Mayor A.L." Slim" Rasmussen, wearing a Tacoma Centennial string tie, with four women and four children in the city council chamber at the County-City Building. Photo ordered by Tacoma O.P.I. ALBUM 14.

Rasmussen, Albert Lawrence; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Building dedication. With a snip of the giant silvered scissors, Tacoma Mayor-elect Gordon Johnston officially dedicated the Tacoma Mall Office Building on December 12, 1969. The 2.7 million dollar structure was designed by Olympia architects Bennett & Johnson to be soundproof and built of reinforced concrete. Although December 12th was the official building dedication, it had actually already been open for several months. Also present for the dedication were two of the four owners of the building : Joseph A. Price and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Leavitt; Brig. Gen. (Ret) R.L. Scott, J. Henry Helser and Lloyd Beauleaurier, manager of the Tacoma Mall Shopping Center. After speeches and champagne, the group toured the building's offices. Photograph ordered by Center Offices, Inc. (TNT 12-13-69, p. 28 - article)

Johnston, Gordon N.; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Building dedications--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Mall Office Building (Tacoma); Scissors & shears;

Official city portrait of Tacoma Mayor Gordon N. Johnston during his first term of office. Mr. Johnston would serve as mayor from 1970-1978. He had defeated incumbent A.L. Rasmussen on November 4, 1969, by 440 votes. ALBUM 14.

Johnston, Gordon N.; Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Studio portrait of Tacoma Mayor Gordon N. Johnston. Mr. Johnston, an architect, member of the City Planning Commission, and former master sergeant during WWII, defeated incumbent A.L. Rasmussen in the very close November, 1969, general elections. This was Mr. Johnston's first bid in politics. Gordon Johnston took the oath of office on January 12, 1970, becoming Tacoma's 28th mayor. He would subsequently win re-election. Mr. Johnston passed away on March 6, 2006. Photograph ordered by the City of Tacoma.

Johnston, Gordon N.; Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Pierce County Democratic Party banquet. State Senator Martin Durkan of Issaquah at podium; Tacoma Mayor Gordon Johnston is third from right in photo; State Insurance Commissioner Karl Hermann, fifth from right. Large photos on wall of US Senator Warren G. Magnuson (L) and Congressman Floyd V. Hicks (R). Nearly 700 people attended the $12.50 plate fundraiser for the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day at the Fellowship Hall on April 10, 1970. Commissioner Hermann, featured speaker, indicated that price controls and rationing were better methods to control inflation than the Nixon course of unemployment. (TNT 4-10-70, A-2-article; TNT 4-11-70, p.3-article) ALBUM 14.

Johnston, Gordon N.; Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Durkan, Martin; Hermann, Karl; Banquets--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1970. 1970 Richards stock footage. Tacoma Mayor Gordon N. Johnston, standing by a white podium, delivers an address to an unidentified group. This may have been taken at the same time as D158000, image 24C, when Mr. Johnston was photographed with bankers Al Saunders and Gerrit VanderEnde.

Johnston, Gordon N.; Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Public speaking--Tacoma;

Tacoma Mayor Gordon N. Johnston welcomes shoppers to the new addition of the Tacoma Mall on July 25, 1973. The Mall had completed its west end expansion and 20 new stores were now open for business, including Ben Bridge Jeweler, Orange Julius, Tinder Box and Waldenbooks. This would bring the total number of stores in the Mall to about 110, just slightly smaller than Southcenter. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Mall Corporation.

Johnston, Gordon N.; Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Public speaking--Tacoma; Tacoma Mall Shopping Center (Tacoma); Shopping centers--Tacoma--1970-1980; Dedications--Tacoma--1970-1980; Building dedications--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Pierce County's former Auditors who served from 1859-1909 are pictured in oval frames in this copy ordered by the current Pierce County Auditors Office on August 4, 1975. Along with the officials are four examples of 19th century architecture, including the Pierce County Courthouse and the block house used in the Indian War of 1855-56.

County government--Washington; Government officials--Washington;

1975 color Richards stock footage. Mayor Gordon N. Johnston and 10-year-old Mark Mackenroth are prepared to dig deep during groundbreaking ceremonies for the new civic center, the Bicentennial Pavilion, in April of 1975. Mark was chosen to represent future generations who would use the Pavilion. Tacoma had long sought a convention center to hold large-scale meetings, concerts and banquets. It would open the following year in June.

