Several interiors and exteriors of stores in Fircrest, Lakewood Log, Charlie Mann. Interior of Paul L. Mickens' Fircrest Pharmacy featuring a fountain, cosmetics, vitamins, shaving needs, tooth pastes and other sundries. Sparklet syphons are featured in the foreground. A clock hangs on the wall at the rear of the store.
Tacoma Fire Department has been in existance for many many years, the first paid fire department was established in 1885. Since this time the department has dramatically increased to help meet the needs of the community. Exterior view of Tacoma Fire Station No. 2, located at 2701 Tacoma Avenue South, seven fire trucks, three have their all-metal ladders up; Mount Rainier in background. TPL-9236
Fire stations--Tacoma; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma; Ladders; Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Tacoma Fire Department, Fire Station No. 2 (Tacoma);
In 1944 the Tacoma Fire Department began an extensive modernization program aimed at upgrading its aging fleet of fire fighting equipment. This picture, taken in June of 1948, shows the fire departments impressive collection of trucks lined up along Tacoma Avenue South in front of Station No. 2. The fleet includes 3 Peter Pirsch 1250-GPM Pumpers with aerial all-steel ladders. TPL-10051
Fire stations--Tacoma; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma; Ladders; Fire fighters--Tacoma; Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Tacoma Fire Department, Fire Station No. 2 (Tacoma);
Interior view of General Mills Sperry Division plant in Tacoma. In 1947 the company had decided to expand their facilities. Sperry Flour products were exported throughout the world and shipped throughout the United States, the company was producing over 12,000 barrels of flour per day in order to fill the world's needs.
View of Collins Junior High graduating "Class of '48", students received their diplomas on school stage, male students appear to be wearing school uniform, girls are wearing graduation dresses, class sponsor or teacher is in the back row center.
Graduation ceremonies--Collins; School children--Collins; Public schools--Collins; Education--Collins; Collins Junior High (Collins);
A group of Tacoma consumers are gathered at the J. R. Watkins Company site, located at 8404 Pacific Avenue, they will receive information on Watkins food products. The representative for the company in Tacoma was Jason H. Slater. View of large group of interested listeners receiving information about Watkin products, food products and sales people are in background.
Construction of signs was one of the "1,000 uses of plywood" being promoted at the annual meeting of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association held in the Winthrop Hotel from June 8-9, 1948. Many signs produced by the Cole & Redmayne Company, the makers of "Vivid Tone" products, were on display. "For Sale" signs, "Carstens" wieners and ham, school zone signs with a little girl and "Susie Q," a policeman and many other plywood cutouts were featured in their sign display area. To the far right, a 2-D version of US Senator and former Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain gave his approval. (TNT 6-10-48, p. 30-article; TNT 6-9-48, p. 1-article) TPL-10179
Plywood; Molded plywood; Signs (Notices); Cutouts; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
Treasure Seals ten cent punch board entitled the person who drew seal number twelve to a modern "Porto-Bar Radio," all other seals received a package of cigarettes. The mini bar has an ice bucket, four shot glasses, six cocktail glasses and two decanters, possibly two bottle openers are located on each side. The radio mini bar would allow you to have a party anywhere.
Ace Furnace and Steel Company promised "Products that Endure" for their customers. Ace was owned by Alvin T. Davies, who also owned Tacoma Boiler Works and Birchfield Boiler Company. Alvin Davies and his steel products producing companies helped build successful industries throughout Tacoma. Interior view of Ace Furnace and Steel Company plant, workers are working on tank with rollers.
Wollander Better Builder Plans and Wollander Farwest Homes had their offices at 8625 Manitou Custer Road Southwest. View of house designed by Willard A. Wollander of Wollander Better Builder Plans and Wollander Farwest Homes. Exterior side view of house, driveway leads up to the single car garage, chimneys are visible, likely a two or three bedroom house.
Real estate business--Tacoma; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Model houses--Tacoma; Wollander Better Builder Plans (Tacoma); Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma);
Carstens Packing Company was the largest independent meat packing company on the West Coast, with plants in Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane. They provided quality assured wieners, beef, bacon, hame, sausage, lamb, pork, veal and many other meat products. View of livestock ranch image, a man and a boy on horses are rounding up the cattle, copy of colored photograph ordered by Carstens Packing Company. Hand tinted copy of the photograph in C33731 image 2.
