Aerial photograph requested by Puget Sound National Bank and taken in July, 1964, of the Tacoma tideflats area and Port of Tacoma and surrounding neighborhoods. Looking in a northwesterly direction, Gig Harbor and the Peninsula are at the top. Widely channelized Puyallup River is in the center. I-5 freeway runs from the center to the right side of the photograph.

Aerial photographs; Puyallup River (Wash.); Express highways--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Passengers deplaning. Passengers stroll away from the Western Airlines Boeing 720B Fan/Jet that has brought them to Sea-Tac Airport in May, 1964. They appear to be primarily businessmen with briefcases and one military officer. Passengers took air travel more seriously in the 1960's and were not as casually dressed as those travelers today. Note that they were photographed walking to the airport buildings; no connecting ramps in place. Photograph ordered by Cole & Weber Advertising.

Arrivals & departures--SeaTac--1960-1970; Airports--SeaTac; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac); Passengers--SeaTac; Walking--SeaTac; Airplanes--SeaTac;

Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac, Olympia, detailed view of A-framed showroom taken on May 21, 1964. Naturalistic landscaping, gluelam beams anchored in water feature, Cadillac in window, abstract mural and service wing in background. Photograph ordered by the Weyerhaeuser Co.

Automobile dealerships--Olympia--1960-1970; Automobiles--Olympia--1960-1970; Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac (Olympia);

Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac agency, Olympia, Washington. 1964 Pontiac Catalina parked under wooden carport type roof, A-frame structure in background is believed to be agency's showroom. Photograph ordered by the Weyerhaueser Co.

Automobile dealerships--Olympia--1960-1970; Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac (Olympia); Pontiac automobile;

A shiny new Schwinn bicycle donated by County Commissioner Harry Sprinker and a real, live pony donated by Judge Robert A. Jacques were the special prizes given away by the Tacoma Athletic Commission at their big fireworks show on July 4, 1964 in the Stadium Bowl. Leslie Finn of Vancouver, B.C., and Keith Watness of Tacoma were photographed with the bicycle and pony for the News Tribune's pre-4th coverage. Tom Cross (left) representing County Commissioner Harry Sprinker and Judge Robert A. Jacques posed with the children on a grassy field near the Thunderbird Shopping Center. There was a 50-cent admission charge for the Stadium Bowl show with all profits going to a program to buy new bowl lighting. (TNT 7-3-64, p. 13)

Children & adults--Lakewood; Ponies; Bicycles & tricycles--Lakewood; Awards; Cross, Tom; Jacques, Robert A.; Finn, Leslie, Watness, Keith;

Exterior of Children's Home Society of Washington, David Fisher Center. The Children's Home Society of Washington, an adoption agency, was located in a one-story contemporary styled building at 201 So. 34th St. near Pacific Ave. The new West Central District office, named after the late David Fisher, trustee at the time of his death, would hold an open house on April 5, 1964. The Society was founded in 1896 by Rev. and Mrs. H.D. Brown who set out to create a statewide organization to find homes for homeless children. Rather than placing children in orphanages, they sought to provide foster families for them. More than 22,000 children have been placed in adoptive homes since the Society's founding. Throughout the Sixties, its adoption and unmarried parent services were its best known. However, with the numbers of children placed for adoption dropping, it re-directed its energy towards providing residential treatment for school-age children as well as assisting parents in providing adequate care so that their children would not be removed from their homes. There are Children's Home Societies in Seattle and Spokane. 40 years after this photograph was taken, the CHS in Tacoma remains at the same address. (www.chs-wa.org, TNT 3-29-64, A-13)

Children's Home Society of Washington (Tacoma); Adoption--Tacoma;

Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac, Olympia. Man with pipe in bow tie, glasses and Cadillac blazer, possibly owner Dick Lewis, squats beside a pond with fountain. Young girl in shorts and thongs throws rocks into the water. The dealership, unlike the majority of car lots, emphasized a naturalistic setting. State Capitol dome rises in background. Photograph ordered by the Weyerhaeuser Co.

Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac (Olympia); Throwing; Children--Olympia;

Miss Tacoma Home Show, Gerry Gennow, along with developer Boyd Lundstrom, paid a visit to Mayor Harold Tollefson's office on March 4, 1964. Mayor Tollefson, seated, was in the process of cheerfully signing some paperwork pertaining to the Home Show, an annual event which featured goods and services for homeowners by local businesses. Photograph ordered by KTAC.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Gennow, Geraldine; Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1960-1970; Lundstrom, Boyd;

Interior of Highland Ice Arena. Highland Ice Arena opened its doors to the public in December, 1962. It had the largest heated lobby in the Northwest, full rubber flooring in the lobby, glass windows for viewing both inside and out and the first Zamboni in the Northwest. View of large skating rink, benches for skaters and curling stones on racks. Roof appears well reinforced; rink is very well lit wtih fluorescent lighting. Photograph ordered by Butler Manufacturing Co., Kansas City, MO. (www.highlandice.com)

Highland Ice Arena (Shoreline); Skating rinks--Shoreline;

Congratulations are offered to the Matthew Merkles who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in June, 1964. They were given a spin in a 1914 Stoddard-Dayton-Knight, courtesy of C.W. Wallerich, president of South Tacoma Motor Co, and the Merkles' original driver. The Merkles had attended morning low Mass at Church of the Visitation on June 20, 1964. The Merkles were married at this same church on June 24, 1914. They had always lived in Tacoma. Friends and family would honor them with a reception at the Lakewood Terrace following the mass. From L-R are C.W. Wallerich, Elias Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. Merkle, Father Arnold of Visitation and Regina Rowe, Mrs. Merkle's maid of honor. Photograph ordered by C.W. Wallerich. (TNT 6-14-64, D-9, TNT 6-21-64, C-17)

Merkle, Matthew; Merkle, Matthew--Family; Wallerich, Clarence W.; Rowe, Elias; Rowe, Regina; Automobiles--1910-1920; Church of the Visitation (Tacoma);

A giant bird of peace is at the foreground of the Tacoma Vocational Technical Institute's entry in the 1964 Daffodil parade. "Peace Among Nations" is the float's motto. Three lovely ladies wave to the throngs watching the parade while two soldiers provide an escort. This was the 31st Daffodil parade. 33 floats using more than two million daffodils, 24 bands including two from Oregon, 17 marching units, and seven mounted units were televised live on KTNT-TV and viewed in person by thousands in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting. (TNT 4-10-64, p. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1964 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Exterior exposure of Temple Beth El's South Temple, formerly known as Talmud Torah Synagogue and Sinai Temple. Designed by architects Hill & Mock, and built by contractors Knoell & Westerfield in 1925, the Italian Renaissance Romanesque Talmud Torah Synagogue was located at So. 4th & I Sts. Its congregation was more traditionally minded than Temple Beth Israel's reformists, however in 1960 both congregations voted to merge. Rabbi Richard Rosenthal was elected to lead the combined congregations, now called Temple Beth El. Temple Beth Israel on No. 4th St. was sold in 1964 to the Apostolic Faith Church and Talmud Torah, the South Temple, was sold in 1968 to the Tacoma Blood Bank. The Talmud Torah was demolished and its site used as a parking lot for Tacoma General Hospital. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Realty. (History of Pierce County, Vol. 1, p. 15) TPL-8677

Talmud Torah Synagogue (Tacoma); Synagogues--Tacoma;

Studio exposure ordered by Cole & Weber Advertising. Men in coveralls labeled "Douglas Fir Plywood Assn." and "American Plywood Association" lift their hands in farewell in this February 21, 1964, studio shot. Because the background is nearly black, the men and their gestures are prominently, and poignantly, displayed. The DFPA would change its name to the American Plywood Association on April 1, 1964. When the Douglas Fir Plywood Association was formed in 1939, only Douglas fir was used for plywood. By 1964, 23 species were used. It was decided to change the name to reflect the expanded use of firs. The plywood association had long been recognized as the source of plywood information with every major building code in the United States. Changing its name would be an enormous task since every piece of technical and promotional literature would need to be modified; it was expected to take a year. (TNT 3-22-64, B-4)

Uniforms; Raising hands; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); American Plywood Association (Tacoma);

View of Charclay Apartments taken on April 22, 1964. Signage besides the narrow apartment house reads "New Home Coast Calendar Co. Advertising Specialties." Photograph ordered by Coast Calendar Co.

