War Housing. Housing facilities. During World War II, whole families, drawn by the high wages at the shipyards, were forced to live in dwellings such as this one- with no electricity or plumbing. Ordered by Mr. H. Stubbs.

Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950;

War Housing; Housing facilities. Due to the overcrowded conditions in Tacoma and the shortage of housing during World War II, some defense workers were forced to house their families in unfit dwellings, some without plumbing or electricity. Basically anything with four walls, including some chicken coups, was converted and rented as housing. Ordered by Mr. H. Stubbs. (TNT 3/10/1943, pg. 27)

Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950;

War Housing; Housing facilities. As thousands flocked to Tacoma in the early 1940's, drawn by lucrative defense industry jobs, housing levels remained the same- creating a crisis situation. Newcomers to the city were forced to live wherever they could find lodging, including some that were no more than four walls & a roof- without electricity or plumbing. Ordered by Mr. H. Stubbs.

Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950;

War Housing; Housing facilities. Ordered by Mr. H. Stubbs. As more workers poured into Tacoma to take well paying defense jobs, the construction of new housing just could not keep pace. Any vacant structure was converted to housing, including some that were unfit for that purpose, lacking electricity or even plumbing. (TNT 3/10/1943, pg. 27)

Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950;

War Housing; Housing facilities. Buildings vacated by businesses, such as the pictured Olympic Laundry that closed during the war, were quickly snapped up and renovated to provide living quarters for defense workers. Ordered by Mr. H. Stubbs.

Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Olympic Laundry (Tacoma);

Interior of Frost and Margaret Snyder's home. The formal dining room includes a built-in china cabinet, open beams, and a fireplace. Paneling is topped by a china railing. Sconces are included in the fireplace front. The dining table is decorated with silver candle sticks. An elaborately carved side board displays a collection of serving pieces.

Dwellings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dining rooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Interior decoration; Snyder, Frost--Homes & haunts;

Exterior view of Wayne W. Keyes' home located at 11437 Gravelly Lake Drive Southwest, in Lakewood. The house is now demolished. Photo ordered by Mrs. Harry U. Fisher, who wanted to use the image on Christmas cards.

Houses--Lakewood--1940-1950; Driveways--Lakewood; Light fixtures; Keyes, Wayne W.;

The Tacoma Ice Palace was scheduled to open in October 1946. View of new Ice Arena under construction at South 38th and Union Avenue. Photo ordered by Holroyd Construction Company.

Building construction--Tacoma; Ice skating rinks--Tacoma; Progress photographs; Tacoma Ice Palace (Tacoma);

Kulien & Wollander Lakewood house set among oak trees. The high demand for homes had housing developments sprouting up throughout the Tacoma and Lakewood area. As servicemen returned home to their families the need for housing increased. Home builders were working as quickly as they could to avoid housing shortages.

Houses--Lakewood--1940-1950; Housing developments--Lakewood; Kulien & Wollander Co. (Lakewood); Oak trees;

Tacoma Laundry, Meyer's home, five laundries and a garage. This home was built in 1938 by William Hiltbrunn. It is French Chateau style and made of brick. The house has views of the Olympic and Cascade Mountains and Puget Sound. It was purchased in 1940 by Fred J. Meyer. Exterior view of Fred J. Meyer's home.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Home Service Laundry Co. (Tacoma); Meyer, Fred J., 1880-1954; Hiltbrunn, William;

Miller Construction Co. was building houses throughout Tacoma in order to help fill the high demand for housing. The housing industry was booming as it prepared for the post war era. Exterior view of a house built by Miller Contruction Co.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Housing--Tacoma; Miller Construction Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Eileen Espy family picture. John C. and Eileen M. Espy, along with their family, posed in front of their Puyallup home for their family portrait on August 25, 1944. John C. Espy was a clerk at the U. S. Naval Station.

Group portraits; Espy, John C.--Family; Espy, John C.; Espy, Eileen M.; Families--Puyallup--1940-1950; Houses--Puyallup--1940-1950;

By 1949, when this photograph was taken, the Bradley Block Building, which still stands at 701-3 Pacific Ave., had seen better days. Built in 1890 by William Bradley as a saloon and boarding house, over the years it was home to the Hotel Bradley, the Lawler Apartments, the Grayson Apartments, and the Holland Furnace Company. It was saved from likely destruction in 1964 when it was purchased by the architectural firm of Liddle & Jones. (TNT, 10/20/1968)

Commercial buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bradley Block (Tacoma); Puget Sound Battery Co. (Tacoma); Holland Furnace Co. (Tacoma);

C. F. McConihey. Driveway and side view of home belonging to Charles F. and Jessie M. McConihey. Mrs. McConihey can be seen walking across dirt driveway in this April 28, 1944, photograph.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; McConihey, Charles F.--Homes & haunts; Driveways--Tacoma; McConihey, Charles F.--Family;

Fircrest housing progress for A. G. Homann. 50 new homes are being built by Miller Construction Co. in the Fircrest area. With the wartime population increase, Tacoma is in dire need of these new homes. View of home construction progress.

