Laying floor covering at Devlin Home, DFPA, Hal Dixon. Two workmen are laying asbestos tile over a plywood sub-floor using a dark, very sticky adhesive. These are some of the final touches in completing the Devlin's renovated home on Steilacoom Lake.

Houses--Lakewood--1940-1950; Plywood; Devlin, Charles E.--Homes & haunts; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma)--Products; Tile flooring--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Front of home at 6021 Pacific Ave. An exterior view of the one-story house with a two-car garage. The clapboards have been painted white. The lawn slopes up to the front of the house and the walkway has a gentle curve from the driveway. A trellis provides privacy on the right side of the house.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950;

After photograph of 1022 East Harrison, Helander Co. This two-story home was built for D.H. Cantwell in 1910. A bay-window is seen on the left side of the home, newly re-shingled by Helander and Company.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Helander & Co. (Tacoma);

A study area has been included in the bedroom that was part of the new second-story addition to Verne Carlson's residence in 1950. His older daughter is typing at a desk with a goose-neck lamp on the corner. A combination radio-phonograph is shown on a table that has a storage area below for phonograph records. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Hal Dixon.

Carlson, Verne--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Building materials; Girls--Tacoma--1950-1960; Teenagers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bedrooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Typewriters; Radios; Phonographs;

A two-story, Dutch Colonial home of W. Kostick, at 115 7th St. in Auburn, has recently been resided with wide shingles. Concrete steps, set at an angle to the house, lead up to the front door. The downspout curves to be able to follow the line of one of the double supporting columns at the front of the porch. Ordered by Linwood Sales. Compare with D49,047-2.

Houses--Auburn--1950-1960; Linwood Sales Co. (Tacoma); Kostick, W.--Homes & haunts; Then & now comparisons;

Exterior of plywood house owned by Mr. H.J. Cox, Eugene, Oregon. This one-story home has been covered with wide pieces of plywood painted a light color with narrow banding between each piece painted a dark color. The roof is extended over the sides of the house and large, picture windows are seen on this side of the home. Orderd by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Hal Dixon.

Houses--Oregon--Eugene; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Building materials;

A house and shed perch at the top of a cliff above where dirt is being removed for construction near Puyallup Ave. in Tacoma. This is possibly the site that is being cleared for the construction of Tacoma's new sanitation plant.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Alleys--Tacoma;

Plywood cut into wide shingles is being applied to the exterior of the house at 2514 McCarver. A chimney of light-colored brick is seen to the left of the carpenter. The interior of the home is still unfinished. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Hal Dixon.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building materials; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

A carpenter is applying plywood cut into wide shingles to the exterior of the house at 2514 McCarver. Windows have already been installed. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Hal Dixon.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building materials; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

In process photograph of siding being applied at 1022 No. Prospect. Home Improvement Company, Seattle.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Then & now comparisons;

After photograph, of the three-story apartment house at 13th and Market, the LeRoy Apartments. The detailing in the window shapes has been repeated in the detail at the cornice. A man looks out from the upper, front window. The sign on the lower left corner indicates the building was recently reshingled with John's-Manville asbestos shingles by Blair Construction. Ordered by Blair Construction Company, Mr. Blair.

Apartment houses--Tacoma; Building materials; Blair Construction Co. (Tacoma);

Exposure of house at 4551 Sixth Avenue. This exterior view of the home located at 4551 Sixth Avenue was taken on July 11, 1950. It was the residence of Thomas T. and Belle B. Richmond. Built in 1927, this Tudor-style home had a steeply pitched roof and arched doorways and windows. There was a small balcony built above a side entry which overlooked the yard's many bushes and shrubs. TPL-9522

Dwellings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Yards--Tacoma--1950-1960;

House being lowered on barge for 4th of July show. A house is being carefully lowered by crane onto a barge at the Port of Tacoma and will be towed to Commencement Bay. As the sign on the old wood framed house proclaims, it will be set afire on the evening of the 4th of July as part of the Tacoma Athletic Commission's Big Free Show. The City Fireboat will be present to extinguish the flames.