Charclay Apartments; Apartment houses--1960-1970; Signs (Notices); Coast Calendar Co. (Tacoma);

View of new blower system at Puget Sound Plywood manufactured by the National Blower and Sheet Metal Co., Tacoma. National Blower and Sheet Metal was established in 1890. The company designed and built ventilation, dust collecting and blower systems as well as doing general sheet metal work. They were responsible for much for the sheet metal work on the new County-City Building.

National Blower & Sheet Metal Co. (Tacoma); Machinery industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Copy of magazine ad. "Oak paneling from real oaks" was the heading of a Weyerhaeuser advertisement that ran in magazines. The ad stressed that every piece of Weyerhaeuser hardwood paneling actually came from real trees. All Weyerhaeuser paneling were given lustrous prefinishes. The cost of these genuine woods was only slightly higher than some print-grain panels. Photograph ordered on June 3, 1964, by Cole & Weber Advertising.

Advertising; Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.--Associated objects; Trees;

Copy of customer's old photograph, ordered by Drew Foss on June 12, 1964, for insertion into an album. This is an undated sepia photograph of a young Agnes Foss. Wife of Henry O. Foss, youngest son of Thea & Andrew Foss, she was born in Tacoma of immigrant Norwegian parents. She lived in the Tacoma area all her life. Her January 14, 1979, News Tribune obituary noted that she was a champion golfer and horsewoman. She and Henry were wed for 65 years before her death at age 87. Her memorial service, like her husband's, was held at the Henry Foss High School next to Cheney Stadium.

Foss, Agnes S.;

Aerial photography looking eastward of the Port of Tacoma and industrial Tideflat areas and sections of Tacoma's north end neighborhoods. Taken in July, 1964, by request of Puget Sound National Bank. Dash Point on the upper left, various Tacoma waterways toward upper center. Bantz Blvd. (Hwy 16) at bottom; Cheney Stadium above it on the right. Tacoma Auto View Drive-in Theater is in left corner on Pearl. Wilson High School at 12th & Orchard directly above. TPL-9159

Aerial photographs; Dash Point (Wash.); Cheney Stadium (Tacoma); Woodrow Wilson High School (Tacoma);

There were large tracks of undeveloped land along both sides of I-5 in July of 1964 when this aerial view of Federal Way and the 348th Street interchange was taken. To the north and west, above I-5 in the picture, are Tacoma, the tideflats, Puget Sound, and both Browns Point and Dash Point. Beyond Tacoma and Puget Sound, near the top of the picture are (in no particular order), McNeil Island, Fox Island, Gig Harbor and the Key Peninsula.

Aerial photographs; Fox Island (Wash.); Express highways--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Aerial photographs of the Lakewood community featuring the three major lakes. Taken on a hazy day in late April, 1964, at an altitude of 5000 feet, Steilacoom, Gravelly and American lakes are shown surrounded by massive trees. Interlaaken Bridge crosses the Steilacoom Lake to the left. McChord AFB is on to right side. Ponders Corner also on the right. Tacoma Country & Golf Club is on the shores of American Lake. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank. TPL-9666

Aerial photographs; Lake Steilacoom (Wash.); American Lake (Wash.); Gravelly Lake (Wash.); Neighborhoods--Lakewood--1960-1970;

Aerial photograph of S.S. Tiha streaming into port at Aberdeen, Washington, in early March, 1964. Photograph ordered by Export Pacific.

