A smiling President Jimmy Carter descends from the presidential aircraft, Air Force One, on September 23, 1980. He was making a brief stop in Tacoma as part of his re-election campaign and also to stump for other Democratic candidates including Senator Warren Magnuson and State Senator Jim McDermott who had defeated incumbent Dixy Lee Ray in the primaries. Military officers flank the plane's stairs while the man on the extreme right, a Secret Service agent, keeps his eye on the gathering crowd.

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President Jimmy Carter is pictured at the microphone on September 23, 1980, with Tacoma Mayor Mike Parker in the background. The President was in town for a few hours to rally the Democratic faithful in his re-election bid. He had made stops at a senior citizen center, met the blue-collar workers at a grain terminal, shook many hands at his local campaign center and worked the crowd at a fundraiser held at the Bicentennial Pavilion.

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President Jimmy Carter is in the middle of this pulsing crowd as he greets his many supporters in downtown Tacoma on September 23, 1980. The President was in town on a brief three-hour campaign visit. Mayor Mike Parker (in dark suit and glasses) is pictured behind the President.

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President Jimmy Carter greets Tacoma crowds on September 23, 1980, as part of his re-election campaign. Tacoma Mayor Mike Parker (foreground in dark suit) met the President upon his arrival at McChord AFB and was able to accompany him during his short Tacoma stay.

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President Jimmy Carter (center in hard hat) made Continental Grain his first Tacoma stop on September 23, 1980. He was accompanied to the grain terminal by many Democratic politicians and supporters including State Senator and gubernatorial candidate Jim McDermott, Pierce County Commissioner Joe Stortini, and labor leader Marvin Williams. Judith Parker, wife of Tacoma Mayor Mike Parker, is also pictured above. President Carter made an appeal to labor, addressing a friendly, largely blue-collared group of 300 workers, and pledged full support for a strong merchant marine. (TNT 9-24-80, A-1, 2) (Individuals have been identified in ink on this photograph)

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President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding on a rainfilled July day in 1923 as the presidential party visited Tacoma for a brief five hours. Thousands had lined Pacific Avenue to greet the President and cheer his motorcade from Union Depot to the Tacoma Hotel. After a packed reception at the hotel, President Harding and wife Florence would travel to Stadium Bowl where he delivered a short speech. The President stood as his automobile circled the track, waving to the 25,000 spectators who had braved the drizzle and downpours to view the momentous occasion. (TNT 7-5-23, p. 1-article)

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Mayor Harold Tollefson (arm extended) exchanged pleasantries with President John F. Kennedy when the President made a brief visit to Tacoma in September of 1963. Also smiling are Congressman Thor Tollefson (extreme right) and Pacific Lutheran University president Dr. Robert Mortvedt. The President addressed an overflowing Cheney Stadium crowd estimated at 25,000 on the need to preserve natural resources and the importance of education. His visit was jointly sponsored by the University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University, and was part of a 10,000 mile presidential trip through twelve states. (TNT 9-27-63, A-1, 2-articles)

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President John F. Kennedy delivered a short, empassioned address to the 25,000+ people crammed into Cheney Stadium on September 27, 1963. He shared a platform decorated from Western State Hospital's nursery with presidents from local universities, Congressmen and Senators, and municipal officials. From l. to r. are Congressman Thor Tollefson, US Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, Dr. Robert Mortvedt, US Senator Henry M. Jackson, Governor Albert D. Rosellini, unidentifed, Mayor Harold Tollefson. The president had received a standing ovation from the crowd upon his introduction by Senator Warren G. Magnuson. He spoke to the cheering audience about preserving natural resources - both in land and resources as in developing men and women who would preserve free government in a difficult and changing world. This was President Kennedy's first appearance in Tacoma since becoming President in 1960. It was to be his last as he was assassinated in Dallas two months later. (TNT 9-27-63, A-1,2-articles) TPL-10565

