Publicity for Community Chest. Several servicemen and USO junior hostesses step up to the bat in a friendly game of softball in July of 1942 at the park surrounding the South Tacoma USO, 4851 South Tacoma Way.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950; United Service Organizations (Tacoma); Sports;

Women employees at Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corporation. As more men enlisted or were drafted into the service, women stepped forward to take their jobs, both in offices and in non-traditional labor positions.These two unidentified women are workers in the factory itself. The Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp. was constructed on the Tideflats in 1941. They produced ferro-chrome alloys that were used for armor plate on tanks and other weapons during the war.

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp. (Tacoma); Metallurgical industry--Tacoma;

Miss Dorothy M. Wright, left, in August of 1942 had been the physiotherapist at the Warm Springs Foundation, Georgia, for 11 years. The Foundation was a hospital for polio patients founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1927. Stricken with polio in 1921 at the age of 39, he travelled to Warm Springs Ga. to swim in its naturally heated waters as a respite from the pain of his polio induced paralysis. He established a hospital in Warm Springs for other polio patients and built his only home there, a six room cottage that came to be known as the "Little White House." Miss Wright was in Tacoma to visit her father William Wright. While here, she also visited the Fort Lewis Hospital, accompanied by Mrs. Charles F. (Katherine) Grover, right, from the Hospital and Recreation Service unit of the Red Cross. Miss Wright graduated from W.S.C. and studied physiotherapy at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC. (T.Times 8/25/1942 p.5)

Wright, Dorothy; Grover, Katherine;

Publicity for Community Chest. Children at Y.W.C.A. pool. A swimming instructor helps a young student on the diving board while parents look on from the gallery above. The YWCA pool had stayed open for the first time all summer long in 1942. With a shortage of gasoline and tires and with both parents often working in the defense industry, wartime vacations were almost non existent. The pool gave kids stuck at home on those long summer days something to look forward to. [Also dated 08-24-1942]

Young Womens Christian Association (Tacoma); Swimming pools--Tacoma; Swimmers--Tacoma;

Tacoma General Hospital Commencement class at First Baptist Church.

Tacoma General Hospital Commencement class at First Baptist Church.

Lg. belt drive in Tacoma oxygen plant, Air Reduction Sales Co., Neg No. ARS-64

Factories--Tacoma; Air Reduction Sales Co. (Tacoma);

Henry Mill, construction of prefabricated trusses. Photograph shows piles of timber and a wood form that is being constructed at the Mill, located at the foot of Starr St., near the water. Sperry Mills, located on what is now Schuster Parkway, can be seen in the background. During the war, Henry Mill was active in lumber prefabrication.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trusses--Tacoma; Structural frames--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma; Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma);

Interior of the remodeled Great Northern Railroad Ticket Office in November of 1942. Pictured are the long, curved ticket counter with agents seated at the desks lying beyond. Three large landscape paintings decorate the walls. The office was located in the Drury building. It was part of "Transportation Row," 112-18 So. 9th St., which housed the ticket offices of all area railroads.

Railroad companies--Tacoma; Offices--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ticket offices; Great Northern Railway Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Back of Union Station, circa 1979.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Unidentified brick building in Tacoma, circa 1979.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; Brickwork--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Dead bird minus its head on sidewalk, circa 1979.

Birds; Dead animals--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. Paintings in a shop window, circa 1979.

Paintings; Art; Window displays;

ca. 1979. This 1979 photograph is a view of the top story of the Citizens Bank Building, 1340-42 Pacific Ave. The structure was built in 1888 and designed by Farrell and Darmer, architects. It was the long time location of Pessemier Bros. Shoe Store. It has since been demolished.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; Citizens Bank Building (Tacoma); Pessemier Bootery (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1979. Multiple reflections in the store windows of Barg French Cleaners; reflections of a parked van and models in advertising posters, circa 1979.

Advertising--Tacoma--1970-1980; Reflections;

ca. 1979. Reflections in glass window of business, name painted on glass is "Barg French Cleaners." Unable to locate this business in the city directory.

Barg French Cleaners (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. A tree seems to sprout from an unidentified building. While broken windows and foliage growing from crevices adorn the building next door.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. The Commerce St. side of the F.S. Harmon Co. warehouse, 1949 Co. C St., circa 1979. The structure was built in 1912 from a design by Darmer & Cutting, architects.

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

ca. 1979. Loading dock and upper floors of what is believed to be the Harmon Warehouse, 1949 So. C St., circa 1979.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1950-1960; F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1979. Close-up of duct work and pipe and pedestrian bridge between the Commerce side of the Harmon building, 1938 Pacific (right) and the F.S. Harmon Co. warehouse (left), 1949 Co. C St., circa 1979.

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

ca. 1979. Close-up of duct work and pipe on the Commerce side of the Harmon Building, 1938 Pacific, circa 1979.

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

ca. 1979. Interior shot of Union Station, circa 1979.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Interior shot of Union Station, circa 1979.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;