Exterior of Adams Marine Service. Adams Marine Service, owned by Charles G. Adams, was located at 912 Sixth Avenue. It sold and serviced Johnson outboard motors and also provided financing for any boat. View of store on January 11, 1963, shows one boat parked along side a sedan with boat motors and a small motorboat in window. Photograph ordered by Adams Marine Service.

Adams Marine Service (Tacoma); Facades--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1962. Portrait of young boxer in bare-fisted stance, ca. 1962. This is Denny Moyer, Portland middleweight. He was a former Tacoma Golden Gloves junior middle champion. Moyer would win an unanimous decision over former welterweight and middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson in a February 17, 1962, rematch at Madison Square Garden. The 22-year-old boxer had lost a previous decision to the 41-year-old Robinson. Moyer would gain the attention of the nation again when he fought welterweight champ, Emile Griffith, in a 10-round non-title event on August 18, 1962. He would lose to Griffith by a split decision in the nationally televised bout.(TNT 2-18-62, B-10, TNT 8-17-62, A-1, 8-19-62, A-1)

Boxers (Sports)--Tacoma--1960-1970; Moyer, Denny;

ca. 1962. Stock footage. A man is standing behind a large sign promoting the city of Tacoma. The 1962 photograph indicates that Tacoma is a growing city, perhaps trying to lure people from the Seattle area. It states that Tacoma is 30 miles south (of Seattle) and has America's lowest power rates. An illustration of the new downtown moving sidewalks, called "escalades" in the local newspaper, may have been there to dispell any notions that Tacoma was behind the times in technology. The Tacoma totem pole, Narrows Bridge, Mount Rainier and boats sought to identify the city as a viable, vibrant location in which to live.

Signs (Notices); Publicity photographs;

ca. 1962. Logs are tied down onto a Everett Roberts, Lewiston, Idaho, truck in late 1962, while a long train of Northern Pacific freight cars carrying more logs streams by. Smoke billows from nearby mills creating a hazy atmosphere in this busy industrial scene. Piles of logs remain in the pond between the railroad tracks and roadway. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Logs; Trucks--1960-1970; Railroad freight cars;

ca. 1962. Night exposure of Yakima Avenue Bridge. Street lights illuminate the night in the vicinity of the Yakima Avenue Bridge ca. late 1962. A sign points the way to Yakima Avenue north. Completed at a cost of 1.5 million dollars, the pre-stressed concrete bridge was 1,821' long and 90' high, the highest bridge of its type in the state. It was designed by Horace Whitacre and built by Woodworth & Co. The bridge was dedicated on September 14, 1961. (TNT 9-13-61, p. 1, 9-14-61, p. 1)

Yakima Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1960-1970; Street lights--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1962. Portrait of boxer Emile Griffith. He has his fists clenched as he stares into the distance. He would meet Portland middleweight Denny Moyer in a 10-round matchup at the Tacoma Sports Arena on August 18, 1962. Griffith, the world welterweight champion, would not have his title at stake as both fighters would weigh over the 147 pound welter limit. The fight would be televised nationally on ABC as its "Fight of the Week." Griffith would win a split decision over Moyer before a crowd of approximately 2,600 - not a bad gate considering the match was not blacked out locally. (TNT 8-17-62, A-1, 8-19-62, A-1)

Boxers (Sports)--Tacoma--1960-1970; Griffith, Emile;

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ca. 1962. Aerial views, 1962 stock footage, of Tacoma Avenue South and vicinity. County-City Building is in center of photograph, new Tacoma Public Library Main branch along with Cargenie Library to its left. Central School is the eight-story Gothic structure to the County-City Building's right. Washington State Armory is behind parking lot (formerly location of the Pierce County Courthouse) of the County-City Building). TPL-8253

Aerial photographs; County-City Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Central School (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1962. Southwest view of County-City Building with Hilltop area in distance taken via plane in 1962, stock footage. Tacoma Public Library Main branch with Carnegie Library on left side. Central School is on edge of right side. Chevron station between the Central School and the County-City Building will later become location of McDonald's. Tacoma Vocational Technical Institute (Bates) is across from the State Armory on So. 11th St.

Aerial photographs; County-City Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Central School (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma);

ca. 1962. Sermons from Science building believed to be located at Seattle World's Fair, 1962. This is thought to be one of the buildings in the six-acre US Science Pavilion. The Science Pavilion unexpectedly became one of the Fair's most popular sites as the Russian launchings of Sputnik I & II sparked interest in Americans in the race for the stars. The Sermons from Science exhibit, demonstrating the compatibility of science and religion, would also travel to the 1964 NY World's Fair and to Expo 67.

Seattle Worlds Fair (Seattle); Exhibitions--Seattle; Exhibition buildings--Seattle;

ca. 1962. Yakima Avenue Bridge at night. The roadway is empty of traffic and pedestrians in this ca. 1962 photograph of the Yakima Avenue Bridge which was taken probably late at night. Street lights dotting the bridge's sides provide adequate illumination. The roadway is curving as it heads towards downtown Tacoma.

Yakima Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1960-1970; Street lights--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1962. Home portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Weisgerber, circa 1962.

Weisgerber, Valentine; Weisgerber, Valentine--Family;

ca. 1962. Weisgerber family, circa 1962. Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Weisgerber with sons Tony, Leo and George and daughters Roberta, Pauly and Irene.

Weisgerber, Valentine; Weisgerber, Valentine--Family; Families--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1962. Weisgerber family, circa 1962. Valentine and Magdalena Weisgerber with sons Tony, Leo and George and daughters Roberta Jackson, Pauly Miller and Irene Wilmonth.

Weisgerber, Valentine; Weisgerber, Valentine--Family; Families--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1962. Weisgerber family, circa 1962. Valentine and Magdalena Weisgerber with sons Tony, Leo and George and daughters Roberta Jackson, Pauly Miller and Irene Wilmonth.

Weisgerber, Valentine; Weisgerber, Valentine--Family; Families--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1962. An unidentified worker imputs entries into the IBM-1792 machine in late 1962. There is a Monroe adding machine directly below. This was possibly taken at the St. Regis Paper Co.'s Tacoma kraft mill. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Calculators; Paper industry;

ca. 1962. Portrait of a sleeping boy. This unidentified freckled-face little boy appears to be catching some zzz's in this ca.1962 photograph. Dressed in rolled up jeans, plaid shirt and warm jacket, he is sprawled across an upholstered chair or couch. He may have been waiting to have his portrait taken for a passport or immigration card.

Children sleeping; Boys; Freckles;

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