Aerial view of Tacoma's downtown business district, Shaffer Terminals, City Waterway, waterfront area and South 11th Street bridge on right side; Market Street on left side, photo is looking south from South 15th Street.

Business districts--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cityscapes; Piers & wharves--Tacoma; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

Aerial view of downtown Tacoma, residential and business area can be seen throughout the image. Commencement Bay, City Waterway, Shaffer Terminals, Union Station, railroad tracks and bridges connecting downtown Tacoma to the Port of Tacoma on right side.

Business districts--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cityscapes; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

Aerial view of Tacoma's downtown business district and Port of Tacoma area. View of City Waterway, Middle waterway, St. Paul waterway, Puyallup Waterway, Milwaukee Waterway and Sitcum Waterway. South 11th Street Bridge connects downtown business district to waterways and Port of Tacoma. George-Ann Company logo, advertising frozen food lockers on upper left corner of photo.

Business districts--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Cityscapes; Piers & wharves--Tacoma; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Aerial view of Tacoma's downtown business district, City Waterway, Shaffer Terminals, railroad tracks, The Fisher Company, Rust building, Mobilgas sign, Home Electric Company, Schoenfeld's building, Lyon Storage building, "Coca-Cola" billboards, Puget Sound National Bank building, Perkins Building on A Street and many other prominent downtown buildings are featured in photo. TPL-1446

Business districts--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Cityscapes; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

Aerial view of downtown Tacoma and the City Waterway, view of businesses between South 7th Street and South 12th Street; Medical Arts Building, Music Box and the Roxy Theatre, Lerner Shops, Rust Building and the Washington Building are located on the foreground of photo. The South 11th Street Bridge takes you over the City Waterway and connects you from downtown Tacoma to the industrial area; Norwood Plywood Company on right side of image.

Business districts--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Cityscapes; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

Veterans of Foreign Wars was having their 28th annual affair with a four day convention, downtown parade and memorial services at Wright Park. View of marching unit on Broadway, The Owl Drug Company and Mannings Market in background, crowd is gathered on both sides of Broadway to watch the parade (T. Times, 6/24/48, p. 1). TPL-9771

Business districts--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Military art & science; Marching--Tacoma; Stores & shops--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Veterans of Foreign Wars (Tacoma);

The Veterans of Foreign wars were wrapping up four days of meetings after having a successful convention, with a parade through downtown Tacoma. More than 3,000 delegates and members of the women's auxiliary from Washington State, and 2,000 marchers, representing other organizations would participate. View of mailman with a push-cart mail-wagon, Grayson's and Andrew's Dress Shop in background (T. Times, 6/24/48, p. 1).

Business districts--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Carts & wagons--Tacoma; Postal service--Tacoma; Stores & shops--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Veterans of Foreign Wars (Tacoma);

Aerial view of Mobilgas sign on the Washington Building, Rust Building, and Puget Sound National Bank building in downtown Tacoma. The South 11th Street bridge is on the right side, it connects downtown Tacoma to the Port of Tacoma, over the City Waterway; photo ordered by Columbia Breweries, possibly to display in their newly remodeled buildings.

Business districts--Tacoma; Cityscapes; Aerial photographs; Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

This house is a Vernacular/Popular style building, this architectural genre can be portrayed in either cottage, contemporary, ranch, shed or split level style. Typical characteristics of this style house include the following features: long horizontal lines, one-story, shallow-pitched roofs and exterior material used is usually wood. View of Contemporary Vernacular/Popular style house built in one day by Wollander Farwest Homes, photo ordered by Willard A. Wollander.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Chimneys--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma; Decks (Rooms & spaces)--Tacoma; Windows--Tacoma; Wollander Better Builder Plans (Tacoma); Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma);

National Blower and Sheet Metal Company was doing the roofing, providing all the sheet metal work, installing the ventilation system and furnishing all structural and miscellaneous iron for the Tacoma Vocational School. The company was established in 1889 and currently employs fifty workers. View of men reviewing building plans for the new vocational school, photo ordered by National Blower and Sheet Metal Company (T. Times, 6/7/48, p. 7).

Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Roofs--Tacoma; Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma); National Blower & Sheet Metal Co. (Tacoma);

Exterior of house at present state, Wollander Far West Homes, W.A. Wollander. Site construction of this prefabricated home was begun January 22, 1948 (see Richard's collection series #D31,563). The windows, doors and roof have been installed. The chimney is complete. Frames are in place for a concrete front step. The landscaping has not been finished.

