South Tacoma Motor Company, general view of dealership. Vintage Chevrolet roadster in showroom and banner promoting 1968 Chevrolets attract the attention of a small party of three. The dealership was established at 56th & South Tacoma Way in 1924. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit.

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970; Chevrolet automobile; Showrooms--Tacoma--1960-1970; Signs (Notices); Facades--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Changing of the guard at the T.A.C. The presidential gravel exchanges hands on January 4, 1968, as new officers of the Tacoma Athletic Commission are announced. Stan Naccarato, seated left, accepts the gravel from outgoing president Tom Cross while Howie Krewson looks on. Standing and observing are : (L-R) Treasurer Joe Macaluso, Secretary Robert Nelsen, Third v.p. - Bill Rohrs and Second v.p., Hal Brotman. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Athletic Commission. (TNT 1-7-68, B15)

Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma); Naccarato, Stan; Cross, Tom; Krewson, Howard; Macaluso, Joe; Nelsen, Robert; Rohrs, Bill; Brotman, Hal;

South Tacoma Motor Company, outdoor view. Customer and salesman approach 1968 Chevrolet Impala 2-door hardtop with 327 V8 for a test drive. Another Impala is parked at curb. North Pacific Bank is across the street. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit.

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970; Chevrolet automobile; Sales personnel--Tacoma--1960-1970;

South Tacoma Motor Company, view of showroom. Customers admire 1968 Chevrolets: Chevelle 4-door in foreground, Nova SS at left center, two Impalas at right. Vintage Chevrolet roadster, believed to be a 1914 Royal Mail, in left background. Bob's Burger Barn can be spotted through the dealership's large windows across the street in the Food King Supermarket parking lot. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit. TPL-6546

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970; Chevrolet automobile; Showrooms--Tacoma--1960-1970;

On January 4, 1968, prospective car buyers milled around the showroom of South Tacoma Motor Company, at 5602-08 South Tacoma Way, admiring the new 1968 Chevrolets. An employee pointed out the fine workmanship of the Camaro SS-350 to a prospective buyer, a military man in dress uniform. Another salesman chatted with a young woman who was testing the passenger seat of a Camaro RS-327 convertible. Also pictured was the new Impala 4-door sedan with 327 V-8 engine. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit. TPL-10261

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970; Chevrolet automobile; Showrooms--Tacoma--1960-1970; Military personnel--Tacoma--1960-1970; Sales personnel--Tacoma--1960-1970;

South Tacoma Motor Company, four men around a desk in office. It is not clear whether or not final paperwork is being processed for a sale. South Tacoma Motor Company was a Chevrolet dealership which had been a longtime fixture on South Tacoma Way. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit.

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970;

South Tacoma Motor Company, view of showroom from glassed-in office area. 1968 Chevrolets on display: Chevelle 4-door in foreground, Nova SS at left center, two Impalas at right. Vintage Chevrolet roadster in left background. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit.

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970; Chevrolet automobile; Showrooms--Tacoma--1960-1970;

South Tacoma Motor Company. View from back seat of 1968 Chevrolet Impala 2-door hardtop during test drive. Salesman demonstrates heater controls for customer at wheel. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit.

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970; Chevrolet automobile; Automobile driving--Tacoma; Sales personnel--Tacoma--1960-1970;

South Tacoma Motor Company, outdoor view. Mount Tahoma principal George Fallis and salesman Earl Christianson (at right) talk next to 1968 Chevrolet Impala 2-door hardtop with 327 V8 before leaving for a test drive in January, 1968. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit.

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970; Chevrolet automobile; Christianson, Earl;

South Tacoma Motor Company view in showroom of new cars. A salesman is on the telephone in front of a 1968 Chevrolet Nova SS. A 4-door Chevelle is in the background. Photograph ordered by John Handy Organization, Detroit.

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1960-1970; Chevrolet automobile; Showrooms--Tacoma--1960-1970; Telephones; Sales personnel--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Dr. DeMaurice Moses, director of the Hilltop Multi-Service Center Well Baby Clinic, listens to the heartbeat of one-year-old Peter Elliott at the clinic held in the Tacoma Community House, 1311 So. M St., on January 3, 1968. Peter's mother, Mrs. William Elliott, reassures him by holding his hand. Well Baby Clinics made it possible for parents to monitor their babies' health at little or no-cost. Mrs. Elliott made regular trips to the clinic for little Peter's checkups and immunizations. Future expansion of the Well Baby Clinic services would include "in-home" service to help parents who had difficulty transporting their children, ages up to 5, to designated Well Baby Clinics. Photograph ordered by Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (TNT 1-7-68, D-10)

