Another view of President Jimmy Carter in profile. This photograph was probably taken at the conclusion of the President's September 23, 1980, stay in Tacoma while at the Democratic fundraiser at the Bicentennial Pavilion. Running on a tight schedule, President Carter had arrived at 4:05 pm at McChord AFB and was to leave at about 7 pm the same day. He was on a whirlwind two-day, four-state campaign swing.

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President Jimmy Carter glances at his audience during a speech given while visiting Tacoma briefly on September 23, 1980. Tacoma Mayor Mike Parker (left in background) and an unidentified man shared the stage with the President. This photograph was probably taken at the Bicentennial Pavilion where about 125 Democratic faithful had gathered for a $1000-a-couple fundraiser.

Carter, Jimmy; Presidents--United States; Visits of state--Tacoma--1980-1990; Political campaigns; Presidential elections; Public speaking--Tacoma--1980-1990; Mayors--Tacoma--1980-1990; Parker, Michael;

On September 23, 1980, silver-haired President Jimmy Carter made his way through the crowd of press and Secret Service agents as he sought to shake as many hands as possible during his brief stop at the local Carter-Mondale campaign office on Pacific Avenue. The President spent about five minutes before the cheering, boisterous group of supporters. (TNT 9-24-08, p. A-3-article)

Carter, Jimmy; Presidents--United States; Visits of state--Tacoma--1980-1990; Political campaigns; Presidential elections;

President Jimmy Carter is being warmed embraced by an elderly woman who is cradling his head while at a brief campaign stop in Tacoma on September 23, 1980. The President had fearlessly plunged into the crowd of his supporters to meet as many as possible during his short stay. Tacoma Mayor Mike Parker is pictured to the rear of President Carter.

Carter, Jimmy; Presidents--United States; Visits of state--Tacoma--1980-1990; Political campaigns; Presidential elections; Mayors--Tacoma--1980-1990; Parker, Michael;

President Warren G. Harding, in light-colored fedora and dark topcoat, stands with unidentified companions in July of 1923. This photograph is believed to have been taken on the occasion of the President's July 5th visit to Tacoma which lasted about five hours. Aside from a parade from Union Station to the Tacoma Hotel where a private reception would be held and an appearance at Stadium Bowl, the only other visit in Tacoma would be to the U.S. Veterans Hospital (Cushman) where the President and Mrs. Harding would meet disabled veterans. (photograph has been badly torn) (TNT 7-3-23, p. 1,2-article)

Harding, Warren G.; Presidents--United States; Visits of state--Tacoma--1920-1930; Guests--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Hand-tinted photograph of dreadnought. The battleship Tennessee, anchored in waters near Stadium Bowl, greets visiting President Warren G. Harding with a mighty 21-gun salute on July 5, 1923. The President was visiting Tacoma for a mere five hours before departing on the USS Henderson for Alaska. Some 25,000 people stood in the rain at Stadium Bowl to welcome President Harding and the presidential party. He, in turn, appeared touched at the vast outpouring of affection from Tacoma's residents and called Tacoma "City Beautiful." (TNT 7-5-23, p. 1-article)

Battleships--United States; Visits of state--Tacoma--1920-1930; Guests--Tacoma--1920-1930;

An estimated 25,000 people jammed into every corner of Cheney Stadium to hear President John F. Kennedy speak. Behind President Kennedy, from left to right, are PLU President Robert Mortvedt, Senators Warren Magnuson and Henry Jackson, and Governor Albert Rosellini. Despite the overwhelming crowd, the President stopped to greet people as he nudged his way out of the stadium at the conclusion of the event. Two months later, President Kennedy was mortally wounded as he waved to crowds lining the streets in Dallas, Texas. TPL-5456

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963; Jackson, Henry M., 1912-1983; Legislators--Washington; Mortvedt, Robert; Magnuson, Warren G., 1905-1989; Rosellini, Albert D.; Presidents--United States; Governors; Visits of state--Tacoma--1960-1970;

President John F. Kennedy, flanked by Pacific Lutheran University president Dr. Robert Mortvedt (left) and University of Puget Sound president Dr. R. Franklin Thompson (right), entered Cheney Stadium under the watchful eyes of police and Secret Service agents near noontime, September 27, 1963. The President had been invited to speak by the heads of the two universities. He had flown in from Sea-Tac Airport via special Marine helicopter along with U.S. Senators Henry Jackson and Warren Magnuson and Washington State Governor Albert Rosellini. About 25,000 people jammed into Cheney Stadium for this special occasion. TPL-10586

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963; Presidents--United States; Visits of state--Tacoma--1960-1970; Mortvedt, Robert; Thompson, R. Franklin, 1908-1999; Cheney Stadium (Tacoma);

On May 14, 1958, Prince Bertil of Sweden has emerged from his vehicle and will be entering the Viking Smorgasbord, 9702 South Tacoma Way, Lakewood. The Viking Smorgasbord featured American and Swedish cuisine with one of the largest smorgasbords in the Northwest. The Prince spent two hours at the Viking Smorgasbord, enjoyed their delicious buffet, gave a brief speech and then departed for Portland in Governor Rosellini's vehicle. (TNT 5-15-58, A-1-article)

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland; Foreign visitors--Sweden; Viking Smorgasbord (Lakewood);

Prince Bertil of Sweden graciously shakes hands with an employee of the Viking Smorgasbord, 9702 South Tacoma Way, on May 14, 1958. The Prince had dined on Swedish dishes at the large buffet and would shake hands with everyone that jammed the restaurant for the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce-sponsored two-hour luncheon. Prince Bertil, 46 and third in line to Sweden's throne, was in the United States primarily to take part in ceremonies honoring the 100th anniversary of Minnesota's statehood and the state's settlement by Scandinavian immigrants. He then traveled to Seattle, stopped briefly in Tacoma, and then onto Portland. Both Washington and Oregon had large Scandinavian populations. The Prince was accompanied on his journey by his aide, Ove Borlind, marshall of the Swedish Royal Court. (TNT 5-13-58, A-1-article; TNT 5-15-58, A-1-article)

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland; Foreign visitors--Sweden; Viking Smorgasbord (Lakewood); Shaking hands--Lakewood;

Spartan. Wrecked at Spreckelscille on the island of Hawaii August 17, 1905. The Spartan was first owned on the Pacific Coast by P. B. Cornwall of San Francisco. She was built 1874 in Boston by R. E. Jackson. (Gibbs, Jim. Pacific Square-Riggers : Pictorial History of the Great Windships of Yesteryear. 1987. Pg. 87.)

Sailing ships;

Muskoka. British. 300ft. Hull: Steel. (Gibbs, Jim. Pacific Square-Riggers : Pictorial History of the Great Windships of Yesteryear. 1987. Pg. 220.)

Sailing ships; barques; barks;

The four masted steel barque 'Springburn', 2655 tons, under sail [steel 4 mast barque, 2655 tons, ON98318, 296.0 x 45.6 x 25.7. Built 1892 (2) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: R Shankland and Co., registered Greenock, 1906 sold to AD Bordes et Fils, and renamed 'Alexandre'. Sunk during WW1. 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+1373/11/90

Sailing ships; Barques; Barks;

Bark Gatherer.

Sailing ships;

Grenada. The four-masted steel barque 'Grenada', 2268 tons, anchored in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2268 tons. ON104591, 278.4 x 42.0 x 24.1. Built 1894 (11) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: P Denniston and Co. registered Glasgow c.1900 Lang and Fulton then Gwalia Shipping Co. (Roberts, Owen and Co. ) Captured by German submarine 32 miles SW by S from Beachy Head, Nov. 22, 1916 and sunk by gunfire. (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+1373/17/60)

Sailing ships; barks; barques;

