Operations at Heidelberg Brewing Co. were highly mechanized by the mid-1950's. A second brewing line was installed in the summer of 1954 which doubled the brewhouse capacity. Here a brewery employee keeps a careful eye on his large machine which appears to be in the bottling section. Photograph ordered by the Radio Corps. of America.

Machinery; Heidelberg Brewing Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The home at 1101 Lenore Dr. was built as a model home by Miller Construction Co. It was located in the modern Skyline Terrace housing subdivision where all lots had beautiful views of either the water, mountains or city lights. This particular home was called the "Home for All America" and was later purchased by Fremont C. Gault. Space was set aside in the home for a display of home designs, photographs, pamplets and an architectural model of a new house for interested home buyers. Photograph ordered by Miller Construction Co. (TNT 9-19-54, E-7)

Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960; Architectural models; Miller Construction Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Exterior Lakewood Thriftway. The sleek modern lines of the Lakewood Thriftway supermarket were photographed on October 3, 1954. The flat overhanging roof jutting out from the concrete block building would provide protection from the weather for waiting customers . The Lakewood Thriftway would celebrate its grand opening October 7-9, 1954, with an impressive array of free gifts. Orchids, coffee, cake, ice cream, merry-go-round and pony rides would be provided free of charge. 7,500 different varieties of foods would be offered for sale in the 12,000 square foot store. Stan Engle was the co-owner and general manager of the new supermarket. Photograph ordered by the Condon Co., Inc., an advertising agency. (TNT 10-6-54, B-5)

Thriftway Food Stores (Lakewood); Grocery stores--Lakewood--1950-1960; Condon Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Church classrooms. The University Place Assembly of God church had many small children attending church along with their parents. The church provided cozy classrooms with appropriate sized furniture for the youngsters. View of cheerful classroom was taken on October 21, 1954; small wooden chairs with curved armrests are just the right size for the rectangular working table. Bright stars decorate the nearby chalkboard and colorful pictures are positioned on walls and even on the toy chest. A thick rug gives additional warmth to the room.

University Place Assembly of God (University Place); Protestant churches--University Place; Churches--University Place; Sunday schools--University Place; Classrooms--University Place;

A huge circular safety-deposit door is wide open to invite customers to deposit their items of value in the safe and secure confines of a bank vault. Metal bars within the vault provide additional security. The back of a high desk is at the door's entry, behind the bars, so that customers could remove their boxes and place them there for easier access. The actual safe deposit boxes can be glimpsed further toward the rear of the vault; they may have come in a variety of sizes. Photograph ordered by Condon Co.

Vaults (Strong rooms); Safe-deposit boxes; Condon Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

View of Market St, taken on September 15, 1954. Across the street from the future home of United Pacific Insurance Co. was the Young Men's Christian Association. Designed by architects Bullard & Hill, it was built and completed by R.B. Teeter in 1909. It was dedicated in October, 1909, completely paid for. Neighboring businesses included Spillman Insurance, Tribune Cleaners, Tribune Barber Shop, JT's Tavern and further down the street, B & B Glass. Photograph ordered by Comfort, Davis & Blangy. TPL-8749

Young Men's Christian Association (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1954. Copy of customer print. Mm, mm, good! Two little chefs are preparing bowls of Campbell's Soups using their Campbell Kids Cooking Set on a miniature electric stove. The Cooking Set may have come with the actual cans of soup, a Campbell Kids Junior Cook Book, and the fully functional stove. The little boy, wearing apron and white cap, stirs the pot of soup while his companion smiles admiringly. She has a tray prepared nearby with napkins, bowl, spoons, and an additional can of Campbell's Beef Soup. The stove was undoubtedly made by Tacoma Metal Products, a toy manufacturer located on Puyallup Avenue, who were well-known for their electric toy stoves. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Metal Products. The actual date of the photograph is unknown; a print was made on September 25, 1954.

Tacoma Metal Products Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Toys; Children playing with toys--Tacoma; Children cooking--Tacoma;

ca. 1880. Copy of customer's damaged print. Date of original picture is unknown; it could possibly have been taken in the 1880s. Two groups of boys and girls are photographed sitting outside at separate tables. The boys appear to be in the process of making brooms while the girls are doing handiwork. There is a possibility that these children were in some type of custodial living arrangements in a foreign country. Two of the older boys are wearing sweaters with a crown and cross design, possibly signifying they were part of a religious school or home. Photograph commissioned by Peter Anderson on October 22, 1954.

