The third annual Pansy Ring Tea took place at the College of Puget Sound on May 15, 1955. It was sponsored by the active members and alumnae of the Phi Zeta chapter of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. The tea honors senior women and is a tradition of nearly all Tri Delta chapters in the United States and Canada. The tea featured a style show, climaxed by a bridal party. All engaged and recently married seniors received special recognition. (TNT 5/8/1955, pg. D-6)
Delta Delta Delta (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Flowers--Tacoma; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960;
Booth #65, sponsored by Acme Construction Co., at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show, April 3-6, 1952 at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse. The sign to the left tells the showgoer that the displayed roof is the same one installed on the model home the "Tacoman" built adjoining the CPS fieldhouse. The small triangular sign on the right lets passerbys know that they also install the popular asbestos siding. The company's specialty was remodeling, re-roofing and re-siding residential properties. The company was owned by Leonard E. Hunt and Howard W. Underwood and was located at 604 So. 13th.
Acme Construction Co. (Tacoma); Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Construction industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
One of three bedrooms located in the "Tacoman," the model home built adjoining the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse for the fourth annual Tacoma Home Show. Each bedroom featured easy-to-reach built-in storage space for clothing and easy to open ventilating panels adjacent to the windows. A very bright wallpaper covers the rear wall.
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Bedrooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wallpapers--1950-1960; Beds--1950-1960;
Exhibit booth at the fourth annual Tacoma Home Show, April 3-6, 1952, for Richaven Realtors. The company was owned by Edward D. Rich, President and Broker, and Edith Pynchon Rich, Secretary- treasurer and was located at 2010 6th Ave. Their slogan was a word play on their last name, " Rich Opportunities for Rich Living." The booth has photographs of homes offered for sale through Richaven and advertises "low down payments."
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Richaven Realtors (Tacoma); Real estate business--Tacoma;
Tacoma Master Builders Association's booth, sponsors of the 1952 Greater Tacoma Home Show, April 3-6, at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse. The booth featured the largest collection of colored transparencies in the Pacific Northwest. Each of the 11 x 14 illuminated pictures was of a Tacoma home recently built by Association members.
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Tacoma Master Builders Association (Tacoma);
The 1952 Tacoma Home Show was held at the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse April 3-6 and was attended by crowds totaling over 13, 480. A new feature of the fourth annual show was a working demonstration of trades by Tacoma Vocational School students. Approximately 300 students participated in these demonstrations. The banner over their booths reads "Apprenticeship creates Skilled Craftsmen." The trades represented by these booths are plumbing, television repair and plastering.
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma);
Exhibit booth at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show by Tucker & Sons Hardware. Tucker & Sons was owned by Orson R., Roy E. and Howard W. Tucker and was located at 4633-37 Pacific Ave. As this booth shows, they offered a variety of materials and services including heating equipment, hardware, tools, precut ornamental iron and aluminum windows. Heating brands were Blend-air, Mortemp and Lennox. A Lennox furnace was given away in a drawing.
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Tucker & Sons Hardware (Tacoma); Hardware stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ironwork--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Exhibit booth at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show for the Kirby Co. of Tacoma, located at 3521 6th Ave.The Kirby Co. was owned by Ethel M. Page and sold and serviced electric vacuum cleaners. Two men demonstrate a vacuum and a floor cleaner in the picture. A banner reads "Your Home Deserves a Kirby." Show visitors could register for a Kirby to be given away in a drawing Sunday night.
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Vacuum cleaners; Appliances; Kirby Co. (Tacoma);
The living room of the "Tacoman," the model home built adjoining the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse for the fourth annual Tacoma Home Show. The living area measured 380 square feet. The main entrance into the home opened into the living area. A section of the living area could be closed off with folding doors, to be used as a den or an additional bedroom.
