ca. 1951. Tacoma's Broadway in 1951 was a bustling, busy location. The Sears, Roebuck store was a major cornerstone on 11th and Broadway. It had recently opened a free parking lot for customers to alleviate parking congestion. Tacomans could also view a movie at the Blue Mouse theatre, spruce up their homes with supplies from Johnson Paint & Wallpaper, have their hair done at the Modern Beauty Academy, or fill their prescriptions at Savon or Smith Drug Stores. Those seeking to quench their thirst could visit the Happy Days tavern or Pat & Mike's. View of Broadway looking northward. TPL-1449

Business districts--Tacoma--1950-1960; Business enterprises--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma);

This one-story ranch style home was advertised at $7999.00 in August, 1951. The house had long, horizontal lines and a shallow-pitched composition roof. The yard appeared to be nicely landscaped with plants and bushes behind a small rock border along the house. This home could possibly have been in the Mountlake Terrace neighborhood. Photograph commissioned by Budget Homes, Inc., Al La Pierre.

Houses--1950-1960;

Vista Manor Apartments, Gaston Lance, Architect. General view of multi-story reinforced concrete apartment building with cloverleaf floor plan, in the Stadium district, designed by architectural firm, Lance, McGuire & Muri. W.H. Opie & Co. were listed as building managers; the building itself was owned and operated by American Apartments, Inc. The 133 unit apartment building was promoted as being earthquake and fireproof, with the first seven floors ready for occupancy November 15, 1951. All apartments had beautiful views of the City, Puget Sound or Mount Rainier. Parking facilities for 87 cars was provided. Photograph ordered by W.H. Opie Co. (TNT 11-4-51, C-12, C-13, TPL-865)

Apartment houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Vista Manor Apartments (Tacoma); Lance, McGuire & Muri (Tacoma);

Front of House #5703. One story concrete block home with garage attached. Location not identified. Home was photographed on October 29, 1951.

Houses--1950-1960;

House with number 20536 at front. Block and wood home with attached garage. Power lines go into the roof of the house, then down to meter on the front of the house. This home at an unidentified location was photographed on October 29, 1951. Judging from house number, home was probably located outside Tacoma city limits.

Houses--1950-1960;

An October, 1951, photograph shows shadows creeping over homes in apparently a new housing development. The homes appear to be made of wood and block construction and are ranch style. View of large residence with two-car attached garage and fenced yard. Photograph ordered by Phares Advertising Agency, Seattle.

Houses--1950-1960; Housing developments; Fences; Phares Advertising Agency (Seattle);

This ranch style home may have been recently constructed as a make-shift fence protects the newly planted grass in the front yard. Similar styled homes are in the background. The one-story structure has an attached one-car garage and appears to be made of wood and cement blocks. There is a cement walkway from the garage to the front door. Photograph taken on October 31, 1951; ordered by Phares Advertising Agency, Seattle.

Houses--1950-1960; Phares Advertising Agency (Seattle);

Interior of Kliener home. Small portion of room with couch, chairs, and radio. Location of home and full name of owner not provided.

Houses--1950-1960; Radios; Sofas; Chairs;

Kitchen of Season-Master home. There were several Season-Master models in the Mountlake Terrace area in the early 1950's. Mountlake Terrace was a growing community not far from Seattle. View of kitchen in Season-Master home; kitchen appears compact with appliances placed in a U-shape format. This particular kitchen had its washer and dryer units located next to the refrigerator and across from the stove. All appliances are white and of the Westinghouse brand. Photograph ordered by Phares Advertising Agency, Seattle.

Houses--Mountlake Terrace--1950-1960; Kitchens--Mountlake Terrace--1950-1960; Refrigerators; Stoves; Washing machines; Phares Advertising Agency (Seattle);

Another bathroom was included in the new second-story addition to Verne Carlson's residence. One of his daughters is preparing to brush her teeth in this June, 1950 photograph. The walls are painted a light color and the floor has been covered with alternating colors of linoleum tile. Sconces with upright light bulbs stand on either side of the mirrored cabinet over the sink. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Hal Dixon.

