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- 1893
Part of General Photograph Collection
ca. 1893. An early streetcar, #27 operated by the Tacoma Railway and Motor Co., was photographed around 1893 posed next to a treeless Wright Park. The car was part of the 6th Ave. streetcar line which ended in Glendale. Glendale was a residential development located near 6th & Proctor. Tacoma was booming; and as residential areas were developed far from the city core, available transportation was a major selling point. Several small streetcar lines were started, but by 1898 all of the smaller lines were bankrupt. By 1899, they were consolidated into the Tacoma Railway and Power Co. Wright Park was born when twenty acres of land were generously donated by Charles Wright to the city of Tacoma in 1886 for the purpose of creating an intercity park. The land was cleared of trees and undergrowth as the park was being designed. Later 350 trees were planted in the park. TPL-9714
Tacoma Railway & Motor Co. (Tacoma); Wright Park (Tacoma); Mass transit--Tacoma--1890-1900; Street railroads--Tacoma--1890-1900;