Anticipation mounts just prior to the February 14, 1969, drawing for a new deluxe Volkswagen sponsored by the Central Area Progressive Improvement Association. The little girl standing next to the automobile looks prepared to select the winning entry from the box before her. Tickets were 3 for $1.00 or 50 cents apiece. For a look at the winner, see D155757, image 3. The people pictured above were not identified; they are presumably members of the Improvement Association. Photograph ordered by the Central Area Progressive Improvement Association. TPL-6681

Contests--Tacoma--1960-1970; Volkswagen automobile; Central Area Progressive Improvement Association (Tacoma); African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of Eastern Oil operations in 1969. The large plant with its many storage units was located on Marine View Dr. N.E. facing the Hylebos Waterway.

Eastern Oil Co. (Tacoma); Storage tanks--Tacoma; Aerial views; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma);

Ruby Gray and Leonard Butler display two rare celebrity items that were to be auctioned on Saturday, March 15, 1969, to benefit the Tri-Mart Youth Center. One is a pen used by President Lyndon Baines Johnson to sign a bill. The other, a beautiful scarf, once belonged to Princess Grace of Monaco. Among the other items to be auctioned was one of Bing Crosby's wallets. The Tri-Mart Youth Center was sponsored by the Tri-Mart Multi-Service Center, a unit of the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. Photograph ordered by the O.D.I. (TNT 3-14-69, A-6)

Gray, Ruby; Butler, Leonard; Auctions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Pens; Scarves; African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Exibition booth at 1969 Tacoma Home Show. Standing in front of an electronic map made specifically for the Tacoma Home Show by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma is HBA home show chairman, Dean Eldridge. Prospective homeowners and/or renters were invited to locate a new residence built by members of the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma by merely flicking switches corresponding to various builders' names. The electronic map would then light up showing appropriate home developments. The map, as well as many other booths of interest, would be available during the six-day run of the home show, held in the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse, which would conclude on Sunday, March 30th. Photograph ordered by the News Tribune. (TNT3-27-69, B-3)

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibit booths--Tacoma--1960-1970; Maps; Eldridge, Dean;

Leaning on traditional shovels are officials and directors from the Bank of Tacoma. They were present for groundbreaking ceremonies on March 28, 1969, at the site of the new building for the Sixth & "L" branch. Bank president David J. Williams is on the extreme left; fourth from left is Chairman of the Board Thomas Mallon; man to the far right is James K. Jones, current branch manager of the Sixth & "L" bank. The Bank of Tacoma had four locations in the area; it would be absorbed by Seattle-First National Bank the following year. Photograph ordered by the Bank of Tacoma.

Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bank of Tacoma (Tacoma); Bankers--Tacoma; Mallon, Thomas; Williams, David J.; Jones, James K.; Shovels;

Groundbreaking of new bank site. Two men pose with a scale model of the new Bank of Tacoma branch to be built at Sixth & "L" St, apparently next door to the existing branch. David J. Williams, bank president, is on the left; man on right is Thomas Mallon, Chairman of the Board. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on March 28, 1969. By 1970, the bank building still stood there; however, it now was listed under the "Seattle-First National Bank" name. Sea-First entered the Tacoma market by absorbing Bank of Tacoma's four locations. Photograph ordered by Bank of Tacoma.

Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bank of Tacoma (Tacoma); Building models; Williams, David J.; Mallon, Thomas; Bankers--Tacoma;

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of a bearded young man. Wearing a Beatles hairdo accompanied by dark sideburns and a mustache/beard, this young man may have been employed by the R.H. Hinkley Co., 2611 East "D" in December of 1968.His jacket has a modified Nehru collar. Four men were photographed by the Richards Studio on behalf of the Hinkley Co. on December 11th: David Fisher, David Weller, Paul Manning and Loran Ashbaugh. This portrait was not specifically identified.

Hairstyles--Tacoma--1960-1970; Beards; Mustaches; Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1960-1970;

11-year-old Lynn Hansen was photographed on January 7, 1969 wearing a modern, miniature hearing aid, which is being held by Mary Ann Truitt, executive director of Senior Centers, Inc. . Senior citizen A.T. (Skipper) Dellplain, at far right, who was also hearing impaired, got the Senior Center located at 923 North 13th Street to sponsor the hearing aid for Lynn. He then invited Lynn and her mother, Mrs. Karl N. Hansen, to lunch at the senior center were Lynn received her hearing aid. Left to right are Mrs. Hansen, Lynn, a kneeling Mary Ann Truitt, and Mr. Dellplain. The Senior Center was in a building which had previously been a fire station. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (TNT 2-2-69, D-4-article & alternate photograph)

Hansen, Lynn; Hearing aids; Hansen, Karl N.--Family; Truitt, Mary Ann; Dellplain, A.T.; Senior Centers, Inc. (Tacoma);

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Barbara Hill. Her blond hair carefully curled in place, Barbara Hill posed for a studio portrait on December 3, 1968. She is wearing a beige crocheted top. Color photograph ordered by Barbara Hill, 512 So. 76th St.

