A young man has just completed the display of Johnson's Glo-Coat floor wax and applicator at the Park-N-Shop grocery store. Ordered by S.C. Johnson.

Park-N-Shop, Inc. (Parkland); Grocery stores--Parkland--1950-1960; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Housework--Tacoma;

Twenty-four children in one of the younger classes at the Dupont School pose outdoors with their teacher. Two girls in the front row wear their Brownie Scout uniforms. Robert Zurfluh taught 5th grade during the 1950-1951 school year.

Schools--Dupont--1950-1960; School children--Dupont--1950-1960; Teachers--Dupont--1950-1960;

Twenty-six children in one of the younger classes at the Dupont School pose with their teacher. Silhouette drawings hang on the wall behind them. Dupont school children were combined with Steilacoom and Clover Park schools sometime later in the 1950's.

Schools--Dupont--1950-1960; School children--Dupont--1950-1960; Teachers--Dupont--1950-1960; Classrooms--Dupont;

The back of the old Tacoma Transit property. Several buses are seen inside the building being serviced. Ordered by Rinaldo Keasal.

Tacoma Transit Co. (Tacoma); Mass transit--Tacoma; Bus terminals--Tacoma; Transportation facilities--Tacoma;

A sign affixed to the exterior of the old Tacoma Transit property. The sign reads, "Site of First Tacoma Building in the Street Car Industry, 1888, Erected by Tacoma Women's Club, June 7, 1927". Ordered by Rinaldo Keasal.

Tacoma Transit Co. (Tacoma); Tacoma Women's Club (Tacoma); Plaques--Tacoma; Street railroads--Tacoma;

A man stands at a switch near the electric contol panels at Tacoma Vegetable Oils, Inc., plant. Electrical conduit is seen along the interior walls of the building. The plant digested copra (dried coconut meat) and extracted the oil. The oil would go to manufacturers in Chicago, Cincinnati, Boston and other eastern cities. The remaining meal was used locally for cattle feed. The plant was able to process 100 tons of copra a day with three machines. Ordered by Westinghouse Electric Supply, Verne Hoggers. (TNT, 3/19/1950, p.A-9)

Tacoma Vegetable Oils, Inc. (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Holiday-at-Home was the theme of the Capital District of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs' 1950 Christmas Show at the Hotel Winthrop. The show included examples of table arrangements. Proceeds from the nominal admission provided funds for scholarships at the University of Washington and Washington State University as well as additions to the growing fund for a garden center building for Tacoma. (TNT, 12/8/1950, p.C-10)

Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Flower shows--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Four men are inspecting electric motors at Westinghouse Electric Supply. Arthur F. Sheean was manager of the manufacturing company at this time. Ordered by Verne Hodgins.

Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. (Tacoma); Engines;

A photographic copy of a customer's early photograph showing a man chopping down an old-growth douglas fir with an ax. He is standing on a board inserted into the trunk of the tree to lift him up so he could get near the tree to work with his ax. He is wearing his pants held up with suspenders over his long johns, a hat and a mustache. TPL-9653

Loggers; Trees; Axes;

Progress photograph of the American Apartments, later opened as the Vista Manor Apartments, at 319 Tacoma Ave. No., for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. The building was designed by Lance, McGuire & Muri, Architects, and built by the C.F. Davidson Construction Company. The building was constructed with 16 stories and 133 units at a cost of one million dollars.

Apartment houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Vista Manor Apartments (Tacoma); Progress photographs--1950-1960;

House of the Year model for DFPA

Architectural models; Building models;

First Lady Evelyn Langlie and Edith Lemcke are seated while Govenor Langlie and a few others gather around. They are attending the Govenor's Ball that was held at the Armory in Olympia. L-R, Mrs. and Mrs. Harold Johns and Edith (Mrs. Paul) Lemcke, and Paul Lemcke, all of Tacoma, First Lady Evelyn Langlie and Governor Langlie. The two individuals on the right were not identified. Ordered by the Tribune, Barbara Dana. (TNT, 1/14/1951, p.D-1) TPL-10122

Balls (Parties)--Olympia--1950-1960; Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Langlie, Evelyn; Lemcke, Paul; Lemcke, Edith; Johns, Harold--Family;

Studio portrait of dark haired Ann Bates in eyeglasses. Miss Bates resided at 703 1/2 Pacific and was employed at Ft. Lewis. She was photographed on January 18, 1951.

