Two Clover Park High School seniors, Sandra Conley and Joeann Huchttoen, from the class of 1950 pose beside a waterwheel with a pond in the background . They are wearing summer dresses and holding broad-brimmed hats. This photograph appeared in the Sunday May 28, 1950, Tacoma News Tribune on a page devoted to Tacoma's "Diplomaids". Ordered by Barbara Dana for Tribune layout. (TNT, 5/28/1950, p.D-1)

Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Lakes & ponds--Tacoma; Waterwheels--Tacoma; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Conley, Sandra; Huchttoen, Joeann;

The Tacoma Chamber of Commerce entertained the armed forces at the Top of the Ocean on Friday night of Armed Forces Week in Tacoma. Henry O. and Agnes Foss are seen on the left. C. Val and Linda M. Fawcett are on the right. Other entertainment for visiting armed forces personnel included theater tickets and the facilities of the Council of Churches Youth Center, the Armed Service Recreation Center and the Christian Service Man'c Center. The crew from the Canadian destroyer "Athabaskan" and the USN fleet oiler "Platt" were in Tacoma for the week. Ordered by the Tribune, Barbara Dana. (TNT, 5/14/1950, p.D-9; 5/24/1950, p.11)

Top of the Ocean (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1950-1960; Military uniforms; Ball dresses; Foss, Henry O., 1891-1986; Foss, Agnes S.; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965--Family; Fawcett, Linda;

Tearing down Whitman School. The original Whitman Elementary School was built when Tacoma's population continued to swell following statehood. Land was purchased at South 40th and M Streets in July 1891, and Tacoma's first all brick schoolhose opened in March of 1892. Whitman was badly damaged by the earthquake of April, 1949. It was torn down the following summer.

Whitman Elementary School (Tacoma); Demolition--Tacoma--1950-1960; Public schools--Tacoma;

Gloria Wilson with Kitchen Maid. Gloria's "Kitchen Maid" is made of various household items: a broom shows from under her tablecloth attire, her hand is a rubber glove and her hair appears to be a mop. The face looks a lot like Gloria, maybe an enlarged photograph of her. It seems like the perfect wedding shower gift.

Wilson, Gloria; Women--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Fifteen men line two tables in a class taught in one of the conference rooms at Mueller-Harkins Motor Company. They are working with small parts. Two men who are teaching the class stand at the back of the room with a flip chart open to diagrams of an automobile engine's working parts. Ordered by Mr. Mueller.

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma; Vocational education--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mueller-Harkins Motor Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Automobile equipment & supplies;

Capital Coil & Equipment Company's refrigerator case, model NVG - 9U, with fluorescent lights and solid stainless steel bottom, 109 1/2" x 52" x 32". The company manufactured store fixtures.

Capital Coil & Equipment Co. (Tacoma); Refrigerator industry--Tacoma;

Capital Coil & Equipment Company's refrigerator case, model D5 - K5 - W2, 129" long, 26 1/4" deep, and 41" high; exterior 18-8 stainless steel. This model has two pressurized spigots for serving beverages. Ordered by Capital Coil & Equipment.

Capital Coil & Equipment Co. (Tacoma); Refrigerator industry--Tacoma;

Visitation School 1950 graduation class. The Rev. Gabriel Donohue, O.S.B., pastor of the Visitation church presented the diplomas and awards. Rev. Francis E. Duffy, S.J., principal of Bellarmine High School, delivered the commencement address. Donna Mae Woolery was the student speaker. The Chantal Choralers performed. Ordered by Sister Rosewitha. Names were listed in the newspaper. (TNT, 5/24/1950, p.19)

Church schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Church of the Visitation (Tacoma); School of the Visitation (Tacoma);

A view down the 1000 block of Broadway looking north featuring the six-story New York Building at 1117-19 Broadway where Broadway Furniture had been located. J.C. Penney and Fisher's Department stores are seen on the left in this June of 1950 photograph.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Mercantile facilities--Tacoma; Architectural decorations & ornaments--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A view of the interior of the mezzanine of the New York Building where Broadway Furniture had been located. A few pieces of furniture are still stored here and on the ground floor. A wide stairway joins the mezzanine to the ground floor. The tin ceiling tiles can be seen as well as water pipes and chains and lighting fixtures.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma; Mercantile facilities--Tacoma; Mezzanines--Tacoma; Showrooms--Tacoma; Interiors--Tacoma; Stairways--Tacoma;

Styling in the early 1950's buildings and interiors emphasized smooth, uncluttered lines. The front and top of the counter in the open office curve instead of stopping and starting with right angles. There are no columns to separate the public from office areas. The walls and fronts of the counter are light-colored as are the exteriors of the file cabinets and the tile on the floor. They are accented with the use of smaller amounts of dark surfaces in the desks, counter top, and edges of the flooring. The lighting in the ceiling is recessed. The metal railing for the stairway is open to allow light into the interior. The windows use venetian blinds to filter the light coming in from outside. Ordered by the Condon Company, an advertising company.