Carlson, Verne--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Building materials; Bathrooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mirrors; Sconces; Girls--Tacoma--1950-1960; Toothpaste;

A June, 1950, view of the back of Verne Carlson's residence showing how the new second-story addition fits with the rest of the house and the roof. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Hal Dixon.

Carlson, Verne--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Remodeling--Tacoma;

An "After" view of this older home. This home was recently sided by Linwood Sales Company. Unfortunately some of the beautiful details in the earlier siding was covered, such as fish-scaling along the divide between the first and second stories and in the pediment areas above the two gables. The upper windows were changed from two, tall, slender windows and below, there had been sets of three windows instead of large, single ones. It was built in 1889 by J.B. McMillen for Josephus S. Howell. In 1951 the E.P. Youngs lived here. Compare with photograph D48,498-2 and BU-720.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Then & now comparisons; Linwood Sales Co. (Tacoma); Young, E.P.--Homes & haunts;

A view along the east side of the 900 block of Broadway looking south features Oakes Apparel at 921 Broadway, Weisfield's at 925 Broadway, and Lerner Shops at 931 Broadway. Two buildings further along the street are undergoing renovations with scaffolding along their facades. In the left foreground, a large clock stands on the sidewalk in front of Mahncke & Company Jewelers at 919 Broadway.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Clocks & watches;

After picture of apartment house at 1115 South J. Blair Construction, 3022 South 38th St. The Minsch Apartments were originally built in 1910 by A.H. Minsch and designed by architect George Trust. The daylight photograph of this three story Craftsman-style apartment house was commissioned by Blair Construction Co.

Apartment houses--Tacoma; Minsch Apartments (Tacoma); Blair Construction Co. (Tacoma);

The exterior of the Charles Pearson home. This one-story ranch-style home has been faced with stone around the front entrance. Dark-stained clapboards cover the remainder of the exterior with the exception of around the smaller windows on the front. A line of clerestory windows is seen over the lower roof line. A two-car garage is to the left, not shown in the photograph. Charles T. Pearson was an architect with Lea, Pearson and Richards . Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pearson, Charles--Homes & haunts;

1950's Contemporary home with a boxy design. A late model car is parked in front of the one car garage. There is a living area over the garage. The house is extremely square and appear to have a balcony on the flat roof.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

New carpet at the Rialto Apartments. These apartments were constructed in 1918 and originally named the Rhodes Apartments. During this fifties common area remodel, the wainscot on the walls was topped by molding and new wall paper. Apartment doors open off of the narrow halls and a fire extinguisher is attached to the wall. A window at the end of the hall supplies light and air.

Apartment Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Rialto Apartments (Tacoma); Hallways;

New carpet at the Rialto Apartments. These apartments were constructed in 1918 and were originally named the Rhodes Apartments. The staircase provides access to the floors of the multi story building. New carpet and wall paper have been installed in the fifties common area remodel.

Apartment Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Rialto Apartments (Tacoma); Stairways--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exposure from Lloyd Suiter Tire Co., 1955 Pacific Ave., looking each way down Pacific Ave. On the right hand side of the picture is Hunt and Mottet Co. wholesale hardware (2112), Coast Auto Wrecking (2120) and Tacoma Junk Co. (2128). On the left hand side of the street is the G.L. Walls Gas Station (2101), the Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. occupies 2113-2115 Pacific Ave. The city bus headed for Manitou occupies the foreground.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Business districts--Tacoma--1950-1960; Buses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Combination living and dining room designed and built by Tietz Construction for William Tietz. The formal dining room was not a feature of fifties home design; dining rooms extended off of the living room for more casual dining. The combined living-dining room is 38 feet long with 24 feet of six foot deep windows. Massive sandstone forms the modern fireplace, continuing into the slight partition and into a planting wall behind the sofa. Each stone was hand-chipped on the scene. Deep toned walls of the dining area shade into a paler tone in the living room and blend with soft rose broadloom carpet. Except the kitchen, baths and recreation room, the entire house is finished with wall to wall broadloom carpet. (TNT 4/28/1951, pg. C-12)

Living rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dining rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fireplaces--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts;

A new building under construction. Ordered by International Business Machines Corp.

Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Concrete--Tacoma; Reinforced concrete construction--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exposure of Dr. Sulkosky's home in Puyallup, both interior and exterior shots. Open beam ceilings and flowered wallpaper highlight the dining and living room portions of the Leo and Lorraine Sulkosky residence in Puyallup. A large wooden etagere is prominently displayed with a chaise lounge nearby.

Houses--Puyallup--1950-1960; Sulkosky, Leo F.--Homes & haunts;

Exposure of Dr. Sulkosky's home in Puyallup, both interior and exterior. Attention is drawn in this photograph to the open beam ceiling in the Puyallup residence of Leo and Lorraine Sulkosky. Large picture windows provide plenty of light into the spacious living room areas of the home. A brick fireplace will help in heating the residence. Dr. Sulkosky is a physician and a member of the firm of Scheyer, Scheyer and Sulkosky located in Puyallup.

Houses--Puyallup--1950-1960; Sulkosky, Leo F.--Homes & haunts; Living rooms--Puyallup; Fireplaces--Puyallup;

ca. 1950. A "positively no admittance" sign is visible near the scaffolding resting against a large building. It is possible that new siding is being installed.

Building construction; Scaffolding; Signs (Notices);

Exterior exposure of house on 3732 East "I". This photograph was commissioned by Alpro Roofing Company, 1502 South Tacoma Way. This bungalow-style home was located possibly at 3732 East "I". It featured a wide pitched roof, covered porch with partial brick columns, and low, broad, horizontal lines.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1887. This view of Pacific Avenue, looking north from 10th, was taken in 1887. Horse drawn carriages and wagons fill the unpaved street. The Fife Hotel, 742-50 Pacific Avenue (at left background), was still under construction with scaffolding visible. The building at 930 Pacific Ave. was home to the Tacoma News. The News and The Daily Ledger, both founded in 1883, were the two biggest newspapers in Tacoma at this time. The Ledger was a morning paper; The News was an evening paper. Some years later, both papers were bought by Sidney A. Perkins. Ultimately, they were taken over by The News Tribune. Copy made August 31, 1950. (TPL-2297 and TPL-8147)

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1880-1890; Carts & wagons--Tacoma; The News (Tacoma); Newspapers--Tacoma--1880-1890; Fife Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1880-1890; Building construction--Tacoma--1880-1890;

Pouring concrete at the new Tacoma Transit Company building. Three men are standing on a form guiding a cabled bucket of concrete into a shaft. Buildings are seen in the background. Ordered by John Ritchie, Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Concrete--Tacoma; Reinforced concrete construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Tacoma Transit Co. (Tacoma);

The exterior of the old B.F. Goodrich building. B.F. Goodrich moved to their new location at 707 Pacific Avenue in May 1950. Lloyd Suiter Tire Company had taken over this location by 1951. Lloyd Suiter had formerly been located at 2302 Pacific Avenue. Lloyd Suiter died in April 1949. Ted L. Fix served as president of the Lloyd Suiter Tire Company in 1951. Wesley Maitland served as secretary. Ordered by Lloyd Suiter Tire Company, Mrs. McGorran.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Lloyd Suiter Tire Co. (Tacoma); B.F. Goodrich Co. (Tacoma);

Wollander Far West Homes at Mountlake Terrace. A row of one-story, rambler-style houses from the Mountlake Terrace housing development are shown in December of 1950. The houses appear to have similar floor plans, being turned left to right to create some variance in the facades of the homes.

Houses--Mountlake Terrace; Real estate business--Mountlake Terrace; Neighborhoods--Mountlake Terrace; Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma);

Wollander Far West Homes at Mountlake Terrace. A one-story house built of cement block located in the Mountlake Terrace housing development was photographed in December of 1950. The exterior has been painted a light color. A decorative screen has been added to the left of the front door.

Houses--Mountlake Terrace; Real estate business--Mountlake Terrace; Neighborhoods--Mountlake Terrace; Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing developments--Mountlake Terrace;