Based on research compiled by Dr. Caroline Gallacci (1944-2016) as of October 3, 1995
Donated to Tacoma Historical Society by Ron Karabaich, 2012
Initial Primary Source - Polk City Directories
Extended through 1972 directories in December of 2017
| Name of Photographer | Dates of Operation | Studio Name | Key People & Info | Addresses & Dates | Significant Events | Before/After Tacoma | Known Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaberg, John P | 1892-1928 | 1128 Pacific Avenue (1892-1896), No Location (1898), 1322 Pacific (1902-1909), 1217 Pacific (1911-1 | Divorced abt 1909 | Montana 1890, Seattle 1891 | |||
| Actionettes, Marjorie | 1947 | Actionettes | 947 Broadway (1947) | ||||
| Advertisers' Photo Services | 1930 | (Chapin Bowen) | 714 Market (1930) | ||||
| Aerne, Chris Jr | 1918 | French Bldg (1918) | |||||
| Aero-Marine Photos | 1947-1949 | Harry J Wood, Harry Boersig | 1023 Dock (1947 and 1949) | ||||
| Aiko Photo Studio | 1914-1916 | M. Kawaghiuchi, Manager | 1519 South C (1914-1916) | ||||
| Albee, Wayne C | 1902-1916 | No Location (1902-1903), 941 South Tacoma (1906-1909), Ye Likeness Shop (1911), C of C bldg (1912-1 | |||||
| Aldrich, Byron L., Jr | 1902-1925 | Sister Pearl Etta Aldrich married Paul L Richards in 1900 | 103 S 9th (1902), 723 St Helens (1903), 906 A (1904-1908), 117 S 10th (1909-1911), 901 Commerce (19 | Violinist, wife Gettie pianist, performed as Aldrich Trio with son Kenneth. | From California, then to Portland, OR | TNT Jan 13, 1909 commercial edition, bio and pic | |
| Alfred, Ray | 1963 | 911 S Tacoma Ave (1963) | |||||
| Alice's Studio | 1965-1966 | 4304 South M (1965-1966) | |||||
| Ames, Noyes F | 1889-1890 | rear 1010 L | Born 1938 NH, died LA 1920, wife Sarah Davis. | Kansas before | |||
| Anderson, Charles D | 1919 | Bernice Bldg (1919) | |||||
| Archer, Emmet F | 1947 | Johnson-Kemp Studio | 708 Market (1947) | ||||
| Ardelle Studio | 1923 | 903 South Tacoma (1923) | |||||
| Arnold, Henry H | 1933 | 3803 N 18th (1933) | |||||
| Asberg, Theodore | 1949-1956 | 1220 N G (1949-1956) | |||||
| Associated Photographic Services | 1934-1949 | Theo W McIntire, John R Dupriest, Chapin Bowen | 714 Market (1934-1949) | Previously Advertisers | |||
| Astoria Studio | 1919 | Albert A. Speers | 930 Pacific (1919) | ||||
| Austin Studio | 1954-1958 | Harry Bradshaw (1954) Harvey Bennett (1955) | 904 Pacific (1954-1955) 751 Commerce (1956-1958) | ||||
| Avery and Potter | 1908-1914 | Eugene Avery, Allan M. Potter | C of C Bldg (1908-1914) | ||||
| Avery, Eugene | 1906-1914 | Avery & Potter | C of C Bldg (1906-1914) | ||||
| Ayler Studio | 1956 | 3915 S Yakima Avenue | Commercial | ||||
| B & I Photo Shop | 1956 | 8012 South Tacoma Way | |||||
| Bacon, Mrs. Cath | 1947-1951 | 601 S 11th (1947-1949), 609 S 11th (1951) | |||||
| Bacon, Peggy | 1953 | Pin Up Studio | 609 S 11th (1953) | ||||
| Bagger, Georgene | 1918-1931 | Georgene (1919-1921) Gagon (1922-1930) Georgene (1931) | Jones Bldg (1918-1921), Bernice Bldg (1922), 2503 6th Ave (1925-1927), 2508 6th Ave (1928-1931) | ||||
| Baker, Ellis W | 1899 | 1516 Jefferson Ave (1899) | |||||
| Baker, Millie M | 1890 | Tent, Tintypes | Pacific Ave SW cor 23rd (1890) | ||||
| Barker, Wayne P | 1941-1947 | Quality Photo Services | 8808 Pacific (1941), 9610 Pacific (1947) | ||||
| Barnes, A H | 1927 | Northwestern Scenery Pictures | Mrs. May T. Whitney | Bankers Trust Bldg (1927) | |||
| Barnes, Mrs. M T | 1928-1929 | Bankers Trust Bldg (1928-1929) | |||||
| Barnum, Thomas F | 1912 | 2901 Pacific Ave (1912) | |||||
| Barrows, Louis D | 1892-1894 | No location (1892), 1111 E (1894) | |||||
| Bart and Peterson | 1905 | Colfax W Bart, Ernest Peterson | C of C Bldg (1905) | ||||
| Bart, Colfax W | 1905 | C of C Bldg (1905) | |||||
| Bashford, James O | 1939-1941 | Thompson Photo Service (1939) | 319 S 7th (1939-1941) | ||||
| Baxter, Alex A | 1938-1945 | Vivid Photo Service | Bernice Bldg (1938), 809 S Ferry (1942 and 1945) | ||||
| Bertelson, Christ | 1889 | 907 E rear (1889) | |||||
| Bickel, John H | 1947-1963 | 919 Market (1947 and 1949), 1102 Cliff Ave (1953-1958), 1119 A (1959-1963) | Commercial | ||||
| Black Bill Photographers | 1965 | 2607 6th Ave (1965) | |||||
| Black, Daniel F | 1932 | Bernice Bldg (1932) | |||||
| Blakeney, William C | 1905-1906 | Modern Novelty Company | 941 Pacific (1905), California Bldg (1906) | ||||
| Blanchard, Chester O | 1922 | 4213 S 35th (1922) | |||||
| Bleckert, Bruce O. | Custom Photo Service | Teacher/mentor to many photographers in the region. | |||||
| Bob's Photo Studios | 1945 | Robert L and Ray C. Harrison | 1128/1330 Pacific Ave (1945) | ||||
| Boersig, Harry | 1947-1949 | Aero-Marine Photos | 1023 Dock (1947-1949) | ||||
| Bohemian Studio | 1959 | 13019 Pacific | Commercial | ||||
| Boland, Marvin | 1915-1949 | Perkins Bldg (1915 and 1917), 811 Pacific (1919), 1009 Pacific (1920-1924), 741 St. Helens (1925-19 | |||||
| Bonnell, Frederick | 1902-1903 | Puget Sound Tea Company?? | California Block (1902-1903) | ||||
| Bowen, Chapen | 1927-1949 | Chapin Bowen, Inc (1929), Advertisers' Photo Service (1930), Associated Photographic Services (1933 | 714 St Helens (1927-1929), 714 Market (1930-1949) | ||||
| Bradley, Harold E | 1945 | 1348 Broadway (1945) | |||||
| Bradshaw, Harry | 1954 | Austin Studio | 904 Pacific Avenue (1945) | ||||
| Bratton, Sam | 1935 | Salon Studio | 302 N Yakima (1935) | ||||
| Brom, Jacob O | 1917 | Fidelity Bldg (1917) | |||||
