Mr. Loonan, Motel Fontaine. A view of the motel showing the buildings around three sides on an open, grassy area. Mount Rainier is in the background. It was reported in March 1948 that the "Motel Fontaine", a short distance south of the Tacoma city limits on the Tacoma - Olympia highway sold for $140,000. (T.Times, 3/25/1948, p.1)

Motels--Lakewood; Motel Fontaine (Lakewood); Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

Last Man Club, American Legion, November 30, 1946. Eighteen men stand behind six empty chairs draped with American flags during their annual meeting held at the Hotel Winthrop. The Last Man Club was formed by World War I veterans who were also past Commanders of the Edward B. Rhodes Post of the American Legion in December of 1938. A bottle of 1917 cognac was reserved for the sole survivor to drink a toast to his fallen fellow members.

American Legion Club (Tacoma); Patriotic societies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Flags--United States; Last Man Club (Tacoma);

Red Cross. Hundreds of Christmas gifts have been wrapped and are placed on tables. Three Red Cross workers are busily wrapping more gifts at the table in the upper center. TPL-1964.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Gifts; Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Woman artist in her studio. Paintings are shown leaning against the walls on a shelf. The female artist is at work on a painting of a coffee set on her easel.

Artists--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Artists' studios--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paintings;

Robert Sconce Advertising, Ray Ridge Motors. In this October 11, 1946, photograph, Ray Ridge, just to the right of the engine, is holding a part while the other men look on and listen to an explanation about the part. Ray Ridge was the newly appointed Lincoln and Mercury dealer for the area. These men are shown in the service department of Ray Ridge Motors at 124 Tacoma Avenue South.

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ray Ridge Motors, Inc. (Tacoma); Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ridge, Ray;

The women's bowling team from Green's Optometrists and possibly Charles A. Green, Jr., owner of Green's Optometrists. The women wear matching bowling shirts backwards to show their team name and they each hold a bowling ball. They each wear eyeglasses as well as the man holding three bowling pins. They are playing at Broadway Bowling Center.

Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Green's Optometrists (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Broadway Bowling Center (Tacoma); Bowling alleys--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Union Oil Company. James H. Newberry (4th from right) received his 25 year pin for his years with Union Oil Company at ceremonies held at breakfast at the New Yorker Cafe. Making the presentation is F.K. Cadwell, Tacoma Sales Manager. The man on Jim Newberry's right is G.A. Tooley, resident manager.

Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Newberry, Janes H.; Cadwell, F.K.; Tooley, G.A.; Awards; Union Oil Co. of California (Tacoma);

Senator-elect Harry Cain and noted pianist Dorothy Helen Eustis enjoy coffee while looking over sheet music on November 16, 1946. Miss Eustis was in town for a performance in Lakewood, her only Northwest appearance of the year. Heavy snows would force cancellation and due to Miss Eustis' busy schedule, it would not be rescheduled. By age 30, Seattle-born Dorothy Eustis had performed with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham and pianist Jose Iturbi. In 1946 she played at the Hollywood Bowl under conductor Leopold Stokowski. Her later life would take strange turns as she moved to France, losing track of family and friends. It is believed that she later moved to London and then to Venice where her true identity was discovered as she lay nearly mute in a hospital for two years. Miss Eustis would eventually leave the Venice hospital for a permanent stay at a Catholic convent nursing home in Florence. She passed away on May 20, 2001. Harry P. Cain, seated next to Miss Eustis, was a former mayor of Tacoma and also served in the European theater during WWII. He won election to the U.S. Senate by defeating Democrat Hugh Mitchell in early November, 1946. ALBUM 13. (Additional information on Miss Eustis was provided by her niece, Barbara E. Cooper)

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Eustis, Dorothy Helen;

Former Tacoma Mayor and now Senator-elect Harry P. Cain looks over sheet music with pianist Dorothy Helen Eustis on November 16, 1946. Miss Eustis was in town for her only Northwest concert of the year, to be held at the Lakewood Theater on November 18th. She was considered a piano virtuoso and mentioned in the same breath as Rubinstein and Horowitz by N.Y. and Hollywood critics. Miss Eustis' concert was cancelled due to heavy snowfall and she planned to return to Hollywood where she was the only woman pianist ever to be employed by the motion picture industry to play an entire concerto in a picture. She was scheduled to appear in a film about Frederick Remington where she would play a romantic role. Miss Eustis also played solo at Carnegie Hall and at the Hollywood Bowl under conductor Leopold Stokowski in 1946. Her later years saw her move to Europe with her last days spent in Italy. Rendered nearly mute and uncommunicative, she lay in a Venice hospital for nearly two years before transferring to a convent nursing home operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Florence. She passed away on May 20, 2001. TPL-5195. ALBUM 13. (T.Times 11-18-46, p. 1, 16) { Additional information on Miss Eustis provided by Barbara E. Cooper, niece of Miss Eustis.}

