The kitchen in Frank Kirste's house in the Sunset Beach area of University Place. Tile counters on an L-shaped counter with a rounded shelf at the end, and a dinette in a window corner with view of Puget Sound are shown. Another counter can be seen on the right side. Linoleum covers the floor. Gordon Johnston was the architect for the house. Gordon Johnston was later Mayor of Tacoma.

Kitchens--University Place--1950-1960; Johnston, Gordon N.; Kirste, Frank--Homes & haunts;

An aerial view of St. Regis Paper Company's completed multi-wall bag plant in the foreground with white walls, dark roof and small white chimneys dotting the roof.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

An aerial view of St. Regis plant showing the company's new multi-wall bag plant on the right. The narrow building behind it is the kraft-pulp division. The plant is located on the Tacoma tideflats at the end of the land between the Puyallup Waterway and St. Paul Waterway. Log booms are tied together off the end of the property.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

Two large, heavy cast-iron machines, cooker pots, manufactured by Western Gear Works in Seattle are shown in Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. Stacks from each of the machines open through the roof of the facility. The company had three mills in the state of Washington at Shelton, Port Angeles and Grays Harbor. There were two more in the Southeast in Florida and Georgia. (Rayonier, Inc., 1951 Annual Report)

Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;

An open framework at Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. The building has three large chutes near stairs on left, another stairway and more equipment on right. This mill used 30,000,000 gallons of water per day, received from municipal water supply sources through a 10-mile pipe line. During the year, important negotiations were carried forward with the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam for the purpose of extending the current water supply contract to run for a total of 35 years. (Rayonier 1952 Annual Report)

Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;

Women are unloading cartons of merchadise and checking shipping lists at Sears Roebuck's new warehouse. Counters with rollers on their surfaces snake around the room easing the movement of the large cartons through the various workstations.

Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma); Loading docks--Tacoma; Shipping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Warehouses--Tacoma;

Sears Roebuck and Company Department Store.Tables display sandals for $2.79 and various other shoes. Chairs and other shoe tables are seen in the rear.

Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma); Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Shoes;

An artistic view of one of the buildings at the Fort Lewis army base through three of the concrete conduit that will be used by Valley Construction Company when they install the storm sewer at the main fort.

Sewers--Fort Lewis; Penstocks--Fort Lewis; Valley Construction Co. (Seattle);

Men are adjusting the folding machines at St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant while two women are stacking bags as they are ejected onto a conveyor belt. More rolls of paper stand at the back of the workroom ready to be moved onto the folding machines when they are needed. A crane hangs empty over them.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

500 tons of St. Regis semi-bleached pulp are being loaded onto the SS Alemannia for passage to Bremen, Germany, on December 6, 1966. The ship is docked at the Port of Tacoma. The pulp is neatly packaged and waiting on Hyster lift trucks or on pallets. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1966 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 20)

Hoisting machinery; Shipping--Tacoma--1960-1970; Cargo ships--Germany; Loading docks--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970;

This new home was located at 4610 Merry Lane W. in the University Place neighborhood of Beckonridge. The contemporary, two-level residence with pre-stained vertical siding was built by Dally Construction Co. of Puyallup. It was planned to blend with nature as trees grew through parts of the home. A Douglas fir grew through the rear second floor sun deck over the ground floor patio. A stately Madrona rose through the roof between the double carport and the front entrance to the home. Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Don Bozman, formerly of Texas, the Beckonridge-neighborhood home was situated in the first open space scenic community. Beckonridge was 240 acres of unspoiled natural woodland. There were wooded pathways throughout the community, including paths to the new Sunset Elementary School, and all utilities were underground. Photograph ordered by Dally Construction Co. (TNT 7-8-66, p. 17 -Ad; TNT 8-21-66, C-19)

Houses--University Place--1960-1970; Bozman, Don B.--Homes & haunts; Neighborhoods--University Place;

Aerial view on February 22, 1967, of City (now Thea Foss) Waterway which separates downtown Tacoma from the industrial Tideflats area. The waterway is partially filled with many log booms. Schoenfeld's massive furniture store can be glimpsed in the left hand corner of photograph. The larger of the two bridges shown is the 15th St. Bridge which is no longer there. Long roadway to the right of waterway is D St. The Museum of Glass would be built across the waterway on Dock St. next to Albers Mill in 2001. Photograph ordered by D Street Rafting Co. TPL-8826

Aerial photographs; City Waterway (Tacoma); Logs;

1967 Richards stock file. An aerial look at the Elks Temple taken on October 28, 1967, shows the home of one of the largest Elks memberships in the world. The new structure was dedicated in September, 1965. Members could enjoy a plethora of activities including fine dining, sports, and dancing. To the left is the Allenmore Medical Center, 1901 So. Union, which also opened in 1965.

Aerial photographs; Elks Temple (Tacoma); Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Parking lots--Tacoma--1960-1970; Allenmore Medical Center (Tacoma);

1967 Richards stock file. Closer aerial view on October 28, 1967, of the new University Village Shopping Center located in University Place around 40th & Bridgeport Way. A large parking lot would provide adequate parking for the customers of Food King supermarket and Don's Village Drugs. The shopping center opened in October, 1967. It was surrounded by large wooded lots. The 400,000 gallon University Place water tower is on W. 40th between Bridgeport and Anderson.

Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--University Place; Shopping centers--University Place; Food King (University Place); Water towers--University Place;

1967 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of Tidewater Oil Co. plant on the Tacoma industrial tideflats taken in mid-June, 1967. A similar photograph was taken the year before in June, 1966; one noticeable difference is the large Flying A symbol on a storage tank has been replaced by a Phillips 66 logo. Phillips Petroleum had bought out the Flying A service stations on the west coast in 1966.

Aerial photographs; Tidewater Oil Co. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Storage tanks--Tacoma;

This was probably state-of-the-art computer equipment in 1967 as a Boeing employee examines a reel of tape at the aircraft company's Seattle location. Four large Honeywell computers are lined up against the wood paneled wall. They appear to be using COBOLD, a computer programming language designed for business applications. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Computers;

The Richards Studio photographer spent a day in February, 1967, at Boeing's Seattle location taking pictures of the modern equipment and computers used at the facility. Here two men are posed next to a card reader/punch machine. One man is holding the lid open of the machine while the other scans through printed cards. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office equipment & supplies;

Part of the large office staff employed by Boeing's Seattle location is hard at work on February 17, 1967. Hands busy on the keyboard, the woman in the foreground smiles as she enters the information on her pad. The other women may be imputing data at their separate machines. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office equipment & supplies; Office workers--Seattle;

1967 Richards stock file. The venerable Elks Temple, 565 Broadway, stands empty in 1967. The membership of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174, had moved to a brand new temple at 1965 So. Union two years before. The building's famous Spanish steps are to the right of this August 2, 1967, photograph. A large monkey puzzle tree, next to the steps, reaches toward the building's roofline.

Elks Temple (Tacoma); Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Facades--Tacoma--1960-1970; Trees--Tacoma;

With a mighty swing, Jeanne Martin Soares christens the new "Blue Pacific" on March 29, 1967. The vessel was launched at Tacoma Boat Building. She was a 176-foot steel tuna seiner built for Capt. Roger Soares of San Diego who placed her in operation for White Star- Van Camp Seafoods. The "Blue Pacific" was the largest tuna fishing boat built from the keel up at the time. She was constructed in the Port Industrial Yard (the former Tacoma Naval Station) by Tacoma Boat Building. Moments after the christening, the "Blue Pacific" eased down the ways and came to a standstill before she finally floated free. Five Foss tugs assisted when the boat was hung up. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Boat Building. (TNT 3-12-67, A-23, TNT 3-29-67, A-1) TPL-9061 (Corrected identification provided by a reader)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Soares, Jeanne Martin;

ca. 1966. As the 1960s progressed, so did logging operations. Machinery became more modernized and more capable in picking up and moving logs. The above scene from an unidentified timber location demonstrates how many logs can be easily picked up by a large loader. The loader, running on probable rubber tires, would be able to transport the logs to the waiting truck.

Lumber industry--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery;

Two lumber company "cruisers" examine stand of trees on Potlatch Forests' land near Lewiston, Idaho in this photograph from July of 1966. Timber cruisers are employed to estimate the value of timber in a tract of forest before the trees are cut down. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

A logger looks back from his skidder to check on the logs he is dragging to the landing where they will be loaded and transported to Potlatch Forests mills in Idaho. Another tractor or skidder is further in the background. Color photograph was taken in July of 1966. (scan from original color negative, no print on file)

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;

1966 Scenes from Idaho plywood mill. A Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee carefully monitors the Chip-N-Saw machine located in one of the company's plywood mills in July, 1966. He is seated at the controls of the Canadian Car (Pacific) machine and keeps a steady eye on the large piece of machinery. A "no smoking" sign warns workers not to light up in the presence of the Chip-N-Saw. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Machinery;

1966 Scenes from Idaho pulp and paper mill. This is the pope reel of the #2 paper board machine. Paper from this machine was normally used in liquid packaging, i.e., milk cartons. Ice cream and butter cartons could also be produced from this paper. The paper board would later be coated with plastic resin to make it waterproof. A Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee monitors the many gauges in the background. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

Rayonier timber operations, Grays Harbor. A Rayonier worker is pictured on July 20, 1966, labeling the ends of logs. A loader in the background has several logs in its grapple preparing to shift them. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;

Rayonier timber operations, Grays Harbor. The same two men seen in A150114, image 21, were hard at work marking the ends of cut logs on July 20, 1966. A loader in the photograph's background was prepared to shift more logs to be marked. (scan from original negative, no print on file)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;

A Rayonier employee in Grays Harbor balances on a log as he directs the yarding of cut timber so the logs could be dragged, by cable, to trucks or rail cars waiting to transport them to company mills. Photograph was taken on July 20, 1966. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

Logging operations on Rayonier property in Grays Harbor. A Rayonier employee has just cut through the base of a tall tree and watches it fall while other employees observe at a safe distance in this July of 1966 photograph. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Saws;

St. Regis Paper Co. modern logging operations, Kapowsin. Mobile steel spars began to make an impact on St. Regis Paper Co. logging operations in 1966. By the end of 1967, St. Regis was expected to have nine of these self-powered replacements for the wooden spar in operation in Washington State. The portable steel spar pictured above in July, 1966, could be set up far quicker than the old wooden masts. Consequently, preparation time was greatly reduced and logging productivity increased. Diesel engines propelled the spars and drove the winches. Since they are mobile, they could be maneuvered to cover a site from several different positions which permitted shorter drags and more efficient yarding. (St. Regis Midwesterner, May , 1967, p. 3)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin); Lumber industry--Kapowsin--1960-1970; Logs;