The Ellen Satterlee Orthopedic Guild sold large styled 1952 appointment calendars to benefit the soon-to-be constructed Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. The Guild, part of the Tacoma Orthopedic Association, would be staffing booths at Fisher's and Rhodes' department stores in November, 1951. From left to right: Mrs. Ray Novak, Mrs. William Rademaker, Mrs. Vernor Shields, Mrs. L.W. Craig and Mrs. Carl Eckstein. (TNT 11-9-51, p. 14)

Tacoma Orthopedic Association, Ellen Satterlee Guild (Tacoma); Women--Clubs--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fund raising--Tacoma--1950-1960; Calendars;

Takolah, the Y-teen club at Lincoln High School, honored their adult club advisers at a tea on November 11, 1951. The tea was held at the Brookdale home of Mrs. B.E. Bassett, who served as hostess along with her Takolah treasurer daughter, Diane. Four members and their adviser are seated in the Bassett living room in front of the elaborate fireplace. From left to right: Dolores Healey, Clarene Hirschy, adviser Lois Chambers, Pat Harrington and Diane Bassett. (TNT 11-11-51, D-7, TNT 11.15-51, C-6)

Takolah (Tacoma); Teenagers--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tea parties--Tacoma--1950-1960; Healey, Dolores; Hirschy, Clarene; Chambers, Lois; Harrington, Pat; Bassett, Diane; Bassett, B.E.--Homes & haunts;

In November of 1951, Dr. William R. Taylor and his daughters Christa, 4, and Randi, 2, stopped at the Poole's Seed and Nursery store at the corner of 6th and Union to pick out an evergreen shrub for their home at 802 North 12th Street. Founded in 1889 by Franklin S. Poole, in 1951 Poole's was owned and operated by Arthur L "Art" Poole, the grandson of the founder. Poole's Nursery is no longer in business and their building at 3518-20 6th Avenue has been demolished. Dr. Taylor was a dentist with an office at 1124 North Yakima Avenue. (T.N.T., not found)

Taylor, William; Taylor, William--Family; Nurseries (Horticulture)--Tacoma; Poole's Seed & Nursery Garden Supplies (Tacoma); Evergreens; Shrubs;

Dressed as "Lucia Brides" for the St. Lucia Festival in December of 1951 were (left to right) Mildred (Mrs. Harald) Bergerson, Vivian (Mrs. Oak) Otness, Nancy (Mrs. Robert) Benoy and seated, Berdine (Mrs. Ray) Kulla. The four women were presiding over the holiday table at the Christmas tea held at the First Covenant Church. They wore white gowns with red sashes and crowns of lighted candles. The "Lucia Bride" is a symbol of light and charity during the dark winter days and is an advent of the Christmas season. It is observed on December 13th and in the United States often centered around church events in states with a large number of people with Scandinavian ancestry. (damaged negative) (TNT 12-8-51, p. 5-alt. photograph) (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Tea parties--Tacoma--1950-1960; Costumes; Bergerson, Mildred; Otness, Vivian; Benoy, Nancy; Kulla, Berdine; First Covenant Church (Tacoma);

New stop signs with plastic faces were beginning to appear in Tacoma in the early 50's. Only the face with the large letters spelling STOP was plastic; the pole on which it was attached was still made of wood. View of Pontiac pausing obediently at stop sign in the city's North end; Wahlgren's Floral at 201 North Yakima Avenue is across the street. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Traffic signs & signals--Tacoma; Wahlgrens Floral (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Tacoma News Tribune's 1951 " Christmas Gifts" layout. Pearl (Mrs. H. H.) Waite and daughter Lynn, 5, at Weisfield's. Lynn is trying out a leather or naugahyde recliner. The rocking chair was still a popular item in homes and more comfortable than before. They came in leather, "leatherette," velours and flowered cottons. Everyone in the family could take turns relaxing, feet up, after a hard day. (TNT 11-25-1951, B-4)

Waite, H.H.--Family; Waite, Pearl; Waite, Lynn; Shopping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Rocking chairs; Chairs; Weisfield's, Inc. (Tacoma);

Six men take a break from their duties at the Top of the Ocean. Three of the men wear white uniforms and chef's hats. Magazines and an ash tray are seen on the table in front of them.