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Eustis, Dorothy Helen;

University Union Club. Wives of the executive board received other wives of members at a Christmas Tea on December 13th, 1946. L-R, Beryl (Mrs. Edward) Gazecki, Peggy E. (Mrs. Ted) Brown, Catherine (Mrs. Arthur) Gunderson, Barbara B. (Mrs. Warren Y.) Hull, Grace M. (Mrs. C. Nathan) Lynn, Alice G. (Mrs. Charles M.) Fogg, and Florence B. (Mrs Clifford) Sayre. (T.Times, 12/14/1946, p.8)

Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hats--1940-1950; Gazecki, Beryl; Brown, Peggy E.; Gunderson, Catherine L.; Hull, Barbara B.; Lynn, Grace M.; Fogg, Alice G.; Sayre, Florence B.;

An elevated view of the matriculation exercises at the College of Puget Sound. Nearly 900 freshmen were welcomed at CPS. They participated in the centuries-old tradition of matriculation by passing between their professors and then on through the color post quadrangle where they were personally welcomed by President R. Franklin Thompson into the student body. They would pass the color post again upon graduation. (T.Times, 10/10/1946, p.5)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Teachers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma;

Hotel Croft and Pacific Avenue for Electrical Products Consolidated. A view north along Pacific Avenue from the hill south of the business district. Billboards on the right advertise Meadosweet Milk and Pioneer Beer. Commencement Bay is seen above the tideflats. Union Station is the domed building on the right hand side of Pacific Avenue. TPL-5471.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cityscapes; Billboards--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Mr. and Mrs. E. Anderson at home in their living room. The older couple sit in chairs on either side of their fireplace which is lit. The stone fireplace surround is capped by a stone mantel. A clock, family photographs and dried flowers sit on the mantel. Sconces lit with electric lightbulbs are on the wall above the mantel. The wall near the ceiling is decorated with a rose pattern. A radio stands in the corner.

Couples--Tacoma--1940-1950; Aged persons--Tacoma--1940-1950; Living rooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fireplaces--Tacoma--1940-1950; Radios; Interior decoration;

Sadie Hawkins Dance. A young woman playing "Pansy Yokum" with a corn-cob pipe and two young men, one in long-johns, a false nose and bowler hat, the other with suspenders, a floppy wig and large moustache, sit below a sign, "Travlink?". The man on the right has been identified as C. Nathan Lynn. His wife, Grace, was "Daisy Mae" for the Sadie Hawkins Dance. (T.Times, 11/30/1946, p.11) (Additional identification provided by Mr. Lynn's son)

Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stardust Dance Club (Tacoma); Lil Abner (Fictitious character); Costumes; Comics; Lynn, C. Nathan;

Al Capp's popular comic strip, "Li'l Abner," was the inspiration for the Sadie Hawkins dance sponsored by the Stardust Dance Club in November of 1946. To help advertise the dance Grace M. (Mrs. C. Nathan) Lynn, as "Daisy Mae," tugs on a suspender of Harold Tollefson, "Li'l Abner," while he tries to make his getaway. Club members were invited to dance in true "Dog Patch" style at the Dash Point Community Hall in celebration of Sadie Hawkins Day, when bachelors stepped warily to avoid getting nabbed by marriage-minded girls. Mrs. Lynn and Mr. Tollefson are acting this scene in front of a large fireplace with a poster of "Our Hero" and "Our Heroine" over the mantel - Abner and Daisy Mae in color. Harold Tollefson would later be elected mayor of Tacoma three times. (T.Times, 11/30/1946, p.11)

Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stardust Dance Club (Tacoma); Lynn, Grace M.; Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Li'l Abner (Fictitious character); Costumes;

Mrs. Earl Wood. A studio portrait of a young girl wearing her tap dancing costume.

Dancers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tap dancing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Girls--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Douglas Fir Plywood Association. This interior view of a silo shows that the walls are built of sheets of plywood. This view also provides a closer view of the conveyor belt system for moving silage. An electric motor seen in the opening of the silo rotates two wheels that pull a chain the length of the wooden trough. The chains in turn, pull the belt with the silage material on it. Prefabricated silos built with treated plywood were built by a number of companies in Washington state during the 1940s including Modular Structures Incorporated of Tacoma.

Farmers--Puyallup; Silos--Puyallup; Conveying systems--Puyallup; Plywood; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Donald T. McDonald held the flag for his daughter, Mrs. Shirley Fopp, while she putted in their ball during the "mixed two-ball" foursomes tournament held at Fircrest Golf Course on August 7, 1948. The other couple in their foursome was Betty Carlson and Al H. Moody. Mrs. Fopp, the former Shirley McDonald, was a former club champion. A record 52 mixed doubles teams registered to participate in the big event. (T. Times, 8/11/48, p. 6).