Hill, Barbara; Hairstyles--Tacoma--1960-1970;

A cherry picker is given the signal to lift 12-foot carpeting to the upper level of the new State Savings & Loan Assn. building at 955 Tacoma Ave. So. on April 15, 1969. The new home office of the savings & loan was located directly across the County-City Building (County-City Building visible above). The $1,000,000 structure had 30,000 square feet included on five floors with two floors set aside for parking. Donald Murphy was the general contractor and Johnson-Austin & Associates, the architects. The old location of the savings & loan was at 911 Pacific Ave. Photograph ordered by Ed Selden Floor Coverings. (TNT 12-29-68, B-7)

Hoisting machinery; Floor coverings; County-City Building (Tacoma);

1969 Richards stock footage. This small apartment complex, believed to have been called the Vera Vista Apartments, was on the outskirts of the University Village Shopping Center at 40th & Bridgeport in University Place. Tall firs provided a buffer against the shopping center's parking lot. Covered walkways surrounded the building; this view on May 12, 1969, is believed to be of the rear and sides of the complex.

Housing developments--University Place; Shopping centers--University Place;

United States Senator Henry M. Jackson at 12th and "A" Streets in Tacoma during the ground breaking for the Bank of Washington Plaza (now Wells Fargo) Building. Once built it would be the tallest building in Tacoma at 24 stories, 289.5 feet high and occupying 292,000 square feet. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with Lea, Pearson and Richards, Architects designed the skyscraper to be built without a "thirteenth" floor but with a helipad/helicopter landing site on the roof. The bank building was dedicated on January 9, 1971, nearly two years after the ground breaking. Cost of the building was approximately $12 million. Senator Jackson commented that upon the millions of dollars in new development in the downtown area, whereby old and deteriorated buildings could be demolished, "the heart of a city can be renewed." View of Senator Jackson in conversation; man to extreme right is Goodwin Chase, president and board chairman of Bank of Washington, man in hat is David Rowlands, City Manager. (TNT 2-14-69, p. 17) ALBUM 4

Jackson, Henry M., 1912-1983; Legislators--Washington--1960-1970; Chase, Goodwin; Bankers--Tacoma; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Rowlands, David;

Launching sponsor. Miss Tacoma of 1969, Terri Louise Bale, raises her wrapped bottle of champagne prior to christening the Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp.'s new tugboat, the "Betsy L," on Saturday, December 21, 1968. The tugboat was built for Knappton Towing Co. of Portland. Miss Bale, age 19 and a Tacoma Community College freshman, was crowned Miss Tacoma on November 30, 1968 at the Fellowship Hall. A self-taught pianist, she won the talent contest. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bale. Photograph ordered by Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp. (TNT 12-1-68, p. 1, TNT 12-2-68, p. 6, TNT 12-22-68, C-19)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Tugboats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bale, Terri Louise; Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Launching party. Clutching the traditional bouquet of long stem red roses is Mary (Mrs. John) Silveira who was the sponsor of the tuna seiner, "Cheryl Marie," which was launched at 7:45 a.m. on December 7, 1968. Next to her is Mary (Mrs. Joe) Silveira who was her attendant. Both women are warmly dressed against the winter cold in knee-length coats with fur trim. Color photograph ordered by Tacoma Boatbuilding. TPL-9219

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Silveira, John--Family; Silveira, Mary; Silveira, Joe--Family; Roses--Tacoma;

Diana Kay Lind in profile. The studio bridal portrait of Diana Lind was taken on November 9, 1968. Miss Lind would be married to Gary Leon Briske on November 29, 1968, in Trinity Lutheran Church. Dressed in white satin with a fitted lace-trimmed bodice, full gathered skirt, and long veil, she is carrying a fragrant bouquet of white stephanotis. The gown of slipper satin belongs to her mother, Mrs. George Bernard Lind, Jr. Photograph ordered by Diana Lind. (TNT 12-1-68, D-12)

Lind, Diana Kay; Brides--1960-1970; Wedding clothing & dress; Bouquets;

