Head-and-shoulders portrait of Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Aaron R. Titlow. The mustached Mr. Titlow is gazing steadfastly to the side. He was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney from 1897-98. Born in Ohio, he journeyed west and arrived in Tacoma shortly before Washington achieved statehood. He is perhaps best known as the owner of the luxury Hotel Hesperides, named in honor of his three young daughters, and built on Titlow Beach in the city's west end. By the time of his death in 1923, Mr Titlow had disposed of all his holdings on the beach to be later acquired by the Metropolitan Park District. The site of the former Hesperides became a community center. Copy of customer print ordered by the Pierce County Prosecutors Office in April, 1961; date of original print is not known.

Titlow, Aaron R.; Lawyers--Tacoma;

Head-and-shoulders portrait of George H. Walker, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney. Mr. Walker served as the county's prosecuting attorney in 1899. He succeeded Aaron R. Titlow. Prior to Mr. Walker's term as prosecuting attorney, he was in partnership with A. Norton Fitch as the law firm of Walker-Fitch, with offices in the Fidelity Building. Copy of customer print requested by Pierce County Prosecutors Office in April, 1961; date of original print is unknown.

Walker, George H.; Lawyers--Tacoma;

Copy of customer's print. Taken possibly in a logging camp in perhaps the early 1900's, thirteen men are posed on top an enormous log with eleven others leaning against it. Two women in long aprons stand close by in front of stacks of lumber. Copy ordered by Mrs. Archie Cameron of Puyallup on March 24, 1961.

Logs; Group portraits;

ca. 1961. B&W copy of customer's colored rendering of additions to Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Local architects Lea, Pearson & Richards, whose designs included college buildings, banks, elementary schools and homes, also were involved in church construction. This is possibly the 2.4 million dollar addition (Sand Memorial Center) to Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 1315 No. Stevens. The project would double the church's space. Photograph ordered by Lea, Pearson & Richards on May 11, 1961.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church (Tacoma); Renderings;

ca. 1961. Aerial photograph of Rocky Ridge Ranch. Snow-capped Mount Rainier in background. There are at least two houses on the ranch with four outbuildings, two of them barns. Photograph ordered by Harold Allen Co. on May 16, 1961.

Aerial photographs; Ranches; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

Past and possible future baseball stars stare into the August, 1961, night. The little boy, lying down on the grass, is believed to be Bucky O'Brien, the ballboy for the Cheney Studs, a team sponsored by local lumberman and philanthropist, Ben Cheney. Both he and his older counterpart, believed to be his father Eddie O'Brien, former major leaguer, Seattle University basketball star, and current Studs coach, are wearing striped uniforms decorated with the Studs logo. The Seattle Studs, defending regional and national champs, would attempt to win the Pacific Coast Regional AABC Amateur Baseball tournament held at Cheney Stadium in early September, 1961. They would, however, not be able to defend their title as the team lost to Portland, 2-0; Portland advanced to the national finals at Battle Creek, Michigan. Photograph ordered by Cheney Lumber Co. (TNT 9-1-61, D-3)

Baseball--Tacoma--1960-1970; Baseball players--Tacoma--1960-1970; Uniforms;

View of open bomb shelter as Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Pneuman descend the ladder into its entryway on July 14, 1961. The entryway was shielded from the living area by a sand-filled baffle wall. Three feet of earth cover the roof; tall pipe is part of ventilation system. Fallout shelters were constructed in homeowner's yards in the 1960s as underground retreats for families in the event of a nuclear holocaust. Families kept emergency supplies, as well as books and toys, in the underground room where they would remain until it was safe to return to the outside. This underground shelter was a test model built by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association and designed by Frederick Pneuman, a structural engineer on DFPA's applied research staff. It was buried in the Pneuman's Fircrest yard. DPFA indicated that the shelter was easy to build with panels fabricated at a shop and assembled on site. Shelter was built of full sheets of fir plywood and 8' lengths of 2 x 8 pressure-treated lumber. (TNT 9-3-61, A-6)

Bombproof construction; Civil defense--Fircrest; Atomic bombs; Nuclear fallout;

These young students appear to be getting an early start at Mount Tahoma High School in mid-June, 1961, since the school did not open until September of that year. Built to accomodate the growing South End neighborhoods, the award winning school was designed by Robert Billsbrough Price using an open campus style. The tower pictured on the upper campus would later house a bell; it would become a tradition for seniors to ring the bell on the last day of school. Photograph ordered by the Weyerhaeuser Co. for the cover of the company magazine.

Mount Tahoma High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1960-1970; Students--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bell towers--Tacoma;

July, 1961, saw the installation of a Fibre Making Processes, Inc., barking drum at the Tacoma St. Regis Paper Co. plant. The 12' x 67.5' drum tumbles logs or billets by mechanical rotation which strips the bark using abrasive action. Photograph ordered by Fibre Making Processes, Inc., Chicago, IL.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

Rayonier logging operations at Sappho in July, 1961. Logs are being lowered by cable (wire rope) under the supervision of Rayonier employees. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel, Seattle.

