Kitchen in colonial-style home. This colonial-style home was located in the Sylvan Park neighborhood in the Lakes District, one of the area's newer housing developments, not far from South Tacoma. The kitchen appears to have been a corridor style kitchen with sink and dishwasher across the aisle from the built-in stove & oven, and refrigerator. There were an abundance of knotty pine cabinets. A table and four chairs fit nicely in the kitchen nook. Colorful linoleum decorates the kitchen floor. The home was designed and built by Mark Hoskins Home Construction Co. Ads welcoming prospective home owners ran in the News Tribune on consecutive Sundays, March 23 and March 30, 1958. This three bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home at 3011 Sylvia Blvd. So. was advertised at $23,900. Tacoma businessman Russ Dunmire would become one of the home's owners. Photograph ordered by Home Construction Co. (TNT ads 3-23-58, A-12, 3-30-58, C-19) (Additional information provided by a reader)

Kitchens--Lakewood--1950-1960;

A feeling of spaciousness prevails in the Martin Gosselin residence at Lake Steilacoom Point with a "Great room" concept. The kitchen appears to be tucked away between the living room and informal room. There do not appear to be many walls separating the defined living spaces. A large glass door leads to the fenced outdoors which may have a covered patio. Because the flooring appears to be a natural tile, it blends in with the outdoor concrete. A clam-shell style chair and bean-shaped laminated table are prominent in the foreground. This three bedroom home was designed and constructed by Mark Hoskins Home Construction Co. Photograph ordered by Home Construction Co.

Gosselin, Martin D.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960;

The Home Construction Co. designed and built this lovely lakefront home. It may have belonged to Martin Gosselin of Steilacoom Point. Expansive windows draw attention to the still waters outside the dock. Heavy drapes were available if the glare of the sun became too fierce or for privacy at night. An enormous stone fireplace would make evenings cozy for the home's residents. The fireplace would provide double-duty, separating the living room from the dining area. A glimpse of the kitchen can be seen in the background. Photograph ordered by Home Construction Co.

Gosselin, Martin D.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Fireplaces;

Night exposure of contemporary rambler style home belonging to Martin and Barbara Gosselin of Lake Steilacoom Point. The Gosselins owned Marty's Styling Salon on Sixth Avenue. The drapes are left open so that residents can enjoy the evening view from this wood framed house. Rather than walls, an enormous stone fireplace separates the dining room from the living room. At one end of the home is a more casual TV room with comfortable sofas and an additional fireplace. A partially covered patio appears to run the length of the house. The exterior of the home is gray with pale blue trim and roof. This home was designed and constructed by Mark Hoskins Home Construction Co. Photograph ordered by Home Construction Co.

Gosselin, Martin D.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960;

ca. 1958. Photograph taken in 1958 at the corner of Pacific Ave. and 10th, looking north on Pacific. The six story Security Building, 917 Pacific Ave., is clearly marked on the side of the building. It was built in 1903 from a design by George Bullard, architect, and named the "Provident Building." It was renamed in 1952. To the right is a smaller building, originally built in 1885 for the Tacoma National Bank and added on to in 1888 (921-23 Pacific Ave.) It has since been demolished. The tenants in 1958 were the Smoke Shop Tavern at 921, the Travel Center of Tacoma at 923 and Archie's Coffee Cup at 925 Pacific Ave. Around the corner was the Lutheran Service Center for service men and Ward-Smith, Inc. The Montgomery Ward catalog center is located at 919 Pacific Ave.

Security Building (Tacoma); Provident Building (Tacoma); Facades--Tacoma--1950-1960; Archie's Coffee Cup (Tacoma); Smoke Shop Tavern (Tacoma); Travel Center of Tacoma (Tacoma);

Southdale, a model home in the Auburn area, was photographed on March 13, 1958, from the viewpoint of another new house across the street. The model home was constructed in the contemporary rambler style; it had a one-car garage and small covered porch. Auburn in the 1950's was still a small "bedroom" community with many residents commuting to Seattle and other King County jobs. Lots appear to have been on the large side and housing relatively inexpensive. Photograph ordered by S & S Builders.