The Originals. Studio portrait of four African American men, identically dressed in suits and white ties, taken on October 26, 1968. They are tentatively identified (not necessary in order) as Jimmy Johnson, a Mr. Kilgore, Wil (sp) Bush and Freeman Hambrick. The singers would later make an appearance at the Torch nightclub along with Los Angeles personality Sir Lady Java on New Year's Eve. The Torch, owned by Frank Russell. was located at 9410 South Tacoma Way. Photograph ordered by Frank Russell & Associates. (TNT ad 12-27-68, p. 11)

Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1960-1970; African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970; Singers;

Bridal portrait. Sara Jane Miller posed for her bridal portrait at Richards Studio on March 26, 1969. Her short dark hair is tucked behind her ears. She is wearing a traditional bridal gown of satin with scooped neck and lace-applique bell sleeves, accompanied by a single strand of pearls. Her veil of silk illusion is decorated with a cluster of silk and lace designed by her sister, Mrs. David Welch. Miss Miller would wed Monte Lee Crapo in a candlelight ceremony on April 5, 1969, at the Little Church on the Prairie. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Miller, 6006 Portland Ave, Miss Miller was a graduate of Lincoln High School and attended the University of Washington. Mr. Crapo graduated from Stadium High School and attended Tacoma Community College. Their first home will be in Omaha, Nebraska. Photograph ordered by Sara Jane Miller. (TNT 4-12-69, p. 7)

Miller, Sara Jane; Brides--1960-1970; Wedding clothing & dress; Pearls;

View of carports/patios at new model homes. Both homes have small "open" signs in their windows. The two homes are one-level and wood-framed. Square stones are embeded in the grass creating paths to both homes. The model homes are believed to be in the Westway neighborhood of Federal Way. Photograph ordered by McMullen Marketing Associates, Bellevue.

Model houses--Federal Way; Garages--Federal Way; Patios--Federal Way;

Group portrait of barbershop quartet. The "Most Happy Fellows" were ready to entertain customers at Steve's Gay '90s in January of 1969. Garbed in derbys, shiny vests and bow ties, Bill Dergan, Robert Hodge, Bill Thurmon and Ken Hawkinson (perhaps not in order) prepare to belt out tunes of olden days. To complete their wardrobes, the men even wore the ruffled shirts, garters and spats of old-time entertainers. Photograph ordered by Steve's Gay '90s.

Music ensembles--Tacoma; Singers; Barbershop quartets;

Group portrait of barbershop quartet. The "Most Happy Fellows" extend their hands in song as they prepare to entertain diners at Steve's Gay '90s in January of 1969. The group was composed of Bill Dergan, Robert Hodge, Bill Thurmon and Ken Hawkinson (not in any particular order). Steve's was well known for putting on family entertainment at their South Tacoma Way restaurant. Photograph ordered by Steve's Gay '90s.

Musical ensembles--Tacoma; Singers; Barbershop quartets;

1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of Orchard & Bantz area in May of 1969. Orchard heads north towards the water on the photograph's left; ASARCO smokestack is barely visible at the top of picture. Bantz Ave. intersects Orchard in upper center. City of Fircrest is on extreme left side of Orchard. A water tower is located in center of photograph.

Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Neighborhoods--Fircrest; Water towers; Aerial views;

ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Float acknowledging the famous Foss family of Tacoma, probably photographed in the annual Daffodil Festival parade of 1969. Revolving portrait of Henry Foss along with an enlarged photograph of a Foss tug on serene Commencement Bay were displayed on the flower-bedecked float. Three women dressed in antique clothing may be portraying members of the Foss family. This was the smaller portion of a two-section float sponsored by the St. Regis Paper Co.; the float would win the Grand Award for the Daffodil Festival. St. Regis chose to honor Mr. Foss and his family for their contributions to Tacoma. Color photograph has been marked by blue ink.

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1960-1970; Foss, Henry O., 1891-1986--Associated objects;

Testing spaghetti. Many hands reach out for a plate of spaghetti at J. Tropiano Co., 3808 South Tacoma Way, on March 29, 1969. The chef assists a young woman with a ladle of sauce. The newly formed Young Adults Christian Apostolic Program would sponsor an all-city spaghetti dinner on April 13, 1969, at Bellarmine. Proceeds would be used for a annual scholarship fund awarding a CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) boy or girl. Jack Tropiano of St. Charles Borromeo (possibly shown in chef's hat above) was scheduled to provide professional assistance for the dinner. Photograph ordered by the CYO office. (TNT 4-8-69, p. 8)

Pasta products; Cookery--Tacoma--1960-1970; J.Tropiano Co. (Tacoma);

It's nearly 20 past 8 in the morning on March 17, 1969, as workmen await the arrival of five pre-built homes in the "Westway" subdivision at 21st Ave. SW and So. 334th in Federal Way. The large sign with movable clock hands is propped up against a building foundation. This photograph is one of a series that shows the ease and speed that a manufactured home can be set up; the clock is featured in most pictures to show the short time involved between arrival of the homes and completion of set up. Photograph ordered by McMullen Marketing Associates, Bellevue.

