Selden's moved into new facilities in 1942, these new quarters offered customers larger, attractive and efficient space. Selden's, owned and operated by Sidney Selden, is one of Tacoma's leading drapery and floor covering stores. With five full floors for customers to browse through, including a repair department, everyone is sure to find what they need. Interior view of fabric department.
Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Showrooms--Tacoma; Textiles; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma; Selden's, Inc. (Tacoma);
Rhodes Millinery Mirror Room along with other departments had recently been remodeled and modernized. The room featured modern fixtures in a renovated spacious room. Rhodes offered fashionable and chic hats for the modern woman. View of Mirror Room with hat displays and comfortable areas for women to try on their favorite hat styles (T. Times, 5/16/46, p. 10).
Millinery; Hats--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Department stores--Tacoma; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma);
This committee from the Washington State Music Teacher's Association will be looking over and choosing music selections for the State Music Auditions. Members of the association will present students in programs during the auditions. Left to right view of: Frank J. Nurding, Florence Russell, Eunice Prosser Crain and Madge Hurd (T. Times, 6/1/46, p. 5).
Teachers--Tacoma; Pianos; Meetings--Tacoma; Washington State Music Teacher's Association (Tacoma);
Harkness Rug Co. is a family owned business that opened in 1921. They have a large selection of rugs, carpets, baby furniture, furniture, linoleum, carpets, tile and appliances. They can still be found at this address today. Interior view of new store, Bendix automatic washing machines and RCA Victor automatic Victrola radio phonographs in showroom.
Lennard Anderson was a Tacoma concert pianist. He was working on his Masters Degree in Music at New York University. Lennard started studying music at the age of six and in his early twenties he was the staff pianist at KVI radio. Copy of retouched picture of Lennard Anderson.
This photograph, taken around July 19, 1894, was copied by the Richards Studio in July of 1946 under the direction of Ernest Heinrich, owner of Heinrich Locker and Ice. The photograph was taken during a barn raising at the F. Heinrich farm on the banks of the St. Croix River, near Rush City, Minnesota. View of assisting neighbors standing on the roof trusses of building. Carl John Frederick Heinrich was born in Prussia and emigrated to the US in 1871. He settled in Minnesota as a farmer in 1874 on 425 acres bordering the St. Croix River. He married Welhelmina Oelrichs in 1880. They had five children. Ernest Heinrich was their son. Copy of photograph ordered by Heinrich Locker & Ice Co. (Also see image C21659-2).
Roof trusses--Minn.; Progress photographs; Building construction--Minn.; Heinrich Locker & Ice Co. (Tacoma);
Tom Breneman's "Breakfast in Hollywood " film at Tacoma's Roxy (Pantages) Theater in August, 1946. Masters of Ceremonies Bill Gunning and Al Priddy of Radio Station KJR advertising Kellogg's "All Bran" and "Pep" cereals. They hold up industrial-sized boxes of breakfast cereal. A cardboard cutout, perhaps of star Tom Breneman, is propped up between the men. KJR would rebroadcast Mr. Breneman's program the day of the movie opening, August 20, 1946. (T.Times, Ad, 8-18-46, p. 6) TPL-1396 ALBUM 7.
Atlas Foundry, crane for Broderick & Bascomb, wire rope. Atlas Foundry and Machine Company supplied castings for firms building new machines which kept the company in touch with the general building up of all industries in the area after the war. (T.Times, 8/28/1946, p.5)
Atlas Foundry, crane for Broderick & Bascomb, wire rope. A crane is being used to set a pole alongside a railroad track. Atlas Foundry and Machine Company was engaged at this time in work for plywood, pulp and paper, railroad and other industries. The company reports work was coming in from all over the west coast. This photograph was used in a newspaper article, Tacoma News Tribune, February 14, 1950, about the poles manufactured by Cascade Pole Company, located on Port of Tacoma Road, that were used for telephone and telegraph poles throughout the world. (T.Times, 8/28/1946, p.5)
Ray Ridge Motors for Robert Sconce Advertising. Crowd admires the 1946 Mercurys at Ray Ridge Motors. Night view from outside showroom through plate glass windows. Convertible, sedan and "woody" wagon are visible.
Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ray Ridge Motors, Inc. (Tacoma); Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Lowell T. Murray. The back door of this automobile is open inviting us to view the elegant interior, upholstered in leather with armrests and interior lights. A lap robe hangs from the back of the front seat. Passengers could step down to the running board before stepping to the street level. The back doors open from the middle. These were later called "suicide doors". A crank handle raises and lowers the window.
