Group portrait of Meadowcroft family reunion. The Meadowcroft family gathered together on August 7, 1960, at the home of William H. and Elizabeth W. Meadowcroft of 23 Forest Glen Lane S.W. in Lakewood. Mr. Meadowcroft was a department manager at Weyerhaeuser.

Reunions--Lakewood; Meadowcroft, William H.--Homes & haunts;

August, 1960, progress photographs of St. Regis Paper Co. mill ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. View of portion of St. Regis Paper Co. plant in the Tideflats including stacks of logs piled adjacent to railroad tracks. Cylinder-shaped structure is probably the new continuous digester which was expected to increase capacity by 325 tons per day. The tower is 110 feet high. Capital expenditures for 1960 & 1961 included $20,893,881 for the Kraft mill expansion of St. Regis' Tacoma plant. This amount, by far, was the highest budgeted for those years and accounted for over one-third of the money planned for new construction and plant improvement. The addition to the Tacoma mill was made to permit St. Regis to furnish a larger part of the needs of the company's own box plants and bag factories in the western and midwest states. (1960 Annual report, p. 3, 6, TNT 11-13-60, A-18)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Logs; Machinery;

Villa Plaza studio portrait of woman entertainer ordered by Steve's Gay 90's. Pat Mulligan was advertised as "the Breath of Ireland" as she performed at the longtime South Tacoma restaurant. She is holding a microphone and is wearing a long sleeved dress with beaded attachments. (TNT ad 7-21-60, C-3)

Women--Clothing & dress--Lakewood--1960-1970; Mullingan, Pat; Entertainers;

Aerial photograph of Bethlehem Steel plant. A Richards Studio photographer in a SeaTac Helicopter flew over the Bethlehem Steel nut and bolt plant on October 12, 1960 and took several shots of the facility located at Spokane & West Marginal Way in Seattle. The large plant appears nestled in a mixed residential/industrial neighborhood with easy access to highways and water transportation. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp.

Aerial photographs; Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (Seattle); Industrial facilities--Seattle;

Still in a crouch, a golfer believed to be Arnold Palmer watches his ball head toward the hole on the final day of the 1960 Carling Open held in September of 1960 at the Fircrest Golf Club. His two playing partners and caddy, along with hundreds of spectators, watch intently. Arnold Palmer had already won over $70,000 in 1960 and was looking to add the $3,500 first prize money to his earnings. Palmer won a disappointing $250; he finished with a total of 281 after 72-holes, nine strokes behind Ernie Vossler, a 31-year-old from Midland, Texas. Vossler beat Paul Harney by one stroke to capture the 1960 Carling Open. Photograph ordered by the Carling Brewery. (TNT 9-19-60, p.l4) TPL-9898

Golf--Fircrest--1960-1970; Golfers--Fircrest--1960-1970; Putting (Golf)--Fircrest; Sports spectators--Fircrest;

Golfer teeing off in Carling Open on September 16, 1960. Two competitors squat while waiting their turn. Large crowd follows flight of the ball. The Carling Open, held at the Fircrest Golf Course, attracted a large field of prominent players, including Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Bob Rosburg, Lionel Hebert, Don January, and Julius Boros. The event was co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society and 25,000 local residents came out to watch the action. Photograph ordered by Tom Hill, Doric Tacoma Motor Hotel, to be displayed on easels throughout hotel. (TNT 9-19-60, p. 14)

Golf--Fircrest--1960-1970; Golfers--Fircrest--1960-1970; Sports spectators--Fircrest;

The hands of Forrest Easterday. City councilman Forrest Easterday posed for studio pictures on October 7, 1960; his hand is gripping a drafting pin as it hovers over city blueprints. The area noted is the E. 11th St. industrial location. Mr. Easterday was a licensed professional engineer and former county commissioner and state legislator. He ran for Port Commissioner in 1960. Photograph ordered by Riconosciuto Advertising.

