Interiors at the BBQ Ranch in Issaquah, Wa., for Phares Advertising. The bunks are ready for overnight guests in the "Sleepy Hollow" bunk house. A ball lies on the bench waiting for a boy or girl to come and play. Issaquah is located 12 miles east of Seattle and 1 1/2 miles southeast of the south end of Lake Sammamish in central King County. It was originally a coal mining and hops growing town. It is named after the Indian word "Is-qu-ah," meaning snake.

Dude ranches--Issaquah--1950-1960; Dormitories--Issaquah--1950-1960; Lodges--Issaquah--1950-1960;

Booth at 1952 Home Show sponsored by South Tacoma Heating Co., at 5625 So. Montgomery, and Rossoe Manufacturing Co. Cardboard cuties in corsets stand among the furnaces to advertise that it's "time to modernize with Honeywell clock thermostats." The fourth annual Home Show, sponsored by the Tacoma Master Builders, drew crowds of approximately 13, 480 over its four day run. The Show had commercial exhibits, a furnished model home on site and working demonstrations of household skills.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Furnaces--Tacoma--1950-1960; Heating & ventilation industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Gaily fronted by a white pickett fence, this booth at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show looks comfy and homey as befits its sponsor Lindstrom's Home Furnishings, "your friendly country store." The display has a dining room set for $229.95, an easy chair for $129.95 and a love seat for $159.95. Also exhibited are carpet samples and boldly patterned drapes. Lindstrom's was located at 8021 Portland Ave.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Lindstrom's Home Furnishings (Tacoma);

ca. 1952. Interiors new anhydrous ammonia plant, Hooker Electrochemical. The new $2 million plant was completed in May of 1952. The plant had an output of 40 tons every 24 hours. Eighteen men were employed in the plant, which operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The plant began operation in June of 1952 with its entire production already contracted for. Plans were made immediately for a $6 million dollar expansion. (TNT 10-19-1952)

Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma--1950-1960; Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior at new ammonia plant, Hooker Electrochemical. In the plant, hydrogen and nitrogen are mixed in the proper proportion for anhydrous ammonia, subjected to 5,000 pounds to a square inch pressure and then sent to a converter and combined to make the gas. The ammonia is placed in storage tanks outside the plant to await shipment. Shipment is done entirely by railroad tank car. Each car holds 26 tons. (TNT 10-19-1952)

Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma--1950-1960; Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

New ranch style home, with two car garage, in Lakewood, designed & built by H.A. Briggs. As the demand for housing, partially fueled by G.I. loans, grew, so did suburban flight. One of the areas to benefit greatly from this trend was the rapidly growing suburban community of Lakewood. From the families that bought & occupied these homes would come that broad base of population born in the fifties known as "Baby Boomers." Briggs Construction Co. was owned by H.A. Briggs, who lived at 523 Alta Vista Place in Fircrest.

Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Briggs Construction Co. (Tacoma);

Views of the plant at Hudson Machinery Company, Inc. Hudson Machinery were dealers in machinery located at Townsend at Minneapolis, Tacoma Tideflats. Frank C. Hamprecht was president and Walter E. Liggett was secretary-treasurer. This warehouse has belts hanging from the ceiling, machines in orderly rows and bins of parts to the left of the picture.

Hudson Machinery Company, Inc. (Tacoma); Warehouses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Machinery; Machinery Industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Views of the plant at Hudson Machinery Company, Inc. Hudson Machinery were dealers in machinery located at Townsend at Minneapolis, Tacoma Tideflats. Frank C. Hamprecht was president and Walter E. Liggett was secretary-treasurer. Belts of varying thickness and chain link and spools lie on the floor, shelves and hang from the ceiling.

Hudson Machinery Company, Inc. (Tacoma); Warehouses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Machinery; Machinery Industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1952. Ship building facilities at J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. A hull of a partially built ship is on the right. Ways lead out from the dry dock to the water, allowing the company to launch the completed ship.