Infants--Tacoma--1960-1970; Medical equipment & supplies; Clinics--Tacoma; Physicians--Tacoma--1960-1970; Elliott, Peter; Elliott, William--Family; Moses, DeMaurice;

A wriggling baby gets weighed in at a neighborhood Well Baby Clinic shortly after New Year's Day, 1968. Babies received medical care and check-ups at low or no-cost to their parents. This little one was photographed at the Hilltop Multi-Service Well Baby Clinic located in the Tacoma Community House, 1311 So. M St. Photograph ordered by Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc.

Infants--Tacoma--1960-1970; Weights & measures--Tacoma; Scales; Clinics--Tacoma;

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The Yorks are longtime residents here

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Going Fishing?

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--Puyallup Valley Freeway System--
The proposed Puyallup Valley Freeway's effect on Puyallup is revealed in the mockup (photo 1) by the State Highways Department. The map shows proposed construction. Except for the section of SR 410 between Fife and Highway 161, the system is scheduled to be operational by late 1971.

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Snack Time

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Marcus E. Anderson

From Clipping:
Marcus E. Anderson, Industrial Development Manager
A Stroll Down the Site of Marc Street

Staff Photo by Bob Rudsit

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Thomas Dixon
Exec. Dir. Tacoma Urban League

ca. 1968. View of USS Ready, an Asheville Class gunboat, which had been commissioned on January 6, 1968. The PG-87 was built by Tacoma Boatbuilding and named after a town in Kentucky. The 165-foot aluminum gunboat was launched on May 12, 1967. Tacoma Boatbuilding had a contract to build twelve gunboats; the USS Ready was the sixth in the series. (TNT 5-13-67, p. 2; www.navsource.org/archives/12/11087.htm)

Gunboats--United States; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

ca. 1968. Copy of customer's negative ordered March, 1968. Interior of a Lindal Cedar Home, probably model home, featuring living room/dining room decorated in Southwestern motif. Heavy use of cedar with open beam ceilings and knotted panel walls. Earth-toned tile floors. Rugged furniture styled in the 1800s are clustered in the spacious living room with modern metal stove. Unusual starburst lighting fixture hanging on one wall. Photograph ordered by Lindal Cedar Homes.

Living rooms--1960-1970; Chairs; Light fixtures; Lindal Cedar Homes;

ca. 1968. Copy of customer print, ordered March 28, 1968. Architectural drawing of senior citizen housing located in Seattle. Multi-story building to be built by Harvard Development Co. for the Seattle Housing Authority. Architect was Robert Billsbrough Price & Associates. Photograph ordered by Robert Billsbrough Price.

Architectural drawings;

ca. 1968. A consortium of local and Los Angeles investors, including L.A. businessman Jay Schrack, actor Steve Brodie and Tacoma attorney Robert Rovai, planned to break ground in October, 1968, for their proposed 12 million dollar convention center and open for business the following October. This black and white exposure of the De Chellis & Opava, architects, colored 30" x 40" rendering of the proposed Greater Tacoma Convention Center was dated 4-15-68. The Center included an opera house, hotel and covered sports arena, to be tentatively built on the site of the present Cheney Stadium, 40 acres adjacent to Bantz Blvd. The group had two other potential sites in mind in case the Cheney Stadium site was not feasible. The group was never able to bring their plans to fruition and their design was never built. (TNT 5-28-68, p. 1)

Architectural drawings; Social & civic facilities--Tacoma;

ca. 1968. 1968 Richards stock footage. City Center. View by air on a sunny day in 1968 of Tacoma's City Center. This is in the vicinity of 12th & Pacific Ave. There is a large cleared area ready for construction down the street from the Puget Sound National Bank and National Bank of Washington. Other notable sights include the 11th Street Bridge crossing the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway, the Tacoma and Perkins Bldgs. near the entrance to the bridge, the Washington Building with red neon "Bank of California" sign, Peoples department store, and Rust Building.

Aerial views; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); City Waterway (Tacoma); 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Tacoma Building (Tacoma); Perkins Building (Tacoma); Peoples (Tacoma);

ca. 1968. Above ground swimming pool, ordered by the Northern Home Improvement Co. This circular swimming pool with patio shade, railings and wooden steps, would provide hours of enjoyment in the fenced backyard of an unidentified homeowner.

Swimming pools;

6th Ave and Pine St. Trueblood 1723.