| Brooke, Frank D | 1921-1939 | Fidelity Bldg (1921-1928), Central Bldg (1928-1929), 931 Broadway (1930 and 1931), 810 N Fife (1934 | |||||
| Brooks, Alfred V | 1938 | Home Photo Service | 5625 S M (1938) | ||||
| Brotman, Morley | 1945-1954 | Morley Studios | Various Addresses, see Morley Studios | ||||
| Brown and Woolfield | 1909 | Jacob O Brown and Harry Woolfield | 938 Pacific Avenue (1909) | ||||
| Brown, Jacob O | 1909 and 1918 | Brown and Woolfield (1909) | Jacob O Brown and Harry Woolfield | 938 Pacific Avenue (1909), Bank of Calif Bldg (1918) | |||
| Browning, A Dee | 1909 and 1911 | 5044 S Union (1909 and 1911) | |||||
| Brung Studios Inc | 1939-1945 | Rust Bldg (1939-1941), 1145 Broadway (1942 and 1945) | |||||
| Buralli, A D | 1949 | 2920 East D (1949) | |||||
| Burgher and Flieman | 1905 | Hortence Burgher and Della E. Flieman | 947 South C (1905) | ||||
| Burgher, Hortence | 1905 | 947 South C (1905) | |||||
| Burnett, James W | 1925-1926 | (Barnett in 1926) | 6645 S Lawrence (1925), 6602 S Warner (1926) | ||||
| Bushnell, C A | 1918-1920 | National Realty Bldg (1918-1920) | |||||
| Bynum, Clemmie | 1947 | Freeman Studio | 1552 Market (1947) | ||||
| Camera Club Studio | 1931-1933 | Richard N O'Conner, John J Uleman | 740 Broadway (1930-1933) | ||||
| Campbell, T H | 1928 | 914 Pacific (1928) | |||||
| Candle Light Studio | 1968 | 3013D 6th Ave (1968) | |||||
| Capri Photography | 1958-1965 | 704 S 38th (1958-1965) | |||||
| Carl's Studio | 1961 | 1107 S 11th (1961) | |||||
| Carpenter and Company | 1892-1900 | Albert C Carpenter | 917 S C (1892-1900) | ||||
| Carr, Anthony P | 1872 | Old Town | Steilacoom before Tacoma, partner with E A Light | Marshalltown, Iowa 1863-1864 | Job Carr cabin construction | ||
| Catton, Charles W | 1890-1891 | (Also listed as grocer) | No location (1890), McCarver, sw cor 4th (1891) | From Phoenix | St Peters Church | ||
| Causton's Stolz Studio | 1958-1961 | 5048 S Tacoma Way (1958-1961) | |||||
| Central Photo Shop | 1927-1928 | J L Ehrler (1927), Mrs. M C Harding (1928) | Bernice Building (1927-1928) | ||||
| Central Photo Studio | 1903 | George H Wheelock | 952 Pacific (1903) | ||||
| Central Stamp Photo Company | 1902 | Joseph Kincaid | 952 Pacific (1902) | ||||
| Champ | 1953 | 1352 Pacific (1953) | |||||
| Chantellis, Peter | 1913 | 1318 Pacific (1913) | |||||
| Charles Home Portraits | 1954 | Charles T Wampler | 3519 McKinley (1954) | ||||
| Charleston, M E | 1926-1927 | Crystalike Finishing Co (1927) | 1535 Commerce (1926-1927) | ||||
| Child's Home Portraits | 1955-1956 | Robert L and Mrs Hilda E Ricketts | 6704 S Tacoma Way (1955-1956) | ||||
| Child's Portraits | 1959-1961 | 7432 Pine (1959-1961) | |||||
| Christopher Petrich and Jerry Timmons | 1985-1986 | Image Market | 3411 6th Ave Suite B Tacoma | ||||
| Claringbould, Maarten | 1960-1966 | 517 N Sheridan (1960-1966) | |||||
| Clark, Harrison | 1918 and 1922 | Provident Bldg (1918), Puget Sound Bank Bldg (1922) | |||||
| Classic Portrait Studio | 1945 | Jones Bldg (1945) | |||||
| Colpitts, Claude C | 1913 | 906 Pacific (1903) | |||||
| Commercial Photo Service | 1924-1929 | Mrs. Pearl Richards (1926) | Perkins Bldg (1924-1929) | ||||
| Condon, Lester/Leslie M | 1951, 1953, 1958-1968 | Condon't Photo Studio | 8421 S 19th (1951 and 1953, 1958-1968) | ||||
| Conery, Mervyn C | 1953 | Austin-Fox Studio | 904 Pacific (1953) | ||||
| Cook, Burton A | 1915 | 509 S L (1915) | |||||
| Coombs, Harry F | 1904-1906 | Successor to F Bonell (1904) | California Block (1904-1906) | ||||
| Cooper, Raymond O | 1904 and 1921-1933 | Peterson's Studio (1922-1933) | for French-Theodore Co (1904) | Puget Sound Bank Bldg (1921-1933) | |||
| Corbley, Charles | 1949 | Fox Studios | 915 Pacific (1949) | ||||
| Coughlan, William P | 1894 | 1354 Pacific (1894) | |||||
| Crain, Mrs. Nellie | 1899-1902 | Widow of Walter W, 1902 as Craig | 1322 Pacific (1899-1902) | ||||
| Crain, Walter E | 1898 | 1322 Pacific (1898) | |||||
| Crawford, James Gilmour | 1885 | Tacoma branch of Albany OR firm | No location (1885) | Born 1850 IL , Oregon Trail 1852, then Albany. | Albany firm 1868 until death in 1929. | ||
| Crittendon, Byron | 1890 | 707 S 11th (1890) | |||||
| Crosley, Harry A | 1917-1922 | 1109 S K (1917), 1004 S 11th (1918-1922) | |||||
| Crowell Brothers | 1884, 1890 | Elite Gallery | George W & Arthur B Crowell | west side of Pacific (1884), | 1883 successor to Lewis Peterson | From San Jose, Arthur to El Paso. | |
| Crystalike Finishing Company | 1926-1934 | George Neumeyer, M E Charleston, from 1935 photo finishing | 1535 Commerce (1926-1927), 512 S 9th (1933-1934) | ||||
| Custom Photo Service | 1956-1970 | Owners: Lee P. Merrill 1958-1968; Bruce O. Bleckert 1969-. | 910 Commerce | Commercial | |||
| Cutbirth, W G | 1906-1909 | Lillian Johnson, manager; residence Portland | Provident Bldg (1906-1909) | ||||
| Darcy, Harry | 1894 | No location (1894) | |||||
| Davenport, John Lloyd | 1928-1935 | McIntire and Davenport, Photo Service Co 1934 | 625 St Helens (1928), 315 S 9th, (1929-1931), 721 Commerce (1932), 319 S 7th (1934-1935) | ||||
| Davidson, Isaac G | 1885, 1888-1891 | Residence Portland, Tacoma branch managed by A L Jackson | No Location (1885), 113 S 10th 1888-1889, 117 S 10th (1890), 115 S 10th (1891) | Likely never took a picture, just hired good photographers. | Aunt Kate, May 1889; St. Peters Church | ||
| Davis, Earl H | 1915 | 806 S Tacoma (1915) | |||||
| Davis, Mae E | 1914 | 930 S C (1914) | |||||
| Dean, J Pharies | 1915 | 903 Pacific (1915) | |||||
