Point Defiance Park Zoo. Mr. Cook, animal keeper, and an unidentified man, possibly George Jones, with tortoise. (T.Times).

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Point Defiance Zoo. Mr. Cook, the animal keeper, with a tortoise.

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Point Defiance Park Zoo. Mr. Cook, animal keeper, and two unidentified women with joey, a young kangaroo. (T.Times).

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Workers from Tacoma City Light erected an 80-foot flagpole donated by Cascade Pole Company at the Living War Memorial, Memorial Park, located at the south end of the east approach of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The memorial was to honor Tacoma's and Pierce County's fighting men in World War II. The project would consist of a grassy park with varoius suitable memorials donated by veterans' groups like the 800-poud bronze bell to be given by the Amvets. All work and materials were donated. The Narrows Bridge can be seen in the distance. (TNT, 9/21/1952, p.A-6) TPL-9077

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Surrounded by an enthusiastic group of boys and girls, Jack Svendsen was one of the artists who took part in Tacoma's city wide art and handicraft program sponsored by the Metropolitan Park Board and the WPA Recreation Department during the summer of 1936. Mr. Svendsen, a Norwegian born architect and artist, was teaching the young people at McKinley Park how to make silhouette cut-outs. (T. Times 8/19/1936, pg. 1- see newspaper article for childrens' names.)

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Dorothy Hill, 12, and her sister Jean, 10, display their Indian bead loom work. The older girl holds a bracelet that she has made, while the younger girl works on the loom. The girls are participating in a summer craft program at McKinley Playfield sponsored by Metropolitan Parks and the WPA Recreation Dept. (T. Times 8/19/1936, pg. 1)

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Seven-year-old Owen Dickson, with his dog, Coachie, is working on a picture tracing in this photograph taken at McKinley Playfield in August of 1936. Owen was taking part in a summer crafts program jointly sponsored by the Metropolitan Parks and the WPA Recreation Department. Children were taught drawing, handicrafts and other hobbies. (T. Times 08-19-1936 p.1).

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A trio of girls show off a completed basket. The girls learned basket weaving in a craft program at McKinley Playfield. The activity was part of a city wide program sponsored in Tacoma parks and playfields by the Metropolitan Park Board and the WPA Recreation Department. The girl in the center has been tentatively identified as Ruth Field. (T. Times 8/19/1936, pg. 1) TPL-9234

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One of Cheney Lumber Company's planes is flying east on the south side of Mount Rainier in front of Kautz Glacier. The rainfall had been the lowest in 30 years in 1952 and lower than usual in 1951 making the snowpack much smaller than usual. Cheney Lumber Company used airplanes to facilitate management of mills in Washington, Oregon and California.

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Two Cheney Lumber Company planes are flying north on the west side of Mount Rainier in front of the Tahoma Glacier. The two-toned plane is the "Bonnie B." TPL-6169

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Mount Rainier with Sunset Amphitheater and the Puyallup Glacier on the left and Tahoma Glacier to the right. Mount Rainier, 14,410 feet, is an active volcano, the highest peak in the Cascade Range. Its load of glacier ice exceeds that of any other mountain in the conterminous United States. Glaciers cover about 36 square miles of the mountain's surface. The twelve major glaciers on Mount Rainier include the Carbon, North Mowich, South Mowich, Puyallup, Tahoma, South Tahoma, Kautz, Niaqually, Cowlitz, Ingraham, Emmons and Winthrop glaciers. TPL-5762

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Two Cheney Lumber Company planes are flying east on the north side of Mount Rainier in front of Willis Wall and the Winthrop Glacier. Glaciers are among the most conspicuous and dynamic geologic features on Mount Rainier. They erode the volcanic cone and are important sources of stream flow for several rivers, including some that provide water for hydroelectric power and irrigation. They appear rigid and unchanging but in fact they deform and flow continuously. Maximum speeds occur near the surface and along the center line of the glacier. During May 1970 Nisqually Glacier was measured moving as fast as 29 inches per day. TPL-8252

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Two Cheney Lumber Company planes are flying south on the west side of Mount Rainier in front of the Tahoma Glacier. Sunset Amphitheater is seen to the left and the Puyallup Glacier flows from the foot of it. The rainfall had been the lowest in 30 years in 1952 and lower than usual in 1951 making the snowpack much smaller than usual. Cheney Lumber Company used airplanes to facilitate management of mills in Washington, Oregon and California.

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Eleven sailors from the U.S. Naval Station in Tacoma volunteered their services in October of 1952 to help finish the work on the Living War Memorial which was dedicated to the war dead of Pierce County. They set posts and prepared logs for the guard rail which bordered the site. The dedication of the Memorial Park, located at the south end of the east approach to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, took place on Armistice Day 1952. In February 2003 the park was demolished to make way for the new Narrows Bridge; a new, larger War Memorial Park was dedicated on May 13, 2006. (TNT, 10/26/1952, p.C-13) TPL-9078

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A six-foot square piece of Wilkeson sandstone, natural to Washington state, was used for the plaque which was installed at the site of the Living War Memorial. The plaque is the center of the 20-foot stone monument at the Living War Memorial, Memorial Park, located at the south end of the east approach of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Checking the details of the plans before sand blasting the lettering are Don Wahlstrom, kneeling, and George M. Robinson and his father, Earl M. Robinson. (TNT, 11/2/1952, p.A-15)