J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Kaiser Aluminum, Tacoma Works rectifier station addition. Exterior of building with train tracks beside it. The Kaiser plants were taken over from the federal government in 1947 by Henry J. Kaiser. The plant in Tacoma was an aluminum reduction plant; it produced pig aluminum from treated ore and then sent it to a fabricating plant to be made into a finished product. The plant underwent a expansion and modernization program in 1952, at a cost of $2,850,000, to increase capacity by 1/3, an annual production of 66, 400,000 pounds.

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (Tacoma); Aluminum industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Kitchen of Bill Tietz' home in Narrowmoor, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr. U-shaped kitchen with dinette and sink on right, stove in back, refrigerator, counter and desk on left. Bold asphalt tile covers the floor. The counters end in a three shelf outcropping. For Tietz Construction Company.

Kitchens--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts;

Exposure of new Ford trucks at Baker-U-Drive Co., rent a truck, for Mallon Motor Co. Baker-U-Drive had been serving Tacoma for over 25 years, offering panel trucks, pickups, flatbeds and vans for rent. Baker-U-Drive was owned and operated by M.J. (Mike) Gladstone. TPL-1525. alternate address: 754 Commerce

Lease & rental services--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Garages--Tacoma; Baker You-Drive Co. (Tacoma); Ford trucks;

Machine layout setup in plant of a "sealing spreader" for Globe Machine Manufacturing Co., Inc. Globe was located at 301 E. 11th. The company manufactured veneer, plywood and woodworking machinery. Calvin D. Bamford was President and Stuart Bryan Vice-president and secretary/treasurer.

Machinery industry--Tacoma; Machinery; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1952. Unidentified machinery for Western Machine Works, 666 E. 11th St. Western Machine Works was owned by Frank Schmitz. The back of the machinery has been draped in white for the studio to shoot a close up of the machinery for a layout.

Machinery; Western Machine Works (Tacoma);

Window display at Scovell's Service. Three Admiral frostfree refrigerators and one stove are showcased in May of 1952. Scovell's Service offered household appliances and repair and was located at 1145 Commerce St.

Merchandise display--Tacoma--1950-1960; Window displays--Tacoma--1950-1960; Refrigerators; Stoves--Tacoma; Scovell's Service (Tacoma);

An engineer works on machinery, a paper "tensiometer," at the St. Regis Paper Co., Kraft pulp division. The equipment has been "locked out" with a key, so that it can not be started while the engineer is working. The two year old paper machine was approximately a block long. In 1952, St. Regis produced 400 tons of unbleached pulp per day. 160 of those tons were bleached and made into dried heavy sheets & placed together into 400 lb. bales, put into boxcars & shipped to other mills or the open market. The remaining 240 tons was used to make multiwalled bags in the company's bag plant or wrapping paper. Picture taken for General Electric Supply, Apparatus Department.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Machinery; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

Dinner at The Firs honoring the 25th wedding anniversary of Vernor and Ada Shields. Mr. and Mrs. Shields lived at 735 Stadium Way. He was the owner of Cooksie and Shields at 941 Commerce, a restaurant and tavern with cigars, tobacco, billiards and a card room. He was also part owner, with Chester L. Olson, of the K Street Department Store at 1124 So. K. The Firs was located two miles south of the Roy "Y" on Mountain Highway in the Loveland area. It was built in 1922 of vertical log construction, and served as an inn, restaurant and cabaret. It catered primarily to banquets and private parties and offered music by Lloyd Alton's Orchestra. It was destroyed in 1974 by fire and never rebuilt.