View of Pierce County Red Cross Chapter's Incorporation documents, signed on June 20, 1898. This document indicates that the State of Washington and Pierce County are recognizing the Red Cross as an official charitable organization in Tacoma and Pierce County. A temporary Secretary has been appointed until the organization elects a new leader. The document has been officially notarized (See also C33888-1, C33888-2, C33888-4 and C33888-5).
Documents; Recording & registration--Tacoma; Archives--Tacoma; Charitable organizations--Tacoma; American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma);
This is an aerial southeastern view of the downtown Tacoma business district and portion of the industrial Tideflats that was taken in August of 1948. Two boats are approaching the 11th Street Bridge (now Murray Morgan Bridge), left center, as it extends over the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway. The two bridges pictured to the right of the Murray Morgan Bridge have since been removed. Prominent structures also include the 17-story, Art Deco-styled Medical Arts Building (now Tacoma Municipal Building) on Market St., the massive Washington Building and Puget Sound National Bank with its spire, both on Pacific Avenue.
Aerial photographs; Bridges--Tacoma--1940-1950; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950; City Waterway (Tacoma); Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Washington Building (Tacoma); Medical Arts Building (Tacoma);
View by air of downtown business district taken in August 1948; includes Market, Broadway, and Commerce streets. Many prominent commercial structures are clearly visible including the 17-story Medical Arts Building on Market St., the uniquely-shaped Bostwick Building, Winthrop Hotel on Broadway, Elks Club and (Old) City Hall found in upper left. Glimpses can be spotted of the sandstone tower of First Baptist Church at bottom of photograph, the Rialto theater, the turret of the Music Box theater and the Roxy (Pantages) nearby.
Aerial photographs; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business districts--Tacoma; Medical Arts Building (Tacoma); (Old) City Hall (Tacoma); Elks Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
Dickman Lumber Co. August, 1948, aerial view of plant operations at the Dickman Lumber Co., 2423 Ruston Way, with focus on log booms and stacked lumber. Dickman Lumber was established in 1889 by Abraham Coon Young as the Young Bros. Shingle Mill and was later purchased by Leonard Howarth and Ralph L. Dickman, Sr., in 1922, subsequently being renamed the Dickman Lumber Co. The finished products turned out by the mill were not only used locally but shipped to countries around the world. Dickman Lumber's operations on Ruston Way were closed in September, 1977, and the mill was gutted by fire in January, 1979. Its ruins were demolished in 1997. (History of Pierce County, Vol. 1, p. 11-13)
Logs are kept ready for the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. operations in convenient log booms. This August, 1948, aerial photograph shows logs floating in the Puyallup and other waterways. Established in 1888, St. Paul & Tacoma had extensive holdings in the Tideflats, sprawling on both sides of East 11th St. They would merge with St. Regis Paper Co. in 1957.
Aerial photographs; Logs; Puyallup Waterway (Tacoma); St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);
Aerial view of business district in Tacoma, office rooftops; photo ordered by Columbia Breweries, possibly to display prominent Tacoma buildings in their future, newly remodeled facilities.
This aerial view of Tacoma, encompassing the buildings between South 9th and South 12th Streets (left to right) and Fawcett and Yakima Avenues (top to bottom), was taken in August of 1948. The building shaped like a large inverted "U" at the bottom right is the Tacoma Vocational School (now Bates). It was undergoing its first expansion since it was originally built in 1941. The old Pierce County Courthouse dominates the center of the picture, with the Armory to its left. Most of the buildings in this the center of this photograph, including the church partially hidden by the courthouse tower, were demolished in the 1950s to make way for the County-City Building which was dedicated in April 1959.
Aerial photographs; State Armory (Tacoma); Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma);
Raleigh Sligar was promoting and sponsoring a boxing event, the fight would be at the State Armory. View of boxer doing his promotional photos at Kelly's Gym, the boxer is ready for his upcoming fight.
African American boxers--Tacoma; Boxing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gymnasiums--Tacoma; Kelly's Gymnasium (Tacoma); Tacoma Boxing Club (Tacoma);
Ida L. Hutchinson celebrated her 93rd birthday with a big party at the Elks Club in July of 1948. Her son Harry and his wife planned the event. Ida was born on July 19, 1855 in Speedsville, New York. She came to Tacoma in 1906 with her husband Frank. She died on February 2, 1949 leaving one son, two daughters, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. (T. Times, 7/22/48, p. 10).
