Gateway to the city of destiny, Tacoma, Wash. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Gateway to the city of destiny, Tacoma, Wash., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gateway to the city of destiny, Tacoma, Wash.
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The caption, "Gateway to the City of Destiny," reflects the boosterish language Tacoma, Washington, used to promote itself around 1906. The city had grown as a rail and shipping center on Puget Sound after the Northern Pacific Railway chose it as its western terminus in 1873, and local promoters often cast it as a future metropolis. This card, copyrighted by J.A. Blosser and numbered 681 in his series, was made to be viewed through a stereoscope, which fused two side-by-side photographs into a single three-dimensional scene.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by J.A. Blosser. No. 681. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Ph. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 778 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158332 |
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