Golf--Tacoma--1940-1950; Golfers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Sporting goods; Tournaments--Tacoma; Fircrest Golf Club (Fircrest);

The Tacoma Garden Club's annual autumn show was held at Wells Hall. Florence (Mrs. John W.) Gullikson, chair of the show, previews the possibilities of a full Thanksgiving board as she judges Gertrude (Mrs. Roger W.) Peck's prize winning centerpiece. Other entries included floral arrangements. (T.Times, 10/12/1946, p.7)

Gullikson, Florence; Tacoma Garden Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Competition entries--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Portrait of baby. Mrs. B.A. Lawson.

Infants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Portraits;

Family portrait with baby girl taken on December 11, 1946. Ordered by Mrs. B.A. Lawson.

Infants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Portraits; Families--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Central Motors, Willys Jeep display at the Puyallup Fair.

Jeep automobile; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1940-1950;

ca. 1946. The unveiling of the giant cross section of a tree trunk at the Northwest Door Company. The Northwest Door Co. plywood and veneer plant was founded in 1935. In the summer of 1946, the company logged a gigantic old growth Douglas Fir on their logging property southwest of Mt. Rainier. The tree was almost 14 feet in diameter. A cross section of the trunk was removed and sent to the Tacoma plant for display. Here the section is covered by a curtain prior to its unveiling. The cross section of fir was moved in 1965 to the Lakewood branch of the Pierce County Library system. See image #3 for the unveiling.

Logs; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Tree stumps--Tacoma--1940-1950;

An elevated view of the Defiance Mill saw line for I.W. Johnson Engineering. The gang type saw mill the Doud brothers built in 1929 was particularly adapted to sawing smaller logs. The gang mill cut with greater precision and left the lumber much smoother. A person who ran a gang saw was called a "gangster".

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Defiance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Saws; Mills--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Douglas Fir Plywood Association. A young girl looks up at the enormous log section. The annual rings show the tree was 586 years old. It would have provided much good lumber even before Columbus landed in America. Long over-ripe, rot had begun to appear just inside the bark at the base of the trunk and much of the upper part was decayed. (T.Times, 10/16/1946, p.4; TNT 8/21/1946, pg. 1)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Girls--Tacoma--1940-1950; Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Tree stumps--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Garden tractors roll off the assembly line at Marine Iron Works, Inc. The tractors have been trademarked "Mighty Man" and designed especially for small farms. Now in their second week of production, Marine Iron Works is turning out 10 units a day, but they expect to hit 56 per day. When Tacoma's Marine Iron Works sought a peace-time production to fill its 20,000 square foot plant at the end of World War II, they found a market for 3 h.p. tractors. "Mighty Man" was designed by B.A. Winter and can be converted from a 2-wheel walk-behind tiller to a 4-wheel riding tractor in less than 10 minutes. Marine Iron Works is headed by M.A. Petrich. The employee at the far left has been identified as Harold William Cullen. He worked on the "Mighty Man" tractors in 1946 after working for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1943-46. (T.Times, 11/6/1946, p.7) TPL-9135 (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Marine Iron Works, Inc. (Tacoma); Iron industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Iron & steel workers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tractors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Assembly-line methods--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cullen, Harold William;

Senator-elect Harry P. Cain signs autographs for supporters during a banquet in his honor at Clover Park High School. His friends are requesting that he sign their banquet invitations on November 15, 1946. Many of his Interlaaken neighbors attended the function as a tribute to the state's newest senator. ALBUM 13.

Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Banquets; Autographing;

Nancy's Baby Portrait Studio. Four young mothers hold their bundled up babies just outside the door to the studio on October 28, 1946. They wear their winter outdoor clothing. Portraits of babies are shown in the window and photographs are advertised at 3 for $3.50. Nancy's was run by the Richards family who also operated the Turner Richards Studio.

Mothers & children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Infants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Photographic studios--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nancy's Baby Portrait Studio (Tacoma);

Lassieis here to advertise that the motion picture "The Courage of Lassie" will open at the Music Box Theater in this December of 1946 photograph. One of the usherettes from the theater holds "Lassie's" leash while "Lassie" stands next to her dog house in the outside lobby of John Hamrick's Music Box Theatre. "Lassie" wears a sign, "Courage of Lassie, Music Box Now." Two unidentified businessmen stand on the other side of the dog house.

Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950; Music Box Theatre (Tacoma); Collies--Tacoma; Dogs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ushers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Publicity;

Studio portrait for Wheeler-Osgood. Robert H. O'Neil was named assistant secretary of the Wheeler-Osgood Company. Mr. O'Neil had joined the sales department of the company 17 years earlier. Wheeler-Osgood, headquartered in Tacoma, was one of the world's largest manufacturers of doors. (T.Times, 12/9/1946, p.3)

Portrait photographs; O'Neil, Robert H.;