ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Work is still continuing on Western Boat Building's new shipyard on the Hylebos Waterway in 1969. The foundations of a new dock are being laid in place in front of the main plant. The roadway behind the large seven-acre lot is Marine View Dr. N.E. Western Boat had decided to move to its new location so that larger boats could be built in their modernized plant and once the dock was completed, repairs could be done on vessels dockside. TPL-9224
Aerial views; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1960-1970;
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of Eastern Oil operations in 1969. Storage tanks dot the landscape of the large site on Marine View Dr. N.E. facing the Hylebos Waterway. Although tentatively identified as "Eastern Oil," it is possible that this is actually the Sound Refining Co., located on the northwest edge of the Tideflats. Sound Refining began operations in 1967 as a crude oil refinery.
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Burlington Northern line. View looking north of railroad tracks and Bayside Drive next to Commencement Bay. Bayside Drive would change its name to Ruston Way at the Old Town Dock near the top of the photograph. Eventually, Bayside would be absorbed and made wider by becoming Schuster Parkway. Famous restaurant Top of the Ocean near top of photograph; it would be destroyed by fire in April of 1977.
Aerial views; Railroad tracks--Tacoma--1960-1970; Top of the Ocean (Tacoma);
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Unidentified group of buildings on the Hylebos Waterway viewed by air in 1969. Tracks are being built that lead from the water to probably transport logs in log boom. Many cars parked behind buildings.
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of the So. 19th & Tyler vicinity with Mount Rainier seen hazily in background. Cheney Stadium is on extreme right center with Heidelberg Field to its left. Henry Foss High School will be built in the wooded area close to both baseball fields.
Aerial views; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Heidelberg Field (Tacoma); Cheney Stadium (Tacoma);
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. This is the Western Boat Building plant on Marine View Dr. taken in 1969. Spread out on seven acres fronting the Hylebos Waterway, the bright blue and white buildings of the shipyard can be clearly seen in this aerial view. Log booms and stacks of logs may belong to Western Boat Building. TPL-6582
Aerial views; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Logs; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma);
ca. 1969. This "artistically modified" view of downtown Tacoma was created for the Downtown Tacoma Association in 1969. Along with the Bank of Washington building at 1201-23 Pacific Avenue, it shows a second high-rise building in the 1100 block of Pacific and numerous parking structures on Market and on the south end of Broadway. The building at the corner of 11th and pacific is at least twice the height of the Pacific First Federal building that was built on that site. Only the Washington Plaza (now Wells Fargo Plaza), which was completed in January of 1971, was built more or less as visualized.
Aerial views; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); City Waterway (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Aerial view of industrial Tideflats area around East D St. between City (now Thea Foss) Waterway and Middle Waterway on October 16, 1969. Fick Foundry (center) had long been an occupant at 1005 East D with Richfield Oil across the street. The building right of Fick is the Junior Line Furniture Co., 1017 East D. The large plant above Fick Foundry is the Coast Sash & Door Co., 1002 East F St. It was later known as Coastcraft. Photograph ordered by Winston Fournier & Associates, Dallas. (Additional identification provided by a reader) TPL-10293
Aerial views; Fick Foundry Co. (Tacoma); City Waterway (Tacoma); Middle Waterway (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Coast Sash & Door Co. (Tacoma); Junior Line Furniture Co. (Tacoma); Richfield Oil Corp. (Tacoma);
Northerly aerial view of County-City Building and downtown business district taken on October 4, 1969. County-City Building is in center of photograph; the Washington National Guard Armory is separated from the County-City Building by large parking lot. Part of the Tacoma Public Library can be glimpsed across the street on Tacoma Ave. So. from the County-City Building. McDonald's and Central School are just north of the county and city offices. Medical Arts Building is Art Deco structure on Market far right of photograph. Commencement Bay is body of water with Brown's Point in background. Photograph ordered by Whitacre Engineers.
Aerial views; County-City Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Central School (Tacoma); McDonald's (Tacoma); Medical Arts Building (Tacoma); Parking lots--Tacoma--1960-1970;
County-City Building. Close-up view of the County-City Building with two its wings - law enforcement on the left and courts on the right with the 12-story central structure between. Also in this October 4, 1969, aerial view is the Washington National Guard Armory in the photograph's foreground. The brick edifice was dedicated on the first day in January, 1909, and remodeled several times since then. Located in the 700 block of So. 11th St., it was across the street from the L.H. Bates Vocational-Technical Institute (formerly Tacoma Vocational). Photograph ordered by Whitacre Engineers.
