Scenic view of Mount Rainier beyond the Tacoma tideflats. City Waterway (later renamed Foss Waterway) lies in the foreground with Centennial Flouring Mills on the lower side of it and Uion Oil with their "76" storage tanks, Shell Oil, Northwest Door Company, and Richfield Oil lining the opposite side. The Puyallup River zig-zags into the distance beyond the smokestacks of St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company. This photograph was taken using an aerial camera. TPL-9862
Copy of aerial view of West Coast Grocery Company with Mount Rainier in the background. West Coast Grocery was an outlet for national and local brand foods to be shipped throughout the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and Alaska. The company had served Tacoma and Alaska since 1887. Their brand name, Amocat (Tacoma spelled backwards), was a guide to shoppers to quality food products. Ordered by West Coast Grocery, Chet Chumington. (TNT, 2/13/1951, p.C-2)
Aerial photographs; Commercial facilities--Tacoma; West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma); Business enterprises--Tacoma--1950-1960; Storehouses--Tacoma; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Mountains;
In 1948 College of Puget Sound had the Memorial Fieldhouse built, this building was dedicated in 1949 to those CPS students who died while serving in World War II. In 1949 the President's Residence would be constructed; Dugan, Mock and Morrison were the architects. Aerial view of the College of Puget Sound, Union Avenue and main administration building, in center of photograph.
Education--Tacoma; Streets--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings;
Aerial view of the Star-Lite Park In Theatre, which opened in May 1948. Tacoma's Star-Lite Theatre was one of the largest outdoor theaters in the world. South Tacoma Way runs through the center of the photo, an athletic field is located on south side of theater (T. Times, 8/31/48, p. 21).
Cities & towns--Tacoma; City & town life--Tacoma; Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Athletic fields--Tacoma; Drive-in theaters--Tacoma; Star-Lite Park In Theatre (Tacoma); South Tacoma Way (Tacoma);
South Tacoma has many new developments, industrial facilities, businesses and new residential neighborhoods. The residential areas are said to be ideally situated between the industries and businesses. Aerial view of available area, neighborhoods and the Star-Lite Park In Theatre (left side), all located along South Tacoma Way (T. Times, 8/31/48, p. 21).
Cities & towns--Tacoma; City & town life--Tacoma; Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Drive-in theaters--Tacoma; Star-Lite Park In Theatre (Tacoma); South Tacoma Way (Tacoma);
1948 Aerial photographs. A view of the business district of Tacoma to the Tacoma tideflats, Commencement Bay and Brown's Point as the bay joins Puget Sound. The smokestack with the most white smoke is at the St. Regis Paper Company.
Aerial photographs; Cityscapes; Commencement Bay (Wash.); St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;
Aerial view of new construction in 1948 at St. Regis. St. Regis had an excellent location between the Sitcum Waterway on one side and the Milwaukee Waterway on the other. Below them was Commencement Bay and beyond was more of the Tacoma tideflats. St. Regis was expanding their kraft paper operations and adding a multi-wall bag plant. Logs are seen in Milwaukee Waterway, called the Milwaukee Boom Company dump. Logs were brought in by the railroad and dropped, sorted and made into rafts here. (TNT, 10/17/1948, p.1)
Aerial photographs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Progress photographs; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs;
Log boom after log boom filled the Sitcum Waterway and extended out into Commencement Bay in this aerial view of Tacoma's industrial tideflats taken in October of 1948. The grain elevators at the Port of Tacoma stand tall in the center with the Time Oil storage tanks to their left, and the Port Piers just beyond. Over a dozen baby flat top aircraft carriers used in World War II are docked along Wapato Waterway (Port Industrial Waterway). Beyond them (upper left) is the Hooker Electrochemical Plant. The Washington Cooperative Farmers elevators (top center right) are in front of the white cliffs near the top of the photograph. (T.Times, 11/9/1949, p.18)
Aerial views; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Aircraft carriers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Harbors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Grain elevators--Tacoma; Logs;
Studio stock negatives. A view from over Commencement Bay, the Tacoma tideflats with the St. Regis Dock and St. Regis Company with Mount Rainier looming in the distance.
Aerial photographs; Land; Land use--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);
A rare early snowfall blankets the earth in this aerial shot of the Hylebos Waterway in October of 1956. Log booms float in the water and part of the mothballed fleet of escort carriers, kept in readiness under the care of the Tacoma Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, can be seen. Mt. Rainier is partially obscured by haze and smoke rising from the industrial sites on the Tideflats.