Houses--Auburn--1950-1960;

The Oxford Apartments were located in Auburn at 717 A St. N.E. The two-story, twenty-unit apartment complex was built in a L-shape with carports for some renters. Auburn was a growing little community with a population of nearly 7,000 in the 1950 Census. By 1960, the population had sprouted to 11,933. Housing would be needed for new residents with new housing developments and apartments springing up to meet the need. Photograph ordered by S & S Builders.

Housing developments--Auburn; Garages--Auburn;

ca. 1926. Interior of unidentified Butcher shop. (WSHS)

Butcher shops--1920-1930; Meat cutting; Meat;

Model Bakery's new truck in front of Olympic Ice Cream Store. Publicity for Titus Motor Company.

Business Enterprises - Food Industry - Bakers - Model Bakery Confectionaries - Olympic Ice Cream Store Truck Dealers - Ford Dealers - Titus Motor Company

Selden's had been located on Broadway since 1942. They advertised themselves as being "first in floor coverings and furniture" and did not charge for their professional decorating service. They were a complete home center, offering the finest in carpets, draperies, furniture, tile & linoleum and shades. A full line of Parker Paints, Frigidaire Home Appliances and Hoover vacuum cleaners were carried by the store. Selden's had two locations in the Tacoma area, one in the Lakewood Center and the main store now located at 11th & A St. View of 65,000 square foot main store was taken on March 30, 1958; rows of Selden's fleet of 26 delivery trucks and vans are lined up on two sides of the two-story building. A large sign with the company's name is prominently on display. Selden's held their grand opening on April 6, 1958. This downtown location was formerly the site of the O.F.Kegel store, opposite the post office. Photograph ordered by Selden's. (TNT 4-6-58, B-2)

Seldens, Inc. (Tacoma); Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Signs (Notices); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior- Selden's. Selden's, a home furnishings store featuring floor coverings and appliances, moved their main downtown store from Broadway, where they had been located since 1942, to 11th & A St in the spring of 1958. View of store with row of delivery trucks and large Selden's signage. Selden's had been in business in various Tacoma locations since 1940. The downtown store would remain the main store; five branches would be scattered throughout the state from Olympia to Moses Lake. The store would undergo extensive remodeling by G. Kirkebo & Son, contractors, using the design of Lea, Pearson & Richards, architects, in 1964. Eleven years later, in late 1975, the building would be demolished. Photograph ordered by Selden's. (TNT 4-6-58, B-2)

Seldens, Inc. (Tacoma); Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Signs (Notices); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Washington School 6A Graduating class, taken in front of school, on May 22, 1941. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906.

School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Washington School (Tacoma);

The Labor Temple on Market St. was home to a variety of unions with each union having a designated room. Among the many unions were the Butcher Workmen Union Local #554, the Bakers Union Local #126, Bricklayers Union Local #1 and the Motor Coach Employees Union Local #758, in addition to the Pierce County Central Labor Council AFL-CIO and United Labor Advisory Committee of Pierce County. Formerly the Hiroshimaya Hotel, the Labor Temple was purchased in 1941 by the Labor Council and completely paid for by 1943. View of members of the Plumbers and Fitters Union Local #82 who met in Room 201 of the Labor Temple; on the wall near the men are signs from other unions. Photograph ordered by the Plumbers Union.

Labor unions--Tacoma; Plumbers & Fitters Union Local No. 82 (Tacoma); Labor Temple (Tacoma); Signs (Notices);

ca. 1926. Interior of unidentified butcher shop. (WSHS)

Butcher shops--1920-1930; Meat cutting; Meat;

Construction continues on the new County-City Building in the spring of 1958. At this point, work on the edifice is now past the half-way point. View of construction at the corner of So. 11th and Tacoma Avenue So. shows the two-story court wing and the ten-story plus penthouse central structure. The court wing is being constructed of reinforced concrete. The court rooms will be soundproof and windowless. The towering central portion is 165 feet above Tacoma Avenue. It is being built to be fireproof and will be only one of about 100 in the country with exterior aluminum paneling. Another unit, a four-story law enforcement wing, will be finished later. Photograph ordered by Fentron Industries, Seattle. TPL-6679. (TNT 1-5-58, A-6)

Progress photographs; County-City Building (Tacoma); Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The one-branch North Pacific Bank had been in the South Tacoma area for over 40 years. Located at the corner of South 56th & South Tacoma Way, the bank was a brick structure designed by architects Lundberg & Mahon. Protruding from the bank's exterior was a Time and Temperature sign, a combination which was becoming more common in the 1950's. The sign was designed to show both the actual time and temperature at that location. Attached to the sign was a smaller one indicating the bank offered 3% time certificates. Photograph ordered by American Sign & Indicator Corp., Chicago.

