MGM's "Command Decision" featuring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford, John Hodiak and Edward Arnold was playing at Tacoma's Music Box Theatre. A "Technicolor" cartoon, "The Cat Who Hated People" was the movie extra being featured. View of window display with cameras, photo equipment and photographs at The Camera Shop on Pacific Avenue promoting the movie for the Music Box.
Photographic apparatus & supplies; Photography stores--Tacoma; Motion pictures; Publicity; Advertising--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Camera Shop (Tacoma); Music Box Theatre (Tacoma);
The Hotel Greeters of Tacoma Chapter Number 10 was entertaining the Hotel Greeters of Seattle Chapter Number 9 with a Saint Patrick's Day party at the Bonneville Hotel. The club's celebration included traditional Irish food, music and decorations. Interior view of banquet hall at the Bonneville Hotel; the room is decorated with festive Saint Patrick's Day decorations for the Shamrock Party being hosted by the Hotel Greeters club (T.N.T., 3/18/49, p. 6).
Receptions--Tacoma; Banquets--Tacoma; Saint Patrick's Day--Tacoma; Banquet halls--Tacoma; Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Greeters of Tacoma Chapter No. 10 (Tacoma); Bonneville Hotel (Tacoma);
Gray Junior High School was built in 1926, it was named Captain Robert Gray Intermediate School, the name was obtained through a newspaper school naming contest. In 1949 a second floor for the school was completed, they now had a new library, band room and several new classrooms. View of Gray Junior High School orchestra members on stage at their school auditorium.
Auditoriums--Tacoma; School children--Tacoma; Public schools--Tacoma; Youth orchestras--Tacoma; Stages (Platforms); Music--Tacoma; Gray Junior High School (Tacoma);
Knettle's Corset Shop, managed by Alice A. Gunderson, was located at 922 Broadway in Tacoma's business and shopping district. This March, 1949, view of a window display at Knettle's Corset Shop featured "Perma-lift" brassieres, girdles and slips. A newspaper advertisement for Knettle's advertised the "Perma-lift" girdles for $7.50 and $8.50 and said Knettle's was the shop "Where corsetry is an art."
Mueller-Harkins had been an authorized Buick dealership in tacoma since 1916; they had recently opened their one-stop automotive center at 455 Saint Helens Avenue in Tacoma's business district. View of progress on the "Buick" sign at Mueller-Harkins Motor Company, the dealership had their open house for their new and modern facilities in December 1948. Photo ordered by Comfort, Davis and Blangy, a real estate and insurance business in Tacoma.
Automobile dealerships--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Progress photographs; Mueller-Harkins Motor Co. (Tacoma); Comfort, Davis & Blangy (Tacoma);
Tacoma Vocational School's first building was built in 1941, it was renamed in 1969 to honor their first school director, LaVerne H. Bates. Exterior view of Tacoma Vocational School building, view of the 317 foot radio tower recently erected on roof; the school had a small radio broadcasting station directly below the tower. Photo ordered by Comfort, Davis and Blangy, a real estate and insurance business in Tacoma. TPL-10,545
Vocational education--Tacoma; Radio broadcasting--Tacoma; Towers--Tacoma; Radio stations--Tacoma; Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma); Comfort, Davis & Blangy (Tacoma);
St. Regis paper plant in Tacoma is the focal point of the company's expanding pulp, paper and multiwall bag operations in the West Coast. The paper mill was recently completed and is one of the largest and most modern plants in the United States. The new paper producing mill is now able to mass produce paper and offer their customers their quality product in higher volumes and lower prices. Workmen are using an "Ederer" crane to move an enormous roll of paper.
Paper--Tacoma; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laborers--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Ederer Engineering Co. (Seattle);
St. Regis consistently worked on intensive product development and sales promotion activities, not only to improve the penetration into existing markets, but to open up entirely new fields. Tacoma's St.Regis plant would have their own research laboratory within the industrial site. Interior view of plant, paper roll is being moved by a large "Ederer" crane.
Paper--Tacoma; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laborers--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Ederer Engineering Co. (Seattle);
Paulson's Appliances was owned by Clifford Paulson, his father, B. Paulson, had originally started the business. Paulson's had recently celebrated their grand re-opening of their shop, after completing an extensive remodeling. Interior view of kitchen at the Kyles' home; kitchen appliances were purchased at Paulson's Radios and Appliances store. This new and modern kitchen has a stove, refrigerator, cabinets, counters and shiny new linoleum.