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Living rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960;
The family room of the "Tacoman," the model home built adjoining the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse for the fourth annual Tacoma Home Show. Adjacent to the dining portion of the living area is the family room. A door separates the two areas. The garage lies on the other side of the family room. A huge Wilkinson stone fireplace is the focal point of the room. Built-in cabinets hold an automatic washer and dryer. When the washing is completed, the two can be pushed out of sight and the room used as a playroom for the kids, a game room or supplemental living space.
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Recreation rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960;
23 images. University of Puget Sound (CONTINUED) T.Times 2/8/1940 CPS announces funding campaign drive of $76,000 for new buildings T.Times 2/27/1940 College of Puget Sound a mark in Tacoma's progress (il of Jones Hall and women's residence hall) T.Times 4/8/1940 To rename hall Agnes Anderson TNT 8/6/1940 p.1 New CPS building is authorized (student union bldg., John M. Kittredge Hall) T.Times 8/6/1940 Construction of student union building at CPS approved TNT 9/13/1940 Plan music building; friends of CPS to press move for new conservatory TNT 9/24/1940 p.1 Buildings at college (library, student union bldg., and addition to women's residence hall planned) T.Times 9/24/1940 Expansion is planned at CPS TNT 9/26/1940 p.11 New building for CPS (sketch of proposed student union bldg. by Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, arch.) T.Times 10/16/1940 Hold ground breaking ceremonies ... TNT 10/17/1940 p.1 Marks start of new CPS building (il of ground breaking for student union bldg.) T.Times 10/17/1940 The winnah! Norton Clapp tops in shovel gang T.Times 2/26/1941 Enlargements being planned for CPS in near future T.Times 4/5/1941 New building to be started T.Times 4/15/1941 Will sell bricks for new building TNT 4/18/1941 Seek new building; enthusiasm mounts for CPS student union structure TNT 4/20/1941 p.A16 (sketch of proposed student union bldg.) T.Times 4/22/1941 CPS students engaging in two-day "bricks-krieg" T.Times 5/6/1941 CPS building contract is let ... (Dolph Jones, contr. for student union bldg.) TNT 9/9/1941 CPS union rises fast T.Times 9/10/1941 CPS student union building shows lumber industry advance T.Times 9/13/1941 New home of CPS student groups (il) TNT 10/1/1941 p.1 CPS sorority girls pick quarters in new building (il of student union bldg.) TNT 11/15/1941 Cornerstone placed in C.P.S. student union building T.Times 11/15/1941 Student union now has cornerstone; new building at college will be ready in January T.Times 1/9/1942 CPS Student union building will be dedicated ... T.Times 1/13/1942 Complete dedication plans for student union building TNT 1/15/1942 p.8 Dedication at college (interior il of Kittredge Hall) T.Times 1/15/1942 (interior il of student union bldg.) TNT 1/16/1942 p.1 Building is dedicated; Kittredge Hall newest addition to CPS campus T.Times 1/16/1942 Dedicate new CPS building; Gov. Langlie gives principal address TNT 1/17/1942 p.1 Newest addition to CPS (il of Kittredge Hall) TNT 2/18/1944 Post-war plans made (proposed new library, memorial bldg., president's residence, landscaping) T.Times 2/18/1944 CPS plans expansion after war TNT 3/21/1944 Men's dormitory planned ... (sketch) T.Times 3/21/1944 Proposed men's dormitory for CPS; College of Puget Sound