The Elks Club was sponsoring their third annual salmon derby; fishermen would gather at dawn and depart from Point Defiance hoping to catch the biggest salmon. View of three unidentified men with their salmon; the salmon will be weighed to determine where their "catch of the day" will rank in the salmon derby

Salmon; Fishing; Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Scales; Weights & measures--Tacoma; Competition entries--Tacoma; Men--Social life--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

Junior Week at the Country Club, Tribune Society, Barbara Dana. Several youngsters scramble barefoot for their shoes in the pile-of-shoes race during Junior Week, 1949.

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Children playing outdoors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Running races--Tacoma--1940-1950; Racing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shoes;

Fabrication of trusses for Washington Hardware Wholesale Building, Timber Fabrication Co., Pete Solberg. The supporting timbers and trusses are in place and work has begun on the roof's covering. Cavanaugh's wholesale lumber company's facilities at 1423 Puyallup Avenue are seen in the right background.

Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Roof trusses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Timber Fabrication Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Dinner meeting at Kopa Chuck Lodge (Kopachuck), Condon Co., Inc., Ralph Combs. A group of Northwest artists was established at Horsehead Bay near Gig Harbor. The old corral at Kopa Chuck Lodge was taken over and made into a studio center for weaving, painting and ceramics. The studio was open to the public and dozens of visitors were entertained there. A man is demonstrating weaving to a group of five women. (TNT, 7/24/1949, p.B-3)

Weaving--Tacoma--1940-1950; Kopachuck Lodge (Gig Harbor); Looms; Weaving--Gig Harbor; Handicraft--Gig Harbor;

Unidentified bride posed in her wedding dress in front of elaborate floral decorations.

Wedding costume--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

On August 8, 1949, a St. Regis worker appears miniscule next to the huge logs loaded on railroad flatbeds for removal from the forest. The worker is photographed at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington. TPL-6882

Woodcutters--1940-1950; Loggers--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

Northwest Florists were celebrating their 25th anniversary this year at their annual convention, which was being held at the Winthrop Hotel. The Winthrop Hotel's lobby has been converted into a flower wonderland, which is open to the public. View of an unidentified man looking at a display commemorating Northwest Florists' silver anniversary (T.N.T., 9/4/49, p. 1 & 5).

Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Florists--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma);

Bill and Ted's Tavern was owned by William J. Harris and Alfred G. Perella who also owned Bill and Ted's Restaurant, which was located next door. Interior view of Bill and Ted's Tavern in August of 1949; men are sitting along the long bar. Cigarettes, cigars and combs are located behind the bar, and a jukebox is in the background. Photo ordered by Mr. Pickering of the State Liquor Board.

Bars--Tacoma--1940-1950; City & town life--Tacoma--1940-1950; Taverns (Inns)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Beer halls--Tacoma--1940-1950; Restaurants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bill & Ted's Tavern (Tacoma);

Murphy's was located at 938 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma; the beer parlor was owned by Leland C. Lund, who also owned the Drift Inn Tavern. Interior view of Murphy's tavern; pin ball machines with signs indicating "No Minors" on right side; men and women are sitting at long eating counter, a waitress and cook are behind the counter.

Bars--Tacoma--1940-1950; City & town life--Tacoma--1940-1950; Taverns (Inns)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Beer halls--Tacoma--1940-1950; Restaurants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Murphy's (Tacoma);

Pacific Northwest Conference Convention at CPS, Women's Society, The Methodist Church. Leaders of the Woman's Society of Christian Service conducted the annual Pacific Northwest conference at the College of Puget Sound for a week in early August 1949. They are, L-R, top row, Mrs. Thomas Swayze, conference secretary; Mrs. P.S. Van Kleek, conference promotion secretary; Miss Margaret Billingsley, secretary for Japan, Korea and the Philippines, and Ruth H. (Mrs. E.Paul) Todd, secretary of supplies. Bottom row, Miss Yoshi Tokunaga, principal of Fuyuoka Girls' School in Japan; Mrs. Roy Freeman, conference summer school committee; Mrs. William Coddington, former conference president. (TNT, 8/3/1949, p.15)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Woman's Society of Christian Service (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Group portraits;

Pacific Northwest Conference Convention at CPS, Women's Society, The Methodist Church. Nearly ninety women from the Woman's Society of Christian Service attended the annual Pacific Northwest conference held this week at the College of Puget Sound. (TNT, 8/3/1949, p.15)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Woman's Society of Christian Service (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Group portraits;

Interior of newly remodeled store, Coopers Cleaners, Mr. Carl Cooper. The reception area of the cleaners is shown with plenty of room for storing items ready to be picked up by customers. A man's hat rests on the customer counter and an ornate cash register is seen on the far right in this photograph from August of 1949.

