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- 2002
Part of Community Event Collection
Photo description from Vanna Sing:
When taken: 1980s and 2000s
Where taken: Eastside, Salishan
What memory is contained in these photos? Lister Elementary was a generational school. My first grade teacher was my daughter's first grade teacher.
Vanna Sing's childhood in Salishan and Eastside; Growing up in Salishan, spiritual healing. 43 year old survivor from the country of Cambodia. Roots are from SE Asia, Cambodia, Thai, and Laos. Our family escaped the Khmer Rouge in 1978 In July 1979, we entered United States. Our sponsors were from Mineral Wells, Texas. Trying to adapt to the American culture was a struggle. Through the word of mouth, Tacoma, Washington was the place to be. 15 families migrated to Tacoma, WA. We first arrived in Hilltop, Tacoma, around St. Joseph hospital area. We spent a year here. Tacoma Housing Authority supported refugees by providing rental assistance. Department of Social and Healthy Services gave us TANF, food stamp, and medical.
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Hilltop Youth Activities Center - 4
- 5.1.2-TNT0014H
- 06/27/1969
Back of Photo:
Youth Center Remodel
Two construction workers stand on two planks of wood held up by sawhorses in order to use their hammers on a new ceiling.
Hilltop Youth Activities Center - 3
- 5.1.2-TNT0013H
- 08/15/1969
Back of Photo:
Sewing Class Begins
Photograph by Jerry Buck
Hilltop Youth Activities Center - 2
- 5.1.2-TNT0012H
- 03/03/1968
Back of Photo:
Action Upward at Hilltop with story.
Photograph by Richards Studio
Three young children stand on either side on a man holding a basketball.
Hilltop Youth Activities Center - 1
- 5.1.2-TNT0011H
- 05/12/1968
Back of Photo:
Checking the net
Three men in suits hold the base of a ladder while two other men in suits stand on the ladder to check the net of a basketball hoop.
- 5.1.2-TNT0030H
- 07/15/1977
Back of Photo:
Hilltop Area
Please credit photo by Russ Carmaile
Fenced area shows playground equipment along with a sign that reads: "A creative place for your child to stay when you must be gone. Hilltop Community Day Care Center, 1407 S. 'I' (Street). Hours: 6 am to 11 pm, Monday thru Friday".
- 5.1.2-TNT0029H
- 08/10/1988
Back of Photo:
Her doll accompanies Aisha Bell most days as the 5-year-old plays in the S. 15th Street neighborhood.
K Street Story -- Amy Kunhardt
Taken for the Tacoma News Tribune article titled, "K Street Kids" Aug 19, 1988, Fri p.C1 (see "Hilltop Neighborhood 1988-1992"clipping file)
- 5.1.2-TNT0028H
- 08/10/1988
Back of Photo:
Five-year-old Aisha Bell (left) eats her lunch on the front steps of a neighbor's house, watched by her older sister Lashanda, 10 and her niece, Tenika Posey, 3. (Tenika is sister of Cool Papa.)
K Street Story -- Amy Kunhardt
Taken for the Tacoma News Tribune article titled, "K Street Kids" Aug 19, 1988, Fri p.C1 (see "Hilltop Neighborhood 1988-1992"clipping file)
- 5.1.2-TNT0027H
- 08/10/1988
Back of Photo:
Four-year-old Rochelle Atkins plays with a hula hoop at the People's Center playground on S. 15th and K Streets.
K Street Story -- Amy Kunhardt
Taken for the Tacoma News Tribune article titled, "K Street Kids" Aug 19, 1988, Fri p.C1 (see "Hilltop Neighborhood 1988-1992"clipping file)
- 5.1.2-TNT0026H
- 08/10/1988
Back of Photo:
Thirteen-year-old Jeffrey Colvin flashes the hand sign of the Crips. (See Story: Colvin is one of two teenagers interviewed who seem to watch and respect the gang members.)
K Street Story -- Amy Kunhardt
Taken for the Tacoma News Tribune article titled, "K Street Kids" Aug 19, 1988, Fri p.C1 (see "Hilltop Neighborhood 1988-1992"clipping file)
- 5.1.2-TNT0025H
- 04/09/1989
Back of Photo:
Joe Haynes, cleaning up debris from a room of an apartment that he owns with his wife. Earlier in the day they had found that alleged addicts were living in the squalor.
Photo by David Yee