the park's greenhouse peeks out from behind the bushes. Although the area seems void of visitors in this circa 1910 photograph, Point Defiance Park and its (now) 702 acres was a popular destination for city residents. Handy streetcars made the trip to the large park easy for those without automobiles. Once there visitors could enjoy strolling through gardens, picnic areas and on the beach, checking out the conservatory and viewing the zoo animals.

Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1910-1920; Fountains--Tacoma;

Grenada. The four-masted steel barque 'Grenada', 2268 tons, anchored in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2268 tons. ON104591, 278.4 x 42.0 x 24.1. Built 1894 (11) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: P Denniston and Co. registered Glasgow c.1900 Lang and Fulton then Gwalia Shipping Co. (Roberts, Owen and Co. ) Captured by German submarine 32 miles SW by S from Beachy Head, Nov. 22, 1916 and sunk by gunfire. (State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/17/60)

Sailing ships; barks; barques;

ca. 1910. Members of the A.S.M.W.I. A. (Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Association), Local #99 of Seattle posed outside the Fisher Flouring Mills Co. circa 1910. Nearly all are dressed in overalls. Although the photographer, J.J. Kneisle has labeled the picture "A.S.M.W.I.A., " the union's name had changed to the Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance in 1903. The union movement was growing with membership of over 100 local unions and over 5000 people at the turn of the century. In 1924 the union's name would change again to the Sheet Metal Workers International Association. (www.smwia.org)

Labor unions--Seattle; Sheet Metal Workers (Seattle);

ca. 1910. A young deer pauses, one foot in the air, among the tall grass in Okanogan County, circa 1910. This photograph appears on page 25 in the book "Frank Matsura, Frontier Photographer, " by JoAnn Roe.

Okanogan County (Wash.); Deer;

ca. 1910. Back in the early days of the 20th century, there were not many automobiles in Tacoma and even fewer delivery vans. Bottled beer was transported in cases via a tried-and-true method--by horse and wagon. Here two patient horses pause while their driver has his photograph taken. He has removed his sturdy work coat which is laid on the covered seat. There are several cases of beer in the open wagon bed. The beer had been brewed by the Pacific Brewing & Malting Co., then one of Washington's largest breweries and located in downtown Tacoma on South 25th St., between "C" and Jefferson. State prohibition laws went into effect in January of 1916, effectively halting the thriving business. (Photograph courtesy of the William Cammarano Collection) TPL-10424

Beer--Tacoma; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1910-1920; Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. (Tacoma); Carts & wagons--Tacoma--1910-1920; Horses--Tacoma--1910-1920;

ca. 1910. Chinook Female Profile - "Skokomish Female - type" Photo by Edward S. Curtis. Scanned from Asahel Curtis lantern slide. Original photograph appears in The North American Indian, v.8 between pp. 86-87. The permanent villages of the Chinook tribes, constructed of imposing cedar board houses, once extended from the banks of the Columbia River and the rushing waters of the Dalles all the way to the sea. They occupied a land of abundant food and lived mostly on salmon. The trading post at Astoria was established in 1811 and Fort Vancouver in 1825. The fur traders brought the twin scourges of disease and alcohol. Whole villages of Chinook were decimated.

Indians of North America--Chinook--1910-1920; Women--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

Image title: A typical Nez Percé. The North American Indian, v. 8, p. 4.

Indians of North America--Nez Percé--1910-1920; Men--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

Image title: Mat lodge - Yakima. The North American Indian, v. 7, p. 4.

Indians of North America--Yakima--1910-1920; Dwellings--Indians of North America;

ca. 1910. Some of the damage in Wilkeson caused by the flood of March 1910. A line of men stand on the railroad bridge that crossed Gail's Creek just south of town. Parts of a washed out bridge are next to the railroad bridge.

Floods--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Bridges--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Gail's Creek (Wilkeson);

ca. 1910. A line of people stand on the railroad bridge at the south end of Church Street in Wilkeson where the bridge crosses Gail's Creek. The creek, swollen with flood water, rushes under the bridge. The Wilkeson bank building can be seen at the far left in the photograph. TPL-10403

Floods--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Bridges--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Railroad bridges--Wilkeson--1910-1920; Gail's Creek (Wilkeson);

ca. 1910. A grouping of rough loggers, probably employees of the Grays Harbor Logging Co., posed for the camera on and around a downed giant tree, circa 1910. The early era of the Grays Harbor lumber industry was often called the "Timber Rush," as fortunes were made in the attempt to clear cut the great stand of Douglas Fir. The Grays Harbor Logging Co. was in operation from 1909-1920. They had logging camps on the East Fork of the Wishkah River and maintained offices in Aberdeen. The company's president was C. H. Shutt and the Secretary/Treasurer was F.E. Burrows. ("They Tried to Cut It All" by Edwin VanSyckle") (photograph courtesy of Dan Powell) TPL-9833

Grays Harbor Logging Co. (Aberdeen); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor; Loggers; Woodcutters;

ca. 1910. Jacqueline Noel joined the Tacoma Public Library staff in July of 1914 as an assistant in the Reference Department. She became head of the Reference Department and later City Librarian, after the departure of John Kaiser. She served as City Librarian from 1924 until her retirement in 1947. At that time, the Tacoma Public Library did not have a Director and the City Librarian ran the library. Miss Noel deserves much of the credit for raising the funds for the McCormick (now Wheelock) and the Mottet branch libraries. Both libraries were built entirely from donations; citizens raised the funds for the land and the buildings were donated by their namesakes. She was a member of the American Library Association and served as vice president of the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She died on May 19, 1964 at the age of 83.

