Sang Hyon Nairn leaps six men, striking a target in a martial arts demonstration. The mayors of Tacoma and Gunsan City, Korea, celebrated their "sister city" status.

Binh Duong, a former interpreter for Americans in Vietnam, speaks to a public assistance caseworker. Duong led a group of Vietnamese refugees that he arrived with in May 1975. Duong himself already had a job and was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services to help other refugee families adjust to the new environment.

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Binh Duong

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Answering Service Northwest

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Opening Day

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Demonstrations

In a black and white photo, two protestors stand closer to the camera with one person holding an obscured sign behind them. The individual on the left is wearing a patterned wool sweater and matching hat, and holding a sign reading: "Let Our Ancestors Rest They Are Not Here To Defend Themselves."

Native American protesters confront author Ruth Beebe Hill over claims her book Hanta Yo is filled with misinformation about Indigenous history, specifically Hill’s saga about two Sioux families.

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Inez Moore, left, helps Anna Ballard and Terry Hubbard with arithmetic as a volunteer.
Sheridan Elementary
4th graders (9yrs)
Bruce Larson/Photo

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Pacific Avenue Interchange

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Bulldozer

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Frank Herbert
Photographed By Phil H. Webber

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Harold G. Moss

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Norwegian Festival

A cooperative of 14 oil pipeline and marine companies placed a 58-foot oil recovery vessel called the Clean Sounder into service. They claim it is the largest and most advanced skimmer in the country. The Clean Sounder cost $720,000 and was built by the Marine Construction and Design Co. of Seattle. The vessel should be able to pick up 600 gallons of oil per minute. The boat's purpose is to increase the capacity of the Clean Sound Cooperative to handle accidental oil spills in the Sound. It joined four other skimming vessels in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, and Anacortes. The skimmer has twin hulls and is powered by water jet propulsion units. The skimmer used two oil attracting belts to pick up oil from the surface, and that oil is squeezed from the belts and stored aboard. The vessel was designed specifically for Puget Sound.

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Clean Sounder

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Peck Field
Athletic Park

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Lyle Quasim and Doug Sutherland present Safe Streets plan.
Photo by Melissa Stevens

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Glenn Campbell on left
Larsen, Jeff Photo

Tacoma Public Library - Swasey Branch
Photograph by Richards Studio (128474-1)

Son Deth, a Cambodian refugee, with two of her nine children. Son Deth moved with her family to Pierce County in 1975 and was sponsored by the Christ Lutheran Church of Lakewood.

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He Had a Windfall
Photograph by Jerry Buck

TNT 04/08/1971 A1

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Answering Service Northwest

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Cheney Baseball Stadium
Photograph by Jerry Buck

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Demonstrations

Two protestors stand in front of the Playtime Rex Theater in Tacoma's Eastside neighborhood. The original Rex Theater opened in 1919, and closed its doors in 1958. In 1980, adult theater corporation Playtime Cinemas reopened the location as the Playtime Rex Theater for live performances and adult movie showings. In the photograph, the theater sign reads, "Playtime Rex: Annete Haven In Person Tonight." The protestors pose underneath the marquee, holding picket signs that read, "Citizens Against Porn" on the left, and "Get Filth Out of Our Neighborhood," "Unless Ye Repent So Ye Also Shall Perish," held by the person on the right.

Rex Theater Article from cinematreasures.org.

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Samoan
Volunteer tutor Joe Po Ching (left) talks over a point of vocabulary with student Kelly Laufili.
Geff Hinds/Photo
Nelson/News

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Darling of the Dump

Darling of the Dump
Lovely Jackie Aitken is crowned Miss Garbage Pit by Miss Tacoma. Angela Nicholson, in regal ceremonies this week at the City Dump. Miss Garbage Pit (also known as Miss Saniterri Landefille) will reign over the open house at the dump Saturday, sponsored by the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce, Applauding the selection are the co-chairmen of the open house, John Ettner, left, and Phil Armour. TNT 05-13-1964 C2.

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Frank Herbert

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Harold G. Moss

A spill from U.S. Oil and Refining Co. on the Blair Waterway resulted in oil swirling around Sea-Tac Alaska Shipbuilding Corp. drydock where a U.S. Coast Guard vessel was being worked on. The oil spill also contaminated part of Commencement Bay and was cleaned up by the U.S. Coast Guard. Photo by staff member Warren Anderson.

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Warren Anderson/Photo

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Port of Tacoma--Blair Waterway
Photo cutline: "Contaminated muck dredged from Blair Waterway is stored in this Tideflats pond lined with plastic."