ca. 1979. Unidentified brick warehouse with equipment, circa 1979.

Warehouses--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. View, circa 1979, of the 1700 Block of Jefferson. The large brick building right is the Massasoit Hotel, 1708 Broadway. The Massasoit was built in 1889 and remodeled almost 100 years later for the Moss Adams Accounting firm. It is now part of the University of Washington Tacoma campus.The dilapidated building seen in the front right of the Massasoit is 1702 Jefferson., the Wickersham Triangle building. The light colored building on the left is the Jefferson House Nursing Home at 1748 Jefferson. Both buildings have since been demolished.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; Massasoit Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. View of downtown Tacoma, circa 1979. The rectangular building in the background right was the Puget Sound National Bank Computer Center, 1301 A Street. It was built in 1967 and demolished in 1999; it is now the site of Columbia Bank. Prior to 1967, this was the site of the Tacoma Railway & Motor Co. Powerhouse, later the Tacoma Transit Co. Garage.

Puget Sound National Bank Computer Center (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. 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 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;

Back of Photo:
Air Pollution - Puget Sound

ca. 1979. Straw hat on stairs, circa 1979.

Straw hats; Stairways--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. The loading dock 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. Photograph, circa 1979, of the C St. Cafe, top of building and signage.

C St. Cafe (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Formally attired mannequins inhabit the windows at Huseby's Tux-N-Tails.

Huseby's Tux-N-Tails (Tacoma); Window displays--Tacoma; Mannequins; Wedding clothing & dress;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979.

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

ca. 1979. Street corner in Tacoma circa 1979. Union Station in right background. The street running horizontally is Pacific Ave. The street in the foreground of the picture is 17th St. The building on right with "Hiring... Teamsters" sign on side is 1701 Commerce.

ca. 1979. In 1979, the Barbary Coast occupied much of the ground floor of the Carlton Hotel,

Carlton Hotel (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Cross at point of roof of unidentified building, circa 1979.

Crosses;

ca. 1979. Antique barber chair in an unidentified barbershop, circa 1979. Decorations on the wall feature barber poles and the slogan "Ask for Wildroot." Wildroot Cream Oil hair tonic was preferred by barbers and comic strip character Dick Tracy. By the late seventies when this picture was taken, these items would already be collector's items.

Barbershops--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Two different doors at an unidentified location, circa 1979. Door on left is labelled "A" and door on right is "B."

Doors & doorways--Tacoma--1970-1980;