In July 1946, as the engine rebuilding demand and production increased, Titus Motor Company had to restructure the engine rebuilding department which became Titus Manufacturing Company. They are now a permanent growing industry in Tacoma. Interior view of engine rebuilding plant; two unidentified mechanics are working on Ford engines.

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma; Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma--1940-1950; Engines; Mechanics (Persons)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Titus Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

In August of 1949 the congregation of the Bethlehem Baptist Church of Tacoma celebrated the 10th anniversary of Reverend Edward Byard Wilson, Pastor. The Bethlehem Baptist Church was dedicated in August 1922; the church building costs were about $10,000. This church is located at South 18th & I Street, in the Hilltop area of Tacoma. On January 7, 1959 the church was virtually destroyed by a fire, and it had to be rebuilt.

Baptist churches--Tacoma; Preaching--Tacoma--1940-1950; Religious services--Tacoma--1940-1950; African American churches--Tacoma; Bethlehem Baptist Church (Tacoma); Wilson, Edward Byard; Clergy--Tacoma;

80th Birthday Party honoring George H. Boldt's mother-in-law, George H. Boldt. A beautiful portrait of a woman on her 80th birthday. She wears a gardenia corsage and a print dress. She is seated in a sun-lit window and a vase filled with flowers has been placed in the table next to her.

Boldt, George H.--Family; Boldt, George H.--Homes & haunts; Portraits; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Aged persons--Tacoma--1940-1950; Birthdays--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Northwest Florists were meeting in Tacoma for their 25th annual convention; Tacoma's Hotel Winthrop was converted into a beautiful garden. The florists would be participating in a salmon derby and visiting a greenhouse at Vashon Island. View of Austin Stover (center), incoming President of the Northwest Florists' association, with other unidentified officers of the Northwest Florists' association (T.N.T., 9/08/49, p. 28).

Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Delegations--Tacoma; Florists--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma); Stover, Austin;

Tacoma Boat Building recently completed diesel tuna clipper, the Yolande-Bertin of Tegucigalpa was designed by Arthur De Fever of San Pedro, California. The Yolande-Bertin was considered a wonderful addition to the impressive Pacific Tuna Clipper Fleet. View of Yolande-Bertin of Tegucigalpa, a diesel tuna clipper out on Tacoma's Commencement Bay (Pacific Fisherman Yearbook, 1950). TPL-9018

Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

The Northwest Florists were holding their 25th annual meeting in Tacoma's Winthrop Hotel. During the annual meeting, the group elects new officers and discusses important issues in the world of flowers and horticulture. The group would be participating in the weekend salmon derby on Commencement Bay. View of Austin Stover (right), incoming President of the Northwest Florists' association, with an unidentified man (T.N.T., 9/08/49, p. 28).

Flowers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Delegations--Tacoma; Florists--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma); Stover, Austin;

31st Anniversary of Nalley's Fine Foods. Mayor Val Fawcett, center, is flanked by company founder Marcus Nalley, right in photo, and company president L. Evert Landon; boxes of Nalley's products on floor (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Landon, L. Evert; Nalley, Marcus; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;

Nalley's Inc., founded by Marcus in 1918, celebrated its 31st anniversary in August of 1949. By then the company, which started by making potato chips, had grown to be a $10,000,000 per year business. Pictured, left to right, are Cecil Walrath, Joe Lehman, Cliff Wold, company founder Marcus Nalley, company president L. Evert Landon and Henry Willis.They are holding various Nalley's products, including: mayonnaise, "Tang" and "Lumber Jack Syrup." (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley, Marcus; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration; Walrath, Cecil; Landon, L. Evert; Willis, Henry; Lehman, Joe; Wold, Cliff;

Mayor C. Val Fawcett commended Nalley's and he stated he knew Marcus Nalley when he was selling his potato chips to housewives from a basket. By 1949 the company employed more than 600 people. View of visitors touring the Nalley Valley facilities; they are seeing a Nalley's employee work with the assembly-line method used in manufacturing the famous potato chips (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Potato chips; Spectators--Tacoma--1940-1950; Assembly-line methods--Tacoma; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;

Studio portrait of Mrs. Harry Hall, Mrs. L.E. Hamm. Nona Hall poses for her portrait wearing a hat with netting over the upper portion of her face, a print dress and pearl earrings and necklace. Her photograph was taken on August 4, 1949.

