ca. 1961. Photograph of Tacoma's industrial area, the Tideflats, taken by plane in late 1961. Large ponds are left of the Educators Manufacturing Co. building. Western Farmers Assn. feed mill is tall building in photo's middle section. Part of Browns Point can be seen beyond gravel pit.

Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1961. Aerial photograph of Tacoma Tideflats industrial area taken for inclusion in annual sample book. Clouds partially obscure Mount Rainier while heavy smoke pours over part of the Tideflats on a winter day in late 1961. Gravel pit on left with section of Browns Point in sight. Western Farmers Assn. feed mill is one of the tall buildings on left side of photograph alongside Hylebos Waterway.

Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1961. Circa 1961 aerial view of Tacoma Yacht Club, ASARCO smelter, Point Defiance Park and Ruston. The large, long buildings to center left belong to the copper smelter ASARCO. To the right of ASARCO is the Tacoma Yacht Club and its mooring. Above the Yacht Club is the outline of Pt. Defiance's amusement park Funland. To the upper right hand of the photograph is the pond garden in the Bowl area entrance to Point Defiance. To the upper center is the city of Ruston.

Aerial photographs; Boathouses; Boats; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma); Mooring; American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Smelters--Tacoma--1950-1960; Funland (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Amusement parks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1961. Side-view from south Stadium Way of eight-story reinforced concrete apartment building under construction in early 1961, taken as scenic and stock footage for 1961. GMC truck with "Lantz" painted on it is on sidewalk area in front of building. These are the Sky Terrace Apartments located at 235 Broadway. The balconies are on the rear of the building. Robert Billsbrough Price was the architect, O & M Builders Supply the builder, and Ostruske-Murphy, Inc., the contractor of the project.

Building construction--Tacoma--1960-1970; Apartment houses--Tacoma--1960-1970; Sky Terrace Apartments (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. A Hyster lift truck loads lumber for shipment at the Klickitat, Washington, sawmill. The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway car is nearly full. The St. Regis Klickitat mill produces ponderosa pine exclusively. Ponderosa pine was an extremely versatile softwood, noted for its smoothness and fine appearance. It was used for millwork, interior finish, and residential and light commercial buildings. This picture was used in the 1961 St. Regis annual report. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant. (1961 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 20)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat; Railroad freight cars--Klickitat;

ca. 1961. View of Port Industrial area, possibly St. Regis Paper Co. plant. Smoke billows from several stacks on an autumn day in 1961. Northern Pacific boxcars are stationed next to a crowded parking lot. Logs float in a nearby waterway.

Smoke--Tacoma; Smokestacks--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Logs; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma;

ca. 1961. Aerial looking south by Oswald Flying Service of the neighborhoods including the Lincoln district circa 1961. Lincoln High School (701 So. 37th) and Lincoln Bowl are near the top right adjacent to So. "G" St. Cartozian & Sons Rug Co., in the large old Bye Thompson Motors building at 3320 So. "G," is further north. The massive stand of trees is part of Lincoln Park. The street to the left of "G" is Tacoma Avenue. The big building in the upper center on Tacoma Avenue is the St. Joseph Catholic Church, at the corner of So. 34th & Tacoma Ave. Holy Rosary Catholic Church, school and rectory (in the 500 block of So. 30th) are near the bottom center of the photograph. Delin St. is at the very bottom of the picture. At the upper left corner of the photograph is Pacific Avenue. Mountain View General Hospital (later renamed Puget Sound General Hospital in 1969) is at 3572 Pacific Ave., the large set of buildings near the upper left corner. G9.1-112

Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Holy Rosary Church (Tacoma); Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Lincoln Bowl (Tacoma); Cartozian & Sons Rug Co. (Tacoma); St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. Scenic views and stock file, 1961. Aerial view heading north toward the water showing site of Yakima Avenue Bridge under construction with Hood St. Reservoir as large body of water to the lower center. Holy Rosary Church is structure with tall steeple near Tacoma Avenue South. Downtown businesses at top center with busy industrial Tideflats across waterways at right.

Aerial photographs; Bridge construction--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bridges--Tacoma--1960-1970; Yakima Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Holy Rosary Church (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. Aerial photograph of the Meadow Park Golf Course, taken for 1961 stock footage. Located at 7108 Lakewood Drive West, the Meadow Park Golf Course now offers 27 holes of golf on a well developed course lined with fir and oak trees.

