Cambridge model home. A see-through brick fireplace with slate hearth is a major attraction in this Holly Homes' rambler built for the 30th annual Tacoma Home Show. Located in the new Spanaway Park subdivision on a half-acre of land, the 1400+ sq.ft. home was nestled in the natural wooded area. This view of the home's interior shows part of the large living room with fireplace, dining area, and easy access to the kitchen which was equipped with Whirlpool appliances. The builders emphasized energy conservation with forced air electric heat, aluminum sliding glass windows, six full inches of ceiling insulation and three inches of wall and floor insulation. The "Cambridge" was one of 39 sites in the Spanaway Park Addition. Prices of homes ranged from $39,000-$45,000. Photograph ordered by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma. (TNT 3-8-76, Home Show insert-article)

Model houses--Spanaway; Houses--Spanaway--1970-1980; Fireplaces--Spanaway; Dining rooms--Spanaway; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma);

Family area of the "Cambridge" model home. Warm earth tones helped to make the "Cambridge" a comfortable and welcoming place for the young family. Carefully designed floor patterns allow traffic to flow smoothly from the family/living room area to the dining room and onto the well-equipped kitchen. View of family/living room with colorfully patterned furniture; glimpse of dining room. A fuller view of the dining room can be seen in D166704, image 11. The "Cambridge" was built in a new Spanaway Park Addition by Holly Homes for the 1976 Tacoma Home Show. Photograph ordered by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma. (TNT 3-8-76, Home Show insert-article)

Model houses--Spanaway; Houses--Spanaway--1970-1980; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma);

Georgetown model home. Heritage Homecrafters was the builder of this "Georgetown" model home constructed for the 30th annual Tacoma Home Show. The home was located in the Manorwood subdivision at 2410-33rd Ave. S.E., Puyallup. View of recreation room with distinctive used-brick bar, brick fireplace and full-scale pool table. Photograph ordered by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma. (TNT 3-7-76, H-2 article on Home Show; TNT 3-8-76-Home Show insert)

Model houses--Puyallup--1970-1980; Houses--Puyallup--1970-1980; Bars (Furniture)--Puyallup; Fireplaces--Puyallup; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma);

Cheney Stadium. Tacoma Twins general manager Stan Naccarato and two guests look over Cheney Stadium's playing field in mid-February of 1976. With baseball season just around the corner, the stadium and seats would not be empty for long. A portion of Henry Foss High School is visible behind the balllpark's advertisement-filled plywood walls. Photograph ordered by Pacific Coca-Cola Bottling Co. TPL-10542

Cheney Stadium (Tacoma); Baseball--Tacoma--1970-1980; Naccarato, Stan; Henry Foss High School (Tacoma);

Tacoma Twins general manager Stan Naccarato (center) poses with Rene Levitre, vice-president of Pacific Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and an unidentified man at Cheney Stadium on February 19, 1976. They are standing in front of the closed refreshment center. Photograph ordered by Pacific Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Naccarato, Stan; Le Beitre, Rene; Cheney Stadium (Tacoma); Food vendors--Tacoma;

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Judge Harold Petrie. The Hon. Harold J. Petrie was Chief Judge for the Washington State Court of Appeals, Div. II. Photograph ordered by the Washington State Court of Appeals.

Petrie, Harold J.; Judges;

Four men, believed to be Port Commissioners, pose beside a Milwaukee Road railroad car in February of 1976. The Milwaukee Road would be transporting import automobiles from the Port of Tacoma to the Midwest. Each railroad car had three levels to hold the vehicles. Longshoremen had unloaded 1,549 Toyotas from the Toyota Maru No. 15 on February 10th in just five hours. The Toyota manufacturers were deciding on whether Tacoma or Portland would become the receiving point for their cars headed to the Midwest and Portland would have its chance to also demonstrate its unloading time. Photograph ordered by the Milwaukee Road, Chicago. (TNT 2-11-76, A-1-article)

Shipping--Tacoma--1970-1980; Railroad cars--Tacoma--1970-1980;

A 4-door sedan is being carefully driven up the ramp into a Milwaukee Road car at the Port of Tacoma in February of 1976. The driver has his door partially open as he steers the vehicle to the 3rd level of the railroad car; there are already other cars parked on the lower levels. This Toyota is believed to be one of the 1,549 Toyotas unloaded in a blistering 5-hour period from the Toyota Maru No. 15 at Terminal 7 on February 10, 1976. The cars are bound for the Midwest. Photograph ordered by the Milwaukee Road, Chicago. (TNT 2-11-76, A-1 -article)

Toyota automobile; Shipping--Tacoma--1970-1980; Railroad cars--Tacoma--1970-1980; Automobile driving--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Washing cars. Before import automobiles were loaded onto railroad cars and shipped across the nation, they were carefully washed of all grime. Two workers at the Port of Tacoma are pictured in mid-February of 1976 spraying down a dark blue car. It is possible that this is one of the Toyotas that had arrived a few days before on the Toyota Maru No. 15. Color photograph ordered by the Milwaukee Road, Chicago.

