Tacoma Waterfront, Washington, 1901 – Antique 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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Tacoma Waterfront, Washington, 1901 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Panorama of Tacoma water front
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Tacoma Waterfront, Washington, 1901
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Tacoma in 1901 was a young city on Commencement Bay whose fortunes rested on the railroads and the waterfront. The Northern Pacific had chosen Tacoma as its Pacific terminus in 1873, and its western headquarters and rail yards shaped the town's growth, while lumber mills, shingle works, and the deep harbor drew sawmill workers and shipping. The population had climbed quickly during the 1880s and 1890s, and by the turn of the century the city was sending timber and wheat to markets across the Pacific. The waterfront shown here, with its wharves and shipping, was the working edge of a town that would have known itself chiefly as a port and a railroad city.
| Created / published | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Creator | aldrich & morisse |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 768 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panorama of Tacoma water front |
| Reference | WA 1901 Tacoma Waterfront |
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