Hands; Blueprints;

View of enlarged machine room in the St. Regis Paper Co.'s kraft paper and board mill on November 28, 1960. This progress photograph was taken on behalf of Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant from New York City, for possible use in St. Regis' 1960 Annual report. A new paper machine was being erected in 1960 which would increase and diversify Tacoma's paper and board capacity. (St. Regis 1960 Annual Report, p. 7)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Machinery;

A variety of photographs were taken of the Pacific Lutheran University campus in early October, 1960, by the Richards Studio, showing new facilities and improvements. The photograph above shows the Jacob Samuelson Chapel in the new Administration Building, a multipurpose room used for devotional meetings, closed circuit TV lectures, and recitals. It utilized an innovative notion--multiple television sets mounted on walls to provide students with a clearer view of professorial lectures broadcast from the school's own new studio. The chapel was a gift from Mr. Samuelson's estate. (TNT 10-13-60, C-6)

Universities & colleges--Parkland--1960-1970; Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland)--1960-1970; Televisions; Pianos; Lecture halls--Parkland;

ca. 1961. Circa 1961 aerial view of Tacoma Yacht Club, ASARCO smelter, Point Defiance Park and Ruston. The large, long buildings to center left belong to the copper smelter ASARCO. To the right of ASARCO is the Tacoma Yacht Club and its mooring. Above the Yacht Club is the outline of Pt. Defiance's amusement park Funland. To the upper right hand of the photograph is the pond garden in the Bowl area entrance to Point Defiance. To the upper center is the city of Ruston.

Aerial photographs; Boathouses; Boats; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma); Mooring; American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Smelters--Tacoma--1950-1960; Funland (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Amusement parks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Four girls in ballet costumes strike graceful poses in this December 10, 1960, studio portrait. They are believed to be students of Nancy Jane Bare, a longtime dance instructor at Annie Wright Seminary. It is possible that they were part of the six Annie Wright upper school dance pupils scheduled to present a dance suite, "Ribbons & Bells," following the seminary's Christmas dinner on December 15, 1960. (TNT 12-11-60, B-10)

Ballerinas; Ballet dancers--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Ben Cheney & family. The Ben Cheney family are posed in an unusual setting, as living portraits, in this December, 1960, photograph. Ben, children Piper, Sandra, and little Bradbury, and wife Marian peer out from ornate frames. This may have been for their family Christmas card as poinsettias and a bead-and-frosted candle display are used as decorations. A modern armchair, cushions, wooden coffee table, and toy animals complete the setting.

Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971; Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971--Family; Cheney, Marian; Cheney, Sandra; Cheney, Piper; Cheney, Bradbury; Picture frames;

Hailing from Grover, Texas, Pacific Lutheran University co-ed Kathryn Knudson was crowned Queen Kathryn II of the 28th annual May Festival in 1961. She would receive her Bachelor of Arts degree that year. (1961 Pacific Lutheran yearbook, SAGA, p. 124-5)

Knudson, Kathryn; Students--Parkland--1960-1970; Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland)--1960-1970;

Small cruiser in process of making turn parallel to new plywood boathouse at the Fairliner boat plant. The boathouse already has most of its stalls occupied. Fairliner had three houses with 31 berths adjoining its plant on the Port Industrial Waterway. All berths were occupied by privately owned Fairliner pleasure craft owners. Fairliner was a division of the Western Boat Building Corp. Its boats were especially adaptable to the area's choppy waters and could hit speeds over 40 knots. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (TNT 12-4-60, B-15, TNT 4-12-62, C-19)

Plywood; Boathouses; Boats--Tacoma;

Traffic was flowing smoothly in this November 1961 aerial photograph of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The camera was looking east toward the rapidly developing west end of Tacoma. The graceful lines of the suspension bridge span nearly one-half mile, making it the 5th longest suspension bridge in the US. This was the second Narrows Bridge, dedicated in 1950; the first collapsed in high winds on November 7, 1940, only four months after its dedication. The 1950 bridge was designed to carry 60,000 cars a day. When area population growth increased that number by half, a third bridge was added; parallel to and south of the 1950 bridge. The third Narrows bridge was dedicated in July of 2007 and carries east bound traffic, leaving all lanes of the 1950 bridge open for west bound traffic. (www.wsdot.wa.gov)