Johnston, Gordon N.; Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Mackenroth, Mark; Shovels; Digging--Tacoma; Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma--1970-1980; Bicentennial Pavilion (Tacoma);

Those at the head table stand for the introduction of Washington's Governor, Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, at the annual meeting of the Downtown Tacoma Association in March of 1978. Governor Ray was the feature speaker of the event. Among those at the head table were Bud McIvor, president of the Downtown Tacoma Association (standing next to Governor Ray); Bill Philip, head of Puget Sound National Bank (third from left); and the reigning Ms. Downtown Tacoma, Catherine Packer. Photograph ordered by the Downtown Tacoma Association.

Governors; Ray, Dixy Lee, 1914-1994; Meetings--Tacoma--1970-1980; McIvor, Bud; Philip, William W.; Packer, Catherine; Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Governor Dixy Lee Ray speaks at the annual meeting of the Downtown Tacoma Association. Dr. Ray was the only woman to serve as governor of Washington and the only woman to chair the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. She established a record as the youngest girl to climb Mount Rainier at age 12. A Tacoma native, she graduated from Stadium High School and Mills College and obtained a doctorate in zoology from Stanford University. Specializing in marine biology, she served on the faculty of the University of Washington for nearly three decades. As a director of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, she is credited in preserving the center, which had been built for the world's fair in 1962. In Dr. Ray's only term as governor, her administration balanced the budget and brought in full funding of basic education. Photograph ordered by the Downtown Tacoma Association. ALBUM 10. TPL-5914 (Seattle/King Co. HistoryLink.org)

Governors; Ray, Dixy Lee, 1914-1994; Public speaking--Tacoma;

Governor Arthur B. Langlie (center) watches his wife Evelyn christen the ship Cape Fairweather, launch #4 for the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation on April 11, 1941. A bottle of champagne shatters against the boat's bow. The motorship Cape Fairweather was the fourth of the C-1 freighters built at the shipyards. The vessel went into the water nearly ready for trial trips. Seattle-Tacoma Shipyards was busy working on new ways and a new outfitting dock. The yard would be building 300' gasoline tankers for the Navy and keels for C-3 freighters. The Cape Fairweather remained in service until 1980, when it was scrapped. ALBUM 10. (TNT 4-11-41, p. 1)

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Langlie, Evelyn; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

On July 22, 1940, W.J. Cameron, associate of Henry Ford and commentator for the Ford Sunday Evening Hour, spoke to a capacity crowd in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel on the role of industry in the preservation of democracy in this country. Pictured left to right are Leon Titus, Governor Clarence D. Martin, W.J. Cameron, Tommy Mallon, Nelson Bowe (assistant manager Ford Motor Co., Seattle branch) and W.B. Patterson, Ford's Northwest manager. Tacoma was not on Mr. Cameron's original lecture circuit, but with the combined efforts of Tacoma's Ford dealers Mallon and Titus, Mr. Cameron was entreated to fit Tacoma in between Seattle and Portland. (T. Times 7/23/1940, pg. 5) (note: photograph is misnumbered but filed under D889 image 1)

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Titus, Leon E.; Mallon, Thomas; Bowe, Nelson; Patterson, W.B.; Cameron, W.J.; Ford Motor Co.;

Governor Clarence D. Martin looks unsmilingly into the camera at December 28, 1937's Community Achievement Dinner. He is seated directly under a large poster of FDR entitled "Our President." Joining him at the head table are Sixth District Congressman John Coffee, Puget Sound Bank's Reno Odlin, and U.S. Senator Homer T. Bone. Governor Martin would later address the 1000+ diners on the reawakening of the industrial spirit in our state. He would also advocate a renewed push for vocational education for the state's children. (T.Times, 12-29-37, p. 1) ALBUM 10.

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Coffee, John; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970; Legislators--Washington--1930-1940; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Posters;

Civic and political leaders join in song at the Community Achievement Dinner held at the Masonic Temple. L-R are Sixth District Congressman John Coffee, Governor Clarence D. Martin, Puget Sound National Bank president Reno Odlin, U.S. Senator Homer T. Bone and Tacoma Mayor George Smitley. Over one thousand people attended the achievement dinner which was combined with the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet. Governor Martin predicted a brighter future for our state with the initiation of a million dollar advertising campaign to bring more people, industry and payrolls to this area. (T. Times, 12-29-37, p. 1) ALBUM 10.

