A Vietnamese refugee holds her belongings following an 11-hour flight from Hong Kong

Back of Photo:
(Top) Larry Snider
(Lower) Andy Wright

Back of Photo:
Ernest Heard, 26, of Tacoma and his Two-year-old daughter Melanie wait in line to get government help. Ernest has been looking for a job actively, but has been unable to get one that can help him provide for his family of six.
Photo by Susie Post

Back of Photo: Roosevelt Elementary

Back of photo: School, Roosevelt Elementary
Trees celebrate

Back of photo: Roosevelt Elem. Annex Demolition

Roosevelt Annex, which was used as a gymnasium and multi-purpose room, was demolished after being condemned due to safety concerns. A $100,000 playground took its place.

Firemen Wally Johnson, of the Milwaukee Road, poses with the grateful woman that he rescued. Johnson scooped her up off the track, saving her life. The pair pose standing in front of a train. Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railways had made Tacoma its chief manufacturing point in the west. They had 300 acres with an extensive work shop and terminals, located near the tideflats. They offered transcontinental service and daily departures to Chicago.

Railroad employees; Aged persons--Tacoma; Railroad locomotives--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma);

Bellarmine boys and Father Lynch. Bellarmine High School was built under the direction of Father David P. McAstocker, pastor of St. Leo's. It began as a boy's school operated by the Jesuit Fathers. Bellarmine was dedicated in September 1928. View of Bellarmine students listening to Father Lynch read.

Reading--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; Priests--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma);

Frankie Hansler killed six cougars in Eatonville, Washington. Hansler is a predator hunter and got his first two cougars after they had killed a young buck deer. View of Hansler with five of the six cougars and their victim. The cougars will be on display at Washington hardware. Photo ordered by Washington Hardware (T. Times, 3/18/46, p. 9).

Rifles; Puma hunting; Deer; Hansler, Frank; Dead animals; Hunting trophies; Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma);

Kapowsin Road requested by Central Labor Council. Water stands on either side of this rural road through a wooded area. Three automobiles are on the road, one moving away, two coming towards the camera.

Roads--Kapowsin; Kapowsin Road (Kapowsin); Forests--Kapowsin; Automobiles--Kapowsin--1940-1950;

Annie Wright Seminary was in the middle of their 61st school year. Annie Wright was predominantly a school for girls, but a few boys were allowed at the elementary school level. View of school children wearing uniforms while sitting in their classroom.

School children--Tacoma; Private schools--Tacoma; Classrooms--Tacoma; Uniforms; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Annie Wright Seminary was given full support from "Friends of Annie Wright School", who were determined beyond question to free the institution from debt. View of school children wearing uniforms for their group picture.

School children--Tacoma; Uniforms; Group portraits; Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Two unidentified soldiers clean their rifles and polish their boots, as a barracks cat watches intently. Tacoma observed its first peace-time Army Day in five years on Saturday April 6, 1946. A cold, southwesterly wind failed to keep thousands from flocking downtown to watch soldiers, veterans, Wacs, state guardsmen and military equipment pass in review. An open house at McChord Field attacted thousands to the air force base to inspect all kinds of military planes and weapons. TPL-6691

Soldiers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Barracks--Tacoma; Rifles; McChord Field (Tacoma); Armed Forces Day;

Town of Steilacoom truck in front of Town Hall. The Steilacoom Town Hall was dedicated in 1930. The white clapboard, two-story building has an arched window behind a balcony over the front entryway. Pilasters decorate both corners of the main structure. One-story additions abut both sides of the main building and have balconies around the roof and pediments over doors into those portions of the building. The Ford truck and driver sit on the street, ready for work. TPL-8692

Steilacoom Town Hall (Steilacoom); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; City & town halls;

Jason Lee Glee Group were invited to perform for the Knights Templar Ivanhoe Commandery No. 4 at their 7th annual Easter Observance. The service was at the Temple Theatre. The choir is made up of 90 students and is directed by Winifred Knox.

Students--Tacoma; Choirs (Music); Religious services--Tacoma; Easter--Tacoma;

Tech-Craft Plastics, Inc. Plastic table. Clear plastic was used to create the top and the two lyre-shaped supports. The base is made of dark, opaque plastic and shaped much like wood. By August 1946 Tech-Craft was producing 400 end, lamp and coffee tables of their own design per month for distribution in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and California. (T.Times, 8/14/1946, p.5)

Tech-Craft Plastics, Inc. (Tacoma);Plastics industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plastics; Tables; Design;

Tech-Craft Plastics, Inc. Plastic and plywood table with three legs. The designers of this table have used the quality of plastic to take a shape and hold it to create a piece of furniture that departs from the traditional in a beautiful way.

