On March 8, 1967, various athletes from local high schools were honored once again at the annual "Athletes Nite" held at the Tacoma Elks Temple, 1965 So. Union Ave. Uniformed majorettes and cheerleaders from the schools were also on hand to provide entertainment and support. Banners were hung with the names of participating schools- including Lincoln, Mount Tahoma, Stadium, Bellarmine, Lakes, Laughbon (in Dupont), Wilson, Franklin Pierce, Clover Park, Curtis and Peninsula. Photograph ordered by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174.

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Elks Temple (Tacoma); Cheerleading--Tacoma--1960-1970; Students--Tacoma--1960-1970; Banners--Tacoma;

The cast of "The Drunkard" posed for a variety of shots on February 27, 1967. The 1890's melodrama, directed by Dorothy Jean Heffernan, was held at Steve's Gay '90s, 5238-40 South Tacoma Way, in March and April of 1967. Kathie McCulloch, as Mary Wilson, is pictured above with her hands aloft and mouth open in dismay at the appearance of the play's mustached villain, Jack Richardson, who stars as Lawyer Cribbs. Photograph ordered by Steve's Gay '90s. (TNT 3-3-67, A-6)

Steve's Gay '90s (Tacoma); Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Melodramas; Richardson, Jack; McCulloch, Kathie; Actors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Actresses;

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;

Sandra Kramer, 1005 No. Washington, smilingly posed for a studio portrait on February 18, 1967. Her short dark hairdo with bangs gently frames her face. She has her ringed hands clasped against her cheek. Miss Kramer, the daughter of the William J. Kramers, would have her engagement to Larry Scranton announced in the December 24, 1967, News Tribune. The wedding was set for April 6, 1968, in Hope Lutheran Church. Both are graduates of Mount Tahoma High School and attended Olympic Junior College. (TNT 12-24-67, C-4)

Kramer, Sandra;

Examining her keyboard, a Boeing office worker is set to imput data from the pile of sheets into the data-recorder on her desk. She was photographed on February 17, 1967, at Boeing's Seattle location. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

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

A Boeing office worker, wearing a coat-length smock, looks over a printed card on February 17, 1967. She is standing in front of a IBM machine, possibly a sorter. The machine holds several racks of cards. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

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

Continuing series of equipment and computers at Boeing's Seattle location, taken in February, 1967. A short-sleeved Boeing employee, seen previously in D150973-1R, presses a button regulating the Honeywell 200. This is probably the H-200 business computer introduced in 1963. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Computers;

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;

A Boeing employee in heavy dark-rimmed glasses scrutinizes the card produced by the IBM 26 Printing Card Punch on February 17, 1967. He is seated in front of the keyboard which has the functional control switches built in above. The IBM 026 Printing Card Punch was introduced in 1949; it would be superceded about 1964 by the 029 punch. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp. (www.columbia.edu/acis/history/punch.html)

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

Two Boeing employees examine sheets of printed data on February 17, 1967, at Boeing's Seattle location. Racks below the two men are filled with cannisters of tapes. A picture of a Boeing aircraft emerging from the clouds is hanging on the dark paneled walls. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

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

Series of equipment and computers employed at Boeing's Seattle location. A Boeing employee checks data produced on this modern printer in February, 1967. The giant machine has its lid open. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

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

Water is spurting from a new well dug in the Beckonridge addition of University Place. The Richardson Well Drilling Co. uses its Speed-Star equipment on February 7, 1967, to provide a new water source. Photograph ordered by University Place Water Co.

Wells--University Place; Drilling & boring equipment;

A large Pierce County Federal Savings & Loan sign tilts dramatically as it is being removed from its Pacific Ave. location on January 30, 1967. Two large cranes block part of the roadway while workers stare at the proceedings. Hunt's Office Supply is next door; Security Building in the distance. This same sign was photographed on June 30, 1958, prior to its erection at the savings & loan. (See D115285-12) The savings & loan had decided that they had outgrown their 40-year-old name and therefore sponsored a contest to let the public pick the new name. Prizes included a weekend at the Winthrop Hotel, free dinners, a limo ride, receipt of income on $1,000,000 for five days at 5% annual rate; entries were to be postmarked by 3-31-67. The new name, Lifetime Federal Savings & Loan Association, was announced in an ad in the June 15, 1967, News Tribune. Ralph H. Clawson of Tacoma was the first prize winner. Mrs. Janet A. Pierce of Tacoma and Gertrude Olinghouse of Sumner were the 2nd and 3rd prize winners. Photograph ordered by Pierce County Federal Savings & Loan. (TNT 2-2-67, D-3, TNT 6-15-67, A-4)

Pierce County Federal Savings & Loan (Tacoma); Signs (Notices); Electric signs--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Hunt's Office Supply (Tacoma);

Conveyor system pictured at Port of Tacoma in January, 1967. Built by Star Iron & Steel of Tacoma, the elevated conveyor equipment is set up to load and unload materials to the domed storage tank in the background. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel Co.

Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Conveying systems--Tacoma--1960-1970; Storage tanks--Tacoma;

An appropriate place for the "Ho-ho-ho!" Green Giant display was in the Hi-Ho Shopping Center in Puyallup on January 20, 1967. Jack Schneider of Hi-Ho stands with Jim Gardner (in grocer's apron) beside the large display of Green Giant cream style corn. A tempting offer of a giant plastic 56" kite is available with the redemption of five Green Giant canned vegetable labels. Mr. Gardner was the manager of the "floor crew" which included the checkers, box boys and shelf stockers. Photograph ordered by Lane Magazine & Book Co., Seattle. (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Hi-Ho Market (Puyallup); Supermarkets--Puyallup; Merchandise displays--Puyallup--1960-1970; Schneider, Jack; Gardner, Jim;

An employee of St. Regis Paper Co. is shown on January 18, 1967, turning the knobs on a new IBM 360 computer system at the firm's data-processing center. She is using an IBM instructional manual. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Computers; Office workers--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1967. Two boats under construction. The Port Industrial Waterway is covered in mist as work continues on two tuna seiners. No Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. employees are in sight on this gloomy day in late 1967. The two fishing boats are believed to be the "Bold Venture" and the "City of Panama," both 177-feet in length and of steel construction. Both vessels were equipped to carry up to 925 tons of tuna. (TNT 1-17-68, C-9, TNT 1-30-68, p. 18) TPL-9216

Progress photographs; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

ca. 1967. Work was nearing completion on two fishing boats at the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company shipyard on Tacoma's tideflats in late 1967. The "Bold Venture", the vessel closest to the water, was launched on January 20, 1968, at the Port Industrial Yard. The second boat is probably the "City of Panama" which was launched several weeks later, on February 3rd. Both had steel components and were 177 feet in length; they were capable of a haul of up to 925 tons of tuna. The "Bold Venture" was scheduled to fish in waters near Puerto Rico. (TNT 1-17-68, C-9, TNT 1-30-68, p. 18) TPL-9191

Progress photographs; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

ca. 1967. Progress photographs of boats under construction. Continuation of series involving two boats under construction by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. in late 1967. They are believed to be the tuna seiners "Bold Venture" and "City of Panama." Both steel vessels were 177-feet in length and would be launched in early 1968. Ladders and scaffolding are in place in the above photograph so that workmen could reach the decks of the ships. TPL-9217

Progress photographs; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Ladders;

Back of Photo:
Chaplain Rev. Jeffrey L. Smith, University of Puget Sound
Lin Wicks Studio
7902 27th West
Tacoma, Washington 98466

ca. 1967. Copy of customer's print. Closer view of aerial with names of various freeways and major roadways, present and projected, ca. 1967. There had long been talk about building a multi-purpose stadium in the Puget Sound region. This map shows the proximity of such a stadium to major freeways and the Seattle-Tacoma Airport. Even rapid transit was a future prospect to bring visitors and patrons to this area. The Pierce County Sports Stadium Advisory Committee had proposed a 120-acre site at the intersection of So. 277th & West Valley Highway in King County. A group of Tacoma citizens had an option on the land. Pierce County residents were to vote on a $10 million bond issue to help King County build a stadium if a site was chosen south of the airport. Photograph ordered on October 30, 1967, by Bozell & Jacobs Advertising. (TNT 10-31-67, p. 1)

Aerial photographs; Express highways--Wash.;

ca. 1967. A fleet of trucks bearing Rainier Beer is parked outside a building on Center St. near Steele circa 1967. The Cammarano Bros. were local distributors of Rainier Beer for decades and their trucks were a common sight throughout the area. (Photograph courtesy of the William Cammarano Collection) TPL-10410

Trucks--Tacoma--1960-1970; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma);

ca. 1967. Two boats under construction. Progress report on two boats under construction by Tacoma Boatbuilding at the Port Industrial Yard about 1967. The boat nearest to the water is believed to be the "Bold Venture," which was the third of four Blue Pacific-class fishing boats built by Tacoma Boatbuilding. The 177-foot tuna seiner was built for Edward Gann of San Diego and would be launched on January 20, 1968. She was scheduled to fish near Puerto Rico and would be able to carry up to 925 tons of fish. The hulls of the boats shown were made of steel construction; the "Bold Venture" would have a 37-foot beam. (TNT 1-17-68, C-9) TPL-9214

Progress photographs; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Back of Photo:
Henry Siegl

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Judge Elizabeth Shackleford steps down