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Title
JOHNSTON-001 Front
Date(s)
- c. 1907 (Creation)
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- In 1886 the Tacoma Land Company, and its president, Charles B. Wright, donated a parcel of land about 20 acres in size to the City of Tacoma for the purpose of being developed as a public park. His stipulation was that 'upon condition nevertheless that said land shall forever be exclusively used as and appropriated for the uses and purposes of a public park.'.
- Printed on front: View from Wright Park, Tacoma, Washington. Olympic Mountains in background.