ca. 1968. Copy ordered from customer's negative. Color photograph of Lindal Cedar Homes' A-frame model home. Using sturdy, pest-resistant cedar, this home was pre-cut and easily reassembled on the buyer's lot. Photograph ordered by Lindal Cedar Homes in March, 1968.

Model houses; Houses--1960-1970; Lindal Cedar Homes;

ca. 1968. Copy ordered from customer's negative in March, 1968. View of kitchen/dining area of a Lindal Cedar Home. The abundant use of cedar is apparent in this view of a model home's kitchen and dining area. Open beam ceilings give a feeling of spaciousness and the knotted wall panels accentuate the Southwestern/Western appeal of this Lindal home. Flooring appears to be earth-toned tile. Black round table, leather chairs, and rugged bar stools provide a contrast to modern kitchen. Color photograph ordered by Lindal Cedar Homes.

Model houses; Kitchens--1960-1970; Lindal Cedar Homes;

Copy of customer copy. Aerial view of SR410, Puyallup to Sumner, with major state routes and roads clearly marked, ca. January, 1968. Visible are SR 161, 512, 167 and 410. Photograph ordered by Ward Smith, Inc., on February 20, 1968.

Aerial photographs; Express highways--Wash.;

Copy of customer's print. Photograph by air of SR 512 in Puyallup dated December, 1967. Major streets in Puyallup including 10th St. SE, Main Ave., Pioneer and Milwaukee, are clearly labeled as well as SR410 and directions to neighboring cities of Tacoma, Sumner and Parkland. The proposed Puyallup Valley freeway's effect on Puyallup is shown in the above mockup by the State Department of Highways. The system should be operable by late 1970. It was expected to cost $16 million dollars. Photograph ordered by Ward Smith, Inc., on February 20, 1968. (TNT 3-26-68, p. 8)

Aerial photographs; Express highways--Wash.;

ca. 1968. Copy of customer's print, ordered on March 26, 1968. View of Lindal Cedar Homes, 9004 So. 19th St. These were the executive offices of Lindal Cedar Homes, Loxide Division. Plant is believed to be in large second building immediately to the rear. Lindal Cedar Homes designed and shipped packaged homes nationwide, including Hawaii, where the cedar-built homes were popular due to its pest-resistant qualities.

Lindal Cedar Homes (Tacoma);

Celebrities in town for the grand opening of the Tacoma Mall Theater pose at the Lakewood Motor Inn. Left to right: John Russell, Arthur O'Connell, Tippi Hedren, Jody McCrea. John Russell was the star of television's The Lawman. Arthur O'Connell and Tippi Hedren were well-known Hollywood actors. Jody McCrea, the son of actor Joel McCrea, first started out in a string of westerns; he later became a staple in the American International beach party movies. Troy Donahue and Diane McBain would also join this group for the Tacoma Mall Theater opening. The actors were staying overnight at the Lakewood Motor Inn. ALBUM 5.

Actors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Russell, John; O'Connell, Arthur; McCrea, Jody; Hedren, Tippi; Actresses; Celebrity touring;

1968 Richards stock footage. Colorful aerial view of downtown Tacoma business district and 11th St. Bridge crossing the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway, taken on February 13, 1968. Stradling 11th St. near the bridge are the Tacoma Bldg. and Perkins Bldg. To the right is the Art-Deco styled Medical Arts Bldg., 747 Market St. County-City Building, near 11th & Tacoma Ave. So., is center-left. Woods are part of Wright Park.

Aerial views; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Tacoma Building (Tacoma); Perkins Building (Tacoma); Medical Arts Building (Tacoma); County-City Building (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Wright Park (Tacoma);

Closer view of the downtown business district as seen by air on September 4, 1968. Facing Pacific Ave. is the Puget Sound National Bank Bldg. with its familiar spire. The empty lot across it would soon be home to a 300+-spot parking lot. Behind the bank is the Federal Building (1102 A Street) where the federal courts were located (until 1992) and the Main branch of the U.S. Postal Service. The Rust Building (950 Pacific) and the 17-story Washington Building (1019 Pacific) are less than a block away. In the far background, near top of the photograph, are the County-City Building (930 Tacoma Ave. So.) and Central School (601 So. 8th St.)

Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Business districts--Tacoma--1960-1970; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Washington Building (Tacoma); Federal Building (Tacoma); County-City Building (Tacoma); Central School (Tacoma);

1968 Richards stock aerial footage. The downtown area was still considered the city's center of commercial business. Major banks and stores were in close proximity to the industrial Tideflats with easy access via the 11th Street Bridge. This September, 1968, view shows several easily identifiable landmarks: the U-shaped with tower Central School, the winged-shaped County-City Building, and Tacoma Public Library all on Tacoma Ave. approximately in the center of the photograph. The Art-Deco Medical Arts Building on 7th & Market is on left center. Puget Sound National Bank's unique spire is at 11th & Pacific, relatively close to the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway.

Aerial views; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Central School (Tacoma); County-City Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Medical Arts Building (Tacoma); Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma);

1968 Richards aerial stock footage. Stadium High School, portion of Stadium Bowl. Stadium High School, which is currently undergoing extensive remodeling in 2005, resembles a French chateau. It has a magnificent view of Commencement Bay. Built but never completed as a hotel, it converted to a high school in 1905. A small portion of Stadium Bowl, including rows of bleachers, is visible lower left corner. Originally the bowl had a seating capacity of nearly 24,000; however, after numerous mudslides, it has a reduced modern capacity of 15,000. TPL-10144

Aerial views; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1960-1970; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

A newly crowned Kai Wonderly reigns as the 1968 May Day Queen on the campus of Annie Wright Seminary. Kai is a senior and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wonderly of Tacoma. Dressed in traditional white gown with long, flowing train, she is seated on a flower-bedecked throne holding her scepter and a bouquet of colorful daisies. A jeweled crown rests upon her light brown hair. Color photograph ordered by Annie Wright Seminary.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Private schools--Tacoma; May Day; Festivals--Tacoma--1960-1970; Wonderly, Kai; Students--Tacoma--1960-1970; Crowns;

Architectural model of new high school. A new high school in the University Place school district was planned to accommodate the growing student population. Architect Robert Billsbrough Price and his firm had created a model of the George R. Curtis Senior High School which included a campus-style school surrounded by trees, lighted football field and adequate parking. The school, for grades 10-12, would be eventually built about 1971 at 8425 - 40th St. W. Photograph ordered by Robert Billsbrough Price.

Architectural models;

Four little girls at the O.D.I. summer camp gingerly feed a fawn during their one-week stay at Camp Murray in June of 1968. The children were able to participate in daily outdoor activities as well as indoor entertainment. For many children, this was the first time they had taken part in summer camp. Government officials permitted the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc., to hold a free summer camp at the National Guard facility for 3000 Tacoma-area children. (TNT 7-28-68, insert)

Camps--Camp Murray; Baby animals; Children--Camp Murray;

Governor Dan Evans had recently announced that Camp Murray would be made available for a free 12-week summer camp for Tacoma-area children ages 7-21 during the summer of 1968. The camp would be run by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. On April 27, 1968, several children and adults checked out the facilities at the National Guard camp. Photograph ordered by Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc.

Camps--Camp Murray; Camp Murray (Wash.);

Summer youth program. The free summer camp program at Camp Murray was not the only summer youth activity administered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. in 1968. There was also an O.D.I. program under the direction of TACT (Tacoma Area Child Tutoring) held at the Charles Wright Academy where buses leaving daily from the Hilltop Youth Center would drop kids off for all-day games and activities. Here one summer camper displays for her peers a nature drawing while a counselor wearing a Charles Wright Tarriers jacket looks on. (TNT 7-29-68, p. 12)

Camps--University Place; Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (Tacoma);

Alice Carter at her retirement luncheon. Mrs. Alice Carter was honored for her years of service with United Pacific Insurance Co. with a luncheon held on October 15, 1968, at Johnny's at the Mall restaurant. The two men with Mrs. Carter were not identified. Photograph ordered by United Pacific Insurance Co.

Carter, Alice; Retirements--Tacoma;

Interior of new chapel. The interior of the new "Chapel on the Hill" focuses on its high wooden open-beam ceilings and enormous arches. The overall view is one of simplicity with no elaborate altars or stained glass windows. Color photograph ordered by Woodlawn Funeral Home, Bremerton.

Chapels--Bremerton; Pews--Bremerton; Woodlawn Funeral Home (Bremerton);

B&W portrait of Tacoma banker Goodwin Chase. Mr. Chase was the president and Chairman of the Board of the (National) Bank of Washington, headquartered at 1123 Pacific Ave. He was photographed in his office on August 16, 1968. Photograph ordered by the (National) Bank of Washington.