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Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Harry S Truman stopped briefly in Tacoma on October 19, 1944, on his way from Portland to Seattle. The local Democratic committee had arranged to have South 12th St. between Pacific and A roped off for an open-air rally. Standing on the make-shift truck platform with Sen. Truman were Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mon C. Wallgren ( left), then a U.S. Senator, and Congressman John M. Coffee. Kneeling were Wallgren's Tacoma campaign manager and (state) 27th legislative district candidate Dwight Bunnell (left) and attorney John Binns, Pierce County Democratic party chairman. The vice-presidential candidate urged voters to send Warren G. Magnuson to the U.S. Senate, to return Coffee to his district's congressional seat, and to elect Mon C. Wallgren as Washington's governor. All the Democratic candidates shown above went on to victory in November's general elections. (TNT 10-19-44, p. 1; TNT 10-20-44, p. 1, T. Times, 10-20-44, p. 1, T.Times 11-8-44, p. 1) TPL-9900

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Four huge arches spanned Pacific Avenue to welcome President Benjamin Harrison to Tacoma on May 6, 1891. The arch, built of coal taken from the mines of Roslyn, stood near South 13th Street; near its base was a single lump of coal weighing 16,000 pounds. The other arches were built of iron ore from Ellensburgh, wheat and flour from Washington's rich grain fields, and timber. President Harrison arrived by train at 8:00 am from Portland to the roar of a twenty-one gun salute. Although it was raining heavily, thousands flocked to Tacoma's commercial center for a fleeting glimpse of America's twenty-third President. (Also under G68.1-030)

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On November 11, 1918, in celebration of the German surrender to the Allies and the end of World War I, a giant American flag was unfurled from the top of the Perkins building by the staff of the News Tribune so that it draped down the side of the building. As the Armistice agreements were signed, Tacomans flooded out of their offices and factories and into the streets to celebrate. At 11 a.m. the executives of the Tacoma News Tribune swung the enormous flag purchased by the readers of the old Tacoma News into place. The flag was hung from the cornice above the sixth floor and rippled down almost to the sidewalk. A cheer rose from the throats of the crowd at 11th and A and a band struck up "Keep the Home Fires Burning." Not a dry eye remained in the crowd and, with hats over their hearts, Tacoma declared that the Great War was over. (TNT 11/11/1918, pg.1; 11/12/1918, pg. 1-picture)

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Lord Templeton. Vessel Type: Sailing Ship. Built: Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast. Hull: Steel. Launch Date: 5 May 1886. Owner. Irish Shipowners Co. In 1924-1932 she was owned by Coastwise Steamship & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. As a barge she carried ore from Anyox to Tacoma WA USA. (MacFarlane, John M. ΓÇ£The Nauticapedia.ΓÇ¥ Kisbee Ring Kisbey Ring, or Kisbie Ring, 2018, www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Lord%2BTempleton&id=9365&Page=1&input=Lord%2BTempleton)

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Susie M. Plummer. Four-masted schooner. Built 1890 in Thomaston, ME. Gross tonnage 920, net tonnage 808, length 181'6", breadth 37'6", depth 17'6". Home port San Francisco. (Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Navigation. Merchant Vessels of the United States. 1907. Pg. 139)

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Meteor

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Courtney Ford, Portluck, and Eric pulled by the tug Tacoma. The Courtney Ford (originally a skysail brig, but rerigged late in 1901 as a three -masted schooner) was wrecked September 7, 1902 on Glen Island, Izembek Bay, her hull being still fairly intact after more than 60 years on the beach. (Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1902, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle : Superior Pub. Co., 1977, p. 84.) Eric, four-masted schooner of 574 tons and 750 M capacity, was built by Hall Bros. In 1917, the Eric was sold for $65,000 to Burns Philp Co., the Australian copra merchants, but retained U. S. registry. In December, 1923, she put into Honolulu, waterlogged, on a voyage from Clallam Bay, B. C., to Brisbane, Australia; but was repaired and completed the voyage. On her return to San Francisco, the Eric was sold to J. E. Shields of Seattle, and in January, 1925, was towed to that port. There she was sold to Sir Guy Gaunt, and went under British registry for a world cruise. John Lyman, "Pacific Coast-Built Sailers, 1850-1950" The Marine Digest. April 5, 1941, p. 2.