Cooper's Cleaners (Tacoma); Cleaning establishments--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cash registers;

Fisher's Department Store opened their bargain basement on Thursday August 18, 1949; they advertised this department as the first of its kind in Tacoma. Interior view of Fisher's new bargain basement; merchandise is neatly arranged in display fixtures, their cash registers are set up throughout the basement to help customers with their purchases (T.N.T., 8/18/49, p. 6).

Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clothing stores--Tacoma; Department stores--Tacoma; Mercantile facilities--Tacoma; Shopping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fisher's Department Store (Tacoma);

Fisher's Department Store opened their bargain basement on Thursday August 18, 1949; they advertised this department as the first of its kind in Tacoma. Interior view of Fisher's bargain basement; view of ballerina skirts for $1.98, corduroy skirts for $3.98, skirts for $2.98 to $5.98 and rayon crepe blouses for $1.66 (T.N.T., 8/17/49, p. 10-11 & 8/18/49, p. 6).

Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clothing stores--Tacoma; Department stores--Tacoma; Mercantile facilities--Tacoma; Shopping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fisher's Department Store (Tacoma);

This housing development was designed by Wollander Better Builder Plans and Wollander Farwest Homes in the Parkland area. Exterior view of a Wollander Farwest prefabricated house; view of stepping stones leading to the main entrance of house.

Prefabricated houses--1940-1950; Housing--Parkland--1940-1950; Yards--Parkland; Building construction--Parkland--1940-1950; Neighborhoods--Parkland; Housing developments--Parkland; Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma);

Wollander Farwest Homes was building small affordable two bedroom homes to accommodate new families in need of housing following the end of World War II. Exterior view of a Wollander Farwest prefabricated house; this house was constructed with prefabricated plywood panels, and likely built in just a few days. In 1946 Farwest Homes stated they would be building approximately 25-100 homes daily; these homes were being purchased by new families.

Prefabricated houses--1940-1950; Housing--Parkland; Yards--Parkland; Building construction--Parkland; Neighborhoods--Parkland; Housing developments--Parkland; Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma);

The Olympus hotel had just finished a two year remodeling project, initiated by the hotel manager, Virgil West. The new Mirror Room would offer dinner and dancing, and would feature the popular organist, Edith Stern with Ray Edwards. Interior view of the Mirror Room restaurant and night club, located in the recently remodeled Olympus Hotel (T.N.T., 8/29/49, p. 4-5).

Restaurants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dining rooms--Tacoma; Remodeling--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dance floors--Tacoma; Table settings & decorations; Hotels--Tacoma; Mirror Room (Tacoma); Olympus Hotel (Tacoma);

Reverend Carl A. Johnson, minister of the First Christian Church of Tacoma would be presenting six sermons, all open to the public. Reverend Johnson would be preaching about "Practical Christian Living" from the Book of James. The six sermons would be: "Living Practically", "Living Enthusiastically", "Living Spiritually", "Living Prayerfully", "Living Victoriously" and "Living Seriously". Photo ordered by United Full Gospel City-Wide Revival (T.N.T., 8/20/49, p. 7).

Revivals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evangelists; Religious groups--Tacoma; Christianity--Tacoma; Temporary buildings--Tacoma; Show tents--Tacoma; United Full Gospel City-Wide Revival (Tacoma);

Gas range, Washington Gas and Electric Company, John Slott. This natural gas stove has six burners and possibly two ovens. It has a cover that is hinged in the middle to fold at the back of the burners when in use. John L. Slott was the district representative for Washington Gas & Electric in 1949.

Washington Gas & Electric Co. (Tacoma); Stoves--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public utility companies--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Interior view of house owned by Dickson family; view of a beautiful antique mirror and dressing table. This house was built at 501 Tacoma Avenue North in 1909; Minnie Dickson was said to have helped design the house, A. J. Russell was the architecture firm used in this project. In 1909 this property was sold to George and Minnie Dickson for $16,000; the highest price ever paid for a residential site in Tacoma.

