Scenes from grand opening ceremonies at senior citizen housing. City and civic leaders joined potential occupants at the dedication ceremonies of a newly completed senior citizens 77-unit apartment building located at 12th & "M" Sts. on November 24, 1968. They are pictured gathered in the building's community room that had been just been dedicated in the memory of longtime Bethlehem Baptist Church pastor, Rev. E.B. Wilson. Standing on the far left is Tacoma mayor A.L. Rasmussen. Shiloh Baptist pastor E.S.Brazill is believed to be standing in foreground holding a pamphlet. Photograph ordered by Riconoscuito Advertising. (TNT 11-24-68, B-17, D-8)

Apartment houses--Tacoma--1960-1970; Building dedications--Tacoma--1960-1970; Dedications--Tacoma--1960-1970; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Rasmussen, Albert Lawrence;

Grand opening of senior housing building. The newly completed senior citizens apartment building at So. 12th and "M" was dedicated on November 24, 1968. It was built under the sponsorship of the Tacoma Housing Authority and Senior Centers, Inc. The building's community room was named in memory of the late Rev. E.B. Wilson. For 50 years Rev. Wilson had been a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church and its pastor for 25 of those years. Gerrit VanderEnde, chairman of the board of Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan and chairman of the Tacoma Housing Authority, smiling held one end of the plaque honoring Rev. Wilson which will hang in the community room. The woman sharing the plaque with Mr VanderEnde is believed to be one of the two daughters of the late Rev. Wilson present at the dedication, Mrs. Sadie Armstead and Mrs. Rex Jones of Seattle. The other man in the foreground is believed to be Rev. E.S. Brazill, longtime pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church. City Manager David Rowlands is standing in background at the right. Photograph ordered by Riconoscuito Advertising. (TNT 11-24-68, D-8)

Apartment houses--Tacoma--1960-1970; Building dedications--Tacoma--1960-1970; Dedications--Tacoma--1960-1970; Plaques--Tacoma; VanderEnde, Gerrit; Rowlands, David;

Interior- service station. Fort Lewis had a brand new service station in early 1969. The brightly lit interior had a number of products to serve automotive needs. A large sign informed customers that new AAFES consolidated procurement procedures enabled the post exchange to offer exceptional savings of quality merchandise. Shoppers were advised to look for the "gold shield" symbol on goods. Color photograph ordered by Northwest Area Exchange.

Automotive service stations--Fort Lewis; Merchandise displays--Fort Lewis; Signs (Notices);

Washington State Historical Society president Reno Odlin (r) extends a warm handshake of congratulations to noted sculptor James A. Wehn on November 30, 1968, at the presentation of a plaque commemorating Mr. Wehn's selection as a David Douglas Fellow. The plaque was also signed by secretary Bruce LeRoy and given to Mr. Wehn at the Top of the Ocean. The woman in the photograph is Lillian K. Wehn, his wife. Among his many accomplishments, James Wehn created the iconic Chief Seattle statue in 1912. Photograph ordered by Washington State Historical Society.

Awards; Wehn, James A.; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Wehn, Lillian K.; Shaking hands--Tacoma;

Bank of California grand reopening. A grand celebration would be held from December 11, 1968 to January 10, 1969, in the newly remodeled Bank of California building, 1011-13 Pacific Avenue. Customers and staff mingled in the banking hall on the first day of the celebration, enjoying refreshments and conducting business. New 8-foot chandeliers with Belgian glass globes would hang in the main lobby along with several side lights visible in the above December 11th photograph. Improvements to the bank would include a new drive-up teller window, walk-up teller window, two-level customer parking lot, static-free carpeting, improved lighting and expanded customer conference areas. The Bank of California was managed by Howard O. Scott. Photograph ordered by the Bank of California. (TNT full page ads 12-10-68, p. 10, 11; TNT article 12-10-68, p. 39)

Bank of California National Association (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;

Attention is drawn to the polygon-shaped overhead lighting whose angles reflect that of one of the arched windows found in the Bank of California's trust department on November 20, 1968. The golden colored carpet and oak paneling project a sense of comfortable warmth for both employees and their customers. The Bank of California had been built in 1928 and a $600,000 remodeling project beginning in the summer of 1968 installed new carpeting, chandeliers and wall paneling but left most of the unique Italian Renaissance appearance intact. Color photograph ordered by the Bank of California.

Bank of California National Association (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Office equipment & supplies; Light fixtures;

Ten boys wear the uniforms marking them as "Cheney Studs" as they pose in the Wilson High School gym on February 22, 1969. The beaming man standing next to the team is presumably their coach. Thanks to Ben Cheney's generosity, thousands of area youngsters were able to participate in amateur team sports. Color photograph ordered by the Cheney Lumber Co.

