Two anti-poverty workers lend a hand at the Woodbrook Youth Center, pausing for a moment to acknowledge the camera on May 15, 1968. The youth center was affiliated with the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc., an anti-poverty program. The man is believed to be Herman Walker, head of the Hilltop Multi-Service Center, an arm of the O.D.I. The woman has been tentatively identified as Mrs. Charles Crockrell, executive secretary of the Hilltop Center. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc.

Woodbrook Youth Center (Lakewood); Office workers--Lakewood;

A smiling office worker at the Woodbrook Youth Center looks up from perusing forms from the Pierce County Industrial Medical Bureau on May 15, 1968. She has been tentatively identified as Mrs. Charles Crockrell, executive secretary of the Hilltop Multi-Service Center. Her tidy desk has room for a desk calendar, stapler, telephone and dictionary. An IBM typewriter is within reach. The Woodbrook Youth Center was affiliated with the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc., anti-poverty program. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc.

Woodbrook Youth Center (Lakewood); Office workers--Lakewood; Typewriters--1960-1970; Telephones;

A tutor at the Woodbrook Youth Center helps a Japanese woman with her English on May 15, 1968 while others wait for assistance. Booklets on reading skills are displayed on the desk. Woodbrook was associated with the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc, anti-poverty program. They had already established tutoring programs in Tacoma before expanding to Lakewood. Photograph ordered by Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc.

Woodbrook Youth Center (Lakewood); Tutoring; Japanese Americans--Lakewood;