Shields, Vernor; Shields, Ada; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1950-1960; Firs (Spanaway);

Copy image of General Dwight D. Eisenhower with Reno Odlin, President of Puget Sound National Bank

Presidents; Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969; Visits of state--Tacoma; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Bankers--Tacoma;

Thirty year old WW II veteran Donald Dunn surrounded by reporters on his receiving a free 80 acre farm built in one day by the community of Moses Lake. The boosters of Moses Lake conceived "Farm in a Day" to promote the irrigation possibilities of the new Grand Coulee Dam. The VFW was asked to search for a worthy veteran recipient for the farm. Their search yielded Donald Dun, a decorated GI and top notch farmer who had been flooded out by the Cottonwood River in Kansas. Despite the farming skills of Dunn, the boosters had underestimated the amount of acreage needed for profit and the Dunn family returned to the Midwest after three years, unable to make ends meet. (Popular Mechanics "They Built Him a Farm in a Day" Dec. 1952, pg 118-22 +)

Agriculture--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Reclamation of land--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Irrigation--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Farms--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Dunn, Don;

Henry A. and Pearl Rhodes, Rhodes Investment Company, in garden on the top floor penthouse of the Ansonia Apartments, overlooking Commencement Bay. Potted plants and lawn furniture arranged in outdoor deck garden on asphalt roofing material.

Ansonia Apartments (Tacoma); Roof gardens--Tacoma; Rhodes, Henry A.; Rhodes, Pearl;

Launching of the A.M.S. (motor minesweeper) 116, hull 29 at Pacific Boat Building Co. Pictured are the owners, Naval officers and Barbara Broback, 7 year old daughter of Bert Broback, holding the ceremonial bouquet of flowers. Carolyn D. Anderson, wife of mayor John H. Anderson, acted as sponsor. Co-owners A. Strom, center, and H. Dahl, left, held a contract with the Navy to construct five 144 foot minesweepers worth approximately five million dollars. Strom and Dahl were also co-owners in Tacoma Boat Building Co. (T. Reporter, 7/23, 1952, pg.1 & 7/8/1952, pg.8)

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Dahl, Haldor; Strom, Arne; Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Broback, Barbara;

A large wedding party poses for pictures at the Willis-Bushnell nuptials. Shirley June Willis and David S. Bushnell Jr. were married August 8, 1952 at the First Presbyterian Church. The bride was the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Henry Willis of Tacoma and the groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Bushnell of Seattle. The bride wore Chantilly lace over ice blue tulle and satin with an ice blue fingertip veil. The bridal attendants were Mrs. George W. Brewer, Mrs. Alvin Lackey, Mrs. W. Benjamin Davis, Mrs. Harry Sanky, Miss Jeanne Shugard and Miss Billie Mellis. Junior attendants were Linda Willis and Gary Willis. The best man was the groom's twin brother Donald D. Bushnell. Ushers were Alvin Lackey, Gail Halliday, Wes Wager, Robert Hagedorn and Wayne Willis. Lois Gunderson and Carol Berger were candlelighters. The reception was held at the Tacoma Lawn and Tennis Club. The bride was a graduate of Stadium High School and the University of Washington, where she was president of Pi Beta Phi sorority and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The groom was from Glendale, California and working on his doctorate at the University of Washington. (TNT 8/17/1952, pg. D-7)

Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Wedding attendants--Tacoma; Willis, Shirley June--Marriage; Bushnell, David S.;

This was how the Mess hall at the YMCA Boys Camp, Camp Seymour, looked on August 9, 1952. Exposed rafters, wood panelling and the floor to ceiling fieldstone hearth gave this room an outdoorsy, lodge feeling. Tables had been set for group meal service. An upright piano stood ready for the singing and playing of camp songs. The camp is still in use, located in Glen Cove on the Key Peninsula and still operated by the Young Mens' Christian Association, however the camp now has both girl and boy campers. TPL-8795

Camp Seymour (Glen Cove); Young Men's Christian Association (Tacoma); Mess halls--Glen Cove--1950-1960;

Cheese making process- Tillamook cheese. For the Tillamook County Creamery Assoc., Garibaldi Oregon. Cheese making would be impossible without bacteria. Bacteria naturally present in milk makes the milk turn sour. Sour milk separates, or curdles, into lumps called curds and liquid called whey. The whey is removed and the curd used to make cheese. Here the whey has been removed and the curds are being cut, rinsed and mixed with cream and salt.

