G.A. Southwell and his four-year-old grandson Harold Southwell are ready to ride on April 28, 1925 in honor of National Bicycle Week. Harold rode a special bicycle built for him by his father, and was believed at the time to be the youngest cyclist in Pierce County. National Bicycle Week took place from April 26…
Agenda for the Board of Trustees April 27, 2016 Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will take place on April 27, 2016 at 5:30 PM at the Main Branch. Please see the attached 2016-04-27-Library-Board-of-Trusees- Agenda…
Wayzgoose!
Saturday, April 30th, 2016, (11:00AM – 4:00PM) Sunday, May 1st, 2016, (11:00AM – 4:00PM) King’s Books, 218 St Helens Ave Tacoma, WA 98402 Wayzgoose is coming! Begun in the Middle Ages as a printing celebration, Tacoma continues this tradition each year with two days of printmaking, paper making and steamroller prints. We here at Tacoma…
Dressed For Success: How Proctor’s Allen C. Mason Statue Changes With The Times
Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood has its well known Waiting for the Interurban sculpture of six figures looking to catch the next bus, which locals regularly decorate with clothing and other items to highlight current events or the turning of the seasons. Likewise, if only a little less famous, North Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood plays host to its…
Real Old Fashioned Mutts in 1930
On April 19, 1930, the RKO Pantages Theater organized a very special "real old fashioned mutts" dog show to welcome the Weaver Brothers comedy team to Tacoma. The winners of the show were: (left to right) Earl Robinson with his two month old puppy Spot, Dickie Dale Simmons with first place winner Bud, and Harold…
The Many Lives of Amanda Quick
Under seven different pseudonyms, Jayne Ann Krentz has written more than 120 romance novels. Many have been bestsellers. Today, she uses only three names: Jayne Ann Krentz when writing contemporary romantic-suspense; Amanda Quick for historical romance-suspense; and Jayne Castle when penning paranormal romance-suspense. When the author appears at Tacoma’s Main Branch at 7 PM on…
Tacoma’s First Night Baseball Game, 1930
The opening games of the 1930 Industrial Baseball League season were Tacoma's first known night baseball games, played in Stadium Bowl on April 25, 1930. …
Sherman Tackle Co. Bowlers, 1940
Tacoma's Class B women's bowling champions, the Sherman Tackle Co. bowling team, prepare to compete in the annual Western Women's Bowling Congress at the Play Mor alleys in April 1940. http://goo.gl/GLck6D…
Wheelock Book Sale
Come browse a selection of donated and former library materials -- books, CDs, DVDs and other media. You might want to bring a bag. At these prices it's easy to find more bargains than expected. Saturday, April 16, 2016 Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Thursday, April 21, 2016 Friday, April 22, 2016…
Earth Day at the Library
Friday, April 22, 2016 is Earth Day! In April of 1970, a group of students from Stadium High School prepared to plant trees on Pacific Ave in celebration of the first Earth Day. Tacoma Public Library has some great resources that would help our local students and citizens celebrate Earth Day with style! • Digital…
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