Interiors--Tacoma; Offices--Tacoma--1950-1960; Office furniture; Interior design--Tacoma;

The living room of Pauline (Mrs. Morris) Kleiner's new home showing Simpson acoustical tiles. The living room is furnished with country provincial furniture and has a large brick fireplace. The walls are covered with a plywood paneling with wood veneers having large grain. An oriental style carpet covers the floor. Morris Kleiner was the superintendent of Model Lumber Company. Ordered by the Condon Company, Inc., Mr. Kay Shinn.

Kleiner, Morris--Homes & haunts; Living rooms--Lakewood; Paneling--Lakewood; Ceilings--Lakewood;

The interior of Klopfenstein's in June, 1950, is dominated by a display of sport jackets from Hart Schaffner and Marx. The display racks are curved and the line between the carpeted area and tiled area also form a curve leading into the line of the clothes racks. Scarves from Paris are stacked behind the counter on the right. Klopfenstein's opened at this location in 1929. In addition to the Hart Schaffner and Marx line of men's clothing they carried men's furnishings, Nunn-Busch shoes, Dobbs and Borsalino hats and women's suits and coats.

Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960; Clothing stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Klopfenstein's (Tacoma);

Sumner High School 1950 graduation class. Eighty-eight seniors received their diplomas during graduation ceremonies in the Sumner High School gymnasium beginning with a half-hour concert by the senior band under the direction of Eric Nelson. Orville L. Brown, chairman of the board of education, presented the diplomas and Principal Arne Strand presented the special awards. Names of the students appeared in the newspaper. Ordered by the Tribune, Mr. Knight. (TNT, 6i/8/1950, p.b-2)

Sumner High School (Sumner); Graduation ceremonies--Sumner; Students--Sumner--1950-1960;

A school bus for Bethel School District No. 403 is parked outside Tacoma White Truck Company. The White Trucking neon sign is seen over the bus. Ordered by Mrs. Frank Buchanan. The bus in the photograph is a 1950 model Gillig bus built by the Gillig Brothers bus manufacturing company in Hayward, California.

Tacoma White Trucks, Inc. (Tacoma); School buses--Tacoma; Truck industry--Tacoma; Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Mueller-Harkins Buick Agency, retouched view from north featuring Used Car Department. Available automobiles include a De Soto, an Oldsmobile, a Chrysler, several Buicks, a Jeep, several Fords, a Plymouth and a Hudson.

Business Enterprises - Tacoma - Automobile Dealers - New Automobile Dealers - Used Automobile Dealers - Buick Dealers - Mueller-Harkins Motor Company

This publicity photograph for a Tacoma Tigers game against Salem was taken on July 17,1950. Floyd (Lefty) Isekite, one of the great southpaws of the Western International League, demonstrates a pitching grip for Clarence Stave. Stave, peering over his sunglasses, was a retired umpire. Earl Kuper, at the far right, had been a catcher and manager for the Tigers. The three committeemen were promoting Tacoma Athletic Club night, August 1, at Tiger Stadium. (TNT 7-23-50, B-7)

Baseballs; Baseball players--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sporting goods; Isekite, Floyd; Stave, Clarence; Kuper, Earl;

Awaiting their turn to play croquet are smiling youngsters at Point Defiance Park. From left to right are Jane Andre, David Nordfors, Janet Andre with baby brother Stevie, and Spencer Nordfors. Little Stevie seems to have a firm grasp on his mallet as he sits on sister Janet's lap. (TNT 7-30-1950, D-1)

Children playing outdoors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Croquet--Tacoma;

Naylor and Helen Middleton took advantage of the foggy weather and low tide one morning in late June, 1950 to dig clams. Before long, they had filled a bucket, and were off to cook up a large pot of chowder. The structure behind them shrouded in mist is the Dash Point dock with its diving tower. (TNT 7-2-50, p. D-1)

Clams; Shovels; Piers & wharves--Dash Point; Middleton, Naylor; Middleton, Helen;

After picture of new roof on First Congregational Church. Blair Construction, 3022 South 38th. The early Gothic/Tudor church was designed by architect George W. Bullard and had its cornerstone laid on September 5, 1907. While the first services were held in October, 1908, dedication of the church was delayed until December 12, 1909, after all debts were paid.