drafting post war plans (sketch) TNT 3/22/1944 Post war college plans TNT 12/18/1944 p.1 CPS buys more land T.Times 2/27/1945 Foresees new era of expansion for College ... TNT 6/24/1946 p.1 New CPS dormitory (new men's dormitory by Sutton, Whitney & Dugan / Mock & Morrison, arch. and Macdonald Bldg. Co.,contr.) (sketch) T.Times 6/24/1946 To build new men's dormitory for CPS TNT 7/13/1946 p.1 Break ground Monday for CPS dorm T.Times 7/13/1946 Ground breaking at CPS Monday TNT 7/16/1946 p.1,12 Old, new in CPS rites (Mrs. Edith Schryber of Salem, Oregon landscape arch. for men's dormitory) (il) T.Times 7/16/1946 Ground is broken for dormitory TNT 9/8/1946 p.A1 Record enrollment puts squeeze on C.P.S. and P.L.C. (il) TNT 10/14/1946 p.15 CPS dormitory permit issued (new men's dorm by MacDonald Bldg. Co., contr.) TNT 10/22/1946 Classroom shortage at CPS relieved (structure brought to campus from Paine Field airfield) TNT 4/22/1947 CPS campus contract let (A.A. Price, contr. for Anderson Hall landscaping) TNT 6/14/1947 p.1 Dormitory to honor Dr. Todd T.Times 6/14/1947 Dormitory is named after Edward H. Todd TNT 6/15/1947 "Edward H. Todd Hall" men's dormitory TNT 8/6/1947 Three buildings at CPS completed (army bldgs. from Paine Field reassembled for use as liberal arts, occupational therapy andmusic bldgs.) TNT 12/12/1947 p.11 CPS dedicates new art studio (third floor of Jones Hall) TNT 12/24/1947 p.1 Rapid growth leaves CPS bursting at seams TNT 5/21/1948 p.4 Honor local groups (nine brass plaques installed to honor UPS fraternities and sororities) (il) TNT 6/27/1948 p.A1 Field House bids called TNT 8/3/1948 p.1 Field House contract let TNT 8/4/1948 p.1 Ground is broken for new CPS fieldhouse (sketch) T.Times 8/4/1948 Ground is broken for memorial building at CPS (sketch) TNT 10/3/1948 p.A1 C.P.S. "monument" grows (il of Sequoia tree planted in 1932) TNT 11/15/1948 Fieldhouse is tribute (il under construction) T.Times 11/15/1948 p.9 Fieldhouse, memorial to war dead, nearing completion at CPS (il under construction) TNT 12/9/1948 p.D4 Dedicate C.P.S. shelter (il of new brick bus shelter donated by the Northwest Kiwanis Club) TNT 12/10/1948 p.1,17 Fieldhouse trusses big - wood from Weyerhaeuser (il under construction) T.Times 12/10/1948 Giant trusses for fieldhouse being erected (il) TNT 3/27/1949 p.B1 Prepare new C.P.S. Field House for Daffodil Festival show (aerial il) TNT 4/26/1949 p.29 New College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse splendid addition to city ... able to handle large crowds (E.N. Dugan / E.M. Mock / N.J. Morrison, arch. and Roy T. Earley Co., contr.) TNT 6/2/1949 p.1 Yeggs get $3,750 from C.P.S. Architect & Eng. Jul. 1949 p.20-25 CPS Fieldhouse TNT 7/10/1949 Great help to students (Howarth Hall) TNT 8/17/1949 p.1 CPS chief gets home (president's residence near No. 18th & Union Ave. by E.N. Dugan / E.M. Mock / N.J. Morrison, arch. and Nelson Construction Co., contr.) TNT 10/25/1949 Sound treat fieldhouse (Northwest Sound Control, contr. for acoustics) TNT 10/30/1949 p.D4 More trees for campus (il) TNT 8/16/1950 p.22,23 CPS to break ground for conservatory soon (includes feature about existing bldg., "woman's cottage", the "dark brown shingled building with white trim that sets behind Jones Hall") TNT 12/6/1950 Construction cost felt by college; allocate more money to pay bids for new music building TNT 9/11/1951 p.2 CPS buildings get improvement (magnasite flooring added to kitchen of Student Union Bldg., library "revamped") TNT 11/14/1951 p.A1 Tacoma welcomes MacArthur (General Douglas