Hall, Nona; Hall, Harry--Family; Portrait photographs; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Older people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hats--1940-1950;

Progress photograph of Gerald Keely home at 3305 North 18th Street. A workman hangs out of an upper window as a convenient way to reach the exterior. Scaffolding is in place along one end of the house on either side of the chimney.

Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Scaffolding--Tacoma--1940-1950; Carpenters--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Interstate Construction Company specialized in roofing, siding and insulation; the business was managed by James A. McNeece, their office was located at 3717 South Tacoma Way. View of construction workers from Interstate Construction Company applying a new product, which is used as insulation; they then apply the siding on the house. This home belonged to Chester A. and Maxine F. Georgia.

Lawns--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; remodeling--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building materials; Construction workers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Georgia, Chester A.--Homes & haunts; Interstate Construction Co. (Tacoma);

Family photo featuring five generations. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Henry Iverson, Great Grandmother to Alan; Baby Alan Fay Cooley; and Mrs. Lena Irish, Great-Great Grandmother to Alan. Back row, left to right: Alda Mae Cooley, mother to Alan; and Ruby E. Stengal, grandmother to Alan. Photograph was taken on August 10, 1949. (T.N.T., 8/30/49, p. 6)

Mothers; Grandparents; Infants--Tacoma; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Families--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cooley, Alda Mae--Homes & haunts; Irish, Lena--Family; Iverson, Henry--Family; Cooley, Alan Fay; Stengal, Ruby E.;

Tacoma Safety Commissioner Robert S. Temme carefully inspects the numbered arm band being worn by Sgt. William Cordell on August 9, 1949. Officer Cordell, and all the mounted patrolmen in Tacoma were wearing arm bands with numbers on them indicating the number of days Tacoma had gone without a traffic fatality. John Duras, of the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce, stands to Sgt. Cordell's left. The Jaycees had come up with the idea of the arm bands to promote safe driving. The arm bands would be changed on a daily basis to reflect the number of days without fatal accidents; the next band, which they would receive the following day, would have "142" on it. (T.N.T., 8/10/49, p. 11). TPL-9816

Mounted police--Tacoma--1940-1950; Uniforms; Awards; Motorcycles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Temme, Robert S.; Duras, John; Cordell, Bill;

The completion of the kraft paper mill in Tacoma, allowed St. Regis a considerable increase in the paper production industry. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; logs have been loaded onto the train cars, and will be transported out of Mineral Forest. TPL-5680

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Railroad cars--Mineral; Railroad tracks--Mineral; Railroads--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

The exterior of the newly remodeled Olympus Cafe featuring the Mirror Room at the Hotel Olympus. TPL-6423

Restaurants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Remodeling--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotels--Tacoma; Mirror Room (Tacoma); Olympus Hotel (Tacoma);

Exterior of Rhodes Department Store, Tribune, E. Inveen. Rhodes Brothers department store undergoes modernization in 1949 with a new, stark, uncluttered facade. The new facade covers the windows in the second story of the building. A view of daytime traffic can be seen with a bus running up South 11th Street and cars stopped along Broadway. Fisher's Department Store is seen on the far side of South 11th.

Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma); Clothing stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Remodeling--Tacoma--1940-1950; City & town life--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The Elks' Club salmon derby winners were: Russ Garrison, 1st place with a 15 pound 4 ounce salmon; Anton Barcott, 2nd place with a 14 pound 7 ounce fish; and Bud Weller, 3rd place with a 12 pound 11 ounce salmon. View of unidentified salmon derby participant with his salmon catch; three unidentified men are aboard a "Chris-Craft" motor boat (T.N.T., 9/10/49, p. 22).

Salmon; Fishing; Fishermen--Tacoma; Competition entries--Tacoma; Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Men--Social life--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

The Elks' 1949 salmon derby would begin at dawn and participants would have until noon to catch the biggest fish in the contest. The first, second and third place winners would receive wonderful prizes. View of fishing "patrol" boat returning from Commencement Bay, with a participant and his catch (T.N.T., 9/10/49, p. 22).

Salmon; Fishing; Fishermen--Tacoma; Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Men--Social life--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

The United States was experiencing an epidemic of polio cases; a special fund raiser was being promoted by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. View of four unidentified children with a pony in costume; the children were helping the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis bring awareness to Tacoma about the increase in polio cases.

