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;

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);

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);

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;

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;

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);

Two-year-old Ricky Sears wears his father's hat in this photograph taken for Trailer Life magazine on October 25, 1951. T. Sgt. H.E. Sears and his family lived in a trailer at Monte Vista Court, 8328 South Tacoma Way, Lakewood. The Monte Vista Court trailer park was just across the street from the Star-Lite Theater.

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

Vista Manor Apartments, Gaston Lance, Architect. General view of 17 story reinforced concrete apartment building with cloverleaf floor plan.

Buildings - Residencial Buildings - Apartment Buildings - Tacoma - Vista Manor Apartments

Exposure of completed Grosvenor House Apartments in Seattle. This daylight photograph was taken on September 16, 1951, and shows the newly completed Grosvenor House Apartment complex on Wall Street. The modern multi-story apartment house had amenities such as garage parking for tenants, a fancy grocery store, barbershop, and florist on the ground floor. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation, San Francisco. TPL-9801

Grosvenor House Apartments (Seattle); Apartment houses--Seattle; Construction--Seattle;

One of several one story houses located on South 112th Street. Nicely landscaped yard and diagonal walkway. House in foreground has one-car garage. Photograph taken on September 20, 1951.

Houses--1950-1960;

House constructed of concrete blocks on bottom and siding on peak. Garage on left facing another street. Photograph taken on October 29, 1951.

Houses--1950-1960;

View of Mountbrook Manor rambler. A new subdivision, Mountbrook Manor, consisted of one-story ramblers on wooded lots. The homes came equipped with attached one-car garages, fireplaces, and in some cases, brick siding on portions of the houses. Angled view of new rambler with octagonal window. Photograph commissioned by Lakewood Realty.

Houses--1950-1960; Lakewood Realty (Lakewood);

A low rock wall, including rock steps, surrounds a rambler style home in an October, 1951, photograph. The house appears to be made of wood and block construction and has a one-car garage. The yard is landscaped using small plants and shrubs. Photograph ordered by Phares Advertising Agency, Seattle.

Houses--1950-1960; Stone walls; Phares Advertising Agency (Seattle);

Ostruske-Murphy Inc. were general contractors located at 2907 A Street. According to the 1953 City Directory, William H. Ostruske was listed as president of the firm and Donald B. Murphy as secretary-treasurer. In the early 1950's, they built several houses on South Melrose, including the Edwin G. Haines residence. 2306 South Melrose was a one-story bungalow with low pitched roof and attached one-car garage. It had a small porch at the front entrance.

Ostruske-Murphy, Inc. (Tacoma); Haines, Edwin G.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Wollander Far West Homes at Mountlake Terrace. A row of one-story houses in the Mountlake Terrace housing development built of cement block and pictured in December of 1950. The sign along the road reads, "Dura-Plex, Three Bedrooms, Recreation Room, Double Plumbing, $8,999."

Houses--Mountlake Terrace; Real estate business--Mountlake Terrace; Neighborhoods--Mountlake Terrace; Wollander Farwest Homes (Tacoma); Housing developments--Mountlake Terrace;

Exposure of the completed Grosvenor Apartments in Seattle. Photograph for Bethlehem Steel taken on January 24, 1951.

Grosvenor House Apartments (Seattle); Construction--Seattle; Apartment houses--Seattle; Progress photographs--1950-1960;

This house at the corner of North 27th and Tyler was built in 1907 not as a private residence but as a grocery store. From 1908 through 1918 it was the Andrew Larson Grocery. In 1919 the store was taken over by Boe Pederson. Shortly after that, Mr. Pederson opened a grocery at 313 So. 9th. He remodeled his store at 4202 No. 27th into a single family home. This photograph was taken in February of 1951. TPL-9485

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Arbors (Bowers)--Tacoma;

Exterior view of one story unit. It is unclear whether this is the front or back entrance to the residence. Style is contemporary with slightly sloping roofline. Light colored masonry to the side of the door may be an outdoor barbecue. There is apparently a basement as small windows can barely be seen ground level.

Houses--1950-1960;