Polaris Steamship Co.- view of ship "Franklin Berwin" with New York registry. Ship is docked at the grain elevators for loading. Long tubes extend from the raised platform on the dock into the ship. These tubes were possibly used to load the ship's cargo holds with grain.

Ships; Shipping--Tacoma; Cargo ships--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Burroughs Corporation, night view of building. Burroughs sold and serviced business machines, also supplies and accessories. Pictured in the window are several adding machines. Framed pictures on the wall are of young women operating adding machines. The sign is the window reads " Call on Burroughs for free Microfilm Counseling Service." In the left hand window is the removed "Mechanical Brain" of one of the machines.

Burroughs Corporation (Tacoma); Calculators; Office equipment & supplies; Stores & shops--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior view of Summit Trading; ordered by Wingard & Co. Inc., air conditioning and refrigeration commercial and industrial contractors & maintenance service.

Summit Trading; Wingard & Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Remington Rand Inc.- interior view of display case of Remington electric shavers, shaving accessories and clocks. Remington Rand, best know for typewriters, adding and accounting machines, also had a department that sold and serviced its electric shavers. This appears to be a service counter and a waiting area with table and chairs.

Shaving equipment; Remington Rand Inc. (Tacoma); Clocks & watches;

Service Hardware & Implement Co.; well drilling equipment and trucks. Merlin W. and LeRoy Gunarson were the owners. Puyallup Ave. bridge over Puyallup River in the background. Railroad cars behind building. Northwest Mechanical Contractors Inc., 1431 Puyallup Ave., and sewage treatment plant, 1241 Cleveland Way, beyond the bridge.

Service Hardware & Implement Co. (Tacoma); Wells--Tacoma; Trucks--1950-1960;

Service Hardware & Implement Co.; well drilling equipment and trucks. Merlin W. and LeRoy Gunarson were the owners. Puyallup Ave. bridge over Puyallup River in the background. Railroad cars behind building. Sewage treatment plant, 1241 Cleveland Way, beyond the bridge.

Service Hardware & Implement Co. (Tacoma); Wells--Tacoma; Trucks--1950-1960;

Two Highway Truck Equipment Company dump trucks, with beds raised, built as new garbage trucks for City. (filed with Argentum)

Highway Truck Co. (Tacoma); Dump trucks;

Banquet group; the Western Washington Chapter Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference, Tacoma, 2/25/1955.

Pacific Coast Building Officials, Western Washington Chapter (Tacoma);

Night exposure of Weisfield's Inc. General Electric window, including the free 15 day home trial of small appliances. Weisfield's customers could "try it, then buy it" and on easy credit terms too. Pictured are clocks, clock radios, mixers, toasters, irons, electric frying pans and electric blankets. Window display does not say what the store did with any returned appliances.

Department stores--Tacoma; Window displays; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Weisfield's, Inc. (Tacoma); Appliances;

This huge condenser was one of a pair fabricated in the Birchfield Boiler shops, at 2503 E. 11th St., for installation in the St. Regis plant. Each condenser, the largest ever built in Tacoma and among the largest built in the Northwest, weighed more than 15 tons. They were manufactured of stainless steel and were 22 feet long and 6 feet high. Each was valued at $25,000. The condensers were used to recover waste heat from the pulp digesters. (TNT 3/13/1955, pg. B-17)

Birchfield Boiler, Inc. (Tacoma); Boilers; Boiler industry--Tacoma; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Birchfield Boiler; heat exchanger and casing. This huge condenser is one of a pair manufactured by Birchfield Boiler for the St. Regis Paper and Pulp plant. The condenser is used to recover waste heat from pulp digesters. Because they come in contact with corrosive substances, the tubes are stainless steel. There are 1184 of them, more than 3 1/2 miles of tubing in each unit. The shells and ends are made of 1 1/2 inch steel plate. Each condenser was valued at $25,000. (TNT 3/13/1955, pg. B-17)

Birchfield Boiler, Inc. (Tacoma); Boilers; Boiler industry--Tacoma; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

System Auto Parks; interiors of motoramp garage. Clarence Espinosa was manager in 1955. The facility was originally built in 1925 as Motoramp Garage with 5 stories and a capacity of 325 cars. System Auto Parks was both a garage and a facility for washing, oil changes and lubrication. Here a man washes a car by hand in the cement confines of the garage.

Parking garages--Tacoma--1950-1960; System Auto Parks (Tacoma); Motoramp Garage (Tacoma);

System Auto Parks; exteriors of motoramp garage. Cars line up to park in the multi story structure on Commerce. Clarence Espinosa was the manager in 1955. The structure was originally built in 1925 as Motoramp Garage with 5 stories and a capacity of 325 cars. System Auto Parks was both a garage and a facility for washing, oil changes and lubrication.

Parking garages--Tacoma--1950-1960; System Auto Parks (Tacoma); Motoramp Garage (Tacoma);

System Auto Parks; interiors of motor ramp garage. Cars head up a ramp to find a parking place in one of the stalls of the garage. The lot appears to be full on this floor. The car will probably need to head up the ramp at the rear of the picture to the next floor. The structure was originally built in 1925 with 7 stories and a capacity of 325 cars. System Auto Parks was both a garage and a facility for washing, oil changes and lubrication.

Parking garages--Tacoma--1950-1960; System Auto Parks (Tacoma);

System Auto Parks; interiors of motor ramp garage. This area is the oil change pit for the Garage. Work could be done underneath the car from the pit. The garage was originally built in 1925 with 7 stories and a capacity of 325 cars and named Motoramp Garage. Its name came from the d'Humy Motoramp System. System Auto Parks was both a garage and a facility for washing, oil changes and lubrication.