Aerial views; County-City Building (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;
October 4, 1969, aerial view of County-City Building, location of city, county, police and court systems. This view captures the rear portion of the County-City Building and shows the large parking lot available. Somewhat resembling an airplane with extended wings, the County-City Building was formally dedicated in April of 1959. It occupied land between So. 9th & So. 11th Street on Tacoma Ave. So. The old Gothic-styled Pierce County Courthouse had been demolished and services transferred to the new building; parking for the County-City Building would take its place. Although the County-City Building was only ten years old in 1969, it was already bursting at its seams. Supporters had proposed to the City Council in late September, 1969, that an $8 million dollar bond issue for a new 5-story wing be considered. The courts needed more space so that trials could proceed without delays. Horace J. Whitacre of Whitacre Engineers gave a detailed projection of the County-City Building's future space needs. Photograph ordered by Whitacre Engineers. (TNT 9-23-69 , p. 10- article)
Aerial views; County-City Building (Tacoma); Parking lots--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Aerial view of new Tacoma Boatbuilding plant and log dumps on the Hylebos Waterway. The new facility would replace the longtime plant on the Sitcum Waterway which had been gutted by fire in 1968. The L-shaped structrure nearest to Marine View Dr. roadway is believed to hold the administrative and engineering offices. The largest building in this October 4, 1969, photograph is the aluminum fabricating plant, flanked by the steel fabricating building. The building nearest the water is the trades building which holds the equipment used by pipefitters and electricians. A 300-foot pier is being constructed next to 350-foot double ways. With 20 acres of land, the plant had plenty of room for further expansion if needed. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Boatbuilding. (TNT full page ad 10-10-69, A-20; TNT 10-19-69, D-10)
Aerial views; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Logs; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma);
County-City Building. Aerial view looking south on Tacoma Ave. So. with close-up of side and rear of County-City Building, its large parking lot, and Tacoma Public Library across the street. The County-City Building had been completed in 1959 to replace the venerable Old City Hall, 625 Commerce St. Ten years later it housed both city and county offices, including the health department, auditor, assessor, sheriff and city police, city council & mayor, county commissioners and courts. The future would see many of these departments move to separate buildings including the Municipal Building (formerly the Medical Arts Building), Pierce County Annex and the new Tacoma Police Department's complex on Pine St. Photograph ordered by Whitacre Engineers.
Aerial views; County-City Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1960-1970; Parking lots--Tacoma--1960-1970; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Aerial view of County-City Building and vicinity on a clear early October day in 1969. The County-City Building had celebrated its 10th birthday in 1969, having replaced the dilapidated Old City Hall on Commerce. It is the multi-story aluminum and glass building on Tacoma Ave. So. in the center of the photograph; one of its wings visible is the reinforced concrete court building. To the south of the County-City Building is the Tacoma Public Library; the Carnegie Library, now home to the library's Northwest Room & Special Collections, is the rounded Renaissance-styled structure. West of the County-City Building is the Washington National Guard Armory at 11th & Yakima; across the street from the Armory is the (now) L.H. Bates Vocational-Technical Institute. This view looks much the same now in 2006 as it did 37 years ago. Photograph ordered by Whitacre Engineers. TPL-9648
Aerial views; County-City Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Mount Rainier peeks over the University Place neighborhood of 27th & Bridgeport Way W. in the fall of 1969. University Place water tower can be seen left-center in the midst of trees in this aerial view. Safeway's large supermarket (center of photograph) is at 7520 - 27th St. W. in a small shopping center. Also located there are Thrifty Drugs and Value Stores. Photograph ordered by Jack Baty & Associates.
Aerial views; Neighborhoods--University Place--1960-1970; Safeway Stores, Inc. (University Place);
Closer September, 1969, northwest to southeast aerial view of intersection of 27th W. and Bridgeport in University Place. (see D156922, image 7 for extended view) This now busy intersection was still fairly undeveloped in 1969; there are a few businesses including the Park & Shop market at 26th & Bridgeport (parking lot visible at bottom) and several service stations--Paul's Chevron, University Place Shell around 27th & Bridgeport. University Place water tower can barely be seen in upper center of photograph amidst the towering trees. The cap of Mount Rainier forms a beautiful background. Photograph ordered by Jack Baty & Associates.
