Backside of photo contains text:
Washington School -- Tacoma, Washington -- May 1956 --- Marie Porter Ya
4th row: Vernon Farvour, Laura Jensen, Mike Teague, Brooke Johnsor, Chris Cullett, Shelley Garnes
3rd. row: Pam Miller, Jimmy Yadon, Judy Wheeler, Peter Ashmore, Jan Thompson, Randy Malanea
2nd. row: Chipper Canis, Robert Wuerch, Marlene Moniot, Linda Hopki. Kathy Risch, Pal Starkey
1st. row: Douglas Diel, Judy Johnson, Timmie Schneebeck, Po-Ko (monkey)

Inside cabin of T-38: unid. person working on stove cabinetry or fittings.

Bates courtyard (T-38: cold-molding cabin top.)

Bates courtyard (T-38; cold-molding deck & cabin top with red cedar.)

Inside the cabin of T-38.

"'World Peace' (in political sense) a Rush" - photogram. Undated work with Japanese characters in bold print. (Virna Haffer Collection)

Watercolors

Kat Wood holding a sign reading, "Fundamental human rights should NOT depend on your zip code!" with an LGBTQ pride flag sticker and a map of the United States with x-marks over states that restrict or outlaw abortion access.

Interviewer: What brings you here today?
"Oh, so much anger and so much sadness. Um, Roe has been around my entire life and I can’t believe we’re fighting the fights of our grandmothers again and again and again… and trans people and non-binary people are especially gonna be hurt by these laws. I mean, really, all people who need abortion care and need health care deserve to be able to have that equitably and safely and with dignity and I can’t believe we’re having to fight this again."

In a view looking north, two individuals are seen walking on a wood plank sidewalk along the Northern Pacific wharf near Commencement Bay circa 1885. KING-007, TPL 400.

Back of Photo:
Women's Suffrage

ca. 1910 Seattle Suffragettes
Photo by Asahel Curtis

Credit: Washington State Historical Society

Rec'd Dec. 18, 1983

Pacific Northwest Drawings 1926 and 1929

ca. 1954. The photograph of this very contemporary rambler styled home with many picture windows was probably taken in the summer of 1954. The one-story home had a extended, wide driveway and may have been located in the growing suburbs outside Tacoma city limits. The home, #8803, had a partially fenced yard and was surrounded by trees and shrubs. TPL-8313

Houses--1950-1960; Driveways;

ca. 1953. A young girl in a frilly pinafore and a baby gaze wide eyed at the camera while she holds a winter squash in this circa 1953 photograph. Kitchen cabinets and an egg carton on a shelf can be seen in the background. The barefoot baby sits in a high chair with a large tray and wears a bib. His sister seems intent on giving him the squash for lunch while suppressing giggles with her fingers at her mouth. Copy of a customer's print. Sepia.

Children eating & drinking--1950-1960; Infants; Girls--1950-1960; Squashes;

ca. 1953. This aerial view of the northeast section of the Tacoma tideflats from 1953 shows part of the Port of Tacoma, lower left, and the 185-acre Port Industrial Yard which was acquired by the Port in 1959. Five mothballed WWII baby flattops are moored in the Port Industrial Waterway. The incomplete Port Industrial Waterway bridge, later named the Blair Bridge, can be seen at the right. The bridge opened for traffic on November 14, 1953. The bridge is 712 feet long with a 40 foot roadway and 5 feet of sidewalk on one side only. It has a clearance at high tide of 12 feet. There is a 150 foot channel between the main piers for the passage of shipping vessels. The two main channel piers are 45 x 55 foot and house the operating machinery, counterweights and electrical equipment for opening and closing the span drawbridge. They are the equivalent in height, measured both above & below the water, to a seven story building. The cost of the bridge was $1,600,000. (TNT 11/13/1953, special section #D)

Aerial photographs; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Aircraft carriers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Harbors--Tacoma; Aerial views; Blair Bridge (Tacoma); Port Industrial Waterway Bridge (Tacoma); Vertical lift bridges;

Dr. Harold C. Nickelsen was able to add a mountain goat to his already well-stocked trophy room. Dr. Nickelsen shot the goat during the season in British Columbia with one shot from 450 yards using a thirty-ought-six rifle with scope sight. The goat weighed an estimated 250 pounds and had an exceptionally good set of horns. This sepia photograph was taken in November, 1952. (TNT, 11/2/1952, p.B-15)

Mountain goat hunting--British Columbia; Nickelsen, Harold C.; Dead animals; Mountain goats--British Columbia;

A new plywood floor is being installed.

Plywood;

A Spanish-style residence has been finished with stucco and a tile roof.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A young woman is removing food from her freezer locker at the back of this grocery store. The produce counters are filled with melons, celery, grapes, and other produce. Two magazine racks are filled with the latest in comic books and magazines.

Refrigerators; Grocery stores--1950-1960; Melons; Grapes; Vegetables; Celery; Shopping; Comic books; Periodicals;

Two men wearing grocers' aprons stand by freezer lockers with one of the large insulated doors open showing ten inner compartments with two of their doors open. The compartments could be filled by the individuals who rented the lockers and they could remove the contents whenever the grocery store was open.

Refrigerators; Grocery stores--1950-1960;

Flames leaping two hundred feet in the air greeted the first firefighters to arrive at the Lilly Seed Company at 15th and St. Paul Avenue, June 2, 1952, at 8:41 p.m. A second alarm was transmitted immediately to help quell the fire. The fire could be seen from anywhere in the city as firefighters tried to control it. The 2-story frame building burned to the ground within an hour. The loss was estimated at $275,000. (100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny, Clyde Talcot)

Lilly Seed Co. (Tacoma); Fires--Tacoma--1950-1960;

In March of 1952 an unidentified man was photographed tearing off an entry blank for the $20,000 "Room-for-Improvement" contest sponsored by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Contestants could win up to $4,000 by filling out an official entry form. Each contestant had to explain what remodeling project he wanted to complete and why plywood would be the best material to use. To win, the entry had to include both a written description of the project and before and after draws. The highest prize of $3,000, with a possible bonus of $1,000, was for the best plan to "Add-a-Room." Every contestant received an official entry form and a folder of home improvement ideas - all using plywood.

Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Contests--Tacoma;

A plaque honoring Stephen Tyng Mathew reads, "He laid the foundation of the National Park Services defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done."

Mathew, Stephen Tyng; Plaques--Washington; Monuments & memorials--Washington; National Park Service (Wash.);

ca. 1959. Copy of a customer's print of Jack Boyle, figure skating champion. Jack Boyle competed with the Lakewood Figure Skating Club in both the pairs with Patsy Hamm and the mens individuals. He grew up in the north end of Tacoma, attended Jason Lee Jr. High and graduated from Stadium High School in 1949. He won every men's division event in the Northwest, including senior mens, and held just about every Pacific Coast title, including senior mens and senior pairs. He and partner Patsy Hamm placed nationally in the junior and senior pairs. Boyle went pro in 1949 and skated with the Ice Follies, Holiday on Ice and other touring revues. He retired from professional skating in 1955 and entered the teaching field. Boyle taught skating for over 30 years in Vancouver, BC. ("History of Figure Skating in Pierce County" excerpt written by Jack Boyle)

Lakewood Figure Skating Club (Lakewood); Skaters; Ice Skating--Lakewood--1950-1960; Costumes; Boyle, Jack;