Exposure of Bellevue homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. One story brick home with attached two car carport on left. The home has a living area extension on the right, making the entrance door recessed and large brick planters in front. By Boyd & Mahrenholz, Inc.

Houses--Bellevue--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

Exposure of Bellevue homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. Rear view of a split level brick, shingle & vertical siding house with composition roof, by Bell & Valdez. Daylight basement can be seen from the back.

Houses--Bellevue--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

The exterior of a new one-story home with an attached one-car garage. Shingles were chosen for the exterior covering with brick facing the indented area around the front entry and picture window. Ordered by Powell Construction Company.

Houses--Fircrest--1950-1960; Powell Construction Co. (Tacoma);

The exterior of a new one-story home with an attached one-car garage. Dark shingles were chosen for the exterior covering with brick facing the indented area around the front entry and picture window. A few of the trees have been left standing in the yard. Ordered by Powell Construction Company.

Houses--Fircrest--1950-1960; Powell Construction Co. (Tacoma);

Exposure of Seattle homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. This L shaped rambler, by Modern Home Builders, has the garage on the right next to the front door and brick planter. On either side of the door are large floor to ceiling plate glass windows. There is an extension off of the rear of the home and the landscaping has been put in.

Houses--Seattle--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

Exposure of Seattle homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. A two car garage fronts this brick and wood one story home by Raber & Co. Mature trees surround the home.

Houses--Seattle--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

Exposure of Seattle homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. This one story ranch style rambler has a projected living room with windows all around. The brick and wood siding is ornamented by a brick planter on the left side of the home. By H. F. Wilkinson.

Houses--Seattle--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

Exposure of Seattle homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. This large two story brick home with a tile roof, by Eric Spolander, features underground parking. It is graced with many large windows and what appears to be a front entrance from the street and a rear entrance from the driveway. Large boulders laid for a rock garden, but no landscaping has been added. Address is unknown.

Houses--Seattle--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

Exposure of Seattle homes for Master Builders Display at the Seattle Home Show, for Phares Advertising Agency. This one story wooden rambler with brick quarter facing on the front walls has an attached garage and a brick planting box. The home has a fireplace, with the chimney rising to the left of the door, and is raised a few feet above street level. Harold Larsen

Houses--Seattle--1950-1960; Seattle Home Show (Seattle);

A row of four small, one-story homes built of concrete blocks at 120th and South Alaska Streets. Ordered by Witte & O'Flyng.

Witte & O'Flyng, Inc. (Tacoma); Houses--Parkland--1950-1960;

Exposure of the completed Grosvenor Apartments in Seattle. Photograph for Bethlehem Steel taken on January 24, 1951.

Grosvenor House Apartments (Seattle); Construction--Seattle; Apartment houses--Seattle; Progress photographs--1950-1960;

This house at the corner of North 27th and Tyler was built in 1907 not as a private residence but as a grocery store. From 1908 through 1918 it was the Andrew Larson Grocery. In 1919 the store was taken over by Boe Pederson. Shortly after that, Mr. Pederson opened a grocery at 313 So. 9th. He remodeled his store at 4202 No. 27th into a single family home. This photograph was taken in February of 1951. TPL-9485

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Arbors (Bowers)--Tacoma;

There were very few homes on Tacoma's west side until after the Second World War. Westmoreland Terrace, near North 30th and Orchard Streets, was a small housing development. View of entrance show the presence of several similar styled homes with a model home for prospective homeowners to inspect. This photograph was taken just prior to the grand opening of the new subdivision in August, 1951. Roads were crushed rock ballast; they were to be graveled shortly. A sidewalk and nearby landscaped lawn end abruptly across the street from the finished homes. (TNT 8-10-51, p. 8)

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Housing developments--Tacoma; Roads--Tacoma;

An example of plywood siding is found on a duplex located at 2512 North McCarver. Newly constructed in 1950, the duplex is a one-story, side-by-side structure with a chimney for each unit and situated on a nicely landscaped lot. There is a television antenna on at least one side of the duplex. Photograph commissioned by Tom Sias, Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Television antennas; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Retired sergeant E. Gunderson hands a potted plant to his wife outside their home at the Monte Vista Trailer Park on October 25, 1951. A white picket fence surrounds the Gunderson home and the trailer rests on a cement pad. A patio is covered by a large awning which provides shade along the side of the trailer. There appears to be a small fuel tank in the backyard. The Monte Vista Trailer Park was located at 8328 South Tacoma Way just across the street from the Star-Lite Theater. Photograph ordered by Trailer Life, Los Angeles. TPL-7187

Trailers--Lakewood--1950-1960; Mobile home living--Lakewood; Gunderson, E.--Homes & haunts; Gunderson, E.--Family; Fences; Trailer Life (Los Angeles);

Mrs. H.E. Sears deftly handles cooking duties in her trailer home at the Monte Vista Court. Mrs. Sears is the wife of T. Sgt. H.E. Sears. The kitchen appears compact but is arranged to have space for a walled-in Frigidaire refrigerator, Dixie stove, and large sink. There is storage space next to the refrigerator and around the stove and sink. Photograph taken on October 25, 1951; ordered by Trailer Life, Los Angeles.

Trailers--Lakewood--1950-1960; Mobile home living--Lakewood; Kitchens--Lakewood--1950-1960; Cookery--Lakewood; Sears, H.E.--Family; Sears, H.E.--Homes & haunts; Trailer Life (Los Angeles);

Two-year-old Ricky Sears wears his father's hat in this photograph taken for Trailer Life magazine on October 25, 1951. T. Sgt. H.E. Sears and his family lived in a trailer at Monte Vista Court, 8328 South Tacoma Way, Lakewood. The Monte Vista Court trailer park was just across the street from the Star-Lite Theater.

Trailers--Lakewood--1950-1960; Mobile home living--Lakewood; Sears, H.E.--Family; Sears, H.E.--Homes & haunts; Military uniforms--United States--1950-1960; Trailer Life (Los Angeles);

Vista Manor Apartments, Gaston Lance, Architect. General view of 17 story reinforced concrete apartment building with cloverleaf floor plan.

Buildings - Residencial Buildings - Apartment Buildings - Tacoma - Vista Manor Apartments

Exposure of completed Grosvenor House Apartments in Seattle. This daylight photograph was taken on September 16, 1951, and shows the newly completed Grosvenor House Apartment complex on Wall Street. The modern multi-story apartment house had amenities such as garage parking for tenants, a fancy grocery store, barbershop, and florist on the ground floor. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation, San Francisco. TPL-9801

Grosvenor House Apartments (Seattle); Apartment houses--Seattle; Construction--Seattle;

One of several one story houses located on South 112th Street. Nicely landscaped yard and diagonal walkway. House in foreground has one-car garage. Photograph taken on September 20, 1951.

Houses--1950-1960;

House constructed of concrete blocks on bottom and siding on peak. Garage on left facing another street. Photograph taken on October 29, 1951.

Houses--1950-1960;

View of Mountbrook Manor rambler. A new subdivision, Mountbrook Manor, consisted of one-story ramblers on wooded lots. The homes came equipped with attached one-car garages, fireplaces, and in some cases, brick siding on portions of the houses. Angled view of new rambler with octagonal window. Photograph commissioned by Lakewood Realty.

Houses--1950-1960; Lakewood Realty (Lakewood);

A low rock wall, including rock steps, surrounds a rambler style home in an October, 1951, photograph. The house appears to be made of wood and block construction and has a one-car garage. The yard is landscaped using small plants and shrubs. Photograph ordered by Phares Advertising Agency, Seattle.

Houses--1950-1960; Stone walls; Phares Advertising Agency (Seattle);

Ostruske-Murphy Inc. were general contractors located at 2907 A Street. According to the 1953 City Directory, William H. Ostruske was listed as president of the firm and Donald B. Murphy as secretary-treasurer. In the early 1950's, they built several houses on South Melrose, including the Edwin G. Haines residence. 2306 South Melrose was a one-story bungalow with low pitched roof and attached one-car garage. It had a small porch at the front entrance.

Ostruske-Murphy, Inc. (Tacoma); Haines, Edwin G.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

One-story, block house, composition roof with one car garage attached. Home has two chimneys. Address was not listed.

Houses--1950-1960;

New rambler in the Mountbrook Manor housing addition in the rapidly growing suburban community of Lakewood, for Lakewood Realty. The rambler has brick facing and is nestled in the fully mature fir trees. The homes were built by Tietz Construction on 1/2 acre lots with trees. Each home was of individual design and exterior. The new homes sold for $12,000 to $14,900.

Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960;

New ranch style home, with one car garage, in Lakewood, designed & built by H.A. Briggs. Briggs Construction Co. was owned by H.A. Briggs, who lived at 523 Alta Vista Place in Fircrest. As veterans returned from Korea, as they did after WW II, they started families and bought their first home. Construction in the Tacoma area was at an all time high at the beginning of the fifties. The ranch home became the residential standard for this time period and its most common location was in the suburbs. Several communities, such as Lakewood, grew rapidly with this influx of population and urban flight. TPL-8312

Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Briggs Construction Co. (Tacoma);

New rambler in the Mountbrook Manor housing addition in the rapidly growing suburban community of Lakewood, for Lakewood Realty. Rose patterned wallpaper in dark colors covers two walls and built-in closets blend in with the wood panelling on another. A series of windows behind the bed reveal a woodsy view.

Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Wallpapers--1950-1960; Bedrooms--Lakewood--1950-1960;

New ranch style homes at the corner of So. 70th & A St., C. VanWagner, contractor. This addition of completed new homes was advertised in the 7/19/1953 News Tribune, pg. C-15. VanWagner was praised as the contractor and the location was given as So. 70th St. & Bell. The homes had GE automatic oil heat, Birch paneled Fireplace wall, birch cabinet doors, bath with vanity, over sized lined garage with 10 ft. driveway, kitchen exhaust system, built-in china closet, automatic hot water and brick planter boxes.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; C. VanWagner, Building Contractors (Tacoma); Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Living and Dining Room of Bill Tietz' home in Narrowmoor, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr. Woman on hearth of sunken fireplace, man standing on step by fireplace. For Tietz Construction Company. Vaulted ceilings with exposed beams open up the living area where a fieldstone fireplace runs from floor to ceiling. The kitchen can be seen beyond the dining area and divided from it by folding doors. Built in planters to the left accomodate house plants. A bold bird of paradise wallpaper decorates the walls.

Living rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dining rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fireplaces--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts;