What is 150 feet long, 10 feet high, and has a serious over-bite? a mechanical haunted monster, of course. Erskine Manufacturing Co. of Puyallup has developed especially for Halloween this "experimental" model for public viewing near Willows Shopping Center, South 112th and Meridian. Proceeds will benefit Puyallup-area organizations. Photo appeared in article, "WARNING: Possible health hazard" TNT 10/30/1974 p.A4
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;
E. Goettling TDL 5/22/1904 p.15 permits ----- -information reported that the house was moved c.1980s to "across from Point Defiance School", possibly to 4501 No. Defiance St.
Year Built: 1904
Decade Built: 1900s
Style: cottage
1904 First mention of Goettling house in city directory
April 3rd, 1904 Started building house permit issued for $100 North eighty feet of Lots 1,2,3 in block #10
Back of Photo: "Tacoma Needle Exchange on a downtown street. Dave Purchase gives a clean hypodermic needle to an I.V. drug user after the use put a used needle into the red plastic container on the table. 1988? 1989? Photo by Peter Haley, The News Tribune (Tacoma), 1950 S. State, Tacoma, WA 98405
Back of Photo: "Dave Purchase, center, handed fresh needles to a patron at the free needle exchange on S. Commerce Street in downtown Tacoma Tuesday afternoon. Working along with Purchase is health department registered nurse Karen Fennell. They work from a health department van six afternoons a week exchanging needles and giving health information. (Photo by:) Kellman 6/5/90".
Front of Photo: "Dave Purchase (center, in hat and sunglasses) hands out clean hypodermic needles in exchange for used ones on Commerce Street in Tacoma. Standing next to him is a Pierce County Health Dept. worker who is engaged in a survey. (shot 2/7/89).
Back of Photo: "Dave Purchase hands out clean hypodermic needles in exchange for used ones on Commerce Street near 17th. Next to him is a Pierce County Health Department worker who is working on a survey."
(For) "Severson story" (Photo by Peter) "Haley 2/7/89"
Harbor Heights Elementary School |Charles V. Rueger, arch. Anderson Construction Co., contr. TNT 8/17/1952 p.C14 Peninsula's pride (sketch) TNT 8/24/1952 p.B14 New county schools ... TNT 2/8/1953 p.A2 Open house at Gig Harbor (il of faculty) TNT 4/7/1953 p.E16 Peninsula country (il) TNT 5/2/1954 p.C13 Planting days event at Harbor Heights School TNT 9/25/1955 p.C16 Peninsula schools completing another phase of expansion (il) TNT 7/10/1960 p.B4 Peninsula schools being improved (remodeling by Charles Rueger & Associates, arch.) TNT 11/8/1964 p.A14 Board eyes wing plan for school TNT 12/3/1964 p.A5 Contracts let by Peninsula School Board TNT 1/21/1965 p.A5 School wing going up at Gig Harbor (addition by James Harris & Wm. Reed, arch. and Standard Constuction Co., contr.) (sketch) TNT 4/22/1966 p.45 Contract let on Peninsula school job (addition by Paige Construction Co., contr.) ----- Henderson Bay High School GTWY 10/22/1997 p.A1 School site to sell for $2 million; GH gets future city hall site ... (to be demolished) TNT 3/14/2000 p.B4 Architect firm picked for city hall complex ... to demolish Henderson Bay TNT 6/15/2000 p.B2 Gig Harbor will dedicate new skateboard park Friday TNT 6/17/2000 p.B1 Wheeled paradise opens in Gig Harbor (skateboard park by Jon Ortgiesen, arch.) GTWY 2/14/2001 p.A8 Tumbling legacy (il of demolition) GTWY 2/28/2001 p.A15 Deconstructing Henderson Bay (il of demolition) *GTWY Gig Harbor residents to vote on property tax increase (ext il)
A flyer for the Poets Homecoming event hosted in the Lounge of the Student Union Building at the University of Puget Sound on May 18th, 1969. Printed on Tacoma News Tribune letterhead.
A clipping of a "With Tacoma Poets" article from the Tacoma Daily Ledger 12/18/1938. Include poems about public libraries. Written by Archie Conley of Topeka Kansas and another poem titled L'ENVOI by Kingsmill Commander.
An article reporting on the Tacoma Arts Commision's sponsored Bus Poetry for the People project. Poems were selected to be displayed abord 33 different busses. The Tacoma Writes Club helped select the poems.
An article about Tacoma's first poet Laureate, William J. Kupinse. The article describes what the poet laureate does and what the role means to him. It includes his poems titled "A Curse Upon Leaf Blowers and the Men Who Love Them", "Chestnut", and "Seen Twice."