Washington State Dairy Commission/Council. One woman sits behind a desk and four others sit around the desk. Posters related to dairy and food products hang on the wall behind them.

Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Washington State Dairy Council (Tacoma);

Taking the WAVES oath. Alice Mary Scheitlin, on left standing next to a floral anchor, takes the Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service oath. Lt. Samuel Fleming, center, swore in Ms. Scheitlin at a "Kick-off" dinner for a wartime recruitment drive. Eleanor Frank, Specialist Recruiter, Second Class was also present, right. Eight unidentified individuals at head table stand for administering of oath. (T. Times, 6/6/44, p. 9).

Women--Military service--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma; Scheitlin, Alice Mary; Fleming, Samuel; Frank, Eleanor; Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In July of 1942, U.S.O. Junior Hostess registration was located at the United Services Organization office in Room 106 of the Rust Building, 950 Pacific Avenue. Five women posed for this publicity picture at a desk under a large U.S.O. banner.The women were, left to right, Eleanor Hoyt, unidentified woman in hat, Marie Caldwell, Grace Blangy and Phyllis Graves. The junior hostesses were responsible for building morale by providing female companionship for soldiers in town, serving as dance and sports partners. Publicity for Community Chest. (TNT 8/2/1942, pg. A-7)

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; United Service Organizations (Tacoma); Hoyt, Eleanor; Caldwell, Marie; Blangy, Grace; Graves, Phyllis;

The Washington State Dairy Council allowed community members to come in and receive information on the dairy industry and also brought the dairy industry together. June was dairy month so throughout June and July the Dairy Council was very busy. View of children visiting the dairy council and enjoying cookies and milk.

Dairy products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dairying--Tacoma; Washington State Dairy Council (Tacoma);

The Rathskeller, located at 950 Pacific Ave. in the ground floor of the Rust Building, was the newly opened restaurant in Tacoma, the Annex was previously located at this site. The facilities have been completely remodeled, George A. Sample Jr. is the manager of The Rathskeller restaurant. Interior view of The Rathskeller's food and booze bar, alcohol bottles are displayed above the cash register, beer taps behind the bar, stools are lined up around the bar (T. Times, 11/18/48, p. 7).

Restaurants--Tacoma; Bars--Tacoma; Barrooms--Tacoma; Alcoholic beverages; Bars (Furniture)--Tacoma; Stools; Rathskeller (Tacoma); Rust Building (Tacoma);

The W. R. Rust Building was built in 1920 by William R. Rust, the contractor was J. E. Bonnell and Sutton, Whitney and Dugan were the architects; it is twelve stories high. Between 1929 and 1931 the building was known as the Townsend Building. It is now the Seafirst Center in downtown Tacoma. Exterior view of building, Franwell fountain lunch, Virges Drug Company and Lundquist Lilly shops on ground level.

Business districts--Tacoma; Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rust Building (Tacoma);

Safeway Stores bought out Totem Food Stores, a Washington owned and operated grocery stores, in 1942. In 1947 Safeway had over sixteen stores throughout the Tacoma area. Harry P. Brown was the district manager of Safeway Stores in Tacoma. Interior view of Safeway Stores Inc. offices in the Rust building.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rust Building (Tacoma); Safeway Stores, Inc. (Tacoma);

Studio set-up of No-Wax Package; 1. open, 2. closed. Ordered by Miss Nelson of the Condon Company. The open box shows three bottles: prime coat, finish and thinner. The interior box on the left contains application pads and on the right are steel wool and sandpaper. This kit has been put together for convenience shopping with everything needed in one container.

Condon Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Packaging; Advertising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Advertising agencies--Tacoma--1940-1950; No-Wax Wood Finishing Kit;

Howard P. Braman, an agent for the Northern Life Insurance Company of Seattle, is at work in the company's new offices at 950 Pacific Avenue. Various awards and certificates of membership decorate the wall behind his desk. The business occupied offices in the twelve story W.R. Rust Building, and handled life, accident, and health insurance. Roy S. McKinnon was listed as district manager in the 1951 city directory.

Northern Life Insurance Co. of Seattle (Tacoma); Insurance companies--Tacoma; Braham, Howard P.;

Rust Building. One of the main occupants of downtown's Rust Building was American Federal Savings & Loan Assn. Their red and blue sign stood prominently on the rooftop of the 12-story structure. American Federal Savings & Loan was located on the Pacific Ave. level of the Rust Building which was constructed in 1920. The savings & loan would purchase the building from the Rust estate in October of 1972 for $840,000. The firm planned to change the name of the building to American Federal Building on December 1, 1972. Color photograph ordered by American Federal Savings & Loan Assn. (TNT 10-26-72, B-12)

American Federal Savings & Loan Association (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Rust Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1936. Andrew Holt, shoe repairer at Bone-Dry Shoe Store, standing at counter piled with many pairs of worn boots. Mr. Holt worked at the shoe store located in the Rust building at 11th and Commerce Streets.

