Tacoma's Temple Theatre was built in 1926, designed by architect A. J. Russell, the contractors were Biehn and Chalmers; the theater officially opened in October 1927. Upon the theater's opening the "Temple of Minerva" backdrop from the Tacoma Theater was presented to the new theater. This theater was originally known as the Heilig Theatre and was renamed the Temple Theatre in 1931. Temple Theatre had a seating capacity of 1,800 people. View of three unidentified men backstage at the Temple Theatre, by the curtain and props control area.
The Temple Theatre at 47 Saint Helens Ave. was built in 1926. For its official opening in October 1927 it was given the stage backdrop known as "Temple of Mionerva" by the owners of the Tacoma Theatre. The backdrop was painted by artist Thomas G. Moses in 1889 and had hung in the Tacoma Theatre for 37 years.Thomas Moses was a well known scenery painter; he died in Chicago, Illinois in 1934. The Temple Theatre is now the Landmark Convention Center. TPL-3683
Annie Wright Seminary offered students a few dance class options in 1949. They were available for both the lower school and the upper school classes and taught by Nancy Jane Bare. View of Annie Wright upper school dance group, left to right: Betty Northstrom, Karen Nelson, Ann Churchill, Flavia Gierin, Janice Dean, Marian Folsom and Nancy Mace (AWS Shield, 1949, p. 40).
Tacoma's Spinster Club members were planning their annual Dixie Ball, the event would take place at the Winthrop Hotel's Wedgwood Room. Committee members are standing left to right: Gloria Kristofferson, Ann Murphy, Charleen Brunsdon, Jeannine Stevenson, Doris Ryan (General Committee Chairman), Ida Mae Hughes and Beverly Eckman; Seymour Conservatory in background (T.N.T., 4/10/49, p. D-2).
Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Single women; Women--Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Spinster Club (Tacoma); Seymour Conservatory (Tacoma);
Tacoma Council of Parent-Teacher Associations would be electing new officers in all their association branches. These new officers would be forming committees in their groups to plan carnivals and springtime events throughout the many schools in Tacoma. View of six PTA members getting ready to plan the upcoming spring activities (T.N.T., 4/15/49, p. 12).
Women--Social life--1940-1950; People associated with education & communication; Educational organizations--Tacoma; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (Tacoma);
Puget Sound Furniture Company was celebrating the grand re-opening of their furniture store in March of 1949. Ben Slotnick, owner, had planned a $100,000 remodeling and expansion project; the business had been at this location for 25 years. Interior view of the newly remodeled Puget Sound Furniture Company; showroom is fully stocked with everything customers may need for their homes (T. Times, 3/31/49, p. 4, 5).
MGM's "Command Decision" featuring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford, John Hodiak and Edward Arnold was playing at Tacoma's Music Box Theatre. A "Technicolor" cartoon, "The Cat Who Hated People" was the movie extra being featured. View of window display of jewelry and movie poster at The Diamond Shop on Broadway promoting the movie for the Music Box.
Clifford Paulson owned Paulson's Radios and Appliances, his brother Arthur Paulson owned Paulson's Jewelry, which was adjacent to this store. Their father, B.Paulson had originally started the family business and eventually sold the business to his sons. Interior view of kitchen at Harold and Naomi Hoover's' home; kitchen appliances were purchased at Paulson's Radios and Appliances store.
Kitchens--Tacoma--1940-1950; Refrigerators; Stoves--Tacoma; Appliance stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma; Paulson's Radios & Appliances (Tacoma); Hoover, Harold V.--Homes & haunts;
St. Regis paper plant in Tacoma is the focal point of the company's expanding pulp, paper and multiwall bag operations in the West Coast. The paper mill was recently completed and is one of the largest and most modern plants in the United States. The new paper producing mill is now able to mass produce paper and offer their customers their quality product in higher volumes and lower prices. Workmen are using an "Ederer" crane to move an enormous roll of paper.
Paper--Tacoma; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laborers--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Ederer Engineering Co. (Seattle);
The Hotel Greeters of Tacoma Chapter Number 10 was entertaining the Hotel Greeters of Seattle Chapter Number 9 with a Saint Patrick's Day party at the Bonneville Hotel. The club's celebration included traditional Irish food, music and decorations. Interior view of banquet hall at the Bonneville Hotel; the room is decorated with festive Saint Patrick's Day decorations for the Shamrock Party being hosted by the Hotel Greeters club (T.N.T., 3/18/49, p. 6).
