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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A 'goddess' awaits her moment in the spotlight
    By Todd Matthews • August 30, 2011 12:00 am

    Supporters of the 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000 bronze Goddess of Commerce statue will publicly unveil the object on Weds., Aug. 31…

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    CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Griselda 'Babe' Lehrer (left) and artist Marilyn Mahoney (right) stand next to the Goddess of Commerce statue; The statue is currently in storage in a building along Opera Alley; supporters say it will be publicly unveiled on Weds., Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. at a permanent site near the intersections of South Sixth Avenue, St. Helens Avenue, and South Baker Street, in the so-called Triangle Business District and Theater District. (PHOTOS COURTESY TACOMA THEATER DISTRICT ASSOCIATION)
    Home at last for Goddess of Commerce statue?
    By Todd Matthews • August 18, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma’s itinerant Goddess of Commerce appears to have finally found a permanent home. Supporters of the 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000 bronze…

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    (IRVING SINCLAIR PORTRAIT COURTESY TACOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
    THS meeting April 12 features Harry P. Cain...
    April 5, 2010 12:00 am

    The life of Harry P. Cain, a former Tacoma mayor who achieved national prominence, will be recounted when Tacoma Historical…

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    Landmarks Preservation Commission rejects 'Goddess of Commerce' proposal
    By Todd Matthews • March 17, 2010 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has rejected a request to place a 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000 bronze statue…

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    Fawcett, Mason, Foss come alive during July 17 living history tour
    Fawcett, Mason, Foss come alive during July 17...
    July 7, 2009 12:00 am

    Tacoma Historical Society volunteers and Fort Nisqually re-enactors will host a living history tour of the Old Tacoma Cemetery Fri.,…

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    Partnership will bring Downtown Tacoma architecture exhibit to Tacoma Historical Society center
    Partnership will bring Downtown Tacoma architecture exhibit to...
    May 4, 2009 12:00 am

    Tacoma Historical Society announced today it has formed a partnership with GeoEngineers, Inc. to develop an exhibit on the history…

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    Tacoma Historical Society opens "A Stitch in Time" exhibit
    Tacoma Historical Society opens "A Stitch in Time"...
    April 13, 2009 12:00 am

    Tacoma Historical Society announced the opening of “A Stitch in Time,” a new exhibit showing the work of a few…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City's streetcar legacy will highlight Tacoma Historical Society...
    By Todd Matthews • August 18, 2008 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Historical Society announced recently its annual dinner and auction will be held Sun., Oct. 12 at the Tacoma…

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    "The nice thing about a [passenger] train is you can see what the country looks like -- you can look right out into people's backyards," says historian, author, and retired railroad employee Jim Fredrickson, who has amassed a collection of passenger train memorabilia. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Long Distance Memories: A lifelong, photographic tour through...
    By Todd Matthews • July 2, 2008 12:00 am

    In the early-1940s, as a teenager at Stadium High School, Jim Fredrickson was a common fixture near Union Station in…

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    Passenger trains focus of new Tacoma Historical Society exhibit
    Passenger trains focus of new Tacoma Historical Society...
    June 13, 2008 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Historical Society announced yesterday it is opening a new exhibit entitled “Passenger Trains of Puget Sound, 1900 to…

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