Abner Coburn. Built 1882 by William Rogers in Bath, ME. Tonnage 1,972, length 225', beam 43'2", depth 18'5". Managed by builder, later by Pendelton, Carver & Nichols. Sold in 1900 to California Shipping Co., San Francisco, and in 1912 to Libby, McNeill & Libby, salmon canners. Burned about 1929 for her metal. (William Armstrong Fairburn. Merchant Sail. Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, Inc., Center Lovell, Maine, 1945-1955, III: 1685; V: 3223)

Sailing ships;

Antigone. Iron bark, built 1889 in Kiel, Germany. Lenght 236', tonnage 1,490. Operated out of Hamburg, Germany, under the ownership of M. G. Amsinck. (Gibbs, Jim. Pacific Square-Riggers. West Chester, Pa. : Schiffer Pub., c1987. Pg. 116)

Sailing ships; Barks; Barques;

Bark Gatherer.

Sailing ships;

Unknown bark

Sailing ships; Barks, Barques;

Clipper Flying Cloud.

Sailing ships;

Ship name: Challenger

Sailing ships;

Ship name: M. P. Grace

Sailing ships;

Ship name: Skagit

Sailing ships; Barkentines;

Unknown sailing ship

Sailing ships;

On board the U.S.S. Lexington, aircraft carrier known as the "Queen of the Flattops,"in mid-December, 1929, were those instrumental in bringing emergency power to Tacoma. L-R, Chief Engineer Lt. Cdr. H.L. White, General Electric (maker and owner of the generators) representative Robert E. Lee, Utilities Commissioner Ira S. Davisson, City Light Supt. Llewellyn Evans, Tacoma Mayor James G. Newbegin (appointed in March of 1929 to replace the resigning Melvin G. Tennent), and ship commander, Frank D. Berrien. Tacoma experienced a severe shortage of electricity due to drought conditions; the Lexington, with its enormous generators, would deliver over 4 million kilowatts or about 25% of the city's power. TPL-1775. ALBUM 16.

U.S.S. Lexington (United States Navy); Aircraft carriers--United States; White, H.L.; Lee, Robert E.; Davisson, Ira; Evans, Llewellyn; Newbegin, James G.; Berrien, Frank D.; Power shortages--Tacoma; Mayors--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1929. U.S.S. Lexington, aircraft carrier, who came to the aid of the City of Tacoma and provided electricity from mid-December, 1929, to mid-January, 1930. The ship was berthed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton with Capt. Frank D. Berrien in command. The fourth Navy ship to bear that name, she had been built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy, Mass. Her overall length was 888 feet and she had four turbo-generators. TPL-1937

U.S.S. Lexington (United States Navy); Aircraft carriers--United States;

Moonlight on Puget Sound - U.S.S. Nipsic in fore ground.

ca. 1905. This drydock is believed to be the Dockton drydock on Vashon Island circa 1905. It was the only drydock in the south Puget Sound at that time for large boats. See TPL 1007 for another view of the drydock.

Boat & ship industry; Piers & wharves;

ca. 1929. Wooden ramp built at the Tacoma Field to be used by Harold Bromley to help get his monoplane "City of Tacoma" airborne during its attempt at a transPacific Tacoma to Tokyo flight. Tacomans were so enthused with Bromley's proposed flight that they voted a $300,000 bond to build a 5,400 foot airstrip at the Tacoma Field, now part of McChord Air Force Base. The ramp was 100 feet and built of wood. It was designed to add enough speed to be the equivalent of 1,000 feet of additional runway. Bromley's huge monoplane weighed 8,850 pounds when loaded and would need the extra lift.

Bromley, Harold--Associated objects; Tacoma Field (Lakewood); Airports--Lakewood--1920-1930; Aeronautics--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Legislative Building. The stately Legislative (Capitol) Building in Olympia looks complete in the above photograph taken about 1927. The building had Doric-colonnaded wings to the north and south and central colonnaded and pedimented entrance porticoes between. Its walls were thick, 12 inches of stone facing together with brick or concrete backing with an overall thickness of 2 feet, 5 inches. The large oval in front of the massive steps appears to be a lush grass lawn. (Johnston: Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders)

Legislative Building (Olympia);