Sick children; Diseases--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ponies; Children's theater--Tacoma--1940-1950; Charitable organizations--Tacoma; Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Poliomyelitis--Prevention; National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Tacoma);

Tacoma Athletic Commission was sponsoring the annual water carnival in front of their club facilities, located on Ruston Way. The show would include outboard motor boat racing between Point Defiance and Brown's Point, and athletes from Tacoma and Seattle would compete in a 15 mile water skiing race. Tacoma Athletic Commission would be presenting trophies to the winners (T.N.T., 8/28/49, p. B-5). TPL-8617

Summer--Ruston--1940-1950; Spectators--Ruston; Automobiles--Ruston--1940-1950; Celebrations--Ruston--1940-1950; Festivals--Ruston--1940-1950; Athletic clubs--Tacoma; Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma);

The Hotel Winthrop, a multi-storied brick building, was the site of many community events at the Crystal Ballroom, Wedgwood Room and the Roof Garden, among other hotel amenities. The hotel also had suites available for permanent residents. Interior view of the lobby, view of the modern telephone booths; photo ordered by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. TPL-9268

Telephone booths--Tacoma--1940-1950; Telephone companies--Tacoma; Telephone industry--Tacoma; Hotels--Tacoma; Lobbies--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma);

Progress photograph of E.Coye Vergowe boat, laying canvas over plywood, DFPA, Hal Dixon. In 1951 E.Coye Vergowe was a salesman with Steven Marine Supply. Another boat is seen under construction on the right side.

Vergowe, E.Coye; Boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Coal conveyor at Western State Hospital, Link Belt Co., Seattle, Mr. R.W. Johnson. A system for moving coal is set up in a basement area. Large gears are seen at this end of the linked belt.

Western State Hospital (Lakewood); Mental institutions--Lakewood; Conveying systems--Lakewood--1940-1950; Machinery;

St. Regis Company spent the last few years focusing on expanding the Tacoma plant, the Pensacola, Florida plant would begin expanding during 1949. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; high line yarder is moving the logs and safely loading them onto trucks. TPL-5679

Woodcutters--1940-1950; Loggers--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

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Tacoma's Rudder Club was located at 735 Commerce Street in Tacoma's business district; the club manager was Walter Geehan. Throughout the year the Rudder Club hosted and sponsored many events, including dinners, luncheons and style shows for members and their family and guests. Interior view of the Rudder Club's dining room; a tropical frescoe with sailboats and palm trees, has recently been painted in the dining room.

Dining rooms--Tacoma; Table settings & decorations; Murals--Tacoma; Restaurants--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Organizations' facilities--Tacoma; Rudder Club, Inc. (Tacoma);

Fort Lewis was hosting Tacoma's two day merchandise exposition at Gray Field, 75,000 people were expected to attend. View of Washington Gas and Electric Company exhibit booth featuring modern appliances including: ranges, water heaters and refrigerators. Two unidentified sales representatives are ready to answer consumer questions (T.N.T., 8/03/49, p. 1).

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Appliances; Appliance stores--Tacoma; Washington Gas & Electric Co. (Tacoma); Fort Lewis Gray Field (Wash.);

MGM Studio stars, Audrey Totter, Nancy Davis and Marshall Thompson would be part of the entertainment program scheduled at the merchandise exposition. General Plastics Manufacturing Company display features many of their products, including furniture made of durable plastic. Richard's Studio sign in background; The Hub clothing display on right side (T.N.T., 8/03/49, p. 1).

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Hub Clothing Co. (Tacoma); General Plastics Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Fort Lewis Gray Field (Wash.);

Wahlgren's Floral was managed by Fred G. Wahlgren; the business was founded by Fred P. Wahlgren. Interior view of Wahlgren's flower shop; the interior was painted with a soft pastel green, they had a large new walk-in refrigerated showcase, modern display counters with custom leatherette, and the latest interior store designs (T.N.T., 9/2/49, p. A-8). TPL-10185

Florist shops--Tacoma; Business enterprises--Tacoma; Showrooms--Tacoma; Showcases; Flowers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Remodeling--Tacoma--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Wahlgren's Floral (Tacoma);