trueblood # 2097

Harold Moss (center) raised his hand as he, along with Gerald Maule and Philip Schroeder, took the oath of office on October 13, 1970. Mr. Moss was appointed to the Tacoma City Council in the wake of political upheaval when five councilmen were ousted by recall. He was the first black to serve on the city council and would run successfully in 1971 to serve until 1973. Mr. Moss would be appointed again to the council in 1987 and was re-elected in 1988 and 1992. He became to city's first black mayor in 1994 after the sudden death of newly-elected mayor Jack Hyde. In 1996 he became the first black to sit on the Pierce County Council. The News Tribune notes that Mr. Moss was "perhaps best known for his even handedness and accessibility" while on the city council. ALBUM 16. (TNT 3-18-96, B-2)

Moss, Harold; City council members--Tacoma--1970-1980; Oaths--Tacoma; Maule, Gerald; Schroeder, Philip;

Mayor Gordon Johnston is pictured on September 18, 1970, kneeling before an Alaska Airlines stewardess. She has one hand on his shoulder and is reading from a framed plaque. TRUEBLOOD 1984

Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Johnston, Gordon N.; Flight attendants;

Tacoma Mayor Gordon Johnston and Canadian visitors. The mayor is assisting with a garter with attached tiny holster and pistol. It is possible that the visitors were in town to participate in the annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival parade which was held on Saturday, April 11th. TRUEBLOOD 1935

Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Johnston, Gordon N.; Foreign visitors--Canada;

Mayor Gordon Johnston and visiting U.S. Senators were photographed on April 2, 1970. Two men are holding keys to the City of Tacoma. TRUEBLOOD 1932

Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Johnston, Gordon N.; Legislators--United States;

ca. 1969. capri theater

Seagulls are naturally drawn to landfills, but too many gulls can create a messy nuisance. An unidentified Tacoma Public Works employee contemplates the old method of rousting gulls, a shotgun, with the latest technology of 1969--the Comet Bird Scare Cannon.

Sylvia Sass of Tacoma's Sister City Committee, and Mayor A.L. Rasmussen listen as a Japanese visitor speaks on September 9, 1969. The man was believed to be from Tacoma's sister city, Kitakyushu. Mrs. Sass and husband Lloyd had visited Japan in 1968, where she was invited to speak to English classes at Kitakyushu University.

Sass, Sylvia; Rasmussen, Albert Lawrence; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Foreign visitors--Japan;

Albert Lawrence Rasmussen was elected mayor of Tacoma in 1967. This photograph was taken in the Mayor's office on Naturalization Day, September 9, 1969. Trueblood #1870 ALBUM 16.

Rasmussen, Albert Lawrence; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970

Sixth Avenue near Mildred, looking west. Trueblood #1822

Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Business districts--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Sixth Avenue near Mildred, looking east. Trueblood #1822

Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Business districts--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Sixth Avenue near Mildred, looking east. Towers Restaurant at left. Trueblood #1822

Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Business districts--Tacoma--1960-1970; Towers Restaurant (Tacoma);

The City of Tacoma honored musician Joe Jordan for his many contributions on the occasion of his 85th birthday, Feb. 11, 1969. A ragtime pianist, composer and arranger, Jordan worked with several musical legends in his career, including Fats Waller, Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong. Once a piano player in a small bar in Cairo, some insist that Jordan was the prototype for the piano player in the Humphrey Bogart film, "Casablanca." He also served as a captain in the United States Army. Mayor A.L. "Slim" Rasmussen is pictured presenting the honorary plaque to Joe Jordan, accompanied by his daughter, Marie Lindsey. TPL-6359

Jordan, Joe; Musicians--Tacoma--1960-1970; Lindsey, Marie; Rasmussen, Albert Lawrence; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Awards;

6th Ave and Pine St. Trueblood 1723.

Pacific Avenue near 72nd looking south - The gas station on the corner is the Hill Alexander Texaco Station, 7201 So. Pacific Ave. Across the street at 7202 So. Pacific is Ferranrte's Furniture. The golden arches of McDonald's can be seen at 7217 So. Pacific.

An Army doctor visiting from Thailand peers into a microscope on January 18, 1966. An unidentified American in lab coat is close by. TRUEBLOOD 1361

Foreign visitors--Thailand; Physicians; Medical offices;

Mayor Harold Tollefson, photo album resting on one knee, admires a beautifully attired Japanese doll on November 19, 1965. This may have been the doll presented to the mayor on July 22, 1965, by seven Kitakyushu students visiting Tacoma. The two women in the picture have not been identified. Mayor Tollefson had visited Kobe, Japan, in November, 1963, as part of the Japanese-American Conference of Mayors & Chamber of Commerce Officials and had sent progress reports to the News Tribune. Harold Tollefson would serve three terms as Tacoma's mayor.

Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Dolls; Photograph albums;

An unidentified family exits Never Never Land at Point Defiance in June 1965. The popular park attraction first opened in 1964. Alfred Pettersen, who also designed "Wooded Wonderland" in Victoria, British Columbia, was the first manager. The two facilities were said to be the only two "enchanted forests" on the continent. Sadly, Tacoma's enchanted forest has been plagued by petty vandalism over the years.

