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BROWNING-022

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).

BROWNING-036

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.

BROWNING-042

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.

BROWNING-084

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.

BROWNING-090

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.

BROWNING-100

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.

BROWNING-105

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.

BROWNING-124

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.

BROWNING-135

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.

BROWNING-143

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.

BROWNING-003

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.

BROWNING-054

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.

BROWNING-018

ca. 1908. A group of men, women, and children stand and sit in front of a streetcar station in South Tacoma. The men are in suits. The women are wearing long skirts, and most are wearing hats. One woman is holding an umbrella.

BROWNING-021

ca. 1908. A young couple pose for a picture while sitting in a parlor. The young man is wearing a suit and tie, but the young woman appears to be wearing a robe or house dress of some kind. This photograph may have been taken at a "Parlor play." This couple also appear in BROWNING-020 and BROWNING-137.

BROWNING-024

ca. 1908. Several men stand in the judges tower at the Puyallup fairgrounds which is decorated with bunting. There is a crowd of people on the grounds and several buildings can be seen in the background.

BROWNING-070

ca. 1907. Four men and a boy sit in chairs in front of a furniture store in South Tacoma. There is a poster in the window of the store advertising a program at the Savoy Theatre starting the Girton Stock Co. in a production of "Graustark." Another poster on the left is an illustration of an actress in the part of Jo Pemberton in the play, "For Mother's Sake."

BROWNING-071A

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.

BROWNING-074

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.

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