Housing--Tacoma; Barges--Tacoma; Fourth of July celebrations; Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma); Fireboats--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Rhodes Brothers Department Store offered Tacoma one of the largest and most complete shopping selections available. Rhodes had remodeled and enlarged many of their departments over the past few years. View of building and remodeling progress at Rhodes Brothers Department Store during December of 1948 where laborers are applying glue and sealant to the plywood panels.

Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Department stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Remodeling--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Construction workers--Tacoma; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Rhodes Brothers Department stores had been remodeling and modernizing their facilities for many years, since World War II had ended. Rhodes was one of the nicest stores in Tacoma, located on Broadway in the downtown district. View of building and remodeling progress on Rhodes Brothers Department Store, laborers are applying plywood panels to ceiling of building; photo ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Building construction--Tacoma; Department stores--Tacoma; Plywood; Construction workers--Tacoma; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

The building had a modern heat pump that was used in heating and cooling the facilities. This heat pump could extract heat or cold from well water as deep as 500 feet below the building. View of unidentified man in work area, possibly located in the basement; in Portland's Equitable Building, now known as the Commonwealth Building.

Commercial facilities--Oregon--Portland; Office buildings--Oregon--Portland; Architecture--Oregon--Portland; Architects; Belluschi, Pietro; Equitable Building (Portland, Or.); Commonwealth Building (Portland, Or.);

The Equitable Building was an amazing combination of two-toned aluminum and glass, with not a square inch of masonry showing above the first floor. It had innovative big window panels filled with green tinted, heat absorbing glass. 1949 exterior view of the Equitable Building and neon sign above, now known as the Commonwealth Building in Portland, Oregon.

Commercial facilities--Oregon--Portland; Office buildings--Oregon--Portland; Architecture--Oregon--Portland; Architects; Belluschi, Pietro; Equitable Building (Portland, Or.); Commonwealth Building (Portland, Or.);

The windows in the building stretch from column to column, but not from floor to ceiling. This building made a striking advance in technological skyscraper planning. Architect Pietro Belluschi's design was able to achieve a perfect expression of the standard concrete cage. Exterior view of the Equitable Building, now known as the Commonwealth Building in Portland, Oregon.

Commercial facilities--Oregon--Portland; Office buildings--Oregon--Portland; Architecture--Oregon--Portland; Architects; Belluschi, Pietro; Equitable Building (Portland, Or.); Commonwealth Building (Portland, Or.);

The Equitable Building was the first skyscraper to be constructed in Portland in 25 years. Pietro Belluschi was highly praised for the design innovations and the buildings straight forward use of materials. Interior view of office space in Portland's Equitable Building, now known as the Commonwealth Building; unidentified man is working at his desk, downtown Portland view through his office window.

Commercial facilities--Oregon--Portland; Office buildings--Oregon--Portland; Architecture--Oregon--Portland; Architects; Belluschi, Pietro; Equitable Building (Portland, Or.); Commonwealth Building (Portland, Or.);

This new modern building, designed by Northwest architect Pietro Belluschi, was not well received in Portland at first, because of the "skeleton outline" structure. It later became the standard example in new and modern office facilities throughout the nation. Exterior view of the Equitable Building, now known as the Commonwealth Building in Portland, Oregon.

Commercial facilities--Oregon--Portland; Office buildings--Oregon--Portland; Architecture--Oregon--Portland; Architects; Belluschi, Pietro; Equitable Building (Portland, Or.); Commonwealth Building (Portland, Or.);

George G. Franklin's family home was the winner of the Tacoma Times House Beautiful contest in 1947, this house had also been nominated in 1920. The home, located in Tacoma's Stadium-Annie Wright Historical District, eventually became the Central Lutheran Church Parsonage in 1975. Interior view of one of the bedrooms; a fireplace helps keep the bedroom warm in the cold winter months.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boudoirs--Tacoma; Fireplaces--Tacoma; Beds; Bedspreads; Bedrooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Franklin, Alice S.--Associated objects; Franklin, George G.--Homes & haunts;

