ca. 1908. A woman in a white blouse and long, dark skirt, wearing a wide brim hat, stands behind a dairy cow in a field.

ca. 1908. A man, woman and child pose for a formal portrait. The man is holding a saw; the child is holding both a hammer and a saw. The child is standing on an ornate couch.

ca. 1908. Three men in ice plant with several blocks of ice.

ca. 1908. A man and a herd of milk cows in an open field.

Forest in LaGrande, WN. Evergreen trees in a canyon.

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.

ca. 1908. The note with this negative said, "Smith home - first house near Gravelly Lake, 1908." It shows two men outside a lean-to shack. One man is standing next to an iron stove that is standing on the ground outside the lean-to. The second man is pushing a wheelbarrow.

ca. 1908. Two-story, "pill box" house set in clearing surrounded by evergreens.

ca. 1908. Railroad tracks and buildings in South Tacoma including some of the Northern Pacific Shop buildings. The decision of Northern Pacific Railroad to move its car shops to the South Tacoma area (then called Edison) in 1891 resulted in the development and growth of this community, then considered far outside the downtown business district. The shops were located west of Union Ave. (now called South Tacoma Way) between South 46th and South 58th Sts. At first employees would commute to work by streetcar and trains but later houses were built and primarily purchased by railroad workers. The car shops, largest in the West and responsible for the repair and erection of railroad needs west of Montana, provided steady employment and a regular payroll for hundreds. By 1909, boilermakers, now unionized, made 39 cents an hour with helpers earning 24 cents an hour. The Northern Pacific was willing to pay for its skilled labor force. ("Boilermakers Lodge 568, To Live in Dignity;" Bergman: "South Tacoma")

ca. 1908. View of the top floor of the Northern Pacific Hotel, at 5201 So. Union Ave. Behind the hotel are other buildings in South Tacoma.

ca. 1908. Electron power plant on the Puyallup River, near Orting.

ca. 1908. A young boy, with two ribbons pinned to the lapel of his coat, leans against the railing of the fence that encloses the racetrack at the Western Washington Fairgounds in Puyallup. Several exhibition tents and the grandstand can be seen in the background.

ca. 1908. A woman with a small child and a dog stands in front of a two story house. The child, who has a bow in her hair, appears to be the same girl that is in BROWNING-132.

ca. 1908. A group of men, women, and children crowd into a butcher shop - probably in South Tacoma. Four butchers in white aprons stand at the far left side of the picture. This photograph is similar to BROWNING-071.

ca. 1911. A hearse and a car parked in front of a two-car detached garage. The name "Piper" in printed on the door of the hearse. It is probably the hearse for the South Tacoma Undertaking Parlors at 5034 S. Union Ave., George W. Piper, proprietor.

ca. 1908. Northern Pacific Railroad shops in South Tacoma.

ca. 1909. Northern Pacific Railroad steam locomotive #287 resting on tracks next to one of the buildings at the Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma.

ca. 1908. Several men, one with a bicycle, by a corner building in the 5200 block of what is now South Tacoma Way. The corner building has a sign above the door that says "Rooms." Street looks like it is dirt, not paved.

ca. 1908. View of Bremerton Navy Yard. Several navy warships can be seen in harbor.

ca. 1908. A hearse with the name Piper painted under the driver's side window. The hearse is probably owned by the Piper Undertaking Co. which is listed in theTacoma City Directory of 1910 at 5034 So. Union Avenue, George W. Piper proprietor.

ca. 1908. Northern Pacific Railroad workers at South Tacoma shops. Northern Pacific steam locomotive #3013 sitting on track in train yard. Same as BROWNING-081.

ca. 1908. Northern Pacific steam locomotive # 1537 sitting in train yard at Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma.

ca. 1908. Union Pacific Railroad steam locomotive No. 512, crew and several men.

ca. 1908. The top of a broken telephone pole hangs from the phone lines over a rail yard. Photo was probably taken at the Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma.

ca. 1908. One of the streetcars of the South Tacoma Line of the Tacoma Railway & Power Co. stops in front of the C. S. Enger Hardware Store in South Tacoma at 5401 South Union (later South Tacoma Way). The Enger Hardware Store occupied a succession of buildings in the south end starting in the 1890s.

John Winston's Mill. Ten people (5 of them women) sit outside a lumber mill building.Two horses in harness stand next to the building.

ca. 1908. A bear is behind the iron bars of a cage - probably at the zoo in Point Defiance Park in Tacoma.

ca. 1908. A woman, young man, and boy stand in front of an unfinished house with dormers. The boy holds a hammer, the woman a hatchet, and the young man a saw and a carpenters square. Photograph listed as "Kirks residence."