Clifford Paulson owned Paulson's Radios and Appliances, his brother Arthur Paulson owned Paulson's Jewelry, which was adjacent to this store. Their father, B.Paulson had originally started the family business and eventually sold the business to his sons. View of kitchen, Paulson's appliances include: stove, kitchen sink, counters and cupboards; possible a kitchen in a newly built home or recently remodeled.
Paulson's Radios and Appliances was celebrating their grand re-opening in Tacoma, they had remodeled and expanded their business. Their new building was an ultra modern facility, built where the Mueller Building from 1889 was previously located. Paulson's had an excellent selection of "Philco" and "General Electric" products. View of kitchen with Paulson's appliances and furnishings.
Paulson's Appliances was owned by Clifford Paulson, his father, B. Paulson, had originally started the business. Paulson's had recently celebrated their grand re-opening of their shop, after completing an extensive remodeling. Interior view of kitchen at Harold and Naomi Hoover's' home; kitchen appliances were purchased at Paulson's Radios and Appliances store.
Kitchens--Tacoma--1940-1950; Refrigerators; Appliance stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma; Paulson's Radios & Appliances (Tacoma); Hoover, Harold V.--Homes & haunts;
Clifford Paulson owned Paulson's Radios and Appliances, his brother Arthur Paulson owned Paulson's Jewelry, which was adjacent to this store. Their father, B.Paulson had originally started the family business and eventually sold the business to his sons. Interior view of kitchen at Harold and Naomi Hoover's' home; kitchen appliances were purchased at Paulson's Radios and Appliances store.
Kitchens--Tacoma--1940-1950; Refrigerators; Stoves--Tacoma; Appliance stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma; Paulson's Radios & Appliances (Tacoma); Hoover, Harold V.--Homes & haunts;
Coca-Cola Bottling Company moved into this building in 1948; the building had previously been used as supplemental housing for defense workers during World War II, as as the headquarters for the Work Projects Administration. The building was originally built in 1912 it was used as a City Detention Station and a City Contagious Hospital for women. Photo ordered by A. C. Horn Company, Incorporated; a business based out of San Francisco, California.
Bottling industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Beverage industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building construction--Tacoma; Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings; A.C. Horn Co., Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.);
Fisher's Department Store was located in Tacoma's downtown business district at 1104 Broadway; Knute Kristall was the managing director in 1949. View of window display featuring five "Maytag" washing machines in a variety of styles, all with exclusive rollers to wring out excess water; Fisher's is also advertising a "Maytag" washing machine contest.
Washing machines; Appliance stores--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Window displays; Department stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma; Fisher's Department Store (Tacoma);
View of many of the 16th Annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival parade entries marching along downtown Tacoma's Pacific Avenue. View of Puget Sound National Bank, Golden Gate Oyster House, Van de Kamp's Bakery, Hotel Winthrop, Olympic Hotel and many other prominent business located on Pacific Avenue (T.N.T., 4/10/49, p. 1, 12 & B-6).
Celebrations--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma; Spectators--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1949 : Tacoma);
Order of Eastern Star Vida Chapter was having their annual installation of officers in the Gothic Room in Tacoma's Masonic Temple; an informal reception would be held in the roof garden with the Starlets serving as hostesses. View of members from the Vida Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, during the ceremony for the installation of new officers (T.N.T., 4/10/49, p. D-8).
Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma; Masonic buildings--Tacoma; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1940-1950; Order of Eastern Star Vida Chapter No. 35 (Tacoma); Masonic Temple (Tacoma);
Pennsylvania Salt manufactured the following chemicals: chlorine, caustic soda, sodium hypochlorite, bleaching powder, hydrogen, sodium arsenate, dairy and poultry germicides, special chemical cleaners and laundry and dry cleaning products. Frederick C. Shanaman was the President and General Manager of the company. Aerial view of the Tacoma plant, located at 2901 Taylor Way, in Tacoma's tideflats, near the Turning Basin, which is now known as the Hylebos Basin.
Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Chemicals; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Waterfronts; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma);
Aerial view of Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company facilities in Portland, Oregon. President Fred C. Shanaman reported that with the addition of the new facilities for manufacture of chlorine, caustic soda and technical DDT, production at the Portland plant increased substantially in 1947.
