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31 Flavors From Tacoma

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!  If you were lucky enough to go to an ice cream shop in the early 1900s, your choices would have been limited to vanilla, chocolate, and Strawberry. But a young man from Tacoma with a passion for ice cream and an inventive flair would soon change all of that.  What would arguably became one of the best … Continue reading 31 Flavors From Tacoma

McKenna EhrmantrautJuly 1, 2020December 29, 20203 Comments

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The "noon rush" filled the booths, tables and counter space at Peters' Golden Gate Oyster House, 1122 Pacific Avenue, on February 24, 1950. The restaurant was owned and operated by Gus and Mike Peters. The brothers came to Tacoma from the Island of Crete in Greece in 1912 and entered the restaurant and seafood catering business while still teenagers. Gus Peters' original Greek name was believed to be Paneoto Constantine Rodakalikis. They had owned and operated restaurants in Tacoma for 26 years when they opened this new cafe in 1948. It was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
On this date in 1969, several photographs were taken to celebrate the grand opening of Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon at South 23rd and K (now Martin Luther King, Jr Way). As described in coverage in the News Tribune of the salon's opening, Taylor had put in "lots of hard work" to create a business that catered to both men and women and could accommodate all types and textures of hair.
105 years ago today, on February 22, 1916, the Tacoma Elks Temple was dedicated. This photograph was taken in August of 1947, as painters worked from platforms suspended on the building's south wall. The ornate staircase next to the building, which connects Broadway to Commerce, is known as the Spanish Steps. After many years of falling into disrepair, the building was restored and reopened by McMenamins.
By February of 1936 work was well underway on the new, $123,000 East 34th Street Bridge (West) just east of Pacific Avenue. Using a high-line strung between two four-legged towers, stringers and pilings could be easily maneuvered into place over the 160 foot deep gulch that separated the north end of the McKinley Hill District from Pacific Avenue. Ten thousand Tacomans attended the official dedication ceremony in October of 1936.
We are fortunate to have in our collection many artifacts from the life and career of Judge Jack E. Tanner, including this charming example. Dated on February 20, 1990, this letter was sent to Judge Tanner by a group of first-grade students from Camas Prairie Elementary in Spanaway who were looking forward to his visit to their class.
Photographs as artifacts of Tacoma's Japanese community, from three different years on this date: February 19.
These are just a few of the people who will be featured in this evening's live webinar presentation, "Black Voices from Tacoma's Musical Past," which we are proud to co-present with our colleagues at the @tacomalibrary and with support from @tacomacreates - tune in at 6pm, registration link in bio!
A five-tier cake stands next to a towering display of cake mix inside the Big Bear Store in Tacoma's Stadium District on February 17, 1949. A teddy bear sits on top of the enormous cake made with Swans Down Instant cake mix. The Big Bear grocery store was celebrating its first anniversary with many promotions including free Wood's coffee and slices of this enormous cake. The cake was 5-ft. by 8-ft. at its base and rose to a height of over 5 1/2 feet. Even more enticing to shoppers was the chance to win valuable prizes - baked inside the cake were prize slips which entitled winners to a $400 television set, free coffee makers and free bags full of groceries from Big Bear. The building is still home to a grocery store - Stadium Thriftway!
Some of the artifacts in our collection represent major events in our city's history, while others are more everyday items, such as this receipt from Sixth & Pine Hardware Co., dated February 16, 1923, to a Mrs. Woolverton for a one gallon bucket and one egg beater.

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