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SHENANDOAH at her mooring mast, Tacoma, Wash. Oct. 19th, 1924 [blimp] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2022
British Library digitised image from page 246 of "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West" from British Library uploaded December 2013
Spinning the first wire of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded September 2010
Job Carr cabin and post office, Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded August 2010
Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded August 2010
Opening day of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded August 2010
New Tacoma Narrows Bridge showing concrete construction work, Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded August 2010
Howard Clifford running off the Tacoma Narrows Bridge during collapse, Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded August 2010
Woman wearing a bathing suit and Indian headdress raising a small hatchet in her right hand, Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded June 2010
Man and woman in bathing suits in a rowboat near Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded June 2010
Packing Carsten's weiner sausages on an assembly line, Tacoma, Washington from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections uploaded June 2010

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Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, Washington

from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections

Nikon Bug 1 said:
The Tacoma Hotel was opened in 1884 and destroyed by fire October 17, 1935. Three firemen (Lieut. C. SMILEY, Lieut. STEWART LEMM and Driver G. J. LETTERMAN) died fighting the fire. Source: www3.gendisasters.com/washington/6529/tacoma-wa-tacoma-ho...

Howard Clifford running off the Tacoma Narrows Bridge during collapse, Tacoma, Washington

from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections

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BigBean said:
some very dramatic footage of the disaster: www.archive.org/details/SF121
Walker Beach said:
great photo. better known in the PNW as "Galloping Gurdy"... now, TNB.
absorbing shock said:
In 2007 prior to the 2nd Tacoma Narrows Bridge being officially opened to motor vehicles, they held a run finishing and ending on the bridge with all the participants receiving a 'I Ran the Span' T-shirt. Somebody came up with this clever T-shirt for the original I Ran the Span... [http://www.flickr.com/photos/suspensionstayed/4228320351/in/photostream]
Jose Antonio Corzo Aguas said:
maravillosa
Career Flux said:
To The University of Washington, I've published this 'Tacoma Narrows Bridge' image by you in an article on my blog at the following link: www.careerflux.com/5-infamous-disasters-in-the-field-of-c... Please visit the article at the link above and see if you like it. Thanks for the nice image. Mona.

SHENANDOAH at her mooring mast, Tacoma, Wash. Oct. 19th, 1924 [blimp] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Richard Norton said:
USS Shenandoah www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930397
Jonathan Morse said:
A reconstruction of this image is at jonathanmorse.blog/2022/09/24/imperfectly-to-be-known/