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  • [Pierce County Courthouse and Businesses, C Street, Tacoma]
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    [Pierce County Courthouse and Businesses, C Street, Tacoma]
    Creation Date: ca. 1890-91
    Catalog ID: 2012.0.198
    Call Number: 2012.0.198
    Black and white photographic image of the Pierce County Courthouse on C Street, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA, ca. 1890-91, in image right. The Holmes & Bull Furniture Co., 923-924 C Street, is in image left, although the only visible sign is: Novelties in Modern and Antique Goods. C. L. Hoska, Undertakers, is at 924 C Street, with the sign: Funeral Director. Four men and a boy stand in suits in front of this business. Three horse team drawn carriages, one a hearse, with drivers pose on the plank street. Dr. Charles E. Taylor Collection
  • Post Office and barber shop at Carbonado
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    Post Office and barber shop at Carbonado
    Creation Date: 1913
    Catalog ID: 1960.56.2
    Call Number: 1960.56.2
    View of the new combination Post Office and barber shop at Carbonado, a simple wood frame building.
  • Main street of Carbonado
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    Main street of Carbonado
    Creation Date: 1908
    Catalog ID: 1960.56.3
    Call Number: 1960.56.3
    Looking down the main street of Carbonado at the business section. A tall wooden tower serving as a beacon light dominates the street scene. A note on the back of the print indicates it is the only street light in town.
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    [Tacoma General Hospital Operating Room, Tacoma]
    Creation Date: 1920
    Catalog ID: 1981.12.30.1
    Call Number: Pierce County Medical Society Photo Lot 052 Folder 4
    Black and white photographic image of an operation in the Tacoma General Hospital Operating Room, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA, 1920. The patient, draped with cloth, lies with his feet facing the photographer. A doctor and nurse, gowned, gloved, and masked, stand opposite each other over the patient's torso, and a tray of medical instruments is over the patient's feet. The anesthetist, and the anesthesia machine, are partially visible. A nurse stands at an adjacent sterile instrument and supply table, holding a forceps in her hand. Two surgical basins on stands are in the foreground, and one is on the floor. Bottles and surgical packs are on shelves against a background wall.
  • [Lincoln High School First Soccer Team and Coach]
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    [Lincoln High School First Soccer Team and Coach]
    Creation Date: ca 1930
    Catalog ID: 1957.19.09.291.1
    Call Number: 1957.19.09.291.1
    Thirteen uniformed members of the Lincoln High School, Tacoma, WA first soccer team and their coach pose sitting in rows on outdoor steps. The student in the center front row holds a soccer ball. Chapin Bowen Photographs Collection
  • [Lincoln High School Wrestling Team]
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    [Lincoln High School Wrestling Team]
    Creation Date: ca 1930
    Catalog ID: 1957.19.09.309.2
    Call Number: 1957.19.09.309.2
    A photo of Lincoln High School wrestling team. The members are wearing shorts and are shirtless.
  • [United Purity Stores]
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    [United Purity Stores]
    Creation Date: ca 1930
    Catalog ID: 1957.19.11.373.2
    Call Number: 1957.19.11.373.2
    A wood commercial Tacoma, WA building housing United Purity Stores on street level. Anna Wallace, M.D., and Ernest Bryant Klutz, Optometrist, occupy the second story. The building was located at 4400 block of No. 45th Street. Chapin Bowen Photographs Collection
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    Pierce County: Town 20 North Range 3 East, Town 20 North Range 4 East; Sections 30-36 of Town 21N., Range 3 East and Town 21 North Range 4 East
    Creation Date: 1864-1873
    Catalog ID: 1998.0.66
    Call Number: mapb/wt/pie/1864-1873
    The map was hand drawn in colored ink on linen. This map appears similar to the maps for Townships 20 and 21 N, Range 3 and 4 East received in the Department of the Interior General Land Office in 1865-1873. Only Sections 30-36 of Township 21N, Ranges 3 and 4 are added to Township 20N, Ranges 3 and 4. Additional donation land claims were added in pencil. Road, election and school boundaries are shown.
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    Pierce County: Township 19N, Range 4 E.W.M.; Township 19N,Range 5 E.W.M.
    Creation Date: 1872-1873
    Catalog ID: 1998.0.67
    Call Number: mapc/wt/pie/1872-3
    This is a hand drawn map which appears similar to the maps for Township 19 N Ranges 4 & 5 E received in the Department of the Interior, General Land Office in 1873. The surveys were done in 1872 and 1873. This is a plat map for the two townships listed in the title. The maps are combined, because the river beds of the Puyallup River and its South Fork are in both townships.
  • Walkathon: official program
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    Walkathon: official program
    Creation Date: 1936
    Catalog ID: 1997.1.165
    Call Number: EPH/394.3/C333w/1936
    "Walkathon: official program", advertisement for marathon dancing contest, 24 hour continuous entertainiment, Century Ballroom, Fife Square, Tacoma Seattle Highway, Pierce County, Washington, 1936. 1 sheet, folded; 20.2cm; Includes list of finalists, names of official physicians and dentists, advertisements for local businesses, and amount of cash prizes.