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A Look at Easter Sunday in Tacoma History

The way Easter is celebrated changes a little from place to place and from year to year. We took a look at the image archives at the Tacoma Public Library to see how things have changed through the years here in Tacoma.
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Please Pause & Admire W. W. Pickerill’s Mighty Fine Automobile

In 1899, W.W. Pickerill became the very proud owner of the first automobile in Tacoma. It was summer when the...
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Snapshots of Father’s Day in Tacoma History

Judging by photos from decades past, all-out Father’s Day pampering is a time-honored Tacoma tradition. Here we take a look at snapshots of what Father’s Day has been like in Tacoma history, including a birthday note for a cat named Tricia.
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How Tacoma Gave the World the Flying Saucer

Art Chantry has been insisting for years that Tacoma is “the center of the unknown universe.” All kinds of shit...
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Tall Cool Ones: Five Highlights of Tacoma Music History

Tacoma may not be Nashville or Detroit, but it's got its fair share of music history. The argument could be made, in fact, that the Grit City is the figurative birthplace of garage rock, and it's inarguably the literal birthplace of one of America's most beloved music celebrities
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An Inside Look at Tacoma’s Historic Armory

On South 11th and Yakima sits a building where Prince Olav of Norway, President Taft, President Truman, President Wilson, and Orson Welles have all paid a visit. A building that holds over 100 years of monumental history, it once held home and garden exhibitions, boxing matches, car shows, and rock concerts. It was also home to the Washington State National Guard.
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This Is Why Tacoma’s Totem Pole Was Taken Down

In May of 1903, Tacoma unveiled what was then the world’s tallest totem pole. It stood next to the Tacoma...
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Buy or Bye: Never Never Land’s Statues are Being Auctioned

The days of Never Never Land’s remaining statues being housed by Metro Parks are numbered—down to 14, to be exact....
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This Is How Hotshot Tacoma Drivers Had Fun in 1926

If you had a car in 1920s Tacoma and wanted to show off in front of other motorheads, you didn’t...
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Tacoma Was Home to the First Women-Owned Worm Farm

In the forties, Tacoma fishermen, gardeners, and sporting goods stores didn’t have to look too far for high-quality worms. Western...
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What Happened to Never Never Land’s Statues? Depends Who You Ask

In 2009 rumors began to circulate that Never Never Land's statues were being stored in a secret underground location. Three years later Sharon Styer, a Tacoma resident who'd seen the storybook characters just before they all disappeared from Point Defiance, jumped at the chance to take a one-time-only tour beneath downtown.
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Over Tacoma, Past and Present

By now, you’ve probably caught on that we love old photos of Tacoma. Pair some of our favorite history shots...
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