Progress photographs; Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated houses; Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Exterior view of house with beautiful windows, concrete foundation ensures durability, made by Holroyd Company, manufacturers of the finest building materials in Tacoma. Holroyd Company was owned by James A. Holroyd and Alma M. Miller. The company manufactured all types of building materials, including: sand, gravel, concrete blocks, bricks and many other masonry products; they advertised "Dependable Building Materials".

Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Concrete--Tacoma; Reinforced concrete construction--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Windows--Tacoma; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Foundations--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma);

Wollander Far-West Homes. The exterior wall units are being selected from the prefabricated sections just delivered to the work site. There are at least six construction workers working on this aspect of the construction. Two men wearing hats and topcoats are looking on while one unit is moved down from the stack.

Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated houses; Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Construction workers--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Wollander Far-West Homes. A young workman stands among the roof trusses adding the ridgepole pieces. The trusses and the wall units were prefabricated and delivered to the worksite all at one time.

Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated houses; Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Construction workers--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Wollander Far-West Homes. The roof trusses are being added to this nearly finished construction of a prefabricated home. It was said that one of these homes could be completed in one-day. This model has an attached one-car garage.

Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated houses; Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Wollander Far-West Homes. A truck is delivering the components of this prefabricated house. The foundation has already been laid and workers are stacking the newly delivered materials in the middle of the subflooring for the new home. Trusses are ready to be unloaded from the truck. They are nearly the first thing off the truck since they will be almost the last thing added to the house.

Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated houses; Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Wollander Far-West Homes. Willard A. Wollander was the owner of Wollander Better Buildier Plans and Wollander Far-West Homes. The third exterior wall units of the prefabricated house are being added to the foundation. Four men are moving this section, which already has the door opening in it, to the edge of the foundation and will angle it up into place. Window openings are already in place on the opposite wall.

Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated houses; Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Tacoma Transit was about to begin building new facilities, a bus transit center to be located on South Sprague Avenue between South 12th Street and South 15th Street, across from the athletic park. They had also ordered new buses, giving them a 120 unit fleet, Tacoma Transit had an increase in the usage of their transportation. View of intersection at South 26th Street and Pacific Avenue, Tacoma Transit bus in background, photo ordered by Tacoma Transit Company (T.N.T., 1/1/48, p. 1).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Traffic congestion--Tacoma; Buses--Tacoma; Mass transit--Tacoma; Pierce Transit (Tacoma); Tacoma Transit Co. (Tacoma);

Tacoma Transit had ordered 85 new buses to accommodate larger numbers of bus riders. The new modern buses would join 35 buses bought in 1941 and 1942, making it a 120 unit fleet. The new buses were either 40 passenger or 34 passenger capacity buses. View of intersection at South 26th Street and Pacific Avenue, Tacoma Transit bus on left side, photo ordered by Tacoma Transit Company (T.N.T., 1/1/48, p. 1).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobile service stations--Tacoma; Utility poles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Buses--Tacoma; Mass transit--Tacoma; Pierce Transit (Tacoma); Tacoma Transit Co. (Tacoma);

View of South Tacoma Way and South 60th Street intersection. Mobilgas service station and apartment housing on right side of the street. A man is waiting for the bus at the Tacoma Transit bus stop, view of utility poles, photo ordered by North Pacific Bank, possibly for a commercial loan or branch expansion. North Pacific Bank was located on 5446-48 South Tacoma Way.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobile service stations--Tacoma; Apartment houses--Tacoma; Bus stops--Tacoma; Mobilgas Service Station (Tacoma); North Pacific Bank (Tacoma);

View of South Tacoma Way and South 60th Street intersection. Mobilgas service station and Adelphi Court Apartments both located on South Tacoma Way. View of utility poles and parked cars on side of street, photo ordered by North Pacific Bank, possibly for a commercial loan or branch expansion. North Pacific Bank was located on 5446-48 South Tacoma Way.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobile service stations--Tacoma; Apartment houses--Tacoma; Adelphi Court Apartments (Tacoma); Mobilgas Service Station (Tacoma); North Pacific Bank (Tacoma);

View of A Street and South 9th Street, Bowes Building (foreground) houses the Tacoma Savings and Loan and the Savage-Scofield Building houses the Tacoma Hotel. The Bowes Building was built in 1908 in Italian Renaissance style, Heath and Twichell were the architects. The Savage-Scofield building was also built in 1908 by the same architects. The main building was destroyed by a fire in 1935. Photo was ordered by March & Smith real estate agency.