Chemical industry--Oregon--Portland; Chemicals; Industrial facilities--Oregon--Portland; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Waterfronts; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. (Portland, Or.);
Parker Paint Manufacturing Company was owned by William J. Parker, they were located at 3001 South Steele Street. Parker Paint manufactured every type of paints, including varnishes, enamels and marine paints; they also manufactured furniture finishes and metal protectors with rust preventatives. View of can of Parker Marine Paints "Boat and Yacht Enamel" in white; the can advertises Parker paints are the "Best in the West on Land or Sea".
Gault Junior High School was named after Dr. Franklin B. Gault, Superintendent of Tacoma Public Schools between 1888 to 1892. The school was built and opened in 1926, it was originally called Franklin B. Gault Intermediate School, but was renamed Gault Junior High School in 1928. View of Gault Junior High School students at their spring music festival concert, held at the Franklin B. Gault Auditorium.
Public schools--Tacoma; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Auditoriums--Tacoma; Stages (Platforms); Concerts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma);
Four hundred members from the First Presbyterian Church honored Dr. and Mrs. J. Renwick McCullough and their son William with a farewell dinner and reception at the church. Dr. McCullough and his family are headed to Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, California. The family was presented with a piano as a going-away gift (T.N.T., 4/21/49, p. A-3).
Receptions--Tacoma; Farewells--Tacoma; Banquets--Tacoma; Banquet halls--Tacoma; Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma);
More than 600 members of the Washington State Junior Chamber of Commerce attended the state convention held in Tacoma at the Winthrop Hotel. The Junior Chamber of Commerce would be electing new officers for this year; and they designated Spokane as next year's site for the state convention. The convention consisted of several meetings and programs and would wrap up with a Saturday night banquet at the Top of the Ocean restaurant. View of members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Winthrop Hotel (T.N.T., 4/23/49, p. 1).
Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Conference rooms--Tacoma; Hotels--Tacoma; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
Interior view of dining room and bar at the Rudder Club; the room is decorated with sailboats and captain's steering wheels. The bar and walls are covered in leather that has anchors and waves, and the tables all have ashtrays. The Rudder Club facilities were for members and their guests. The Rudder Club's facilities were managed by Walter Geehan; they were located at 735 Commerce Street in downtown Tacoma.
Interior view of the Rudder Club's facilities, possibly the main entrance lobby or a waiting area. This area has a sailboat painting and a "Coming Events" board which lists the daily events and provides the club's cocktail lounge and dining room hours of operation; the area behind the window is possibly where a receptionist would greet the public.
Eilert E. Meader's, District Traffic Superintendent for the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, team of employees were being honored at an employee appreciation tea. View of women employees that are being honored for their participation in the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company bowling league; tea samovars are located at the end of the table.
Dr. J. Renwick McCullough would be leaving Tacoma's First Presbyterian Church and joining Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, California. His Tacoma congregation gave Dr. McCullough and his family a farewell dinner and gift. View of Dr. J. Renwick McCullough delivering his last sermon at First Presbyterian Church on April 24, 1949 (T.N.T., 4/21/49, p. A-5).
Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; Christianity--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clergy--Tacoma; Preaching--Tacoma--1940-1950; Religious services--Tacoma--1940-1950; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); McCullough, J. Renwick;
Tacoma's First Presbyterian Church was saying farewell to Dr. J. Renwick McCullough and his family. Reverend Walter Johnson and Reverend Neil Shaughnessy spoke at the McCullough farewell dinner; more than 400 members of the church attended the event. View of Dr. J. Renwick McCullough delivering his last sermon at First Presbyterian Church on April 24, 1949 (T.N.T., 4/21/49, p. A-5).
Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; Christianity--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clergy--Tacoma; Preaching--Tacoma--1940-1950; Religious services--Tacoma--1940-1950; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma);
Dr. J. Renwick McCullough would be leaving First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, he had accepted a pastoral position at Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, California. View of Dr. J. Renwick McCullough baptizing a baby; this was the last service Dr. McCullough would be celebrating at First Presbyterian Church (T.N.T., 4/21/49, p. A-5).
Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; Christianity--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clergy--Tacoma; Baptisms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Preaching--Tacoma--1940-1950; Religious services--Tacoma--1940-1950; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma);
Tacoma's Rudder Club offered their members a number of social activities throughout the year. Hat and style shows, stag and doe parties, children's events, dinner and cocktails at the club's facilities, and many other functions for their members and guests. Interior view of private dining room at the club's facilities, located at 735 Commerce Street; a lovely table is set with five unidentified waitresses ready to serve at the private party.
