Tacoma from Tacoma Bldg, Washington, 1919 – Vintage Photo 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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A window into the past: Tacoma from Tacoma Bldg, Washington, 1919, preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Tacoma tide flats from Tacoma Bldg.
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Tacoma from Tacoma Bldg, Washington, 1919
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Tacoma, Washington, in 1919 was a port city on Commencement Bay that had grown up around its selection as the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1873. Sawmills, lumber shipping, and a large copper smelter on the tideflats made it one of the main industrial centers of Puget Sound, and grain and timber left its docks for distant markets. Wartime demand had kept shipping and factories busy, but by 1919 the city was adjusting to a postwar slowdown and rising labor tension across the region. This view from the upper floors of the Tacoma Building looks over the wharves, rail yards, and hills beyond, the kind of prospect local boosters pointed to when they measured the city's growth.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | richards film service |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 904 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Tacoma tide flats from Tacoma Bldg. |
| Reference | WA 1919b Tacoma from Tacoma Bldg |
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