The Tacoma Historical Society will unveil an exhibit this month featuring souvenirs that highlight local icons and attractions from a century past.
“As Tacoma has grown and changed, her souvenir items have promoted the current favorite,” said Tacoma Historical Society President Bill Baarsma. “Along with many schools, parks, churches, and hospitals, Tacoma’s keepsakes have featured St. Peter’s Church and bell tower, City Hall, Stadium Bowl, Union Station, Cheney Stadium, and the Tacoma Dome.”
The new exhibit, entitled Greetings From Tacoma: Souvenirs and Boosterism, will include Tacoma-related keepsakes such as postcards, as well as salvaged figurine sculptures from the former Never Never Land at Point Defiance Park, and promotional materials created by Tacoma’s Booster Club in the early 1900s.
The Tacoma Historical Society will host an opening reception for Greetings From Tacoma: Souvenirs and Boosterism on Mon., Dec. 8, between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., at the Tacoma Historical Society Museum, located at 919 Pacific Ave., in downtown Tacoma. The exhibit runs through March 28, 2015.
More information is available online at tacomahistory.org.
To read the Tacoma Daily Index’s complete and comprehensive coverage of the Tacoma Historical Society, click on the following links:
- Tacoma Historical Society seeks vintage souvenirs for upcoming exhibit (Tacoma Daily Index, November 7, 2014)
- Tacoma Hotel: Tacoma Historical Society exhibit spotlights lost landmark (Tacoma Daily Index, July 28, 2014)
- Tacoma History trivia night Aug. 8 at The Forum (Tacoma Daily Index, July 15, 2014)
- Salute Pierce County: Tacoma, Lakewood Historical Societies honor local military heritage (Tacoma Daily Index, July 7, 2014)
- Bike ride, walking tours, postcard project will mark historic preservation month in Tacoma (Tacoma Daily Index, April 21, 2014)
- 2 locals receive Tacoma Historical Society awards (Tacoma Daily Index, April 16, 2014)
- Volunteers needed for Tacoma Historical Society exhibit center (Tacoma Daily Index, April 9, 2014)
- Tacoma Historical Society to open exhibit center on Pacific Avenue (Tacoma Daily Index, February 20, 2014)
- ‘Vanishing Tacoma’: New book highlights city’s changed urban landscape (Tacoma Daily Index, November 14, 2013)
- Local sports focus of Tacoma Historical Society fundraiser Oct. 20 (Tacoma Daily Index, October 7, 2013)
- 4 locals receive Tacoma Historical Society awards (Tacoma Daily Index, April 9, 2013)
- 3 locals receive Tacoma Historical Society awards (Tacoma Daily Index, April 11, 2012)
- Tacoma Historical Society to screen rare 1929 film (Tacoma Daily Index, April 9, 2012)
- Tacoma Historical Society: Author to discuss Puget Sound rescue boats Feb. 9 (Tacoma Daily Index, February 7, 2012)
- Author to discuss Tacoma’s North Slope history (Tacoma Daily Index, October 12, 2011)
- THS meeting April 12 features Harry P. Cain biographer (Tacoma Daily Index, April 5, 2010)
- Tacoma Historical Society will close downtown exhibit center (Tacoma Daily Index, December 4, 2009)
- Building History: THS exhibit celebrates downtown Tacoma’s architectural icons (Tacoma Daily Index, July 16, 2009)
- New THS exhibit highlights downtown Tacoma architecture (Tacoma Daily Index, July 2, 2009)
- 2 receive Tacoma Historical Society Awards (Tacoma Daily Index, April 17, 2009)
- Ahoy History Buffs! (Tacoma Daily Index, October 23, 2008)
- Donation will help preserve Tacoma Historical Society’s artifacts collection (Tacoma Daily Index, August 26, 2008)
- City’s streetcar legacy will highlight Tacoma Historical Society fall fundraiser (Tacoma Daily Index, August 18, 2008)
- Long Distance Memories: A lifelong, photographic tour through Tacoma’s passenger train history (Tacoma Daily Index, July 2, 2008)
- A bid for Tacoma’s historic stewardship (Tacoma Daily Index, October 3, 2007)
- “Wish you were there . . . “ (Tacoma Daily Index, April 27, 2007)