Receptions--Tacoma; Banquets--Tacoma; Saint Patrick's Day--Tacoma; Banquet halls--Tacoma; Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Greeters of Tacoma Chapter No. 10 (Tacoma); Bonneville Hotel (Tacoma);
Exterior view of the American Building Maintenance Company; it was the largest janitorial contractors, janitor service, window cleaning, floor waxing and wall cleaning business. Scaffolding is set up on exterior of building, possibly for remodeling, the business is located next to Puget Sound Auto Electric Company; both businesses were located on South 7th Street and Pacific Avenue. Photo ordered by Universal Scaffold and Contractors Supply Company.
Scaffolding--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Street lights--Tacoma; Universal Scaffold & Contractors Supply (Tacoma); American Building Maintenance Co. (Tacoma);
View of colt and horse; unidentified man is feeding new colt "Prince" and other horse at Dan Kleinberg's stables, located on Interlaaken Drive Southwest in Lakewood, Washington.
Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. The entertainment is over and the audience is looking at the camera for this group portrait of fathers and daughters for Fathers' Day 1949. Two women stand in the arches along the right side of the open courtyard.
Lambda Sigma Chi and Pi Tau Omega were co-hosting the annual spring formal at the Elks Temple on May 14, 1949. Members, pledges and alumni were invited to attend "A Night in Shanghai." Betsy Ann Huhn and Herbert Wayrynen (at left) and Lorna Hill with Bill Clem (foreground) were just two of the couples dancing and enjoying the evening. (TNT 5-22-1949, D-10)
Ballroom dancing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lambda Sigma Chi (Tacoma); Pi Tau Omega (Tacoma); Elks Temple (Tacoma); Hill, Lorna; Clem, Bill; Huhn, Betsy Ann; Wayrynen, Herbert;
Five of the barbering students studying under E.S. West at the Tacoma Vocational-Technical School, 1101 Yakima Avenue South, were photographed in 1949 while practicing their new skills on five unidentified boys. The 1,712 hour, nine-month course in barbering was the only one of its kind offered in a vocational-technical school west of the Mississippi. Tacoma Vocational-Technical School began building their facilities in 1940. After the first wing was constructed, the schools facilities were used as a war job training center during WWII. The name of the school was changed to L.H. Bates Vocational-Technical Institute in 1969 to honor the man who was hired in 1944 to be the school's vocational training director. (T.N.T., 5/1/49, p. 1, B-1).
Frances Avery Olzendam and Hunt Tilford Norris were married at the Church of the Holy Communion in Tacoma on May 14, 1949. Frances is the daughter of Roderic M. and Lydia Olzendam of Tacoma; Hunt is from San Francisco, California, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Norris of Atherton, California (T.N.T., 5/15/49, p. D-4).
Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Olzendam, Frances Avery--Marriage; Norris, Hunt Tilford--Marriage; Olzendam, Roderic M.--Homes & haunts; Church of the Holy Communion (Tacoma);
Loxide Structures Incorporated had their office located at 9004 South 19th Street in South Tacoma. The business specialized in building materials and prefabricated home construction throughout the Tacoma area, the company's officers were: Earl Rowe, President; Alfred J. Weberg, Vice-President; and Robert D. Campbell was the Secretary-Treasurer. Exterior view of prefabricated house built recently by Loxide Homes.
Building materials industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building materials; Prefabricated houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Yards--Tacoma; Trees--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma; Loxide Structures, Inc. (Tacoma);
The Business and Professional Women's Club was having their 28th annual convention; the convention was being hosted by the Tacoma chapter, the theme was "We Work Together". View of Signe Sutherland, co-owner of Puget Sound Adjustment Bureau and Puget Sound Collection Company; Signe also serves on the finance committee of the Business and Professional Women's Club (T.N.T., 5/8/49, p. D-5).
Business enterprises--Tacoma; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound Adjustment Bureau (Tacoma); Puget Sound Collection Co. (Tacoma); Tacoma Business & Professional Women's Club (Tacoma); Sutherland, Signe;
On June 2, 1949, the Charles B. Roger Company was celebrating its 30th Anniversary in business. The automotive electricians were located at 810 A St. The company's panel truck was pictured outside the business. The Hotel Olympus can be seen to the left above the facilities. The Medical Arts Building can be seen in the middle right background. Photograph ordered by Charles B. Roger.
C.B. Roger Co. (Tacoma); Automobile equipment & supplies; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Aerial view of Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company facilities in Portland, Oregon. President Fred C. Shanaman reported that with the addition of the new facilities for manufacture of chlorine, caustic soda and technical DDT, production at the Portland plant increased substantially in 1947; photo ordered by John Baker, Superintendent of Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company of Washington, Tacoma plant.
