North End Regional - McCormick proposed branch library

Tacoma Public Library - Martin Luther King Jr. Branch

Back of photo:
L Brown story
Carrie Thomas gets one of the few good vantage points to be had in a crowded ceremony at MLKing Branch of the Tacoma Public Library. (Her dad is the support, he is Dave Thomas, one of the project's architects).

Tacoma Public Library - McCormick Branch (later Wheelock Branch)

Tacoma Public Library - McCormick Branch (later Wheelock branch)

Front of Photo:
"Dave Purchase (center, in hat and sunglasses) hands out clean hypodermic needles in exchange for used ones on Commerce Street in Tacoma. Standing next to him is a Pierce County Health Dept. worker who is engaged in a survey. (shot 2/7/89).

Back of Photo:
"Dave Purchase hands out clean hypodermic needles in exchange for used ones on Commerce Street near 17th. Next to him is a Pierce County Health Department worker who is working on a survey."

(For) "Severson story"
(Photo by Peter) "Haley 2/7/89"

Back of Photo:
"David Purchase
Directors David Purchase (left) and Vince Scalia
Photography by Jerry Buck".

Front of Photo:
"Dave Purchase, founded the needle exchange program in Tacoma. Pic Credit: Morning News Tribune 1988"

Back of Photo:
"Purchase, Dave, he runs the needle exchange downtown Tacoma
Q and A
(Photo by Peter) Haley 1/6/88"

Back of Photo:
"Tacoma Needle Exchange on a downtown street.
Dave Purchase gives a clean hypodermic needle to an I.V. drug user after the use put a used needle into the red plastic container on the table.
1988? 1989? Photo by Peter Haley, The News Tribune (Tacoma), 1950 S. State, Tacoma, WA 98405

What is 150 feet long, 10 feet high, and has a serious over-bite? a mechanical haunted monster, of course. Erskine Manufacturing Co. of Puyallup has developed especially for Halloween this "experimental" model for public viewing near Willows Shopping Center, South 112th and Meridian. Proceeds will benefit Puyallup-area organizations.
Photo appeared in article, "WARNING: Possible health hazard" TNT 10/30/1974 p.A4