ca. 1979. One story commercial space attached to two story residential duplex, circa 1979. House number on duplex is "1?37."

Duplexes--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Unidentified duplex in Tacoma, circa 1979.

Duplexes--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. Unidentified house on a large lot with overgrown weeds and trees.

Houses--Tacoma; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Donald McDonald double house, built 1888, at 1346 Fawcett Ave. The house was later further divided into apartments. On the left is a dry cleaners.

Duplexes--Tacoma;

This is how the 800 block of Pacific Avenue looked like in November of 1972. In the foreground is the Hotel Olympus which was originally constructed in 1909. A free TV in every room was advertised and food and entertainment available in the coffee shop and the Mirror Room. The hotel was flanked by Dammeier Printing (Print NW) and the Tacoma Beauty Supply. Robblee's Safe & Lock Co. was next to the beauty supply store. Further down Pacific was Ghilarducci's Florists, the Trailways Bus Station and at the end of the street, the old Northern Pacific Headquarters building. Photograph ordered by Western Union, Seattle.

Business districts--Tacoma--1970-1980; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1970-1980; Olympus Hotel (Tacoma); Electric signs--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Beauty Supply (Tacoma); Robblee's Safe & Lock Co. (Tacoma); Dammeier Printing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1973. 1973 Richards stock footage. Intersection of South 9th & Broadway. The venerable Roxy theatre is on the left; a double bill of "Summer of 42" and "Play It Again Sam" advertised during the 1972 Christmas holiday season, or shortly thereafter. LeRoy Jewelers and Woolworth's are also on the left of the photograph, further down on Broadway. Sherman Clay & Co. (pianos) and the Singer Co. are on the right side of Broadway, next to the enormous tree decorated in lights.

Business districts--Tacoma--1970-1980; Roxy Theatre (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1970-1980; Sherman Clay & Co. (Tacoma); Singer Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1971. This is believed to be the rear view on Commerce St. of the remodeled Seattle-First National Bank building (formerly Bank of Tacoma) and the Commonwealth Title Insurance Co. in early 1971. The brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith occupied the entire second floor of the Commonweath Building. Next door to the Sea-First Building is the Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. The Rust Building, with enormous American Federal Savings sign, is also visible. Photograph ordered on 6-29-71 by Construction Specialties, Inc., San Marcos, CA.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1970-1980; Seattle-First National Bank (Tacoma); Commonwealth Title Insurance Co. (Tacoma); Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan Association (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Rust Building (Tacoma);

Intersection of 11th St. & St. Paul Ave, requested by law firm of Davies, Pearson, Anderson & Gadbow for Jennings vs. Bergsten case. This is a view of the 11th St. Bridge (now Murray Morgan Bridge) leading into the tideflats on November 21, 1971. Medical Arts Building (now Tacoma Municipal Building) can be seen in the distance on the right; Tacoma Building is on right side of the bridge with Perkins Building on left.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1970-1980; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma);

Georgetown model home. View of elegant living room of the "Georgetown," featuring carpeted floors, elaborate drapes, fully upholstered wing chairs, stuffed sofas and French provincial-styled table. The 3,600 sq.ft. luxury home was built expressly for the 1976 Tacoma Home Show by Heritage Homecrafters. It was located in the Manorwood community of southeast Puyallup. Photograph ordered by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma. (TNT 3-8-76, Home Show insert)

Model houses--Puyallup--1970-1980; Houses--Puyallup--1970-1980; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Living rooms--Puyallup--1970-1980;

Cambridge model home. A see-through brick fireplace with slate hearth is a major attraction in this Holly Homes' rambler built for the 30th annual Tacoma Home Show. Located in the new Spanaway Park subdivision on a half-acre of land, the 1400+ sq.ft. home was nestled in the natural wooded area. This view of the home's interior shows part of the large living room with fireplace, dining area, and easy access to the kitchen which was equipped with Whirlpool appliances. The builders emphasized energy conservation with forced air electric heat, aluminum sliding glass windows, six full inches of ceiling insulation and three inches of wall and floor insulation. The "Cambridge" was one of 39 sites in the Spanaway Park Addition. Prices of homes ranged from $39,000-$45,000. Photograph ordered by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma. (TNT 3-8-76, Home Show insert-article)

Model houses--Spanaway; Houses--Spanaway--1970-1980; Fireplaces--Spanaway; Dining rooms--Spanaway; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma);

Family area of the "Cambridge" model home. Warm earth tones helped to make the "Cambridge" a comfortable and welcoming place for the young family. Carefully designed floor patterns allow traffic to flow smoothly from the family/living room area to the dining room and onto the well-equipped kitchen. View of family/living room with colorfully patterned furniture; glimpse of dining room. A fuller view of the dining room can be seen in D166704, image 11. The "Cambridge" was built in a new Spanaway Park Addition by Holly Homes for the 1976 Tacoma Home Show. Photograph ordered by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma. (TNT 3-8-76, Home Show insert-article)