| Dedrick, John V | 1934, 1941-1942, 1917, 1949 | With Patty M Dedrick (1947) | 814 E 35th (1934), 1026 E 47th (1941-1942, 1947, 1949) | ||||
| DeGriff Professional Photography | 1959-1960 | 3922 6th Ave (1959-1960) | |||||
| Delong, Burns L | 1901-1903 | 1128 Pacific (1901-1903) | |||||
| Dennie, Oliver | 1907-1908 | S 54th and Washington (1907-1908) | |||||
| Devor, Thomas B | 1927 | 5243 S Union (1927) | |||||
| Direct Posative Phtos | 1960 | 1322 Pacific (1960) | |||||
| Dix, Louis A | 1918-1922 | Fidelity Bldg (1918-1921), 903 S Tacoma (1922) | |||||
| Doan, W.W. | 1951 | Wesley's Studio | 413 Garfield (1951) | ||||
| Dobbs, Beverly Bennett | 1889 | Davidson | Born MO 1868, married Dorothy Sturgeon 1896, died 1937. | Moved to Bellingham, pioneer in moving pictures | Gold Rush pictures in Nome | ||
| Dollar Studio | 1932-1939 | Andrew L. Hamilton | 931 Broadway (1932), Central Building (1933-1939) | ||||
| Dorward, Wilfred J | 1912, 1915-1916 | 1431 S Durango (1912), 5409 S Cedar (1915-1916) | |||||
| Downen and Sowell | 1909 | Walter O Downen and Franklyn Sowell | 903 Pacific (1909) | ||||
| Downen, Walter O | 1909 | Downen and Sowell | 903 Pacific (1909) | ||||
| Dowsett, Charles F | 1926-1927, 1931-1932, 1934-1935, 1951, 1953, 1957 | Dowsett's Studio | 3805 S Yakima (1926-1927), 131 E 65th (1931-1932), 3519 McKinley (193401935), 4634 S M (1951, 1953, | ||||
| Dumermuth, William | 1900-1908 | Columbia Bldg (1900), 904 Pacific (1901-1906), 931 S C (1908) | |||||
| DuPriest, John R | 1933-1938 | Associated Photographic Services | 714 Market (1933-1938) | ||||
| Durham, George R | 1947 | Freeman Studio | 1552 Market (1947) | ||||
| Durrell, W F Jr | 1949 | 2618 N Proctor (1949) | |||||
| Eaton, Arthur B | 1899-1900 | 1128 Pacific (1899-1900) | |||||
| Eggan, Ole P | 1915 | 5910 Park Way Blvd (1915) | |||||
| Ehrler, JL | 1927 | Central Photo Shop | Bernice Bldg (1927) | ||||
| Electro Colour Photographic Co. | 1960 | 2915 S 12th (1960) | Commercial | ||||
| Elite Gallery | 1883-1890 | Crowell, Foster, Squire, Fletcher | west side of Pacific (1884), 1138 Railroad (1889-1890) | Over a dozen states had Elite Galleries | |||
| Evergreen Inst of Photography | 1949 | Chapin Bowen | 3823 6th Ave (1949) | ||||
| Evergreen Studio | 1949 | Chapin Bowen | 413 Garfield (1949) | ||||
| Eyerman, Jesse R | 1940-1942, 1945 | 910 Commerce (1940-1942, 1945) | |||||
| Family Photo of Tacoma | 1960 | 15 N Broadway (1960) | |||||
| Family Portrait Studio | 1958-1969 | 8411 S Park Ave (1958-1969) | |||||
| Ferguson and Watkins | 1904 | Thomas G Ferguson, LaMotte Watkins | 919 Pacific (1904) | ||||
| Ferguson, R M | 1903-1904 | 728 Pacific (1903), 726 Pacific (1904) | |||||
| Fine Arts Studio | 1942, 1945 | Adolph Matheson (1942), Richard Meyer (1945) | 1113 Pacific Avenue (1942, 1945) | ||||
| Fletcher, Fred J | 1889 | Elite Gallery | Fletcher, Squire and Crowell | 1138 Railroad | |||
| Fletcher, Maude L | 1904 | 1201 Pacific Avenue (1904) | |||||
| Flieman, Della E | 1905 | Burgher and Flieman | 947 S C (1904) | ||||
| Foseide, John Johnson | 1888-1910 | 947 Pacific (1903) | From Fargo with Wagness, retired Buckley | ||||
| Foster, Edward H | 1884 | Elite Gallery | Successor to Crowell April 1884 | ||||
| Fox Studios | 1949, 1951 | Charles Corbley (1949), RM Leahey (1951) | 915 Pacific (1949) | ||||
| Freeman Studio | 1947 | George R Durham, Ellsworth Pryor, Clemmie Bynum | 1552 Market (1947) | ||||
| Freeman, Oscar | 1945 | Freeman's Studio | 1330 Broadway (1945) | ||||
| French, Arthur | 1892-1905 | French-Theodore (1904) | Arthur French, CR McMasters, WE Theodore | California Block (1892-1901), 936 Pacific (1903-1903), 905 Pacific (1904-1905) | |||
| Frost, George B | WA Territory | ||||||
| Fuller, Ray G | 1928 | Photoart Studio | Bankers Trust Bldg (1928) | ||||
| Gagnon Studio | 1922-1923 | Thomas Gagnon and Georgene Bagger, successors to Georgene and Lynn Studios | Bernice Bldg (1922-1923) | ||||
| Gagnon, Thomas | 1922-1923 | Gagnon Studio | Bernice Bldg (1922-1923) | ||||
| Gem Studio | 1912 | F E Marshall | 936 Pacific (1912) | ||||
| Genske, Robert J | 1947, 1949 | 3122 S C (1947, 1949) | |||||
| Georgene Studio | 1918-1931 | Jones Bldg (1918-1921), 2503 6th Ave (1925-1927), 2508 6th Ave (1928, 1931) | |||||
| Gillespie, G G | 1928 | Provident Bldg (1928) | |||||
| Giseburt, Jack | 1959-1960 | Jack Giseburt Co | 1208 N I (1959-1960) | Commercial | |||
| Gordon, Joseph A | 1953 | 3101 Pacific (1953) | |||||
| Granacki, Peggy | 1954 | 1005 S K (1954) | |||||
| Grip, William R | 1947 | P and G Studios | 524 S 11th (1947) | ||||
| Groven, Enoch (Erich) | 1918-1920 | Natl Bank/Tacoma Bldg (1918-1920) | |||||
| Gunderson Litho Co | 1961 | 2407 6th Ave (1961) | |||||
| Gylfe, Axel | 1906 | 905 Pacific (1906) | |||||
| Hadley, Urban Pope | 1883-1886 | E bet 9th and 11th (1885) | 1883 WA Terry Views | From MN, to Napavine, then Lynden. | |||
| Haffer, Virna (Spelled Hoffer during '50s, changed Verna to Virna about 1937) | 1932-1974 | Born Verna May Hanson, m1) Clarence Shultz 1919, ,m2) Paul Raymond Haffer, m3) Norman Randall 1940 | 1236 S Stevens (1932, 1939-1942, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953-1974) | Photographic artist, subject of several major exhibits. | 1920 LA as Verna Shultz. | ||
| Haines, Claude E | 1935-1945 | Haines Picture Shop | Mrs. Hattie Haines (1945) | 119 S 10th (1935-1936, 1942, 1945) | |||
| Haines, Irvin/Irving | 1935 | Salon Studio | 302 N Yakima (1935) | ||||
| Halsten, Hilda | 1907 | Fern Hill | |||||
