Tacoma from 11th Street Bridge, Washington, 1908 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Tacoma from 11th Street Bridge, Washington, 1908 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Tacoma water front from 11th Street Bridge
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Tacoma from 11th Street Bridge, Washington, 1908
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Tacoma in 1908 was one of the busiest port and industrial cities on Puget Sound, shaped by the Northern Pacific Railway, which had made it the western terminus of its main line in 1887 and built a large shop complex and a deep-water harbor there. Lumber mills, smelters, flour mills, and shipyards lined the tideflats, and the Tacoma Smelter was among the largest of its kind in the country. The city had grown quickly from a few thousand residents in the 1880s to roughly 80,000 by the time this view was taken, and its downtown bluff was crowded with banks, hotels, and office blocks. Residents often compared their town with Seattle, and the rivalry over trade, rail connections, and the Port of Tacoma ran through civic debates of the day.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | aldrich, b. l., jr. (byron l.), aldrich, b. l., (byron l.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,669 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Tacoma water front from 11th Street Bridge |
| Reference | WA 1908b Tacoma from 11th Street Bridge |
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