Holt, Andrew; Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. View of Bone Dry Shoe Company location in Rust Building. "Forced to Vacate - Removal Sale" signs on transoms. Ordered for designer to illustrate proposed alterations for Lundquist-Lilly Company.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Lundquist- Lilly Clothiers, window display with Christmas wreath and signs "Celebrating Our 24th Anniversary, Suits and Overcoats $24." Display of shirts, ties and socks set off by mannequin attired in men's dressing gown. For J. R. Thompson.

Lundquist-Lilly Clothiers (Tacoma); Clothing stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Window displays;

ca. 1935. General view of the Rust Building at 11th and Pacific Avenue. Sandstone clad steel framed 12 story business block for William R. Rust by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects, 1920. (Argentum)

Business districts--Tacoma; Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1935. City Loan Company, interior, located in the Rust building, Room 408. The City Loan Co. made smaller loans, such as salary or furniture loans. Harry R. Rinker was the manager in 1936. The office has a service counter with a space for two employees (WSHS)

City Loan Co. (Tacoma); Offices--1930-1940; Business enterprises--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Circa 1907.

Circa 1924.

Rust Building. Located at 950 Pacific Avenue, the Rust Building's 12 stories were occupied by a variety of businesses including the American Federal Savings & Loan Association. A large red and blue sign erected on top of the rooftop draws attention to the savings & loan located below. This photograph was taken on August 18, 1972, shortly before noon. Traffic was brisk in this prime downtown location. Next door to the Rust Building was the new Park Plaza North parking garage, built during urban renewal to help provide much needed parking. Across the street from the building at 9th & Broadway was the F.W. Woolworth department store. Photograph ordered by American Federal Savings & Loan Assn. who would purchase the Rust Building in October of 1972 for $840,000. The Rust Building was built in 1920 at a cost of $1,100,000. (TNT 10-26-72, B-12)

American Federal Savings & Loan Association (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Rust Building (Tacoma); Electric signs--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1937. Bone-Dry Shoe Company store in the Rust Building from the Commerce Street side. Signs advertise "Removal Sale" and "Forced to Vacate." Bone Dry Shoe Co. was vacating its premises next to Lundquist Lilly. Lundquist Lilly was remodeled in June of 1937. (filed with Argentum)

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

This night view taken at the corner of Commerce and 11th Street South shows the storefront of the Bone Dry Shoe Store which occupied two floors of the Rust Building for shoe sales and repairs. First United Mutual Savings Bank, right, another Rust Building tenant.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Night time window display. Large sign behind display of shoes is ski scene which reads "There's a perfect Bone-Dry Shoe for every outdoor need" at the Bone-Dry Shoe Store in the Rust building.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Window displays;

Douglas Fir Plywood Information Bureau provided information about Douglas Fir Plywood products to interested individuals, businesses and industries. View of plywood information display with two panels explaining the difference between exterior and interior types of plywood panels; in addition, a Plywood Listening Post is set up to listen to comments in a confidential atmosphere. Photograph was taken on January 2, 1948.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Advertisements--Tacoma; Research facilities--Tacoma; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Information Bureau (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

The brand "Douglas Fir" plywood is known as the "wood of 1,000 uses". This plywood undergoes a series of laboratory and field tests. The Douglas Fir Plywood Association has helped establish and maintain Tacoma as the plywood center of the world, by setting up a industry maintained quality control laboratory here. View of plywood panel display located at the Douglas Fir Plywood Information Bureau was ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Paneling--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

In July of 1942, U.S.O. Junior Hostess registration was located at the United Services Organization office, Room 106, Rust Building. Five women pose for this publicity picture at a desk under a large U.S.O. banner.The women are, left to right, Eleanor Hoyt, unidentified woman in hat, Marie Caldwell, Grace Blangy and Phyllis Graves. Publicity for Community Chest. (TNT 8/2/1942, pg. A-7)

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; United Service Organizations (Tacoma); Hoyt, Eleanor; Caldwell, Marie; Blangy, Grace; Graves, Phyllis;

On Saturday September 2, 1944 Virginia Greening officially became a WAVE, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emegency Service. In this photograph taken for the Tacoma Times she is shown holding four photographs of her brother Lt. Col. Charles Ross Greening, who was a prisoner of the Germans. He had been shot down on a mission over Italy. Both Virginia and her brother survived the war.(T. Times, 9/2/44, p. 1).

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners of war; Military personnel; Greening, Virginia; Greening, C. Ross;

The Washington State Dairy Council was well staffed with nutritionalists that provide health education information to children, schools, parents and community members. View of children and their teachers enjoying cookies and milk after learning about the dairy industry.

Dairy products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dairying--Tacoma; Washington State Dairy Council (Tacoma);

In 1948, George A. Sample, Jr. took over management of the restaurant in the Rust Building. He changed the name to The Rathskeller, and over the next year, working with the Andrew's Fixture Company, completely remodeled the service area. This photograph from September 1949 shows five unidentified employees standing behind the newly installed counter. The Rathskeller was only in business until 1954, when it was replaced by Lindy's operated by G. Howard Lindholm.

Cafeterias--Tacoma; Restaurant workers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Counters--Tacoma; Building materials; Rathskeller (Tacoma); Rust Building (Tacoma); Andrew's Fixture Co. (Tacoma);