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Joe Abraham
Jan Epting's music in the wilderness

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Jan Epting
"I'm the happiest I've ever been."

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Betty and Elbert H. Baker II (with unidentified pony boy) congratulate Bold Country, winner of Sunday's $10,000-added Tacoma Handicap at Longacres.

Official Longacres Photo by Jerry M. Clark Photography (Yakima)

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Tom Dixon
Staff photo by Jerry Buck

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Ramona Bennett

Staff photo by Jerry Buck

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Kevin Hegarty - Dir. Tacoma Pub. Library
Photo by Jerry Buck

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John Spellman, left, and George Weyerhaeuser

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Dolores Silas

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Charles Z. Smith
Staff photo by Bob Rudsit

ca. 1975. Librarian Bob Pankl at General Services Dept. desk, Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library.

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ca. 1975. Carolyn Wesley in General Services Dept. Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library. Ms. Wesley is perusing an article on new chemical plants that has been clipped out of the local newspaper. She and fellow staff member Judy Wilkins (not pictured) had spent many hours clipping and filing items of interest to Tacoma readers.

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ca. 1975. Judy Wilkins in General Services Dept., Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library. Staff member Judy Wilkins points out a location on a relief map in this circa 1975 color photograph. Mrs. Wilkins later joined the Quick Information telephone reference department. A documents specialist, she was still with the library 35 years later.

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ca. 1975. Librarian Randy Rafferty in Business, Science & Technology Dept., Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library.

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ca. 1975. Librarians Jack Rasmussen and Karen (Goettling) Kelley in Lit. Dept., Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library. Mrs. Kelley was a former Daffodil Festival Queen.

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ca. 1975. St. Joseph Hospital. A prominent landmark in the Tacoma skyline is the futuristic design of the new St. Joseph Hospital located at 1718 South I. The round "porthole" windows, "cloverleaf" sections and narrow supporting "legs" were in sharp contrast to the older hospital of the same name, located a block away. There was room for 262 patients and the facility included ten surgeries. Nursing stations were designed to allow one registered nurse to monitor seven patient rooms. St. Joseph would undergo further expansion in the coming years including an outpatient addition. Photograph ordered by Bertrand Goldberg & Associates, Chicago. (TNT 12-12-74, A-2-article)

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ca. 1975. 1975 Richards color stock footage. Aerial view of Tacoma Tideflats. The view above is believed to be Concrete Technology's property on the Port of Tacoma Rd. The area was bordered by E. 11th St. and Lincoln Ave. The body of water below is believed to be the Blair Waterway (formerly Port Industrial Waterway). The Puyallup River is near the top of the photograph.

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1975. 1975 Richards color stock footage. Shadows are creeping up on the venerable Union Station, 1717 Pacific Ave., in this 1975 aerial view. By 1975, the magnificent structure was showing its age. A proposed $14,000,000 shopping center/transportation complex sought to restore the station to its former splendor. "Depot Galleria" hoped to add two large buildings to the north and south of the station which would house department stores or perhaps include a major hotel. The Union Station interior would have had a remodeled "Gay '90s" look with the glass dome skylight admitting light to central atrium gardens. Three parking levels would provide parking for 1500 cars. The station would continue to serve as an Amtrak passenger terminal. These ambitious plans by Malls North and BNL Development Corporation (subsidiary of Burlington Northern) would not be realized. (TNT 2-23-75, A-1 article)

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ca. 1975. 1975 Richards color stock footage. Ships under construction at one of Tacoma's shipyards, believed to be the J.M. Martinac Shipyards on the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway. This aerial photograph may have been taken in late fall of 1975.

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Aerial views; Aerial photographs;

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Harold Moss

Photo by Bruce Kellman

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Dr. David F. Dye

ca. 1975. Sadie Uglow in Fine Arts Dept, Tacoma Public Library. The Fine Arts Department was located on the second floor of the Main Library. Each department had large signs clearly defining its specialty. After retiring from Tacoma Public, Miss Uglow would become the librarian for the Tacoma Art Museum.

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ca. 1975. Downtown's Broadway Plaza was the site of a street celebration in late spring of 1975. Ad spokesman "Ace Busby" of Puget Sound National Bank and Ms. Downtown Tacoma, Donna McNamara, smile brightly for the camera. The celebration also featured a carousel and Satiacum Salmon Teepee's $2.75 plate meals.

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APPOINTED--Delores Sibonga has been appointed deputy executive secretary of the Washington State Human Rights Commission. She is the first woman to hold an executive position with the commission in its 26 year history.
AP File Photo, 1973

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(TAC1) TACOMA, WN. Apr. 22 -- Under The Dome --
Thousands of picket-sign carrying teachers stormed the Capitol grounds at Olympia demanding special property tax levy relief for schools from the Legislature. Veteran lawmakers who have been besieged before, nevertheless got the message. The demonstration continues tomorrow.

A black and white photo of picketers holdings signs reading, "Edmonds Teachers Care! We're Together E.E.A. WEB," and "Innocent Kids Face Capitol Punishment WEA-NEA." The Washington State Capitol building can be seen in the background.

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Signs: Buses Unfair to Students
We All Pay or We All Ride Free
School Bus Fare "Unfair" our cost=$72.00/yr., others = $.00/yr.

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Biggest But Doomed

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Ramona Bennett