Aerial of the Port of Tacoma, taken from over Commencement Bay heading into the Port. Mount Rainier looms whitely in the background. Browns Point can be seen in the left foreground, with the fingers of the port and the inlets of waterway further back.
Aerial of the Port of Tacoma, taken from over Commencement Bay heading into the Port. Mount Rainier looms whitely in the background. Browns Point can be seen in the left foreground, with the fingers of the port and the inlets of waterway further back.
Aerial photograph of downtown Tacoma to show the spired Puget Sound National Bank building at 11th and Pacific (1119 Pacific Ave.) To the building's left is Peoples Department Store at 1101-07 Pacific and to its right is the National Bank of Washington, 1123 Pacific, the 2002 location of the Tacoma Art Museum. Behind facing A Street is the Federal Building and the Post Office at 1102 A Street. The city appears divided into a grid of large office buildings. The streets, left to right, vertically are Commerce, Pacific and A Street. They are divided by, top to bottom, by 11th Street and 12th Street. Left to right at the top of the picture are the Rust building at 950 Pacific, the Washington Building at 1019 Pacific and the Tacoma Building at 1017-21 A Street. Across 11th Street from the Tacoma Building is the Perkins building at 1101 A Street.
Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Aerial photographs;
Aerial photographs were taken on December 4, 1956, at the request of U.S. Oil & Refining Co. of the petroleum tank "farm" on the Tideflats heading toward town. The huge light-colored cylinders dot the landscape. U.S. Oil had broken ground in July, 1955, for a new 10-million dollar oil refinery on an 120 acre site in the Tideflats. TPL-5897
Aerial photographs; Storage tanks--Tacoma; US Oil & Refining Co. (Tacoma);
Aerial photographs of the south end of Gray Field on Fort Lewis were taken on February 12, 1957. Construction appears to be continuing on two company barracks and utilities building. Roads will have to be extended to meet the new quarters. Photograph ordered by Donald M. Drake Co., Portland, Oregon. TPL-10352
Aerial photographs; Building construction--Fort Lewis; Donald M. Drake Co. (Portland, Or.);
Aerial photographs were taken of the Lakewood Center on November 4, 1955. Originally built in 1937 by Norton Clapp, the Lakewood Community Center was among the first of the country's one-stop shopping centers. It had undergone tremendous expansion in the early 1950's to keep up with the rapidly growing suburban area surrounding Lakewood. The Center was to celebrate its grand reopening later in November, 1955, with the addition of the large building nearest the bottom. It would be designed by the architectural firm of Lea, Pearson & Richards in the shape of an open triangle. The longer side, 285 feet, would face Gravelly Lake Drive with the shorter 235 foot side facing Mt. Tacoma Dr. The service or open side faces Bridgeport. Parking was available all around the building. Fourteen shops had already reserved space in the new addition. Photograph ordered by Lakewood Development Co. (TNT 11-16-55, C-14)
Aerial photographs; Lakewood Community Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1950-1960; Lakewood Development Co. (Lakewood);
Aerial photographs requested by Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., were taken on January 12, 1956. The company had purchased 51.2 acres of land from the Port of Tacoma for $204,920. They would be constructing a large plant on acreage south of Lincoln Avenue between the Tacoma Sash & Door and Pennsalt. Reichhold hoped to begin operations in April, 1956. The protein adhesive and pentachorohenol plant would first employ 50 people. Aerial view of land shows sides of the building going up; there is no roof or flooring. Makeshift dirt roads have been created so that construction workers' vehicles and heavy equipment can reach the plant site. (TNT 12-25-55, B-4)
Aerial photographs; Building construction; Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. (Tacoma);
ca. 1956. Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood. An aerial view of the cemetary. This is the left hand side of a large print of a single negative. For the right hand side see A98409 image 1b. Curved roads wind through the grounds providing access to the many grave sites. The war memorial can be seen right, just below center. Other structures located in the park include the funeral home, crematory, mausoleum, chapel and columbarium.
Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Aerial views; Aerial photographs;
Aerial photographs. Several aerial photographs of the South Tacoma area were taken on behalf of North Pacific Bank in mid-June, 1953. This photo shows South Tacoma Way looking southward; even then, traffic was heavy on this major roadway. Businesses and homes dot the landscape with a noticeable amount of trees and foliage remaining. Old Tacoma Cemetary is believed to be on the left side of the photograph. TPL-6471
Aerial photographs of the Port of Tacoma at low tide. The body of water is the Port Industrial Waterway, which was being promoted as a future deep water channel. The land lying to the right of the waterway was 1 1/2 miles of industrial land with deepwater access. The road in front of the waterway is East 11th Street, to the right is the Port of Tacoma Road and to the rear is Lincoln Ave. The area behind Lincoln Ave. was scheduled to be filled with the dirt dredged from the waterway and then sold to industries. Stauffer Chemical can be seen on Lincoln Ave. (2545 Lincoln Ave.) The partially completed Port Industrial Waterway bridge can be seen in the foreground of the picture.
Baby flat tops built in Tacoma during World War II are "mothballed" along the Port of Tacoma waterfront following the war alongside the Naval Storage area. Hooker Electrochemical Co. lies behind the Naval area (see the circular tanks.) The Port of Tacoma is in the front of the picture with its "finger pier." The partially completed Port Industrial Waterway bridge can be seen on the right hand side next to the flattops. TPL-2253.
Aerial of downtown Tacoma looking west from the intersection of 11th & A Streets. The Dock Street Steam Plant can be seen in the left hand foreground and the Eleventh Street Bridge on the right. The Eleventh Street Bridge crosses the City Waterway and leads to the Tideflats and Port of Tacoma industrial areas.
Aerial photographs--1950-1960; Business districts--Tacoma--1950-1960; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Blair (Port Industrial Waterway) Bridge in open position, for the State Highway Department. Mothballed WWII "Jeep" Carriers in background. The fleet of 25 mothballed escort carriers was kept in combat readiness by the Pacific Reserve Fleet. The bridge opened for traffic in November of 1953. It is a lift bridge, opening for seagoing vessel traffic. The bridge is 712 feet long with a 40 foot roadway and 5 feet of sidewalk on one side only. (TNT 11/13/1953, section D)
Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Aerial photographs; Harbors--Tacoma; Port Industrial Waterway Bridge (Tacoma); Vertical lift bridges; Bridges--Tacoma; Blair Bridge (Tacoma);
Aerial photographs of the Middle Waterway and the Tideflats area were taken on behalf of Malcolm McGhie in December, 1957. The St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. facilities, sawmill, and log ponds are toward the center of the photograph. The St. Regis plants are, with smokestacks billowing, are near the top of the picture. Forty-five years later, the Tideflats landscape would be quite transformed. The City Waterway (now Thea Foss Waterway), although not in this picture, would no longer have docks, plywood mills, shipyards and warehouses crowding its sides. A 29.3 million dollar Museum of Glass and the adjoining Chihuly Bridge of Glass would be the first of millions of dollars of improvement to the area. TPL-5893
Aerial photographs; Middle Waterway (Tacoma); St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;
The Richards Studio took several aerial photographs in April, 1958, of the downtown and Tideflats area. The growth of Tacoma can be noted in the increase of commercial buildings and industrial facilities along the City Waterway (now Thea Foss Waterway). The 11th St. Bridge is to the far right of the photograph; the 15th & 21st St. Bridges are also included. There are platforms under the 15th & 21st St. Bridges. Union Pacific Railroad buildings and possibly the Martinac Shipbuilding are visible on the bottom portion of the picture. TPL-8157
Aerial photographs; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1950-1960; City Waterway (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Several aerial photographs were taken on April 22, 1958, by Richards Studio of the downtown, Tideflats, and various waterways. This is another view of the City Waterway showing the separation point between the city's commercial business district, primarily financial, and the industrial section which featured mills, logs, and chemical manufacturing. The 11th St. Bridge is to the top of the picture. TPL-10304
Aerial photographs; Bridges--Tacoma--1950-1960; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Logs;
An aerial photograph of the sprawling Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington was taken in October, 1954. The Tacoma plant, whose parent company was founded over one hundred years ago in Natrona, Pennsylvania, has been at its 40 acre Tideflats location on the Hylebos waterway since 1929. Throughout the years, it has undergone rapid expansion of its facilities and also its product lines. Despite its name, it has no connection with the manufacture of table salt. Photograph ordered by Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington.
Aerial photographs; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma);
ca. 1949. Aerial view, believed to have been taken in December of 1949, of downtown business district featuring Columbia Breweries (center) on South "C" Street where the sprawling plant covered 3-4 acres. Snow is gradually melting over the rooftops on this sunny winter day. The Hunt & Mottet Co. building is at the right foreground.
Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hunt & Mottet Co. (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950;
