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Byrd lumber mill on Chambers Creek
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Bair Store
Lithograph of Steilacoom
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Steilacoom grade school, built in 1898, replaced in 1917
Bair drug store (leased from SHMA for use as the restaurant Bair Bistro)
Dec, 2011
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Bair Drugs and other stores on Lafayette Street
New Masonic Hall dedicated in 1937
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"Rolling Hills" (Davidson home) as seen from Main Street
1937
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"Rolling Hills" (Davidson home) as seen from Commercial Street)
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Davidson family boating on Puget Sound at Steilacoom waterfront.
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4/25/1939
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"Rolling Hills" (Davidson home) as seen from Puget Sound (Rolling Hills is white house at right with two chimneys).
Back of "Rolling Hills" (Davidson home) as seen from vicinity of durrent (2013) Town Hall. Puget Sound in background.
Nathaniel Orr Wagon Shop after conversion to gas station/auto repair shop. Clearly shows "Shell Gasoline" on side (still visible in 2013), but not "Quick Starting" which preceded the "Shell Gasoline".
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Shingle mill on Nisqually Flat owned by Judge Card's family
Early 1900s
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Group standing in front of the Court House.
Smith Groceries on Lafayette Street. Not the bricked roadway and the single railway track (hard to see at bottom of phone..
The delapidated original County Jail. The photo came from the Davidson Collection so it may be Davidson family members viewing the jail.
Smith Groceries on Lafayette Street.
Originally the Nathaniel Orr Wagon Shop, by 1925, the shop had been converted to Steilacoom first gas station, owned by Gordon Toole. The sign on the side of the building says "Quick Starting Shell Gasoline" and is still visible today (2013).
1928
A sign on what is now Steilacoom Boulevard at the site of Byrd's Mill which was to the left of this photo..
1946
The dilapidated County Jail, long after it had last been used.
1946
The Catholic Church in the background with a plaque honoring Catholic Church Women.
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Pioneer School (auditorium?). Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Ca 1950
Pioneer School. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Ca 1950
Ca 1950
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Pioneer School. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Pioneer School (locker room?). Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Pioneer School (lunch room?). Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Catholic covenant (left, (demolished in early 1900s) and Church. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
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Bair Hardware sale by SHMA. Photo from Davidson collection
Nov 2, 1946
First Steilacoom School originally designed as a school, built in 1892. Photo from Davidson collection.
ca. 1920
Oberlin Church. Photo from Davidson Collection.
First Steilacoom School origially designed as a school, built in 1892. Photo from Davidson Collection.
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Masonic Hall on Lafayette Street. Photo from Davidson Collection.
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Buildings to left of Bair Drugs on Lafayette Street. One was a bakery. Photo from Davidson Collection.
Nov 2, 1946
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Northwest side of Bair Hardware (side nearest tennis court). Photo from Davidson collection.
Dedication of Steilacoom train depot. Photo from Davidson collection.
General parking at train depot which was buildt in 1914. Note absence of siding tracks. Photo from Davidson collection.
Railroad car on siding behind train depot. Photo from Davidson collection.
Steilacoom train depot. Photo from Davidson collection.
Northwest side of Bair Hardware (side nearest tennis court). Photo from Davidson collection.
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Pierce County Court House until 1880, then Academy of higher learning for Congregationalists until 1864, and finally used as a Steilacoom school until 1902. See Buildings0-56A and 056B for similar photos. Photo from the Davidson collection
Pierce County Court House until 1880, then Academy of higher learning for Congregationalists until 1864, and finally used as a Steilacoom school until 1902. See Buildings0-56A and 056B for similar photos. Photo from the Davidson collection
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Flower Shoppe just off Union Street run by C. W. (Clarence) and Alda Tryon. Except for some shiplap boards for the roof and knotty pine panelling, building materials were "harvested" on or near the Tryon property. Few nails were used in construction. Alda was a graduate of the Oregon Florist School of Design. Newspaper clipping from the Davidson collection
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Crew working on recnnstruction of Bair Harware. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Independent Church of Steilacoom, corner of 4th and Union. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
1941
Catholic Church on Main Street. Postcard donated by Milt Davidson.
Catholic Church on Main Street. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
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Catholic Church on Main Street. Postcard donated by Milt Davidson.
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Steilacoom Depot shortly after depot was opened for business. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Steilacoom Depot shortly before tracks were laid and depot was opened for business. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
1914
ca. 1915
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View down Wilkes St. from Starling St. Left on Lafayette is the Derville Building, Bair Drugs, and Morgan Grocery Store. Beyond is the old Masonic Hall, Wooden Bell Tower, old Doering barn, Hotel Waverly, Gove home, Wester home, and Even Tides home. In forground is Balch home.
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1898
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Milt Davidson and Chuck Buchanan on the tennis courts. Fire Station is at right, E. R. Rogers in Background. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Aug 1953
Business along Lafayette Street. From right to left, Bair Drugs and Hardware, Mason - Leroux Boarding House, and several others down to the Oberin Church, the tower of which can be seen in the background. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
1904 - 1906
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Balch's Wharf (the first wharf in Steilacoom) in distance. White building is E. A. Light Store with Keach's General Store next to it. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
1895
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Construction along Lafayette Street. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
1999
