Nothing says “must read” quite like a Librarian’s stamp of approval! Every month LibraryReads.org releases the top 10 picks for the month, as voted on by Librarians across the country. Subscribe to Tacoma Library’s e-Newsletter service and get the Library Reads picks and more delivered straight to your inbox. Check out the Library Reads picks…
More than just scrapbooking local history: Northwest Room clipping files
Remember that long-ago news event that made headlines way back, can’t remember exactly when, but it was something about a missing sailboat. Or you saw an art exhibit, decades ago at the Puyallup Fair and would like to browse through the catalogue once more. Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room’s clippings files may be just the…
Gerald Roslie, 1968
Gerald Roslie posed on September 26, 1968, casually leaning on his Vox Continental electronic organ. He was wearing a Nehru-styled jacket with brocade trim, coordinating brocade slacks, black ankle boots and a scorpion medallion. Billed as the "Gerry Roslie Riot," in September of 1968 he was appearing nightly and on Saturday nights in the newly…
Calling All Musicians!
Do you have a young musician in your family that happens to love the movie Frozen? Maybe you’re the musician and you want to learn to play some of today’s top hits or classic oldies. Tacoma Library has sheet music for all ages, skill levels, interests and instruments, including voice. To view a complete list…
Storytimes Have Started!
Storytimes have started back up for fall at all eight branches of Tacoma Public Library. What is storytime? Storytime is an early literacy program just for kids. During storytime we read books, sing songs, learn rhymes and fingerplays, and get moving with manipulatives like shakers, scarves, and a parachute. We have storytimes for children from…
Fall In Love With eBooks!
Looking for something romantic, mysterious, thrilling, and always there for you? Cuddle up with these romantic eBooks available at Tacoma Public Library…
Meet Children’s Librarian Miss Lisa!
Our new Children’s Librarian, Miss Lisa, just joined the Wheelock Branch this summer. Let’s get to know Miss Lisa! Where are you from? Born in Toledo, Ohio but lived the last 25 years in Cincinnati, Ohio What is your favorite color? Pink but everyone thinks it is purple What animal would you like to be…
Waiting for Willkie, 1940
When 1940 Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie stopped in Tacoma, both Frank Fletcher (left), age 5, and his brother Walt, age 3, were at the Northern Pacific Shops train yard to hear him. Willkie's September 1940 visit to Tacoma was the first campaign stop by a Republican presidential candidate in Tacoma in 24 years. goo.gl/pk2Zvo…
WE DARE YOU TO READ ONE!
Join Tacoma Library and other libraries nationwide in celebrating Banned Books Week, September 25 – October 1. Exercise your first amendment rights and check out one of these great books. Celebrate the Freedom to Read…
Fall Fashion, 1954
An elegantly dressed Mrs. Wallace Scott is draped with a luxurious fur wrap as she models for the Tacoma News Tribune's annual fall fashion layout. She is wearing a natural royal pastel mink "tripolero" cape as she poses near Don Harter's dry cleaning establishment at South 7th and Saint Helens Avenue on September 23, 1954…
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