Back of Photo: News (Photo by Russ Carmack) Judy Kipp, from the Tacoma Historical Society, reads from her notes at the corner of S. 11th and A. St. pointing out the local sites such as the Weyerhaeuser Co. Building which use of be called the Tacoma Building. Also from that location is the Perkins Building which was completed in 1906, and prior to the construction of the Eleventh Street Bridge in 1911. The VIP group went on a modified version of Walking Tour 2. some of the other sites they saw was the Bank of California, the Pantages Theatre, the location of the old Peoples-Store, The Rhodes Store, and other notable locations.
Back of Photo: Old Central School, Tacoma. May 30, 1889 (a Thursday noon). Looking north from South 12th between G and Yakima. Crowd is listening to Prof. F. Gault, Tacoma school supt., introduce Gov. Miles C. Moore.
Back of Photo: This sketch by Haer team architect Tom Kuniholm shows one portion of the Union Depot district which might benefit from the 1976 Tax Reform Act.
Sang Hyon Nairn leaps six men, striking a target in a martial arts demonstration. The mayors of Tacoma and Gunsan City, Korea, celebrated their "sister city" status.
Back of Photo: Serving food in this photo: On left are patrons of the free lunch. On right is Anna Maria Garcia. Next to her is Arturo Garcia, holding another plate of food. Men at the table are not identified. A Mexican style lunch was served at the Nativity House in downtown Tacoma Wednesday. The rice, beans and meat for large burritos were supplied by Arturo Garcia, owner of Moctezuma restaurant. The meal was the idea of Anna Maria Garcia, a social worker with the Health Department's AIDs Outreach program. She asked Mr. Garcia, (who is no relation) to provide the food. Father Gary Smith, S. J., is director of the Nativity House. His establishment provided the setting. Anna Maria Garcia said that a table with literature used in the fight against AIDS was placed where the guests would have access to the information. She said many of the people she meets in her work are Latinos. The idea was to give them a Latino meal during Christmas week. Note: McDonald's on 6th Avenue provided the orange drinks. Bruce Kellman/Photo
Back of Photo: The Nativity House, a warm refuge for area homeless, is facing a possible shortage of private donations because of the weak economy. As a means of raising more money to fund the Nativity House, Director Bob Sieber, left, hopes to organize a Beggars banquet fundraiser for February. Next to Sieber, is Henry Prill, a Jesuit Brother from Poland who is spending six months working with Sieber as part of his Jesuit training. Sieber and Prill were passing out warm meals to over 100 homeless recently. Dean J. Koepfler/Photo
