On a sunny day in Tacoma in 1935, a young Japanese man might wake up in the hotel run by... Read More
By Henry Stewart-Wood Helen B. Stafford has an elementary school named after her in Tacoma’s South End. But in 1926... Read More
145 years ago today, the City of Tacoma was officially incorporated. This came only 23 years after the first Euro-American... Read More
Does this booklet look familiar to you? I found it a while ago when I was helping my grandma clean... Read More
What did Tacoma look like in the 1970s? If you were here at that time, these photographs by Stephen Cysewski... Read More
By now, you’ve probably caught on that we love old photos of Tacoma. Pair some of our favorite history shots... Read More
“Stories of Tacoma’s Earliest Days: Straight From Those Who Lived It” is the title of one of my favorite articles... Read More
Whether it’s 2020 or the 1920s, it’s easy to stroll through downtown Tacoma under the assumption all the tall buildings... Read More
You’ve seen it on T-shirts, bumper stickers, and murals. You might even have a 24”x36” poster of the original lithograph.... Read More
In some ways, you could say that Tacoma has a long and complex history. In other ways, the earliest parts... Read More
via GIPHY “Hey maybe we should start making a print magazine instead of just the online stuff.” “Yea, good idea.... Read More
If you had a car in 1920s Tacoma and wanted to show off in front of other motorheads, you didn’t... Read More