Do you want to research your family history? Do you want to be able to do some of your research at home? Discover Tacoma Public Library’s genealogy database Heritage Quest. Heritage Quest offers a variety of areas to search. At your fingertips, you can search U.S. Federal Censuses, Revolutionary War records, Freedman’s Bank records, and…
Ladies Who Read
Eileen Jennings and Mrs. Eugene Leddy peruse the new Fine Arts department of the Tacoma Public Library in the winter of 1952. Shelves are loaded with a large selection of books. The Fine Arts department was a new addition to the library with Miss Carol Gander, formerly head of the Albuquerque Public Library reference department…
Disaster on Commencement Bay
At 11:10 in the evening of November 28, 1894, a landslide collapsed the Northern Pacific Railway's Dock, carrying the company's warehouse, freight office, pump house, and the home of H.H. Alger into the waters of Commencement Bay. Two lives were lost in the disaster. In the daylight of the following day, people flocked to see…
Ready to Be Blown Away!
Two little girls appear to be having fun testing out a horn and Sousaphone with the assistance of an older boy in this November 22, 1967, photograph taken at the Senior Center, 923 No. 13th St. At this gathering many older folk mingled with young children who shared their interest in music. Sandy White (8…
Pumpkins on Parade
On Thursday, October 25th, the Kobetich Branch of Tacoma Public Library hosted a “Pumpkins on Parade” event. Guests were invited to bring their own decorated pumpkins, enjoy snacks and make a pumpkin craft. One guest made her Halloween debut with her first pumpkin. She received a certificate for “Best First Pumpkin.…
Minutes of the Board of Trustees October 17, 2018 Meeting
The 2018-10-17-Library-Board-of-Trustees-Minutes were approved at the November meeting of the Library Board of Trustees…
Grab Your Best Grinchy Gift-toting Sack And Come Check-out The Bargains
It’s that gift giving and gift getting time of year once again. If you’d like to save some money this year, do some of your shopping at the Tacoma Public Library’s Wheelock Branch Winter Book Sale starting Friday, November 23rd and running thru Saturday, December 1st. You’ll find an inexpensive selection of donated and former…
A Feast of Feathers
On November 14, 1940, 2550 birds of the 5,200 turkeys at Southworth's Turkey Farm are being prepared for Thanksgiving orders placed by staff at McChord Field, Fort Lewis and Camp Murray. The Southworth brothers, Roy, W. H. and Charles, had raised turkeys for market for ten years at their Brookdale farm, an area located east…
Making Wild Masks
In celebration of the Maurice Sendak art exhibit, kids at the Moore and Kobetich Branches of Tacoma Public Library made “Wild Thing” masks on October 17th and 19th. If you haven’t had a chance to visit the Maurice Sendak art exhibit at Tacoma Public Library’s Handforth Gallery , you still have time! The original…
To Your Health!
In November of 1939, Paul Roberts and Augusta C. Semmern offered Tacomans something other than turkey from the Thomsen's Health Foods booth at the second annual Show of Progress sponsored by the Tacoma Lions Club. A hungry shopper could buy a large, freshly prepared glass of raw vegetable juice, or take home canned soybeans, raw…
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