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1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE
1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE

1921 TACOMA, WASHINGTON, CITY DIRECTORY w/Every RESIDENT'S NAME, ADDRESS & TRADE

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TACOMA CITY DIRECTORY FOR 1921. Containing an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms, Corporations, and Private Citizens... and a Complete Classified Business Directory of Tacoma.
Published by R. L. Polk & Co., Tacoma, Washington, 1921. This is the Original, Vintage, Tacoma, Washington, City Directory published in 1921.
Original hardcovers, printed cloth covered boards, 6x9 inches, 906 pages.
Contains numerous advertisements of the day. These directories were published as advertising vehicles so ads are everywhere, including on the covers and page edges.
This volume was part of the amazing SUTRO GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY of SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. There is a Sutro Library bookplate on the front pastedown, and Sutro Library ink stamps and associated library marks and stamps here and there throughout. The Sutro Library was (and to a large part still is) a treasure trove of genealogical books collected by Adolph Sutro and donated to the City of San Francisco. The collection was pretty much neglected by the City until, in 2012 the City gave the collection to the library of San Francisco State University. Before and after the move to SFSU, quite a few volumes from the Sutro genealogical library were, sadly, deaccessioned, so that the collection would fit it into its new space. In its new home the Sutro Library is still considered to have the best genealogical collection west of Salt Lake City, and is now much better cared for, it's just not as large as it was. Once these wonderful deaccessioned Sutro genealogy books find new homes they will likely not be seen again for some time.
GOOD CONDITION: The covers have some wear at their corner tips, light rubbing to their spine ends and spine folds, and are a bit faded / sunned at the spine, overall these original covers are still bright and clear. Internally, there are Sutro Library labels and marks, as noted above; the last few pages have some creases, otherwise the inner pages are just lightly used and still well bound, bright, clean and clear.
A Complete and Original TACOMA, WASHINGTON, City Directory from 1921. A treasure trove of Washington State genealogy.
About the SUTRO LIBRARY (from where this book was deaccessioned):
******The Sutro Library holds the original collection of Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), California businessman and San Francisco mayor. The library has a large collection of publications and items dating from the 13th to the 21st centuries. It also has one of the largest genealogy collections in the U.S.
Adolph Sutro's heirs donated his collection to the California State Library in 1913 with the requirement that the collection stay within the city of San Francisco. After operating in various locations in the city for almost 100 years, the Sutro Library moved to a permanent home at San Francisco State University in 2012.******
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