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Coffee, John; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970; Legislators--Washington--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Posters; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tacoma Mayor George A.Smitley (L) shaking hands with Harold A. Allen, retiring president of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Allen had held the post for two years. The Chamber of Commerce combined their usual banquet with the city's Community Achievement Dinner on December 28, 1937, in the Masonic Temple's Fellowship Hall. Governor Clarence D. Martin and a host of political and civic leaders attended the dinner, as did approximately 1000 residents. Toastmaster Reno Odlin presented Mr. Allen with a framed check for $2 as a humorous gesture for his years of service. (T.Times, 12-29-37, p. 1) ALBUM 11.

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Allen, Harold A.; Shaking hands--Tacoma;

Mayor George A. Smitley shakes hands with J. Lee Kress at his office in (Old) City Hall while congratulating the businessman on the opening of his new Malt Shop in the Bostwick Building. Young Mr. Kress' new Tacoma establishment would be located at the front of the flatiron building. It would serve 40 in both private booths and counter service. The Kress Malt Shop is owned solely by Mr. Kress and will be union operated. Mr. Kress was educated in Tacoma schools and has had much experience in the food and fountain service business. He already owns two other Kress Malt Shops in Olympia. (T. Times 7-2-37, p.4) ALBUM 11.

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Kress, J. Lee; Shaking hands--Tacoma;

Sepia photograph of Mayor George Smitley, front right, at meeting of the Young Men's Business Club during the planning of the organization's "Air Circus." Seated next to Smitley is Dr. Herbert Hoover, president of the Jessie Dyslin Boys Ranch, Inc. Arthur M. Angove, past president of the YMBC, in background holds poster for the event which will occur on June 13, 1937. A variety of events, including races, stunts, parachute jumps and acrobatic flying, was expected to draw a large crowd at Mueller-Harkins field. ALBUM 11.

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Young Mens Business Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Community service--Tacoma--1930-1940;

City officials join Safety Council. Mayor George Smitley was the chairman of Safety Week, held March 1-7, 1937, bolstered with a free exposition at the Armory to promote better driving. All the city officials pictured above bought memberships to the Safety Council and were given ornaments with a red reflector which served as an auxiliary taillight. Mrs. Walter M. Snell, president of the Junior Women's Club and chairman of the committee to sell memberships, is shown putting a button on the Mayor's lapel. Gazing at her are L-R Howard Carothers, corporation counsel, C. Val Fawcett, finance commissioner, Ira S. Davisson, utilities commissioner, Mayor George A. Smitley, Abner R. Bergersen, public works commissioner, Frank Callender, public safety commissioner and Tom Swayze, city controller. Tacoma in the 1930's did not have a city council which was broken up into districts. The men listed above ran the City of Tacoma. ALBUM 11. (TNT 3-3-1937, p. 5)

Municipal government--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Carothers, Howard; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Davisson, Ira; Bergersen, Abner R.; Callender, Frank T.; Swayze, Tom; Snell, Walter M.--Family;

Tacoma Mayor George Smitley arrives to visit President Roosevelt on his train at Union Depot. Along the motorcade and at the depot, the popular president attracted crowds estimated at over 50,000. (T.Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9)

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945;

Tacoma Mayor George Smitley with President Roosevelt on his train at Union Depot. Posed on the platform with the President were, left to right, Senator Homer T. Bone, Tacoman Harold Allen, granddaughter Anna Eleanor (called Sistie) Dall (at the railing), Roosevelt's son James, the President's bodyguard (wearing hat) on his left side, and Tacoma Mayor George Smitley. The President's next stop was the Grand Coulee Dam project. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9). ALBUM 1.

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Roosevelt, James; Dall, Anna Eleanor;

ca. 1941. Governor Arthur B. Langlie waves at the end of a speech. Born in Lanesboro, Minnesota, Mr. Langlie was Mayor of Seattle when he resigned on January 11, 1941, to become Governor of Washington. A Republican, he succeeded Democrat Clarence D. Martin. Mr. Langlie was a three-term governor from 1941-45 and 1949-57. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Washington in 1944 and 1948 and delivered the keynote address during the 1956 Convention in San Francisco. Governor Langlie passed away in 1966 and is interred at Acacia Memorial Park, Seattle. Sepia photograph taken about 1941. ALBUM 10.

