Images: Tacoma History

An extensive collection of postcards of Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest region, created by the Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room.

A database containing over 40,000 images from the holdings of the the Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room, covering 1888 to the present day.

A comprehensive index of home and building construction news in Tacoma newspapers from 1883 through 1941 created by the Tacoma Public Library; includes thumbnail images of certain buildings.

Photographs, documents, and audiovisual resources from the UW Libraries, UW faculty and departments, and from UW collaborators.

Historical photographs, maps, sheet music,as well as images of artifacts, ephemera, and drawings from the collections of the Washington State Historical Society.

A cooperative collection developed by the Tacoma Public Library and the Western Washington Fair Association, this database currently contains 5,000 photographs of the Puyallup Fair available for view in this database, covering the years from 1900 through 2007.

This database contains a growing collection of rephotography (or "then and now" photographs) of buildings, streets, neighborhoods, and parks in Tacoma.

A collection that contains images and text about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, drawn from the University of Washington Special Collections Division and the Museum of History and Industry.