Posture Queen Arlene Wilson and eleven duchesses from Stewart Jr. High School's third annual competition are shown on stage with mural of Mt. Rainier as backdrop. A girl was chosen to represent each of the 12 physical education classes. Miss Wilson is in the center holding a plaque. Other activities included the posture parade, the dance revue and the final posture prom. Pictured left to right are Phyllis Swanson, Katherine Redal, Cynthia Harris, Pat Peterson, Lois McDonald, Queen Arlene Wilson, June McFarland, Dolores Panter, Jacqueline Jones, Jean Marshall, Nan Hartley and Carolyn Shield. (T.Times, 5/10/43, p. 1)

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stewart Junior High School (Tacoma); Pageants--Tacoma;

Stadium High School Class of 1943 graduation at Armory. (T. Times)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1940-1950; State Armory (Tacoma); Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In February of 1943 many Tacoma women were taking classes at Tacoma Vocational School, 1101 Yakima Avenue South (later re-named L.H. Bates Vocational-Technical Institute) to prepare for jobs in war production work. These women are preparing for a job in the airplane industry by studying the blueprints of a bomber. Pictured, left to right, are Ethel Belding, Helen M. Cone, Ann Wright and Frances Hale. (T. Times 2/20/1943 p.1)

Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma); Belding, Ethel; Cone, Helen; Wright, Ann; Hale, Frances; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma;

Children at Edison School are waiting in line for lunch at the school cafeteria. The school was built in 1892, added to and modernized several times. In 1947, a condition report for the Tacoma School District stated that Edison needed "exhaustive repairs". When a five-mill school levy was asked for in 1948, Edison did not make the priority list for repairs. Old and vulnerable, the brick school building was severely damaged in the April 1949 earthquake. It was condemned as unsafe and was ordered closed. In 1952 and again in 1997, new Edison elementary schools have been built for South Tacoma children. TPL-9674

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cafeterias--Tacoma; School meals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Edison Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Edison School. During this time, Tacoma was about to vote on a ten-mill levy which would allow Tacoma schools to undergo repairs necessary to correct fire hazards. Interior view of Edison School kitchen with students assisting lunchroom workers. Photograph was taken on March 4, 1946.

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cafeterias--Tacoma; School meals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Edison Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Frank W. Patrick was named athletic director and head coach of the CPS Loggers football team at the College of Puget Sound in 1946. He was a former University of Pittsburgh and National Pro All-American football star. He played with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Professional League in 1938 and 1939. At the 1937 Rose Bowl game, playing for the Univ. of Pittsburg, he carried the ball for two touchdowns and helped defeat the Huskies 21-0. Coach Patrick turned in his resignation after CPS's 1948 losing season. (Tamanawas, 1946)

Football--Tacoma--1940-1950; Coaching (Athletics)--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Patrick, Frank W.

ca. 1943. College of Puget Sound students selling war stamps outside the John M. Kittredge Hall, the school's student union building, circa 1943. Two co-eds in small booth with sign "Spur Stamp Sale." Six students gathered around booth. Spurs were a service-oriented campus organization composed then of sophomore women. Puget Sound's chapter was the fifth formed nationally in 1925.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; War bonds & funds; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects of war--Tacoma;

Mr. Thune's graduating 6A class at Stanley School. View of graduating sixth grade class from Stanley Elementary School in front of school building in May of 1944. Mr. Elmer T. Thune was principal of Stanley Elementary.

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Group portraits; Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma);

The remedial reading class at Lincoln High School. Students are seated in groups while the teacher stands near the front of the room. Ordered by the School Millage Committee.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Classrooms--Tacoma;

On March 24, 1952 dignitaries celebrated the ground breaking for the new addition to be built at Franklin Elementary School. From left to right: Mr. Everett Jensen, President of the Tacoma School Board, Mr. M. L. Larson, Chairman of the Tacoma Public School Building Committee, Dr. A. H. Blankenship, Superintendent of Tacoma Schools, Mrs. George Whitver, Vice President of Franklin P.T.A, Mr. L. P. Rosch, Principal of Franklin School, Mr. Nelson J. Morrison, Architect of Franklin School and Mr. C. W. Campbell, Anderson Construction co. A big scoop stands behind them to begin the larger excavation for the addition that would open in 1953.

Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Franklin School (Tacoma); School overcrowding--Tacoma; Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Excavation--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1952. Music room with four different heights of raised platforms for musicians in a semi-circle. Wood flooring. Photograph taken circa 1952 at Pacific Lutheran College.

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Music stands;

A practice room in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College as photographed in March of 1952. Some of the larger instruments for an orchestra have been left in the room behind the chairs and music stands: timpani, snare drums, chimes, sousaphones, and a bass violin. A piano stands on the floor below three steps for the other musicians to perform.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Drums; Pianos; Music stands; Percussion instruments; Violins;

The interior of one of the classrooms in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. The student chairs have writing arms and are permanently affixed to the floor. A table and lectern sitting on top stand at the front of the classroom. Venetian blinds cover the windows.

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Lecture halls--Parkland;

A crowd filled the lower level of Chapel Auditorium in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. Dr. Seth C. Eastvold, president of the college, is speaking from a podium on the stage (lower left). A Casavant pipe organ would be installed later in the year in two large chambers on either side of the chapel stage with the console below on a stage level. (TNT, 8/23/1952, p.14) TPL-9319

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Stages (Platforms); Auditoriums--Parkland; Eastvold, Seth C.;

A rousing game of baseball is underway at Annie Wright's annual Dads Day celebration. Families were invited to the school and games were planned for this particular day set aside to honor students' Dads.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Baseball--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Annie Wright lower school students in matching outfits for the 1952 May Day celebration.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Annie Wright Seminary's 1952 May Day Queen Marilyn Earley, surrounded by her family. Marilyn Earley was from Gig Harbor and was the Student Body President. She was a member of Masque (the drama club), Choir and Glee Club and a First Team Hockey and Basketball Player. (Annie Wright yearbook "The Shield 1952")

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Photo of play rehearsal at Annie Wright Seminary, "The Mikado." The largest junior class in the history of Annie Wright presented the colorful Junior Operetta "The Mikado." Class officers were Leonna Saffren, Molly Dahlquist and Gloria Davis. (Annie Wright yearbook "The Shield 1952")

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Costumes--Japanese; Children performing in theatrical productions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Operas & operettas--Tacoma--1950-1960;

1952 May Day Festival at Pacific Lutheran College. Unidentified young woman wearing floral crown, holding bouquet of roses, and sitting outdoors in royal chair.

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Beauty contestants--Parkland--1950-1960; Festivals--Parkland--1950-1960;

1952 May Day Festival at Pacific Lutheran College. May Day Queen Louise I is surrounded by young attendants. Senior Louise Stephenson was crowned as the 1952 May Day Queen with a court composed of two young ladies from each class at the College. (Pacific Lutheran College yearbook "Saga '52")

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Universities & colleges--Parkland--1950-1960; Festivals--Parkland--1950-1960; Stephenson, Louise; Evening gowns--Parkland--1950-1960; Children--Parkland--1950-1960;

A large group of the older students and teachers at the Dupont School pose outdoors. Dupont Junior High School had an enrollment of 99 students for 1950-1951. Lloyd Shaver served as principal as well as teaching math, science and PE. Joanne Fisher taught Music. Ray Fletcher taught English and math and George Kenoyer taught industrial arts and social studies. Russell Neff taught science and math and Kathleen Noonan taught art. Dorothy Stoll taught health education, social studies and PE. (Washington Educational Directory, 1948-1951)

Schools--Dupont--1950-1960; Students--Dupont--1950-1960; Teachers--Dupont--1950-1960;

