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D154000-275
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- 1968-09-04 (Creation)
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1968 Richards stock aerial footage. Closer look at primary businesses and institutions in Tacoma's commercial downtown area. Centered is the expansive County-City Building which replaced Old City Hall in 1959. On the left side is Central School's Gothic styled eight-storied building. On the right side of the County-City Building is the Tacoma Public Library. The Washington State Armory is behind the parking lot of the County-City Building. Across 11th Street from the Armory is the Tacoma Vocational-Technical School (to be renamed L.H. Bates Vocational-Technical in 1969). The Hilltop neighborhood is closer to the bottom of the photograph. 11th Street Bridge at the top of the photograph leads into the Tacoma industrial Tideflats as it provides access over the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway. Primary office buildings and banks visible near the water are the Perkins Tacoma, and Washington buildings and Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial views; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; County-City Building (Tacoma); Central School (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Perkins Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Building (Tacoma); City Waterway (Tacoma);