A night view of Mueller-Harkins Buick dealership decorated for Christmas. A Buick has been placed on top of the roof of the service marquee with trees and "Make this a Buick Christmas" banner. Glass-topped Texaco gas pumps, a Firestone neon sign, US Royal Master tire banner, and a motor oil display are also shown. The dealership's neon sign advertising Buick shines brightly on the vertical sign. TPL-10295
Mueller-Harkins Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1950-1960; Buick automobile; Christmas decorations; Window displays--Tacoma--1950-1960; Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon. View of exterior of modern one-story building with traditional barbershop striped pole attached. February 23, 1969, saw the grand opening of the remodeled Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon in the So. 23rd and K (now Martin Luther King Jr Way) neighborhood. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Barbershops--Tacoma--1960-1970; Beauty shops--Tacoma--1960-1970; Signs (Notices); Facades--Tacoma--1960-1970; Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon (Tacoma);
In February of 1969 Edward Taylor (far left) showed a new electric hair clippers to an unidentified customer in his newly remodeled barber shop. Mr. Taylor opened the Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon at 2151 South K Street (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Way) in Tacoma's Hilltop area in 1965. With "lots of hard work" and help from the Small Business Administration he was able to develop a salon that could accommodate all types and textures of hair. In a News Tribune article published in February of 1972 he was shown working on the hair of Mel Jackson, at that time administrative assistant to Tacoma's city manager.
Barbershops--Tacoma--1960-1970; Beauty shops--Tacoma--1960-1970; Shaving equipment; Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon (Tacoma); Taylor, Edward;
Grand opening of Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon. Beauticians Alice Burns (foreground) and Willie May Harris smile at the photographer while at work with two customers. On February 23, 1969, Ed Taylor celebrated the grand opening of his remodeled combination beauty salon and barber shop at So. 23rd & K (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Way). Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Barbershops--Tacoma--1960-1970; Beauty shops--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hairdressing--Tacoma--1960-1970; Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon (Tacoma); Burns, Alice; Harris, Willie May;
Four-year-old Roger Spadoni, son of Julius Spadoni, smiles broadly in an August 1951, photograph. Roger and his six-year-old sister, Linda, came from Gig Harbor to get their pictures taken. He has his short hair neatly parted to one side and is wearing a plaid sports coat with a white shirt underneath.
Interior of Lloyd Suiter Tire Company showing blower-meld equipment. Lloyd Suiter, the owner, stands inside a stack of graduated sized truck tires. A woman (likely Margaret Suiter) stands nearby smiling at the camera.
Margaret Suiter (Mrs. Lloyd Suiter), Mrs. John Kaufman, and Mrs. Frank Graham (L-R), dressed in leather jackets, ties, and riding pants, posed with their prize-winning hunting dogs in February of 1939. All three dogs had competed at the West Coast Field Trails where the women performed as the as dogs' handlers. Mrs. Suiter, with her "Suiter's Lady Deluxe," won the all-age group at the West Coast Field Trials. Mrs. Kaufman's "Jodowah" placed second in the trials' puppy event while the "Golden Calodine" of Mrs. Graham won the puppy event. (T. Times, 2/9/1939, p. 15-alternate photograph).
Patty and Vicki Wilkinson are barefoot and crouching with guitars in hand in an unusual January 10, 1964, photograph. They may have been part of the Dave Bunker Quintet. Identification provided by patron.
Float for Tacoma Public Utilities with Daffodil Queen and other participants at the 1956 Daffodil Parade. A Macy's building with a Coca-Cola painted sign can be seen in the background along with a crowd on the roof of The Music Shop and a Jeweler with an obscured name.
Attorney Gail Haddock, 510 Perkins Building, commissioned a series of photographs depicting a scene of an accident. The accident apparently occurred near Holy Rosary Church, shown on the far right, and Wakefield Dr. (now South Tacoma Way). This view shows the steepness of the hill near the church.
Tacoma Ave S looking south towards St. Joseph's Catholic Church. This photograph was taken on August 9, 1950, near Wakefield Dr. (now South Tacoma Way) and the Holy Rosary Church. It apparently depicts the vicinity of an accident and was commissioned by Gail Haddock, attorney, 510 Perkins Building.
Portrait of the Honorable Erling Tollefson, Municipal Court judge. Judge Tollefson was the youngest of the four Tollefson brothers who made their mark on Tacoma's landscape. Harold was a two-term Mayor of Tacoma, Thor, a multiple term Republican congressman and Rudy, a well known banker. Thor and Harold preceded him in admission to the bar. Erling Tollefson was born on December 13, 1913 and attended local Tacoma schools including Lincoln High School and the University of Puget Sound. He attended Gonzaga University Law School after being associated with Johnson Paint Co. for many years and passed the Washington bar exam in August of 1959. Judge and Mrs. Tollefson resided at 819 South Monroe. He would pass away on December 5, 1986. (TNT 8-16-59-article; TNT 4-30-78, C-13 article)
ca. 1959. Copy of a customer's print of Jack Boyle, figure skating champion. Jack Boyle competed with the Lakewood Figure Skating Club in both the pairs with Patsy Hamm and the mens individuals. He grew up in the north end of Tacoma, attended Jason Lee Jr. High and graduated from Stadium High School in 1949. He won every men's division event in the Northwest, including senior mens, and held just about every Pacific Coast title, including senior mens and senior pairs. He and partner Patsy Hamm placed nationally in the junior and senior pairs. Boyle went pro in 1949 and skated with the Ice Follies, Holiday on Ice and other touring revues. He retired from professional skating in 1955 and entered the teaching field. Boyle taught skating for over 30 years in Vancouver, BC. ("History of Figure Skating in Pierce County" excerpt written by Jack Boyle)
A plaque honoring Stephen Tyng Mathew reads, "He laid the foundation of the National Park Services defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done."