Business districts--Tacoma; Tacoma Savings & Loan Association (Tacoma); Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Real estate business--Tacoma; March & Smith, Inc. (Tacoma); Bowes Building (Tacoma); Savage-Scofield Building (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;

Exterior view of Alfred Nicholas' room at the Butler Hotel, located on 824 A Street. Alfred was the janitor at the Tacoma Army-Navy Club. He suffered a fall from this location. His room appears to be the open window in the center, fire escapes are located on the right side above the metal trash cans.

Housing--Tacoma; Tenement houses--Tacoma; City & town life--Tacoma; Building deterioration--Tacoma; Butler Hotel (Tacoma); Nicholas, Alfred;

Exterior of Mr. Ernest Burrows' home, Wheeler-Osgood, Mr. Paul Smith. Exterior of a brick home located at 912 South 7th St. According to the 1947 City Directory, Mr. Burrows was part of the Burrows & Milone firm of general contractors.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Burrows, Ernest L.--Homes & haunts;

Home of Dora B. (Mrs. Percy C.) Smith, Times Society, Mrs. MacDonald. A group of society women gather outside Mrs. Smith's large, two-storied home. The porch has large columns with a balcony over the porch. The exterior of the house is clapboards painted white. The group met to define organization plans for the newly formed auxiliary to the Dixie Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The president of Dixie, Mrs. Edwin Keyes, appointed officers. L-R, seated: Mrs. Richard L. Smith, Vice Chairman; Mrs. Richmond Higy, Chairman; Frances M. (Mrs. Charles Q.) Jackson, Treasurer; standing: Louise M. (Mrs. George C.) Roberts, Secretary, the next three are unnamed, Sarah E. (Mrs. Alfred) Gruetter, Corresponding Secretary (third from right) and the last two are unnamed. (T.Times, 7/26/1947, p.10)

Dwellings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Roberts, Louise M.; Gruetter, Sarah E.; Jackson, Frances M.; United Daughters of the Confederacy (Tacoma); Smith, Dora B.--Homes & haunts;

Residence and grounds at Wayne W. and Bernice Keyes home in the Lakes District. Mr. and Mrs. Keyes are standing in their front yard with two of their dogs. The mansion was originally built for Charles A. Foster and was called "Sunnybank" until purchased by the Keyes' in 1936. It was then referred to as the Keyes Mansion.

Dwellings--Lakewood--1940-1950; Trees--Lakewood--1940-1950; Lawns--Lakewood--1940-1950; Gardens--Lakewood--1940-1950; Keyes, Wayne W.; Keyes, Bernice; Dogs--Lakewood--1940-1950; Sunnybank (Lakewood); Keyes Mansion (Lakewood);

Residence and grounds at Wayne W. and Bernice Keyes home in the Lakes District. Mr. and Mrs. Keyes sit on a bench in their garden with two of their dogs. Mr. Keyes wears riding breeches. Wayne W. Keyes was an attorney in Tacoma at this time.

Dwellings--Lakewood--1940-1950; Trees--Lakewood--1940-1950; Lawns--Lakewood--1940-1950; Gardens--Lakewood--1940-1950; Keyes, Wayne W.; Keyes, Bernice; Dogs--Lakewood--1940-1950; Keyes Mansion (Lakewood);

Residence and grounds at Wayne W. and Bernice Keyes home in the Lakes District. Mr. and Mrs. Keyes are standing on their large deck looking into their gardens. The flower bed below them is filled with lilies. TPL-5487

Dwellings--Lakewood--1940-1950; Trees--Lakewood--1940-1950; Gardens--Lakewood--1940-1950; Lilies--Lakewood--1940-1950; Keyes, Wayne W.; Keyes, Bernice; Keyes Mansion (Lakewood); Sunnybank (Lakewood);

Montgomery Ward Company. This is a brick, three-storyed building. A ladder truck, an automobile and a delivery truck are on the street. TPL-2534

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stores & shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Montgomery Ward Company. This is a brick, three-storied building. A fire engine/ladder truck, an automobile and a delivery truck are on the street. The milk delivery man is seen arranging items in the truck. The store front had been the location of the Porter-Cummings Company. Murphy's Cafe-Tavern is on one side and Sharman Books is on the other. Modern Display Service is advertised on the third floor windows. TPL-2534

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stores & shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma--1940-1950;