Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940.

The construction workers called it “Galloping Gertie.” Construction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge started in 1938, and it opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. It was the world’s third-longest suspension ...

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One painting shows Galloping Gertie, the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which was brought down by a windstorm in 1940. Other paintings show traffic, markets and businesses from a long-ago city.

In 1940, Washington state’s original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed “Galloping Gertie,” collapsed into Puget Sound during a windstorm just four months after opening to traffic. In 1944, President ...

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In 1940, Washington state’s original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed “Galloping Gertie,” collapsed into Puget Sound during a windstorm just four months after opening to traffic. In 1944, President ...

Tacoma painter Beulah Loomis Hyde wasn’t content to paint sunsets, flowers and the pretty pictures her contemporaries did in ...

He miscalculated and landed on his head, damaging his spinal cord. At Sacred Heart Hospital, he laughed and said he would be attending the next day’s North Central football game. Doctors, however, ...