- 2.1.9-BROWNING-087
- Item
- c. 1908
ca. 1908. Northern Pacific steam locomotive # 1537 sitting in train yard at Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma.
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."
ca. 1908. Five men in an ice house with several blocks of ice, and ice molds. The man at the far right is completely in shadow.
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.
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.
ca. 1908. Halvar Folkestad men's furnishings store at 5223 So. Union Ave. in South Tacoma. This address is now on South Tacoma Way.
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.
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.
ca. 1908. Biplane caught as a silhouette against a cloudy sky.
ca. 1908. A young boy in suit and hat sits on the back of a donkey. This appears to be the same donkey that is in BROWNING-148.
ca. 1908. Two women and a man stand in front of a large two-story house. House has dormers, bay window, and front and back porches. A.D. Browning's residence.
ca. 1908. A little dark haired girl, with a bow in her hair, sits on a highchair. The chair is in front of the porch of a house. There is a sheet or blanket hanging behind the girl serving as a backdrop. A white basin and cloths are adjacent on the wooden porch.
ca. 1908. Rural lumber mill surrounded by timber.
ca. 1908. Eight couples in a room. Three of the young women are sitting in the laps of three of the men. These are the same young men and women that are in BROWNING-020. Several also appear in BROWNING-022 and BROWNING-023. This photograph is possibly a "Parlor play."
ca. 1908. Tents for a street fair fill the streets, a banner over the street welcomes the Knights of Pythias
ca. 1908. A man in a suit and hat, and a woman in a full length, dot covered dress stand next to a horse with fruit trees behind them. The horse moved his head during the exposure - causing it to blur. The photograph is identified as "Kramer's & horse."
ca. 1908. Family portrait taken outside.
ca. 1908. Photograph of a two-story house with dormers on a corner lot. A.D. Browning residence.
ca. 1908. A self-portrait of Amzie D. Browning in coat, vest and cap. He stands in front of a large tree with a small dog at his feet. A pin on the lapel of his coat spells out the letters "WASH."
ca. 1908. An unidentified man, holding straw in his hand, stands in a field with a small herd of cattle and two horses. There is a grove of trees beyond the field. A fence and a building can be seen beyond the trees.
ca. 1908. The South Tacoma Mill Company warehouse with wagons and piles of lumber. The Northern Pacific shops in South Tacoma can be seen in the background. According to the 1909 Tacoma City Directory, the South Tacoma Mill Co. was at So. 54th and Washington. J. R. Addison was the president of the company.
ca. 1906. A flower decorated float, with a sign on the side that says "So. Tacoma Yeomen," sits in front of the Metropolitan Market and several other buildings in the 5400 block of So. Union in So. Tacoma. This section of Union later became So. Tacoma Way. There are four large horses hitched to the wagon/float. Each has an American flag stuck into its harness.
ca. 1908. Side view of a naked child holding toes with the caption "Is my bath ready?"
ca. 1908. A group of men, women and children are standing, with nine bicycles, in front of two wooden buildings. The group is identified as the Orilla Amature Bicycle...(Club?)
ca. 1908. A donkey standing on a patch of grass in front of a tree. Exact location not provided.