Progress photographs; Building construction--Federal Way; Prefabricated houses;

Thumbs up! The installation of five new manufactured homes on a Federal Way site was celebrated with official ribbon cutting on March 17, 1969. One man gives a happy "thumbs up" sign as the ribbon is being snipped. The homes were laid into place in a matter of a few hours using prepared foundations and expeditious use of the Capital City Crane Service. The men standing in one of the homes wielding the scissors are believed to be Lud Kramer, Secretary of State and Federal Housing Administration regional director, Andrew Hess. Photograph ordered by the McMullen Marketing Association, Bellevue.

Progress photographs; Building construction--Federal Way; Prefabricated houses; Dedications--Federal Way; Building dedications--Federal Way;

The clock hands now read 9:15 in the morning as several men watch a manufactured home be laid on its foundation in the "Westway" subdivision of Federal Way. "Westway" was located about 21st Ave SW and So. 334th St. A Capital City Crane Service unit is being utilized to move the home into place. Five pre-built homes were being delivered and set up within a few short hours in the Federal Way location. The homes were manufactured by Northwest Homes of Chehalis, Inc. The American Plywood Assn. predicted a greater use of pre-built homes with the rise of land prices and the necessity in containing housing costs. Photograph ordered by McMullen Marketing Associates, Bellevue. (TNT 4-20-69, B-17)

Progress photographs; Building construction--Federal Way; Prefabricated houses; Hoisting machinery;

Four unidentified men in suits and boots do not seem to mind the muddy, puddled landscape as they watch the arrival and set up of five mobile homes at the "Westway" subdivision in Federal Way. A large sign with movable clock hands has been planted in the wet field to keep track of the short amount of time necessary to get these homes into place. it is now 9:15 am; several of the homes, manufactured by Northwest Homes of Chehalis, Inc., wait to be lowered onto their foundations. Photograph ordered by McMullen Marketing Associates, Bellevue.

Progress photographs; Building construction--Federal Way; Prefabricated houses; Hoisting machinery;

Clover Park School District marching band and girls' marching unit in Daffodil Parade. Resplendent in vibrant shades of deep green and white were the emissaries of Clover Park School District. The girls' marching units led the way for the more somberly-clad members of the high school's marching band. Despite threats of rain, the weather held off, at least in Tacoma, and local residents were able to bask in shirt-sleeve sunny conditions on April 12, 1969, at the 36th annual Daffodil Festival Parade. For the first time in the parade's long history, the Tacoma parade route started from Stadium High School's North "E" location, headed south on Stadium Way and rambled on down on Pacific Ave. to 21st St. This route change removed two right angle turns that floats had to navigate on the old Broadway/Pacific route and also permitted television cameras to capture scenic Commencement Bay footage to accent the outstanding floats. (TNT 4-13-69, B-2)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1969 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Marching bands;

1969 Richards stock footage. Group portrait of City Manager David Rowlands and family and Bil and Harold Moss. Man standing next to Mrs. Moss is not identified. On November 17, 1969, Mr. Rowlands was honored at a testimonial dinner held in the Winthrop Hotel's Crystal Ballroom. He had just completed his last day on the job, resigning after 13 1/2 years as the City of Tacoma's manager. The Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, Tacoma Area Urban Coalition, and Tacoma Urban League jointly sponsored the dinner; a reception was held earlier at the University of Puget Sound in which more than 500 people attended to bid farewell. Proceeds from the dinner and reception would go toward establishing a David Rowlands Scholarship Fund to aid low-income students. (TNT 11-13-69, D-13; TNT 11-18-69, p. 1)

Rowlands, David; Rowlands, David--Family; Rowlands, Sally; Moss, Harold; Moss, Bil; Banquets--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Sea trials. The "Marietta" had a beautiful day for her ship trials in late October of 1968. The 165-foot tuna seiner was the third of her design to be built by the J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on July 29, 1968, after being christened by Mrs. Marietta Zolezzi, wife of Captain Julius Zolezzi of San Diego. The "Marietta" was the first tuna seiner to be operated by Captain Zolezzi. The fishing boat would have a 650-ton capacity and be capable of carrying a crew of 14. Color photograph ordered by the J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation. (TNT 7-30-68, p. 19)

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