This is the Valley Forge Service Station as viewed in September of 1945. It was located in Fife, at the SW corner of the intersection of Hwy 99 and 54th Ave., directly east of Andre's Market and across the highway from the Poodle Dog restaurant. The service station offered Standard Oil products and did automobile repairs. Its owners were Henry and Francis Hubbert. The service station was destroyed by fire circa 1948 or 1949. After the fire the service station at the NE corner of the intersection became known as the Valley Forge once the Hubbert's station was no longer in existence. Frank and Richard Spear and another unidentified person would manage the new Valley Forge. (Additional information provided by a reader).

Automobile service stations--Fife--1940-1950; Valley Forge Service Station (Fife);

The One-Stop Market, which also had gasoline pumps, was photographed in September of 1945. The owners' names are printed on the building, Williams and Schrader, but the address is unknown. Signs for Coca-Cola and 7up ("It Likes You") adorn the roof of the covered pumping area.

Automobile service stations--Pierce County--1940-1950; One Stop Market (Pierce County);

The One-Stop Market, which also had gasoline pumps, was photographed in September of 1945. The owners' names are printed on the building, Williams and Schrader, but the address is unknown. Signs for Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola adorn the roof of the covered pumping area.

Automobile service stations--Pierce County--1940-1950; One Stop Market (Pierce County);

Picton's Garage and automobile service station; photograph taken in September of 1945 at an unknown location.

Automobile service stations--Pierce County; Picton's Garage (Pierce County);

A Standard Oil service station, location unknown. The pumping station in the front has three gasoline pumps available. The ground around the station is covered with gravel, not pavement. This is the same station as image #70.

Automobile service stations--Pierce County; Standard Oil Co. of California (Tacoma);

The Standard Oil gas station located at the Camp Tahoma Auto Camp cabins, 3836 South Tacoma Way. Located next to the cabins was Interstate Motor Sales at 3826 South Tacoma Way. The sign in the background over the auto sale building is for Ace Furnace and Steel at 3740 So. Union.

Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tourist camps & hostels--Tacoma; Motels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Camp Tahoma (Tacoma); Interstate Motor Sales (Tacoma);

Washburn's Service Station, 3402 Pacific Ave. The mission style station was built in 1924 by William F. Washburn. Mr. Washburn and his wife Genevieve lived nearby at 224 So. 34th, which they purchased around 1920.

Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Washburn's Service Station (Tacoma);

J. Thomas Standard Oil Service Station, photographed in November of 1945. Owned by Joseph & Loretta Thomas. Located at 27th and West Grandview in University Place.

Automobile service stations--University Place--1940-1950; J. Thomas Standard Oil Service Station (University Place);

In 1945, Daley's Garage occupied part of the ground floor of 1411-17 Pacific Ave, the home of the Schoenfeld annex and Bargain Loft. Schoenfelds had expanded into this site around 1940. Daley's Garage, owned by John J and John M Daley, offered the consumer a place to park and also gas up. The actual street address for the garage was 1415 Pacific Ave.

Daley's Garage (Tacoma); Schoenfelds Bargain Loft (Tacoma);

Acting Tacoma Mayor Val Fawcett in conversation at the Post War Celebration held at Griffin Fuel Co., 1910 Commerce St., on September 1, 1945. Standing with Mayor Fawcett are an unidentified woman and the Griffin brothers, Ed and Fred. Ed Griffin was manager and president of Griffin Fuel. His brother Fred would serve with similar title at the Seattle Griffin Fuel Co. Photograph donated by Mrs. John Flynn.

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955; Griffin, Frederic P.;

Post War Celebration at Griffin Fuel Company. This view shows the delivery trucks and staff from slightly above. People are gathering in small groups and returning to their work locations. The company's storage areas for fuel are shown behind the fencing.

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955;

Griffin Fuel Co. president Ed Griffin joins his large contingent of employees and friends at a Post War celebration on September 1, 1945. Several men are also perched on top of delivery trucks. Since the end of the war also meant that there might be volatile changes to fuel supply, the company promised to have sufficient oil to their customers for next winter. Griffin Fuel sold stove, diesel and fuel oils and had been part of the Tacoma business scene since 1889. Photograph donated by Mrs. John Flynn.

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Post War Celebration at Griffin Fuel Company. Fifty delivery trucks for the company are lined up outside the company. They carried fuel oils, coal, sawdust, coke and blacksmith coal, petroleum briquets, prest-to-logs, and charcoal briquets. Ed Griffin was adamant that no truck be left standing outside overnight and a fully staffed repair shop and garages were provided. (T.Times, 9/8/1945, p.4)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Post War Celebration at Griffin Fuel Company. Two motor cycle policemen have stopped to look at one of Ed Griffin's antique cars. One of the police motorcycles stands next to the car with its top down. The steering wheel of the car is on the left side. Ed Griffin is president and manager of Griffin Fuel Company.

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Motorcycles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Traffic police--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Telenews marque and front of theatre. The interior of the theatre which used to be the "Beverly Theater". 400 patrons filled the Telenews Theatre at the grand opening. People will be able to see "history in the making" and catch up on what happened during the week. The story of the atomic bomb was revealed opening night as well as other late news pictures. (T.Times, 9/15/1945, p.4) TPL-9262

Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950; Telenews Theatre (Tacoma);

In 1945 the new owners of the theater at 916 Broadway remodeled the building, gave it a new neon marque, and changed its name to the Telenews Theater. The Telenews lasted for about five years showing only newsreels, travel logs, and documentaries. In the late 1960s, the second floor of this building was taken over by the Court C Coffeehouse and Artists' Mall. The building was demolished in 1988.

Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950; Telenews Theatre (Tacoma);

Telenews marque and front of theatre. Teletype machine in the front lobby - Associated Press direct wire news.

Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950; Telenews Theatre (Tacoma); Teletypewriters--1940-1950;

This is the Turner Garage & Towing Company at 1222 Tacoma Ave South as photographed in September of 1945. The garage offered 24 hour towing as well as Standard Oil gasoline. It was located in the building built in 1925 for the Olympic Garage. The brick building to the right in the photograph was 1218-20 Tacoma Ave. So., the F.N. Wolf building, built in 1890. It had previously housed the Tacoma Athletic Club and Tait's Business College, but in 1945 it was home to Hansen Auto Repairs and the Wakefield Apartments. The sign on the side of the building states that the Wakefield has single and housekeeping rooms for $100 a week and up. The building has since been demolished and the site is now the parking lot for the Main branch of the Tacoma Public Library. The building housing the Turner Garage & Towing Co. subsequently contained the Tacoma Tent & Awning Co., Candid Photo Service and Labor Ready.

Turner Towing Co. (Tacoma); Automobile repair--Tacoma--1940-1950; Wakefield Apartments (Tacoma);

Central Motors interior of garage. A view of a very large, open service garage with wooden floor. The foreground shows a hoist and in the rear an automobile is parked in a separate work area.

Automobile dealerships; Garages; Vehicle maintenance & repair;

Interior at opening of Western Auto on South 38th Street for Mr. Brewer. The display counters are loaded with automotive supplies, and more. Lightbulbs, gardening tools, women's and infant's clothing and stuffed animals are added to the supply of seat covers, batteries, cleaning supplies and other auto supplies.

Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; Western Auto Supply Co. (Tacoma);

A.W. (Bill) Olson, food expert for the Milwaukee Railroad, prepared a very special old-fashioned Swedish smorgasbord for the First International Caterers' and Stewards' Association Banquet held at the Olympus Cafe on February 14, 1946. Mr. Olson and his assistants prepared 65 separate traditional dishes. The menu also included imported Swedish Glogg. Waitresses in Swedish costumes helped serve the food, and Swedish music was provided by Al Gruetter. The Olympus Cafe, opened in 1944, was in the basement of the Olympus Hotel at 815 Pacific Avenue. (T.Times, 2/13/1946, p.10)

Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; International Caterers & Stewards Association (Tacoma); Costumes; Olympus Cafe (Tacoma);

Ten people were taken to local area hospitals on January 11, 1946 after a military police truck crashed into a Tacoma Transit Company bus while on its scheduled evening run to Fern Hill. The truck was traveling east on Puyallup Avenue when it struck the west bound bus which was attempting to turn left onto East G. Street. The bus driver, Eugene H. Robinson, told police that his vehicle was loaded with Todd Pacific shipyard workers at the time of the accident. None of the passengers was seriously injured. The two men in the military truck were taken into custody by M.P.s from Fort Lewis.(T.Times, 1/12/1946, p.1) TPL-3192

Tacoma Transit Co. (Tacoma); Buses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Ballou and Wright offered everything a motorist could need. They had been in Tacoma for over fifteen years, always having one of the best selections of automotive parts. Ballou & Wright were one of the few auto supply stores carrying "Champion" auto parts. Interior view of store with "Champion" and "Century" auto parts posters.

Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma; Advertisements--Tacoma; Ballou & Wright Wholesale Auto Parts (Tacoma);

Ballou and Wright offered everything a motorist could need. They had been in Tacoma for over fifteen years, always having one of the best selections of automotive parts. Ballou & Wright were one of the few auto supply stores carrying "Champion" auto parts. Exterior view of store, located at the corner of South 9th Street and Tacoma Avenue South.

Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma; Show windows--Tacoma; Ballou & Wright Wholesale Auto Parts (Tacoma);

Interior view of Ballou and Wright Wholesale Auto Parts and Industrial Supply.

Business Enterprises - Automobile Equipment and Supplies Stores - Tacoma - Ballou and Wright

Interior of Pessemier's Bootery. Shoe store featuring modernistic fixtures: customer seats with high backs and curved sides, salesmen's stools, shoe boxes lining walls and cove lighting in ceiling.

Business Enterprises - Stores and Shops - Clothing Stores - Shoe Stores - Tacoma - Pessemier's Bootery

This photograph shows the Crystal Palace Market, 1101-13 Market St., as it appeared in 1945. In 1926, Charles B. Hurley, head of the Hurley-Mason Co., paid $2 million for a 99-year lease on the 20,000 sq. ft. of land at the corner of So. 11th and market. In June of 1927, the Crystal Palace Market opened for trade. The market, which was managed by Arthur E. Goodwin, who also managed the Pike Place Market in Seattle, was one of the largest and most unique markets of its kind in the world. The building housed over 180 stalls and included the Federal Bakery, Sam Carras' fruits and vegetables and Victor Bros' fish among its many shops. With the outbreak of WWII the market fell on hard times. From 1942 until the early 1950s, only part of the building was used, and in August 1973 it was demolished. TPL-8322

Crystal Palace Market (Tacoma); Markets--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Caddigan fuel and feed company with 6 haul trucks in front.

Fuel supply; Feed stores--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Caddigan Fuel & Feed Co. (Tacoma);

Caddigan Fuel & Feed Co. has been doing business in Tacoma for over 10 years, they always provided prompt delivery of their fuel and feed products. View of their haul trucks in front of the business entrance. Picture of equipment at Caddigan Fuel & Feed Co. for Robert Sconce advertising.

Fuel supply; Feed stores--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Caddigan Fuel & Feed Co. (Tacoma);

Rhodes Department Store, Shoe Department. Elevated view of the shoe department which appears to feature men's shoes, taken in April of 1946. Men's attire across the aisle.

Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shoes;