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Photograph by Bob Rudsit

Striking gasfitters and electrical workers stall in talks with employers. The strike had been in progress for 69 days. About 340 union members from parts of King, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, and Lewis counties have been affected, with an additional 260 members of other unions striking in support. Photo by staff member Bob Rudsit.

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Thanks to you Tacoma Community House is working, The United Way of Pierce County
University of Puget Sound Photograph
Coordinating the voluntary income assistance tax program are Bob Yamashita, director of the Tacoma Community House; Jeffrey Carr, student chairman from the University; and Roy J. Polley, associate professor of business and public administration and adviser to Alpha Kappa Psi and Phi Chi Theta.
Photo by Cheryl Lyn Doten

A child throws a frisbee while at Camp Murray. Vietnamese refugees moved to the Tacoma area in search of new jobs and with them came their families.

Son Deth, a Cambodian refugee, with two of her nine children. Son Deth moved with her family to Pierce County in 1975 and was sponsored by the Christ Lutheran Church of Lakewood.

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--Statue of Love and Gratitude--
Sai Dinh Nguyen works on a statue of love and gratitude that he and Khuyen Van Hoang molded from 1,200 pounds of concrete. It isn't known yet where the statue will be placed, though some consideration has been given to moving it to a community center at Bayview, WA.

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Snapshot Contest 1975
Tiny Island
Grand Prize - Dan Phill, Tacoma, WA

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Lyle E. Smith
Staff photo by Russ Carmack

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Pianist Doppmann in PLU concert
Internationally recognized pianist William Doppmann will be the guest soloist with the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra Tuesday evening in Eastvold Auditorium.

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Ramona Bennett

Staff photo by Jerry Buck

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Ramona Bennett
Oct 11 1975
May 22 1976
Photograph by
Oct
Jerry Buck

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Ramona Bennett
Oct 11 1975
Photograph by
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Jerry Buck

ca. 1975. Sue Connolly at General Services desk, Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library. Mrs. Connolly, in purple sweater, is assisting a pair of patrons at the desk. Seated at the Information desk is Rosa McClatcher, who also manned the switchboard.

Connolly, Susan; McClatcher, Rosa; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees;

ca. 1975. Karen (Goettling) Kelley in Literature Dept., Tacoma Public Library. A smiling Mrs. Kelley is obtaining information over the telephone in this circa 1975 photograph.

Kelley, Karen; Goettling, Karen Jane; Librarians; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees;

ca. 1975. 1975 Richards color stock footage. Closer aerial view of what is believed to be Concrete Technology Corp., 1123 Port of Tacoma Rd., on the Tacoma tideflats. This photograph was possibly taken in the summer of 1975. Concrete Technology dealt in prestressed and precast concrete. Waterway shown is believed to be the Blair Waterway (formerly Port Industrial Waterway).

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1975. 1975 Richards color stock footage. Aerial view of industrial facility on Tacoma's tideflats. This is believed to be Concrete Technology's plant on Port of Tacoma Rd. Waterway is believed to be the Blair (formerly Port Industrial) Waterway.

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1975. 1975 Richards color stock footage. Rear view of Union Station. Located on lower Pacific Avenue, Union Station was built in 1911 by the Hurley-Mason Co. Although the station is still there some thirty years after this 1975 aerial photograph was taken, its surroundings are quite different. SR-705 would be built to run behind the station and the last train would leave Union Station in June of 1984. The Washington State History Museum is now on the site of the former tree-lined parking lot while the Federal Courts are now located in a new wing north of Union Station. Plans to construct a shopping center/transportation complex including Union Station were shelved after many years of trying. TPL-2399

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980; Railroad tracks--Tacoma--1970-1980;

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Harold Moss, City Councilman, 1975

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Longtime councilman and mayor of Puyallup, William S. Stoner, extends greetings to the Puyallup Valley Optimist Club.

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Jeff Smith
Staff photo by Bruce Larson

Popularly known as The Frugal Gourmet

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Lyle E. Smith

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Daisy Stallworth
Miami 1970

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Lyle Swenson in his Autorest Cafe in Cle Elum

CLE ELUM--The Autorest Cafe, known to travelers for its pastry and a back bar that came 'round Cape Horn, will change ownership on Sept. 15 after being in the same family since 1918.
Many cross-state travelers have stopped at the venerable place, operated for the past 30 years by Lois and Lyle Swenson of Cle Elum. They have sold the restaurant to Ron and Donna Voight of the Tacoma area. Voight has been with Safeway.
The massive back bar of dark, Honduras mahogany is the dominant piece. Visitors who sat at the counter and saw themselves in the bar's broad mirrors wouldn't know its history unless they read the sign.
Hand-carved and built in Alabama in 1897 by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., the bar was shipped around Cape Horn to Seattle, where it embellished the old Mecca Saloon on First Avenue in 1915. The bar was moved and installed in the Autorest Cafe, Cle Elum, in 1918.

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Photo by warren Anderson