MacArthur) TNT 2/24/1952 p.A6 Enhance landscape (il of American Beech trees donated by Dr. & Mrs. Paul R. Fossum) TNT 2/28/1952 CPS gives green light (new music bldg. and library) TNT 9/7/1952 p.D11 Fine music building takes form at C.P.S. (Dugan, Mock & Morrison, arch.) (sketch) TNT 11/10/1952 p.1 Government loan will build CPS dormitory (addition to Anderson Hall) TNT 11/12/1952 p.A1 CPS board votes new library (Everill S. Collins Memorial Library, named in honor of the former university trustee and philanthropist) TNT 11/13/1952 p.C11 (ad for appearance by Ted Mack and his Amateurs on Tour) TNT 11/16/1952 p.A6 CPS happy in library (Silas Nelsen, arch.) (sketch) TNT 12/7/1952 p.A11 Plan drive for arch (sketch of proposed arch campus entrance by Silas E. Nelsen, arch.) TNT 2/19/1953 p.A1 Library bids opened TNT 3/11/1953 p.A1 CPS library contract let (to Bona Fide Builders, Inc.) TNT 4/5/1953 p.C15 Ground breaking for CPS library Tuesday (Silas E. Nelsen, arch.) (sketch) TNT 4/7/1953 p.9 CPS library ground broken TNT 4/8/1953 p.12 Break ground (il) TNT 7/19/1953 p.D9 CPS music building completed (il) TNT 7/21/1953 New CPS music building TNT 8/16/1953 p.C15 New CPS library bldg. modern, traditional (aerial il) TNT 10/15/1953 Music building will be opened next Sunday TNT 10/28/1953 p.C8 CPS okays $300,000 loan (for addition to Anderson Hall) TNT 11/22/1953 p.D11 New College of Puget Sound Music Building opens (Dugan, Mock & Morrison, arch. and Norman Strom, contr.) (il) TNT 1/9/1954 p.1 CPS awards big contract (addition to Anderson Hall women's dormitory by McPhail Engineering Co., contr.) TNT 1/10/1954 p.A6 New dorm for CPS (il of ground breaking ceremony) TNT 1/31/1954 p.C13 CPS building women's dorm TNT 2/7/1954 p.A12 CPS library almostdone (il) TNT 3/21/1954 State's largest biology museum at CPS (in "small peak-roofed room in highest reaches of Howarth Hall") TNT 5/27/1954 p.C11 New library dedication set for Sunday (Everill S. Collins Memorial Library) (Silas E. Nelsen, arch. and Bona Fide Builders / Worthen & Wing, contr.) (il,interior il) TNT 6/13/1954 Vandals wreck CPS building (Kittredge Hall) TNT 8/15/1954 p.B14 CPS dorm work eyed: Tower controversy (il) TNT 11/7/1954 p.A1 CPS to dedicate $20,000 carillon p.B12 New CPS scoreboard (il) TNT 11/10/1954 p.B4 New wing at Anderson Hall is completed (Silas E. Nelsen, arch. and Charles McPhail, contr.) (il) TNT 11/11/1954 p.D12 Dedication of CPS carillon at 11 Friday TNT 11/13/1954 p.1 CPS accepts Kilworth gift of carillon TNT 11/14/1954 p.C14 Open house at CPS dormitory (Anderson Hall) p.C17 C.P.S. to get swimming pool (sketch) TNT 11/17/1954 CPS to build 3rd unit to girls dorm TNT 4/15/1955 Colleges to get Baker bequests; PLC and CPS given $100,000 by terms of will ... formation of the John S. Baker Fund for the erection of a stadium on campus) TNT 9/13/1955 CPS opens new classroom area (basement of Jones Hall remodeled by Silas E. Nelsen, arch.) TNT 10/18/1955 CPS to start construction of swim pool TNT 10/25/1955 p.16 Swim pool for CPS (sketch of proposed Hugh Wallace Memorial Swimming Pool by Silas E. Nelsen, arch.) TNT 10/27/1955 CPS trustees plan stadium, approve pool TNT 12/30/1955 p.15 Our town '56 (sketch of John S. Baker Stadium)
This view of the College of Puget Sound campus was taken on a lovely spring day in 1931. By this time the school had been at its North Warner address for seven years. The major buildings on campus were constructed of brick and resembled those built in Tudor style. G67.1-003
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1930-1940;