Bates, Ann; Portraits--1950-1960; Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Eyeglasses;

Lee Croft, left, and Harold Bird, right, strap on the boxing gloves as Honorary Referees for the Tacoma Athletic Commission's Golden Gloves Tournament, Feb. 8-9, at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. The two long time buddies remained friends despite Bird's defeat of Croft in the 1950 Sheriff election. They had much in common, having both been professional boxers in their younger days. Croft, a promising young heavyweight in the early 1900's, was persuaded by his aristocratic family to trade in boxing for a grand tour of Europe, including English ancestral lands. His last professional bout was in 1910, although he maintained an interest in boxing and served as an official Board Member for the Tacoma Boys Club. He and Bird became friends in 1917, during WW I, when Bird was stationed here and boxed professionally as a light and welterweight. Bird eventually married a Tacoma girl and settled here. Croft became the proprietor of a local hotel and Bird became owner of Lumber Retail, a lumber and building supplies business, at 2301 South Tacoma Way before they branched off into civic duties. (TNT 1-28-1951, pg. B-10)

Boxing--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma); Croft, Lee; Bird, Harold;

Worn siding on an old office building in Enumclaw for St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. This photograph was used in a sale brochure on western hemlock by St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co. It shows the durability of hemlock siding; the building's hemlock drop siding is over 48 years old and has only been painted twice. An old wooden sidewalk leads to the building. Enumclaw was a rural community with dairy farms and a view of Mount Rainier founded on the Osceola mudflow, a great outpouring of mud and rock that originated near the summit of Mount Rainier and covered an area of about 65 square miles. White settlement began in the mid-1850's as bachelors claimed land following the Puget Sound War, returned home for brides, and then homesteaded. In 1879, Frank Stevenson and his wife filed for a homestead which now forms the heart of Enumclaw. The Stevensons built a hotel and gave away lots to encourage the formation of a town. In 1883, as work began on the Northern Pacific main rail line, they reasoned correctly that the hastily formed town would be selected as a stop. The town was named after the native name of a nearby mountain. It was settled by homesteaders, Danish farmers who operated a cooperative, and Slavonians (Yugoslavs) who both worked in the coal mines and farmed. The economy was supported by farming, coal mining and the lumber industry. ("Exploring Washington's Past" by Ruth Kirk and Carmela Alexander)

Building deterioration--Enumclaw; General stores--Enumclaw; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Identification portrait of David Calhoun, Route 2, Box 585, Puyallup. Mr. Calhoun posed for his portrait on December 21, 1950. The dark-haired young man looks directly at the camera. He is wearing a long sleeved shirt with two pockets.

Calhoun, David;

Santa Claus attended the Christmas party for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company women employees in 1950. The 28 women and their male supervisor gather around a Christmas tree in the company's lounge. Each of the women wears a corsage. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph provided an employee benefit plan that provided continuing paychecks during illness after being with the company two years and a pension plan. At this time the plan had been in effect 38 years. Ordered by Mrs. McKinley. (TNT, 1/23/1951, p.9)

Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Telephone companies--Tacoma; Christmas trees--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Frank and Marion Edin and sons Robert, 11, and Charlie, 9, gather around the piano for a family songfest in their new Tacoma home. Mr. Edin was vice president of Love Electric Co. and was transferred here by that company. (TNT 1-21-1951, pg D-1)

Edin, Frank S.; Edin, Marion H.; Pianos; Edin, Robert; Edin, Charlie; Boys--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Family portrait ordered by Ida S. (Mrs. Conrad) Dahlberg. Three generations of the Dahlberg family are gathered at their dining room table set with china, silverware, candles lit in candelabra, folded napkins and a white tablecloth. Christmas cards have been displayed around the opening into the kitchen.

Families--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dahlberg, Conrad--Homes & haunts; Dahlberg, Conrad--Family; Table settings & decorations;

Exterior of new one-story, ranch-style house with attached two-car garage. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tom Silas.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Studio portrait of Pat Keziel, 4409 No. 22nd, Tacoma. She is looking upward toward the camera in this December 28, 1950 photograph. Her dark wavy hair softly frames her face. She is wearing a choker-styled necklace which rests on her black outfit.

