Tacoma's Alert Hose Co. No. 2 volunteer firefighting company, in uniform, were photographed on August 8, 1885 as they prepared to join the funeral parade to be held that day for former President Ulysses S. Grant. President Grant's portrait is framed in black and placed aboard the company hose wagon. He had died on July 23, 1885, and the Territorial Governor of Washington had declared that the day of his funeral would be an official day of mourning. The firehouse was located at So. 13th & A Street, which was later the location of the Tacoma Railroad & Power substation. Alert Hose Co. No. 2 was probably one of four hose companies organized between March and August, 1885. The company's hose apparatus may have been built by the volunteers themselves. Adelbert Uriah Mills, center in black beard holding bouquet, was the captain and would later become the Commissioner of Public Safety. A partial list of firefighters' names appears in a Tacoma Daily Ledger article on March 9, 1913. (Talbot: 100 Years of Fire fighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 15, TDL 3-9-1913, p. 45) KING-013, TPL 2896.

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. Bicycle shop and Storage business. The bicycle shop is probably the Amzie D. Browning Bicycle & General Repairing business. The bicycle shop has an advertisment painted on it for the Tacoma Baking Co. Print is somewhat out of focus.

ca. 1913. A view of the west side of the 5200 block of South Union (now South Tacoma Way) looking north. The Bobbi Burns Wine House was at 5238 South Union. A boy stands by a water fountain.

Mrs. Duthie, sitting in a rocking chair, on Prospect St., young girl and doll on porch of house. Probably house of George Duthie at 5124 So. Prospect. Mr. Duthie worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

1910/09/27. Mr. Mann and family outside house at Manitou Park in South Tacoma. In center standing is Ted Mann. Others are not identified. Photograph was taken on September 27, 1910.

On November 1, 1910, Joe Wrangge was photographed standing in front of his home in South Tacoma. The wood-framed house had a bay window left of the entrance.

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.

Mr. Menson standing behind wire fence in front of small house.

ca. 1908. Shaw house in South Tacoma "Buffalo Bill" Three men, holding rifles, standing behind fence in front of house. There is a gramophone (record player) visible through the window of the house.

Verner Saffell house probably at 5814 South Tacoma Way or 5814 South Union Street. Two men and a woman stand in front of a house. There are large piles of chopped wood on the front porch.

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.

ca. 1908. Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma.

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;

ca. 1979. Front porch of unidentified house, area underneath covered with lattice, circa 1979.

Porches;

ca. 1979. Unidentified duplex in Tacoma, circa 1979.

Duplexes--Tacoma;

Exterior of Allen Johnson home for Coleman Company, Inc. A two-story, clapboard and shingle residence with dormer painted white on a narrow lot. Concrete steps lead up from the sidewalk. Photograph taken on September 26, 1946.

Houses--1940-1950; Johnson, Allen--Homes & haunts;

Interior of Allen Johnson home for Coleman Company, Inc., showing a sitting room with a fireplace. Throw rugs are used over the wooden floor.

Houses--1940-1950; Johnson, Allen--Homes & haunts; Fireplaces;

Hotel Croft and Pacific Avenue for Electrical Products Consolidated. A view north along Pacific Avenue from the hill south of the business district. Billboards on the right advertise Meadosweet Milk and Pioneer Beer. Commencement Bay is seen above the tideflats. Union Station is the domed building on the right hand side of Pacific Avenue. TPL-5471.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cityscapes; Billboards--Tacoma--1940-1950;

General Electric Supply Corp, exterior of the building. This was a new wholesale district office for General Electric. Tacoma was considered a good central location for their regional distribution. Six salesmen covered southwestern Washington and the Olympic peninsula from this location.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; General Electric Supply Corp. (Tacoma);

Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Entry into residence built of prefabricated plywood sections. This home became the model prefabricated house and office of Win Wilson.

Dwellings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Fisher's was located on 11th Street and Broadway. It was established 52 years ago by A. H. Stanford. Tacoma's home owned department store has been at this location since 1906. In 1946 the department store was completely remodeled and modernized. View of busy downtown Tacoma's 11th Street, towards bridge and tideflats, Fisher's Department Store on right side.

Business districts--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fisher's Department Store (Tacoma); 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma);

Exterior view of Haldor and Esther Dahl's home, recently painted by Pacific Painters. The house appears to be two levels with a basement, a two car garage is located in back of house. The house next to it belonged to Ivar and Anna Dahl. Ivar Dahl was the builder of both houses. Photo ordered by Pacific Painters.

Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Painting--Tacoma; Pacific Painters (Tacoma);

Exterior of Mr. Ernest Burrows' home, Wheeler-Osgood, Mr. Paul Smith. Exterior of a brick home located at 912 South 7th St. According to the 1947 City Directory, Mr. Burrows was part of the Burrows & Milone firm of general contractors.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Burrows, Ernest L.--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1943. War housing. American Lake. Circa 1943 view of housing units complex across unpaved road.

Housing developments;

ca. 1943. Sears window, Mr. Moor. Servistan Inlaid Linoleum is advertised at "$9.88 Covers average kitchen". Rolls of samples stand in the window. A sign indicates the store is open until 9 p.m. Monday nights to accomodate shoppers working in the war industry.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma); Window displays--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The Provident Building was built in 1903, and has housed many Tacoma businesses. Photo ordered by Mr. George D. Grant, Real Estate agent specializing in business properties and industrial sites. Exterior view of Ghilarducci's California Florists, Brown's Beauty Shop, Laughlen's Cafe,Tacoma Office Supply Co., businesses located within the Provident Building. Billboards promoting war bond sales can be seen on left side of photo.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Storefronts--Tacoma; Billboards--Tacoma; Provident Building (Tacoma);

Tacoma Laundry, Meyer's home, five laundries and a garage. This home was built in 1938 by William Hiltbrunn. It is French Chateau in style and made of brick. The house was purchased in 1940 by businessman Fred J. Meyer. Exterior view of Fred J. Meyer's home taken in September of 1944.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Home Service Laundry Co. (Tacoma); Meyer, Fred J., 1880-1954--Homes & haunts;