Cheese; Dairy products industry--Oregon--1950-1960;

Aldervale Cheese Factory, Oregon. A worker unloads cans of milk for the cheese making process. Tillamook cheese, for the Tillamook County Creamery Assoc., Garibaldi Oregon. Cheese, while providing all the proteins and calcium of milk, keeps much longer. An 8 ounce slice of American cheese has all the protein and calcium of six 8 ounce glasses of milk. Cheese is made from milk that has been allowed to sour and curdle.

Cheese; Dairy products industry--Oregon--1950-1960; Aldervale Cheese Factory (Oregon);

Construction during the "Farm in a Day" project at Moses Lake, Wa. While construction was still continuing on the home and outbuildings, 70 pieces of heavy equipment and 34 tractors started churning up the soil that had laid fallow for 30 years following the failure of the wheat farmers. Giant levelers came first with the break of dawn, followed by disks, harrows, fertilizing equipment and seeders. Depleted nitrogen was replaced in the soil by pellets, powder and injected gas. The irrigation system was installed and the soil planted. Crops were specifically selected for optimum production- potatoes, beans and corn for "cash crops" and alfalfa, clover and oats for soil building rotation. (Popular Mechanics "They Built Him a Farm in a Day" Dec. 1952, pg 118-22 +)

Construction--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Agriculture--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Reclamation of land--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Irrigation--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Farms--Moses Lake--1950-1960;

Construction of the modern farmhouse during the "Farm in a Day" project at Moses Lake, Wa. With the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam and the promises of irrigation held by its storehouse of water, area communities held celebrations and promotions to attract homesteaders to the newly irrigated acres. In Moses Lake, the promotion was "Farm in a Day." Beginning one minute after midnight on May 29, 1952, 300 volunteers toiled around the clock to build a farm from scratch, including a seven room house, barns, livestock & their areas, fully fertilized and planted fields and landscaping, in one day. They finished under the wire in 22 hours. (Popular Mechanics "They Built Him a Farm in a Day" Dec. 1952, pg. 118-22+)

Construction--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Agriculture--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Reclamation of land--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Irrigation--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Farms--Moses Lake--1950-1960;

The new Mountain View Sanatorium opened in the summer of 1952 at 215 So. 36th St. The hospital was built to accomodate 163 patients with room for expansion on the fifth floor. The sanatorium cost nearly $2 million, and was the "largest single building expenditure in Pierce County history" to that date. Built specifically to care for patients with tuberculosis, 120 patients were moved into the building from the old Lakeview Sanatorium the summer it opened. The youngest patient was a three year old boy and the oldest was 80. Helping to carry the stretcher is John Schrag, on the left, who taught 33 student patients, ranging from the third grade to high school. The young boy and second stretcher bearer are unidentified. (TNT 10/5/1952)

Mountain View Sanatorium (Tacoma); Tuberculosis--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sick persons; Schrag, John;

Pacific Oerlikon Co. Interior views of shop, breakers and testing area. Pacific Oerlikon manufactured power-system equipment. Lloyd Morgan was the manager. In this photo, an employee appears to be testing or measuring a manufactured piece. In the background is a large piece of machinery and on the right hand side shelves and boxes of smaller parts. Sunlight pores in at the right hand rear of the picture from what appears to be a large opening, possibly a loading dock.

Pacific Oerlikon Co. (Tacoma); Machinery; Equipment; Electrical apparatus; Electrical apparatus industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Electronic industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Interior exposures at the home of Frank Schleicher. His son poses with an ingeniously designed plywood train table that folds up into the wall when more room is needed for play. (see image #2 for table folded up) Picture ordered by the Georgia Pacific Plywood Co.

Schleicher, Frank--Homes & haunts; Model railroads; Toys; Boys--Tacoma--1950-1960;