Logs; Lumber industry--Sappho;

ca. 1961. St. Regis lumber operations, Klickitat. Timber is being loaded onto a yellow truck for transport. This is probably pine as the company's Klickitat mill produced ponderosa pine exclusively. (scan from original negative, no print on file)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat;

ca. 1961. Timber being loaded onto truck at St. Regis Paper Co.'s Klickitat forest lands circa 1961. Company mill there would turn the pine logs into lumber for shipment. That particular mill produced ponderosa pine exclusively. The pine would be used for millwork, interior finish, and residential and light commercial buildings. (scan from original negative, no print on file)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat; Hoisting machinery;

Chip feeding operation at St. Regis Paper Co. 's Tacoma plant. Mounds of wood chips blanket the area. St. Regis allowed storage of pulp-mill chips outside its kraft mill location. Sulphate pulp is one of the products made from chips made out of waste wood. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

View of outdoor chip feeding section of St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma, May, 1961. The low covered structure may have housed wood chips. Machinery in background was probably used to transport the chips. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

View of eight-story reinforced concrete apartment house, "Sky Terrace," on October 19, 1961. Located at 235 Broadway with views of Commencement Bay, it was designed by well-known architect Robert Billsbrough Price. O & M Builders Supply was listed as the builder with Ostruske -Murphy, Inc., as contractors. All one and two-bedroom units would have balconies at the rear of the building. Photograph ordered by O & M Builders.

Apartment houses--Tacoma--1960-1970; Sky Terrace Apartments (Tacoma);

New construction by Dean Lyster Construction Co. This home in the University Estates subdivision was included in the 12th annual Tour of Homes held in mid-August, 1961. It was one of eighteen new homes on display in the tour sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Tacoma. The "modern colonial" featured a recreation and family room with sliding glass doors to the rear court, separate living room with colonial fireplace, tile entry, oak paneling, 1.5 baths, and a two-car attached garage wtih automatic electric door available. It was heated with natural gas. Photograph ordered by Dean Lyster Construction Co. (TNT 8-18-61, C-1, TNT 8-27-61, B-3)

Houses--University Place--1960-1970;

Lakewood Hospital. Designed by Alfred Simonson, the Lakewood General Hospital was dedicated on April 30, 1961. The $1,900,000 two-story structure was constructed of reinforced concrete faced with brick and stucco on land donated by Dr. Lawrence E. Skinner. 12,000 people toured the new hospital at its first open house. The hospital was to serve the Lakewood community for 28 years until it was replaced by a new hospital at 11315 Bridgeport Way in 1989. TPL-6597

Lakewood General Hospital (Lakewood); Hospitals--Lakewood;

Copy of customer print. Ben Cheney sent a photograph of himself to his parents at the Cheney Studio, possibly printed on a postcard, as he posed in the streets of Nanking, China, in 1932. Mr. Cheney, hat in hand, stands in front of two majestic buildings. As his note reads, Nanking was the capital of China. Located in eastern China and centuries old, Nanking (or Nanjing) became capital twice, first under Chiang Kai-Shek and then, after WWII, as the capital of the Republic of China. Date on the postcard is 8-22-32; copy of print was ordered on 9-30-61 by Cheney Lumber Co.

Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971;

ca. 1900. Copy of customer print. Southwest view of location of Cheney farm in Overton, Nebraska. It is not clear if the house in the photograph belongs to the Cheney family. Notes on the photograph's border show arrows pointed to the grassy area in the foreground, the apparent location of the old house. Post in left corner is a pasture post. Tree on right side was labeled "Mother's tree." Date of original photograph is not known, possibly in the very early 1900's; copy ordered 9-30-61 by Cheney Lumber Co.

Houses--Nebraska;

ca. 1961. Copy of customer's color transparency. School is in session at the Nell Hoyt Primary School located at No. 27th & Union ca. 1961. Modern in appearance with prefabricated dome roofs, the school was designed by Robert Billsbrough Price and built in 1958; it was named in honor of Mrs. Nell Hoyt, Tacoma PTA leader and national pioneer of the preschool movement. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Nell Hoyt School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Aerial photograph of Bethlehem Steel plant. A Richards Studio photographer in a SeaTac Helicopter flew over the Bethlehem Steel nut and bolt plant on October 12, 1960 and took several shots of the facility located at Spokane & West Marginal Way in Seattle. The large plant appears nestled in a mixed residential/industrial neighborhood with easy access to highways and water transportation. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp.

