View of outdoor chip feeding section of St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma, May, 1961. The low covered structure may have housed wood chips. Machinery in background was probably used to transport the chips. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

Chip feeder in operation at St. Regis Paper Co. May, 1961, photograph of one of the chip feeders on wheels employed at the St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma. Pounds of wood chips accumulate on wooden shelf. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

Martinac Shipbuilding launching of #133, the Royal Pacific, occurred on May 16, 1961. View of boat; another boat, possibly a tug, the Edward A. Young, is to the left. The $600,000 Royal Pacific was the first tuna clipper to be built in Tacoma in ten years. It was also the first tuna clipper to be built from the keel up as a seine-type tuna vessel. The 142' vessel had a capacity of 425 tons of tuna under refrigeration. It was powered by a 1600-horsepower opposing piston engine. The crew of 13 would be skippered by Lou Brito, who would be transferring from Martinac-owned Southern Pacific tuna vessel. (TNT 5-17-61, A-5) TPL-9056

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fishing boats--Tacoma; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Two Henry F. Hunt Junior High (now Middle School) students take a break in the peaceful courtyard of the West End school in April, 1961. Wooden benches are placed beside a large square pond which contains a small rock garden with a newly planted fir. The ultra modern school was built in 1958 by noted architect Robert Billsbrough Price and heavily utilized wood instead of the more common brick or concrete. Photograph ordered by Vanzant, Dugdale & Co., Baltimore, MD.

Henry F. Hunt Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Rows of empty chairs in gymnasium/auditorium. Information gathered from Richards Studio records indicate that this April, 1961, photograph was taken at "Lake Hills." This is believed to be the Lake Hills Elementary School located in Bellevue. The heavy wooden beams in the structure are reminiscent of the beams used in Tacoma's Henry F. Hunt Junior High School cafeteria/auditorium. The building's architect stressed natural lighting with large skylights. Photograph ordered by Vanzant, Dugdale & Co., Baltimore, MD.

Gymnasiums--Bellevue; Auditoriums--Bellevue; Folding chairs;

April, 1961, view of cafeteria/auditorium at Hunt Junior High School. The mushroom-shaped building at the Henry F. Hunt Junior High (now Middle) School served at least two purposes. It was used as a cafeteria and also an auditorium with large stage. Here students are apparently rehearsing for a play; pianist is at hand to accompany actors. Architect Robert Billsbrough Price made full use of natural light with skylights and tall windows surrounding the building. The arched wooden beams provided support as well as made an arresting sight. Photograph ordered by Vanzant, Dugdale & Co., Baltimore, MD.

Henry F. Hunt Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1960-1970; Cafeterias--Tacoma; Auditoriums--Tacoma;

Library at Hunt Junior High (now Middle) School. Several tables are arranged neatly in the library of the Henry F. Hunt Junior High in April, 1961. Bookcases aligned on one long wall are filled with rows of fiction, classics and non-fiction books. Eleven tempera paintings made by individual ninth graders filled the panel above the book stacks. Each represented a favorite book or character. 2 x 3.5 feet in size, all featured monochromactic blues. The school was built heavily utilizing wood instead of the more common brick or concrete; examples shown above are the thick wooden beams in the ceiling. Photograph ordered by Vanzant, Dugdale & Co., Baltimore, MD. (TNT 12-25-60, A-6)

Henry F. Hunt Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1960-1970; Libraries--Tacoma--1960-1970;

School office. The school office of Bellevue's Lake Hills Elementary is empty for the moment in this April, 1961, photograph. The principal's office was apparently directly behind the front counter. An additional desk, probably the school secretary's, is next to a wall of windows. The theme of wooden ceiling beams continues in the office as in the school's gymnasium/auditorium. Photograph ordered by Vanzant, Dugdale & Co., Baltimore, MD.

