Aerial photo of grounds showing midway and barns, Grandstand at far right.

Aerial photo of Grandstand full of spectators.

Aerial view of full Grandstand, wagon teams parading around interior.

Aerial view of West Coast Grocery, St. Paul and Tacoma lumber and Tacoma Iron and Steel. A view of the Tacoma tideflats and some of the industry built on it looking north.

Tacoma Tideflats (Tacoma); Aerial photographs; Industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Ponder Sales & Service Inc. sold diesel stove and heavy fuel oils. They were located at 764 Commerce Street. Aerial view ordered by Ponder Sales and Service Co.

Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Roads; H.M. Ponder Oil Sales & Service Co. (Tacoma);

Annie Wright Seminary was a college preparatory school for girls. Miss Ruth Jenkins was the headmistress of the school. Aerial view of Annie Wright Seminary, Commencement Bay in background.

Educational facilities--Tacoma; Private schools--Tacoma; Aerial photographs; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Aerial views of city. This view of downtown is looking north with the high-rise office buildings shown climbing the hill to the west. The 11st Street Bridge crosses the City Waterway on the far right with the industrial Tacoma tideflats on the other side. The Puyallup River enters into Commencement Bay and has left a noticeable line where the fresh water meets the salt. Several ships are docked at Shaffer Terminals lying on the west side of the City Waterway.

Aerial photographs; Cityscapes; Bays--Washington (State); Commencement Bay (Wash.); City Waterway (Tacoma); Rivers--Washington (State); Puyallup River (Wash.); 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma);

This is an aerial southeastern view of the downtown Tacoma business district and portion of the industrial Tideflats that was taken in August of 1948. Two boats are approaching the 11th Street Bridge (now Murray Morgan Bridge), left center, as it extends over the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway. The two bridges pictured to the right of the Murray Morgan Bridge have since been removed. Prominent structures also include the 17-story, Art Deco-styled Medical Arts Building (now Tacoma Municipal Building) on Market St., the massive Washington Building and Puget Sound National Bank with its spire, both on Pacific Avenue.

Aerial photographs; Bridges--Tacoma--1940-1950; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950; City Waterway (Tacoma); Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Washington Building (Tacoma); Medical Arts Building (Tacoma);

View by air of downtown business district taken in August 1948; includes Market, Broadway, and Commerce streets. Many prominent commercial structures are clearly visible including the 17-story Medical Arts Building on Market St., the uniquely-shaped Bostwick Building, Winthrop Hotel on Broadway, Elks Club and (Old) City Hall found in upper left. Glimpses can be spotted of the sandstone tower of First Baptist Church at bottom of photograph, the Rialto theater, the turret of the Music Box theater and the Roxy (Pantages) nearby.

Aerial photographs; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business districts--Tacoma; Medical Arts Building (Tacoma); (Old) City Hall (Tacoma); Elks Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Dickman Lumber Co. August, 1948, aerial view of plant operations at the Dickman Lumber Co., 2423 Ruston Way, with focus on log booms and stacked lumber. Dickman Lumber was established in 1889 by Abraham Coon Young as the Young Bros. Shingle Mill and was later purchased by Leonard Howarth and Ralph L. Dickman, Sr., in 1922, subsequently being renamed the Dickman Lumber Co. The finished products turned out by the mill were not only used locally but shipped to countries around the world. Dickman Lumber's operations on Ruston Way were closed in September, 1977, and the mill was gutted by fire in January, 1979. Its ruins were demolished in 1997. (History of Pierce County, Vol. 1, p. 11-13)

Aerial photographs; Dickman Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs;

Logs are kept ready for the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. operations in convenient log booms. This August, 1948, aerial photograph shows logs floating in the Puyallup and other waterways. Established in 1888, St. Paul & Tacoma had extensive holdings in the Tideflats, sprawling on both sides of East 11th St. They would merge with St. Regis Paper Co. in 1957.

Aerial photographs; Logs; Puyallup Waterway (Tacoma); St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Aerial view of business district in Tacoma, office rooftops; photo ordered by Columbia Breweries, possibly to display prominent Tacoma buildings in their future, newly remodeled facilities.

Aerial photographs; Roofs--Tacoma; Neighborhoods--Tacoma;

This aerial view of Tacoma, encompassing the buildings between South 9th and South 12th Streets (left to right) and Fawcett and Yakima Avenues (top to bottom), was taken in August of 1948. The building shaped like a large inverted "U" at the bottom right is the Tacoma Vocational School (now Bates). It was undergoing its first expansion since it was originally built in 1941. The old Pierce County Courthouse dominates the center of the picture, with the Armory to its left. Most of the buildings in this the center of this photograph, including the church partially hidden by the courthouse tower, were demolished in the 1950s to make way for the County-City Building which was dedicated in April 1959.

Aerial photographs; State Armory (Tacoma); Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma);

South Tacoma was featured in the Tacoma Times Labor Day Industrial pages, the area was rapidly expanding and contributing many new jobs and homes to Tacoma community members. Aerial view of available area, neighborhoods and the Star-Lite Park In Theatre (background), all located along South Tacoma Way (T. Times, 8/31/48, p. 21).

