Exterior Bill Tietz' home in Narrowmoor, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr. U-shaped house with three-car garage. For Tietz Construction Company.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts;

Recreation room of Bill Tietz' home in Narrowmoor, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr. Full bar and stools on left. Pool table in foreground and fireplace in distance flanked by two slot machines. A portion of Bill Tietz' gun collection is displayed on the left hand wall, also a sheathed sword. For Tietz Construction Company.

Recreation rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Billiards--Tacoma--1950-1960; Slot machines--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts;

Elegant master bedroom of Bill Tietz' home in Narrowmoor, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr. The room showcases the light blonde furniture and the shag carpet of the time period. Drapes hung from the ceiling level and the satin comforter thrown across the double bed give the room a more formal look.

Bedrooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts; Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood);

Dinner at The Firs honoring the 25th wedding anniversary of Vernor and Ada Shields. Mr. and Mrs. Shields lived at 735 Stadium Way. He was the owner of Cooksie and Shields at 941 Commerce, a restaurant and tavern with cigars, tobacco, billiards and a card room. He was also part owner, with Chester L. Olson, of the K Street Department Store at 1124 So. K. The Firs was located two miles south of the Roy "Y" on Mountain Highway in the Loveland area. It was built in 1922 of vertical log construction, and served as an inn, restaurant and cabaret. It catered primarily to banquets and private parties and offered music by Lloyd Alton's Orchestra. It was destroyed in 1974 by fire and never rebuilt.

Shields, Vernor; Shields, Ada; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1950-1960; Firs (Spanaway);

Window display at Scovell's Service. Three Admiral frostfree refrigerators and one stove are showcased in May of 1952. Scovell's Service offered household appliances and repair and was located at 1145 Commerce St.

Merchandise display--Tacoma--1950-1960; Window displays--Tacoma--1950-1960; Refrigerators; Stoves--Tacoma; Scovell's Service (Tacoma);

New ranch style home, with two car garage, in Lakewood, designed & built by H.A. Briggs. As the demand for housing, partially fueled by G.I. loans, grew, so did suburban flight. One of the areas to benefit greatly from this trend was the rapidly growing suburban community of Lakewood. From the families that bought & occupied these homes would come that broad base of population born in the fifties known as "Baby Boomers." Briggs Construction Co. was owned by H.A. Briggs, who lived at 523 Alta Vista Place in Fircrest.

Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Briggs Construction Co. (Tacoma);

One-story, block house, composition roof with one car garage attached. Home has two chimneys. Address was not listed.

Houses--1950-1960;

New ranch style home, with one car garage, in Lakewood, designed & built by H.A. Briggs. Briggs Construction Co. was owned by H.A. Briggs, who lived at 523 Alta Vista Place in Fircrest. As veterans returned from Korea, as they did after WW II, they started families and bought their first home. Construction in the Tacoma area was at an all time high at the beginning of the fifties. The ranch home became the residential standard for this time period and its most common location was in the suburbs. Several communities, such as Lakewood, grew rapidly with this influx of population and urban flight. TPL-8312

Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Briggs Construction Co. (Tacoma);

Washington cooperative farmers, Crisco Fryers- packaging fryers. Man and two women cleaning chicken carcasses on May 29, 1952 in preparation for packaging.

Chickens--Washington; Food processing;

Women on line cutting fryers.

Assembly line for cutting and packing fryers, one man at bandsaw.

The Sears, and Roebuck Company took over the Owen Woods building at the corner of So. 13th and Broadway in 1935. This photograph from 1952 shows the completely remodeled building. The new facade was based on the Sears building at the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition. In 1981, after over 45 years at this address, Sears moved to the Tacoma Mall, leaving the Peoples Store at So. 11th and Pacific as the last major department store in downtown Tacoma. The Peoples Store closed three years later, in 1984. After Sears moved to the Mall, the building at 1148 Broadway was remodeled yet again, restoring much of the look of the original Owen Woods Building.

Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Parking garages--Tacoma; Silas E. Nelsen Architects (Tacoma);

An engineer works on machinery, a paper "tensiometer," at the St. Regis Paper Co., Kraft pulp division. The equipment has been "locked out" with a key, so that it can not be started while the engineer is working. The two year old paper machine was approximately a block long. In 1952, St. Regis produced 400 tons of unbleached pulp per day. 160 of those tons were bleached and made into dried heavy sheets & placed together into 400 lb. bales, put into boxcars & shipped to other mills or the open market. The remaining 240 tons was used to make multiwalled bags in the company's bag plant or wrapping paper. Picture taken for General Electric Supply, Apparatus Department.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Machinery; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

Machine layout setup in plant of a "sealing spreader" for Globe Machine Manufacturing Co., Inc. Globe was located at 301 E. 11th. The company manufactured veneer, plywood and woodworking machinery. Calvin D. Bamford was President and Stuart Bryan Vice-president and secretary/treasurer.

Machinery industry--Tacoma; Machinery; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

Studio setup of cash register for H.D. Baker & Co., Inc. The company sold business machines and was located at 1007 Pacific Ave. Harry D. Baker was president and lived at 107 No. Summit Ave. Lee T. Baker was vice president and Joseph H. Baker was secretary-treasurer of this family business.

Cash registers; H.D. Baker Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Visitation School's 1952 graduating Class of 42 students taken in church sanctuary. Visitation Church was designed by C. Frank Mahon, Architect, and constructed in 1913. The school was added in 1925 and opened on September 8th with an enrollment of 170 students, at a cost of $1.00 per month for in parrish families. The school was staffed by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Benedict's Convent in Minnesota. ("A History of Pierce County" V. 3)

Church schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Church of the Visitation (Tacoma); School of the Visitation (Tacoma);

Old St. Ann's Orphan's Home building. Queen Anne style Victorian house with two round towers, porte cochere and full covered porch, located in a grove of trees. The home was built in the 1880's and was formerly part of the estate of Joseph S. Kemp. Purchased by the Sisters of St. Francis and remodeled, it opened as an orphanage in 1939. In 1971, its fixtures and Victorian furniture were sold and the home was razed to make way for modern structures.

St. Ann's Home (Tacoma); Orphanages--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior of St. Ann's home. Queen Anne style Victorian house with two round towers, porte cochere and full covered porch, located in a grove of trees. St. Ann's was an orphanage located on the grounds of the former Kemp estate. It was purchased and remodeled as an orphanage in 1939 by the Sisters of St. Francis. The orphanage operated from 1920- 1938 on the grounds of the Byrd estate in Fern Hill at 8040-60 S "J" St. They moved to this home in 1939 and constructed a three story brick addition at the same site. In 1968, the brick building was declared unsafe. The mansion had been ruled unsuitable for children many years before. Both were razed in 1971 to make way for a five building modern complex with cottages for the children. (TNT 7/27/1975, PG. A-11)

St. Ann's Home (Tacoma); Orphanages--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Old St. Ann's Orphan's Home building. Queen Anne style Victorian house with two round towers, porte cochere and full covered porch, located in a grove of trees on extensive grounds overlooking Wapato Lake. The estate was purchased in 1938 by the Sisters of St. Francis from the family of the late J.S. Kemp. The Sisters planned to relocated their orphanage here after a fire at their original location at 8040 So. "J" St. The house, and an additional three story brick structure constructed in 1939, were razed in 1971 after being ruled unsafe.

St. Ann's Home (Tacoma); Orphanages--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Interior view of living room in Bill Tietz's new residence, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr. View toward television alcove., glass block trim on right. For Tietz Construction Company.

Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Bill Tietz's new residence, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr., view toward living room from terrace. For Tietz Construction Company.

Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior exposure of Bill Tietz' new home in Narrowmoor, for Tietz Construction, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr. The Narrowmoor addition consisted of an 11 x 6 block neighborhood of quality custom built single family homes. It was located west of Jackson between 6th and 19th. The lots were view lots, having excellent views of the Narrows. Rock retaining walls have been installed to support the terraced landscaping. The home has floor to ceiling view windows at one corner and a covered area running the length of the front of the home.

Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Bill Tietz's new residence, believed to be 1274 So. Fernside Dr., back of house with terraced yard and rockery. For Tietz Construction Company.

Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Tietz, Bill--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Kaiser Aluminum, Tacoma Works rectifier station addition. Exterior of building with train tracks beside it. The Kaiser plants were taken over from the federal government in 1947 by Henry J. Kaiser. The plant in Tacoma was an aluminum reduction plant; it produced pig aluminum from treated ore and then sent it to a fabricating plant to be made into a finished product. The plant underwent a expansion and modernization program in 1952, at a cost of $2,850,000, to increase capacity by 1/3, an annual production of 66, 400,000 pounds.

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (Tacoma); Aluminum industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Tacoma works rectifier station addition, Kaiser Aluminum. Other side of building with plant and yard on right, Dodge truck lower left. The plant underwent an expansion and modernization program, beginning in 1952, to increase production. Construction in the expansion program included an extension to the rectifier station building. The rectifier station is where power is converted from alternating to direct current.

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (Tacoma); Aluminum industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dodge trucks; Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior exposure of Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co.- Olympia. Sideshot of building and Georgia-Pacific smokestack and mill.

Entry of building

ca. 1925. When the grand Tacoma Theater was built in 1889, it had the largest stage on the Pacific Coast, measuring 67 feet by 42 feet and 55 feet to the loft. The sheer size and elegance of the stage can be seen in this circa 1925 photograph with a large Baptist choir in attendance. The orchestra is seated and waiting to perform in the orchestra pit below the stage. The building at 9th & Broadway was built by the Tacoma Opera House Company to seat 1,300 (later enlarged to 1,800) and opened in January of 1890. The boards of the Tacoma Theater were trod by such greats as Sarah Bernhardt, Al Jolson and Harry Houdini. When the theater sold in December of 1925, it was the largest single realty transaction in the city's history. The theater closed down for a remodel and reopened in 1927 as the Broadway Theater. In 1933, under new management, it became the Music Box. It was destroyed by fire in April of 1963. (WSHS)

Theaters--Tacoma; Tacoma Theater (Tacoma); Broadway Theater (Tacoma); Choirs (Music)--1920-1930; Orchestras--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Pacific Lutheran College graduates, class of 1952, pose on the lawn in cap and gown after the Baccalaureate Service.

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Universities & colleges--Parkland; Students--Parkland; Graduation ceremonies--Parkland;

Kitchen of the home built during the "Farm in a Day" project at Moses Lake, Wa. For Hal Hughes & Assoc. During a 22 hour period on May 29, 1952, 300 volunteers built a complete $75,000 farm- including seven room house, barns, livestock areas and planted fields- and gifted it to deserving WWII vet and farmer Donald Dunn. The house was designed by a group of five architects headed up by Paul Kirk of Seattle. It included such innovations as a fireplace in the dining room where the farmer could relax without having to clean up. It had two bathrooms, one near the back door so the farmer could cleanup without having to cross the house in muddy boots. It had less hallway space and was built on a concrete slab. The kitchen had a maximum of natural lighting, provided by the "butterfly" roof. The farm wife could see the fireplace, fields and playground through picture windows. The home came to the Dunns complete, even down to groceries stocked on the shelves. (Popular Mechanics "They Built Him a Farm in a Day" Dec. 1952, pg 118-22+)

Agriculture--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Reclamation of land--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Irrigation--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Houses--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Kitchens--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Farms--Moses Lake--1950-1960;