Parking garages--Tacoma--1950-1960; System Auto Parks (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. Two soldiers and two civilians in front of a steam shovel. Parts of the lettering on the shovel can be seen; it says "-HNSON" "-TING" AND "RACTORS" "TACOMA, WA." In 1925, the City Directory lists a Lee H. Johnson, General Contractor, on 1711 S. 9th. Their specialties are listed as steam shovel, grading, paving and building. (WSHS- negative A889-0)

Steam shovels; Construction machinery;

Pergola at 10527 Lake Steilacoom Dr. S.W., home of Robert J. Lloyd; ordered by Mutual Fir Column. Mutual Fir Column Co. were lumber manufacturers, located at 2000 Taylor Way and owned by Mr. Lloyd. The home appears to be a brick Tudor style.

Lloyd, Robert J.--Homes & haunts; Mutual Fir Column Co. (Tacoma); Pergolas;

Pediatric ward at Tacoma General Hospital in September of 1939. Three children in a hospital ward. The infant in crib has a child in a bed on either side. The beds are divided by what appear to be partitions with large panes of glass and curtains. A chair for a visitor is tucked beside each bed with the seat underneath the bed. (filed with Argentum)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

Pediatric ward at Tacoma General Hospital in September of 1939. Three children in a hospital ward. The infant in crib has a child in a bed on either side. The beds are divided by what appear to be partitions with large panes of glass and curtains. A chair for a visitor is tucked beside each bed with the seat underneath the bed. The boy on the right has something cylinder shaped over his lower body, holding up the sheet. (filed with Argentum)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

Sigma Alpha Epsilon banquet. On March 11, 1955, over 100 members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon from Tacoma and Southwest Washington gathered for a dinner at the University Union Club to celebrate the 99th anniversary of the fraternity's founding. Albert Balch, member of the Master Builders and community designer, was the guest speaker. His topic was "Building for Tomorrow." During his speech, Balch predicted a population boom for the Northwest. (TNT 3/2/1955, pg. A-11)

Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Tacoma); University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.; Board of Directors 1955. The board poses at a long table underneath the portrait of founder Frederick Weyerhaeuser. Seated clockwise from the left bottom: O.D. Fisher, C. Davis Weyerhaeuser, Norton Clapp, John Musser, F.K. Weyerhaeuser, Laird Bell, George S. Long, Jr., J.P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., Edmond Cook, Edmund Hayes, Carleton Blunt, Charles H. Ingram, Henry T. McKnight and F.W. Reimers.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Tacoma); Weyerhaeuser, John Philip; Clapp, Norton, 1906-1995;

Ahren's Transport Company semi truck with wooden sided, open top trailer. (filed with Argentum)

Ahren's Transport Co. (Tacoma); Trucks;

Ahren's Transport Company flatbed truck with wooden sided, open top bed. Three other vehicles in background. (filed with Argentum)

Ahren's Transport Co. (Tacoma); Trucks;

Gil Gunderson Clothiers, new store front. Window display of fabrics and patterns. Mr. Gunderson was a tailor who specialized in men's clothing. (filed with Argentum)

Gil Gunderson Clothiers (Tacoma); Tailor shops--Tacoma;

Washington Coop bulk feed delivery at a farm. The feed is being siphoned from the tank truck into the farmer's silo for storage until it is used.

Farming--Tacoma; Food industry--Tacoma; Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma); Shipping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1955. Mary Bridge Children's Hospital opened in March of 1955, serving as a general hospital for children ages infancy through 14 years. The hospital was built with the combined funds of the Dr. A.W. Bridge estate, the Tacoma Orthopedic Association and the William R. Rust trust. It was named after Mary Bridge, mother of medical pioneer Dr. Albert W. Bridge and designed by John W. Maloney, Lea, Pearson & Richards, Architects. Mary Bridge began with 40 beds but was designed and built with an eye toward growth, allowing for a 100-bed capacity with three stories. In 1955, only 2 floors were in use with the third enclosed but not finished or furnished until it was needed. The hospital was of modern concrete fireproof construction with three sections of parking, two modern surgeries and a guest room for out of town mothers. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Orthopedic Association. (TNT 1-20-1955, pg. B-3)

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

Sacred Heart Church, photograph ordered by Catholic Northwest Progress. The church also had an attached convent for the Sisters of Providence and a school run by the Sisters. The parish started in 1913 with 35 families. The school was built in 1924 and opened with 103 pupils. By 1955, the parish encompassed 600 families and the school enrollment was 376 pupils. The new church and rectory replaced the old church at 46th & McKinley built in 1914. The new church was built of reinforced concrete with brick facing at a total cost, excluding furnishings, of $316, 000. Architects were McGuire and Muri. (TNT 3/18/1955, pg. A-5)

Sacred Heart Church (Tacoma); Catholic churches--Tacoma;

Fireworks display, ordered by Clark Richardson Advertising Agency. Display included Red Devil, Tiger and Chinese imported firecrackers, buzz bombs, Silver Streak "Super Sonic Whistles" and aerial display bombs in the back row.

Fireworks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Firecrackers--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Fireworks display, ordered by Clark Richardson Advertising Agency. Display included firecrackers, Roman Candles, rockets, "Miss Liberty" sparklers and aerial display models in the back row.

Fireworks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Firecrackers--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Columbia Powder Co. Second Annual Picnic; employees picnic October 1, 1939 at Spanaway Park. Photograph of a group of men, women and children with trees in background.

Columbia Powder Co. (Frederickson); Picnics--Spanaway--1930-1940; Group portraits;