Woodwork--Tacoma; Wood carvings; Bedrooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Floors; Boudoirs--Tacoma; Mirrors; Dressing tables; Furniture; Antiques--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dickson, George L.--Homes & haunts;

Titus handled many special orders and custom built trucks to accommodate all types of business needs. Interior view of Ford truck built for Hunt and Mottet Company, a wholesale sporting goods and hardware company. This new truck would allow for them to efficiently deliver to hardware stores throughout Western Washington. The truck has many compartments which help keep the company organized.

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ford trucks; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hardware; Fishing & hunting gear; Sporting goods; Sporting goods industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Titus Motor Co. (Tacoma); Hunt & Mottet Co. (Tacoma);

Hunt and Mottet Company, a wholesale sporting goods and hardware company, had just purchased a new Ford truck from Titus Motor Company. This new truck would allow for them to efficiently deliver to hardware stores throughout Western Washington. Interior view of truck; fishing gear and other sporting goods are organized in the many compartments.

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ford trucks; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hardware; Fishing & hunting gear; Sporting goods; Sporting goods industry--Tacoma; Titus Motor Co. (Tacoma); Hunt & Mottet Co. (Tacoma);

Ed "Porky" Oliver, nationally prominent professional golfer, from Seattle's Inglewood Country Club was the guest speaker at the awards presentation banquet being held at the Top of the Ocean by the Tacoma Athletic Commission. View of the golfers that participated in the city amateur and the city women's crown golf tournament (T.N.T., 9/16/49, p. D-2).

Awards; Golfers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Men--Social life--1940-1950; Organizations' facilities--Tacoma; Tournaments--Tacoma; Top of the Ocean (Tacoma); Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma);

The beautiful Miss Washington and Miss Wisconsin were visiting Tacoma's Big Bear Stores, they were promoting apples and cheese week. Everyone was invited to participate in the fun, free samples would be available. View of Miss Washington, Libby Aldrich (right) of Kelso, Washington and Miss Wisconsin, Marveen Fischer (left) with an unidentified man at Union Station; Wisconsin cheese barrel in background (T.N.T., 10/14/49, p. B-3).

Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Events--Tacoma--1940-1950; Big Bear Stores (Tacoma); Union Station (Tacoma); Fischer, Marveen; Aldrich, Libby;

Tacoma Boat Building Company was the exclusive designer and manufacturer of the "Northern Dragger" winches, "North" purse seine winches, "Northern" anchor winches and "Northern purse seine and dandelion blocks. The company built wood and steel trollers, purse seiners and tuna clippers, and had built many government vessels during World War II. View of the boat's helm, compass and engine controls. TPL-9021

Boats--Tacoma; Helms; Control rooms--Tacoma; Compasses; Navigation; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Columbia Breweries began expanding and rebuilding their facilities in 1949, throughout 1948 the company had been preparing to go through a massive expansion project. View of the new canning machinery at Columbia Breweries, three unidentified laborers are working with the new machine.

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Equipment; Machinery; Laborers--Tacoma; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

The Cheney Lumber Company owned seven plants that produced 1 million of the 8' x 2" x 4" Cheney studs per day in Washington, Oregon and California. The Tacoma plant had a sawmill, dry kiln, planning mill, log sorting area, storage facilities and loading areas. This plant employed approximately forty people. Interior view of one of the offices at Cheney Lumber Company, an executive believed to be R. Gene Grant is sitting at his desk using the telephone; view of moose head and Cheney Studs calender.

Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Moose; Hunting trophies; Telephones; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Tacoma's Quarter Century Club would be celebrating their second anniversary with a banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. Club members would gather together to commemorate the club's yearly activities. View of unidentified members of the Quarter Century Club celebrating the club's second anniversary; club members are holding programs and reviewing member names listed in the program.

Commemoration--Tacoma; Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Table settings & decorations; Banquets--Tacoma; Men--Social life--1940-1950; Quarter Century Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

View of three members of Jefferson Elementary School's preschool section of the Tacoma Council of Parent Teacher Associations' "Back to School" play. PTA members dressed in costumes and participated in school pranks and helped new parents get acquainted with the PTA; the event was held at Jefferson Elementary School's field house (T.N.T., 10/9/49, p. D-10).

Costumes; Children's theater--Tacoma; Actresses; Books; Educational organizations--Tacoma; People associated with education & communication; Tacoma Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (Tacoma); Jefferson Elementary School (Tacoma);