Aerial photographs; Ships--Aberdeen;

Aerial photographs of the Villa Plaza Shopping Center and surrounding Lakewood neighborhoods were taken from a modest 2000 feet altitude on April 26, 1964. Low cloud coverage that day prevented higher elevations. Located between Gravelly Lake and Bridgeport Way in the heart of Lakewood, the large shopping center provided the convenience of one-stop shopping for its suburban clientele. The 4000-car parking lots ensured that customers did not have to hunt for parking space. View of Villa Plaza; Lost Lake on the left side of photograph. Park Lodge Elementary School, now demolished, is also on left bottom. East of Villa Plaza is the Lakeview neighborhood. Puyallup freeway is on very top. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.

Aerial photographs; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1960-1970; Neighborhoods--Lakewood--1960-1970;

Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac agency, Olympia, general view of dealership. Shed-roofed service wing with Pontiac and Cadillac in the bays and abstract mural on exterior wall to left in photo, A-frame showroom with two 1964 Pontiacs in windows at right. Photograph ordered by the Weyerhaeuser Co.

Automobile dealerships--Olympia--1960-1970; Automobiles--Olympia--1960-1970; Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac (Olympia)

Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac agency, Olympia, general view of A-frame showroom with two 1964 Pontiacs in windows, naturalistic landscaping with water feature in foreground. This May, 1964, photograph of an automobile dealership was a far cry from the stark car lots normally seen in larger cities. The A-frame wooden structure with multiple glass windows and the freshly landscaped surroundings would present a more soothing atmosphere in which to view cars. Photograph ordered by the Weyerhaeuser Co.

Automobile dealerships--Olympia--1960-1970; Automobiles--Olympia--1960-1970; Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac (Olympia);

Puget Sound National Bank billboard. Plain wording on a large billboard next to the Stardust Rollercade in downtown Tacoma states that Puget Sound National Bank simply considered itself to be a friend to the community. Smaller letters on the billboard indicate that the bank believed itself to be the "friendliest bank in town." One of the last independent banks in the area, Puget Sound National Bank was acquired by Key Bank in 1993.

Billboards--Tacoma--1960-1970; Banks--Tacoma; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma);

Installation of new charter for the Cascadia Juvenile Reception-Diagnostic Center. Two men display the new charter from the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees on April 22, 1964 for the Cascadia Juvenile Reception-Diagnostic Center Employees, Washington, Local 368. The state had taken over the former site of the Tacoma Indian Hospital on E. 28th St. in 1961. Photograph ordered by the Washington Federation of State Employees, Olympia.

Charters--Tacoma; Labor unions--Tacoma--1960-1970;

A glitter covered clown sought to draw attention to Weyerhaeuser's 2 x 4's on May 17, 1964. He is holding an "engineered 4-square," believed to be stained while a taller regular 4-square stands next to it. Both are kiln-dried. Photograph ordered by Weyerhaeuser Co.

Clowns; Lumber;

Doric Hotel. A quiet study in blue is this Doric Hotel room dressed in shades of robin egg's blue, baby blue, and sky blue. The calming combination of the various blues with the blending of white lamps and window shades would provide a restful atmosphere for visitors to the Doric in 1964.

Doric Tacoma Motor Hotel (Tacoma);

Eight men, all unidentified members of the Tacoma Fire Department, posed at the fire training school on July 10, 1964. They were standing in front of a hook-and-ladder. The training tower in the rear was located in the Port Industrial area. The TFD would later lend equipment and training facilities such as the tower to the Tacoma Vocational-Technical Institute for a new 18-month course to train future firemen. Photograph ordered by Cole & Weber Advertising.

Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Henry and Agnes Foss were photographed aboard the M.V. Thea Foss on June 22, 1964, while the company yacht, named after the matriarch of the Foss family, was tied up at Foss dock. 1964 was the 50th anniversary of Henry and Agnes Foss' wedding. Henry Foss was the head of Foss Launch & Tug, a company started by his parents, Thea and Andrew Foss. Photograph ordered by Drew Foss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foss.

Foss, Henry O., 1891-1986; Foss, Agnes S.; Life preservers;