Cities & towns--Tacoma; City & town life--Tacoma; Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Drive-in theaters--Tacoma; Star-Lite Park In Theatre (Tacoma); South Tacoma Way (Tacoma);

Miscellaneous aerials, Port Piers, Schaeffer Terminal, Tacoma Lumber Fabricating Company. An aerial view of an industrial building site in Tacoma. The area has been leveled and forms are in place to begin pouring concrete. This is believed to be the location of the new facilities for Tacoma Drug Company. Another building in the background is nearly finished with the covering being added to the barrel roof.

Aerial photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Reinforced concrete construction--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Aerial photographs. This is a view, taken in October of 1948, of the downtown business district of Tacoma, the 11th Street Bridge to the Tacoma tideflats, Commencement Bay and Brown's Point as the bay joins Puget Sound. Vashon Island is in the distance.

Aerial photographs; Cityscapes; Commencement Bay (Wash.); Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950;

This aerial view of Tacoma looking west was taken in October of 1948. Several ships are docked at the Shaffer Terminals in the immediate foreground. The railroad tracks run along the lower shore with the railroad bridge clearly visible. The commercial district of Tacoma is seen to the left on higher ground. The tall building with a tower near the middle left is the Pierce County Courthouse at 1014 South G Street. Other discernable structures include the Tacoma Elks Temple at left foreground and in the distance to the right, the Tacoma General Hospital complex. The residential areas of the city spread out in the background.

Aerial photographs; Cityscapes; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bridges--Tacoma;

Miscellaneous aerials, Port Piers, Schaeffer Terminal, Tacoma Lumber Fabricating Company. A 1948 aerial view of the Port of Tacoma including the Port piers and the grain elevators. Time Oil storage tanks are seen in front of the grain elevators. Baby flattops (smaller aircraft carriers) were mothballed in Tacoma after the end of World War II in the Port Industrial Waterway. TPL-8305

Aerial photographs; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Aircraft carriers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Harbors--Tacoma; Marine terminals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Aerial photographs. This view shows ships tied along the Shaffer Terminal facilities at Milwaukee Waterway.The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Terminal is across the waterway on the east. East 11th Street crosses the bottom of the photograph. Log booms have been tied up along the left side (part of the Puyallup Waterway). The Port of Tacoma elevators are on the right. Freighters are seen in Commencement Bay awaiting space to tie up. Browns Point is across the bay before it enters Puget Sound.

Aerial photographs; Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma); Marine terminals--Tacoma;

Associated Oil Company aerial view of Tacoma from The Narrows looking east. Ordered by George Martinac, North Pacific Bank Note Company.

Aerial photographs;

ca. 1939. Associated Oil Company aerial view of Tacoma, West End to Downtown, tideflats and beyond. Piers for first Narrows Bridge under construction. Ordered by George Martinac, North Pacific Bank Note.

Aerial photographs; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma;

ca. 1939. Associated Oil Company aerial view of Tacoma West End showing area above Titlow Beach and Day Island. Photograph taken circa 1939. Ordered by George Martinac, North Pacific Bank Note Company.

Aerial photographs; Titlow Park (Tacoma);

Aerial view of North End Tacoma showing Annie Wright Seminary, surrounding neighborhood and Commencement Bay.

Aerial photographs; Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1938. Aerial view of Tacoma General Hospital and surrounding neighborhood including Wright Park as pictured circa 1938.

Aerial photographs; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Wright Park (Tacoma);

Aerial view of Ferro-Alloys plant on Tideflats. [Also dated 08-01-1941]

Aerial Photographs - Pierce County - Tacoma - Port IndustrialIndustries - Metal Industries

Sea-Tac Shipyard, aerial view of facilities. Docks, buildings, equipment and water as photographed in October of 1941.

Aerial photographs; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Aerial view of downtown Tacoma including waterfront warehouses and half-moon railroad yards. This July of 1941 photograph, looking westward, shows the densely packed business districts of Tacoma as well as outlying residential areas. The waterway is the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway with the 11th St. Bridge (now Murray Morgan Bridge) in view.

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Cityscapes; City Waterway (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950;

1941 Aerial view of downtown Tacoma showing the Central Business District, Port/Industrial, and Central residential areas. The 11th St. Bridge (now Murray Morgan Bridge) leads traffic over the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway over to the industrial Tideflats.

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Cityscapes; City Waterway (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma);

Aerial view of Sea-Tac Shipyard taken on July 20, 1941. Even before the U.S. entered WWII, the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard was busy with building tankers and C-3 freighters for the government.

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Aerial view of cleared property above The Narrows showing sparse development in the area east of subject site. Ordered by Mr. Wiborg.

Aerial photographs; Real estate development--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clearing of land--Tacoma--1940-1950; Land subdivision--Tacoma--1940-1950;