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[Tacoma General Hospital Operating Room, Tacoma]
Creation Date: 1920Catalog ID: 1981.12.30.1Call Number: Pierce County Medical Society Photo Lot 052 Folder 4Black 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. -
Circus
Creation Date: [ca. 1950]Catalog ID: 1981.60.1.93Call Number: EPH-C/791.3/R836c/19501 poster; col. ill.; 89 cm.; Illustrated by woman performer riding on elephant's head.; 1981.60.1.93 -
"Ski Wien!"
Creation Date: [ca. 1975]Catalog ID: 2003.54.1Call Number: EPH-C/387.7561/W636sk/1975Airline travel poster; "Ski Wien!" Wien Air Alaska, ca. 1975, color photograph shows man and woman skiing, with mountain crags in background. -
Ezra Meeker and President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, D.C.
Creation Date: Nov. 1907Catalog ID: 2009.0.72Call Number: Meeker Photographs Lot 137 Folder 6, #17Photographic print, Ezra Meeker and President Theodore Roosevelt pose in a slightly elevated area next to Meeker's wagon and oxen outside the U.S. War and Navy building, in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1907. William Marden (the wagon driver), Jim ((Meeker's dog), and a woman (probably Marden's wife) stand next to the wagon. The photograph has been altered to include Meeker and Pres. Roosevelt in the image. -
Thinks grunge is the stuff on the tile in her shower: if you're not from around here, you probably don't get it
Creation Date: [ca. 1990]Catalog ID: 1999.63.3.45Call Number: EPH-C/979./777142/R135t/19901 poster; ill.; 97 cm.; Black and white illus. of elegantly dressed woman holding toy poodle; col. illus. of glass of beer -
Royalty: the lad and lassie with our mountain fresh majesty
Creation Date: [ca. 1975]Catalog ID: 1999.63.3.58Call Number: EPH-C/979./777142/R135ro/19751 poster; col. ill.; 88 cm.; 1999.63.3.58; Illus. depicts formal port. of couple: man in dress uniform, woman in gown, both totally bald, with large ''R'' on each head -
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Creation Date: ca. 1928Catalog ID: 1957.19.280.258.11Black and white image of a two story wooden building in Ponder Station (Lakewood), Pierce County, WA. A man and a woman are standing in the doorway of the restaurant. The windows are used to advertise the foods that are sold: candies/malted milk; barbecue sandwich 15 cents; homemade chili/ice cream; pop on ice/ milk shake; hamburger; ice cream cones. A smaller building on the side holds the restroooms. -
41st annual session/Grand Lodge of Washington I. O. G. T./Chautauqua Vashon Island 1910
Creation Date: ca. 1910Catalog ID: 1998.22.1.40Call Number: Photo A 1998.22.1.40Black and white image of a large group seated for their photograph in front of a two story building on Vashon Island, King County, WA. There are 50 to 60 men and women in the picture, many of whom are wearing ceremonial collars with badges. In the middle of the second row are a few men wearing some type of uniform. A young boy is standing in the thhird row on the right side. A man is seated on the grass in front of the group. -
Nalley's Pickle Processing Line
Creation Date: ca. 1950Catalog ID: 2003.210.8Black and white image of food processing at Nalley's, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA. The photo shows two rows of women packing pickles into jars. Empty jars are on a shelf between the rows of women, most of whom are wearing Nalley's caps. -
Copy from collection of Russel Homan, Antlers Hotel. Returning from trip Aug. 7, 1898.
Creation Date: 1898Catalog ID: 1998.62.35Call Number: 1998.62.35Men and women returning from a pack trip pose for the photographer with horses laden with packs.