| Hamilton, Andrew L | 1918-1956 | Hamilton Studio 1925, Dollar Studio 1932, Hamilton Studio 1940 | 915 Pacific (1918-1931), 931 Broadway (1932), Central Bldg (1933-1938), Broadway Bldg (1939), 1147 | ||||
| Hansen and Son | 1894 | Andrew Hansen, Hans P Hansen | 918 S Tacoma Ave (1894) | ||||
| Hansen, Andrew (Anders Peder) | 1891-1899 | 918 S Tacoma Ave (1891-1896), 924 S Tacoma Ave (1898-1899) | Born Denmark, Minnesota 1880 | ||||
| Hansen, Antonia | 1891 | No location (1891) | |||||
| Hansen, Hans P | 1894 | Hansen and Son | Son of Anders | 918 S Tacoma Ave (1894) | 1895 retoucher for AL Jackson | ||
| Hardesty, Harold | 1932 | 940 Broadway (1932) | |||||
| Harding, Mrs. Melita C | 1928-1933 | Central Photo Shop, Harding Studio | Bernice Bldg (1928), 1005 Pacific (1929-1933) | ||||
| Harmon, Hiram I | 1945, 1947 | Moderne Portrait (1947), Pictorial Studios/Views (1947) | 823 Pacific (1945, 1947), 745 Broadway (1947), 711 Broadway (1947) | ||||
| Harrison, Benjamin P | 1947, 1949 | 1348 Broadway (1947), 1350 Broadway (1949) | |||||
| Harrison, Raymond C | 1945-1949 | Bob's Photo Studios (1947), Victor Portraits (1947-1949) | 1128 & 1130 Pacific (1945), 1209 Pacific (1947, 1949) | ||||
| Harrison, Robert L | 1942, 1945 | Bob's Photo Studios (1945) | 1219 Pacific (1942), 1128 and 1130 Pacific (1945) | ||||
| Harta, Claude J | 1947-1974 | Harta Studio | 822 N 11th (1947-1953), 907 Pacific (1954-1974) | Born Salzburg, Augustria 1920, died 2006 | Opening of Narrows Bridge 1950 | ||
| Hartsook Studio | 1918-1936 | MW Newcomb (1919), Emilie Newcomb (1919), LG Megary and MA Messegee (1922), LG Megary (1923), Ada J | 901 Commerce (1918-1920), Rust Bldg (1921-1929), Townsend Bldg (1930-1932), Rust Bldg (1933-1936) | ||||
| Hartsook, Flora | 1911-1917 | Hartsook Studio | Provident Bld (1911-1914), 901 Commerce (1915-1917) | ||||
| Hata, Fujio | 1920-1923, 1933-1934 | 1327 Broadway (1920-1923), 1722 Facwett (1933-1934) | |||||
| Haynes, Frank Jay | Official photographer for NP Railway | Photo studio in a Pullman Car | Yellowstone Park | ||||
| Hester, William | 1903-1906 | Bernice Bldg (1903-1906 | |||||
| Hi Gloss Photo Service Inc | 1956 - present | 5445 South Tacoma Way (1956-1961) 1018 South K (1961-present) | |||||
| Hi-Lo Studio | 1958 | 3319 Pacific (1958) | |||||
| Hirzel, Ellwood J | 1966-1968 | 4220 80th Ave W, UP (1966-1968) | |||||
| Hobbs and Safford | 1919 | Arthur H Hobbs and Justin E Safford | Bernice Bldg (1919) | ||||
| Hobbs, Arthur H | 1919 | Hobbs and Safford | Bernice Bldg (1919) | ||||
| Hobbs, Isaac N | 1890 | 226 S 26th | |||||
| Hochstrasser, LR | 1949, 1951 | Northwest School Photo Services | 1106 S Yakima (1949), 645 S Trafton (1951) | ||||
| Hoffer - see Haffer | |||||||
| Holyer, J Barton | 1924-1938 | Mezzo Portrait Studio | Bernice Bldg (1924-1928), Fidelity Bldg (1929-1938) | ||||
| Home Photographer | 1927 | 718 N L | |||||
| Home Studio | 1958-1963 | 4634 South M (1958-1963) | |||||
| Horton, Gilbert D. | 1884 | Horton & Lewis | Floating gallery | Moved to Snohomish | |||
| Hoskins, Nathan P | 1906 | 2503 6th Ave (1906) | |||||
| Hover, Harry S | 1892-1898 | The Lick Gallery (1895) | No location (1892-1894), 1017 Pacific (1895-1898) | ||||
| Hudson and Martinson | 1891 | Martin L Hudson and Embert Martinson/Martensen | 1138 Railroad Ave (1891) | ||||
| Ihrig, Harriette H | 1907-1917 | Ihrig Studio | Georgene Bagger, artist (1917) | 940 Pacific (1907), 1107 S E (1908-1914), Tacoma Hotel (1915-1917) | |||
| Isham, Don | 1939-1940 | Northwest Film Enterprises | 504 S L (1939-1940) | ||||
| Ives, William | 1895-1898 | The Lick Gallery | 1017 Pacific (1895-1896), 1128 Pacific (1898) | ||||
| Jack & Jill Studios, Inc | 1957 | 915 1/2 Pacific (1957) | |||||
| Jack, A L | 1912 | Berlin Bldg (1912) | |||||
| Jackson and Johnston | 1911 | Albert L Jackson and E D Johnston | Fidelity Bldg (1911) | ||||
| Jackson, Albert L | 1885-1917 | Jackson & Johnston (1911-1912) | No Location (1885), IG Davidson (1888-1890), 919 C C (1891-1892), Berlin Bldg (1894-1909), Fidelity | Died Tacoma 9/26/1922 | |||
| Jackson, Harry F | 1945-1954 | Smith Studio | 753 Broadway (1945-1954) | ||||
| Jackson, William Parnum | 1885-1894, 1905-1928 | Wife Sarah Elizabeth Barker. Obit says grand-daughter has equipment. | 1101 Pacific (1885-1891), 1322 Pacific (1892-1894), 1515 S K (1905), 1102 S K (1906) | Born London 1844. Died 4/13/1928 Yakima | Grand Rapids, MI with brother BD in 1870 and 1880s. | Anti-Chinese Committees | |
| Jacobs, Abraham L | 1907-1909 | 1128 Pacific (1907-1909) | |||||
| Jacobs, Henri | 1927-1959 | Jacobs Studio (1954) | Tacoma Hotel (1927-1934), 784 Commerce (1935-1945), 2119 N Stevens (1947-1959) | ||||
| Jacobson, Mrs. R J | 1906 | 1128 Pacific (1906) | |||||
| Jacobson, Osval B | 1905 | 1128 Pacific (1905) | |||||
| James and Merrihew | 1918-1926 | Mrs. D E Wilcox, EE James (Seattle), R N O'Conner (1926) | Scandinavian/American Bank Bldg (1918-1919), Tacoma Hotel (1921-1926) | ||||
| James, E E | 1921-1924 | James and Merrihew | Seattle | Tacoma Hotel (1921-1924) | |||
| Johnston, E D | 1908-1913 | Jackson and Johnston (1911) | 930 Pacific (1908-1909), Fidelity Bldg (1911-1913) | ||||
| Jonas, Sherman | 1910?? | TPL has something ?? | 2322 N Shirley (1910??) | ||||
| Judd, Charles L. | 1902 | Before Tacoma: Fargo, North Dakota (1884-1896); After Tacoma: Anacortes (1904-death in 1936) | Took first photo of a tornado in ND | ||||
| Kawaguchi, F M | 1919 | 1327 Broadway (1919) | |||||
| Kelly, Millard F | 1890-1895 | Crescent Gallery (1891) | 1111 E (1890-1892), 1516 Jefferson (1894), No Location (1895) | ||||