Men are smoothing on one of the three layers of plaster on the ceiling and high along one of the walls in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College in July of 1951. Acoustical plaster was used on two walls of each room, above the dado, or wainscoating; and on a strip across the middle of the ceiling. The structure incorporated the latest engineering features designed to cut noise to a minimum. Students in one of the seventeen 6-foot by 10-foot practice rooms should seldom hear sounds coming from practice rooms on either side of them. The building also had seven studios, a band room, choir room and radio studio. (TNT, 7/22/1951, p.C-12)

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Building construction--Parkland--1950-1960;

1951 construction work on the exterior of the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. Brick veneer is being laid by men working from scaffolding. Scaffolding is still in place around a steeple that has been added above the roof. Architect John Richards explained that the design of the rooms in the building were unusual. The walls and ceilings were not true, or straight. The ceiling in some rooms slanted up, in others it slanted down. The same was true of the walls. The purpose of this was to break up the reverberation of sound waves. (TNT, 7/22/1951, p.C-12)

Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Building construction--Parkland--1950-1960; Progress photographs;

View of Dupont School Patrol. The Dupont School District, like its Tacoma counterpart, also had school patrol officers. Unlike Tacoma, however, a large number of students participating in this safety program were girls. Numerous patrol officers posed for a group picture in October, 1951. Most were wearing their patrol badges. Adults in the photograph were apparently school officials; there is also an armed police officer stationed at the picture's far right hand edge.

School children--Dupont; Dupont School Patrol (Dupont); Guards--Dupont;

Daddies Day at Annie Wright Semimary Lower School. Girls share notebooks and art projects with fathers in classroom. The uniform at this time was a sailor-style dress. Table-type desks are large, to accommodate both child and parent. These children and their dads were photographed on May 17, 1952.

School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Classrooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Uniforms; Fathers--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Three women students at the College of Puget Sound wear the most recent classics in co-ed fashion. L-R, Anita Roberts models a two-way belted raincoat with a matching hat, Delores Jordahl chose a gray flannel boxy jacket and washable, wooly orlon plaid skirt, and Jo Ann Wood is wearing a knit suit by Jantzen. Ordered by the Tacoma News Tribune for their fall fashion section. (TNT, 9/11/1952, p.C-10)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Roberts, Anita; Jordahl, Delores; Wood, Jo Ann; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Mrs. John Richards and her three sons, Phillip, age 8, Thomas, age 14, and John, age 16, walk down the sidewalk in front of the chapel/music/speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. Ordered by the Tacoma News Tribune for their fall fashion issue. (TNT, 9/11/1952, p.C-14)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Richards, Phillip; Richards, Thomas; Richards, John; Families--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior view of A.V. Fawcett Elementary School. Fawcett Elementary, located at 126 East 60th Street, was named for Angelo Vance Fawcett, five-time mayor of Tacoma. Contracts to build the school were awarded in June, 1949, and the school opened the following fall. Initially the school only had eight rooms; further expansion has followed through the years. Students now attend Fawcett Elementary in a year-round program. Photograph ordered by Tom Sias, Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (For the Record: A History of Tacoma Public Schools, 1869-1984, p. 147)

Fawcett Elementary School (Tacoma)--Buildings; Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

The exterior of A.V. Fawcett Elementary School that opened in 1950. The eight-room school was named for Angelo Vance Fawcett. He was elected Mayor of Tacoma five times and served longer than any other mayor. He was also a state senator and a Pierce County Commissioner. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen)

Fawcett Elementary School (Tacoma)--Buildings; Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Washington Stove Works (Everett);

Unidentified dancers swung their partners "do-si-do" as part of the festivities held in the Pacific Lutheran College's gymnasium for May Day 1951. The men wore plaid shirts and jeans while the women wore floor-length print dresses that twirled in the air as they spun. The American square dance was part of a performance of folk dances during the 18th annual holiday celebration. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 5-6-51, A-8-article on festivities)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Universities & colleges--Parkland--1950-1960; Festivals--Parkland--1950-1960; Folk dancing--Parkland--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960;