Congregational churches--Tacoma; First Congregational Church (Tacoma); Roofs--Tacoma; Stone buildings; Bullard, George W.; Blair Construction Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1950. Demolition continues in the summer of 1950 on the site of the future Mountain View Sanatorium on Pacific Avenue. Exterior walls have already been removed from part of the building. Some windows have already been boarded up while others are left open to the elements. A truck loaded with construction debris is parked with the driver's door open and a worker is stooped holding on to a long rope or tubing which is snaked around an open box several feet away. Mountain View Sanatorium would be built on this site, at a cost of nearly two million dollars, and open for treatment of TB patients in May, 1952. It was situated on the south side of Pierce County Hospital and shared some facilities with the hospital. After many years of discussion, Mountain View closed in June, 1969, after it lost the state contract to treat tuberculosis patients and patients were moved to Firland in Seattle. It was absorbed by Pierce County Hospital and renamed Puget Sound General Hospital later that year.

Demolition--Tacoma--1950-1960; Abandoned buildings--Tacoma; Mountain View Sanatorium (Tacoma);

ca. 1950. This photograph taken in the summer of 1950 shows an elevated view of land excavated in the demolition of property so that the new Mountain View Sanatorium could be built. There are downed trees in the otherwise bare land. Adjacent to the sidewalk is parked a Caterpillar next to an uprooted tree and there appear to be three portable buildings, possibly for the construction company, nearby.

Excavation--Tacoma--1950-1960; Bulldozers; Mountain View Sanatorium (Tacoma);

Two gentlemen who were present at the Chicago-Milwaukee Railroads board of directors luncheon on July 13, 1950, at the Hotel Winthrop, gaze at an enlarged photograph of the newly completed Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed during high winds on November 7, 1940. The man seated at left is C.H. Buford, president of the Milwaukee Road.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma); Railroad companies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Buford, C.H.; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma);

Home portrait family group. This sepia photograph of Mrs. E.L. Lugibihl with infant boy was taken at her residence in Lakewood on July 14, 1950. According to the 1949 City Directory and 1950 telephone book, E.L. Lugibihl was a captain in the United States Navy.

Lugibihl, E.L.--Homes & haunts; Portraits; Infants--Lakewood--1950-1960;

New reserves in uniform stand on bleachers at Fort Lewis in late June of 1950. They would undergo refresher training on combat techniques taught by seasoned veterans.

Military reserves; Fort Lewis (Wash.);

New reserves pose for the camera at Fort Lewis in June 1950. Nineteen men stand at ease awaiting the photographer's instructions. By October of that year, Fort Lewis was a major enlisted reservist training center, the only one of its kind on the West Coast. Reservists were given intensive combat refresher training by combat veterans. (TNT 10-22-50, p. A-11)

Military; Military reserves; Photographers;

Picture of house to be burned at 4th of July activities. Tacoma Athletic Commission. T.A.C.- Mr. Metcalf. Early in the morning, an older wooden structure with greenery on its roof slowly makes its way down Pacific Avenue on a flatbed provided by Northwest Hauling Co. City Hall can be seen in the background. The house will be loaded onto a barge and taken to Commencement Bay where it will be burned as part of the Tacoma Athletic Commission's Big Free 4th of July celebration.

Moving of structures--Tacoma; Northwest Hauling Co. (Tacoma); Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma); Old City Hall (Tacoma); Fourth of July celebrations;

Seven well-dressed women pose at the Top of the Ocean on July 15, 1950. This group of ladies belonged to the women's auxiliary of the Order of AHEPA, a fraternal organization which met at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.

Order of AHEPA (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1950-1960; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960;

An unidentified employee of Pacific Forest Industries demonstrates the use of a collapsible shipping crate. These wooden containers saved space and were reusable. Pacific Forest Industries was an exporting firm located in the Washington Building at 1019 Pacific Avenue.

Pacific Forest Industries (Tacoma); Crates--Tacoma;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company of Washington celebrated its parent firm's 100th anniversary. Photographs and products are displayed for guests to view during the open house held in the Tacoma plant. (TNT 8-6-50, A-9) TPL-6575

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;