Room full of large rectangular tanks- fermenting room.

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Two large silos with man standing on lower left side looking up the grain storage. Columbia Breweries stored the world's finest grains in these 3-story-high silos. The grain was siphoned from rail cars to the silos and from silo to hoppers pneumatically. (TNT, 1/8/1952, p.B-5)

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Silos--Tacoma;

The interior of the Fermenting Cellar at Columbia Breweries shows rows of open tanks. The air in this cellar was sterilized and refrigerated and the room was not open to tours but could only be viewed through glass from a specially-provided gallery. The exterior of the vats and the floor are covered with tile for ease of cleaning. (TNT, 1/8/1952, p.B-6)

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Studio set-up of hand board chips and shreds. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Produce is displayed along the windows at the A-G Food Store at 56th and Yakima (also South 56th and Park). A-G Food Stores were celebrating the opening of two new stores, this one and another at 72nd and South Oakes. Two long shelving units run the length of the store through the middle and more shelves line the walls along the left and at the rear. Two check-out counters are seen with scales located next to the cash registers. The meat counter is seen in the foreground. (TNT, 10/12/1951, p.A-2)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; A-G Food Store (Tacoma); Cash registers; Scales;

Houses in the "Keywest Builders" project in Olympia show several variations on a building plan by adding a dormer shape over the entry way, angling the roof on the short ends and leaving the windows without shutters. This one-story 1950's rambler has a one-car garage at the far end. A decorative lattice has been added near the front door by the large planter box. Ordered by W.A. Wollander, well-known Tacoma architect.

Houses--Olympia--1950-1960; Housing development--Olympia--1950-1960;

Several people checking bottles in the bottle shop.

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The bottle shop at Columbia Breweries included an inspection section. Five employees are seated by lighted screens where each individual bottle was inspected as it passed through scientifically-lighted and image-magnifying inspection stations on their way to the labeling machine and to a packing machine for cartoning. (TNT, 10/13/1951, p.24)

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bottles;

In October of 1951, Associated Grocers was celebrating the opening of two stores in Tacoma. Fagerholm's Associated Grocers Food Market (pictured), located at So. 56th and Yakima, was re-opening after being closed for several months due to a fire. The store was completely renovated and equipped with the latest modern machinery. This view has the check out stands with their new registers in the foreground and the well stocked shelves in the background. A grocery employee stocks the produce at far right. The structure was built in 1937 and previously operated as Frank Mosier's Meat Market and Ben's Economy Groceteria. After the 1951 renovation, it was managed by John W. Fagerholm (groceries & produce) and John Hein (meat market.) This market, along with the newly opened AG market at So 72nd and Oakes, brought the total of AG chain stores in the area to 13. (TNT 10/12/1951, pg. A-9)

Fagerholm's Associated Grocers Food Store (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Sepic Electric's new store, the third furniture and appliance store since the company's inception eight years earlier, is located just a half block north of the Lakewood Community Center. Grand opening festivities included demonstrations of the most modern appliances, gifts for many attending and free orchids for the first 500 ladies who inspected the attractive new store. (TNT, 1/17/1952, p.11)

Furniture stores--Lakewood; Appliance stores--Lakewood; Sepic Electric Co. (Lakewood);

A interior of General Paint Corporation's new wholesale building showing the displays of wallpapers, paints and varnishes. Stepladders have been used in the display window on the left. Ordered by John Jones.

General Paint Corp. (Tacoma); Mercantile facilities--Tacoma; Paints & varnishes; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Some relief from the monotony of the same floor plan has been provided by setting the one-story 1950's ramblers in the "Keywest Builders" project in Olympia on a slight angle from the street and from each other. Over the years home owners would add more individuality by their landscaping and plantings and the inevitable remodeling. Ordered by W.A. Wollander, well-known Tacoma architect.

Houses--Olympia--1950-1960; Housing development--Olympia--1950-1960; Wollander, W.A.;

This view of the "Keywest Builders" project in Olympia shows tract housing with the monotonous repetition of the same floor-plan. The demand for housing following World War II was tremendous and the American dream to own one own's home was made more realistic by such programs as the GI Bill and VA loans. Ordered by W.A. Wollander, well-known Tacoma architect.

Houses--Olympia--1950-1960; Housing development--Olympia--1950-1960; Wollander, W.A.;

An aerial view of the Narrowmoor Addition, a subdivision west of Jackson Avenue between Sixth and 19th Avenues. The Narrows portion of Puget Sound is below, to the west. The ferry dock at the base of Sixth Avenue can be seen on the left. Ordered by Burton W. Lyon, Jr., Puget Sound Bank Building.

Aerial photographs; Housing developments--Tacoma; Land subdivision--Tacoma; Land use--Tacoma; Real estate development--Tacoma;

16 new elevators have been added to the existing elevators at the Port of Tacoma. The project added 500,000 bushels to the Port's capacity. Baby flattops (smaller aircraft carriers) are seen across the Port Industrial Waterway. The grain elevators had a 2 million bushel capacity by 1954. They could receive up to 100 cars per day, with 3 receiving legs. Two shipping legs provided shop delivery at a maximum rate of 30,000 bushels per hour. Rail facilities provided for 50 cars to be at the unloading track. There was also a 50 ton hydraulic automatic grain truck dumper. The first pier behind the elevators was Pier 1 and the next one (with a docked ship) was Pier 2. The Port Industrial Waterway was renamed the Blair Waterway in 1970, in honor of past Port of Tacoma Commissioner A.E. Blair. (Tacoma brochure: "Port of Tacoma...Invitation to Industry") (pier identification provided by a reader)

Aerial photographs; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Grain elevators--Tacoma--1950-1960; Aircraft carriers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Harbors--Tacoma; Marine terminals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Columbia Breweries, banquet at Wedgewood Room, Winthrop Hotel. The large room is filled with men and women seated at long tables on December 19, 1951. They are enjoying Alt Heidelberg from bottles. Columbia Breweries was well known for its special lager brew.

