Progress report on new United Mutual Savings Bank site. Work continues on the building of the new United Mutual Savings Bank headquarters on 11th St. between Broadway and Commerce. This May 16, 1973, photograph indicates that forms are being laid and ground excavated. Once completed, the bank would be a six-story highrise, rising 110 feet above Commerce St. Mayor Gordon Johnston, bank president Howard Scott and chrm. of the board Russell Harkness were present at the site earlier in May for groundbreaking ceremonies. Photograph ordered by United Mutual Savings Bank. (TNT 5-4-73, A-1 -article on groundbreaking)
Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1970-1980; United Mutual Savings Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;
May Day court - Annie Wright School. Although the school's name had changed from Seminary to School, traditions such as May Day still remained. The 1973 May Day Queen Lisa Bean and her royal court posed proudly for their formal portrait on May 12, 1973. Included were senior girls from Iran, Hong Kong and Japan. May Day ceremonies were part of events occurring on parents' weekend. Color photograph ordered by Annie Wright School. (TNT 5-18-73, A-8)
Elevated view, possibly taken from the rooftop of the Harvester, of Commencement Bay and the Tideflats in May of 1973. The two Kaiser Domes are located noticeably in the background; St.Regis Paper Co. and its mountains of chips are closer-in. Residents of the proposed "Nineteen Broadway North" luxury condominiums would have a similar view. The condominium complex would be located between Broadway and "E" with groundbreaking scheduled for January of 1974. Color photograph ordered by RC W. Joint Venture c/o Bindon & Wright Architects, Seattle. (TNT 7-22-73, D-14-article on condos)
Commencement Bay (Wash.); St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Storage tanks--Tacoma; Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (Tacoma);
1973 Richards stock footage. By May of 1973, construction appears to be complete on the new wing of the Washington State Historical Society Building, 315 North Stadium Way. The new construction was designed by Tacoma architects Lea, Pearson & Richards to include room for a new library, auditorium and permanent gallery for Western art. It was located at the rear of the original structure.
Washington State Historical Building (Tacoma); Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Galleries & museums--Tacoma;
These 31 children, hands clasped in prayer, are preparing for their first Holy Communion at St. Martin of Tours in Fife. All are wearing white gowns with yellow trim and the girls all have veils. Most look solemnly at the camera although a few have shy grins. Color photograph ordered by St. Martin of Tours.
St. Martin of Tours Parish (Fife); Catholic churches--Fife; Rites & ceremonies--Fife; Communion;
Three smiling ladies are looking forward to their meal at Papa John's in April of 1973. A waitress, dressed in flowery tunic and shorts, is prepared to take their orders. This is not part of the Papa John's pizza chain as that was not founded until 1984. Photograph ordered by LoMac.
Papa John's; Restaurants; Restaurant workers; Waitresses;
1973 Daffodil Festival Queen. Sherri Murrey posed for her formal portrait as 1973 Daffodil Festival Queen holding her royal scepter in one hand and a beribboned bouquet of daffodils in the other. She is wearing the queen's heavy crown. Queen Sherri I is the first queen from Fife High School. The 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Murrey was crowned by Lt. Gov. John Cherberg on April 9, 1973, in Olson Auditorium. She was chosen as queen from a field of 16 princesses. Miss Murrey was also voted co-winner of the "Miss Congeniality" award. (TNT 4-10-73, p. 1) {photograph scratched at bottom}
Murrey, Sherri; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1973 : Tacoma); Daffodils; Crowns; Scepters;
Seattle-First National Bank. Two Sixth Avenue banks would open their doors in December of 1972; Seattle-First National Bank celebrated its grand opening on December 9th with Washington Mutual Savings following on December 13th. This is a view of the Sea-First branch taken a few months later on April 29, 1973. A large sign with the now-familiar red "1" welcomed customers and invited them to use the expeditious motor banking. The "Highland Hills" branch had moved from old quarters at Sixth & "L" but remained a full service facility with three drive-up windows. Color photograph ordered by Seattle-First National Bank, Seattle.
Seattle-First National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Signs (Notices);
Close-up view of Seattle-First National Bank's "Highland Hills" branch. A row of small trees has been planted along the sidewalk border of the new Sea-First branch on Sixth Avenue. This April, 1973, side view of the bank shows the three drive-up lanes of the bank which are under cover. A "cash machine," a concept first introduced in Pierce County by Seattle-First, is outside the front doors. Color photograph ordered by Seattle-First National Bank, Seattle.
