The Esther Williams Girls are in Tacoma for publicity arranged by Ernie Grindley, advertising manager for the Washington Sports Shop. The bathing beauties also showcased foreign automobiles at the new showroom of Tom Carstens' Imported Motors, dealer for the Austin-Healey, MG. Jaguar, Porsche, and Morris 1000. Leaning against the sports car is believed to be Joel Hayes, Esther Williams executive. (TNT 8/2/1959, pg. A-10)

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma; Sports cars--English; Imported Motor Cars, Inc. (Tacoma); Publicity; Bathing beauties; Esther Williams Girls;

Esther Williams Girl and driver in front of Washington Sports Shop. Automobile is an Austin-Healey.

Automobiles - Foreign and Sports Cars Business Enterprises - Sporting Goods - Tacoma - Washington Sports Shop Publicity - Personal Appearences

Julia and Annie on their 90th birthday, ordered by Mrs. George Boldt. Photographs taken at the home of Mrs. Harold Baird, 7112 Interlaaken Dr. S.W., during the 90th birthday celebration for Mrs. Thomas Baird (left) and Mrs. Julia R. Newman (right.) Both women are citizens of Spokane and are related through the marriage of their son and daughter. Mrs. Baird, born July 29, 1869 in Salmon Creek, New Brunswick, Canada, is the mother of Harold Baird and Mrs. George Boldt. Mrs. Newman, born August 2nd, 1869 in Burkesville, Ky, is the mother of Mrs. Harold Baird, the former Helen Newman. (TNT 8/2/1959)

Baird, Annie; Newman, Julia; Birthday parties--1950-1960;

Progress photos at the Orell residence, ordered by National Lumber Manufacturing. A workman is installing windows at the new home of Bernard and Helen Orell. Sixteen smaller panes of glass are being installed as a single unit. The windows surround an area on two sides, perhaps a fifties version of a sun room.

Construction--Lakewood--1950-1960; Carpentry; Orell, Bernard--Homes & haunts; Houses--Lakewood--1950-1960;

E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co; company officials at the fifty year anniversary celebration for the DuPont Wa. plant. The man on the right shaking hands is A.H. Mellott, who was being promoted from assistant to plant manager. Standing behind the two men shaking hands is G.W. Collins, who would be retiring as plant manager after 42 years with the duPont company. The man standing to the immediate right of Mr. Collins has been identified as Bob Lunn. The company had been making explosives at this location since 1909. It currently employed 172 people with a payroll of over $1,000,000. All employees, retirees and family members were invited to the Open House celebration with informal ceremonies in the morning, a noon luncheon buffet and a tour of the plant in the afternoon. (TNT 8/20/1959, pg. C-11, 8/30/1959, pg B-3))

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Dupont)--People; Anniversaries--Dupont--1950-1960; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Dupont)--Commemoration; Mellott, A.H.; Collins, G.W.;

Photograph ordered by United Press of NYC, commercial Division. Photograph for the Standard Brands house publication, story to be provided by the Sumner plant of Fleischmann's yeast.

Fleischmann's Yeast (Sumner); Standard Brands, Inc. (Sumner);

Photograph ordered by the Circle Cabaret at 1326 Pacific of drummer Bill Graham. From his western attire, Graham appears to be part of a country and western band. The Circle Cabaret is listed in the City Directory as a tavern owned by Joseph Arnold. The other musicians listed in this ensemble were Rollie Webber, vocalist, Delbert Willard, guitar, and Everett Berkhard, steel guitar.

Graham, Bill; Music ensembles--Tacoma--1950-1960; Musicians--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1959. Logging on the Olympic Peninsula, ordered by Malcolm McGhie for Rayonier Inc. A faller completes the undercut on a large cedar tree in the Crane Creek logging area. In Washington during the late 50's, Rayonier would cut and haul more than 240 million board feet of logs a year. TPL-9431

Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor);

The Peerless Laundry uniformed delivery man could bring your laundry directly to your door; photograph ordered by International Harvester. The laundry man is using an International Harvester "metro mite" walk in delivery truck on his rounds. In the fifties, more companies made home deliveries and customer service was a company priority. The Peerless Laundry was located at 2912 So. 12th St. and is still in operation in 2002.