Aerial photographs; Meadow Park Golf Course (Lakewood); Golf--Lakewood--1960-1970;

ca. 1961. Stock footage and scenic views, 1961. Port of Tacoma industrial landscape with Mount Rainier in background. Hylebos bridge extending over the Hylebos; 11th St. extends over the Port Industrial, Sitcum, Milwaukee and Puyallup Waterways. Log dumps near and in the Sitcum Waterway, probably for use by Tacoma Boatbuilding. TPL-10517

Aerial photographs; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma); Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1961. Tacoma-side view of the second Narrows Bridge; stock aerial footage, 1961. Mount Rainier rises majestically in the background overlooking the Narrows Bridge. Henry F. Hunt Junior High (now Middle School) with its unique mushroom-shaped cafeteria lies off the Sixth Avenue approach to the bridge on So. 10th St. Permission was granted to the Washington Pilots Assn. to reproduce this photograph in conjunction with its 1963 convention.

Aerial photographs; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Henry F. Hunt Junior High School (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. Scenic view and stock footage, 1961. Aerial view of busy Port of Tacoma in 1961on Sitcum and Port Industrial Waterways; building in the center is the port's own grain elevators along with loading dock and storage buildings. The two buildings above the granary are terminals and warehouse #1 belonging to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RR. Ships are docked waiting to load plywood and other lumber products. Log dumps located nearby.

Aerial photographs; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. 1961 scenic and stock footage. Sky Terrace Apartments, an eight-story reinforced concrete structure, under construction in early 1961. The 39-unit apartment building was designed by Robert Billsbrough Price with Ostruske-Murphy, Inc. as contractors. The $750,000 structure would consist of one and two bedroom apartments with views of Commencement Bay. This view is of the rear of the Sky Terrace. The building was expected to be completed in July, 1961. (TNT 1-25-61, B-4)

Building construction--Tacoma--1960-1970; Apartment houses--Tacoma--1960-1970; Sky Terrace Apartments (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. Customer print of aerial view of St. Regis Paper Co. plant and looming Mount Rainier, ca. 1961. By 1961, St. Regis was one of the most widely diversified manufacturers of paper and packaging. It had 111 mills, converting and manufacturing plants and was the only company with mills in all paper-making areas of the country. Tacoma had a new kraft paper and paperboard machine that went into production in 1961. The machine's rated capacity was 400 tons a day and it made a sheet over 20 feet wide. The kraft machine was a major element in a substantial program of expansion and modernization that had been going on in Tacoma for more than two years. (1961 St. Regis Annual Report)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Factories--Tacoma--1960-1970; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1961. Engine #120, with an exhaust of smoke, travels with a full load of logs probably bound for the St. Regis Paper Co. sawmill in Klickitat, Washington, circa 1961. From there the finished lumber would be shipped via railroad cars. (scan from original negative, no print on file)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat; Railroad locomotives--1960-1970; Logs;

ca. 1961. Additional close-up view of D133276-1, Tacoma Tideflats industrial area, ca. late 1961, looking toward Mount Rainier and Puyallup. Waterway to the left is the Hylebos; large building near it is the Western Farmers Assn. feed mill. Notable streets are Taylor and Lincoln. TPL-4740

Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1961. Aerial views taken in late 1961 of major manufacturers in the Tacoma Tideflats industrial area. Large building with loaf-shaped roof at left is Educators Mfg. Co., makers of school furniture, which had opened a new million dollar plant on Lincoln Avenue in 1958. Across the street are Reichhold Chemicals and Pennsalt. Hylebos Waterway is located next to the Western Farmers Assn. feed mill. Gravel pit and Browns Point area beyond the Hylebos.

Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Educators Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. Aerial views of Tacoma industrial area in late 1961. Large building in center with dark roof is the Educators Mfg. Co., exclusive makers of classroom cabinets, located on Lincoln Ave. The Educators Mfg. plant was built in 1958 on ten acres in the Tideflats. Western Farmers Assn. (formerly Washington Cooperative Egg & Poultry Association) feed mill on left, along the Hylebos Waterway. Gravel pit in background across the Hylebos.

Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Educators Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. Seattle's Space Needle looms in the background as a man employs a drill in this ca. 1961 photograph. Construction began in April, 1961, on the massive 605 foot tower and workers topped off the structure in early December of the same year. It was built as an attraction for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair for a total development and construction cost of 4.5 million dollars. Copy of customer print ordered on December 8, 1961, by Pacific Forge. (www.historylink.org/_output)

Space Needle (Seattle);

Back of Photo:
Five State Headquarters
This headquarters building for the GSA in Auburn isn't big enough to handle the employees who will manage affairs for the federal government in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho. A new wing will be added.
Photo by Wayne Zimmerman

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Surplus Food Storage
Bill Stein, a state employee, unloads packages of U.S. Department of agriculture surplus food in a warehouse at the old Auburn Army Depot. Maintained by the State General Services in cooperation with the federal GSA, it supplies western Washington state institutions and welfare programs with food. About 45 box cars a month move through the single warehouse.
Photo by Wayne Zimmerman

Looking northward, the Lincoln district in 1961. Lincoln High School is group of buildings near the center of the photograph; street to its right is South G. South 38th St. runs horizontally near bottom. Large trees are part of Lincoln Park. Holy Rosary Church with tall steeple is less than a mile away from the school. Photograph ordered by Lincolnian, Lincoln High School's yearbook. TPL-9695

Aerial photographs; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1961. This aerial photograph from 1961 shows the area immediately west of Orchard Street, and south of 6th Avenue. Starting at the corner of 6th and Orchard (lower left), the main buildings on 6th Ave. are: Boulevard Texaco, 5102 6th Ave.; Busch's 6th Ave. Drive In, 5114 6th Ave., the new First Christian Church, 602 North Orchard (across the street from Busch's), and Stebner's furniture and floor covering, 5510 6th Ave. (near the right edge). The First Christian Church was dedicated February 19, 1961. The road cutting across the photograph at an angle from left to right is Bantz Blvd. with China Lake just above it. The open land next to Busch's is now occupied by the 6th Ave. Kmart. TPL-8788

Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Busch's Sixth Avenue Drive-In Restaurant (Tacoma); First Christian Church (Tacoma); Stebner's, Inc. (Tacoma); Boulevard Texaco (Tacoma);

ca. 1961. Scenic views and stock footage, 1961. The tip of Mount Rainier rises in the background in this aerial 1961 photograph of Tacoma's industrial areas, downtown, and north end landscape. The wooded area near downtown is Wright Park; waterway is the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway, and the noticeable arched street the location of the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club.

Aerial photographs; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1961. It must have been a warm spring day in 1961, as convertible tops were down and teens in shorts enjoyed refreshing drinks at the Jack Frost Co. Port-O-Unit drive-in restaurant. The small wooden building, 10 x 30 feet and 8 feet tall, had a flat roof with a jolly rotound figure in clear view. A dollar would have gone a long way to buy fries, hot dogs, hamburgers and cold drinks. Jack Frost Co. was believed to be the first manufacturer of portable drive-in restaurants in the country. These restaurants could be moved easily to any potential business site. All plumbing and wiring were concealed in the walls and flooring; previously drive-ins had expensive plumbing and wiring in the cement floor slab, making removal of the structures an expensive proposition. Photograph ordered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (TNT 2-15-61, D-9) TPL-8267

Jack Frost Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Eating & drinking--Tacoma--1960-1970; Drive-in restaurants;

ca. 1961. Man overlooks sea of trees. This is one of the heavily timbered areas in south central Washington from which St. Regis harvests logs for its Klickitat sawmill. Mount Adams is on the left; Mount Rainier on the right. This picture was used in the 1961 St. Regis annual report. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant. (1961 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 26)

Trees--Washington; Adams, Mount (Wash.); Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1961. Copy of customer print. An example of an easy-to-assemble, strong but lightweight, sawhorse is the Sturdi-Bilt Sawhorse. Made of plywood, each Sturdi-Bilt box came with two demountable sawhorses. Even a novice do-it-yourselfer could put together the sawhorses in seconds. Photograph ordered by Cole & Weber advertisers.

Sawhorses; Plywood;

Back of Photo:
Henry Siegl

Back of Photo:
Tacoma--Urban Renewal
Proposed Fawcett Redevelopment

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All That's Left
The three-story Woman's Club House at 426 Broadway, a Tacoma landmark since the turn of the century, has been razed and only the granite foundations still stand. The wrecking of the frame building brought to light murals reminiscent of "The Student Prince" painted on the basement walls.