The exterior of Stone & Trobridge Electrical Machinery shop owned by Paul C. Stone and Earl J. Trobridge. The one-story building was built using concrete blocks with glass block surrounding the double doors at the front entrance. A display of electric motors can be seen through the large windows that have been added on both sides of the entrance. Ordered by the Holroyd Company.

Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Building materials; Stone & Trobridge (Tacoma); Machinery industry--Tacoma;

Ordered by Holroyd Company. A one-story, single-family residence with a nearly square design and a mansard roof has been built of concrete block. Steps leading to the front door are made of poured concrete. Concrete blocks have been used to build up the sides of the porch which now displays garden urns.

Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building materials; Concrete--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A small one-story, single-family residence has been built using concrete block. An attached garage has been included on the left. A large picture window is featured on the front of the house. Brick has been used to decorate around the garage door and to build a planter between the walkway and the front of the house. A brick chimney extends from the roof. The end of the garage has been faced with clapboards. Ordered by Holroyd Company.

Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building materials; Concrete--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Interior shot of Poole's Seed and Nursery at 3518-20 Sixth Ave. Poole's was owned by Arthur L. Poole. The store displays a variety of outdoor lighting on the back wall and potted indoor plants, including lilies for the upcoming Easter season. The counter extending from the wall at the back has a selection of cards to choose from. At the right of the picture is what appears to be a door to a refrigerated area for storing fragile flowers until needed for arrangements. In the circular planter is some kind of artificial palm like tree formed from driftwood.

Gardening equipment & supplies; Seed trade--Tacoma; Nurseries (Horticulture)--Tacoma; Poole's Seed & Nursery Garden Supplies (Tacoma); Florist shops--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Interior of Oregon Washington plywood plant at Garibaldi, Oregon. Stacks of odds and ends of wood dot the floor of this mostly empty warehouse. The warehouse seems to echo emptily with its exposed beams and hanging fluorescent lighting. Some strips of veneer are less than four feet wide. These are also dried and then edge-glued together into a continuous sheet and cut to panel size. ("The Challenge of Wood" BCFP's 1979 Annual Report)

Lumber industry--Oregon; Plywood; Oregon-Washington Plywood Co. (Garibaldi);

Exterior N. Earl Davison Co., Packard Bell's wholesale and factory service division with three trucks. Packard Bell was a leading manufacturer of televisions in the fifties.

Packard Bell Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; N. Earl Davison Co. (Tacoma); Televisions--1950-1960;

Publicity photo for the opening of the Gay Nineties Room of Steve's (Gay '90s) Cafe at 5238 South Tacoma Way. Steve's was owned by John J. Stanley and Stephen O. Pease. The restaurant offered cocktails and American food served smorgasbord style for a nominal charge, with dining music and entertainment provided. This long shot of the "Gay Nineties" dining room shows the smorgasbord table on the right and booths on the left decorated to appear like "surreys with fringe on top." Checked table cloths and wagon wheel chandeliers complete the down home look. Steve's Gay '90s operated from 1950 to 1977 and was one of Tacoma's most popular night spots. It grew from a 20 person cafe to a huge complex that could seat up to 725 at a time. In the mid fifties, Steve's added to their unique treasure trove an actual cable car, converted to street driving, bought at auction in San Francisco and driven to Tacoma. The Cable Car Room then opened with replicas of Tacoma and San Francisco cable cars as booths in the cocktail lounge. The crowning gem was the Opera House, opened in a mid fifties expansion, furnished with antiques from the South Tacoma mansions and featuring a twice nightly floor show with can can girls, among other performers. (TNT 4/4/1951, pg. B6-B7)

Steve's Gay '90s (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1950-1960; Buffets (Cookery)--Tacoma--1950-1960;