Group portraits; Children; Brooms & brushes; Handicraft;

Seattle businessman Cliff Warling (left) presented Lincoln football players Duane Lowell (center) and Jack Walters the trophy bearing his name at the Lincoln High School football banquet held at the Top of the Ocean on December 8, 1954. The trophy was given each year to the team selected as the best high school football team in the state by a poll of the Associated Press sportswriters in Washington. This was the second time that Lincoln had received this honor in the award's eight years. They also won the Class A trophy in 1948. Norm Mayer was the coach in both 1948 and '54. Lowell played left end and Walters left guard as starters for the Lincoln team. Both players were named to the All-City team in a poll of head coaches; Lowell and Walters were also team co-captains. Photograph ordered by Lincolnian yearbook. (TNT 12-1-54, C-9; TNT 12-5-54, C-18; 1955 Lincolnian yearbook) TPL-9113

Awards; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Football players--Tacoma--1950-1960; Warling, Cliff; Lowell, Duane; Walters, Jack;

Aluminum panels nearly cover the entire roof of a new steel hangar at McChord Field on November 18, 1954. Two workers are in the process of marking and drilling nails into the panels. Aluminum and other steel products were seen as an alternative to wood design. Hangars were used to house and repair jet aircraft; McChord was finding it necessary to construct more of them because of the growing number of military aircraft stationed there. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation.

Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (Seattle); Building construction; Progress photographs; Steel; Hangars;

Two couples sport large grins at a Chi Omega costume dance on November 5, 1954. A stuffed Mother Goose appears in the background; this costume ball may have had sorority members and their guests dress as Mother Goose poems, includig Little Bo Peep and several sleepy children. The Chi Omega chapter at the College of Puget Sound was the 115th chapter of the national sorority and received its charter in 1953.

Chi Omega (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dance parties--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Laughing guests of the Archie McLeans attend the McLeans costume party held at the University-Union Club on November 28, 1954. The man on the left is dressed in a Heidelberg beer barrel with a Lucky Lager brand horseshoe attached. One of the women is costumed like Wee Willie Winkie in her striped nightgown and candlestick while the second woman's garb has a faintly Chinese connection. The person most nattily dressed is the man dressed in Spanish attire with cummerbund and black hat. Photograph ordered by the News Tribune for a section on the McLeans party; however, this particular photograph was not included in the December 4, 1954, issue. (other party photos TNT 12-4-54, p. 5)

Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma);

A member of the Afifi Temple leads the color guard into the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse on December 4, 1954, in the impressive grand entry ceremony. Behind the color guard march the Afifi Band led by a baton wielding drum major. The band is flanked by two sections of Shriners dressed in full regalia. 5000 Shriners wearing traditional red fezzes attended initiation and ceremonial meetings, including a special ceremony to honor Floyd C. Kinnear's 25 year span as recorder for the Afifi Temple. Eleven ceremonial units, such as the Afifi Temple Band, Afifi Temple Oriental Band, Gizeh Temple Patrol and Grays Harbor Shrine Club Patrol, participated in the weekend's events. (TNT 12-3-54, p. 1)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Afifi Temple (Tacoma); Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma; Flags; Memorial Field House (Tacoma);

Mrs. John Hreha (formerly LaMoyne Barcott) poses with a dummy in this studio portrait from November of 1954. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hreha were avid magicians and this smiling manikin may have been used in performances. Mrs. Hreha was the daughter of restaurateur Anton Barcott and granddaughter of John Barcott, founder of the California Oyster House. LaMoyne Hreha would later take over management of her family's Harbor Lights restaurant on Ruston Way.