Noel, Jacqueline; Public libraries--Tacoma--1910-1920; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees; Librarians;

ca. 1910. Carl W. Sharpe (left), and Clarence R. Sharpe, Manager, sit on the front porch of the Longmire Springs Hotel. From the collection of Beverly Knoll.

Longmire Springs Hotel; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.)

ca. 1910. In March of 1910, Tallman-Thompson Co., Inc. hired pioneer aviator Charles K. Hamilton to take a birds eye view of Tacoma from his 8 cylinder Curtis bi-plane. Tallman-Thompson, located at 111 So. 10th, was the owner of Lakewood Subdivisions. The company owned 3,000 lots in Lakewood, being sold at $125 each and up. The company had 5,000 18x24 copies of the aerial view printed up and gave them away as promotion. On the top left is a quote from Success magazine picking Tacoma as the next New York and predicting that Tacoma would grow to a population of 5 million. The Tallman-Thompson Co. felt that the most growth would be through Lakewood, "the gateway to the Lakes." On the sides of the picture are predicted statistics on population, financial and industrial growth. (TDL 3/20/1910, PG. 41)

Tallman-Thompson Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Promotional materials; Aerial photographs;

Back of Photo:
Women's Suffrage

ca. 1910 Seattle Suffragettes
Photo by Asahel Curtis

Credit: Washington State Historical Society

Rec'd Dec. 18, 1983

Image title: Flathead female type. The North American Indian, V. 7, p. 62.

Indians of North America--Salishan--1910-1920; Women--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

ca. 1910. An unidentified logger stands in front of a logging shed, circa 1913. The shed is labelled "Grays Harbor Logging Co., Camp #2." The Grays Harbor Logging Company was located on the East Fork of the Wishkah River, outside of Aberdeen in Grays Harbor County, where they maintained three logging dams. The head of the company was Calvin Herbert "Bert" Shutt, who drowned in one of his own logging ponds on the river November 18, 1915. The company was in operation from around 1909-1920. By 1913, the company also maintained offices in Aberdeen, located on "Skidroad," near the corner of Hume and F St. The secretary/treasurer of the company was F.E. Burrows. ("They Tried to Cut It All" by Edwin Van Syckle) (photograph courtesy of Dan Powell) TPL-9835

Grays Harbor Logging Co. (Aberdeen); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor;

ca. 1910. Staff of the Tacoma Public Library. Sepia picture taken in the library's Children's Room about 1910. A staff of almost all women sits at the round tables of the Children's Room. To the right appears to be a circulation desk. Franklin F. Hopper, the sole man in the photograph, was the librarian at that time. Other staff members were tentatively identified as Elena Claucey, Susan Crampton, Martha Snell, Hazel Esterbrook, Allene Nash, Izola Smith, Nell Unger, Jeanne Johnson, Emily Caskey, Leola Durkee, Hazel Erchinger, Jess Carson, Kate Firmin.

Public libraries--Tacoma--1910-1920; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees; Librarians; Hopper, Franklin F.;

ca. 1910. Peter Leonard and Francis J. O'Leary were the proprietors of the Red Front Saloon located at 5244 South Tacoma Way on the west side of the 5200 block. It is believed the men are standing at the entrance to the bar in this circa 1910 photograph. The other five men may have been customers or saloon employees. Even a curious dog has managed to turn his head to face the camera. The Red Front offered its customers pool and billiards as well as a wide array of wines, liquors and cigars. Furnished rooms and lodgings were available upstairs .

Red Front Saloon (Tacoma); Bars--Tacoma--1910-1920; Eating & drinking facilities--Tacoma--1910-1920; Dogs--Tacoma--1910-1920;

ca. 1910. Commercial Dock on Commencement Bay. "Watch Tacoma Grow" publicity sign in background. Photograph was taken circa 1910.

Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1910-1920; Commercial Dock (Tacoma); Commencement Bay (Wash.);

ca. 1910. "Thornewood" under construction. The massive, 27,000 square foot Tudor Gothic mansion on American Lake was built in 1910 for Chester Thorne, a prominent turn of the century banker, and his wife Anna. It was designed by noted Spokane architect Kirtland Cutter, of Cutter and Malmgen, architects. The exterior was built of concrete reinforced with steel with red brick facing and Wilkeson sandstone. Mrs. Thorne expressed her wish that the interior should resemble those of English ancestral homes that she admired. So, the interior of an 15th century English castle was actually purchased and shipped to Tacoma aboard three vessels that sailed around Cape Horn. The home had 40 rooms, 18 bathrooms and nine marble fireplaces.

Thornewood (Lakewood);