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Tacoma Illustrated: Published Under the Auspices of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce; A Careful Compilation of the Resources, Terminal Advantages, ... of the "City of Destiny" (Classic Reprint)
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Paperback. Forgotten Books 2016-06-15.
ISBN 9781330500248
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Excerpt from Tacoma Illustrated: Published Under the Auspices of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce; A Careful Compilation of the Resources, Terminal Advantages, Institutions, Climate, Business and Manufacturing Industries of the "City of Destiny"
The work herewith presented needs little introduction to the citizens of Tacoma, but to the public at large, whose hands it is destined to reach, some explanation may not be out of place.
The object of the publication is the embodiment, in concise and correct form, of the rise and progress of a city whose growth in population, trade, manufactures, and whose surrounding resources are almost without parallel.
The resources of the state of Washington are first given a space in our columns; then a cursory history of Tacoma and her important interests, followed by full description of these interests, and concluding with histories of her leading business houses. The familiar features of some of our prominent and enterprising citizens will also be recognized in its pages; many others are equally deserving of a place in our limited gallery, but further space could not be afforded.
It is proper to say that the principle upon which this book published is quite contrary to that ordinary prevailing. Not an illustration, a plate, an advertisement or a portrait, has been paid for. Dependence has been placed solely upon the sale and circulation of the work to compensate for its cost and attain the objects of its publication, and its further success must rest upon a generous appreciation of its merits. These we trust are apparent, since no expense has been spared to have the data as carefully and conservatively compiled a possible, and to make the work one of the finest specimens of the typographic art.
With this brief introduction, "Tacoma Illustrated" is submitted to the favor of a city whose generosity and enterprise are not less remarkable than its progress and prosperity.
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