Basketball players--Tacoma--1960-1970; Uniforms;

Framed floor plans and floor covering samples. The new "Westway" residential development in Federal Way had just received five manufactured homes earlier in March of 1969. The framed plans shown above including samples of floor coverings may have been been related to the new homes. Each plan showed a 3-bedroom layout, with one bath and attached carport. The buyer might have had an option of either a family room or dining room. Photograph ordered by the McMullen Marketing Associates, Bellevue.

Blueprints;

Boston's fuel truck. A new Boston's, Inc. fuel truck is parked outside Wright Park on October 24, 1968. The heavy duty Ford has a shiny oil tank with ladder attached. Boston's, Inc. was an authorized oil heat installer and a Richfield Products distributor. Radio dispatched trucks would deliver fuel oil to customers in the area. Owned and operated by Monta E. Boston, Boston's, Inc. was located at 7517 Portland Ave. Photograph ordered by Boston's, Inc.

Boston's, Inc. (Tacoma); Fuel trade--Tacoma; Ford trucks; Wright Park (Tacoma);

ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. This is believed to be the site of the new (National) Bank of Washington plaza in downtown Tacoma. Groundbreaking occurred on February 13, 1969, for the 22-story blockwide development. Cooney Cranes are hard at work at the excavation site located between S. 12th & S. 13th and Pacific & A Street. Rebar rods have been laid. The Federal Building, housing the main branch of the U.S. Post Office at 1102 A St., overlooks the work site.

Building construction--Tacoma--1960-1970; Banks--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery;

1969 Richards stock footage. Nearly lost in a sea of trees is Camp Six. The Camp Six Logging Museum was established in 1964 by logging engineers. Located on a 14-acre site within the Point Defiance Park, Camp Six's mission was to educate the public about the logging era with photographs, paintings, railroad and equipment displays showing how people lived and worked in the logging camps of old. A prime feature is still the Old Number 7 Shay locomotive; it had been retired May of 1964 from the Klickitat Line, the last all-steam logging railroad on the west coast. The Shay was given to Camp Six by the St. Regis Paper Co. The last section of the circular track was completed on June 2, 1969, and the train was to offer rides as soon as volunteer engineers were obtained. Tracks, ties & fittings were donated as well as money to lay rails. The Camp Six museum is staffed by volunteers and admission to the outdoor exhibits is the same in 2005 as in 1964, free. (www.camp-6-museum.org; TNT 6-2-69, p. 25)

Camp Six Logging Museum (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma);

Five members of a Seventh-day Adventist Church pose for a group portrait on November 2, 1968, on the church's Sabbath. The church was located at 1310 So. L St., the former location of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photograph ordered by the Tahoma Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Churches--Tacoma; Religious services--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Operating room, Columbia Veterinary Clinic. Dr. Homer Webb, DVM, owned and operated the Columbia Veterinary Clinic at 5916 Sixth Ave. Dr. Webb, who had studied both at the University of Puget Sound and Washington State University, had a very modern facility. His operating room was equipped with a stainless steel examining table, diagnostic equipment including high intensity lighting, ample cabinets, a sink, and medical supplies. Dr. Webb also had a clinic in The Dalles, Oregon, where he had practiced for 18 years. (TNT ad 1-12-69, B-17)

Columbia Veterinary Clinic (Tacoma); Operating rooms--Tacoma; Veterinary hospitals--Tacoma;

Waiting room, Columbia Veterinary Clinic. Built by Kew Construction, the Columbia Veterinary Clinic, 5916 Sixth Ave., was recently opened for business. It was owned and operated by Dr. Homer Webb, DVM. Dr. Webb had studied at the University of Puget Sound and obtained a degree in veterinary medicine from Washington State University. A look at the clinic's waiting room on January 9, 1969, shows two comfortable modern couches, a receptionist's desk, an array of plants, and abundant frosted windows. (TNT ad 1-12-69, B-17)

Columbia Veterinary Clinic (Tacoma); Waiting rooms--Tacoma--1960-1970; Veterinary hospitals--Tacoma;

Anticipation mounts just prior to the February 14, 1969, drawing for a new deluxe Volkswagen sponsored by the Central Area Progressive Improvement Association. The little girl standing next to the automobile looks prepared to select the winning entry from the box before her. Tickets were 3 for $1.00 or 50 cents apiece. For a look at the winner, see D155757, image 3. The people pictured above were not identified; they are presumably members of the Improvement Association. Photograph ordered by the Central Area Progressive Improvement Association. TPL-6681

Contests--Tacoma--1960-1970; Volkswagen automobile; Central Area Progressive Improvement Association (Tacoma); African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of Eastern Oil operations in 1969. The large plant with its many storage units was located on Marine View Dr. N.E. facing the Hylebos Waterway.

