Finding reliable health information on the internet can be a challenge. There is a lot of misleading information that might appear to be true. Here are some sit
New Year Baby
1939 New Year Baby. Randall Matthewson, son of Wesley and Christine Matthewson. Toddler dressed in diapers with ribbon around his chest, wearing hat and holding a cane. Mother and sister standing nearby. See other feature images and posts…
Police Presence Needed
Georgeann Hardwick, of Mayberry Motor Parts, 1934 Market St., holds a sign protesting the lack of police action in a string to burglaries that took place in downtown Tacoma in December of 1950. She is standing next to a very old safe that was broken into by "cracksmen" using a cutting torch. The day after…
Santa’s Warehouse
As Christmas Day 1934 neared, the basement of Tacoma lumberman J.T. Gregory's home at 1318 Division Ave. (now 1318 S 4th St.) was converted into Santa's workshop. The head toymaker was Percy Quam, pictured, who lived with Mr. Gregory. Percy and his friends gave up their usual holiday revels to spend the evenings building doll…
Giving Tree Wrap-Up
November 16th-29th, Wheelock collected donations for the Proctor Business District's Giving Tree. Patrons were invited to take a tag off the giving tree and purchase the item listed to give to veterans at the American Lake Veterans Home and their homeless veteran outreach program. This year Wheelock collected: 577 holiday cards 178 packages of Ramen…
Request a Visit
Request a Visit…Tacoma Public Library has eight interesting Branches to choose from. The challenge is what do you want to see? The Main Branch includes the hist
Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!
December 4th was National Cookie Day. We were curious to see which cookie would come out on top so we polled our patrons and staff. Drum roll please…the America
Make a Difference Day
Make a Difference Day began in 1992 and even though it has passed this year. This unofficial secular holiday devoted to community and volunteerism should be considered all 365 days of the year. Tacoma Library has been trying to follow that creed since our founding in 1902! So with the thought of community service in…
Let’s Start Making Holiday Crafts
Do you want to relax and learn a new craft? Enjoy family time crafting together? Make gifts for the special people in your life?
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Art and the Artist
Augustus C. "Charley" Barnett designed artwork for Nalley's. Mr. Barnett, 25 at the time of this December 20, 1976, News Tribune article, was the art director for Nalley's, a longtime Tacoma institution. His job was to design packages and labels for company products. Mr. Barnett is shown above with the new packaging for potato chips…
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