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Crown of Germany. The four masted steel barque 'Crown of Germany', 2241 tons, 284.4 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1892 Workman, Clark and Co. Belfast. Owners Crown SS Co. Ltd. (J Reid and Co) registered Belfast c.1902/3 Crown of Germany Ship Co. Potter Bros. registered London. In 1910 sold to Hamburg and renamed Fischbek. On her first voyage was wrecked in Le Maire Straits near Cape Horn, August 1910. (State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/5/90)

Sailing ships; barks; barques;

Benjamin F. Packard 244-foot square-rigged sailing ship launched in Bath on November 15, 1883. Originally built by Goss, Sawyer & Packard, Bath, Maine for transporting cargo between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans around Cape Horn. "BenjaminF.Packard.ΓÇ¥ BenjaminF.PackardHouse, 2018, benjaminfpackardhouse.com/history

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Schooner Premier. Built in 1876 in Port Ludlow by Hall Brothers. Wrecked in May 13, 1919 near Unimak Island, Alaska. (Windjammers of the Pacific Rim : the coastal commercial sailing vessels of the yesteryears by Jim Gibbs, p. 178)

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Clan Graham. A four-masted steel barque built in 1893 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions 86,17×12,29×7,46 meters [282'9"×40'4"×24'6"] and tonnage 2147 GRT and 1976 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double top- and topgallant sails. Sistership to the same owner's four-masted barque Clan Galbraith. Renamed Asheim 1917, scuttled on 8 July 1917 by the German submarine U-53 (Hans Rose), 20 miles northwest of Inistrahull. Asheim was on a voyage from Dublin to New York in ballast. 1 crew member was killed. (Wrecksite, https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163242)

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A. J. Fuller. Built in 1881 in Bath, Maine, the 1849 ton, 229 foot, square rigged ship, A.J. Fuller was originally a notable Down east sky sail-yarder for the Flint & Company fleet. Purchased at the turn of the century by the California Shipping Company and subsequently by Capt- Dermot, she was engaged for several years in the Puget Sound-Australian timber trade. After the outbreak of World War I the A.J. Fuller sailed under the Northwestern Fisheries Company in the Alaskan salmon trade. On October 30, 1919 she arrived in Seattle with a full load of salmon and salt. While sitting at anchor in a dense fog, the steamship Mexico Maru entered the port on a regular trans-Pacific run and collided with the A.J. Fuller. The ten foot hole torn in the bow of the wooden ship caused her to rapidly sink. Although salvage was deemed possible the underwriters decided against it. The approximate position of the A.J. Fuller is 2000 ft offshore of Harbor Island at a depth of 240 feet. (Newell, Gordon

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A. J. Fuller. Built in 1881 in Bath, Maine, the 1849 ton, 229 foot, square rigged ship, A.J. Fuller was originally a notable Down east sky sail-yarder for the Flint & Company fleet. Purchased at the turn of the century by the California Shipping Company and subsequently by Capt- Dermot, she was engaged for several years in the Puget Sound-Australian timber trade. After the outbreak of World War I the A.J. Fuller sailed under the Northwestern Fisheries Company in the Alaskan salmon trade. On October 30, 1919 she arrived in Seattle with a full load of salmon and salt. While sitting at anchor in a dense fog, the steamship Mexico Maru entered the port on a regular trans-Pacific run and collided with the A.J. Fuller. The ten foot hole torn in the bow of the wooden ship caused her to rapidly sink. Although salvage was deemed possible the underwriters decided against it. The approximate position of the A.J. Fuller is 2000 ft offshore of Harbor Island at a depth of 240 feet. (Newell, Gordon R. he H. W. McCurdy marine history of the Pacific Northwest.Seattle Superior Pub. Co., 1966, 163, 300)

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Four-masted barque built by Messrs. A. Sewall and Co. in 1892 on the Kennebec River at Bath, Maine, in the United States. With the exception of Great Republic, she was the largest wooden ship ever built in an American yard. Her gross register tonnage was 3,347, but on a draft of 27 feet (8.2 meters) she could stow away 2,000 additional tons.[1] Her length was 311 feet (94.8 meters), her beam 49 feet (14.9 meters), and her hold depth 29 feet (8.8 meters).[2] Her lower yards were 95 feet (29 meters) long, and her foremast truck was 180 feet (54.9 meters) from the deck. The keel was in two tiers of 16-inch (40.6- cm) white oak, her garboards were eight inches (20.3 cm) thick, and her ceiling in the lower hold was 14 inches (35.6 cm). Into her construction went 1,250,000 board feet of yellow pine, 14,000 cubic feet (396.4 cubic meters) of oak, 98,000 treenails, and 550 hackmatack knees.[1] Roanoke left New York City on her final voyage in June 1904 and was involved in a serious collision with the British steamship Llangibby off the coast of South America in August 1904, requiring repairs for three months in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3] After delivering cargo to Australia, Roanoke was loading chromium ore near Nouméa, New Caledonia, when she was destroyed by fire on the night of August 10, 1905.[2] ( Wikipedia contributors. (2019, January 4). Roanoke (ship). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:16, January 10, 2019, from <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roanoke_(ship)&oldid=876789663&gt;)