Parks--Tacoma; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Never Never Land (Tacoma); Amusement parks--Tacoma;

Mayor Harold Tollefson poses with visiting gardeners from Victoria, British Columbia, on March 16, 1965. The mayor and "Joe" next to him are holding miniature street lamps with tiny blossoms entwined around the columns. TRUEBLOOD 1200

Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Foreign visitors--Canada;

Ruston Way waterfront. Railroad crossing at left. Photograph taken on March 3, 1965.

Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Railroad crossings--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Ruston Way. Trueblood #1194

Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Ruston Way. Trueblood #1194

Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Ruston Way waterfront. Top of the Ocean restaurant on the right. Numerous cars parked on both sides of the road. Photograph taken on March 3, 1965.

Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Top of the Ocean (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1960-1970;

South Tacoma Way. Home to many car lots. Century Motors, 6202 South Tacoma Way, used cars section at right, Peoples Warehouse in background. This photograph was taken on March 3, 1965.

Century Motors, Inc. (Tacoma); Automobiles--Tacoma--1960-1970; Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Mayor Harold Tollefson points out an interesting picture in his photo album to a Japanese visitor from Tacoma's sister city, Kitakyushu, on February 5, 1965. The young man is believed to be a student. Linn Johnson, a University of Puget Sound letterman, shares a smile with the mayor and his visitor. Johnson had spent a month in Japan in the spring of 1964 as a student at Kitakyushu University. He and returning college student Nobuyuki Fujimoto boarded the vessel Sanyo Maru in Bellingham for the trip to Japan. Fujimoto, possibly the young man above, had spent eight months at the University of Puget Sound. (TNT 3-19-64, A-6)

Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Johnson, Linn; Photograph albums;

The Urban Renewal Committee met on January 12, 1965. Among those present were historian Murray Morgan at blackboard; Mayor Harold M. Tollefson in dark suit and City Manager David Rowlands flank Mr. Morgan.

Meetings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Committees--Tacoma--1960-1970; Morgan, Murray, 1916-2000; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Rowlands, David; Urban renewal;

Bill Miller, Republican candidate for Vice-President on the Goldwater-Miller ticket, arrived at the Narrows Airport (Tacoma Industrial Airport) on October 29, 1964 as part of a campaign blitz of the west coast. He is pictured in light raincoat descending his chartered Eastern Airlines' plane stairs. He would speak briefly at the University of Puget Sound and at a $25-a-plate luncheon at the Towers Restaurant before departing later in the day. Mr. Miller was an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame and Albany Law School and had been a multi-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1961-1964. The Republican party would suffer a crushing defeat in the 1964 presidential elections and Mr. Miller would return to his hometown of Lockport, New York, and resume his law practice. He would pass away in June of 1983 at the age of 69. TRUEBLOOD 1136 (TNT 10-29-64, A-1-article; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Miller)

Miller, William E.; Political campaigns; Tacoma Industrial Airport (Wash.); Narrows Airport (Wash.); Airplanes;

A loud, enthusiastic crowd of approximately 200, waving political signs galore, wait to welcome Bill Miller, Republican vice-presidential nominee on the Goldwater-Miller ticket. Mr. Miller arrived at the Narrows Airport (Tacoma Industrial Airport) shortly before noon on October 29, 1964 aboard a special four-engine prop-jet Eastern Airlines Electra. An Elks chartered vehicle was ready to whisk the candidate away to the University of Puget Sound and the Towers Restaurant for brief talks by the candidate. TRUEBLOOD 1136 (TNT 10-29-64, A-1-article)

Crowds; Signs (Notices); Political campaigns; Tacoma Industrial Airport (Wash.); Narrows Airport (Wash.); Automobiles;

Miss Alaska, Nina Whaley (left), and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Seveck arrived in Tacoma on May 19, 1964, for a three day visit promoting Alaskan tourism. They were photographed standing on a Foster & Kleiser public service billboard advertising "Tour Alaska." Despite Tacoma's 60 degree temperatures, they were wearing fur trimmed garments reminiscent of Alaskan native culture. Mr. and Mrs. Seveck were professional entertainers as well as guides during the summer at Kotzebue, within the Arctic Circle. TRUEBLOOD 1064 (TNT 5-19-64, p. 1-article)

Whaley, Nina; Beauty contestants; Seveck, Chester; Seveck, Chester--Family; Guests--Tacoma--1960-1970; Billboards--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fur garments;

Miss Alaska, Nina Whaley (far right), poses with her Alaskan companions, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Seveck, with the towering Tacoma Totem Pole looming behind them. The trio was in town for an activity-packed three days from May 19-21, 1964, in order to promote Alaska's summer tourist industry. The visitors are wearing fur garments of their culture with Mr. Seveck aiming a harpoon. The stop at the Tacoma Totem Pole was made possibly to show the guests the work of Alaskan carvers. TRUEBLOOD 1064 (TNT 5-19-64, p. 1-article)

Whaley, Nina; Beauty contestants; Seveck, Chester; Seveck, Chester--Family; Guests--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fur garments; Tacoma Totem Pole (Tacoma); Totem poles--Tacoma; Harpoons--Tacoma;