Housing developments--Tacoma; Miller Construction Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Exterior of Red Cross Building. The American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter building has just been remodeled and redecorated and is now ready for its formal dedication. An "open house" will immediately follow the ceremony, which will be open to the public. The renovations have made it one of the most modern chapters in the West (T. Times, 5/8/44, p. 9).

Building dedications--Tacoma; Organizations' facilities--Tacoma; American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma);

Exterior of Westinghouse Building. View from west side of two story building shows low relief terra cotta frieze near cornice of brick building. A neon sign hangs below the wooden sign board. TPL-6387

Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. (Tacoma); Signs (Notices);

A large and comfortable leather covered chair and ottoman point directly towards the television in this living room in one of the apartments in the new Vista Manor Apartments. Solid color shag carpeting and draperies of a nubby fabric help create a relaxed atmosphere in this room. Ordered by the W.H. Opie & Company, property managers for the building.

Apartment houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Vista Manor Apartments (Tacoma); W.H. Opie & Co. (Tacoma); Real estate business--Tacoma; Living rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Lakewood Realty, owned by Bill W. Tietz and Harry S. Rinker, was managing the sales of new homes in Mountbrook Manor, a new housing development in Lakewood developed by Bill W. Tietz of Tietz Construction Company. This one-story rambler has been faced with both brick and clapboards. An attached two-car garage has a broad driveway from the street. Tall fir trees stand behind the new home. The building sites in Mountbrook Manor were approximately one-third of an acre. The architect for Tietz Construction was John Nelson who drew the plans for all new construction so there was never a repetition of floor plans in the large development. (TNT, 2/17/1952, p.C-12)

Housing developments--Lakewood--1950-1960; Mountbrook Manor (Lakewood); Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960;

Wallace R. and Eleanor Stabbert built a new home in Fircrest in 1950. Smooth, rounded stucco on the exterior of the home provides a very fresh appearance to the home. The curved walkway to the entry way mimicks the curved corners of the building. Wally Stabbert was president of Fred Stabbert Co., Inc., contractors for plastering, roofing, stucco and cast stone. Their offices were at 1929 South Tacoma Avenue.

Houses--Fircrest--1950-1960; Stabbert, Wallace R.--Homes & haunts; Fred Stabbert Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Exposure of Seattle homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. Rough hewn wood split level with garage below by A.C. Goodwin. A tall chimney runs up the side of the home. The front entrance lies several feet above the street level. The small windows in the front appear to slide to one side for ventilation. Large plate glass windows wrap around corner on the left.

Houses--Seattle--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

The exterior of the Anderson Apartments showing entries to six apartments in the one-story concrete brick building. Ordered by Holroyd Company.

Anderson Apartments (Parkland); Apartment houses--Parkland; Cement industries--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma);

Exposure of Seattle homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. This ranch home with shingle siding and composition roof, by F.R. McAbee, is a duplex and has a lattice screen at one front entrance and brick 1/2 wall at the other. 8th N.W. & W. 105th, Seattle

Duplexes--Seattle--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

Al and Betty Weber's new home was built by Home Construction Company. The one-story, ranch style home has been finished with wide clapboards and Roman brick facing the front entrance and picture windows that extend from the front of the home in Parkland.

Home Construction Co. (Lakewood); Houses--Parkland--1950-1960; Weber, Alfred G.--Homes & haunts;

This one-story rambler is located within Fort Lewis. Board and batten construction was chosen for the left-hand side of the home where the single-car garage is shown. The right-hand portion of the home has brick, painted white, at the base with wide shingles above. Cedar shakes have been used for the roof covering.

Homes--Fort Lewis--1950-1960;

Exposure of Bellevue homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. One story brick home with attached two car carport on left. The home has a living area extension on the right, making the entrance door recessed and large brick planters in front. By Boyd & Mahrenholz, Inc.

Houses--Bellevue--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

Exposure of Bellevue homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. Rear view of a split level brick, shingle & vertical siding house with composition roof, by Bell & Valdez. Daylight basement can be seen from the back.

Houses--Bellevue--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

The exterior of a new one-story home with an attached one-car garage. Shingles were chosen for the exterior covering with brick facing the indented area around the front entry and picture window. Ordered by Powell Construction Company.

Houses--Fircrest--1950-1960; Powell Construction Co. (Tacoma);

The exterior of a new one-story home with an attached one-car garage. Dark shingles were chosen for the exterior covering with brick facing the indented area around the front entry and picture window. A few of the trees have been left standing in the yard. Ordered by Powell Construction Company.

Houses--Fircrest--1950-1960; Powell Construction Co. (Tacoma);

Exposure of Seattle homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. This L shaped rambler, by Modern Home Builders, has the garage on the right next to the front door and brick planter. On either side of the door are large floor to ceiling plate glass windows. There is an extension off of the rear of the home and the landscaping has been put in.

Houses--Seattle--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);