Photo Archives
"Scenes"
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Description Date Notes
Description Date Notes
1940s?
Arial photo of Steilacoom waterfront showing ferry dock, railroad, Union Street (prominent street leading up and to the right from ferry dock), Commerce Street (first street leading left from ferry dock), and, why magnified, individual edentifiable buildings and homes.
Scenes 214
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Scenes 217
Scenes 216
Scenes 215
Steilacoom Poultry Farm operated by Bill and Olga Ost whose home is at left.
Northern end of Lafayette Street as viewed from hill above what is now Sunnyside Park. Absence of railroad along waterfront dates the photo to pre-1912.
~1930
Before 1912
Passenger boat/yacht and boathouse along Steilacoom waterfront. Although the photo does not identify the boathouse, it is probably part of Green's Boathouse
Unk
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Scenes 220
Scenes 219
Scenes 218
Before 1910
~1912
Before 1910
Granny Bligh's house (right), first presbyterian church momorial, Fred Doering's barn (for his Transport Company horses and wagons). Same photo as Houses 1564.
Waterfront scene, perhaps Saltar's Point.
Old Masonic Temple, chartered in 1854. A fire gutted the lodge in 1868 causing members to meet in various nearby locations, eventually returning to the original lodge. The Northern Pacific railroad was built along the steep bank between the lodge and waterfront causing the lodge to move to the Lafayette Street in 1910. That building still stands, having been renovated to serve as apartments.
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Scenes 223
Scenes 222
Scenes 221
Wilkes Street bridge crossing railroad tracks to wharf, Mount Rainier in background.
Lafayette Street showing Town Hall being built (right), E. R. Roger's home/Waverly Hotel (background in middle), and Bair Store (left)
Viewing platform built on huge cedar tree stump. Location unknown.
~1916
~1912
Unk
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Scenes 225
Scenes 224
Byrd's lumber mill on upper Chambers Creek (called "Steilacoom Creek or Steilacoom River at the time). The flume lead to the dam and bridge and the current location of the bridge on Steilacoom Boulevard and the dam that forms Lake Steilacoom.
North Fort Lewis looknig east toward Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.
Late 1800s
~1958
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Scenes 229
Scenes 227
Scenes 226
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Boaters at Sunnyside Beach
6/28/1938
Last ferry to dock at Longbranch on the Kitsap Peninsula
Large, dying tree at Pioneer Park. Sign at base of tree says "Private Parking". Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Scenes 230
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Scenes 231
Scenes 232
Scene from bell tower of Oberlin Church looking north along Lafayette Street. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Unidentified young man with 2-hours team hooked up to small (delivery?) wagon. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
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1939
Scenes 234
Scenes 233
Ruins left by Steilacoom's biggest fire. $15,000 loss. Destroyed Steins Beauty Shoppe, Arney's Confectionery, Saveway Grocery Store, and Webster's Barbershop. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Steilacoom street scene from corner of Union, Martin, and Rainier. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
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3 Sep 1939
Scenes 236
Scenes 235
Crowd watching something at one of the wharves on the waterfront. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
1915 - 1920
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Street scene in a town very similar in looks to Steilacoom. If anybody can identify the town, please notify the webmaster. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Scenes 238
Scenes 237
Just like Scenes 236 above, this photo was probably not taken in Steilacoom. If anybody can identify the rural area, please notify the webmaster. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
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Scenes 240
Scenes 239
Photo taken from the cliff above Sunnyside Beach showing Lafayette Street at left, and the pilings of a wharf (Balch's?) in the distance. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
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Winter scene looking up Main Street from Commercial Street. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
1947
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Re-working the tennis courts. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Drawing of Fort Nisqually, built and manned by the Hudson Bay Company. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
August 1953
Scenes 242
Scenes 241
Scenes 244
29 Nov 1939
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Looking south along Commercial Street. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
1843
Scenes 243
1895
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Attempting to rescue car that was probably caught by the rising tide, but could have accidently driven backwards into the Sound. Clenda and John Davidson canoe is shown in the lower left corner. Photo donated by Milt Davidson.
Car accident that killed Mrs. Hull. Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Library with hard copy donated by Milt Davidson.
1923
Scenes 245
Tacoma's Merry Widow Kitchen Band performing in front of the Steilacoom Town Hall during Steilacoom's centennisal. Sea Cadets perched on the town's fire engine showed their appreciation.
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Aug 1954
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