ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Street corner in Tacoma circa 1979. Union Station in right background. The street running horizontally is Pacific Ave. The street in the foreground of the picture is 17th St. The building on right with "Hiring... Teamsters" sign on side is 1701 Commerce.

ca. 1979. In 1979, the Barbary Coast occupied much of the ground floor of the Carlton Hotel,

Carlton Hotel (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Cross at point of roof of unidentified building, circa 1979.

Crosses;

ca. 1979. Antique barber chair in an unidentified barbershop, circa 1979. Decorations on the wall feature barber poles and the slogan "Ask for Wildroot." Wildroot Cream Oil hair tonic was preferred by barbers and comic strip character Dick Tracy. By the late seventies when this picture was taken, these items would already be collector's items.

Barbershops--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Two different doors at an unidentified location, circa 1979. Door on left is labelled "A" and door on right is "B."

Doors & doorways--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Cracked window at unidentified location, circa 1979. Window has leaded glass pattern at top.

Leaded glass windows;

ca. 1979. Architectural detail on the Samson Hotel, 1152-56 Fawcett Ave.

Samson Hotel (Tacoma); Apartment houses--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. The Moorish building behind the billboards is 616 Saint Helens Ave, home in the early 1940's to the Anson C. Hart Co., Packard Sales & Service. In this picture, taken around 1979, part of his name shows on the side of the building. It is partially masked by two billboards, one for Canadian Club and one for Tropical Blend suntan oil. In 1979, this address was home to Bank & Office Interiors, an office furniture store.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; Billboards; Anson C. Hart Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Travelers patiently wait in the lobby of the Greyhound Bus Terminal in 1979. The bus station was built in 1959 from an "ultra modern" design by Decker, Christenson & Kitchin of Seattle. By 2000, the ultra modern building was considered an eyesore and it was demolished.

Bus terminals--Tacoma; Greyhound Bus Terminal (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Roof line of the Northern Pacific Headquarters Building, 621 Pacific Ave.

Public Safety Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Newly constructed Schuster Parkway, formerly Bayside Dr., circa 1979. Schuster Parkway is a 4-lane divided expressway connecting the end of I-705 to the older part of Tacoma. ("Old Town") Bayside Dr. was renamed Schuster Parkway in May of 1975 in honor of former Public Works head Gilbert M. Schuster who had died in June of 1974.

Parkways; Road construction--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Newly constructed Schuster Parkway, formerly Bayside Dr., circa 1979. Schuster Parkway is a 4-lane divided expressway connecting the end of I-705 to the older part of Tacoma. ("Old Town") Bayside Dr. was renamed Schuster Parkway in May of 1975 in honor of former Public Works head Gilbert M. Schuster who had died in June of 1974.

Parkways; Road construction--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. The ornate outline of the Samson Hotel, 1152-56 Fawcett Ave., shows clearly against a more modern office building in this Cysewski picture from 1979. The Hotel was built in 1889 from a design by F.A. Sexton and was converted to apartments in 1928. After several fires, the building was demolished in 1989. The site, in 2007, is a vacant lot.

Samson Hotel (Tacoma); Apartment houses--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. Trees, circa 1979.

Trees;

ca. 1979. Pigeons roost on roof of an unidentified building with scaffolding, circa 1979.

Pigeons;

ca. 1979. Photograph taken from what is now the University of Washington, Tacoma campus, looking east toward the Tideflats. In the center is the dome of Union Station, 1717 Pacific Ave., and on the right is the side of the West Coast Grocery building, 1732-38 Pacific Ave.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; University of Washington (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Unidentified house in Tacoma, circa 1979. The building next door looks like a church.

Houses--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Religious figurine,viewed from the back, on the dashboard of a car, circa 1979.

Religious articles; Figurines;

ca. 1979. Image of a cross against the outline of the Light and Water Co. standpipe, circa 1979. The standpipe was completed in 1890 and is located near St. Joseph Hospital.

Water towers--Tacoma; Public utility companies--Tacoma; Water supply--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma); J Street Standpipe (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Trees at an unidentified Tacoma intersection; city view in background, circa 1979.

Trees; Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Image of a cross against the outline of the Light and Water Co. standpipe, circa 1979. The standpipe was completed in 1890 and is located near St. Joseph Hospital.

Water towers--Tacoma; Public utility companies--Tacoma; Water supply--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma); J Street Standpipe (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Unidentifed woman with luggage beside bus with an open door, circa 1979.

Bus travel; Luggage; Passengers--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. Unidentified architectural detail, possibly a window.

Architectural elements;

ca. 1979. Architectural detail on unidentified building, circa 1979.

Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments;

ca. 1979. Sign on unidentified building, circa 1979, "You may not have a friend in the world....but you can find one here!!" This sign was along the front entrance of The old site of the Tacoma Rescue Mission as seen in image CYS-T344

Signs (Notices);

ca. 1979. The focus for this 1979 photograph was the plants growing wildly from the crevices of the Commerce Street face of the structures located at, left to right, 1523 Broadway and 1519-21 Broadway. Both buildings have since been demolished and this is now the site of the Convention Center.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Broken window in an unidentified building, circa 1979.

Windows--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. View from So. Jefferson Ave., looking toward the Swiss Hall, 1902-04 Jefferson Ave. (in the center of the photograph.) The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, 1552 Jefferson, can be seen in the front right. From the left side of the photo are the Dougan Block, 1721-25 Jefferson, and 1731-37 Jefferson, formerly the Tacoma Biscuit and Candy Shop, now home to the Spaghetti Factory.

Swiss Hall (Tacoma); Carlton Hotel (Tacoma); Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;