Aerial photographs; Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (Seattle); Industrial facilities--Seattle;

Still in a crouch, a golfer believed to be Arnold Palmer watches his ball head toward the hole on the final day of the 1960 Carling Open held in September of 1960 at the Fircrest Golf Club. His two playing partners and caddy, along with hundreds of spectators, watch intently. Arnold Palmer had already won over $70,000 in 1960 and was looking to add the $3,500 first prize money to his earnings. Palmer won a disappointing $250; he finished with a total of 281 after 72-holes, nine strokes behind Ernie Vossler, a 31-year-old from Midland, Texas. Vossler beat Paul Harney by one stroke to capture the 1960 Carling Open. Photograph ordered by the Carling Brewery. (TNT 9-19-60, p.l4) TPL-9898

Golf--Fircrest--1960-1970; Golfers--Fircrest--1960-1970; Putting (Golf)--Fircrest; Sports spectators--Fircrest;

Golfer teeing off in Carling Open on September 16, 1960. Two competitors squat while waiting their turn. Large crowd follows flight of the ball. The Carling Open, held at the Fircrest Golf Course, attracted a large field of prominent players, including Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Bob Rosburg, Lionel Hebert, Don January, and Julius Boros. The event was co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society and 25,000 local residents came out to watch the action. Photograph ordered by Tom Hill, Doric Tacoma Motor Hotel, to be displayed on easels throughout hotel. (TNT 9-19-60, p. 14)

Golf--Fircrest--1960-1970; Golfers--Fircrest--1960-1970; Sports spectators--Fircrest;

The hands of Forrest Easterday. City councilman Forrest Easterday posed for studio pictures on October 7, 1960; his hand is gripping a drafting pin as it hovers over city blueprints. The area noted is the E. 11th St. industrial location. Mr. Easterday was a licensed professional engineer and former county commissioner and state legislator. He ran for Port Commissioner in 1960. Photograph ordered by Riconosciuto Advertising.

Hands; Blueprints;

View of enlarged machine room in the St. Regis Paper Co.'s kraft paper and board mill on November 28, 1960. This progress photograph was taken on behalf of Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant from New York City, for possible use in St. Regis' 1960 Annual report. A new paper machine was being erected in 1960 which would increase and diversify Tacoma's paper and board capacity. (St. Regis 1960 Annual Report, p. 7)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Machinery;

A variety of photographs were taken of the Pacific Lutheran University campus in early October, 1960, by the Richards Studio, showing new facilities and improvements. The photograph above shows the Jacob Samuelson Chapel in the new Administration Building, a multipurpose room used for devotional meetings, closed circuit TV lectures, and recitals. It utilized an innovative notion--multiple television sets mounted on walls to provide students with a clearer view of professorial lectures broadcast from the school's own new studio. The chapel was a gift from Mr. Samuelson's estate. (TNT 10-13-60, C-6)

Universities & colleges--Parkland--1960-1970; Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland)--1960-1970; Televisions; Pianos; Lecture halls--Parkland;

ca. 1961. Circa 1961 aerial view of Tacoma Yacht Club, ASARCO smelter, Point Defiance Park and Ruston. The large, long buildings to center left belong to the copper smelter ASARCO. To the right of ASARCO is the Tacoma Yacht Club and its mooring. Above the Yacht Club is the outline of Pt. Defiance's amusement park Funland. To the upper right hand of the photograph is the pond garden in the Bowl area entrance to Point Defiance. To the upper center is the city of Ruston.

Aerial photographs; Boathouses; Boats; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma); Mooring; American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Smelters--Tacoma--1950-1960; Funland (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Amusement parks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Four girls in ballet costumes strike graceful poses in this December 10, 1960, studio portrait. They are believed to be students of Nancy Jane Bare, a longtime dance instructor at Annie Wright Seminary. It is possible that they were part of the six Annie Wright upper school dance pupils scheduled to present a dance suite, "Ribbons & Bells," following the seminary's Christmas dinner on December 15, 1960. (TNT 12-11-60, B-10)

Ballerinas; Ballet dancers--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Ben Cheney & family. The Ben Cheney family are posed in an unusual setting, as living portraits, in this December, 1960, photograph. Ben, children Piper, Sandra, and little Bradbury, and wife Marian peer out from ornate frames. This may have been for their family Christmas card as poinsettias and a bead-and-frosted candle display are used as decorations. A modern armchair, cushions, wooden coffee table, and toy animals complete the setting.

Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971; Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971--Family; Cheney, Marian; Cheney, Sandra; Cheney, Piper; Cheney, Bradbury; Picture frames;

Hailing from Grover, Texas, Pacific Lutheran University co-ed Kathryn Knudson was crowned Queen Kathryn II of the 28th annual May Festival in 1961. She would receive her Bachelor of Arts degree that year. (1961 Pacific Lutheran yearbook, SAGA, p. 124-5)

Knudson, Kathryn; Students--Parkland--1960-1970; Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland)--1960-1970;