Mathew, Stephen Tyng; Plaques--Washington; Monuments & memorials--Washington; National Park Service (Wash.);
Oil barge. Work continues on an oil barge at Canron, Inc. (located in the old Star Iron & Steel plant), 326 Alexander Ave. in May of 1977. More than half of the work has been completed on the 40 x 165-foot oil barge destined for remote Alaskan river trading. General cargo would be loaded on topside with fuel oil in 12 tanks below deck. Canron, Inc., had received a two-month rush construction job for Venetian Iron Works. Canron, a 123-year-old Canadian firm, had been in Tacoma for about two years and had leased the old Star Iron & Steel plant in the tideflats. The company had 75 employees in Tacoma and reported a $3,000,000 backlog of work. Progress photograph ordered by Venetian Iron West Corp., Seattle. (TNT 5-11-77, B-9 article)
Progress photographs; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Barges--Tacoma; Canron, Inc. (Tacoma);
Flames leaping two hundred feet in the air greeted the first firefighters to arrive at the Lilly Seed Company at 15th and St. Paul Avenue, June 2, 1952, at 8:41 p.m. A second alarm was transmitted immediately to help quell the fire. The fire could be seen from anywhere in the city as firefighters tried to control it. The 2-story frame building burned to the ground within an hour. The loss was estimated at $275,000. (100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny, Clyde Talcot)
Two men wearing grocers' aprons stand by freezer lockers with one of the large insulated doors open showing ten inner compartments with two of their doors open. The compartments could be filled by the individuals who rented the lockers and they could remove the contents whenever the grocery store was open.
ca. 1920. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, Engine #10252. Copy of Asahel Curtis print #51601 requested by the Washington State Historical Society on April 1, 1977. The electric powered train may have been departing/arriving at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Tacoma location. The Washington State Historical Society has 60,000 Curtis images in its collection.
Railroad locomotives; Railroads; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co.;
ca. 1952. Bathed in golden tones is this close-up of a pair of gardening gloves, hand tool and small bouquet of flowers resting on a wooden bench. All three items are nestled together with the bouquet overlaping onto the gloves. This color photograph was taken circa 1952. ALBUM 15.
ca. 1950. Copy of customer print. A portion of a wooden ruler, measuring 3.5 inches, lies on a plywood board in an undated photograph. A metal clip, "Plyclip 3/4", is fastened to the edge of the board. This may measure the height of the plywood. The patent is pending on the "Plyclip." Date of original picture is not known, however, it was copied for Douglas Fir Plywood Association on May 28, 1958.
Plywood; Measuring; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
Dr. Harold C. Nickelsen was able to add a mountain goat to his already well-stocked trophy room. Dr. Nickelsen shot the goat during the season in British Columbia with one shot from 450 yards using a thirty-ought-six rifle with scope sight. The goat weighed an estimated 250 pounds and had an exceptionally good set of horns. This sepia photograph was taken in November, 1952. (TNT, 11/2/1952, p.B-15)
Mountain goat hunting--British Columbia; Nickelsen, Harold C.; Dead animals; Mountain goats--British Columbia;
ca. 1953. Overhead view of students walking to class. This unidentified picture taken probably in the late spring, 1953, may be on the Pacific Luthern College campus in Parkland. A long row of students, primarily girls, are strolling in clumps, possibly heading for the large building in the rear of the photograph. The lawns are well manicured with shade trees dotting the landscape.
ca. 1950. Two men are carefully sliding plywood selections over joists in preparation for roofing. One man grips a hammer in one hand and a small metal clip in the other. A large portion of the roof has already had plywood nailed down. There are pieces of boards on the plywood sheets, perhaps weighing them down. Date of original print is unknown; copy was made for Douglas Fir Plywood Association on May 28, 1958.
Plywood; Roofs; Building construction; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
In March of 1952 an unidentified man was photographed tearing off an entry blank for the $20,000 "Room-for-Improvement" contest sponsored by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Contestants could win up to $4,000 by filling out an official entry form. Each contestant had to explain what remodeling project he wanted to complete and why plywood would be the best material to use. To win, the entry had to include both a written description of the project and before and after draws. The highest prize of $3,000, with a possible bonus of $1,000, was for the best plan to "Add-a-Room." Every contestant received an official entry form and a folder of home improvement ideas - all using plywood.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Contests--Tacoma;
A young woman is removing food from her freezer locker at the back of this grocery store. The produce counters are filled with melons, celery, grapes, and other produce. Two magazine racks are filled with the latest in comic books and magazines.