Hreha, John--Family; Hreha, LaMoyne Barcott; Barcott, LaMoyne; Puppets; Maninkins

Robert A. and Agnes Kieszling posed with their sixteen year old son for a studio portrait on November 11, 1954. The Kieszlings owned and operated the Associated Arts Music Studio. Both father and son are shown playing the accordion. According to the 1954 City Directory, Mr. and Mrs. Kieszling resided at 3710 No. 25th; their music studio is also listed at the same address. Mr. Kieszling had recently co-directed the Youth Accordion Concert held at the Moose Auditorium. (TNT 10-10-54, D-11)

Kieszling, Robert A.; Kieszling, Agnes; Families--Tacoma--1950-1960; Accordions; Musicians--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The winter cold does not seem to bother "Miss Pacific" as she smiles widely during her parade route. She is perched on the cab's roof just in front of a giant peeler log. Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. had sponsored several entries in the November 27, 1954, Bellingham parade with a fleet of trucks hauling an impressive display of giant Douglas fir logs. "Miss Pacific", along with "Miss Georgia" and "Miss Peeler Log", participated wearing hobnailed boots, hard hats, short-shorts and sleeveless blouses. Photograph ordered by Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. TPL-9509

Logs; Parades & processions--Bellingham--1950-1960;

An M.A. Couch truck is slowly making a turn past the Bellingham Bedding Co. and is careful not to dislodge neither the young model perched on the truck's cab or the giant peeler log on its bed. Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. supplied several of the large Douglas fir logs for a parade down the main streets of Bellingham on November 27, 1954. Signs on the massive logs indicated that each peeler log would be sufficient to supply enough plywood to build 40 average homes. These logs were obtained locally from timber forests in Washington State. Photograph ordered by Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co.

Logs; Parades & processions--Bellingham--1950-1960; Trucks--Bellingham--1950-1960; Signs (Notices);

Miss Peeler Log needs a ladder to get half-way up the giant Douglas fir peeler log and it still will not be enough to get to to the top of the log. She and the other two girls pictured represented Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. in a November 27, 1954, parade in Bellingham. A fleet of log-laden trucks proceeded down the main streets of Bellingham and the girls may have ridden on top of the vehicles. Photograph ordered by Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co.

Logs; Women--Clothing & dress--Bellingham;

Many Tacoma Master Builders Association members enjoyed the Spike Banquet at the Top of the Ocean on November 16, 1954. Seated are Ed Miller, Gordon Korsmo, and Walter Witte. Standing are Robert Cowden, Leo Nelson, two unidentified women, Don Murphy and Art Manley. Del Belfoy was absent in this sepia photograph. Of interest to the membership is a large banner behind the group promoting the N.A.M.B. convention and exposition in Chicago the following January

Tacoma Master Builders Association (Tacoma); Group portraits;

A Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation crane is in the process of lifting another piece of steel roof truss as work continues on the construction of new hangars on McChord Field in September, 1954. Hangars were used to house and repair aircraft. It appears that instead of being constructed of wood, they were built using steel components. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation.

Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (Seattle); Steel; Hoisting machinery; Hangars; Building construction; Progress photographs;

Six unidentified employees of Coffee House Roasters, Inc., demonstrate the roasting and packaging equipment in the company's new plant at 3700 Center Street. The grand opening of Coffee House Roasters was held on December 3, 1954. Visitors were encouraged to tour the facilities. Coffee House Roasters sold coffee that was ground fresh from the oven and quickly packaged for distribution. Their coffee was "made in Tacoma by Tacoma people." The company provided complete service to restaurants, hotels, and institutions, including providing and maintaining coffee making equipment. After becoming established, they hoped to expand their production to include local grocery stores. The company was in business for 20 years, closing in 1975. (TNT 12-2-54, A-11)

Coffee House Roasters, Inc. (Tacoma); Coffee industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A packed house is on hand to view the Shriners from Afifi Temple in the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse on December 4, 1954. Potentate John H. Galbraith, Jr., and his staff are to the foreground; long rows of Shriners wearing Masonic regalia extend to the fieldhouse doors. This was the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Tacoma's grand entry ceremony. 5000 Shriners from around the Northwest converged upon Tacoma to attend the semi-annual ceremonial and initiation of new members. In addition, Floyd C. Kinnear, recorder for Afifi Temple for the past twenty five years, was honored in special ceremonies. (TNT 12-3-54, p. 1)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Afifi Temple (Tacoma); Uniforms; Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma; Memorial Field House (Tacoma);

Interior- James Sales Elementary School. Just outside the school's auditorium doors is a large bulletin board with the silhouettes of two dark hands and the warning: "Clean Hands Are Important." The bulletin board is neatly placed on the brick wall next to the recessed auditorium doors. The James Sales Elementary School is in the Franklin Pierce School District and located in Parkland. It was designed by local architects Lea, Pearson & Richards. Photograph ordered by Lea, Pearson & Richards.