John Stanley poses in a publicity photo for the opening of the Gay Nineties Room of Steve's (Gay '90s) Cafe, at 5238 South Tacoma Way. The restaurant featured a smorgasbord every day of the week and was owned by John J. Stanley and Stephen O. Pease. It was decorated in 1890's style and offered music from a Hammond organ, dining, dancing and employees in Nineties costumes.The mural at the rear of the buffet table depicts local 1951 businesses in a "Gay Nineties" setting.The smorgasbord was open from 12 noon - 9 p.m. every day of the week for a nominal charge, reminiscent of the Nineties "free lunch." John Stanley, well known South Tacoma restaurateur, was in charge of all culinary matters and Steve Pease, the "unofficial mayor of South Tacoma," headed up the lounge end. People travelled from all over the Northwest for the unique dining and entertainment offered. (TNT 4/4/1951, pg. B6- B7)

Steve's Gay '90s (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1950-1960; Buffets (Cookery)--Tacoma--1950-1960; Stanley, John;

Modernistic living room or waiting room of the combination home & dental office of Dr. William R. Taylor. The recently complete Lowell School, located in the next block to the west, can be seen through the large wall to wall windows. The room has very high ceilings with recessed lighting and a rectangular fireplace. A built-in unit has a bookcase and desk on one side, and a radio built into the short side. Another built-in unit encloses houseplants. The furniture is very angular and stark.

Taylor, William R.--Homes & haunts; Health care facilities--Tacoma; William R. Taylor Clinic (Tacoma); Dental offices--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Tables at the Viking Smorgasbord sit ready for the restaurant's grand opening April 14, 1951. A large painting of a Viking sailing ship, created by Oke Ockerman, a Swedish immigrant to the Northwest, is seen against the far wall. Tables in this area that can be separated into a banquet room are spaced comfortably throughout the area and are set with white tablecloths and napkins folded decoratively. The restaurant featured Swedish smorgasbord as well as a la carte dinners. (TNT, 4/14/1951, p.C-5)

Viking Smorgasbord (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma;

The interior of the Viking Smorgasbord showing the main dining room in the foreground and the banquet room at the rear that could be separated using a Modernfold door. The banquet room had a separate outside entrance and displayed a large mural depicting a Viking ship under sail in heavy seas. (TNT, 4/14/1951, p.C-5)

Viking Smorgasbord (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma;

Jim Ball has completely recovered from the effects of multiple sclerosis. He is being greeted by Anna (Mrs. Carl) Anderson as he arrived at the Seattle-Tacoma airport from Denver, Colorado, while a stewardess looks on. Prior to entering a special clinic at Denver, the Minot, North Dakota, man was barely able to move his head and had to be fed. His trip to Tacoma was to collect a week of salmon fishing on Puget Sound, promised him by Dr. and Mrs. Anderson if he could overcome the disease. (TNT, 5/16/1951, p.6)

Ball, Jim; Airplanes--SeaTac; Air travel; Stewards; Arrivals & departures--SeaTac; Multiple sclerosis; Anderson, Anna;

The hostesses for the May 1-3, 1951, antique show and sale at St. Luke's Memorial Church dressed for the event in heirloom dresses and bonnets. Seated, L-R, are, Helen (Mrs. Arthur) Bell (wife of Rev. Canon Bell), Patricia J. (Mrs. Walter) Crane, Mrs. Walter Eckhardt. Standing, L-R, Kathleen F. (Mrs. Hume) Cleland, Gunhild J. (Mrs. Arthur C.) Peterson, Edith C. (Mrs. Gerrit) VanderEnde, Ann (Mrs. Theodore) Powers, Oleta E. (Mrs. Robert) Cheminant, Charlotte M. (Mrs. Roland) Tollefson, Alice M. (Mrs. George) Snuffin and Mrs. Ward Alvord. The woman at the top of the stairs in a simple cotton dress was not identified. The hostesses were members of the Women's Council of St. Luke's Church and planned to use their share of the proceeds to remodel the parish hall. (TNT 5/3/1951, p.B-4)

Bell, Helen; Crane, Patricia J.; Cleland, Kathleen F.; Snuffin, Alice M.; VanderEnde, Edith; Peterson, Gunhild J.; Powers, A.; Cheminant, Oleta E.; Tollefson, Charlotte M.; Alvord, Margaret E.; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma);