Cleaning--Tacoma--1970-1980; Car washes--Tacoma;

Dee Nightengale and Lynn Phillips are congratulated as award winners in the Beeline Fashions, Inc., Bicentennial Sweepstakes in January of 1976. Photograph ordered by Beeline Fashions, Inc., Bensonville, Illinois.

Awards; Nightengale, Dee; Phillips, Lynn;

Telephones on display. Four rotary telephones and Hoffman Engineering Co. equipment are shown in this studio set-up display on January 26, 1976. Photograph ordered by Federal Prison Industries, Steilacoom.

Telephones; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Telephone. This close-up of a rotary telephone was ordered by Federal Prison Industries, Steilacoom. The model was apparently built by Stromberg-Carlson, a well-known manufacturer of telephone equipment, based in Rochester, New York. Tabs were clearly marked on the right side of the telephone including intercom, reset, buzz, busy/conference, off hook and online. These would be lit when in use.

Telephones; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1970-1980;

A smiling NCO tests out a Rotocycle exercise bike on January 21, 1976, while another sgt. stands by. Two women converse in the background. There are a variety of goods for sale/rent including sporting goods equipment and dishes. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Realty.

Exercise equipment & supplies; Fishing & hunting gear; Merchandise displays; Military personnel;

On January 20, 1976, Ms. Lonie Lai was photographed seated at the piano in her Lakewood apartment with Peter Goetz of Organ & Piano Center nearby. Photograph ordered by American Keyboard.

Pianos; Lai, Lonie; Goetz, Peter;

Pennwalt plant. Located on 40 acres in the industrial Tacoma tideflats, the company was first known as the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington or Pennsalt. Pennwalt was an inorganic chemical manufacturer of chlorine gas, caustic soda, liquid chlorine and hydrogen gas. Doing business in Tacoma since 1929, its caustic soda and liquid chlorine were in demand by the Northwest's pulp and paper industry. Photograph ordered by Pennwalt Corp.

Chemical industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Pennwalt Corp. (Tacoma);

Pennwalt plant. This is another view in early 1976 of the sprawling Pennwalt Corporation plant located in Tacoma's tideflats along the Hylebos Waterway. The company was formerly known as the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington or Pennsalt. It had been producing chemicals including caustic soda and liquid chlorine in Tacoma since 1929. Photograph ordered by Pennwalt Corporation.

Chemical industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Pennsalt (Tacoma); Pennwalt Corp. (Tacoma);

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K.S.T.W.-TV

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K.S.T.W.-TV

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Norwegian Festival

40 Mallard ducks used to paddle Fife’s Wapato Creek had to paddle in a kitchen sink instead. Volunteer Chris Wells scrubbed one of the ducks affected by the oil spill in the creek. All ducks were expected to recover. The spill was blamed on vandals who were believed to have tampered with the storage tanks at the Old Valley Packing Co. recently purchased by the Milwaukee Railroad. Photo by staff member Bruce Kellman.

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Duck
Photograph by Jerry Buck

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Snapshot Contest 1975
Beach Combings (a sunset in Dry Bay, Alaska on a fishing trip)
Winner Week 5 - Mr. Kim K. Klang, Tacoma, WA

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Weather
Photograph by Bruce Larson

Binh Duong, a former interpreter for Americans in Vietnam, speaks to a public assistance caseworker. Duong led a group of Vietnamese refugees that he arrived with in May 1975. Duong himself already had a job and was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services to help other refugee families adjust to the new environment.

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Binh Duong

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Fired woman cops heat up Westport - 01/06/1975
Nancy Breitsprecher: "I'm going to fight this"
Photo by Bob Rudsit

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Western Airline's Katherine Evans, first woman ramp agent in the Seattle area, unloading a cargo container at Sea-Tac International Airport.
05/07/1975