Aerial photographs; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Bridges--Tacoma--1960-1970; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Full front of Bernice Building, Pacific Avenue side. Located on the ground floor of the Victorian era Bernice Building was Bender's, women and men's clothing store owned by Jack R. Bender. Customers seem to be flocking to the ready-to-wear store, drawn by the low prices in the quitting business sale. The Bernice Building, as well as the adjacent Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. building, would be demolished to make way for a modern, expanded Pacific First Federal structure. The new building would open in September, 1964.

Bernice Building (Tacoma); Bender's (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. Side-view from south Stadium Way of eight-story reinforced concrete apartment building under construction in early 1961, taken as scenic and stock footage for 1961. GMC truck with "Lantz" painted on it is on sidewalk area in front of building. These are the Sky Terrace Apartments located at 235 Broadway. The balconies are on the rear of the building. Robert Billsbrough Price was the architect, O & M Builders Supply the builder, and Ostruske-Murphy, Inc., the contractor of the project.

Building construction--Tacoma--1960-1970; Apartment houses--Tacoma--1960-1970; Sky Terrace Apartments (Tacoma);

The George O. Swasey Memorial Branch Library opened at 7001 Sixth Ave. in October, 1960, to serve the readers of the growing West End of Tacoma. The open house and dedication on October 7th drew several hundred visitors; they were able to take a look at the 65 magazine and nearly 15,000 title collection. In this night exposure, the interior of the Swasey library can clearly be seen through the building's floor-to-ceiling glass walls. The library branch was designed by Lea, Pearson & Richards and built by McKasson Bros. Construction. Landscaping was provided primarily by the West End Gardeners League. The building was later renovated with funds provided by 1984's 15.8 million dollar bond project. (TNT 10-7-60, A-11-article, 10-8-60, p. 2-article)

Tacoma Public Library, George O. Swasey Memorial Branch (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1960-1970;

In April of 1961 the distinctive neon double 88 sign of the Giant 88 discount store glowed in the evening sky of downtown Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Dirk DeLeve opened the Giant 88 store, at 1129 Broadway, in February of 1960. It was located next to the new escalade that carried shoppers on a "moving sidewalk" from Broadway to Commerce Street. The store was the first of its kind in Tacoma; nothing in the store was priced over 88 cents. They carried a stock of over 20,000 items - from ceramics and children's apparel to toys, gifts and cooking utensils. (TNT 2/15/1960 p.6)

Electric signs--Tacoma--1960-1970; Giant 88 (Tacoma); Signs (Notices);

Parking garage next to Rhodes Bros. Department store in downtown Tacoma, taken in March, 1961. The parking lot was an attempt to alleviate the problem of parking for downtown customers; however, cars are still parallel-parked on both sides of the street. The ramp style, self-parking garage cost over $1,000,000, and contained four levels which could handle 2,000 cars daily. Designed by Norman G. Jacobson, Jr., consulting structural engineer, the garage provided Rhodes customers with restrooms, phone booths, two high-speed elevators and four stairways. Photograph ordered by Norman Jacobson & Associates.

Parking garages--Tacoma--1960-1970; Automobiles--Tacoma--1960-1970;

50 uniformed members of the Lincoln High School band strut their stuff accompanied by a drum major, baton twirler and cheerleaders during the 1961 Daffodil Parade. Spectators are thickly clustered on both sides of the 900 block of Pacific Avenue. Temperatures were in the chilly 50's but did not dampen the crowd's and participants' high spirits. The theme of the 28th annual parade was "Wonders of the World." (TNT 4-8-61, p. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1961 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Marching bands; Drum majors--Tacoma; Baton twirling--Tacoma;

Progress March 3, 1961, photograph of a lone worker who appears to be sanding down the ribs that will be connected to the rest of a boat. This may be at Tacoma Boat. Photograph ordered by West Coast Lumber Association. TPL-9393

