These five bowlers were the Tacoma Tigers baseball club's entry in the Northwestern International Bowling Congress. Wearing these Tiger uniforms, they would be knocking down pins on April 30, 1940. From left to right are: Dick McNerthney, Doc Mazen, Bus Anderson, Dr. R. Pennington and Mike Berry. Team average was a not-too-shabby 957. See more…
Dolls of the World
Janice Nye shows off some of her 89-doll collection that were on display at the Tacoma Rotary Club's Sixth Annual Hobby Show. The show was held on April 26, 1941 in the Crystal Ballroom at the Hotel Winthrop. Janice's dolls were dressed in costumes from all over the world. See more featured images and posts…
Sea Horses Racing In a Daffodil Field!
The 1954 Puget Sound Daffodil Regatta awarded the grand prize for visiting boats to Chester Gibson, owner of the Hilma III, an entry from the Queen City Yacht Club of Seattle. It depicted Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, and his chariot of sea horses. The boat was smothered in daffodils with an attached…
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Tacoma Public Library is excited to introduce a new reading program for our youngest patrons called 1000 Books Before Kindergarten!
Discover local history by exploring the Northwest ORCA Database
Attention, local history fans! Tacoma Public Library is thrilled to share its new archival discovery platform, Northwest Online Records and Collections Access (
Northwest ORCA Launches!
Since last February, the Northwest Room team has been hard at work on an exciting new project. We have been very busy organizing, arranging, and describing large parts of our physical collections to build “Northwest Online Records and Collections Access," or Northwest ORCA for short. Simply put, ORCA is an online database that allows you…
Flock To the Bank!
Sculptor Tom Hardy of Portland supervising the hanging of "Flight of Birds" at the new Villa Plaza branch location of National Bank of Washington. Assisting him on April 18, 1962, was bank manager John Smithson. More than 80 birds in flight, each made up of at least four separately welded parts. They were made of…
Hot Chocolate Needed Even During Wartime!
Instead of dyeing Easter eggs in April of 1943, Central School's first grade class learns to cook while the country is at war. Barbara Johnson points to the recipe on the blackboard which indicates the amount of hot water needed to make hot cocoa. Allyn Pollock and Roland Morris are attentive to her instructions and…
Phyllis Poses by the Pickets
Five year old Phyllis Bates posing with her jump rope in front of the picket fence surrounding her home in Carbonado. On the evening of April 12, 1930, her father, John L. Bates, was one of 17 miners killed in an explosion 1500 feet underground in the Pacific Coast Coal Co. mine in Carbonado. His…
Funny Daffy Bunny
The 1950 Daffodil parade heralded the arrival of spring and the coming of the Easter holidays, as evidenced by the bunny float entered by the Orting Lions Club. This float was 3rd place winner in class 2 service club entrants. The driver's head can be seen out the side of the bunny. Parade floats had…
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