Seattle-First National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;
1973 Daffodil Grand Parade. The lack of sunshine did not deter both participants and spectators for the 40th annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival Grand Parade held on April 14, 1973. There were 27 floats, 10 mounted units, 33 bands and 25 drill teams to delight the waiting crowds. Entry #20 in the parade was "Universal Freedom" from Bates Vocational Technical Institute. A giant eagle hovers protectively over the three smiling riders aboard the King Alfred & Mt. Hood daffodil-decorated float. It would go on to win the Princess Trophy, awarded to the best float under 30 feet. (TNT 4-15-73, A-14-awards; TNT 4-15-73, B-7)
Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1973 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1970-1980; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1970-1980;
1973 Daffodil Festival Parade. The theme of the 40th annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival parade was "Happiness Is." This unidentified float, one of 27 in the parade, adds to the theme with "To the Stars." The float is colorfully decorated in golden daffodils including several large stars and a mixture of blue and white flowers, possibly signifying the sky and clouds. Children dressed in multi-colored shawls and pretty dresses wave to the crowds lining Pacific Avenue.
Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1973 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1970-1980; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1970-1980;
1973 Daffodil Parade. New Westminister's entry in the 1973 Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival Grand Parade was a replica of a smoke-bottle type fire engine, drawn by three white "horses" with saddles of golden daffodils. The Canadian city would have its own annual Hyack Festival the following month. The fire engine honored the memory of New Westminster's first firemen who were from the Hyack Fire Co., founded in 1863. It was fitting that two of the riders on the float were also from foreign countries: Annie Wright School students Keiko Noguchi (Japan) and Firouzeh Ladbon (Iran). "Happiness Is An Old Fire Engine" would win second prize in the "Floats from Other Festivals" category with the entry from the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival coming in first. (TNT 4-12-73, A-2 -"Faces & Places--article;" TNT 4-15-73, A-14--notice of awards; TNT 4-15-73, D-9-notice of students)
Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1973 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1970-1980; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1970-1980; Fire engines--Canada;
A close-in look at the Kar-go Parts Center building, 2314-18 A Street, on April 9, 1973, as the firm received its first shipment of Autolite Motorcraft Parts. An Acme Cartage Co. truck has delivered the trailer full of parts to the new company. Photograph ordered by Kar-go Parts Center.
Kar-go Parts Center (Tacoma); Automobile equipment & supplies; Trucks--Tacoma--1970-1980; Shipping--Tacoma--1970-1980; Banners--Tacoma;
Front-and-side view of the Kar-go Parts Center building. Also in the picture is a truck & trailer with a large banner: "Tacoma's First Truck Load of Autolite Motorcraft Parts for KARGO PARTS CENTER." The new business had recently opened at 2314-18 A Street, the former home of Whistle Bottling Works and Irwin-Jones Motor Co. Truck Dept. Photograph ordered by Kar-go Parts.
Kar-go Parts Center (Tacoma); Automobile equipment & supplies; Trucks--Tacoma--1970-1980; Shipping--Tacoma--1970-1980; Banners--Tacoma;
Soroptimist Club of Tacoma. Miriam Whitman (left) and Jean Thomas are helping to arrange the Northwestern Regional Conference of the Soroptimist Federation of the Americas, which will occur on April 27-29, 1973, at the Sea-Tac Motor Inn. The theme of the conference is "We'll Do It - Now." The Tacoma Soroptimist Club will be one of the hosting clubs for 500+ delegates from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The two club members are holding up for display a recent issue of the Soroptimist magazine. Soroptimist is an international volunteer organization composed of business and professional women whose aim is to improve lives of girls and women locally and worldwide by contributing time and funds. Photograph ordered by the Soroptimist Club of Tacoma. (TNT 4-22-73, B-5)
Soroptimist Club (Tacoma); Whitman, Miriam; Thomas, Jean; Periodicals;
A Pacific Northwest Bell employee tentatively identified as Candy Young gives a hint that Easter is around the corner and with Easter, the arrival of the Easter Bunny. Dressed in a rabbit costume with "paws," flapping "ears," and two enormous "front teeth," she reclines atop a mountain of "eggs." A big carrot provides nourishment. This April 4, 1973, photograph may have been taken in Wright Park. Photograph ordered by Pacific Northwest Bell.
The Aardvark 100 machine is pictured on April 4, 1973, at Soil Sampling Service, Puyallup. The Aardvark was able to run on rough terrain as it proceeded to drill through hillsides and other obstacles. Photograph ordered by Soil Sampling Service.
In April of 1973, the Grover Jackson 4 posed for a studio publicity portrait. The country-western group was headed by Grover Jackson (foreground). Mr. Jackson, originally from Tennessee, was a talented musician and had his own television show on Channel 13. Members of the group were, left to right: rhythm guitarist Cole Shelton, drummer Mel Mcloughlin (who also played sax) and bass guitarist J.C. McCormick. This photograph was used in a News Tribune ad on April 27, 1973, when the group was appearing at the Circle Cabaret, 1326 Pacific Ave. Photograph ordered by Grover Jackson. (TNT Ad 4-27-73, A-13) (Additional identification provided by a reader)
J.C. McCormick was a member of the Grover Jackson 4, country-western entertainers who performed in Western Washington Holiday Inns and other local nightclubs. The young man is wearing a kerchief and dark satin shirt. He is holding a bass guitar with a long neck. This studio portrait was taken on April 4, 1973. Mr. McCormick currently owns J.C.'s Music in Puyallup. Photograph ordered by Grover Jackson. (Additional identification provided by a reader)
Studio portrait of Cole Shelton as "Lonesome Jim." Mr. Shelton is the rhythm guitarist with the Grover Jackson 4. He is sitting cross-legged wearing unruly hair and an engaging grin. His hat appears to have an extremely large safety pin through it. The tie draped over his guitar has humorous warnings "I'm the brains of this outfit" and "ulcer dept" and others splattered throughout. Undoubtably, he serves as comic relief for the group's nightclub act which consisted of country-western music and patter. Photograph ordered by Grover Jackson. (Additional identification provided by a reader)
Studio portrait of musician Grover Jackson. Mr. Jackson is peering thoughtfully, with eyes lowered, in this April, 1973, photograph. He is wearing a dark jacket decorated with blossoms and clutching his guitar. Grover Jackson was the frontman for the Grover Jackson 4, a group of country-western musicians, who chose to play in the Pacific Northwest. When Tennessee-born Mr. Jackson first arrived in the Northwest as a G.I. stationed at Fort Lewis during WWll, country-western music was nearly non-existent locally. He came back to the area to stay in 1956 and has been associated with Channel 13 since then where his Country Jam Saturday show was a popular feature. His group, the Grover Jackson 4, entertained in Holiday Inns and other nightclubs primarily in Western Washington. Mr. Jackson was lead guitarist in the group. (TNT 1-22-73, p. 2 "Faces & Places" article)
The Grover Jackson 4. Grover Jackson (right, front) and his country-western group posed for a group portrait on April 4, 1973. The man in the dark suit was not identified. Tennessee native Jackson gave his name to the group which performed country-western music and comedy at Holiday Inns and other nightclubs across Western Washington. Mr. Jackson chose to entertain in the Pacific Northwest where he could be close to his Gig Harbor home, wife Helen and children. Besides entertaining in nightclubs and appearing on Channel 13, Mr. Jackson also owned the Ox-Yoke Antiques and sold real estate. Photograph ordered by Grover Jackson. (TNT 1-22-73, p. 2 "Faces & Places" article)
Another in a series of photographs taken on April 3, 1973, on behalf of Collison Realty showing the neighborhoods around 112th & Meridian. There was the Willows Mobile Home Park, Willows Lumber Co., and possibly the new 10-acre Willows Shopping Center under construction in this small business district. This area was still quite rural but would undergo rapid change in the future. The new shopping center, which included such stores as the Piggly-Wiggly, State Farm Insurance and Hallmark's, would serve a population of about 40,000 in the South Hill area, the fastest growing residential community in Pierce County. (TNT 3-18-73, D-10 -article on shopping center)
This is the area of 112th & Meridian as seen by air on April 3, 1973. At that time the great stands of evergreens occupied most of the land. The Willows Mobile Home Park and the Willows Lumber Co. are located in the center of the aerial. Much of this area has since been developed. Photograph ordered by Collison Realty.
These buildings at the intersection of 112th & Meridian appears to be under construction in April of 1973. This may be the location of the new "Willows" 10-acre shopping center which would open in May. Piggly-Wiggly supermarket and 15 other stores including a Hallmark, State Farm Insurance, and Sunrise Brokers would be the first stores to open; Pay N Save, Puget Sound National Bank, and others would follow in August or September. Aerial photograph ordered by Collison Realty. (TNT 3-18-73, D-10-article on shopping center)
Aerial views; Neighborhoods--Puyallup--1970-1980; Building construction--Puyallup--1970-1980;
One of a series of photographs taken on behalf of Collison Realty by the Richards Studio on April 3, 1973. These aerial views focused on the 112th & Meridian neighborhood. Eventually, the South Hill Mall would be built in this area.
Aerial view looking northwest of the 112th & Meridian area in April of 1973. 112th St. runs diagonally past the Willows Mobile Home Park. At the far right center, according to a reader, was the brand new Willows Shopping Center with Piggly Wiggly and a Pay-N-Save. Just below the center of the photograph was the intersection of 116th St. E. and Meridian. The newer L-shaped building south of the trailer park was another shopping center, later home to MegaFoods, and presently a redeveloped shopping center containing Best Buy. Photograph ordered by Collison Realty. (Additional information provided by a reader)
Northeast view from Manitou Park to the Tacoma Mall, taken via helicopter on April 2, 1973. In the near center of the photograph is the sprawling campus of Mount Tahoma High School, built in 1961. The school has since been relocated to a 50-acre site formerly part of the old Flett Dairy. The Tacoma Mall Shopping Center is center, near the top of the photograph, with I-5 traffic flowing adjacent to the busy Mall. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial view; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1970-1980; Mount Tahoma High School (Tacoma); Tacoma Mall Shopping Center (Tacoma);
This is what the populous south side of Tacoma looked like in April of 1973. The aerial photograph of the South 72nd and South Lawrence Sts. looking north was taken on behalf of Puget Sound National Bank. The Tacoma Mall Shopping Center is at the extreme top -right side- of the photograph.