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966;

Funeral of incumbent Mayor John C. Siegle. Dr. Siegle died on a train in Oregon, enroute to Tacoma from California where he had been recuperating from an extended illness. His memorial service was held at the First Presbyterian Church and was attended by an estimated crowd of two thousand. An honor guard of uniformed Police and Fire department employees stand surrounding the flag draped coffin. Dr. Siegle was the first native Tacoman to be elected Mayor and Tacoma's first Mayor to die in office. (T. Times 4/13/1939, 4/14/1939, 4/15/1939, pg.1) also numbered D8141 image A

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Siegle, John C., 1885-1939--Funeral rites & ceremonies;

Harry P. Cain and wife Marjorie Dils Cain in suave formal attire at a March 9, 1940, Tacoma Club dance. Dr. Bert Kerstetter, candidate for mayor who defeated Mr. Cain in the primary, had passed away during a campaign appearance the previous evening, thus putting Mr. Cain back in the race. Although former mayor Melvin G. Tennent raised a protest, Mr. Cain's name remained on the ballot and he was elected mayor later that month. ALBUM 12.

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Cain, Marjorie Dils, 1908-1994; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Governor Martin, General Maurice W. Thompson and Charles B. Reed. Admittance Day ceremonies in Olympia. Governor and others are examining Washington State Constitution.

Governors--Washington (State); Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955;Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939-- Olympia; Thompson, Maurice W., 1878-1954; Reed, Charles B.; Constitutions--Washington (State);

Governor Clarence D. Martin admires a bright eyed puppy at a banquet given on November 28, 1939 in the honor of Mrs. Frances M. Haskell, national president of the Ladies G.A.R., as Gilbert Waite looks on. Mr. Waite, president of the Young Mens Business Club, had earlier in the evening presented Mrs. Haskell with a bouquet of flowers, out of the middle of which popped the puppy. The wire haired terrier is a gift to Mrs. Haskell who recently lost her dog. ALBUM 10. (T. Times 11/29/1939, pg. 10)

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Waite, Gilbert; Haskell, Frances M.;

Tacoma Mayor Joseph J. Kaufman gathers eggs in the hen house on his farm in Edgewood in northeast Pierce County. The active mayor owned a furniture store in Tacoma and served his community as a volunteer for the Chamber of Commerce, Community Chest, Boy Scouts and Elks lodge. (T.Times 2/5/1940 p.2)

Kaufman, Joseph J.; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Chickens--Washington; Eggs;

Governor Arthur B. Langlie, First Lady Evelyn Langlie and others in the receiving line during the Governor's Inaugural Ball in Olympia. Governor Langlie is in the center of the January 15, 1941, photograph; he is third from the right. Mrs. Langlie, eyes toward the right of the picture, is dressed in a long white chiffon gown and elbow length gloves. She is standing next to Lt. Gov. Victor Meyers and his wife; Mrs. Meyers is wearing a hyacinth chiffon gown. Also present in the picture are believed to be Mayor and Mrs. Truman Trullinger of Olympia; they are the couple to the far right. Governor and Mrs. Langlie apparently remained in the receiving line until all 2000 guests had passed through. ALBUM 10. (T. Times, 1-16-41, p. 10)

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Langlie, Evelyn; Meyers, Victor A.; Receiving lines--Olympia;

Governor Arthur B. Langlie greets Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain during the Governor's Inaugural Ball in Olympia. First Lady Evelyn Langlie and Marjorie Cain look on. Arthur B. Langlie served as governor from 1941-1945 and again 1949-1957. He had been elected mayor of Seattle twice. In 1940, Mr. Langlie was the only Republican candidate to win major statewide office as the Democrats swept into power. ALBUM 10. (T.Times, 1-16-41, p. 10)

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Langlie, Evelyn; Receiving lines--Olympia; Shaking hands--Olympia; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Cain, Marjorie Dils, 1908-1994;

Seattle Mayor and Republican candidate for governor Arthur B. Langlie, in dark overcoat, campaigned at the Wheeler-Osgood Company on the Tacoma tideflats in October of 1940. He was being greeted by Harry Smith, president of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local at the plant. Mr. Langlie also visited the Tacoma Smelter, Hooker Chemical and the Pacific Match Co. in order to capture the labor vote. He was running against former Senator Clarence C. Dill, who had defeated incumbent Democratic governor Clarence D. Martin in the primaries. Clarence Martin had served as Washington's governor since 1933. C.C. Dill would prove a formidable opponent and Arthur Langlie carried the hotly contested election by fewer than 6,000 votes. (T. Times 10/10/1940, pg. 10) TPL-10260

Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Political campaigns; Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Smith, Harry; Shaking hands--Tacoma;