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The group of bricklayers and hod carriers who donated their labor to lay the stones for the Living War Memorial, Memorial Park, are enjoying a break with Olympia beer. The approach to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge can be seen behind them. TPL-8405

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Members of the steering committee were drawn from virtually every civic, service, fraternal and military group in Tacoma to plan for the completion and dedication of the Living War Memorial site. The two and one-half acre site overlooking the Narrows Bridge was given to the Young Men's Business Club by Harold A. Woodworth and was then deeded to the city. L-R, Lt. L.C. Bloom, R.G. Anderson, John C. Migdula, M.J. McCaslin, Claude V. Munsey, Norton Gordon, and Leon Kleiner. Members of the committee not present are Joseph LaMontague and Wilfred Brown. (TNT, 9/28/1952, p.A-12 & 11/9/1952, p.1) TPL-9079

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ca. 1953. Snow-capped Mount Rainier is a majestic sight in 1953 as it looms over thousands of acres of timber growth. Logging companies would be permitted to harvest some of these trees.

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ca. 1953. Logging companies brought donkey engines out to the locations where timber was being felled. View of logging operation on Mount Rainier in 1953 shows downed timber already cut into smaller sections. There are steel cables attached to the wooden spar so that the downed timber can be pulled to the landing for loading onto trucks or railroad cars for transfer to a log dump or mill. Later these spar trees would be replaced by portable steel spars. TPL-3240

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ca. 1953. Logs are in the process of being loaded onto a Ludtke Company truck during a logging operation on Mount Rainier. Branches have already been removed from the trees and logs previously cut into manageable sections. One man stands on the truck's bed to maneuver the massive logs into place in this 1953 photograph.

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A lone Grizzly bear imported from Yellowstone National Park lies resting on a bare wooden platform in a man-made, stone cave at Point Defiance Zoo. The young female cub was brought in to replace the bear that escaped from the zoo in July of 1937 and was never found. If she looks a little lonely, it is because her intended mate broke out two weeks ago, June 12 or 13th, and has not been found. He went over the wall of the pen leaving only some hide and hair on the prongs designed to keep him in. He was recovered July 3rd in the park. (T. Times 6/14/1938, pg. 1; 6/27/1938, pg. 3; 7/4/1938, pg. 1)

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Four workmen carry a portable cage into an outdoor, fenced facility at the Point Defiance Zoo. Another man directs the delivery of the Yellowstone Park grizzly bear. The female cub arrived June 25th. She was the replacement for the grizzly that escaped in 1937 and was never recovered. She arrived only to find that her intended mate had escaped two weeks earlier. Adequate precautions were being taken to prevent the escape of this cub. (T. Times 6/27/1938, pg. 3)

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Zoo workers prepare to open the sturdy wooden crate containing the Yellowstone Park grizzly bear. The crate has been moved as close to the cave opening as possible to allow safe release of the wild bear. The 2 year old female cub was intended to replace the bear that escaped in 1937 and was never recovered. (T. Times 6/27/1838, pg. 3)

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Opening of Wapato Park. Automobiles line the gravel roadway bordering the park. People enjoy strolling and sitting under the fir trees in the park.

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Opening of Wapato Park in June of 1938. Park visitors stroll along gravel paths to reach the lake where crowds have gathered at the lake's edge. The park is located in the city's south end, and encompasses roughly the area from South 72nd to South 64th and from Sheridan Avenue to Alaska Street.

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Tacoma Girl Scouts enjoyed summers at day camps held three times a week at Puget Park and Lincoln Park. Often accompanying the girls were tag-alongs, sons and younger children of adult volunteers. A group of youngsters sunbathe on the lawn next to the pool at Lincoln Park. Parents bask in the afternoon sun as chaperones. The camps would supply summer fun for hundreds of children in the Tacoma area. (T. Times, 7/12/1938, p. 1)

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Summer day camps, hosted by the Tacoma Girl Scout Council, attracted children to the Lincoln Park pool. A large group of children wearing swimsuits squeal as Donny O'Conner splashes them with water. The Girl Scout Day Camps were held three days a week for the past several weeks at Puget and Lincoln Parks. Several hundred children participated. (T. Times, 7/12/1938, p. 1).

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Girl Scout Day Camps included outdoor summer activities like volleyball. In July of 1938, day camps sponsored by the Tacoma Girl Scout Council were held three days a week at Puget and Lincoln Parks. In this photograph eight girls participate in a volleyball game. Tennis courts and trees in dot the background at Lincoln Park. (T. Times, 7/12/1938, p. 1).

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Girl Scout Day Camp, sponsored by the Tacoma Council, was held three days a week at Puget and Lincoln Parks. Here the Girl Scouts take a break to serve some refreshments from the Camp Kitchen at Lincoln Park. The campers are, left to right, Jean Coulter, Carol Betts, Dorothy Spence, Patricia Mozle, Jacqueline Baker and Patricia Aitchison. Approximately 256 Girl Scouts attended one or more days. The most popular activities were crafts, dramatics and archery. (T. Times 7/12/1938, pg. 1)

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The second day of preliminaries for the Tacoma Times/Metropolitan Parks bicycle races was held on Friday, July 29, 1938 at Wright Park, South 5th and I streets. District No. 2 included Wright, Central, and Ferry playgrounds. Sideline crowds of children cheer as boy lifts bicycle over wooden hurdle.

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