Eastern Oil Co. (Tacoma); Storage tanks--Tacoma; Aerial views; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma);

Ruby Gray and Leonard Butler display two rare celebrity items that were to be auctioned on Saturday, March 15, 1969, to benefit the Tri-Mart Youth Center. One is a pen used by President Lyndon Baines Johnson to sign a bill. The other, a beautiful scarf, once belonged to Princess Grace of Monaco. Among the other items to be auctioned was one of Bing Crosby's wallets. The Tri-Mart Youth Center was sponsored by the Tri-Mart Multi-Service Center, a unit of the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. Photograph ordered by the O.D.I. (TNT 3-14-69, A-6)

Gray, Ruby; Butler, Leonard; Auctions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Pens; Scarves; African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Exibition booth at 1969 Tacoma Home Show. Standing in front of an electronic map made specifically for the Tacoma Home Show by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma is HBA home show chairman, Dean Eldridge. Prospective homeowners and/or renters were invited to locate a new residence built by members of the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma by merely flicking switches corresponding to various builders' names. The electronic map would then light up showing appropriate home developments. The map, as well as many other booths of interest, would be available during the six-day run of the home show, held in the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse, which would conclude on Sunday, March 30th. Photograph ordered by the News Tribune. (TNT3-27-69, B-3)

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibit booths--Tacoma--1960-1970; Maps; Eldridge, Dean;

Leaning on traditional shovels are officials and directors from the Bank of Tacoma. They were present for groundbreaking ceremonies on March 28, 1969, at the site of the new building for the Sixth & "L" branch. Bank president David J. Williams is on the extreme left; fourth from left is Chairman of the Board Thomas Mallon; man to the far right is James K. Jones, current branch manager of the Sixth & "L" bank. The Bank of Tacoma had four locations in the area; it would be absorbed by Seattle-First National Bank the following year. Photograph ordered by the Bank of Tacoma.

Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bank of Tacoma (Tacoma); Bankers--Tacoma; Mallon, Thomas; Williams, David J.; Jones, James K.; Shovels;

Groundbreaking of new bank site. Two men pose with a scale model of the new Bank of Tacoma branch to be built at Sixth & "L" St, apparently next door to the existing branch. David J. Williams, bank president, is on the left; man on right is Thomas Mallon, Chairman of the Board. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on March 28, 1969. By 1970, the bank building still stood there; however, it now was listed under the "Seattle-First National Bank" name. Sea-First entered the Tacoma market by absorbing Bank of Tacoma's four locations. Photograph ordered by Bank of Tacoma.

Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bank of Tacoma (Tacoma); Building models; Williams, David J.; Mallon, Thomas; Bankers--Tacoma;

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of a bearded young man. Wearing a Beatles hairdo accompanied by dark sideburns and a mustache/beard, this young man may have been employed by the R.H. Hinkley Co., 2611 East "D" in December of 1968.His jacket has a modified Nehru collar. Four men were photographed by the Richards Studio on behalf of the Hinkley Co. on December 11th: David Fisher, David Weller, Paul Manning and Loran Ashbaugh. This portrait was not specifically identified.

Hairstyles--Tacoma--1960-1970; Beards; Mustaches; Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1960-1970;

11-year-old Lynn Hansen was photographed on January 7, 1969 wearing a modern, miniature hearing aid, which is being held by Mary Ann Truitt, executive director of Senior Centers, Inc. . Senior citizen A.T. (Skipper) Dellplain, at far right, who was also hearing impaired, got the Senior Center located at 923 North 13th Street to sponsor the hearing aid for Lynn. He then invited Lynn and her mother, Mrs. Karl N. Hansen, to lunch at the senior center were Lynn received her hearing aid. Left to right are Mrs. Hansen, Lynn, a kneeling Mary Ann Truitt, and Mr. Dellplain. The Senior Center was in a building which had previously been a fire station. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (TNT 2-2-69, D-4-article & alternate photograph)

Hansen, Lynn; Hearing aids; Hansen, Karl N.--Family; Truitt, Mary Ann; Dellplain, A.T.; Senior Centers, Inc. (Tacoma);

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Barbara Hill. Her blond hair carefully curled in place, Barbara Hill posed for a studio portrait on December 3, 1968. She is wearing a beige crocheted top. Color photograph ordered by Barbara Hill, 512 So. 76th St.