Restaurants--Tacoma; Top of the Ocean (Tacoma); Men--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A view of Roscoe A. and Margaret Smith's large two-story home and grounds from American Lake. A landing float with a wide dock is seen at the edge of the lake with a small sail boat next to it. The prow of a motor boat is shown in the foreground. Roscoe A. Smith was president of the Condon Company, an advertising agency.

Smith, Roscoe A.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Boats--Lakewood; Landing floats--Lakewood--1950-1960;

A man wearing a suit and tie is also wearing a football helmet with the name "Goal Getter" on it. He is standing in front of an International truck.

Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; International trucks;

Marilyn Joan Taylor and Charles E. Bott were married August 9, 1952, at Visitation Church. The bride is the daughter of Joseph J. and Mary Lanz. The groom is the son of Romeo A. and Leona M. Bott. The Rev. Gabriel Donohue officiated. The bride wore a ballerina length gown of white embroidered organdy. She wore her mother's pearl rosary and carried a bouquet of white gladioli centered with pink roses. Patricia Taylor was the maid of honor and Margaret Weger and Florence McDonald were the bridesmaids. Best man was Richard Bott and ushers were William Bender and Andrew Litwin. (TNT, 8/29/1952, p.C-5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Church of the Visitation (Tacoma); Bonnets; Catholic churches--Tacoma; Taylor, Marilyn Joan--Marriage; Bott, Charles E.;

Beatrice Elaine Ewy and Lieutenant M. L. Davis wedding at First Church of Nazarene. Bride and groom holding electric coffee perculator, one of the many gifts displayed on tables. For Mrs. Rudolph (Olive) Ewy.

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ewy, Beatrice Elaine--Marriage; Davis, M.L.; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding clothing & dress--1950-1960; Gifts; Coffeepots;

Shirley D. (Mrs. Frank P.) Manley, wearing a boater, holds onto her face veil with a white-gloved hand as she gazes off into the distance. Her dark hair is curled under. She is wearing a jacket with buttons up to the neck and she carries a bag over her shoulder. Ordered by the Tacoma News Tribune for their fall fashion section. (TNT, 9/11/1952, p.C-9) TPL-10097

Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hats--1950-1960; Manley, Shirley D.;

One of the final stages in plywood manufacture is setting the glued and layered sheets of wood veneers in a hot press as shown at Anacortes Veneer, Inc., Anacortes, Washington. A sheet of plywood is placed on each layer of the press and the stacks are placed under pressure for differing lengths of time depending on the type of plywood being manufactured. This produces an irreversible bond between the plys stronger than the wood itself. The press is open in this view showing the sheets of plywood. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (The Plywood Age, Robert M. Cour)

Anacortes Veneer, Inc. (Anacortes); Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Anderson Apartments is located in a one story brick building near 96th and Pacific. Ordered by Holroyd Company.

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

An aerial view of Philadelphia Quartz' plant on the Tacoma tideflats. Belgian silica sand and California soda ash were chemically combined to provide a product sold largely in Tacoma but marketed also in other Northwest cities. Silicate of soda, water-glass to farm households, was used in adhesives for the plywood industry and corrugated paper-board for the container industry.

Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Minerals; Philadelphia Quartz Co. of California (Tacoma); Aerial photographs;

A new type of tire chains were made of heavy castings by Fick Foundry Company. Fick Foundry Company manufactured machine castings for many machinery manufacturers in the Northwest. Castings were made of grey iron, steel, bronze and aluminum. Fick Foundry was owned by Joseph M. and Samuel Fick.

Fick Foundry Co. (Tacoma); Cast ironwork--Tacoma;

Steel and aluminum fabricating at George R. Marvin Company. The George R. Marvin Company advertised as manufacturing bridge cranes, gantry cranes, floating cranes, hammerhead cranes, special hoists and machinery of fabricated structural steel. The large, open building has railroad tracks running through the length of it. Men and equipment are working along both sides.

George R. Marvin Co. (Tacoma); Steel industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

On June 20, 1952, an unidentified woman, possibly owner Marjorie Beckstead, posed with a display of Nalley products at Beckstead's Grocery, 3807 Center St. She was holding a jar of Nalley's Tang salad dressing. The display included Nalley's spaghetti dinner, Lumberjack syrup, Treasure pickles, mustard, and Nalley's mayonnaise. Other groceries were stacked on shelves behind the woman. Beckstead's was owned by Clifford R. and Marjorie Beckstead.