North Pacific Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The Concert Chorus at Pacific Lutheran College posed for the camera seated in an open fan shape in the Music-Chapel on April 9, 1958. The men all sported tuxedoes while the women were primarily dressed in evening gowns. According to the student yearbook, the SAGA, the popularity of the group was increasing rapidly in the Seattle-Tacoma area. The chorus performed several times on Fort Lewis, at various churches, and at chapel exercises on campus. They were honored to be the first choral group to sing at the new Central Lutheran Church in Tacoma. The Concert Chorus, under the direction of R. Byard Fritts, concluded its year by recording music for the sound track of a technicolor movie to be released by the United Good Neighbors. (1958 SAGA yearbook, p. 94)

Choirs (Music); Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960;

Sears opened a new farm and garden store in the spring of 1958, just beyond Tacoma city limits at 8720 South Tacoma Way, where Hwy. 99 intersects with Steilacoom Blvd. Besides the usual appliances and televisions, customers could peruse garden items, farm equipment, pet supplies, and place catalog orders. View of Sears' exterior with customers examining garden shop outdoor exhibits, including a "Shrub-O-Rama" of evergreens at $2.77 each. Signs indicate that the store was open on Sundays. Photograph ordered by Sears. TPL-9910

Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Lakewood); Signs (Notices);

On March 30, 1958, customers flocked to the new Sears farm and garden store at 8720 South Tacoma Way, near the outskirts of Tacoma, to examine the products on sale. Besides the usual appliances and televisions, customers could peruse garden items, farm equipment, pet supplies, and place catalog orders. Kenmore floor sample washers and dryers could be purchased at a reduced price with no payments due until June 1st. Several browsers checked out the merits of the appliances while others were more interested in buying a 16 inch chain saw for $149.88. The pet shop portion of Sears was located to the rear of this photograph with tropical fish apparently on display.

Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Lakewood); Signs (Notices); Appliances; Washing machines;

Another angle of the County-City Building construction in progress was taken on April 2, 1958, for Fentron Industries of Seattle. The taller structure is the ten story and penthouse central building. Scaffolding is in place, probably to put aluminum paneling over the exterior walls. The smaller wing would be eventually four stories tall and contain the law enforcement forces. It appears that the steel framework is up and most concrete floors poured. Parking would be provided in the vicinity of the piles of rubble and construction materials. Total cost of the project was under $10 million dollars. TPL-6568

Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; County-City Building (Tacoma);

The North Pacific Bank T & T sign shows the time to be 12:10 p.m. which corresponds to the smaller clock in the window of the bank. The T & T sign would also give the current temperature. The North Pacific Bank had been in the same South Tacoma location since 1914. It was run by Clarence W. Wallerich, president, Bert R. Magnuson, vice-president and Peter K. Wallerich, cashier. Clarence Wallerich also owned the South Tacoma Motor Co., Western States Investment Group, City Motor Co., and managed the City Insurance Agency. The one-branch bank, which offered general banking and safe deposit vaults, had capital, surplus, reserves and undivided profits over $900,000 in 1958.

North Pacific Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Women employed by a local laundry appear to be in the process of operating a giant sheet iron and folder in an April 9, 1958, photograph. The new machinery, by American Trumatic and American Sylon, ironed and folded fourteen sheets per minute. The Tacoma-Olympic Laundry and Pantorium Cleaners were part of the Home Service Co., Inc., operated by Jack G. Hersey, president. The Home Service Co. advertised their services as dependable and "lusterized" their dry cleaning. Customers could be assured that the most up-to-date equipment would be used to clean their linens, pillows, laundry, blankets, rugs and furs. Photograph ordered by Howard R. Smith Advertising Co., for Home Service Co. (TNT Ad 4-14-58, p. 12)

Cleaning establishments--Tacoma; Machinery;