In 1889 James N. Buckley was planning to build an elaborate house on this lot and a local newspaper featured a story with describing the future home. For some unknown reason the house was never built. Charles H. Hyde had this house at 425 Tacoma Avenue North built in 1905; it was later owned by Harold A. Allen, Henry Rhodes and George G. Franklin. Interior view of the spacious and beautifully decorated living room with sofas, chairs, paintings, lamps and tables. This photograph was taken on January 5, 1949.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Living rooms--Tacoma; Lamps; Draperies; Seating furniture--Tacoma; Franklin, George G.--Homes & haunts;

Veterans of Foreign Wars was having their 28th annual affair with a four day convention, downtown parade and memorial services at Wright Park. View of marching unit on Broadway, The Owl Drug Company and Mannings Market in background, crowd is gathered on both sides of Broadway to watch the parade (T. Times, 6/24/48, p. 1). TPL-9771

Business districts--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Military art & science; Marching--Tacoma; Stores & shops--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Veterans of Foreign Wars (Tacoma);

Aerial view of Tacoma's downtown business district, City Waterway, Shaffer Terminals, railroad tracks, The Fisher Company, Rust building, Mobilgas sign, Home Electric Company, Schoenfeld's building, Lyon Storage building, "Coca-Cola" billboards, Puget Sound National Bank building, Perkins Building on A Street and many other prominent downtown buildings are featured in photo. TPL-1446

Business districts--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Cityscapes; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

Aerial view of downtown Tacoma, residential and business area can be seen throughout the image. Commencement Bay, City Waterway, Shaffer Terminals, Union Station, railroad tracks and bridges connecting downtown Tacoma to the Port of Tacoma on right side.

Business districts--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cityscapes; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

Aerial view of downtown Tacoma, on Pacific Avenue the Riviera Theatre, The Bank of California, Tones, Rust Building and the Washington Building with the Mobilgas sign can be identified. The Music Box and the Roxy Theatre on South 9th Street are in the center of photo; Hotel Lawrence and a parking lot located on A Street are on lower left side of image. TPL-1442

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business districts--Tacoma; Cityscapes; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

Hundreds of people enjoyed the 2-hour bus tour of the entries in the 2nd Annual Tacoma Beautiful Contest, afterwards everyone gathered at Hotel Winthrop's Crystal Ballroom for a tea reception and awaited the announcement of the winners. Leon Titus announced the winners and awarded the prizes. View of John Kellson's home, garden is on opposite side, lamppost in foreground, the Kellson home was awarded 2nd place (T. Times, 7/12/48, p. 1).

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Yards--Tacoma; Lampposts--Tacoma; Lawns--Tacoma; Contests--Tacoma; Competition entries--Tacoma; Gardens--Tacoma; Gardening--Tacoma; Kellson, John W.--Homes & haunts;

John J. Hewitt house, Delano and Aldrich with Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects; 1925. Exterior view of house.

Dwellings - Houses - Tacoma

In September 1948, 62,559 residents in Tacoma had telephones; this number would continue to increase as the phone company got closer to completing their expansion and improvement program. The telephone growth rate was three times as fast as before and during World War II. The Fawcett building was four stories with a basement of steel frame construction, fireproof and reinforced concrete with brick and terra cotta facing; the building addition was at the rear of the main building. View of building progress at the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company; scaffolding provided by the Safway Steel Scaffolding Company.

Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Remodeling--Tacoma; Progress photographs; Scaffolding--Tacoma; Safway Steel Scaffolding Co. (Tacoma); Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Pietro Belluschi amazed the world with his modern office building in Portland, Oregon. The Equitable Building, later known as the Commonwealth Building, was an ethereal tower of sea green glass and aluminum. This was the first skyscraper to be built in over twenty five years in Portland. Aerial view of Portland's downtown business district.

Commercial facilities--Oregon--Portland; Office buildings--Oregon--Portland; Architecture--Oregon--Portland; Architects; Belluschi, Pietro; Equitable Building (Portland, Or.); Commonwealth Building (Portland, Or.);