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Prussia. American transport clipper (ex-barque - bark) sailing ship. Built by Houghton Brothers, Bath, ME in 1869. Tonnage: 1212 nrt, dimensions: 56.1 x 11.1 x 7.3 m. Wood rigged, 3 masts (full-rigged). Lost: 06/19/1907 in Flinders Bay, Isla de los Estados, Argentina. (Wrecksite, https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?172298)

Sailing ships; Clippers; Barques; Barks;

J. D. Peters. The merchant vessel registry describes the Peters as a 182ft sailing bark built in 1875 in Bath, Maine, and operating out of Port Townsend, Washington. It had a crew of 15 and a gross tonnage of 1,085. Registry number was 75809, and call numbers were J.R.L.F. It was owned by the Northwestern Fisheries Co during that time, and probably transported fish from multiple canneries in Alaska. In 1912 it was listed as a schooner, vs a bark. The Peters remained on the registry until at least 1928, when it had a crew of 5 and was hauling freight for the Booth Fisheries Co. (Emerson, Gabe. Funter Bay History: Ships Part IV, Saveitforparts, 04/16/2014. https://saveitforparts.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/funter-bay-history-ships-part-iv/)

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Tweedsdale. Four masted iron barque 'Tweedsdale', 1460 tons, under sail iron 4 mast barque, 1460 tons, ON76767, 244.4 x 37.4 x 22.6. Built 1877 (4) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: J&A Roxburgh, registered Glasgow, later Hatfield, Cameron and Co. Said to have been the first iron hulled sailing ship [and also the smallest ever built] rigged as a four mast barque. (State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/18/43)

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Muskoka. Four-masted steel bark, built 1891 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton, England. Lenght 316', breath 40', depth 26'6", tonnage 2,350. (Industries and Iron, V. 11, October 9, 1891, p. 352)

Sailing ships; Barks; Barques;

The Everett G. Griggs was a Canadian six-masted barkentine, built 1883 at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, as the four-masted ship Lord Wolseley. Lord Wolseley delivered to Irish Shipowners Co. (T. Dixon & Sons), Belfast. 1898 sold to J.C. Tidemann & Co., Bremen, was reduced to barque rig and renamed Columbia. 1904 sold to C.E. Peabody, Vancouver, was remasted and rerigged to a six-masted barkentine and renamed Everett G. Griggs. 1910 sold to E.R. Stirling, Blaine, WA, and was renamed E.R. Sterling. Broken up at Sunderland in 1928. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Everett_G._Griggs_(ship,_1883). Captured 02/14/2019)

Sailing ships; Barkentines; Barques; Barks;

The iron ship 'Brynhilda', 1502 tons, 240.5 x 38.0 x 221.7. Built 1885 Brynhilda Ship Co. (JW Carmichael) reg. Glasgow: c.1906 Harvard Shipping Co. (River Plate Co. Ltd) reg. Glasgow during WW1 she passed to American owners without change of name. It is said that her chief claim to fame was an exceptionally fast run from the River Plate to the Semaphore, Port Adelaide in 1905. ((State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/24/80, retrieved 02/15/2019)

Sailing ships; Iron ships;

The iron barque 'Pass of Leny', 1316 tons, under sail, 233.5 x 36.4 x 31.4. Built 1885 London and Glasgow Iron Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Glasgow. Owners: Gibson and Clark, registered Glasgow. c.1910 sold to Italians and renamed 'Minerva'. (State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/17/41, retrieved 02/19/2019)

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Ship name: George Skofield

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