Equipment used in excavating at Columbia Breweries' property acquired in 1948 along Jefferson Avenue from 21st to 23rd Streets South. Columbia Breweries were adding a 20,000 square foot, two story building that would house a new bottle shop and a can beer line as well as a 39,00 square foot warehouse for case goods and a new receiving and shiping depot. Ordered by Lige Dickson Company, co-owned by Lige Dickson and William B. Dickson, general contractors, located at 3315 South Pine. TPL-10447

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Lige Dickson Co. (Tacoma); Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Excavation--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In June of 1949 a new concrete block Dairy Queen and a Karmelkorn Shop opened on the corner of North 1st and North E in the Stadium district opposite of Stadium High School. The new "fast-food" restaurant was the fifth Dairy Queen in the Tacoma area. Dairy Queen was known for its 5 and 10 cent soft ice-cream cones "with the curl on top". (Completed Stadium Dairy Queen, Holroyd Company, Jim Holroyd.) (TNT, 7/4/1949, p.15) TPL-9681

Dairy Queen (Tacoma); Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Concrete products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Drive-in restaurants--Tacoma; Karmelkorn Shop (Tacoma);

Opening of 38th Street, Tribune. Mayor C.Val Fawcett cut the ribbon and formally opened the improved 38th Street district on June 17, 1949. A police motorcade is traveling with the mayor's automobile along the parade route as spectators on both sides of the street look on. The American Legion drum and bugle corps gave a brilliant performance with marching and music. (TNT, 6/19/1949, p.1)

Dedications--Tacoma--1940-1950; Police--Tacoma--1940-1950; Motorcades--Tacoma--1940-1950; Motorcycles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Streets--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Elks, Emmett T. Anderson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks. Gloria Ellexson, recently named the 1949 National Champion Drum Majorette at the Elks National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, performs during the parade welcoming Emmett T. Anderson home. Gloria had been the state champion majorette for 1948. She was a student at the College of Puget Sound. A member of the Elks marching band is seen on the left. (TNT, 7/14/1949, p.1)

Ellexson, Gloria; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Drum majorettes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Marching bands--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Fireworks stand, DFPA. The fireworks stand recently built of plywood is open and two young women are thinking about making a purchase. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Fireworks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Temporary buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Studio portrait, full-length, Miss Miriam Gonzales, Mr Leo de Leon. Miss Miriam Gonzales stands regally in a white-lace floor-length gown with high, gathered transparent elbow-length sleeves and a train. Around one shoulder she is wearing the ribbon announcing her as Miss Philippines 1949. She is wearing a crown and a long, dark robe with heavy embroidery on the standing collar and along the train. Miss Gonzales, a Lincoln High School student, was elected Filipino queen for the annual Filipino-American 4th of July celebration in 1949. Coronation activities were held in Auburn at the Veterans Hall. (TNT 7-1-1949 - alt. photo)

Gonzales, Miriam; Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Filipino Americans--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Banquet shot & small group. Men and women pose for a group portrait. The center couple at the head table appear to be being honored as the woman is wearing a corsage. The banquet room is paneled with knotty pine with draperies to cover the windows. A neon beer sign has been turned off in the rear corner of the room.

Group portraits; Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Committee of eight ladies for visit of Supreme Worthy High Priestess, Mrs. L.D. Whitney. The current and past high priestesses of Mizpah Shrine No. II, White Shrine of Jerusalem, met at the University Union Club to complete arrangements for the July 29 visit of Mrs. Zelma M. Kah, the supreme worthy high priestess of the order, from Middletown, Ohio. L-R are Mrs. O.H. Ridgway, Mae F. Williams, Olive (Mrs. Frank R.) Hibbard, Stella (Mrs. Lee D.) Whitney, Avis G. (Mrs. Warren C.) Gilman, Emma L. (Mrs. Herbert F.) Love and Mrs. William Jones Rogers seated around a table set in the corner windows overlooking Commencement Bay. (TNT, 7/24/1949, p.D-8)

Hats--1940-1950; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Eating & drinking--Tacoma--1940-1950; White Shrine of Jerusalem (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Blocks used for sidewalks on Consumer's Central Heating System at Pierce County Court House, Holroyd Company, Jim Holroyd. A workman is laying concrete blocks on either side of the pipe that provided steam throughout much of downtown Tacoma using an underground distribution system. The central generating plant used hogged fuel (mill refuse) from local sawmills. (TDL, 5/26/1931)

Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Consumer's Central Heating Co. (Tacoma); Building materials--Tacoma; Concrete products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Heating & ventilation industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

New telephone booths in lobby of Hotel Winthrop, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, Sales Dept., Morris Hickey. Three telephone booths are seen on the right side and three more are on the left. An open telephone book is provided at the opening at the back. The lower portion of the stand is decorated with nail studs through a leather-like material.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma); Telephone booths--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Home at 804 Lewis Ave., Sumner, Karl H. Kaman. A view of the exterior of a one-story home with a small patio at the foot of the steps. The exterior has been covered with "Perma-stone." Yard is well landscaped with closely cut grass and a row of small shrubs possibly marking the home's boundary.