Individual clothes pressing machines are in use at a local laundry in April, 1958. Each machine has an operator on hand to place the piece of clothing into the press, over an ironing board apparatus. A battery of twenty press line units insured that gentle hand care was combined with automation for perfect garment finishing. After pressing, the clothes are removed and slung on a rack. This laundry and dry cleaning facility was probably the Tacoma-Olympic Laundry and Pantorium Cleaners. They were still settling claims from a recent fire for damaged and missing clothing. Photograph ordered by Howard R. Smith Advertising Co., for Home Service Co., Inc. (TNT ad, 4-14-58, p. 12)

Cleaning establishments--Tacoma;

Woodlam, Inc., was a laminated wood products company located in the Tideflats at 1476 Thorne Rd. William Lindberg was listed as president in the 1959 City Directory. Woodlam was formerly known as Laminated Wood Products Co. and was owned by Arne Strom. Strom had opened the plant in February, 1957, and sold the facility to Lindberg in April, 1958. Woodlam, Inc., employed between 80-100 workers. Purchase of the plant involved eight acres of land, a 500 X 100 foot main plant, drying kilns and a suite of offices. Aerial photographs were taken on April 10, 1958, showing piles of plywood outside the large plant facilities. Railroad tracks close by meant easy rail access for the laminated products. Photograph ordered by Woodlam, Inc. (TNT 4-26-58, A-1)

Aerial photographs; Woodlam, Inc. (Tacoma);

Wing's Sport & Tackle Center and the Wing Variety Store were located in one of the oldest buildings in downtown Tacoma. Built in 1889, the building was first home to the Oakland House/Hotel. Between the two William Wing establishments was the entrance to the California Apartments with apartments upstairs. Wing's Sport & Tackle was the factory authorized dealer in Mercury outboard sales and service; in addition, Bill Wing carried a complete stock of salt and fresh water fishing tackle, small boat hardware, houseware, skiis and croquet equipment. Wing's was celebrating its grand reopening of its newly remodeled and enlarged quarters in April, 1958. Now 5,000 square feet, the store originally was tiny with a 2 foot counter. Hunting and fishing licenses could be purchased at Wing's. The Wing Variety Store in the same building, also known as Wing 10 cent store, had their windows full of inexpensive items costing from 5-15 cents. This photograph was taken on April 11, 1958, from the 13th Street side. Photograph ordered by Wing Variety Store. (TNT 4-15-58, p. 19)

Wing Variety Store (Tacoma); Wing's Sport & Tackle Center (Tacoma); Variety stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sporting goods stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960; Signs (Notices); California Apartments (Tacoma);

ca. 1926. Grocery store interior. Canned goods on shelves, scale, Wrigleys and Beech Nut Gum, Karo Syrup, Leslie Salt, Snow Flake Crackers in display case. Flowers in vases on countertop. (filed in Argentum)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Precision Machine Works, founded by Edward Gazecki and Edwin Hofstead in 1924, was located at 2102 A St., next to Graybar Electric. Edward Gazecki was still listed as president in the 1958 City Directory, however, William J. Gazecki was the vice-president and may have been in charge of the plant. Precision Machine Works specialized in automatic machinery, both in fabrication and welding. There was also an aircraft division adjacent to the main building. External view of the industrial facility was taken on an overcast day in April, 1958, for use in a brochure.

Precision Machine Works (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Machine shops--Tacoma;

Puget Sound National Bank had a drive-in branch at South 13th & A St. downtown. There were two drive-up teller windows in the customer parking lot. The drive-up tellers, opened on April 1, 1958, replaced the less convenient singular drive-up window at the rear of the main bank building on Court A. Now a bank customer could cash checks, make checking/savings deposits, and pay loans without getting out of his car. Puget Sound Bank called itself "Tacoma's Friendly Bank" with convenient neighborhood branches and free customer parking. Under the capable hands of Reno Odlin, the bank's deposits had increased almost 50% between 1950 & 1960. This was accomplished through internal growth and not through the purchase of other banks or mergers. Photograph ordered by the Condon Co. (Provorse: Banking on Independence, p. 116, TNT ad 3-31-58, p. 15))

Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Banking--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Photograph labelled "Stanley School- 6A Class, June 1941"

Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Education--Tacoma; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Group portraits;

ca. 1926. Grocery store interior. Dairy case, canned goods on shelves, coffee grinder, scale, adding machine, Tree Tea display on counter.(filed with Argentum)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1920-1930;