Model houses--Spanaway; Houses--Spanaway--1970-1980; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma);

Construction project at American Lake Veterans' Hospital. Building with tiled roof is apparently in the process of having its exterior waterproofed. About 15 different construction and improvement projects were underway at the 52-year-old facility. Four years ago the hospital was used primarily as a psychiatric facility. It is now a general rather than a specialized hospital. Photograph ordered by Premier Waterproofing, Denver, Co. (TNT 6-23-77, B-1 article on projects) TPL-10367

Building construction--Lakewood--1970-1980; American Lake Veterans' Hospital (Lakewood);

Two men are pictured strolling away from an unidentified plant site in May of 1978. The large plant is currently under construction although the location was not identified. Large pipes are in place and at least part of the plant will have two floors. Photograph ordered by ITT Rayonier, Inc., New York, New York.

Building construction--1970-1980;

Living or family room. Large brick fireplace. Wood paneling on part of the walls. Contemporary chairs and sofas with bold design. This may be the living or family room of the home pictured in D168533, image 1 and 2. Photograph ordered by Homebuilders Association of Greater Tacoma.

Houses--1970-1980; Fireplaces; Sofas; Chairs;

Gingko model home. The "Gingko" was one of two model homes built on permanent sites for the 1970 Tacoma Home Show. Located in the Forest Green housing development southeast of Puyallup, the "Gingko" was built by Crest Builders, Inc. With a pricetag of $18, 150, the "Gingko" was designed for young families. Nestled low on a wooded lot with plenty of beauty bark spread among the plantings, the attractive two-bedroom one-story home with attached garage utilitzed rough-sawn siding, black roof and trim, tangerine vertical uprights and a green front entry door. A green belt bordered each homesite in Forest Green and utilities were placed underground so that natural settings were undisturbed. Forest Green tied its grand opening to the Tacoma Home Show so that prospective buyers could inspect the "Gingko" model home and other homes for sale in the area. Color photograph ordered by the Home Builders Association of Greater Tacoma. (TNT 3-22-70, D-10 - article; TNT 3-30-70, p. 26 - article; TNT 3-30-70, p. 31 - article)

Model houses--Puyallup; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma);

Tacoma's Alert Hose Co. No. 2 volunteer firefighting company, in uniform, were photographed on August 8, 1885 as they prepared to join the funeral parade to be held that day for former President Ulysses S. Grant. President Grant's portrait is framed in black and placed aboard the company hose wagon. He had died on July 23, 1885, and the Territorial Governor of Washington had declared that the day of his funeral would be an official day of mourning. The firehouse was located at So. 13th & A Street, which was later the location of the Tacoma Railroad & Power substation. Alert Hose Co. No. 2 was probably one of four hose companies organized between March and August, 1885. The company's hose apparatus may have been built by the volunteers themselves. Adelbert Uriah Mills, center in black beard holding bouquet, was the captain and would later become the Commissioner of Public Safety. A partial list of firefighters' names appears in a Tacoma Daily Ledger article on March 9, 1913. (Talbot: 100 Years of Fire fighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 15, TDL 3-9-1913, p. 45) KING-013, TPL 2896.

Tacoma Transit was about to begin building new facilities, a bus transit center to be located on South Sprague Avenue between South 12th Street and South 15th Street, across from the athletic park. They had also ordered new buses, giving them a 120 unit fleet, Tacoma Transit had an increase in the usage of their transportation. View of intersection at South 26th Street and Pacific Avenue, Tacoma Transit bus in background, photo ordered by Tacoma Transit Company (T.N.T., 1/1/48, p. 1).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Traffic congestion--Tacoma; Buses--Tacoma; Mass transit--Tacoma; Pierce Transit (Tacoma); Tacoma Transit Co. (Tacoma);

Wollander Far-West Homes. A truck is delivering the components of this prefabricated house. The foundation has already been laid and workers are stacking the newly delivered materials in the middle of the subflooring for the new home. Trusses are ready to be unloaded from the truck. They are nearly the first thing off the truck since they will be almost the last thing added to the house.

Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated houses; Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Exterior view of Alfred Nicholas' room at the Butler Hotel, located on 824 A Street. Alfred was the janitor at the Tacoma Army-Navy Club. He suffered a fall from this location. His room appears to be the open window in the center, fire escapes are located on the right side above the metal trash cans.

Housing--Tacoma; Tenement houses--Tacoma; City & town life--Tacoma; Building deterioration--Tacoma; Butler Hotel (Tacoma); Nicholas, Alfred;

College of Puget Sound purchased U. S. Army surplus buildings in 1947. These buildings would be used to provide more classrooms, they were assembled, renovated and christened as "South Hall". The student population grew from 250 students to 1900 students, the growth is attributed to post-war growth and expansion. View of Army barracks being assembled (Tamanawas 1948).