Grocery Stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Beckstead's Grocery (Tacoma); Nalleys, Inc. (Tacoma)--Products; Food--Tacoma--1950-1960; Food industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A view of the exterior of Midland Thriftway grocery store with parking available in front of the store. Midland was once the half-way point on the Puyallup to Tacoma street car line. The community centered on 99th and Portland Avenue. Ordered by Associated Grocers.

Grocery Stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Midland Thriftway (Tacoma); Thriftway Food Stores (Tacoma);

Interior of Hopper-Kelly Company, Musical Instrument Store. Accordian, guitars on right wall counter, glass case with smaller instruments. The company had been present in Tacoma since 1917.

Hopper-Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Music stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Appliance stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Guitars; Accordians; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A large coral area with small barn next to it and a house behind some trees is located near the Mountlake Terrace housing development. The low hills around the valley are covered with trees. The soil appears very dry and sandy. Ordered by Phares Advertising Company.

Housing developments--Mountlake Terrace; Phares Advertising Co. (Seattle); Corrals--Mountlake Terrace;

A view of the living room in Frank Kirste's new home in the Sunset Beach area of University Place. A large cabinet provides a walkway into the kitchen and separates the dining area from a hallway leading off to the left. A dining room table and hutch are seen against the printed wallpaper. A wing back chair stands next to the brick fireplace.

Living rooms--University Place--1950-1960; Kirste, Frank--Homes & haunts;

A "Shim Sizer" manufactured by Globe Machine Manufacturing Company, Inc.

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

Clara R. (Mrs. Roy B.) Mayberry is shown sitting on her terrace in a chaise lounge. A fire burns in the outdoor fireplace and other patio furniture is shown. A decorative urn holds flowers at the edge of the covered terrace. The home was recently constructed by Tietz Construction in the Narrowmoor Addition and overlooked Puget Sound and the Narrows Bridge. (TNT, 9/14/1952, p.B-1)

Mayberry, Clara R.; Mayberry, Roy B.--Homes & haunts; Terraces--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood);

General Tire has a tire sales department located in Mulligan's Pontiac-Cadillac automobile service area. Two men sit at the rear of the display of tires watching a small screen. White-wall tires are displayed in front of the service counter and two examples of inner tubes are shown at the left of the inclosed sales area. Ordered by General Tire Company.

Mulligan Pontiac-Cadillac Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1950-1960; General Tire Co. (Tacoma); Tires;

The exterior of St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. The economy of Canada continued to expand in 1953 and St. Regis paper Company increased the production of its bags, required by the country's enlarged business activity. In addition to supplying multiwall bags, the Canadian company made available to its customers the same bag-filling and weighing machines which were manufactured and sold by St. Regis in the United States. (St. Regis Paper Co. 1953 Annual Report)

Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.);

A man is moving large rolls of preprinted paper for bags at St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. Labels have the name "B.C. Sugar Refinery" on them. A forklift with a curved scoop on the front has been used to bring the roll to the open door and behind the door a hoist made with chains is seen lifting another roll.

Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.);

Workers are shown handling bags at St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. A line of sewing machines have been arranged with large spools of string and bottles of glue to secure the bottom seam of the bags. TPL-3767

Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.); Sewing machines;

An elevated view of St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant showing the covered loading dock where freight cars are being loaded. The roof has been built in a series of angled sections to allow clerestory windows to provide daylight to the interior of the plant. The Middle Waterway is seen immediately adjacent to the plant and the business district of Tacoma is seen further in the distance on the right.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Trade Secrets Home. The home, opened to the public in May of 1953, was again displayed in the 1953 Parade of Homes. What made this home unique is that it was built cooperatively with ideas coming from members of the Master Builders. It featured a spacious interior with an open design where the kitchen overlooked the dining area, which in turn over looked the living room. The patio featured a built in sandbox and raised planter. Another unique feature were the truss beams, which placed the home's supports on the exterior. The home would be placed for sale following the Parade of Homes. (TNT 9/27/1953, pg. E-26)

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma Master Builders Association (Tacoma); Trade Secrets Model Home (Tacoma);