Peerless Laundry (Tacoma); Cleaning establishments--Tacoma; Trucks--1950-1960; International Harvester Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1959. Exposure of Reichhold Chemical. Reichhold occupied 51 acres on the Tideflats and manufactured chemicals used by the plywood industry. The plant opened in 1956.

Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Summer scenes from the Alderbrook Inn on Hood Canal. Cabins lie close to the water, beckoning Northwesterners to beat the unfamiliar heat. A Buick convertible is parked in the foreground of the picture. A group of young women huddle together is a circle, wearing swimsuits and laughing and talking. A swingset at the side of the water and comfortable chairs call to the young matrons and their children. Photograph was taken looking towards the water from the lawn in the center of the cabins at Alderbrook Inn, between the two foot bridges that crossed the creek. Photograph ordered by Wesley Johnson.

Summer--1950-1960; Waterfronts; Alderbrook Inn (Hood Canal);

Logging on the Olympic Peninsula, ordered by Malcolm McGhie for Rayonier. In Washington during the late fifties, Rayonier Inc and its logging contractors would cut and haul more than 240,000,000 board feet of logs a year. Here logs are being moved from a logging truck to a railway car where they will be shipped to the company's mill over their own logging railway. A large wood frame holds a series of steel cord and grapplers that lift the logs, they then are moved by pulleys to the area over the railroad car and loaded. (Rayonier Annual Report for 1959)

Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1950-1960; Trees; Railroad cars--Grays Harbor; Logs; Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor);

Long shot down Broadway, from Division Ave. So., showing Stadium Way (nearest the water) and Commencement Bay. Photograph taken to show the buildings on Broadway that will be demolished to build Belmont Terrace at 27 Broadway. The homes demolished included an 1880's showplace home, the former Yorktheimer estate at 27 Broadway.

Residential streets--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Copy of a customers print, for the Gold Seal Chinchilla Enterprises. The picture is of a small early helicopter. The name on the side of the copter in script is "Umbaugh." The roof top propeller has 3 blades.

Business enterprises--Tacoma; Gold Seal Chinchilla Enterprises (Tacoma); Helicopters--Tacoma--1950-1960;

This photograph of Dr. Douglas Buttorff's fishing cabin at Arletta, near Gig Harbor, was taken in September of 1959 for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. It was used in an advertisement in the March 26, 1960 Saturday Evening Post. The cabin is composed of two living areas separated by a open air dining or seating area. The chimney indicates that it probably had a woodstove. Dr. Buttorff's medical office was at 1212 So. 11th in Tacoma; he and his wife, Nancy, lived at 3705 No. Washington.

Buttorff, Douglas--Homes & haunts; Cabins--Arletta--1950-1960;

The former Yorktheimer residence, 27 Broadway, taken from Stadium Way; the rear entrance to the home. The ornate home was built in 1887 in the florid style of the eighties. The home was occupied by the Cardin and Chambers families. In 1910, it served as the home of the Gatlin Institute and its alcoholism cure. The home was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yorktheimer in 1918. The family, consisting of the mother, father and four daughters, moved in on Armistice Day. The 16 room house had an elaborate interior with a massive staircase of hardwood, huge paneled wooden doors and intricately carved wooden lacework. One of the daughters, Miss Blanche Yorktheimer, still resided in the house until 1959. The home was bought by a trio of investors and demolished in 1959 to make way for the 12 story, 108 unit apartment building, Belmont Terrace. (TNT 8/30/1959, pg. 1) TPL-9850

Houses--Tacoma--1880-1890;

Lundberg Concrete Pipe Co. Lundberg was a family owned business with Oscar Lundberg as president. They had a large plant on Center St. near Allenmore Golf course. They manufactured pipe and used the surrounding hillsides as storage.