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Boat under construction. Progress photographs of a fishing boat under construction were taken on March 3, 1961, at Martinac Shipbuilding on behalf of West Coast Lumber Association. TPL-9121

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

View of kitchen taken for Home Builders of Greater Tacoma. Designed for convenience and family living, the "Greenbriar" model home was photographed on March 9, 1961, in preparation for the annual Tacoma Home Show. Built by James Griffin, the Puyallup-area three-bedroom rambler was one of three model homes built for the home show. View of kitchen shows built-in stove, ample walnut cabinets and plenty of convenient, accessible workspace. Aurora vinyl covers the floor. Built-in oven with cabinets above and below stands separate from the stove, next to the refrigerator. Brick wall or fireplace is on right edge of photograph. There is room enough for a small dining room table and four chairs. The home, located in the Greenbriar Estates, was designed by Louis M. Pedersen. (TNT 3-13-61, p. 32)

Kitchens--Puyallup;

Martinac Shipbuilding launching of #133, the Royal Pacific, occurred on May 16, 1961. View of boat; another boat, possibly a tug, the Edward A. Young, is to the left. The $600,000 Royal Pacific was the first tuna clipper to be built in Tacoma in ten years. It was also the first tuna clipper to be built from the keel up as a seine-type tuna vessel. The 142' vessel had a capacity of 425 tons of tuna under refrigeration. It was powered by a 1600-horsepower opposing piston engine. The crew of 13 would be skippered by Lou Brito, who would be transferring from Martinac-owned Southern Pacific tuna vessel. (TNT 5-17-61, A-5) TPL-9056

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fishing boats--Tacoma; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Exterior view of C and G Electronics Co. Formerly known as longtime Tacoma business C & G Radio Supply, a wholesale tubes, radio and television parts facility, by June, 1961, the firm had changed its signage to "C and G Electronics." It was still owned by Lloyd Norberg and family. G.E. and Sylvania tubes could still be purchased there as well as hi-fi stereo components. TPL-3680

C and G Electronics (Tacoma); Stores & shops--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Informal portrait of Puget Sound National Bank president Reno Odlin. He led the Tacoma-based bank for 26 years, seeing deposits grow almost 50% between 1950 & 1960, and rewarding shareholders with cash plus stock dividends. He accomplished this growth internally, without buying or merging other banks. In 1964, Puget Sound National Bank was officially designated the largest bank in Tacoma with deposits exceeding $121 million. Mr. Odlin was also for many years president of the Washington State Historical Society. (Provorse: Banking on Independence)

Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Bankers--Tacoma; Banking--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Interior of Bunce Rental. A customer completes paperwork as he rents equipment from Bunce Rental on August 2, 1961. Bunce Rental was located at 4516 South Tacoma Way in 1961 and is still in operation there 43 years later. More than 300 different items could be rented there from vacation trailers to bulldozers to baby cribs to silver service. Customers were aware that no gasoline was provided and Bunce charged for the time checked out, not for time used unless a machine was metered. (TNT 9-8-61 Ad, p. 11)

Bunce Rental (Tacoma); Lease & rental services--Tacoma;

ca. 1966. Advertising for Weyerhaeuser. Map shows the various Weyerhaeuser Co. locations nationwide with live figures standing near the designated cities. Although Weyerhaeuser continued to be headquartered in Tacoma in 1966, it had planned to move its home office to the Federal Way area. Map seems to imply that the company was not just centered in Washington state but was expanding nationwide. Photograph ordered by Bozell & Jacobs, Inc.

Maps; Advertising; Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1966. Copy of color renderings ordered by Weyerhaeuser Properties on August 17, 1966. This dining and dance portion of a ski lodge is believed to be part of the Jay Peak ski resort in northern Vermont. Skiers could enjoy a different form of exercise - dance - and dine in comfort between ski runs.

Architectural drawings; Ski lodges--Vermont;