Aged persons--Tacoma; Aging--Tacoma; Longevity; Hutchinson, Ida L.; Birthdays--Tacoma; Rest homes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Resthaven Nursing Home (Tacoma);
Publicity shots made at airfield, CAA. The Tacoma Squadron, Civil Air Patrol sponsored the Tacoma Air Show August 19, 1948, at Spanaway Sky Ranch. The exhibition was for the benefit of the cadets' treasury and funds were used for the purchase of new equipment for the unit. Major Orville French, commanding officer of the squadron, left, shows tickets to Joe Sim, College of Puget Sound student and former Air Force pilot who took an active part in the air show. (TNT, 8/22/1948, p.A-5)
40 et 8 Parade, Times, Sandegren. The 40 et 8 auxiliary of the American Legion was known as the fun group. As part of the Goof Parade men, dressed as women wearing mops for hair, dresses, and on one case, women's underwear on top of long johns, march and play drums and cymbals. They are seen here along Pacific Avenue in front of Puget Sound Auto Electric (wholesale radios at 707 Pacific Avenue) and Bergh-Griggs Company (plumbers at 709 Pacific Avenue).
American Legion (Tacoma); Veteran's organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; 40 et 8 auxiliary (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Goof Parade (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Cross dressing--Tacoma--1940-1950;
For several years in the late 1940s, David Johnston owned and operated the South Side Auto Laundry at 5648 1/2 South Tacoma Way. In this photograph from August of 1948, an unidentified employee steam-cleans the whitewall tires on what appears to be a 1941 Ford Sedan, while a young boy in the front seat leans out the window to watch.
Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cleaning establishments--Tacoma; Cleaning personnel; Car washes--Tacoma; Tires; Signs (Notices); Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma; South Side Auto Laundry (Tacoma);
Jacqueline Mayna Schore announced her engagement to Robert W. Anderson Jr. of Olympia. Her close friends and family gathered for a luncheon held at the Top of the Ocean restaurant, hosted by her mother, Laura Schore. Jacqueline graduated from Stadium High School and attended College of Puget Sound. Her fianc�, Robert, attended St. Martin's College and University of Alaska, he also served as Captain in the Air Corps during World War II. View of Jacqueline standing by the water skiing motif table (T. Times, 7/10/48, p. 9).
Banquets--Tacoma; Table settings & decorations; Marriage proposals; Cakes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma; Schore, Jacqueline Mayna; Top of the Ocean (Tacoma);
A reception tea was held at College of Puget Sound's Anderson Hall on July 31, 1948 to welcome Bishop Kennedy and his wife. More than 125 Methodist ministers from Washington, Oregon and Idaho attended the conference and reception. Methodist ministers would be receiving refresher courses in theology, teaching and religious thinking. View of Bishop and Mrs. Gerald H. Kennedy (T. Times, 7/31/48, p. 2).
Bishops--Tacoma; Kennedy, Gerald H.; Kennedy, Gerald H.--Family; Tea parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Religious meetings--Tacoma; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Hats--1940-1950;
Aerial view of Annie Wright Seminary, Garfield park is between school and Stadium district homes; area visible is between Tacoma Avenue North and Borough Road. Annie Wright Seminary was first established in 1884, it has been at the 827 Tacoma Avenue North site since 1924. The buildings are Tudor Gothic style and were designed by architects Whitney and Dugan.
Interior view of "Coronado's", a Peterson built boat, shaft alley. This room is the distribution center for bait water, brine circulation and refrigeration control. The shaft alley connects to the main engine room and refrigerated storage units. "Coronado" was a 103 foot tuna clipper (Pacific Fisherman, 1949 Yearbook Number, 1/25/49). TPL-8974
Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Equipment; Machinery; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Control rooms--Tacoma; Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);
Interior view of "Coronado's", a Peterson built fishing boat, steering and navigation room. This room is also finished in mahogany plywood panels, compasses, steering wheel and engine controls are all located in this compartment. "Coronado" was furnished with the most modern navigation accessories and equipment (Pacific Fisherman, 1949 Yearbook Number, 1/25/49). TPL-8971