Building construction--Tacoma; Residential facilities--Tacoma; Portable buildings--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

The W. R. Rust Building was built in 1920 by William R. Rust, the contractor was J. E. Bonnell and Sutton, Whitney and Dugan were the architects; it is twelve stories high. Between 1929 and 1931 the building was known as the Townsend Building. It is now the Seafirst Center in downtown Tacoma. Exterior view of building, Franwell fountain lunch, Virges Drug Company and Lundquist Lilly shops on ground level.

Business districts--Tacoma; Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rust Building (Tacoma);

Safeway Stores bought out Totem Food Stores, a Washington owned and operated grocery stores, in 1942. In 1947 Safeway had over sixteen stores throughout the Tacoma area. Harry P. Brown was the district manager of Safeway Stores in Tacoma. Interior view of Safeway Stores Inc. offices in the Rust building.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rust Building (Tacoma); Safeway Stores, Inc. (Tacoma);

Exterior view of Anna D. Miller's home, the grass is neatly mowed, trees and flower beds under the windows give this home a beautiful look. The house is located on the corner of A Street and East George Street. Anna D. Miller was an Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools. The Building Index indicates this home was built in 1908.

Miller, Anna D.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Trees--Tacoma;

Residence and grounds at Wayne W. and Bernice Keyes home in the Lakes District. Mr. and Mrs. Keyes sit on a bench in their garden with two of their dogs. Mr. Keyes wears riding breeches. Wayne W. Keyes was an attorney in Tacoma at this time.

Dwellings--Lakewood--1940-1950; Trees--Lakewood--1940-1950; Lawns--Lakewood--1940-1950; Gardens--Lakewood--1940-1950; Keyes, Wayne W.; Keyes, Bernice; Dogs--Lakewood--1940-1950; Keyes Mansion (Lakewood);

Home of Dora B. (Mrs. Percy C.) Smith, Times Society, Mrs. MacDonald. A group of society women gather outside Mrs. Smith's large, two-storied home. The porch has large columns with a balcony over the porch. The exterior of the house is clapboards painted white. The group met to define organization plans for the newly formed auxiliary to the Dixie Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The president of Dixie, Mrs. Edwin Keyes, appointed officers. L-R, seated: Mrs. Richard L. Smith, Vice Chairman; Mrs. Richmond Higy, Chairman; Frances M. (Mrs. Charles Q.) Jackson, Treasurer; standing: Louise M. (Mrs. George C.) Roberts, Secretary, the next three are unnamed, Sarah E. (Mrs. Alfred) Gruetter, Corresponding Secretary (third from right) and the last two are unnamed. (T.Times, 7/26/1947, p.10)

Dwellings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Roberts, Louise M.; Gruetter, Sarah E.; Jackson, Frances M.; United Daughters of the Confederacy (Tacoma); Smith, Dora B.--Homes & haunts;

Use of plywood at Whitman School for Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Workmen rolling felt over plywood roof. Neighborhood houses in background.

Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Whitman Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plywood;

There were very few homes on Tacoma's west side until after the Second World War. Westmoreland Terrace, near North 30th and Orchard Streets, was a small housing development. View of entrance show the presence of several similar styled homes with a model home for prospective homeowners to inspect. This photograph was taken just prior to the grand opening of the new subdivision in August, 1951. Roads were crushed rock ballast; they were to be graveled shortly. A sidewalk and nearby landscaped lawn end abruptly across the street from the finished homes. (TNT 8-10-51, p. 8)

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Housing developments--Tacoma; Roads--Tacoma;

An example of plywood siding is found on a duplex located at 2512 North McCarver. Newly constructed in 1950, the duplex is a one-story, side-by-side structure with a chimney for each unit and situated on a nicely landscaped lot. There is a television antenna on at least one side of the duplex. Photograph commissioned by Tom Sias, Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Television antennas; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Retired sergeant E. Gunderson hands a potted plant to his wife outside their home at the Monte Vista Trailer Park on October 25, 1951. A white picket fence surrounds the Gunderson home and the trailer rests on a cement pad. A patio is covered by a large awning which provides shade along the side of the trailer. There appears to be a small fuel tank in the backyard. The Monte Vista Trailer Park was located at 8328 South Tacoma Way just across the street from the Star-Lite Theater. Photograph ordered by Trailer Life, Los Angeles. TPL-7187

Trailers--Lakewood--1950-1960; Mobile home living--Lakewood; Gunderson, E.--Homes & haunts; Gunderson, E.--Family; Fences; Trailer Life (Los Angeles);

Mrs. H.E. Sears deftly handles cooking duties in her trailer home at the Monte Vista Court. Mrs. Sears is the wife of T. Sgt. H.E. Sears. The kitchen appears compact but is arranged to have space for a walled-in Frigidaire refrigerator, Dixie stove, and large sink. There is storage space next to the refrigerator and around the stove and sink. Photograph taken on October 25, 1951; ordered by Trailer Life, Los Angeles.

Trailers--Lakewood--1950-1960; Mobile home living--Lakewood; Kitchens--Lakewood--1950-1960; Cookery--Lakewood; Sears, H.E.--Family; Sears, H.E.--Homes & haunts; Trailer Life (Los Angeles);