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

Tacoma Public Library - McCormick Branch (later Wheelock branch)

Tacoma Public Library - McCormick Branch (later Wheelock Branch)

Tacoma Public Library - Martin Luther King Jr. Branch

Back of photo:
L Brown story
Carrie Thomas gets one of the few good vantage points to be had in a crowded ceremony at MLKing Branch of the Tacoma Public Library. (Her dad is the support, he is Dave Thomas, one of the project's architects).

North End Regional - McCormick proposed branch library

Tacoma Public Library - McCormick (Wheelock) Branch

Tacoma Public Library - Mottet Branch
Photo by Bruce Kellman

Back of Photo:
Jimmy Carter
Warren Anderson

Back of Photo:
Chem. Poll.

Back of Photo:
Needle Exchange
By Haley
Tacoma

Note: Photo likely by Peter Haley

Back of Photo:
Women's Suffrage

ca. 1910 Seattle Suffragettes
Photo by Asahel Curtis

Credit: Washington State Historical Society

Rec'd Dec. 18, 1983

ca. 1979. View of the back portion of the original St. Joseph Hospital, 1812 So. I St. circa 1979, with the J St. Standpipe in the right background. The hospital was built in 1914 and demolished in 1982. The standpipe was completed in 1890 and is located near St. Joseph Hospital.

Water towers--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma); J Street Standpipe (Tacoma); St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. The Commerce St. side of West Coast Grocery Co., 1732-38 Pacific Ave., now part of the University of Washington, Tacoma, campus. In the distance, are the Snoqualmie Power House and the pedestrian bridge between the F.S. Harmon building and its warehouse.

West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma); University of Washington (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Pacific Northwest Bell building, 1313 Broadway. Built in 1976, James Harris / Harris, Reed & Litzenberger, architect. The six story building is built of reflective glass.

Pacific Northwest Bell (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Tacoma Central School, 601 So. 8th St. (Now houses administrative offices.) Central School was built in 1912 and designed by the architectural firm of Heath and Gove.

Central School (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Graphics of a native American hunting a buffalo adorned the outside of the J & M Tavern, 1344 Pacific Ave. The Tavern was located in the Cogswell & Meath Building built in 1908; Darmer & Cutting, Architects. The building was demolished around 1986 in a attempt to clean up lower Pacific Ave.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; J & M Tavern (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Grain elevators and railroad tracks and cars, located beside what is now Schuster Parkway.

Grain elevators--Tacoma; Grain industry--Tacoma; Granaries--Tacoma; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Pedestrian Bridge between the F.S. Harmon Co. warehouse (pictured right), 1949 So. C St., and the Harmon building, 1938 Pacific, circa 1979.

F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1979. Row of pedestal sinks in an unidentified public restroom, probably at Union Station, circa 1979.

Public comfort stations; Rest rooms;

ca. 1979. Very large tree and a truck at an unidentified location in Tacoma, circa 1979.

Trees--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Unidentified houses near St. Joseph's hospital, "J Street Standpipe" in the background, circa 1979.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Garretson-Woodruff-Pratt Building, circa 1979. The structure was built in 1890 and was home to the Peoples Store (1890's) and Sears (1920's), as well as other businesses. Today it is part of the University of Washington's Tacoma campus.

University of Washington (Tacoma); Garretson-Woodruff-Pratt Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Unidentified intersection, looking downhill toward downtown Tacoma, circa 1979.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Side entrance to the Hotel Massasoit, 1708 Broadway, circa 1979. The former hotel is now the University of Washington Tacoma Institute of Technology.

University of Washington (Tacoma); Massasoit Hotel (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. The gaily striped awning decorates the exterior of Tutor Craft Interiors at 1531 Market St. In 1979, a newly remodeled store had opened following a disastrous fire in Jan. of 1978. The business had opened in 1944 and specialized in custom draperies.

Fabric shops--Tacoma; Draperies; Textiles; Tutor Craft Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. View from Pacific looking west. On the left is the Last Chance Tavern, 1504-06 Jefferson Ave.; the Sproule-Bergheim Bldg. built in 1905. This was the location of the Cow Butter Store from 1901-1942. The building on the right with the broken windows is 1518 Pacific. In the background are the Commerce St. sides of 1523 Broadway (left) and 1519-21 Broadway. The Williams & Co. Bldg., 1518 Pacific, was built in 1906, G.W. Bullard, architect. It was previously home to the 1518 Cabaret and later Nativity House (1517 Commerce.)

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; Last Chance Tavern (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Parking lot at Union Station, 1717 Pacific Ave., located at the north end and behind the station. Schoenfelds, 1423 Pacific, can be seen in the background.

L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma); Furniture stores--Tacoma--1970-1980; Union Station (Tacoma); Parking lots--Tacoma--1970-1980;