Lundberg Concrete Pipe Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Pipes (Conduits)--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Five "metro mite" walk in delivery trucks built by International Harvester and their drivers were lined up in front of the Peerless Laundry at 2912 South 12th Street for a group portrait in August of 1959. Peerless, which was founded by Edward V. Hudson in the 1930s, performed dry cleaning, as well as personal and commercial laundry service. With their fleet of trucks, they did both pick up and deliveries to businesses and residences. This building was destroyed by fire in December, 1974. A new building was built in 1975; it also was destroyed by fire in 1988. Rebuilt yet again, Peerless Laundry is still on South 12th. TPL-9818

Peerless Laundry (Tacoma); Cleaning establishments--Tacoma; Trucks--1950-1960; International Harvester Co. (Tacoma);

The Washington Co-op farm supply display. On display are items such as milking machines and equipment, egg incubators, tires and freezers. The room is crowded with things that are needed on a family farm.

Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma); Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960; Agricultural industries;

Interior of the Washington Coop warehouse. The forklift driver to the right pauses in his movement of boxes to discuss things with a man with a clipboard. The man to the left of the picture is using a manually operated fork lift.

Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma); Warehouses--1950-1960; Hoisting machinery;

Interior of the warehouse at Western Drug Supply at 3908 6th Ave. A roller conveyor belt circles around a Series 50 IBM model that appears to be printing orders. The orders go into the cardboard boxes and on down the belt to be filled. Many potted plants and flowers with cards attached have been sent to celebrate the warehouse's grand opening. This warehouse is the fifth in the firm's chain. Other distribution centers are located in Seattle, Spokane, Eugene and Sacramento. The warehouse supplies drugs to pharmacies. This location will serve Tacoma, Bremerton and all of southwest Washington. (TNT 8/5/1959, pg C-16, 9/27/1959, pg. B-5)

Western Drug Supply (Tacoma); Pharmaceutical industry--Tacoma; Medicines; Drugstores--Tacoma; Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Business enterprises--Tacoma;

On August 19, 1959, eight co-eds from the Annie Wright Seminary lent a hand in mortaring the new library wing at the school. The girls were, left to right, Margaret Woodhams, athletics; Lib Hewitt, secretary service league; Frances Finnigan, Class VIII president; Peggy Yates, of Puyallup, senior yearbook editor; Caroline Woodhams, secretary treasurer of the student body; Shirley Cartozian, Christmas Carnival; Laurie Grenley, vice president freshman class; and Missy Hyde, Class VII president. This group was part of a larger planned gathering for class and school officers to make plans for the upcoming school year. The new library wing was completed in November of 1959 at at cost of $170,000. It was of Tudor design, with 4,000 square feet of room to house 16,000 volumes and 68 students. The upper floors had bedrooms, storage and bath space. Photograph ordered by AWS for the Tacoma News Tribune. (TNT 8/23/1959, pg. D-3-alternate photograph of students)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Woodhams, Margaret; Hewitt, Lib; Finnigan, Frances; Yates, Peggy; Woodhams, Caroline; Cartozian, Shirley; Grenley, Laurie; Hyde, Missy;

Esther Williams Girl poses on top of a sports car in front of Imported Motors Cars, Inc. The automobile is a Jaguar. Although the bathing beauty is not named; the driver of the Jaguar is Pat Martin, president of Scott-Martin, Inc. Scott-Martin was the Washington distributor of the "Esther Williams Living Pool" that the bathing beauties were in Tacoma to publicize. (TNT 8/2/1959, pg. A-10)

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma; Sports cars--English; Imported Motor Cars, Inc. (Tacoma); Publicity; Bathing beauties; Esther Williams Girls; Martin, Pat;

Julia and Annie on their 90th birthday posing with their families, ordered by Mrs. George Boldt. Photographs taken at the home of Mrs. Harold Baird, 7112 Interlaaken Dr. S.W., during the 90th birthday celebration for Mrs. Annie Baird (seated left of the front row) and Mrs. Julia Newman (seated on the right of the first row.) A family party was held to celebrate the 90th birthday for the two women who raised their young families in Montana. Mrs. Baird is the mother of four and has 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Mrs. Newman is the mother of 3 and has 5 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. The two women are related by the marriage of their son and daughter, Harold and Helen Baird. (TNT 8/2/1959)

