Sigma Chi fraternity and Pi Beta Phi sorority held their Christmas dance at Greenwood Manor on December 19, 1951. Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the College of Puget Sound, can be seen in front of the mantel, right of center. Sigma Chi's members also held their annual party for orphaned children at St. Ann's home in 1951. (Tamanawas 1952)

Group portraits; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sigma Chi (Tacoma); Pi Beta Phi (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Thompson, R. Franklin, 1908-1999; Greenwood Manor (Tacoma);

Robert Healy family portrait for Society cover page of Tacoma News Tribune. Barbara Healy and her two children beside Christmas tree looking out decorated window. Robin Ann, age 3 1/2 and little brother Brian, age 1, are keeping their eyes out for a jolly visitor. (TNT 12-23-51, D-1- alt. photo)

Healy, Robert--Family; Healy, Robert--Homes & haunts; Healy, Barbara; Healy, Robin Ann; Healy, Brian; Families--Tacoma--1950-1960; Christmas trees--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wreaths--Tacoma;

Bids for the three houses at 5201, 5213, 5219 South K Street that would be removed to make way for Mann Elementary School were to be received by the Tacoma School District by October 29, 1951. Mann Elementary and opened in 1953. This early venacular style one-story house with hip roof, full front porch, and wood foundation was built in 1906 by R.C. Oeder. Ordered for Tacoma School District No. 10. (TNT, 10/14/1951, p.B-4)

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma School District No. 10 (Tacoma); Horace Mann School (Tacoma);

Launching of "Southern Pacific" at J.M. Martinac. The 123 foot tuna clipper was built for Lu Brito (skipper) along with John Silva. She had a capacity of 270 tons and a crew of 15. She was equipped with a 800-hp Enterprise engine, two 150-hp 120 kw GM generating sets, one 60 kw GM generating set for auxiliaries at a cost of $400,000. She was also equipped with Sperry automatic power steering and an automatic pilot; Tacoma Range Company electric range; a Coolidge propeller, TCA radio, Intervox direction finder and a Submarine Signal fathometer. Additionally she was seaplane equipped. (Ledger, 11/4/1951; Marine Digest, 12/22/1951) TPL-9055

Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

Globe Machine personnel have gathered for a group portrait in front of the facility. Most of the men wear overalls or coveralls. The company manufactured machinery for veneer, plywood and wood-working purposes.

Machinery industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Machinery; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--People;

Testing hardwood at the Plywood Research Foundation. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Plywood Research Foundation (Tacoma); Plywood; Research facilities--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Laboratories--Tacoma--1950-1960; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Product inspection--Tacoma; Testing--Tacoma;

A workman moves a stack of cartons of Wesco's sweet peas using a forklift in a large warehouse. The pallet supporting the cartons has been made using plywood. Cartons of StarKist tuna are stacked on the other side of the doorway. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Shipping--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Border Passing identification portrait of Effie Robertson, living in Apartment 10 at Brown Apartments, 502 South I Street. Woman wearing skirt and blouse with large satin or velvet rose pin at collar.

Robertson, Effie; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Art class at Central School. Four children in classroom painting with poster paints, utilizing old milk cartons to wash out paint brushes. Easels in background. (T.N.T.).

School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Central School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Painting--Tacoma--1950-1960; Easels;

Santa Claus has joined the staff at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph for a Christmas tea in 1951.

Telephone companies--Tacoma; Telephone operators--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tea--Tacoma; Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

Santa Claus has joined the staff at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph for a Christmas tea in 1951. There are thirty-three women and two men posing with Santa.

Telephone companies--Tacoma; Telephone operators--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tea--Tacoma; Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

A Turner tow truck is lifting a big freighter on its towing rig. The freighter truck is pulling a trailer behind its regular load. The Turner truck cab has a dragon painted on the driver's door and words, "Call Turner, White Drag-In". Turner Towing was located at 2620 Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. TPL-7943

Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Turner Towing Co. (Tacoma); Towing--Tacoma; Wreckers (Vehicles)--Tacoma;

Lois Elinor Holm and Arthur Louis Jewett were married January 26, 1952, in Immanuel Presbyterian Church. Mrs. David Curtis was matron of honor and wore a gold colored velveteen dress. Patricia Jo Holm, sister of the bride, Mrs. Robert Hansen, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Joyce Anderson were the other attendants. They wore emerald green velveteen dresses and each carried a muff with her flowers pinned on it. Roy Bodine was best man and Dean Marshall, cousin of the bride, Robert Hansen, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, and Raymond Burgener were ushers. (TNT, 2/3/1952, p.D-3)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Holm, Lois Elinor--Marriage; Jewett, Arthur Louis; Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma;

Studio portrait of Sharon Wilbur dressed in majorette costume with plumed hat and holding two batons. Miss Wilbur posed for her photograph of a drum majorette in action on January 7, 1952. Note: Lines on print due to diacetate film deterioration.

Wilbur, Sharon; Drum majorettes--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hats--1950-1960;

Physical therapy at Pierce County Hospital. Woman wearing neck brace combs hair in front of mirror. For National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. Judy Gordon. Marks in print due to diacetate film damage.

Chapin Foster and Mr. Eastman stand beside model in Northern Pacific Railway (Railroad) alcove at Washington State Historical Society. Model represents arrival of train at New Tacoma depot with factories, houses, bay in background.