The captain's quarters in a newly completed ship by J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. The Martinac yard had been busy during May 1951: the Royal Pacific, a 118-foot tuna clipper was launched May 5, was expected to make her trial run the first week of June; a 123-foot clipper for Lu Brito, already started, was expected to be completed in December; and at the Kazulin-Cole yard on Hylebos waterway, under lease by Martinac, a 118-foot sister ship to the Royal Pacific and Mona Lisa was expected to be launched June 15. Immediately following that launching Martinac would begin construction of another 118-foot sister vessel to the first three. (TNT, 6/3/1951, p.D-12) TPL-9043

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

The decking leading from the bridge to the stern of a new fishing boat launched by J.M. Martinac Corp. She is most likely the "Royal Pacific", sister ship to the Mona Lisa. Royal Pacific was another tuna clipper, 118 feet, by 26 feet, with a depth of 13.5 feet. The Royal Pacific was valued at $320,000, would carry a 615-hp Superior diesel for a speed of 11 knots. She would hold 230 tons of tuna under refrigeration. Ordered by Martinac Shipbuilding. (TNT, 5/6/1951, p.B-2)

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The exterior of Klopfenstein's, Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes, next to the Diamond Shop and Graysons in the Huth Building. Dr. Burns, a dentist, has signs in the windows on the second floor above Grayson's. Klopfenstein's opened at this location in 1929 and they underwent remodeling in 1950. Grayson's opened in 1936. Dr. Burns had modernized his office in 1939. Photograph taken on April 26, 1951.

Clothing stores--Tacoma; Klopfenstein's (Tacoma); Grayson's, Inc. (Tacoma); Diamond Shop (Tacoma); Burns, William B.--Homes & haunts;

Street scene, Stadium Way to City Hall, as pictured on June 19, 1951. A few cars motor down the otherwise uncrowded street. Ornamental street lamps visible on left side of roadway. Ordered by Electrical Products, Larry Moore.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960; City & town life--Tacoma; Residential streets--Tacoma; Old City Hall (Tacoma); Street lights--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A new parking garage is being constructed behind the Sears Roebuck store and will connect to the building. The garage will cover from Court D to Fawcett along South 13th Street. This view shows the steel beams, from Star Iron & Steel Company, spanning Court D. Pedestrians and delivery trucks are using the opening as a corridor. A sign for Johnson Paint and Wallpaper can be seen further along Court D. Johnson's main entrance was from 1142 Broadway. Ordered by Woodworth & Company, Inc.

Construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma; Parking garages--Tacoma;

Norman Davis, president of Columbia Breweries and Broadway Transport, Inc. Mr. Davis was to be a guest speaker at one of the weekly luncheons in 1958 of the Industrial Bureau to discuss the brewery's growth and what it has meant to Tacoma's economy in the last 25 years since prohibition was lifted in April 1933. Norman Davis became president of Columbia Breweries in 1939. Ordered by Columbia Breweries, Ed Steele. Mr. Davis lived with his wife, Amelia, at 319 Tacoma Avenue North, apt. 1704.

Davis, Norman; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--People; Business people--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Children and board members from the Tacoma Day Nursery entertained their mothers with a tea party after work at the nursery. Tacoma Day Nursery members were also preparing to sell flags on National Flag Day on the city streets, in stores, banks and neighborhood shopping centers to benefit the nursery. Although the nursery was a Community Chest agency, the increasing demand for child care made it necessary to raise additional funds. Fifty-four children attended the nursery in June 1951. (TNT, 6/13/1951, p.5)

Day care; Tacoma Day Nursery (Tacoma); Children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children's tea parties; Baby boom generation--Tacoma;