Public schools--Bellevue; Offices--Bellevue;

Back of photo: Eastside Boys Club

A crane is slowly lowering a bomb shelter in a newly excavated hole at the residence of Frederick Pneuman of Fircrest in April, 1961. Tensions were still running high with Russia and thousands chose to build bomb shelters in hopes of protecting themselves from nuclear fallout. Frederick Pneuman, a structural engineer with Douglas Fir Plywood Association, had decided to put an underground unit on the side of his Fircrest home at 630 Maywood Lane. The fallout shelter had been built by Douglas Fir Plywood after two years of research and testing. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. TPL-3834 (TNT 9-3-61, A-6)

Air raid shelters--Fircrest; Hoisting machinery; Pneuman, Frederick--Homes & haunts;

On Sunday, April 16, 1961, a Richards Studio photographer journeyed to the third floor of the Washington Building to snap photos of the soon-to-be demolished Bernice Building and Pacific First Federal Savings. Bender's Ready to Wear fashions for men and women appears to already have vacated the premises; windows are either boarded up or empty. A modern Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan would emerge in 1964. The new building, designed by Tacoma architects Lea, Pearson & Richards, would cost $1,500,000, and more than double the present size of the savings and loan. (TNT 1-12-61, p. 1)

Bernice Building (Tacoma); Pacific First Federal Building (Tacoma); Bender's (Tacoma);

Streets of downtown Tacoma appear quiet on a Sunday in April, 1961. A few people stand near Bender's Ready to Wear clothing store for women and men located in the Bernice Building in the 1100 block of Pacific Avenue. Both the Bernice and the adjoining Pacific First Federal Building would be but a memory shortly as they would be torn down to make way for a modern Pacific First Federal Savings location. Photograph taken from the third floor of the Washington Building on behalf of Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan.

Bernice Building (Tacoma); Pacific First Federal Building (Tacoma); Bender's (Tacoma);

An old tenement building, scheduled for demolition, was used for training purposes by the Tacoma Fire Department as a practice burn in April of 1961. Eleven small fires were set, then put out, before the building was allowed to burn down. Fifteen fire departments from King and Pierce Counties participated in the day-long training exercise. attracting crowds of curious onlookers. (TNT, 4/17/1961, p. 1) Trueblood #459

Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Abandoned buildings--Tacoma; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1960-1970;

On April 12, 1961, former mayor "Big John" Anderson, Mayor Ben Hanson, and Chamber of Commerce president Herbert F. Syford examined the 36' totem pole which had been carved and painted as a gift to the City of Kokura, Japan, from its sister city, Tacoma. The totem pole was on display at the Narrows fire station on Sixth Avenue. The cedar log was donated by Cascade Pole Co. and hauled to the 9th & A fire station headquarters where it was carved and painted by Stadium High School English teacher, Bud Cairns. Only the lower part of the totem pole is seen in the above photograph; characters representing Tacoma's seaport and lumber industries, forest products, commercial fishing, boating, water sports, and rich agriculture in addition to a sketch of the Narrows Bridge, were all found on the totem. "Big John" Anderson led a tour group to Japan in June, 1961, where he expected to present the totem pole, however, due to shipping difficulties, the totem did not actually arrive in Kokura until August. The U.S. Marines came to the rescue by delivering the approximately 2,500 pound totem in a R4Q "Flying Box Car" to Kokura. (TNT 9-24-61, TNT 4-16-61, TNT 3-5-61)

Totem poles--Tacoma; Anderson, John H.; Hanson, Ben; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Syford, Herbert;

In April of 1961 the distinctive neon double 88 sign of the Giant 88 discount store glowed in the evening sky of downtown Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Dirk DeLeve opened the Giant 88 store, at 1129 Broadway, in February of 1960. It was located next to the new escalade that carried shoppers on a "moving sidewalk" from Broadway to Commerce Street. The store was the first of its kind in Tacoma; nothing in the store was priced over 88 cents. They carried a stock of over 20,000 items - from ceramics and children's apparel to toys, gifts and cooking utensils. (TNT 2/15/1960 p.6)

Electric signs--Tacoma--1960-1970; Giant 88 (Tacoma); Signs (Notices);