Tech-Craft Plastics, Inc. (Tacoma);Plastics industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plastics; Tables; Design;

Telenews Theatre marquee, "Garden of Allah" staring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer. The popcorn sales girl stands by her booth which is outside next to the ticket booth. Offices of Personal Loans are above the theater entrance. TPL-2536.

Telenews Theatre (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950; Theatrical posters;

Five men are working on a truck cab in a large garage. The truck has a "fifth wheel" towing mechanism directly behind the cab. Tools and truck parts lie on the floor and table along with cables, hoses and pieces of lumber. Out the garage door can be seen an auto supply store and used car lot.

Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Garages--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Annie Wright Seminary was a college preparatory school for girls. Miss Ruth Jenkins was the headmistress of the school. View of students in the library having their class picture taken.

Uniforms; Students--Tacoma; Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Barry Frocks, women's clothier. Night view of store with lighted neon sign and display windows. Mannequins sport the most recent fashions in the display windows; coats, hats, suits and dresses. Floral bouquets fill the area just inside the front entry. TPL-2520

Clothing stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Barry Frocks (Tacoma); Mannequins; Window displays; Dresses; Coats;

Interior of Frost and Margaret Snyder's home. The sitting room includes an oriental rug, wallcovering and draperies along with chairs, tables, divan and a fireplace. The mantel is decorated for the holidays and a Christmas tree comes into view of the right hand side.

Dwellings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Parlors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Interior decoration; Snyder, Frost--Homes & haunts;

Pacific Iron and Steel Works, Joseph E. Lansburg, 1602 Canal St. (now Portland Ave.) Manufacturing plant interior. Wheels connected to each other lie on a track to facilitate movement of materials throughout the machine shop.

Machine shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Foundries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Iron & Steel Works (Tacoma);

Rhodes Brothers Department Store's window display featuring "Palm Beach Story by Sacony" fashions, exclusively available at Rhodes' ladies fashion department. Mannequins are wearing chic two piece suits, part of the Palm Beach collection, palm tree in background surrounded by sand; fashions are ideal for the modern women of the 1940's.

Mannequins; Window displays; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma);

Ivanhoe Commandery No. 4 was the local chapter of the Knights Templar of Washington. View of Ivanhoe club members gathered together for their April, 1946, meeting at the Masonic Temple. Man in front row, second from left is wearing the grand commander cloak, cap and sash.

Men--Clubs--Tacoma; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ivanhoe Commandery No. 4, Knights Templar (Tacoma);

Sherwin-Williams Paint and Interior Decorating Store, interior view, as photographed in February of 1946.

Sherwin-Williams Paint Co. (Tacoma); Paints & varnishes; Paint industry--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950;

West Coast Grocery is planning to house their new home offices, the entire operations of the firm and West Coast Fur Sales, Inc. in this new $400,000 building. The building will be 640 feet long, 240 feet wide, and have 135,000 square feet all on one floor. Architect's drawing of West Coast Grocery building (T. Times, 3/1/46, p. 9).

Architectural drawings; West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma); Storehouses--Tacoma;

This photograph, which dates from around 1890, was reproduced by Richards Studio in March of 1946 under the direction of Ernest G. Heinrich, the owner of Heinrich Locker & Ice Co. It is a view of a man with two boys, wearing hats, sitting by railroad tracks. Ernest Heinrich is the boy seated on the lap of Bill Plummer. Mr. Plummer was the bridge watchman for the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Bridge across the St. Croix River in Rushseba Minnesota, Chisago County. The other boy is unidentified. The trio are at the ferry landing. TPL-3566

Railroad tracks; Children & adults; Smokestacks; Heinrich, Ernest G.--Family;

College of Puget Sound's Campus Playcrafters performed Thorton Wilder's "Skin of Our Teeth" as their spring production. The play depicts man's survival through the ice age, deluge and war. The play starred: Irene Fearn, Troy Strong, Helen Strong, Shirley Milstead and William O'Connell. View of the cast of characters with Atlantic City Boardwalk scenery.

Actors--Tacoma; Stage props; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Costumes; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;