In honor of Flag Day 1951, the Tacoma Elks held special services at their Lodge at 565 Broadway. Preparing for the rites were, L-R, Erling O. Johnson, secretary and speaker for the occasion; Harold L Duncan, exalted ruler; and Burritt B. Anderson, Loyal Knight and Flag Day chairman. The centerpiece for the ceremony was a replica based on Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph of the flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II. The observance of Flag Day originated with the Elks organization in 1907. In 1949, President Woodrow Wilson, himself a member of the Elks, made June 14th a day of national observance for that symbol of our country. Photograph ordered by the Elks. (TNT, 6/13/1951, p.9; www.elks.org)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Anderson, Burritt B.; Johnson, Erling O.; Duncan, Harold;

George Ball, age 12, of Redondo Beach, received a $25 check from the Tacoma Society of Architects for submitting the best design for a base of the replica of the Statue of Liberty that was to be erected by the Tacoma area Boy Scouts on the grounds of the Washington State Historical Society. L-R, Nelson J. Morrison, chairman of the architects' selection committee; Chapin D. Foster, director of the State Historical Society; George Ball; Farlin Nye, chairman of the project committee; and Lyle Swedberg, president of the Tacoma Society of Architects. (TNT, 5/20/1951, p.B-1)

Galleries & museums--Tacoma; Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Foster, Chapin D.; Washington State Historical Building (Tacoma); Ball, George; Nye, Farlin; Morrison, Nelson J.; Swedberg, Lyle;

Rosalie Louise Hoar was married to Lt. David Arthur Woodard June 16, 1951, at Epworth Methodist Church. She is shown in her bridal portrait wearing a gown of Chantilly lace and bonneted veil and holding a bouquet of orchids and stephanotis. Rosalie was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie L. Hoar and she attended Stadium High School and was a graduate of the University of Washington. David was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Woodard of Seattle and he attended the University of New Mexico. (TNT, 6/17/1951, p.D-1; 6/24/1951, p.D-1)

Hoar, Rosalie--Marriage; Brides--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Epworth Methodist Church (Tacoma);

A one and one-half story, single-family residence with an attached, one-car garage built using concrete block sits on an open lot. The chimney at the far end of the house is also built of concrete block. Ordered by the Holroyd Company.

Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Building materials; Concrete--Tacoma; Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A one-story, single-family residence, or possibly a duplex, has been built using concrete blocks. A brick chimney emerges on the other side of the roof. Ordered by the Holroyd Company.

Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Building materials; Concrete--Tacoma; Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Two beautiful horses stand very still for their photograph. The one on the left has a long white spot that runs from between the eyes to the mouth. The horse on the right has a white diamond just above and between its eyes. Ordered by Mrs. Wayne Keyes.

Horses;

Betti Jean Love is shopping for tableware with her mother, Melba Love. Betti is preparing for her new home after her wedding to Ray V. Barnecut at Saint Luke's Memorial Church May 25, 1951. (TNT, 5/9/1951, p.C-8)

Love, Betti Jean; Love, Melba; Shopping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tableware; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Several members of Moose Lodge 435 pose together following the installation of the newly elected 1951-52 officers, headed by Robert C. Hague as governor. He is seated second from the left. Other officers were William L. Curtwright as junior governor, C. Stan Falk as prelate, Norman S. Sater as trustee, and Fred C. Kellsey for his 20th year as treasurer.They are wearing tuxedoes and boutonnieres. Other festivities for the weekend included the annual officers' ball on Saturday night and a breakfast Sunday morning honoring retiring governor C. Chet Stone. (TNT, 4/27/1951, p.B-5)

Loyal Order of Moose, Tacoma Lodge 435 (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1950-1960; Men--Social life--1950-1960; Tuxedoes; Hauge, Robert C.;

Military marching in formation during the May, 1951, Armed Forces Day parade. Spectators line the downtown streets to watch examples of America's military might pass by. In 1951, Armed Forces Day was only two years old, having been created in 1949 to honor Americans serving in the five military branches.

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Marching--Tacoma--1950-1960; Armed Forces Day;

The Armed Forces Day parade in downtown Tacoma occurred on May 19, 1951. Sailors with rifles march in formation followed by a group of Army or Air Force men.

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sailors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Marching--Tacoma--1950-1960; Armed Forces Day;