50 uniformed members of the Lincoln High School band strut their stuff accompanied by a drum major, baton twirler and cheerleaders during the 1961 Daffodil Parade. Spectators are thickly clustered on both sides of the 900 block of Pacific Avenue. Temperatures were in the chilly 50's but did not dampen the crowd's and participants' high spirits. The theme of the 28th annual parade was "Wonders of the World." (TNT 4-8-61, p. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1961 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Marching bands; Drum majors--Tacoma; Baton twirling--Tacoma;

The Queen's float, created by the Department of Public Utilities, was traditionally the first float in the parade and the 1961 Daffodil Parade was no exception. Accompanied by parade marshals, the Daffodil Queen, 17-year-old Carmel Mackin of Puyallup High School, and her six attendants wave gracefully to the spectators lined deep on Pacific Avenue. Sixty thousand daffodils were used on the float which included a spurting fountain. Temperatures in the chilly 50's and gusty winds did not dissuade thousands of parade goers from watching the 28th annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Parade. (TNT 4-8-61, p. 1, TNT 4-9-61, p. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1961 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1960-1970; Mackin, Carmel;

Marching proudly past the Greyhound station at 1319 Pacific Avenue are a 25-piece band and separate drill team during the 1961 Daffodil Parade. These young men may have been part of a local R.O.T.C. unit. Spectators by the thousands had lined the streets of downtown Tacoma to view the annual parade. The 28th annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Parade featured 31 floats, 25 bands and 37 drill teams among other entrants. The gray, overcast skies and temperatures in the 50's did not seem to hamper either parade participants or watchers. (TNT 4-8-61, p. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1961 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Marching bands; Drill teams;

April, 1961, sun-drenched view of the Neo-Classical Washington State Historical Society building overlooking Commencement Bay. The historical society was holding its 70th annual meeting on April 8, 1961. Reno Odlin was re-elected president of the Board of Curators; guest speaker R. Franklin Thompson, president of the University of Puget Sound, reviewed the history of the historical society. 35 years later, the historical society would build a new history museum on Pacific Avenue. TPL-2338 (TNT 4-9-61, A-18)

Washington State Historical Building (Tacoma); Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Galleries & museums--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Woodworth & Co. workers are dwarfed by the size of concrete beams spanning Wakefield Drive (South Tacoma Way) and Center Street. The Yakima Avenue Bridge is under construction after voters approved a $1.5 million dollar bond to finance the project. Designed by Horace Whitacre, the new Tacoma bridge is the highest pre-stressed concrete span in Washington State. The steeple of Holy Rosary Church can be seen in the background. Trueblood #451.

Bridge construction--Tacoma; Structural frames; Girders; Concrete; Scaffolding; Woodworth & Co. (Tacoma); Yakima Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Whitacre, Horace;

Airborne view of George Barclay's Mayfair Estates, 1961. Local builder George Barclay constructed many homes in his 90-acre Mayfair Estates located in the E. 138th St. area of Parkland. Aerial photograph shows homes would have splendid views of Mount Rainier. Tree stands dot the landscape. One of Barclay's homes at 1312 E. 138th St. was selected as the 1960 Idea Home for Better Homes & Garden magazine.

Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--Parkland;

Aerial view from the Narrows of Tacoma's West End with downtown, the Tideflats and Browns Point beyond. Sixth Avenue runs down the right side of the photograph, veering left to form the entranceway for the second Narrows Bridge. Pearl Street crosses Sixth about 2/3 up, with the area allotted for the Tacoma airport still undeveloped. The area between where Sixth leads to the bridge and Titlow Beach (off the photo at right) is mostly undeveloped. The smokestack for the ASARCO plant can be seen on the far left, surrounded by the city of Ruston. For an older view of this same area (ca. 1939), see D8245 image 1. TPL-9158

Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1960-1970; Suspension bridges--Tacoma;

Aerial view from Commencement Bay of Tacoma's West End with downtown and the Tideflats beyond. Running down the center of the photograph is Sixth Ave, which veers left to serve as the entrance for the second Narrows bridge. The portion that veers to the right travels to Titlow Park. In the lower right hand corner the Park's swimming pool and the natural salt water lagoon can be seen. The area around the Narrows is still largely undeveloped. Crossing Sixth Ave. at about the center of the picture is Pearl Street. The Tacoma Auto View Theater is at 1202 North Pearl. To the left of the Auto View and below, an abandoned excavation looks like pattern against the ground. For an older view of this same area (ca. 1939), see D8245 image 1. TPL-9157

Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Titlow Park (Tacoma);

Scenic views and stock footage, 1961. Tacoma Airport is in center. Aerial photograph of Day Island with connecting bridge that leads to South 27th St. and showing fast growing University Place community. In February, 1961, the Day Island Yacht Club spent $30,000 in a moorage and dredging project. There would be moorage spaces for 80 boats for the club established in 1950. The project would consist of building of a bulkhead, dredging, and driving of piling. (TNT 2-16-61, A-2)

Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--University Place--1960-1970; Neighborhoods--Day Island--1960-1970;

Customer print. Studio portrait of six-person group, with two of the members in oval additions. Group appears to have been called the SoundSations with Bob Dickinson on soprano sax, Fred Pleske on accordion, Don Mathison and Sandy Miller on guitars, Bryce Anunson, vocals, and Roberta Reed, composer. Original photograph taken on March 31, 1961, for recording publicity purposes. The group's first recording may have been "Daffodil Lane." Photograph ordered by Bob Dickinson.

Music ensembles; Musicians; Singers; Dickinson, Bob; Pleske, Fred; Mathison, Don; Miller, Sandy; Anunson, Bryce; Reed, Roberta; Accordions; Guitars;

Includes photo taken in March, 1961 of a Willits Canoe on a truck parked outside the Willits Canoe Factory, Day Island, Tacoma, Washington.

When vandals stole the Star of David and the Cross that were part of the display at the Living War Memorial Park at the foot of the Narrows Bridge, Leon Kleiner (center) joined forces with Earl Hanson (left) and Louis Crivelione (right) to return the religious symbols to the park. In March of 1961 a new plaque was installed at the park; the brass symbols were mounted on sandstone and attached to a block of concrete. Leon Kleiner got the material for the new monument and Louis Crivelione, a Tacoma Public Works Department employee, created the display. Earl Hanson was a gardener for Public Works. This park was demolished in 2003 to make room for the new Narrows Bridge; a new, larger War Memorial Park was dedicated in May of 2006. (TNT 3/28/1961 p.14)

Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Kleiner, Leon; Hanson, Earl; Crivelione, Louis; Magen David; Symbols; Crosses; Monuments & memorials--Tacoma;

A giant robot made of paper cartons is the focus point of the Lile Mayflower booth at the Tacoma Home Show on March 17, 1961. Visitors to the Home Show could register for toy vans and road atlases while checking out the sturdiness of the packing boxes. "Packed with Pride" appears to have been the company's motto. Lile Mayflower was owned and operated by Wendell Lile and located at 403 S. 13th.

Lile Mayflower (Tacoma); Boxes; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1960-1970; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibit booths--Tacoma--1960-1970; Signs (Notices);

Parking garage next to Rhodes Bros. Department store in downtown Tacoma, taken in March, 1961. The parking lot was an attempt to alleviate the problem of parking for downtown customers; however, cars are still parallel-parked on both sides of the street. The ramp style, self-parking garage cost over $1,000,000, and contained four levels which could handle 2,000 cars daily. Designed by Norman G. Jacobson, Jr., consulting structural engineer, the garage provided Rhodes customers with restrooms, phone booths, two high-speed elevators and four stairways. Photograph ordered by Norman Jacobson & Associates.

Parking garages--Tacoma--1960-1970; Automobiles--Tacoma--1960-1970;

View of one-story Pacific First Federal Savings building on March 14, 1961. Clock mounted on building indicates it was nearly 3:30 in the afternoon when this photograph of the Villa Plaza branch was taken. Pacific First Federal was a mutual savings institution with branches in the Northwest; established in 1907, its headquarters were in downtown Tacoma. Rudolph J. Tollefson, assistant vice-president, was listed in the 1961 City Directory as being in charge of the Villa Plaza location.

Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan Association (Lakewood); Clocks & watches;