An aerial view of the plant facility for Hooker Electrochemical Company located at 605 Alexander Avenue on the Tacoma tideflats. The Hylebos Waterway provided excellent accessibility with a company dock and a railroad spur running through the facility enhanced transportation even further. The Port of Tacoma sold an additional 20-acre site to Hooker Electrochemical in December 1951 for $56,400 according to George Osgood, manager of the Port. The property, including a 1,200-foot frontage on the Port-Industrial waterway, was to be used for further expansion of the chemical firm's Tacoma plant. (TNT, 12/16/1951, p.1)

Aerial photographs; Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma); Harbors--Tacoma; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950; Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

An aerial view of the Narrowmoor Addition, a subdivision west of Jackson Avenue. Ordered by Burton W. Lyon, Jr., Puget Sound Bank Building.

Aerial photographs; Housing developments--Tacoma; Land subdivision--Tacoma; Land use--Tacoma; Real estate development--Tacoma;

An aerial view of the Narrowmoor Addition, a subdivision west of Jackson Avenue. Ordered by Burton W. Lyon, Jr., Puget Sound Bank Building.

Aerial photographs; Housing developments--Tacoma; Land subdivision--Tacoma; Land use--Tacoma; Real estate development--Tacoma;

National Auto Parts celebrated the grand opening their third auto parts and accessories store in and near Tacoma in early 1952. The firm had been established in 1938. National Auto Parts was one of the largest distributorships of automobile parts, accessories and rebuilt engines in the Northwest and carried a full line of original equipment parts. During the grand opening the store showed free movies of the 1951 Indianapolis race and a film containing "Colonel Lindbergh's Takeoff Flight to Paris" and others. (TNT, 1/5/1952, p.8)

Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; National Auto Parts, Inc. (Tacoma);

This bedroom in one of the new houses at Mountlake Terrace is shown with the closet doors open showing a wall of shelves behind one of the sets of double doors and a rack for hangers with two shelves above behind the other set of double doors. The headboard for the bed contains shelves and room for a lamp along the top. A side chair has been added beside the bed.

Bedrooms--Mountlake Terrace; Closets--Mountlake Terrace; Housing developments--Mountlake Terrace;

A workman is drilling a hole for the door knob in a door using a specialized rack while another man on right is ready to move another door onto the rack at the new mill work plant in Mountlake Terrace. Ordered by Phares Advertising Agency, Times Square Building, Seattle.

Building materials industry--Mountlake Terrace; Building materials; Lumber--Mountlake Terrace;

The interior of the new mill work plant in Mountlake Terrace. Several men are working at machines with lumber stacked along the sides. Ordered by Phares Advertising Agency, Seattle.

Building materials industry--Mountlake Terrace; Building materials; Lumber--Mountlake Terrace;

Concrete block building with multi light windows. Pipes sticking through building with two railings bolted into steel plate on ground. Address of structure not provided. Photograph taken on December 18, 1951.

Buildings--1950-1960; Building materials; Concrete;

Daytime view of the exterior of the General Paint Corp. wholesale outlet, taken on December 19, 1951. The retail outlet that had been at 102 South 10th Street had to be moved as that building was to be torn down to make way for a parking lot for the Bank of California. Ordered by John Jones.

General Paint Corp. (Tacoma); Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mercantile facilities--Tacoma; Paint industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The interior of Sepic Electric's new Lakewood store is filled with living room and bedroom furniture as well as lamps and lighting fixtures. Appliances can be seen at the far end of the store under the Hotpoint banner. Sepic's now had three locations: 13th and K Streets, 7208 Pacific Avenue, and 9133 Gravelly Lake Drive. (TNT 1/11/1952, p.A-10)

Home furnishings stores--Lakewood; Furniture stores--Lakewood; Appliance stores--Lakewood; Sepic Electric Co. (Lakewood);

Houses in the "Keywest Builders" project in Olympia show several variations on a building plan. Color contrast has been used to provide individuality to the exterior of this one-story 1950's rambler where the same floor plan has been used in nearly every house. Ordered by W.A. Wollander, well-known Tacoma architect.

Houses--Olympia--1950-1960; Housing development--Olympia--1950-1960; Wollander, W.A.;

A model holds the door of one of the closets open in the bedroom of the model home at Mountlake Terrace, Seattle, on October 8, 1951. A stack of shelves is visible in the closet closest to her and a rod with shelves above is seen in the other wooden closet. Ordered by Phares Advertising Company.

Housing developments--Mountlake Terrace; Bedrooms--Mountlake Terrace--1950-1960; Closets--Mountlake Terrace; Phares Advertising Co. (Seattle); Model houses--Mountlake Terrace; Posing; Fashion models--Seattle; Neighborhoods--Mountlake Terrace;

A couple relax in the living room of the model home at Mountlake Terrace, Seattle, in a photograph dated October 8, 1951. The model home would sell for $5,999.00. Ordered by Phares Advertising Company.

Housing developments--Mountlake Terrace; Living rooms--Mountlake Terrace--1950-1960; Phares Advertising Co. (Seattle); Model houses--Mountlake Terrace; Posing; Fashion models--Seattle; Neighborhoods--Mountlake Terrace;

Another machine, a large roller type machine, is used to strip bark from logs at the St. Regis Paper plant. At the end of 1951, St. Regis reached a point where it was able to supply from its own operations virtually all of the sulphate pulp requirements, both bleached and unbleached, of its kraft paper mills. St. Regis had been experimenting at its Tacoma mill in manufacturing kraft pulp from clean waste wood chips and in 1951 was making use of this material on a considerable scale in production. (St. Regis Paper Co. 1951 Annual Report)

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Machinery; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;