Chemical industry--Oregon--Portland; Chemicals; Industrial facilities--Oregon--Portland; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Waterfronts; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. (Portland, Or.);
Helander and Company was a building materials business, specializing in aluminum shingles, roofing and siding; they were also the "Johns-Manville" approved dealer. The company was owned by William O. Helander, their business office was located at 2002 Chrystal Springs Road.. Two unidentified laborers are applying clapboard siding at the Marshall family home, located at 4015 South Yakima Avenue, in south Tacoma; photo ordered by Helander & Company.
The American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post Number 2 was located at 407 South G Street in Tacoma. Tacoma also had three other posts and an auxiliary unit. Interior view of the Edward B. Rhodes Post Number 2 American legion building; view of stairway that leads into a waiting area with two wick sofas, room in back has a piano, possibly the lounge area.
Clubhouses--Tacoma; Stairways--Tacoma; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Patriotic societies--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma; American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma);
Sconce Advertising Company. An elevated view of the exterior of Day's Tailor-D Clothing, Inc., showing the new 20,000 square foot addition. The additional facilities made the firm the leader in production of work clothes on the Pacific Coast supplying 2,300 independent dealers in 16 western states. (TNT, 5/2/1949, p.6)
More than 10,000 people joined together for prayer and songs at the 1949 Easter sunrise service at Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood. It was estimated to be the largest group to ever participate in local Easter worship services. A portion of the large crowd was captured through a doorway as they attended the annual sunrise service. Trumpets proclaimed dawn, and the service began shortly thereafter. (T.N.T., 4/18/49, p. 1).
Easter--Lakewood; Celebrations--Lakewood--1940-1950; Events--Lakewood--1940-1950; Religious processions--Lakewood; Rites & ceremonies--Lakewood--1940-1950; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood);
In this photograph from 1949, a recently erected neon Olympia "It's the Water" beer sign towers over the Ingleside Cafe located on 12914 Pacific Highway Southwest in Lakewood, Washington. Other electric signs are also visible, including: the restaurant name sign, "EAT", "Fish and Chips", and a portion of the drugstore sign in foreground. The Ingleside Cafe was built on the site of the Ingleside Sunken Gardens which was destroyed by fire in 1936. The Ingleside Cafe closed in 1960. Photo ordered by Electrical Products Consolidated. TPL-2469
View of recently erected Olympia "It's in the Water" beer electric sign at the Ingleside Cafe located on 12914 Pacific Highway Southwest in Lakewood, Washington; Hogan's Rexall Drugs is on left side foreground. The beer sign was manufactured by Electrical Products Consolidated, they also manufactured street lights in the downtown Tacoma area. TPL-2455
On May 11, 1949 fire trucks, equipment and fire fighters from McChord Field and from Lakewood helped extinguish the blaze that destroyed this dry cleaning establishment. View of site where McChord Dry Cleaning Shop previously stood; the fire completely destroyed the business although a small portion of the building structure still stands (T.N.T., 5/12/49, p. A-9).
Fires--Lakewood--1940-1950; Disasters--Lakewood--1940-1950; Fire fighters--Lakewood; Fire fighting--Lakewood; Fire engines & equipment--Lakewood--1940-1950; McChord Dry Cleaning Shop (Lakewood);
Joseph L. Carman III and his newlywed bride, Barbara Carman, have just returned from Berkeley, California were the young couple was married. The Carman's were married in California and had their wedding reception at the bride's aunt and uncle's home. They spent their honeymoon in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. View of the Carman's taking a stroll in their new home, located in the Tacoma Country Club area in Lakewood (T.N.T., 5/1/49, p. D-2).
Flowers--Lakewood--1940-1950; Spouses--Lakewood; Walking--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clothing & dress--Lakewood--1940-1950; Social values--Lakewood--1940-1950; Carman, Joseph L.--Family;
Eagles. The Eagles had an all-accordion band, the first organized since before World War II. They presented a recital May 25, 1949, at Eagles Temple. The band was part of the Eagles' youth guidance program and was under the direction of Louis Nomellini (standing center, first row). The Eagles Temple, which was dedicated August 8, 1908, was at 1305 Fawcett Avenue. Names listed in the newspaper. (TNT, 5/24/1949, p.25)
Fraternal Order of Eagles (Tacoma); Accordions; Bands--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nomellini, Louis; Children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Children playing musical instruments--Tacoma--1940-1950; Musicians--Tacoma--1940-1950;