| Kennell, Earl E | 1939-1945 | Nolan Studio | Fidelity Bldg (1939-1945) | ||||
| Kennell-Ellis-Zausmer | 1932-1949 | Kennell-Ellis (1936) and Fishers (1945) | Broadway Theater Bldg (1932-1947), 746 St Helens (1949) | ||||
| Kerr and Dean | 1915 | William F Kerr, J Pharies Dean | 903 Pacific (1915) | ||||
| Kerr, William F | 1913-1919 | Kerr and Dean (1915) | 1135 S C (1913-1914), 903 Pacific (1915), 1135 S C (1916-1917), 1111 Broadway (1918), 1135 Broadway | ||||
| Kincade, Joseph C | 1890-1902, 1926 | Central Stamp Photo Co (1902) | 905 E (1890), 212 S 11th (1891-1892), 1118 S 11th (1894), 1516 Jefferson (1900-1901), 952 Pacific ( | ||||
| Kincaid, Mrs Minnie | 1904 | Is this Mrs. Joseph? | 930 Pacific (1904) | ||||
| King, Charles E. and Hattie | 1882-1887 | Harriet Feenendall King (1861-1937) & Charles Edward King (1850-1928) | Upstairs 11th & Pacific (1887) | Charles also a policeman, one of 27 indicted for 1885 Chinese Expulsion | Minnesota 1870s. Sold to Wagness Oct 1887 | Territorial Views, Native Americans | |
| Kirkland, Mrs Della M | 1904 | Home Portrait and Framing Co | 929 S Tacoma Ave (1904) | ||||
| Knaggs, Charles I | 1916 | 1344 Pacific (1916) | |||||
| Kolitzoff, Stanlley | 1949-1951 | Kolitzoff Photography and Gift Shop (1949), Kolitzoff Portrait Studio (1951) | 5225 S Tacoma Way (1949-1951) | ||||
| Krug, Fred H | 1928-1949 | Krug-Lutz (1938-1949) | 1928-1937 for Hartsook Studio | 762 Broadway (1938-1949) | Seattle 1953+ | ||
| Kurrell, Dewey H | 1936-1954 | Kurrel's Home Portrait Studio (1949) | 807 N Cushman (1936-1953), 724 N Cushman (1954) | ||||
| La Roche and French | 1891 | Frank La Roche and Arthur French | 501 California Block/1110-1116 Pacific (1891) | ||||
| Larsen, Charles J | 1907 | 901-903 S Tacoma (1907) | |||||
| Larson, Louis | 1896 | 1322 Pacific (1896) | |||||
| Leahey, R M | 1951 | Fox Studios | 915 Pacific Avenue (1951) | ||||
| Lee and Lee (Motion Pictures) | 1907 | David C Lee and Herbert M Lee | 1112 S C (1907) | ||||
| Lee, David C | 1907 | Lee and Lee | 1112 S C (1907) | ||||
| Lee, Frank J | 1902-1937 | 1516 Pacific (1902), 1535 Commerce (1903-1923), California Bldg (1924-1930), Washington Bldg (1931- | |||||
| Lee, Herbert M | 1907 | Lee and Lee | 1112 S C (1907) | ||||
| Lee, James W | 1911-1922 | 524 S 58th (1911-1918), 5438 S Yakima (1919-1920), 5436 S Yakima (1921-1922) | |||||
| Lee, Ray | 1934 | 2705 6th Ave (1934) | |||||
| Lehmann, Paul | 1901-1913 | 917 S C (1901-1913) | By 1934: photographic developing and printing | ||||
| Lenhart, Grace | 1923-1924 | 5436 S Yakima (1923-1924) | |||||
| Lennes, Nels N | 1913-1914 | 5910 Park Way Blvd (1913-1914) | |||||
| Lewis, William M | 1929 | Lewis Studio | 1154 Broadway (1929) | ||||
| Lick Gallery | 1895-1896 | William Ives and Harry S Hover | 1017 Pacific (1895-1896) | ||||
| Lin, Wick Studio | 1965 | Lin 1965-66, Wick 1967-1968 | 7902 W 27th, UP (1965-1966) | ||||
| Lindahl, John Conrad | 1892-1906 | 1017 Pacific (1892), 919 C (1894-1899), California Block (1900-1901), 903 Tacoma Ave S (1903-1906) | |||||
| Loy, Charles V | 1900 | Wallace Bldg (1900) | |||||
| Lucerne Studio | Provident Building | slide of Ambrose J Russell | |||||
| Ludden, Addison | 1897-1900 | No location | |||||
| Lumper, Michael E | 1923-1926 | 1004 S 11th (1923-1925), 2708 th Ave (1926) | |||||
| Lutz, Rolland R | 1938-1959 | Krug-Lutz (1938-1949), Lutz (1951-1955) | Jess Snyder (1954-1955) | 762 Broadway (1938-1953), 754 Broadway (1954-1959) | |||
| Lyle, William | 1935-1927 | 814 S Tacoma (1925-1927) | |||||
| Lynn, Ellison A | 1892-1921 | 113 S 10th (1892), Bernice Bldg (1894-1921) | |||||
| Maarten & Strode | 1968-1974 | 626 St Helens Ave (1968-1974) | Commercial | ||||
| Madsen, Chris P | 1905 | Modern Novelty Company | 941 Pacific (1905) | ||||
| Majestic Studio | 1911 | Harry E. Willson | 906 Pacific (1911) | ||||
| Makimura, US | 1912-1921 | Matsuda and Makimura (1919) | 1702 S C (1912-1913), C of C Bldg (1917-1921) | ||||
| Marshall's Child Photography | 1961-1963 | 6451 East D (1961-1963) | |||||
| Marshall, Frank E | Gem Studio (1913) | Kentucky Bldg (1908), 1504 Pacific (1909), 936 Pacific (1911-1915) | |||||
| Martensen, Embert | 1892 | 1138 Railroad (1892) | |||||
| Massey, Paul T | 1942 | 915 Pacific (1942) | |||||
| Matheson, Adolph | 1942 | Fine Arts Studio | 1113 Pacific (1942) | ||||
| Matsuda and Makimura | 1919-1921 | F M Matsuda and U S Makimura | C of C Bldg (1919-1921) | ||||
| Matsuda, F M | 1919-1921 | Matsuda and Makimura | C of C Bldg (1919-1921) | ||||
| Mattingly, Frank J | 1931 | 4004 N Baltimore (1931) | |||||
| McCallum Wm H | 1967 | 820 N J (1967) | |||||
| McCanless Photo Co | 1903 | James M McCanless, Samuel A McCanless, Walter E Wolff, Paul L Richards | 1201 Pacific (1903) | ||||
| McCanless, James M | 1903 | 1201 Pacific (1903) | |||||
| McCanless, Samuel A | 1903 | 1201 Pacific (1903) | |||||
| McCormick, Ronald E | 1958-1959 | 6806 Fawcett (1958-1959) | |||||
| McIntire and Davenport | 1928-1932 | Theo W McIntire and John Lloyd Davenport | 625 St Helens (1928), 315 S 9th (1929-1931), 721 Commerce (1932) | ||||
| McIntire, Theo W (Ted) | 1928-1940 | McIntire and Davenport (1928), Associated Photographic Services (1934), Pictorial Views (1949) | 625 St Helens (1928), 315 S 9th (1929-1931), 721 Commerce (1932), 714 Market (1934-1941), 711 Broad | ||||
| McKeltrick, W A | 1923 | Ardelle Studio | 903 S Tacoma (1923) | ||||
| McKewen, Wesley C | 1953-1954 | McKewen Studio | with Dona I McKewen (1953 only) | 407 Garfield (1953-1954) | |||