James Sales Elementary School (Parkland); Public schools--Parkland--1950-1960; Bulletin boards; Lea, Pearson & Richards (Tacoma);

Exterior of James Sales Elementary School. James Sales Elementary was named after the first white child born in the Tacoma area on October 23, 1853. His parents were William and Eliza Sales, mill-hand at Nicholas Delin's mill and cook, respectively. The Sales later took a claim in the Puyallup Valley. The James Sales Elementary School was designed by local architects Lea, Pearson & Richards. The school was a very contemporary brick building with a multitude of windows that allowed plenty of natural light. Photograph ordered by Lea, Pearson & Richards. (Morgan: South on the Sound, p. 34)

James Sales Elementary School (Parkland); Public schools--Parkland--1950-1960; Lea, Pearson & Richards (Tacoma);

Exterior of Puget Sound Plywood. A vertical sign juts out from the Puget Sound Plywood, Inc.'s company offices indicating it was "Soundbilt" in a November 23, 1954, photograph. The company plant is apparently next door across the parking lot. Puget Sound Plywood was situated on 3 1/2 acres in the Tideflats between the City and Middle Waterways. Railroad tracks shown here indicate that there was direct rail access for easy shipment of the company's plywood products. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Puget Sound Plywood, Inc. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Cooperatives--Tacoma;

An executive of Puget Sound Plywood, Inc., studies documents on November 23, 1954. The walls of his office are made of plywood; the wall closest to the door may be of knotted pine. His oversized desk is also made of wood; a copy of American Lumberman is visible on the top shelf of his inbox. Puget Sound Plywood was Tacoma's first cooperative plywood plant; it was founded in 1942 and had its facilities at 230 East F Street in the Tideflats. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Puget Sound Plywood, Inc. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Office workers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood; Desks; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Cooperatives--Tacoma;

Executives of Puget Sound Plywood, Inc., manufacturers of plywood, confer in the board room on November 23, 1954. The five executives all have documents in front of them and may be discussing an ad campaign as there is a copy of a cartoon introducing new usage for plywood. Harold Wenman (at right, in light coat) is apparently addressing his fellow workers. Mr. Wenman was an original shareholder of Puget Sound Plywood. The firm, the first cooperative plywood plant in Tacoma, opened on June 1, 1942. It had 298 members who each contributed $1000 and received the same hourly pay and percentage of the company's profits. Mr. Wenman had purchased his share before WWII and worked as the Office Manager for many years before becoming the General Manager from 1964-1970. A graduate of Knapps School of Business, he worked as an accountant for St. Regis, and then served as a staff sgt.in England during the war. Puget Sound Plywood continued to operate through the early 1980s but finally closed due to economic conditions. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Puget Sound Plywood, Inc. (Tacoma); Wenman, Harold; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood; Cooperatives--Tacoma; Office workers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Desks; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Members of the Tacoma Post #1, Amvets, present a flag to accompany their donated flagpole to Mountain View Sanatorium officials on December 7, 1954. Shown holding the folded flag are county commissioner Fritz Geiger and Howard Lincoln, chairman of the board of trustees for the sanatorium. Also present were H.R. Kester, state service director for Amvets, Harry Sprinker (in glasses), county commissioner, and John Bennett, Commander Tacoma Post #1 Amvets. (TNT 12-10-54, B-5)

Amvets Club (Tacoma); Patriotic societies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Flags--United States; Geiger, Fritz; Lincoln, Howard A.; Kester, H. R.; Sprinker, Harry H., 1896-1991; Bennett, John;

Workers at the Buffelen company appear to be in the process of stacking doors in a December 7, 1954, photograph. There are already two tall towers of doors against the wall. Two men are lifting a door while the third waits to toss it on top of the pile. Photograph ordered by the Condon Co., an advertising agency.

Buffelen Lumber & Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Doors & doorways--Tacoma--1950-1960; Condon Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Christmas decorations at Bob Tribensen's house for the DFPA. A solitary angel stands guard outside the window, flanked by two stars. A shadow is thrown by one of the stars onto the siding of the house, which is decorated by strings of holiday lights.

Christmas decorations;