Moss, Harold (Tacoma's First Black Mayor 1994) (Politician) - 4
- 5.1.2--TNT0004M
- 10/07/1970
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Harold G. Moss
Moss, Harold (Tacoma's First Black Mayor 1994) (Politician) - 4
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Harold G. Moss
Oil Slicks and Spills--Washington State - 4
A spill from U.S. Oil and Refining Co. on the Blair Waterway resulted in oil swirling around Sea-Tac Alaska Shipbuilding Corp. drydock where a U.S. Coast Guard vessel was being worked on. The oil spill also contaminated part of Commencement Bay and was cleaned up by the U.S. Coast Guard. Photo by staff member Warren Anderson.
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Warren Anderson/Photo
Port of Tacoma--Blair Waterway - 1
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Port of Tacoma--Blair Waterway
Photo cutline: "Contaminated muck dredged from Blair Waterway is stored in this Tideflats pond lined with plastic."
Quasim, Lyle (Safe Streets) - 4
Lyle Quasim, Executive Director of Safe Streets, listens to police chiefs from throughout Pierce County at a community mobilization meeting Monday afternoon at the County-City Building in downtown Tacoma.
Photo by Karen Stallwood
Restaurants and Nightclubs (Taverns)(Bars)(Nightclubs) - 4
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Ben Erhart, owner of Barnacle Bill's, is concerned what might happen to business if the Blair Bridge is closed.
Photo by David Brandt
Gillie/biz
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Brian Sonntag
Tacoma Public Library - Branches - 2
Tacoma Public Library - South Tacoma Branch
Photograph by John Bickel (D166-3)
From back of photo: South Tacoma dedication
Vietnamese (Refugees, Etc.) - 4
Chef Leonard Travka dishes out food to Vietnamese refugees at Camp Murray.
Washington Corrections Center Shelton, WA. - 4
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Watch That Turkey Trot
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Dr. Harold Sandler and Elena Loshchenkova address students at Wilson High School in Tacoma, one of their Pacific Northwest stops.
Photo by Russ Carmack
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Photograph by Bob Rudsit
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Proposed Grandstand
Cheney Field
Tacoma - Pierce County
Baseball Association
Demonstrations 1975 thru 1980 - 5
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Demonstrations
About 700 fishermen, mainly members of sportsmen groups, picketed the federal courthouse in protest of District Court Judge George H. Boldt's decision to grant special fishing rights to Native Americans. Photo by Bob Rudsit.
A crowd of several dozen gather on A Street in Downtown Tacoma outside the Old Post Office. Most of the signs held are blurred or other wise unreadable, but several visible signs read, "Fish Now Elk This Fall." Three small boats and one RV is parked along the street protestors are gathered on.
Education and Schools--Tacoma--Minorities - 4
First grader David Loredo works on a spelling lesson in his Fawcett Elementary class.
Geff Hinds/Photo
Nelson/News
Freeway--Tacoma Area (Tacoma--Freeway) 1967 and Prior - 5
Garbage and Garbage Disposal--Tacoma (Tacoma--Garbage) - 3
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Photograph by Bob Rudsit
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Frank Herbert
Immigration and Emigration - 5
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Citizenship Day
A Celebration of Citizenship
Formulating an official welcome to be extended Thursday to newly naturalized citizens and young voters are, left to right, Leonard W. Anderson, officer in charge of the Tacoma Office of Immigration and Naturalization, John V. Susan, president of the Tacoma-Pierce County Americanization Council, Mrs. Ragnhild Banister, a recently naturalized citizen, and John P. Boyd, district director of immigration and naturalization. Mrs. Bannister, who was born in Germany, will represent the 248 citizens naturalized through the local office this year when she speaks at the Citizenship Day program, which will start at 8 p.m. at the Public Utilities Building, 3628 S. 35th St.
Russ Carmack Photographer
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Mural
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Engineer Lynn Metcalf prepared a taping for a local merchant.
Labor--Washington--Strikes - 2
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Tacoma Smelter Picketed
Members of Tacoma Local 25 of the United Steelworkers Union marched Monday morning in front of the main gate of the American Smelting and Refining Co. here. Nearly 1,000 workers struck at midnight and shut down the copper-smelting plant as part of a nationwide strike.
Photograph by Jerry Buck
Moss, Harold (Tacoma's First Black Mayor 1994) (Politician) - 5
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Harold G. Moss
Oil Slicks and Spills--Washington State - 5
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Anacortes Barge
A worker atop the oil barge in Puget Sound signals to others on the crane platform as the barge is being lifted to the surface Monday afternoon.
Carrie Robertson/photo
Weathersby
Port of Tacoma--Blair Waterway - 2
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Port of Tacoma--Blair Waterway
Quasim, Lyle (Safe Streets) - 5
Lyle Quasim, director of Safe Streets, looks back over the past year of fighting to make Tacoma's streets safer.
Photo by Karen Stallwood (Neighbors/Pierce)
Restaurants and Nightclubs (Taverns)(Bars)(Nightclubs) - 5
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Over the cash register hangs a thermometer of how much money had been donated by 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the goals of the tavern that they wanted to reach. Peggy O'Neall rings up the cash register with sales donated to help the little boy, victim of rape and mutilation, at the Fern Hill Tavern Thursday evening.
Melissa Stevenson - Photo
Susan Gordon - Story
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Brian Sonntag