| McLaughlin, Geraldine | 1947 | 3827 S Yakima (1947) | |||||
| Meacham, Willis | 1928, 1936-1937 | with Atelier Meacham (1937 only) | 3702 S G (1928), 5012 Thompson Ave (1936), Provident Bldg (1937) | ||||
| Megary, Ada J | 1925-1927 | Hartsook Studio | Rust Bldg (1925-1927) | ||||
| Megary, L G | 1922-1924 | Hartsook Studio | Rust Bldg (1922-1924) | ||||
| Merrill, Lee | 1947-1955, 1958 | Custom Photo Service (1955) | 910 Commerce (1947-1955, 1958) | ||||
| Mertens, Hugo | 1888, 1914-1929 | 1138 Pacific (1888) | Born Germany 1859, died Olympia 1948. | Moved to Orting by 1889, later Centralia | |||
| Messegee, M A | 1922 | Hartsook Studio | Rust Bldg (1922) | ||||
| Meyer, Richard | 1945 | Fine Arts Studio | 1113 Pacific (1945) | ||||
| Mezzo Portrait Studio | 1924-1938 | J Barton Holyer, J J Uleman (1924-1928) then just Holyer | Bernice Bldg (1924-1928), Fidelity Bldg (1929-1938) | ||||
| Michel, Harold | 1933-1941 | Home Studio | 3701 S G (1933-1941) | ||||
| Midget Studio | 1927 | James Simon | French Bldg (1927) | ||||
| Miller, Charles | 1941 | 1334 Pacific (1941) | |||||
| Mitchell, John S | 1898 | 1823 S 11th (1898) | |||||
| Modern Novelty Company | 1905 | William C Blakeney and Chris P Madsen | 941 Pacific (1905) | ||||
| Moderne Portrait Studio | 1945-1947 | Hiram I Harmon | 823 Pacific (1945, 1947) | ||||
| Moore, Harris Photographer | 1963-1974) | 401 Alexander Bldg (1963-1974) | |||||
| Moore, Lloyd B | 1940 | 3601 McKinley Ave (1940) | |||||
| Morley Studios | 1945-1974 | Morley Brotman | 904 Pacific & 5407 S Tac Way (1945), 925 Broadway & 904 Pacific (1947-1949), 1104 Broadway | ||||
| Morris, Miles H | 1912 | 801 S 11th (1912) | |||||
| Morrison, Doris E | 1949 | 10814 ?? Broadway (1949) | |||||
| Morrison, Duane D | 1913 | 926 S C (1913) | |||||
| Mott, William B | 1936-1941 | Smith Studio, Inc | 753 Broadway (1936-1941) | ||||
| Moyer, Richard R | 1934-1951 | 315 S 9th (1934-1945), 20 N Tacoma Ave (1947-1949), 921 Market (1951) | |||||
| Mullin, Harry | 1889 | Brief boarder with Villard | |||||
| Nancy's Baby Portrait Studio | 1947-1951, 1956-1969 | for Richards 1953-1955, Nancy's Child Portrait Studio 1956 | Nina G Ferris | 736 Pacific (1947-1951), 736 Pacific (1956-1969) | |||
| Nelson, Nels S | 1891 | 1202 S Yakima Ave (1891) | |||||
| Neumeyer, George | 1926-1934 | Crystalike Finishing Co | 1535 Commerce (1926-1934) | Photo finishing/developing/printer from 1935: | |||
| Newcomb, M W | 1918 | Hartsook Studio | 901 Commerce (1918) | ||||
| Newcomb, Mrs. Emilie | 1919-1921 | Hartsook Studio | 901 Commerce (1919-1920), Rust Bldg (1921) | ||||
| Nolan Studio | 1939-1947 | Earl E Kennell, Bernard J Perler (1947) | Fidelity Bldg (1939-1947) | ||||
| Northwest Film Enterprises | 1939-1940 | Don Isham | 504 S L (1939-1940) | ||||
| Novelty Photo Company | 1901 | William Dumermuth, manager | 1201 Pacific (1901) | ||||
| O'Connor, Richard N | 1926-1934 | James and Merrihew (1928), Camera Club Studio (1930), Peoples (1934 | Tacoma Hotel (1926), 718 S L (1928-1934) | ||||
| Oliverson, Christian | 1909, 1911 | Oliver (1911) | 5222 S Union | ||||
| Ollar, Kenneth G | 1940-1941, 1951 | 1724 N Oakes (1940-1941), 2920 N 25th (1951) | |||||
| Ollard, Harry D Jr | 1947 | 2618 N Proctor (1947) | |||||
| Ono, H K | 1907-1913 | 1521 S C (1907-1911), 1519 S C (1912-1913) | |||||
| Osburn, Walther Thurman | 1919-1920 | 813 E 58th (1919-1920) | |||||
| Owada, Frank | 1924-1932 | 1327 Broadway (1924-1932) | |||||
| P and G Studios | 1947, 1949, 1951 | Francis L Powell, William R Grip (1947) | 524 S 11th (1947, 1949, 1951) | ||||
| Parsons, Daisy | 1954 | 944 Broadway (1954) | |||||
| Patrick, A T | 1919 | Richards Film Service | C of C Bldg (1919) | ||||
| Peck, Roselle | 1911 | Stone-Fisher Co. | Stone-Fisher Co (1911) | ||||
| Penthouse Studio | 1949-1969 | Bernard J Perler | 908 Broadway (1949-1954), Broadway Theater Bldg (1955-1959), 908 1/2 Broadway (1960-1962), 315 S 9t | ||||
| Peoples Store Photo Studio | 1934 | Richard N O'Connor | 1101 Pacific (1934) | Bldg 11th and Pacific now KeyBank | |||
| Perdue, Paul C | 1937-1942 | 5215 S Puget Sd (1937), 5225 S Puget Sd (1938), 5227 S Puget Sd (1939-1942) | |||||
| Perler, Bernard J/Bert J | 1947, 1951-1974 | Nolan Studio (1951-1953), Penthouse Studio (1953-1954), Bert Perler (1954-1955) | Fidelity Bldg (1947), 746 St Helens (1951-1953), 908 Broadway (1953), 746 St Helens (1954-1974) | ||||
| Peterson and Dye | 1904 | Bernard Peterson and Mark W Dye | 1105 S E (1904) | ||||
| Peterson's Studio | 1947-1956 | Oscar T Thompson (1947-1951), Mrs. Florence K Thompson (1953-1954) | 764 St Helens (1947-1956) | ||||
| Peterson, Austin D | 1947-1951 | Proctor Studio | 2510 N Proctor (1947-1951) | ||||
| Peterson, Ernest | 1904-1945 | Peterson's Studio (1911-1933), Ernest Peterson (1934-1945) | w/ Raymond O Cooper (1921) | No location (1904), C of C Bldg (1905-1909), 903 S Tacoma (1911-1920), Puget Sound Bank Bldg (1921- | |||
| Peterson, Lewis | 1883 | Elite Gallery | Replaced by Crowell | New Tacoma WT | Seattle Peterson Brothers | Seattle | |
| Peterson, Roy | 1934 | 1912 S Cushman (1924) | |||||
| Peterson, Sigvard | 1899-1905 | 414 S 11th (1899-1900), 1109 S E (1901-1905) | |||||
| Pfister, Lamatha M | 1937 | Thrifty Photography Studio | 947 Broadway (1937) | ||||
| Photo Service Company | 1934-1936 | J Lloyd Davenport and Amber L Thompson | 319 S 7th (1934-1936) | ||||
| Photo Tinting Studio | 1935 | Mrs. Irene Olsen | 5420 S Tacoma Way (1935) | ||||