Chase, Goodwin; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Bankers--Tacoma;

An unidentified young couple beams for the camera outside the Lakewood Motor Inn on May 16, 1968. They are dressed in evening wear. The young woman is adorned with jewelry on her hands, ears and wrist and also wears a tiara. Her long gown is topped off by a short fur coat. Even though it is clearly evening, she carries a pair of sunglasses. They are probably going to be participating in the grand opening of the Tacoma Mall Theater; the event attracted many Hollywood stars including Tippi Hedren and Troy Donahue. ALBUM 5.

Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1960-1970; Couples--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Caskets. Woodlawn Funeral Home offered a large selection of finely crafted caskets. Many of the lids are open to display the interiors which are lined with thick, quilt-like material. Soft spot lighting would help to create a soothing atmosphere. Woodlawn had their mortuary and chapel facilities at the same location, 5505 Kitsap Way in Bremerton. Photograph ordered by Woodlawn Funeral Home.

Coffins; Morgues & mortuaries--Bremerton; Woodlawn Funeral Home (Bremerton);

A large placard advertising the coming of Master Charge, the Interbank card, lies across the desk of Maurice Raymond, County Treasurer, on September 25, 1968. Howard O. Scott, Bank of California manager, is pictured standing next to Mr. Raymond. Photograph ordered by Bank of California.

Credit cards; Scott, Howard O.; Raymond, Maurice;

Actor Troy Donahue with a nurse named Mrs. Harden at Madigan Army Hospital during the visit of a group of motion picture actors in Tacoma for the grand opening of the Tacoma Mall Theater. The actors spent time talking to hospital patients, many of whom had recently returned from Vietnam. They extended their visit to meet as many men as possible and had barely enough time for a brief change of clothes before departing for the theater festivities. The group was finally able to dine late in the evening at the Lakewood Terrace where most of the talk concerned their hospital visit and Vietnam. (TNT 5-17-68, p. 1) ALBUM 5.

Donahue, Troy; Actors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Celebrity touring; Nurses--Tacoma;

On the evening of July 2, 1959, the merchants of the Villa Plaza Shopping Center in Lakewood sponsored a fireworks extravaganza. Warm mid summer temperatures brought out a crowd to the enormous parking lot of Villa Plaza to view the show. The shopping center had available parking for 4,000 cars. People stood next to their cars, lay on car hoods, and watched through car windows as the star shells and sky rockets burst overhead. The event opened with thousands of gift certificate laden ping pong balls being dropped from a helicopter to the waiting crowd. The gift certificates represented $6,000 in merchandise being given away by mall stores. The stores stayed open until 9:30p.m. and the fireworks started at 9:45. (TNT 7/1/1959, pg. A-11; 7/2/1959, pg. 12) TPL-6596

Fireworks--1950-1960; Holidays--1950-1960; Fourth of July celebrations; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1950-1960;

Two children play outside on the swingset behind this view home designed by Miller Construction and located in Panorama Park. Large windows cover the rear of the home to take in the inspiring view of the Narrows Bridge. The home appears to be a split level, the address is unknown.

Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A quartet of bathing beauties posed with a Uniflite boat and a trophy in the parking lot of the Villa Plaza shopping center in this photograph from May 1959. The sign on the step platform, that the young women are standing on, advertises the Villa Marina, a department of the Villa Bowl Sports Shop. Two of the women are: second from left, Sherry Lee Holmes, the 20 year old Miss Tacoma; and, to the right of Miss Holmes, possibly Marilyn Ganes, 18 year old Franklin Pierce student and Miss Washington candidate. The Foreman & Clark clothing store at 10315 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW can be seen in the background.

Motorboats--1950-1960; Bathing suits--1950-1960; Bathing beauties; Holmes, Sherry Lee;

Wall to wall windows are the focal point of this house in the Panorama Park addition, designed and built by Miller Construction. The soaring view of the Narrows Bridge almost fills the window space in this June of 1959 photograph.

Windows--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Miller Construction Co. (Tacoma); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma);

Mary Bridge Hospital, possibly a radiology lab. The technician is adjusting an X-ray machine. This was formerly the hydrotherapy room at Mary Bridge. All of the equipment in the hospital was specially designed for its pint sized patients, ranging from birth to age 14. Since its opening in 1955, the hospital had become overcrowded and rooms, such as the playroom, were taken over as wards due to the need for more beds. Here the hydrotherapy room has been converted to a much needed x-ray lab. A massive fund raising drive was underway to support enlargement of Mary Bridge and improvements at Tacoma General.

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1950-1960; Radiography;

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;