Keziel, Pat; Hairstyles--Tacoma--1950-1960; Jewelry--Tacoma;

This young foursome attended the masquerade party thrown by Joyce Myles at the Winthrop Hotel on December 26, 1950. From left, Charlotte Nelson and Jim Ryan, Bob Wolf and Joyce Byrnestad. Charlotte and Jim are dressed as Christmas cards. Bob and Joyce have on colorful sleepwear with holiday bonnets. (TNT 12-30-1950, p.4)

Masquerades--Tacoma--1950-1960; Christmas trees--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sleepwear; Nelson, Charlotte; Ryan, Jim; Wolf, Bob; Byrnestad, Joyce;

Mike Claflin was one of the unlucky children in Tacoma in 1950 who had to spend Christmas in a hospital bed. The son of Ellis Claflin of Puyallup, a civilian employee at the Tacoma U.S. Naval Station, Mike was a polio patient at Pierce County Hospital. He is shown here, his radio hanging next to his pillow, reading one of the books sent to him at the hospital from Meeker School in Puyallup. The naval station used the slogan "March for Mike" during their March of Dimes campaign in 1951. (TNT, 1/21/1951, p.B-12)

National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Tacoma); Claflin, Mike; Poliomyelitis--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sick children; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950

Plywood veneer production for Bellingham Plywood Company. Exterior type fir plywood panels for boats and other outdoor uses are fed into a giant hot press. Heat and pressure "cure" the phenolic resin adhesive, producing an irreversible bond between the plys stronger than the wood itself. By 1950, there were 67 plywood mills in operation producing 2,553,652,000 feet of plywood. ("The Plywood Age" by Robert M. Cour)

Plywood; Lumber industry--Bellingham--1950-1960;

Studio portrait of Ann Bates in formal attire. Ms. Bates resided at 703 1/2 Pacific Ave. and was employed at Ft. Lewis. She posed for her portrait on January 18, 1951.

Portraits--1950-1960; Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Bates, Ann;

James Repp holds his trumpet lovingly in this studio portrait. He is wearing a tuxedo with wide lapels.

Repp, James; Trumpets; Tuxedoes; Musicians--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Studio portrait of Leveill Rowland, Fort Lewis taken in December of 1950. Uniform includes a beret and emblem of Royal 22nd Regiment, Canada.

Rowland, Leveill; Military personnel--Fort Lewis; Berets; Military uniforms;

Family portrait of Fred C. and Marjorie Shanaman and their two sons, Richard (standing) and Fred C., Jr.. They are gathered next to their fireplace. Fred C. Shanaman was the president and general manager of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company of Washington. Mr. Shanaman came to Tacoma and Pennsalt (then known as Tacoma Electro Chemical Company) as a sales agent in 1930. He was born in Redding, Pennsylvania, in 1902. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1924. He rose steadily through the ranks at Pennsalt: plant manager in 1934, vice president of Washington subsidiary in 1939, vice president of parent company in 1942, president of subsidiary in 1945 and director of the national firm in 1949. He married Margery Jeffries of Tacoma. He served on the Boards of Directors of Puget Sound National Bank, Pennwalt, and Annie Wright Seminary among several others.

Shanaman, Frederick Charles, 1901-1982; Shanaman, Frederick Charles, 1901-1982--Family; Shanaman, Frederick Charles, 1901-1982--Homes & haunts; Shanaman, Marjorie; Living rooms--Lakewood; Shanaman, Richard; Shanaman, Fred C.;

Street scene at 6th Ave. and Cedar. Prominent on the right side of the photograph is Afton & Jay's Doughnut Shop, at 3023 6th Ave, which also had a soda fountain and grill. In the same building is Buffs Barber Shop, identified by red and white striped pole, Sixth Avenue Cabinet Shop & Realty, and the Sixth Avenue Launderette. Further down the right hand side of 6th Ave. is the New Deal Service Station and Dairy Queen. On the left hand side is Gordons Texaco, 3024 6th Ave. A panel station wagon is passing by the service station and two men cross the street with a dog on a leash.

Streets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Afton & Jay's Doughnut Shop (Tacoma);

This is how Sixth Avenue at Cedar Street going East toward downtown Tacoma looked in January of 1951. On the left hand side of the photograph is Afton & Jay's Doughnut Shop, which also had a fountain and grill. It is followed in the same building by Buff's Barber Shop, Sixth Avenue Cabinet Makers & Sixth Avenue Realty, and the Sixth Avenue Launderette. A billboard inviting all to enjoy Heidelberg beer is overhead. Further down the street is Loren's Mobilgas. On the right hand side of the street is Gordon's Texaco, followed by Raymond Upholstery and Stebners Inc., linoleum dealers. Central Bank, 2816 Sixth Ave., can be seen in the distance. TPL-9484

Streets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Business districts--Tacoma--1950-1960; Afton & Jay's Doughnut Shop (Tacoma); Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1950-1960; Billboards--Tacoma--1950-1960;