| Photoart Studio | 1928 | Ray G Fuller | Bankers Trust Bldg (1928) | ||||
| Pictorial Studios | 1947 | H I Harmon | 745 Broadway (1947) | ||||
| Pictorial Views | 1947-1949 | H I Harmon (1947), Ted McIntire (1948) | 711 Broadway (1947-1949) | ||||
| Pin Up Studio | 1951-1953 | Peggy Bacon | 609 S 11th (1951-1953) | ||||
| Plummer, Fremont | 1913-1920 | Provident Bldg (1913), Rhodes (1914-1919), 606 S I (1920) | |||||
| Ponko, Maynard | 1947 | 5218 S Tacoma Way (1947) | |||||
| Potter, Allan M | 1908-1938 | Avery and Potter (1909), Potter's Photo Shop (1915) | C of C Bldg (1908-1922), Bernice Bldg (1923-1938) | ||||
| Poulton, George | 1919, 1927 | 1111 Broadway (1919), 1545 S Tacoma (1927) | |||||
| Powell, Francis L | 1947-1951, 1959-1963 | P and G Studios | 524 S 11th (1947-1951), 2317 N 30th (1959-1963) | ||||
| Proctor Studio | 1947-1951 | Austin D Peterson | 2510 N Proctor (1947-1951) | ||||
| Pryor, Ellsworth | 1947 | Freeman Studio | 1552 Market (1947) | ||||
| Rabel, Fredk M | 1956-1961, 1974 | Rabel's (1958) | 1611 N Madison (1956), 4308 6th Ave (1958-1961), 2806 6th Ave (1974) | ||||
| Ramsey, L Studio | 1962-1974 | Lisle Ramsey (1968) | 759 Market (1962-1966), 3701 6th Ave (1968-1974) | ||||
| Rapson, Will E | 1894 | 1101 Pacific (1894) | |||||
| Read, Abbot C (L?) | 1926-1945 | Read Photo Service | 2209 E Division (1926-1928), 3555 Roosevelt Ave (1929-1933), 920 S Junett (1936-1937, 603 N Grant ( | ||||
| Reade, Benjamin | 1911 | 1318 Pacific (1911) | |||||
| Reece Photo Shop | 1965 | 3221 S 17th (1965-1968) | |||||
| Reed, Walter H | 1894 | 2401 Pacific (1894) | |||||
| Rhodes Bros Dept Store | 1951-1953 | Broadway and 11th (1951-1953) | |||||
| Richards Commercial Photo Service | 1949-1974 | Edmond, Nelson and Robert Richards | 734 Pacific (1949-1974) | ||||
| Richards Film Service | 1919-1921 | A T Patrick and Turner Richards | C of C Bldg (1919-1921) | ||||
| Richards, Andrew J | 1918 | Bankers Trust Bldg (1918) | |||||
| Richards, Mrs. Pearl | 1926-1929 | Commercial Photo Service | (Widow of Paul L Richards) | Perkins Bldg (1926-1929) | |||
| Richards, Paul L | 1903 | McCanless Photo Company | 1201 Pacific (1903) | ||||
| Richards, Turner | 1919-1955 | Richards Film Service (1919), Richards Commercial Photo Service (1949) | C of C Bldg (1919-1921), No address (1933), Tacoma Hotel (1935), 724 Pacific (1936-1945), 734 Pacif | ||||
| Ricketts, Marshall L | 1966 | 5919 S Montgomery (1966) | |||||
| Ricketts, Robert L | 1958 | 7432 S Pine (1958) | |||||
| Robertson, Attie C | 1909 | Provident Bldg (1909) | |||||
| Robinson, M J | 1945, 1947 | 1219 Pacific (1945), 2114 Fawcett (1947) | |||||
| Robison, Mrs Reta C | 1939 | 309 S 34th (1939) | |||||
| Rostedt, W L | 1949 | 9610 Pacific (1949) | |||||
| Rowsell, Frank A | 1895 | No location (1895) | |||||
| Ruhl, Irene P | 1945 | Irene Studios | 3701 S G (1945) | ||||
| Ruland, Alvia O | 1951-1953 | 2901 S 18th (1951-1953) | |||||
| Rutter and Yingling | 1889 | Thomas H Rutter and Harry H Yingling | A and 11th (1889) | ||||
| Rutter, Thomas H | 1889-1892 | Rutter and Yingling | A and 11th (1889), 1346 Pacific (1890), no location (1891-1892) | Born England 1837, worked as a veterinarian. Died Orting 1925. | Montana 1870s, Yakima in 1890s. | Yakima Natives | |
| Safford, Justin E | 1919 | Hobbs and Safford | Bernice Bldg (1919) | ||||
| Salon Studio | 1935 | Irvin Haines and Sam Bratton | 302 N Yakima (1935) | ||||
| Sather, Evan A/Edward | 1890-1896 | With Wagness 1896 | 2401 Pacific (1891-1892), 1322 Pacific (1895), 947 S C (1896) | Took photo of Elbert Byrd, aged 2, (born 1888). Sather born 1860, died 1962. | From Norway, then Minneapolis. After Yukon retired in Bend, OR. | Gold Rush | |
| Sayles, Mrs Bird A | 1894 | 1500 S 11th (1894) | |||||
| Scotford, John H | 1889-1891 | Also Western Copying | With wife Mary | 714 St Helens (1889), 1017 Pacific (1890-1891) | 1843-1919 | ||
| Scott, Oliver P | 1908-1927 | Scott's Studio | 906 Pacific (1908-1909), Fidelity Bldg (1911-1920), 404 S 11th (1926-1927) | ||||
| Seeley, LeRoy Studio | 1968 | 3901 Bridgeport W, UP (1968) | |||||
| Seki, George O | 1922 | C of C Bldg (1922) | |||||
| Simon, James B | 1927, 1933 | Midget Studio | French Bldg (1927), 207 S 9th (1933) | ||||
| Sipple, Augustus | 1892-1896 | 319 E 26th (1892-1896) | |||||
| Sipple, Edward J | 1891 | 316 S 26th (1891) East?? | |||||
| Sloan, William B | 1894, 1900 | Fern Hill (1894), 502 S 9th (1900) | |||||
| Smith Studio Inc | 1936-1958 | William B/Florence Mott (1936), Mrs. Elizabeth Massey (1942), Harry F Jackson (1945) | 753 Broadway (1936-1958) | ||||
| Smith, Clinton F | 1928 | Photo Shop | 903 Pacific (1928) | ||||
| Smith, David | 1967-1968 | 2015 Alameda Ave Fircrest (1967-1968) | |||||
| Smith, Eugene | 1894 | No location (1894) | |||||
| Smith, Robert M | 1923-1935 | Jones Bldg (1923-1928), 753 Broadway (1929-1935) | |||||
| Snyder, Jess R | 1954-1955, 1960-1970 | Lutz Studio 1954, Snyder 1960 | 754 Broadway (1954-1955), (1960-1970) | ||||
| Soreboe, John R | 1909 | 2503 6th Ave (1909) | |||||
| Sound Photo Shop | 1942 | 1311 Pacific (1942) | |||||
| Sowell, Franklyn | 1909 | Downen and Sowell | 903 Pacific (1909) | ||||
| Speers, Albert A | 1905-1941 | Astoria Studio (1919), Vogue Foto Studio (1941) | Albert A and Harold W (1905-1909) | 952 Pacific (1905-1909), 930 Pacific (1919-1920), 101 S 9th (1941) | |||
| Speers, Harold W | 1906-1963 | Sterling Studio (1911), Speers' Studio (1925), Speers Nu Art Studio (1934) | Albert A and Harold W (1905-1909) | 952 Pacific (1906-1916), 917 Broadway (1917-1945), 931 Broadway (1947-1949), 915 Pacific (1951), Ba | |||