Morris Jaffe-Edith Brodsky held their wedding and wedding reception at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Winthrop on November 3, 1946. Eleven waitresses, a chef and kitchen manager stand behind the heavily laden banquet serving table. The bride was the daughter of Phillip and Anne Brodsky. The groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Jaffe of Seattle. The bride's cake, not shown, was surrounded by 100 gardenias and a sprinkling of silver sequins. (T.Times, 11/6/1946, p.8)
Flavel ("Bizz") Beattie-Henrietta Foss wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Beattie cut the wedding cake at their wedding reception. The table is decorated with candles and desert plates and napkins are ready. A bouquet of mums and more candles decorate the mantle of the fireplace behind the bride and groom. The reception took place at the Tacoma Country Club. (T.Times, 9/28/1946, p.7)
Bellarmine High School, celebrating the ceremony of the Holy Ghost. Women seated in the pews are wearing scarves, shawls and hats to cover their heads during the service.
Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Religious services--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Bellarmine football player, Joe Retallick.This photograph was taken Joe's freshman year. He was a member of the 1947 champion team, and is a member of Bellarmine's Hall of Fame. Other students stand in the background while player number 56 poses, ready to defend his teammates. TPL-7190
Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Football players--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Tom Breneman's "Breakfast in Hollywood Show" at Tacoma's Roxy (Pantages) Theater on August 20, 1946. KJR Radio Masters of Ceremonies giving a prize to a fan. Al Priddy (L) and Bill Gunning present Mrs. May Matson a beautiful orchid for being the oldest mother, age 81, present at the opening of "Breakfast in Hollywood." Mrs. Matson indicated that it was only the second orchid she had ever received; the first was when she got married. The "oldest mother" was just one of the many contests held during the course of the movie's run to celebrate the transfer of the popular radio program onto the big screen; others included goofiest hat, youngest bride and oldest lady. (T.Times, 8-21-46, p. 1) ALBUM 7.
This was how the 920-930 block of Broadway appeared in September of 1946. Starting on the left was the Kress Building, 934-36 Broadway. It was built in 1925 for the S.H. Kress & Co. dimestore and now houses the Tacoma Children's Museum and is on the city's historic registry. Next was Leed's Shoes at 932 Broadway. Payless Drugs was located next in the Gardner-Wallace Block, 928-30 Broadway. The building was built in 1906 and designed by G.W. Bullard, architect. Payless occupied the building from 1935-1979. The distinctive building on the right was the Pythian Temple, 924-26 Broadway. It was designed by Frederick Heath, architect, for the Knights of Pythias and was constructed in 1906. It is on both the City and the National Registry. Photograph ordered by Amocat Realty Company.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association. A young logger, carrying an ax, inspects the base of a newly cut old growth douglas fir. Another log lies next to the larger log. The base of the newly cut tree dwarfs the man. A sledge hammer, a bottle, several cables and other debris litter the foreground next to a large tree stump. The bottle would not hold whiskey but saw oil. The huge tree was found in the timber holdings of the Northwest Door Co. in Tacoma, where a cross section of the tree was later displayed. Its rings indicate that the tree was 586 years old. It was harvested because the tree was damaged and already beginning to rot. Two larger trees had actually been sighted, one in Washington and one in Oregon, but were left to die a natural death. This tree was measured out at a record diameter of 13 feet 4 inches. (TNT 8/21/1946, pg. 1)
Forests--Washington; Logs; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Tree stumps--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Hogan's Lakewood Center Grocery, Nalley's display. A stack of Nalley's Hamburger Relish selling for 25 cents each stands near the cash register. Other products are displayed on shelves behind the register. Nalley's Inc. was started in 1918 by Marcus Nalley. Nalley Valley Center Street Development consists of 3 main plants housing 4 separate food processing operations: the potato chip plant, processing potato chips, popcorn and various nut products; a pickle plant, a federally inspected meat plant, and the Tacoma sales branch offices and Nalley's general branch sales office. (T.Times, 12/10/1947)
Grocery stores--Lakewood--1940-1950; Hogan's Fine Foods (Lakewood); Cash registers; Merchandise displays--Lakewood--1940-1950;
Hallahan Motor Sales, collapsible trailer. The interior of the trailer holds a set of shelves bearing a sign saying, "This folds and is placed under bed".
Hallahan Motor Sales Co.; Trailers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Camping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Beds; Shelving;
Hallahan Motor Sales, collapsible trailer. The interior of the trailer shows two cots made up with blankets and pillows, two tables in the foreground, and steps up to the cots. Metal poles and strips along the sides hold the tent top open.
Hallahan Motor Sales Co.; Trailers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Camping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Beds; Tables; Shelving;