Baird, Annie; Newman, Julia; Birthday parties--1950-1960;

Post #202 Legion Studs baseball team at Cheney Field. The team is flanked by their manager and their coach. Posed in the front row with the team are three small bat boys. The 202 Legion Studs played in the American Legion Jr. Baseball League, finishing the regular season 11-3. They were one of the teams in a four way tie for area champion. A double elimination tournament was held to decide the winner; the Studs were the first team eliminated in the tourney which was won by the Stadium-Bellarmine 138 team. The Studs placed second in the 4th of July tourney in Longview, defeated by Centralia. (TNT 7/6/1959, pg. 17; 7/28/1959, pg. 18)

Baseball players--Tacoma--1950-1960; Baseball--Tacoma--1950-1960; American Legion Tacoma Post No. 202 (Tacoma)--Baseball players;

Photograph ordered by the Circle Cabaret at 1326 Pacific of steel guitarist Everett Berkhard. From his western attire, Berkhard appears to be part of a country and western band. The Circle Cabaret is listed in the City Directory as a tavern owned by Joseph Arnold. The other musicians listed in this ensemble were Rollie Webber, vocalist, Delbert Willard, guitar, and Bill Graham, drums.

Berkhard, Everett; Music ensembles--Tacoma--1950-1960; Musicians--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Test photos of Dr. Douglas Buttorff's fishing cabin at Arletta, near Gig Harbor; ordered by the Condon Co. The cabin is composed of two living areas separated by a open air dining or seating area. The chimney indicates that it has a woodstove. The cabin appears to be partially built on the beach right next to the water. Dr. Buttorff had his medical office at 1212 So. 11th and resided at 3705 No. Washington. His wife's name was Nancy.

Buttorff, Douglas--Homes & haunts; Cabins--Arletta--1950-1960;

Panoramic views of the Narrows Bridge fill this window frame of a house under construction. Possible locations, listed in Richards' records, are 1720 No. Cascade or 3623 So. Whitmann in Skyline Terrace, contractor R.H. Johnson.

Construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.; speaker at the fifty year anniversary celebration for the DuPont Wa. plant. The speakers for the ceremony included R. E. Lunn, production manager from Wilmington Delaware, and S.M. Strohecker Jr., sales office manager from Seattle. The company was marking its 50th year in the area making explosives. Over a billion pounds of explosives had been produced at this location since 1909 according to plant manager G.W. Collins. The explosives had been used to create roads and dams, such as the Grand Coulee. The all day celebration featured an open house from 10-2 with informal ceremonies in the morning, a noon luncheon of ham and fish under a circus tent and a tour of the plant in the afternoon. The plant would be shut down and the "powder train," ordinarily used to transport materials, would tour visitors past the storage location of hazardous materials. This was the first time this area had been unveiled to a mass audience. All matches, cigarettes and lighters were confiscated on entrance to the plant. (TNT 8/20/1959, pg. C-11; 8/30/1959, pg. B-3)

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Dupont)--People; Anniversaries--Dupont--1950-1960; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Dupont)--Commemoration;

Family amateur photographers, armed with an assortment of both still and home movie cameras, captured the July 1959 reunion of the R.H. Horne family. The reunion was the first for their family in 22 years. Seated in front are Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Horne and standing behind them are their six children: (l to r) Dagny Ronning, John Horne, Evelyn Newkirk, Isabel Alford, Glenn Horne and Martha Conner. Family members have come to the Horne home from New Jersey, California and Oregon. The 1960 City Directory lists a Ragwald H. and Vina Horne at 9519 E."G." A dinner was held at the All Saints Episcopal Church for the extended family and an Open House was held at the parish hall on Sunday, attended by over 100 guests. (TNT 7/21/1959, pg. 12)

Horne, Ragwald--Family; Horne, Ragwald--Homes & haunts; Reunions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Homecomings--Tacoma--1950-1960;