| Squire and Crowell | 1890 | Elite Photograph Gallery | Victor E Squire and George W Crowell | 1138 Railroad (1890) | |||
| Stack, Robert A | 1949-1951 | No address (1949), 924 Commerce (1951) | |||||
| Stack, William R | 1949 | 925 Broadway (1949) | |||||
| Stamp Photo Company | 1900-1902 | William Dumermuth and Byron H Harmon | Columbia Bldg (1900), 940 Pacific (1902) | ||||
| Standar, Paul J | 1934 | Broadway Theater Bldg (1934) | |||||
| Steiro, Kalama O | 1939 | 3403 6th Ave (1939) | |||||
| Stepp, Charles E | 1947 | 1018 S K (1947) | |||||
| Sterling Studio | 1911-1923 | H W Speers, Edwin Thomas (1915) | 952 Pacific (1911-1919), Bankers Trust Bldg (1920, 1923) | ||||
| Stolz Studio | 1951-1957 | Paul H Stolz, Carrie White | 5048 S Tacoma Way (1951-1957) then Causton's Stolz | ||||
| Stolz, Paul H | 1951-1953 | Stolz Studio | 5048 S Tacoma Way (1951-1953) | ||||
| Stuard, Earle S | 1933 | Photo Ad Company | Puget Sound Bank Bldg (1933) | ||||
| Sweetheart Studio | 1970 | 4214 S Sheridan Ave (1970) | |||||
| Tacoma Movie Snaps | 1939 | Conrad Barr, manager | 762 St Helens (1939) | ||||
| The Tacoma Studio | 1906 | 1105 S E (1906) | |||||
| Thomas, Edwin | 1921-1924 | Bankers Trust Bldg (1921-1924) | |||||
| Thompson Photo Service | 1939-1941 | Ambler L Thompson, James O Bashford (only 1939) | 319 S 7th (1939-1941) | ||||
| Thompson, Ambler L | 1936-1941 | Photo Service Company, Thompson Photo Service (1939-1941) | 319 S 7th (1936-1941) | ||||
| Thompson, Florence K | 1954 | Peterson's Studio | 764 St Helens (1954) | ||||
| Thompson, Oscar T | 1918-1953 | Peterson's Studio (1947) | 740 St Helens (1918-1919), 3614 N 15th (1920-1921), 764 St Helens (1947-1953) | ||||
| Thompson, Thomas | 1953 | 919 Market (1953) | |||||
| Townsend, George W | 1945 | Victor Portraits | 1209 Pacific (1945) | ||||
| Tranah, William W | 1939 | Tranah Photo Service | 4136 S M (1939), 109 S 9th (1940) | ||||
| Tucker, Charles | 1914-1927 | Municipal Dock (1914), 922 Broadway (1915), 5647 S Union (1922-1923), 5421 S Union (1924-1925), 541 | |||||
| Uleman, John J | 1924-1933 | Mezzo Portrait Studio (1925), Camera Club Studio (1930) | Bernice Bldg (1924-1933) | ||||
| Universal Photo Service | 1927 | Bankers Trust Bldg (1927) | |||||
| Urie, Clyde W | 1911 | 4615 S K (1911) | |||||
| VanWinkle, Charles W | 1928-1932 | Motion Picture | 3410 S G (1928-1929), Browns Point (1932) | ||||
| Venus Studio | 1918 | Andrew J Richards | Bankers Trust Bldg (1918) | ||||
| Victor Portraits | 1945-1949 | George W Townsend (1945), Raymond C Harrison (1947, 1949) | 1209 Pacific (1945-1949) | ||||
| Vogue Foto Studio | 1941 | Albert A Speers | 101 S 9th (1941) | ||||
| Wagness and Sather | 1896 | John T Wagness and Evan A Sather | 947 S C (1896) | Formerly John Thorrald Viknes/ Wigness | |||
| Wagness, John T | 1888-1898 | Sunbeam Studio (briefly 1887) | 121 S 11th (1888-1891), 947 S C (1892-1896), 1128 Pacific (1898) | Formerly John Thorrald Viknes/Wigness | From Fargo, to Stanwood. | ||
| Wallacker, Andrew | 1904 | 1128 Pacific (1904) | |||||
| Walters of Tacoma | 1959-1974 | 3819 6th Ave (1959-1974) | |||||
| Wampler, Charles T | 1954 | Charles Home Portraits | 3519 McKinley (1954) | ||||
| Ware, James L | 1908-1909 | 917 S C (1908-1909) | |||||
| Waters, L Bingham | 1904-1907 | 5635 S Alder (1904-1907) | |||||
| Wedmark, John | 1939 | 810 S Fife (1939) | |||||
| Welch Studio | 1947 | Ray C and Lester T Welch | 5302 Pacific (1947) | ||||
| Welch, Lester T | 1947 | Welch Studio | 5302 Pacific (1947) | ||||
| Welch, Ray C | 1947 | Welch Studio | 5302 Pacific (1947) | ||||
| Wheelan/Wheelen/Wheeler Studios | 1953-1974 | Wheeler (1953), Wheelan/Wheelen (1954-1955) | Daisy Parsons | 944 Broadway (1953-1974) | |||
| Wheelock, George H | 1903 | 952 Pacific (1903) | |||||
| White, Carrie | 1954-1955 | Stolz Studio | 5048 S Tacoma Way (1954-1955) | ||||
| Whitney, Mrs May T | 1927 | A H Barnes, Northwestern Scenery Pictures | Bankers Trust Bldg (1927) | ||||
| Wick, Lin | 1965-1967 | 7902 W 27th, UP (1965-1967) | |||||
| Wilcox, Mrs D E | 1918 | James and Merrihew | Scandinavian/American Bank Bldg (1918) | ||||
| Wilkinson, David E | 1895 | 1111 S E (1895) | |||||
| Williams, Jesse E | 1921-1922 | Bernice Bldg (1921-1922) | |||||
| Willson, Harry E | 1911 | Majestic Studio | 906 Pacific (1911) | ||||
| Wilson, Ralph J | 1960-1962, 1968-1974 | 5834 S Fife (1960-1962), 4918 S Fife (1968-1974) | |||||
| Wolff, Walter E | 1903 | McCanless Photo Company | 1201 Pacific (1903) | ||||
| Wood, Howard J | 1947-1949 | Aero-Marine Photos | 1023 Dock (1947-1949) | ||||
| Woolfield, Harry M | 1908-1915 | Brown and Woolfield | 1114 Pacific (1908), 938 Pacific (1909), 901 Pacific (1911), 903 Pacific (1912-1913), 1344 Pacific | ||||
| Yingling, Harry H | 1889-1892 | Rutter & Yingling | 11th and A (1889) | Born PA 1869. Died WV 1925. | |||
| Yokum | 1883 | Of Davis' in Portland | 5/13/1883, shot for NPRR | ||||
| Yost, Richard H N | 1945 | Yost's Photo Service | 524 S Tacoma Ave (1945) | ||||
| Young, Victor | 1918 | Temple of Music (1918) | |||||
| Yuen Lui | 1966-1974 | 509 Tacoma Mall (1966-1974) | |||||
| Zausmer, Marcus | 1917-1935 | Kennell-Ellis-Zausmer (1932) | Provident Bldg (1917-1927), Broadway Theater Bldg (1928-1935) | ||||
| Zdillae, Ruby | 1951 | Arzee Home Portraits | 4827 S Washington (1951) | ||||
| Zirnis, Vilis | 1953-1961 | 404 S K (1953-1955), 1151 Broadway (1956-1961) |