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Banquets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

The exterior of the new, very long, two-story mill work plant in Mountlake Terrace. Asphalt paving leads to two large doors on right and a three-wheeled vehicle is sitting in front of the building. Ordered by Phares Advertising Agency, Seattle.

Building materials industry--Mountlake Terrace; Industrial facilities--Mountlake Terrace;

Sepic Electric's new store was located one-half block north of Lakewood Community Center. Stan and Fred Sepic were proud to open their new store in a brand new building located for easy access to the thickly populated areas south of Tacoma - Nisqually, Lacey, Olympia and Shelton. The store was of a modified colonial design with combination cement block walls, brick front and white columned balustrade topping the front area. (TNT, 1/17/1952, p.11)

Furniture stores--Lakewood; Appliance stores--Lakewood; Sepic Electric Co. (Lakewood);

This night view of the exterior of the new General Paint Corporation building at 2305 South Tacoma Way was taken in December of 1951 shortly after the store moved from its old address at 102 South 10th. The company logo in neon of a uniformed toy soldier standing at attention is attached to a pole along South Tacoma Way. The Tacoma General Paint store closed in 1962. (Ordered by John Jones.)

General Paint Corp. (Tacoma); Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mercantile facilities--Tacoma; Paint industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

This exterior view of General Paint Corp., featuring a large freestanding neon sign of a toy soldier standing at attention, was taken on December 19, 1951. The company had recently vacated its downtown location of 102 So. 10th St. as the building was to be demolished to make way for a Bank of California parking lot. The firm moved to 2305 South Tacoma Way where it would remain until its closure in 1962.

General Paint Corp. (Tacoma); Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960; Stores & shops--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paint industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Sepic Electric Company, Lakewood Store. Furniture and appliances are seen through the windows that fill the front wall of the store. A Hotpoint sign can be seen against one of the walls. The store had departments for carpet, bedroom furniture, living room furniture and appliances. Directing sales activities were: Charles Kelly, television; Marvin Frank, appliances; Will B. Dial, furniture; and Karl Jackson, office manager. (TNT 1/17/1952, p.11)

Home furnishings stores--Lakewood; Furniture stores--Lakewood; Appliance stores--Lakewood; Sepic Electric Co. (Lakewood);

Sherman L. Rowland's home at 5714 79th St. W. in Lakewood. The large rambler has an Arizona sandstone with vertical red cedar exterior, large windows, a covered porch and a two car garage. A television antenna extends beyond the chimney. Sherman L. Rowland was a builder in Tacoma, owner of Rowland Construction Company. Ordered by Llewellyn Advertising Agency.

Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Rowland, Sherman L.--Homes & haunts; Llewellyn Advertising Agency (Tacoma);

Houses in the "Keywest Builders" project in Olympia show several variations on a building plan. This one-story 1950's rambler has added shutters at the windows and the roof extents in a straight line to the edges of the home. A one-car garage has been included at the far end. Ordered by W.A. Wollander, well-known Tacoma architect.

Houses--Olympia--1950-1960; Housing development--Olympia--1950-1960; Wollander, W.A.;

A workman moves a stack of cartons of Wesco's sweet peas using a forklift in a large warehouse. The pallet supporting the cartons has been made using plywood. Cartons of StarKist tuna are stacked on the other side of the doorway. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Shipping--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Border Passing identification portrait of Effie Robertson, living in Apartment 10 at Brown Apartments, 502 South I Street. Woman wearing skirt and blouse with large satin or velvet rose pin at collar.

Robertson, Effie; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Art class at Central School. Four children in classroom painting with poster paints, utilizing old milk cartons to wash out paint brushes. Easels in background. (T.N.T.).

School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Central School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Painting--Tacoma--1950-1960; Easels;

Santa Claus has joined the staff at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph for a Christmas tea in 1951.

Telephone companies--Tacoma; Telephone operators--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tea--Tacoma; Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

Santa Claus has joined the staff at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph for a Christmas tea in 1951. There are thirty-three women and two men posing with Santa.

Telephone companies--Tacoma; Telephone operators--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tea--Tacoma; Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

A Turner tow truck is lifting a big freighter on its towing rig. The freighter truck is pulling a trailer behind its regular load. The Turner truck cab has a dragon painted on the driver's door and words, "Call Turner, White Drag-In". Turner Towing was located at 2620 Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. TPL-7943

Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Turner Towing Co. (Tacoma); Towing--Tacoma; Wreckers (Vehicles)--Tacoma;

Lois Elinor Holm and Arthur Louis Jewett were married January 26, 1952, in Immanuel Presbyterian Church. Mrs. David Curtis was matron of honor and wore a gold colored velveteen dress. Patricia Jo Holm, sister of the bride, Mrs. Robert Hansen, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Joyce Anderson were the other attendants. They wore emerald green velveteen dresses and each carried a muff with her flowers pinned on it. Roy Bodine was best man and Dean Marshall, cousin of the bride, Robert Hansen, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, and Raymond Burgener were ushers. (TNT, 2/3/1952, p.D-3)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Holm, Lois Elinor--Marriage; Jewett, Arthur Louis; Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma;