On January 20, 1976, Ms. Lonie Lai was photographed seated at the piano in her Lakewood apartment with Peter Goetz of Organ & Piano Center nearby. Photograph ordered by American Keyboard.

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Pennwalt plant. Located on 40 acres in the industrial Tacoma tideflats, the company was first known as the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington or Pennsalt. Pennwalt was an inorganic chemical manufacturer of chlorine gas, caustic soda, liquid chlorine and hydrogen gas. Doing business in Tacoma since 1929, its caustic soda and liquid chlorine were in demand by the Northwest's pulp and paper industry. Photograph ordered by Pennwalt Corp.

Chemical industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Pennwalt Corp. (Tacoma);

Pennwalt plant. This is another view in early 1976 of the sprawling Pennwalt Corporation plant located in Tacoma's tideflats along the Hylebos Waterway. The company was formerly known as the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington or Pennsalt. It had been producing chemicals including caustic soda and liquid chlorine in Tacoma since 1929. Photograph ordered by Pennwalt Corporation.

Chemical industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Pennsalt (Tacoma); Pennwalt Corp. (Tacoma);

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K.S.T.W.-TV

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K.S.T.W.-TV

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Norwegian Festival

40 Mallard ducks used to paddle Fife’s Wapato Creek had to paddle in a kitchen sink instead. Volunteer Chris Wells scrubbed one of the ducks affected by the oil spill in the creek. All ducks were expected to recover. The spill was blamed on vandals who were believed to have tampered with the storage tanks at the Old Valley Packing Co. recently purchased by the Milwaukee Railroad. Photo by staff member Bruce Kellman.

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Duck
Photograph by Jerry Buck

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Snapshot Contest 1975
Beach Combings (a sunset in Dry Bay, Alaska on a fishing trip)
Winner Week 5 - Mr. Kim K. Klang, Tacoma, WA

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Weather
Photograph by Bruce Larson

Binh Duong, a former interpreter for Americans in Vietnam, speaks to a public assistance caseworker. Duong led a group of Vietnamese refugees that he arrived with in May 1975. Duong himself already had a job and was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services to help other refugee families adjust to the new environment.

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Binh Duong

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Fired woman cops heat up Westport - 01/06/1975
Nancy Breitsprecher: "I'm going to fight this"
Photo by Bob Rudsit

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Western Airline's Katherine Evans, first woman ramp agent in the Seattle area, unloading a cargo container at Sea-Tac International Airport.
05/07/1975

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Joe Abraham
Jan Epting's music in the wilderness

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Jan Epting
"I'm the happiest I've ever been."

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Betty and Elbert H. Baker II (with unidentified pony boy) congratulate Bold Country, winner of Sunday's $10,000-added Tacoma Handicap at Longacres.

Official Longacres Photo by Jerry M. Clark Photography (Yakima)

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Tom Dixon
Staff photo by Jerry Buck

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Ramona Bennett

Staff photo by Jerry Buck

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Kevin Hegarty - Dir. Tacoma Pub. Library
Photo by Jerry Buck

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John Spellman, left, and George Weyerhaeuser

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Dolores Silas

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Charles Z. Smith
Staff photo by Bob Rudsit

ca. 1975. Librarian Bob Pankl at General Services Dept. desk, Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library.

Pankl, Robert; Librarians; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees;

ca. 1975. Carolyn Wesley in General Services Dept. Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library. Ms. Wesley is perusing an article on new chemical plants that has been clipped out of the local newspaper. She and fellow staff member Judy Wilkins (not pictured) had spent many hours clipping and filing items of interest to Tacoma readers.

Wesley, Carolyn; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees; Clippings;

ca. 1975. Judy Wilkins in General Services Dept., Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library. Staff member Judy Wilkins points out a location on a relief map in this circa 1975 color photograph. Mrs. Wilkins later joined the Quick Information telephone reference department. A documents specialist, she was still with the library 35 years later.

Wilkins, Judy; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees;

ca. 1975. Librarian Randy Rafferty in Business, Science & Technology Dept., Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library.

Rafferty, Randy; Librarians; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees;

ca. 1975. Librarians Jack Rasmussen and Karen (Goettling) Kelley in Lit. Dept., Main Branch, Tacoma Public Library. Mrs. Kelley was a former Daffodil Festival Queen.

Rasmussen, Jack; Kelley, Karen; Goettling, Karen Jane; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Librarians; Public libraries--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees;

ca. 1975. St. Joseph Hospital. A prominent landmark in the Tacoma skyline is the futuristic design of the new St. Joseph Hospital located at 1718 South I. The round "porthole" windows, "cloverleaf" sections and narrow supporting "legs" were in sharp contrast to the older hospital of the same name, located a block away. There was room for 262 patients and the facility included ten surgeries. Nursing stations were designed to allow one registered nurse to monitor seven patient rooms. St. Joseph would undergo further expansion in the coming years including an outpatient addition. Photograph ordered by Bertrand Goldberg & Associates, Chicago. (TNT 12-12-74, A-2-article)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980; St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma);

ca. 1975. 1975 Richards color stock footage. Aerial view of Tacoma Tideflats. The view above is believed to be Concrete Technology's property on the Port of Tacoma Rd. The area was bordered by E. 11th St. and Lincoln Ave. The body of water below is believed to be the Blair Waterway (formerly Port Industrial Waterway). The Puyallup River is near the top of the photograph.

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980;