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Firemen gathered at the South 11th & Broadway side of Manning's Market on September 21, 1963, to try to put out a massive fire that ultimately gutted the building. The Bon Marche can be seen in the background. Flames had engulfed the open area of the coffee shop and firemen were forced to retreat. The loss was estimated at $400,000. The fire-fighting effort involved 13 engine companies, four truck companies, two rescue units, and three chiefs along with the off-shift. Although there were fifteen injuries reported, none were serious. 1963 was a bad year for fires in Tacoma: the Music Box Theater (formerly Tacoma Theatre) was gutted in April. Just a few days before the fire pictured here, the Tradewell supermarket at 6th & Union was declared a total loss with damages of $400,000; and Pier 7 burned in July, causing over a million dollars in damage.
This is what 9th & Broadway looked like in the late afternoon of September 20, 1932, as throngs strained to catch a glimpse of Presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Democratic candidate's open vehicle is led and followed by motorcycle police. Mr. Roosevelt, then governor of New York, had just concluded a speech to thousands at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. His motorcade arrived in Tacoma about a half-hour earlier than expected so hundreds missed their chance to see him swing through the streets of downtown Tacoma.
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This photograph of the Talmud Torah Synagogue, 901 South 4th Street, was taken in honor of its dedication on September 18, 1925. The synagogue was designed by Hill and Mock, architects, in the Romanesque Italian Renaissance manner. It was located at South 4th & I Streets and served the Orthodox Jewish community in Tacoma. The dedication was held in conjunction with the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. In 1968, after the merger of Talmud Torah and Temple Beth Israel into Temple Beth El, the Talmud Torah Synagogue was sold to the Tacoma Blood Bank. It was later demolished and the site was used as a parking lot for Tacoma General Hospital.
If this image looks vaguely familiar to you, you might shop at @stadiumthriftway - the modern-day occupant of the building pictured here.
This poster advertised an excursion on the S.S. Multnomah from Olympia, WA, to Tacoma, WA, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1891. The excursion would take visitors to the Western Washington Industrial Exposition in Tacoma, where they could watch bicycle and horse racing. The trip on the Multnomah - including being met by electric cars on their return home to Olympia - cost 50 cents.
This photograph of the old 11th Street bridge was taken by Asahel Curtis on September 15, 1910. The bridge leads over the City Waterway, now called Thea Foss Waterway. The bridge was replaced in 1913 and is now known as the Murray Morgan Bridge. Several horse drawn wagons can be seen crossing the bridge and a group of men are walking on the wooden sidewalk to the right. Buildings with visible signage are, from left to right, Walstad Machine & Electric Co. machine shop, Pacific Glass & Paint Company, a foundry, Washington Parlor Furniture Company and Vermont Marble Company.
On September 14, 1945, a group of Chinese engineers paid a visit to the LaGrande Dam, one of two Tacoma Power dams on the Nisqually River, as its construction was nearly complete.
On this date in 1939, work began on the development of Franklin Park. The idea for a park in this section of town goes back to 1909 when former Mayor and Park Board Commissioner W. W. Seymour donated two lots to the Franklin School, which were used to “teach the children something of flora culture."

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