Hill, Barbara; Hairstyles--Tacoma--1960-1970;

A cherry picker is given the signal to lift 12-foot carpeting to the upper level of the new State Savings & Loan Assn. building at 955 Tacoma Ave. So. on April 15, 1969. The new home office of the savings & loan was located directly across the County-City Building (County-City Building visible above). The $1,000,000 structure had 30,000 square feet included on five floors with two floors set aside for parking. Donald Murphy was the general contractor and Johnson-Austin & Associates, the architects. The old location of the savings & loan was at 911 Pacific Ave. Photograph ordered by Ed Selden Floor Coverings. (TNT 12-29-68, B-7)

Hoisting machinery; Floor coverings; County-City Building (Tacoma);

1969 Richards stock footage. This small apartment complex, believed to have been called the Vera Vista Apartments, was on the outskirts of the University Village Shopping Center at 40th & Bridgeport in University Place. Tall firs provided a buffer against the shopping center's parking lot. Covered walkways surrounded the building; this view on May 12, 1969, is believed to be of the rear and sides of the complex.

Housing developments--University Place; Shopping centers--University Place;

United States Senator Henry M. Jackson at 12th and "A" Streets in Tacoma during the ground breaking for the Bank of Washington Plaza (now Wells Fargo) Building. Once built it would be the tallest building in Tacoma at 24 stories, 289.5 feet high and occupying 292,000 square feet. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with Lea, Pearson and Richards, Architects designed the skyscraper to be built without a "thirteenth" floor but with a helipad/helicopter landing site on the roof. The bank building was dedicated on January 9, 1971, nearly two years after the ground breaking. Cost of the building was approximately $12 million. Senator Jackson commented that upon the millions of dollars in new development in the downtown area, whereby old and deteriorated buildings could be demolished, "the heart of a city can be renewed." View of Senator Jackson in conversation; man to extreme right is Goodwin Chase, president and board chairman of Bank of Washington, man in hat is David Rowlands, City Manager. (TNT 2-14-69, p. 17) ALBUM 4

Jackson, Henry M., 1912-1983; Legislators--Washington--1960-1970; Chase, Goodwin; Bankers--Tacoma; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Rowlands, David;

Launching sponsor. Miss Tacoma of 1969, Terri Louise Bale, raises her wrapped bottle of champagne prior to christening the Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp.'s new tugboat, the "Betsy L," on Saturday, December 21, 1968. The tugboat was built for Knappton Towing Co. of Portland. Miss Bale, age 19 and a Tacoma Community College freshman, was crowned Miss Tacoma on November 30, 1968 at the Fellowship Hall. A self-taught pianist, she won the talent contest. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bale. Photograph ordered by Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp. (TNT 12-1-68, p. 1, TNT 12-2-68, p. 6, TNT 12-22-68, C-19)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Tugboats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bale, Terri Louise; Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Launching party. Clutching the traditional bouquet of long stem red roses is Mary (Mrs. John) Silveira who was the sponsor of the tuna seiner, "Cheryl Marie," which was launched at 7:45 a.m. on December 7, 1968. Next to her is Mary (Mrs. Joe) Silveira who was her attendant. Both women are warmly dressed against the winter cold in knee-length coats with fur trim. Color photograph ordered by Tacoma Boatbuilding. TPL-9219

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Silveira, John--Family; Silveira, Mary; Silveira, Joe--Family; Roses--Tacoma;

Diana Kay Lind in profile. The studio bridal portrait of Diana Lind was taken on November 9, 1968. Miss Lind would be married to Gary Leon Briske on November 29, 1968, in Trinity Lutheran Church. Dressed in white satin with a fitted lace-trimmed bodice, full gathered skirt, and long veil, she is carrying a fragrant bouquet of white stephanotis. The gown of slipper satin belongs to her mother, Mrs. George Bernard Lind, Jr. Photograph ordered by Diana Lind. (TNT 12-1-68, D-12)

Lind, Diana Kay; Brides--1960-1970; Wedding clothing & dress; Bouquets;

The Originals. Studio portrait of four African American men, identically dressed in suits and white ties, taken on October 26, 1968. They are tentatively identified (not necessary in order) as Jimmy Johnson, a Mr. Kilgore, Wil (sp) Bush and Freeman Hambrick. The singers would later make an appearance at the Torch nightclub along with Los Angeles personality Sir Lady Java on New Year's Eve. The Torch, owned by Frank Russell. was located at 9410 South Tacoma Way. Photograph ordered by Frank Russell & Associates. (TNT ad 12-27-68, p. 11)

Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1960-1970; African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970; Singers;