Aerial views; Neighborhoods--University Place--1960-1970; Automobile service stations--University Place;
1969 Richards stock footage. Colorful aerial view of Cheney Port Mill, Inc., and Glacier Sand & Gravel located on the Tideflat's Taylor Way in the fall of 1969. The Cheney saw mill had previously been located at 501 Port of Tacoma Rd. before relocating to 3825 Taylor Way. Glacier's large lot has mounds of sand and/or gravel on the premises; there is also a conveyor system in place near the Taylor Way entrance. Glacier Sand & Gravel, 3601 Taylor Way, specialized in ready mix concrete. Both companies adjoin the Hylebos Waterway.
Aerial views; Glacier Sand & Gravel Co. (Tacoma); Cheney Port Mill, Inc. (Tacoma); Building materials industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Sawmills--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma);
1969 Richards stock footage. Color aerial photograph of Marymount Military Academy, the only military school in Washington State; photograph taken in September of 1969. Built in 1922, the school was operated by the Dominican Sisters, a Catholic teaching order, and enrollment limited to boys 6-16. The school closed in 1976 due to insufficient enrollment and higher operating costs. In the 1980's, Harold LeMay would purchase the 80-acre property which would house much of his collection, the largest privately owned collection of automobiles in the world. Each August for the last 25 years, the LeMays have drawn thousands to the car show and open house at the former Marymount Academy. TPL-9104 (www.lemaymuseum.org)
Aerial views; Marymount Military Academy (Spanaway); Private schools--Spanaway; Military education--Spanaway;
1969 Richards stock footage. Parkland neighborhood featuring Pacific Lutheran University, Garfield St. and Pacific Avenue as viewed by air in September of 1969. Fall has come to the Pacific Northwest as yards have browned and the trees other than the numerous firs will soon lose their leaves. Looking west from Pacific Ave near the bottom of the photograph is the neighborhood around Pacific Lutheran University. Piggly Wiggly has a supermarket which is at the intersection of Garfield and Pacific; its large letters are clearly visible from the air. To the grocery store's right is believed to be Parkland Lutheran Church & School with its playground behind it. Pacific Lutheran University's upper campus buildings, surrounded by tall firs, are clustered in the center of the picture. Portions of McChord AFB can hazily been seen at the top of the photograph.
Aerial views; Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland)--1960-1970; Neighborhoods--Parkland; Piggly Wiggly (Parkland);
1969 Richards stock footage. Autumn view of Kaiser Aluminum plant in tideflats taken by air in 1969. Located on Taylor Way approximately five miles north of downtown Tacoma, the large Kaiser facility had expanded in late 1968 to manufacture aluminum rods for shipment to California for finishing into electrical conductors. 1969 would see further expansion as its second alumina dome with a 100,000 ton capacity was completed on Pier 7.
Aerial views; Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (Tacoma); Aluminum industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Aerial views of the City of Olympia requested by Puget Sound National Bank. Olympia, the state capital, is located at the head of Budd Inlet in the northern part of Thurston County. It was officially platted in 1850 by settler Edmund Sylvester who laid out a town in the New England style with town square, tree lined streets, Masonic Hall, land for schools and capitol grounds. The grand domed Legislative Building overlooking Capitol Lake was completed in 1927. It was damaged in the April, 1949, earthquake and later in the 1965 earthquake but was repaired and reinforced. The bridge to the right of the capitol buildings was heavily damaged in the earthquake of 2001. (www.ci.olympia.wa.us/information/history)
Aerial views; Legislative Building (Olympia); Streets--Olympia--1960-1970; Capitol Lake (Olympia);
Aerial photographs of the City of Olympia in the fall of 1969. View of the Port of Olympia. Olympia, the state capital, had a population then of about 23,000. As the above aerial indicates, there was still plenty of room for growth with acres of uncut timber. Located about 30 miles south of Tacoma, Olympia was named provisional territorial capital in 1853 by Isaac Stevens, Washington's first territorial governor. The name of the city was chosen by local resident Isaac Ebey to commemorate the view of the majestic Olympic Mountains. (www.ci.olympia.wa.us/information/history) Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
State capitol and grounds. Aerial view looking north on September 5, 1969, of the City of Olympia focusing on the domed Legislative Building and surrounding grounds. Body of water is Capitol Lake. Neatly lined streets are a blend of businesses and large homes. Long road east of the capitol grounds is Capitol Way. Sylvester Park is clump of woods adjacent to Capitol Way. Photograph requested by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial views; Streets--Olympia--1960-1970; Legislative Building (Olympia); Capitol Lake (Olympia);
New automobile unloading complex. September, 1969, aerial view of a portion of the new Milwaukee Road Union Pacific yard in Kent designed by Tacoma architects and engineers, Siefert, Forbes & Berry. The multi-million dollar complex was scheduled for dedication on October 1, 1969. Easy access from the facility was provided by the Valley Freeway and 277th St. Photograph ordered by the Milwaukee Road. (TNT 10-1-69, A-17)
Aerial view of new automobile unloading complex. The Milwaukee and Union Pacific were scheduled to dedicate a multi-million dollar automobile unloading complex near Kent on October 1, 1969. Highway upper portion is the Valley Freeway; road that is diagonal is 277th St. Only one of the unloading facilities is in view in the paved section. Photograph ordered by the Milwaukee Road. (TNT 10-1-69, A-17)
Aerials of Brookdale area around Brookdale Golf Course, Chesney Rd. E., Givens Rd. E., and Waller Rd. E. taken on August 18, 1969. The Brookdale Golf Course was built in 1931 and offered its patrons fine views of Mount Rainier while striding the par-71, 6400-yard course. Photograph ordered by Healy Bros.
Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Brookdale Golf Club (Parkland);
Aerial photograph of Tacoma Mall Shopping Center and vicinity in 1969. The area around the Tacoma Mall Shopping Center looked quite different in 1969 as the mall had not expanded to the size it holds in 2006. This view is taken looking across South 48th St. towards the mall with Penney's, Pay Less Drugs, and Nordstrom Best clearly visible. The Bon Marche (now Macy's) is the large red building in back of Nordstrom. The Tacoma Mall Office Building is off to its left and had recently opened. Best Buy and BabiesRus would later be built in the wooded area across So. 48th St. Pine St., which intersects So. 48th St., would later become more developed as the Post Office would build the Evergreen Station closer to So. 38th. The White Front store with large parking lot is already on So. 38th where Michael's would later be situated. In the distance toward the top center of the photograph is the Public Utilities building on So. 35th near Union Ave. Color photograph ordered by Center Offices, Inc.
Aerial views; Tacoma Mall Shopping Center (Tacoma); Shopping centers--Tacoma; Tacoma Mall Office Building (Tacoma); J.C. Penney Co. (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1960-1970; Pay Less Drugs (Tacoma); Nordstrom Best (Tacoma); White Front (Tacoma);
1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of No. James and 11th St. neighborhood taken during the summer of 1969. Sixth Avenue is near the top of the photograph, with Highland Hills and Swasey branch library visible. Hunt Junior High School (now Middle School), with its distinct mushroom-shaped cafeteria, is on So. 10th at the top. James St. is running diagonally into the woods from left to right; Harmon is parallel to James and on its right. No. 13th runs nearly horizontal at the bottom of the photograph; No. 11th is the small segment above it which intersects Harmon and James. The small curved portion on the left corner is the 11th & Bridgeview area. The great expanse of woods pictured above has been developed.
Aerial views; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Henry F. Hunt Junior High School (Tacoma);
1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial 1969 views of neighborhoods around Sixth Ave. and No. 11th St. Sixth Ave. is street towards the top of the July 1, 1969, photograph; Towers Restaurant is large building near the right edge. Hunt Junior High (now Middle School) is on So. 10th with its mushroom-shaped cafeteria clearly visible. No. 11th is the street directly below the large expanse of woods; when it intersects Skyline, it turns into Bridgeview. Streets above Skyline are (top to bottom) Hawthorne, Rose and Lenore. Woods between Sixth Ave. and No. 11th have since been developed.
Aerial views; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Henry F. Hunt Junior High School (Tacoma); Towers Restaurant (Tacoma);
1969 Richards stock footage. View by air of new Pier 4 at the Port of Tacoma on July 1, 1969. The destroyer USS Parsons (DDG-33) is docked at pier. Long stream of people almost the length of the dock appear to be waiting to perhaps take a tour of the ship. The USS Parsons along with the battleship USS New Jersey visited Tacoma during the city's Centennial celebrations the end of June, 1969. The Parsons was a guided missile destroyer used as an anti-submarine and anti-aircraft vessel. She had sustained a minor accident while easing into Pier 4 on June 30th, smashing the pier's gangway and float. (TNT 7-1-69, p. 2)
Aerial views; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1960-1970; Government vessels--Tacoma; Warships--Tacoma--1960-1970;