Houses--Sumner--1940-1950; K.H. Kaman Co. (Tacoma); Building materials;

J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding. Sea trials of the Acania show her on Commencement Bay. She was recently restored and refurbished at J.M.Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. The 126 foot motor vessel was built in 1929 by Pusey and Jones in Wilmington, Delaware, and designed by John H. Wells, an internationally known yacht designer. She operated on the east coat for years. When World War II began the Navy took the yacht over and made her into a fire boat on San Francisco Bay. (TNT, 7/3/1949, p.A-16)

J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ship trials--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Studio portrait for Tribune, Mrs. M. Jacobs. Mrs. Mamie Jacobs was installed as president of the Tacoma Zonta Club at their June 1949 meeting held at the home of Mrs. Robert Putnam, Steilacoom. In October 1949 Zonta International celebrated its 30th anniversary and the Tacoma chapter observed their 21st anniversary. Mrs. Jacobs was also the employment advisor at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. (TNT,7/10/1949, p.D-7; TNT, 10/30/1949, p.D-2)

Jacobs, Mamie; Zonta Club (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950;

I.W. Johnson. A family portrait of three generations of the Irvin W. and Lillian Johnson family. Irvin W. Johnson was the owner of I.W. Johnson Engineering Company.

Johnson, Irvin W.--Family; Johnson, Lilian--Family; Families--Tacoma--1940-1950; Grandparents; Children & adults--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Rock crushing operations at Lige Dickson Company, Mr. Lige Dickson. An artistic view of the gravel quarry of the Lige Dickson Company. Tree limbs, shadows and clouds frame the view of a dump truck, mounds of crushed rock and a workman walking towards the camera.

Lige Dickson Co. (Tacoma); Quarrying--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dump trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Rock crushing operations at Lige Dickson Company, Mr. Lige Dickson. Trucks stand by near a conveyor belt system that fills a hopper that would in turn be opened to fill a truck with crushed rock. A bulldozer is in the distance pushing rock into a pile. A dump truck with the Lige Dickson Company sign on the door has backed towards the hopper, just shy of the opening to fill the truck. An automobile and a pick-up truck are parked in the foreground. TPL-9823

Lige Dickson Co. (Tacoma); Quarrying--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dump trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;

New machinery at Titus Manufacturing Company, Mr. Leon Titus. Workmen are seen in this July, 1949, photograph at well-lit benches with assorted parts for Ford "flathead" V8 engines, including fuel pumps, water pumps and carburetors.

Machine shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Titus Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Engines; Automobile equipment & supplies; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma--1940-1950;

New machinery at Titus Manufacturing Company, Mr. Leon Titus. A workman uses an air tool to install valves in Ford "flathead" V8 engine blocks during rebuilding. Several engines are lined up along the conveyor system.

Machine Shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Titus Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Engines; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mechanics (Persons)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Assembly-line methods--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Mayor Val Fawcett with Mrs. Emmett T. Anderson. On July 27, 1949, a welcome home parade in downtown Tacoma was held in honor of the newly elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks Order of the United States, Emmett T. Anderson. Mayor Val Fawcett is pictured above with Lucile B. Anderson shortly after presenting her with a bouquet of red roses. Emmett Anderson was a prominent Tacoma civic leader and president of Anderson Printing. He was chosen as national leader of the Elks during the recent convention in Cleveland. ALBUM 14

Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Anderson, Lucile B.; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Fathers' Day layout, Mr. R.E. O'Farrell. Robley E. O'Farrell, Jr., is shown with his one-year-old daughter, Winifred, and son, Patrick, for Fathers' Day 1949. Winifred is riding her three-wheeled car. (TNT, 6/19/1949, p.D-1)

O'Farrell, Robley E. Jr.--Family; Fathers & children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Families--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan, DPFA. Pacific 1st Federal Savings adds a new safe deposit vault during modernization of their facilities. Unprecedented growth of savings and loan associations during the 1950s provided funding for construction and new homes. Many of the new homes were financed through government FHA and VA loans created for veterans of World War II and the Korean War.

Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan Association (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;

Elks, Emmett T. Anderson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks.The "Scotch Kilties" band of Fort Lewis were featured during the parade welcoming Emmett T. Anderson home from the National Elks Convention. The parade has stopped at the intersection of 9th and Broadway by the Roxy Theatre to allow the Scotch Kilties to perform intricate maneuvers. Band members wear traditional Scottish attire and play drums and bag pipes. The theater was showing "The Girl from Jones Beach" starring Ronald Reagan. (TNT, 7/28/1949, p.1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Scotland--Clothing & dress; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Marching bands--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pipes (Musical instruments); Roxy Theatre (Tacoma);

The Pinafores, a trio of singing cowgirl sisters, are part of western singer and motion picture actor Gene Autry's July 15, 1949, variety show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. Singer/songwriter Johnny Bond is believed to be the guitarist on the left. A total of 12 acts performed during the one-night-only show, headlined by the popular Mr. Autry. The crowd of 5000, with a good many children in attendance, hummed along to renditions of "Back in the Saddle Again" and "Riders in the Sky," enjoyed comedic repartee, and watched Mr. Autry's famed horse, Champion, do trick stunts. The opening of the Memorial Fieldhouse in 1948 brought the Tacoma Home Show, Horace Heidt, and most recently, Gene Autry and his company of Hollywood western and radio stars, to the attention of local residents. (TNT 7-15-49, p. 13, 7-16-49, p.3) ALBUM 8.

Pinafores; Singers--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Stock photographs of Mt. Rainier, Narada Falls, Tatoosh Range, Studio, Bob & Carroll. A photographer is standing on snow beside a rushing stream with Mount Rainier in the background.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Snow; Streams;

Studio portrait of Louis Rake. Mr. Rake wears a straw hat with a two-tone ribbon, glasses with metal rims, a dark jacket, white shirt and tie. His hands are folded in front of him as he looks straight into the camera on June 20, 1949.

Rake, Louis; Portrait photographs; Eyeglasses; Hats--1940-1950;

Western singer and motion picture actor Gene Autry (R) and a member of his troupe, perhaps comedian Rufe Davis, relax backstage at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse on July 15, 1949. Mr. Autry had brought 25 radio and western film stars to Tacoma for a one-night-only performance sponsored by the College of Puget Sound and the Tacoma Athletic Commission. His troupe included animal impersonator Davis, singer/songwriter Johnny Bond, Frankie Marvin, the Cass Country Boys trio, and Mr. Autry's famed equine companion, Champion. (TNT 7-16-49, p. 3) ALBUM 8.

Singers; Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Autry, Gene, 1907-1998; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Guitars;

Western singer and motion picture actor Gene Autry is welcomed to Cushman Hospital on July 15, 1949. He is shown shaking hands with an unidentified man, perhaps a hospital official, while children wait in the background. Although Mr. Autry was in Tacoma for only one day as part of a large musical variety show, he made time to visit the sick children at the Cushman Indian Hospital on East 28th St. People were very familiar with Mr. Autry even before his long running television program, The Gene Autry Show on CBS (1950-55), due to his Melody Ranch radio program which ran from 1940-1956. His trademark theme song, "Back in the Saddle Again," was extremely popular. WWII Sgt. Gene Autry would go on to own several radio and television stations and become active in professional baseball as the owner of the (California) Angels. ALBUM 8.

Singers; Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Autry, Gene, 1907-1998; Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cushman Indian Hospital (Tacoma); Indians of North America--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shaking hands--Tacoma;

Western singer and motion picture actor Gene Autry, at microphone, and his troupe on stage at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse on July 15, 1949. The group may be taking its final bow. The show consisted of 12 acts, including the Pinafores, the identically clad sisters to Autry's left. Others performing were singer/songwriter Johnny Bond, comedian Pat Buttram, Frankie Melvin, Rufe Davis, and the Cass Country Boys trio. Champion and Champion Jr., Mr. Autry's horses, also appeared on stage to thrill the audience with animal stunts. (TNT 7-16-49, p. 3) ALBUM 8.

Singers; Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Autry, Gene, 1907-1998; Pinafores; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

St. Joseph's School of Nursing. St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing was in operation from 1900 until 1973. The first graduating class was in 1903 from the three-year course of instruction. The first hospital building was designated the nurse's residence when the brick hospital opened in 1915. The brick building was designed by Ruehr and Bergfelt, architects. It was demolished in 1976. (A Beacon of Light, Nancy Rockafellar) TPL-3815

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); St. Joseph's Hospital Nurses Home (Tacoma);

A huge log sent spray flying into the air when it plunged into the large log pond next to the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company on the tide flats in this photograph from June, 1949. Logs were dumped into one of the three log ponds at the waterway near St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber. The log ponds had a total area of 75 acres and combined log storage capacity of 15,000,000 feet. The logs would later be removed from the water when it was their turn in the lumber mill. Other parts of the lumber mill facility are seen in the background. Ordered by Helgeson. (American Lumberman, 5/21/1921)

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;