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ca. 1943. Fishing Fleet. An unidentified man fastens an American flag above the rigging on the mast of a fishing vessel in this circa 1943 photograph (T. Times).


Flags--United States; Fishing boats--1940-1950;

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ca. 1943. Fire hose washer. Wooden box with metal pipe on side, imprinted with: The Forest Industries Research Co., Tacoma, Washington. Estep Hose Washer. Equipment photographed circa 1943.


Hoses; Equipment; Cleaning;

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ca. 1943. Fire hose washer. Open view of wooden box showing metal pipe on wood supports with fabric hose below. Box is labeled "Estep Hose Washer." Equipment photographed circa 1943.


Hoses; Equipment; Cleaning;

D15642-3

ca. 1943. War housing. American Lake. Row of one-story housing units along unpaved street in this circa 1943 photograph. Minimal yards.


Housing developments--Lakewood;

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ca. 1943. War housing. American Lake. Group of one-story housing units around graded open area. Clothes hanging on clothes line on left in this circa 1943 photograph.


Housing developments--Lakewood;

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Coverage of twin launching at McNeil. Boat with flags strung from bow to bow moored in water next to wharf. Markings indicate that it was a U.S. Army tugboat, either T-88 or T-89, both of which were launched at McNeil on June 17, 1943. Both tugs were 65-ft. long with 16-ft beams. Douglas fir was used for everything except stem, sternposts and trim. The tugs were powered by Diesel engines. They were built for the Army Transport Service by McNeil Island inmates. (T.Times 6-18-1943, p. 1,3- alt. photo)


Launchings--McNeil Island; Boat & ship industry--McNeil Island; Tugboats--McNeil Island;

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Coverage of twin launchings at McNeil Island. Vessel in water adjacent to wharf with a one-story building on it. 100 guests from the Mainland and proud inmate builders celebrated the launching of two 65-ft. tugboats built for the U.S. Army on June 17, 1943. WWII saw the revival of the shipbuilding program on McNeil which had seen the last ship constructed there by inmates way back in 1907. By June of 1943, three ships had been launched and of the three, one delivered to the Army in November of 1942. (T.Times 6-18-1943, p. 1,3-various photographs)


Launchings--McNeil Island; Boat & ship industry--McNeil Island; Tugboats--McNeil Island;

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Coverage of twin launchings at McNeil Island. Close view of decorated wooden vessel, one of two sister tugs, waiting to be sent down the ways on June 17, 1943. Many spectators lean eagerly over the railings overlooking the ship. The tugs were built by prison labor. (T.Times 6-18-1943, p. 1,3-alt. photo)


Launchings--McNeil Island; Boat & ship industry--McNeil Island; Tugboats--McNeil Island;

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ca. 1943. Mrs. Baich and her baby girl pose for a circa 1943 home portrait reflected in an oval wall mirror. The child has on a ruffled bonnet and is smiling happily at her reflection.


Mothers--1940-1950; Infants--1940-1950; Mirrors; Reflections;

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ca. 1943. O.W.I. Publicity. An unidentified man standing on four logs was photographed circa 1943 being hoisted into the air on a pulley outside an old wood-frame building at Northwest Chair. (T. Times).


Northwest Chair Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery; Logs;

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ca. 1943. Nurses at Tacoma General Hospital hold the newborn twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haley. Jonathan and David Haley were born in 1943. They joined sister Janet in the Frank and Nell Haley household. Frank Haley was part of a well-known family in Tacoma. His father J.C. Haley was one of the founders of the Brown & Haley candy company. Also see D15520-1.


Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Twins; Haley, Frank--Family; Haley, Jonathan; Haley, David; Families--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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ca. 1943. In August of 1943, after ten months of toting a strike banner at Tacoma's Montgomery Ward store for the Retail Clerks Union, five young women known only as "Dusty, Sadie and the Dorothys," won recognition for the union. Through rain, cold and heat, the women maintained a picket line in front of the Montgomery Ward store downtown at 1117-29 Broadway. Wards was the only major Tacoma department store that was non-union at the time. Clerks at Wards were paid $15 a week, several dollars less that their Union counterpoints. The five women were photographed outside the new Labor Temple at 1355 Market St. holding a sign saying, "Strike on Montgomery Ward & Co. Unfair to Organized Labor A.F. of L." TPL-3654 (Tacoma Labor Advocate 8/13/1943, pg. 1)


Pickets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Strikes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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On June 30, 1943, "Gray Lady" Amelia (Mrs. Clarence W.) Smith, left, paused in her rounds at the McChord Field Hospital to let Cpl. Harvey B. Frank help himself to items from her "cheer basket." Genevieve (Mrs. David H.) Freeman stood by to offer him a choice of current magazines. The women were part of the Red Cross Hospital and Recreation Service that offered personal, non medical, care to the sick and injured. They wore gray uniforms and veils that earned them the affectionate title of "Gray Lady" from the servicemen that they helped. In 1947, the name of the service was changed to "Gray Ladies" to honor that nickname. Cpl. Frank, who was convalescing far from his home in Norfolk, Va., was appreciative of the tubes of shaving cream, toothpaste and the Lucky Strike cigarettes in the basket. The Red Cross Motor Corps took the Gray Ladies to McChord Field on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and to Fort Lewis every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. (T.Times 7/3/1943, pg. 4)


Smith, Amelia; Freeman, Genevieve; Frank, Harvey B.; McChord Field Hospital (Tacoma); Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; American National Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Uniforms; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma;

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Amelia (Mrs. Clarence W.) Smith and Genevieve (Mrs. David H.) Freeman, volunteers for the Red Cross Hospital and Recreation Service, delivered gifts to the wounded at McChord Field Hospital in late June of 1943. This unidentified patient received a card from the "cheer basket" held by Mrs. Smith. The volunteers from the service offered personal, non-medical, assistance to the soldiers, helping with shopping, letter writing, reading and other activities. The soldiers affectionately called the volunteers the "gray ladies" after their gray cotton uniforms and gray veils. In 1947, the name of the service was changed to "Gray Ladies" in honor of this nickname. (T.Times 7-3-43, p. 4-article & photo of volunteers)


Smith, Amelia; Freeman, Genevieve; McChord Field Hospital (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; American National Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Uniforms;

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ca. 1943. Studio portrait of Betty Swanson, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation worker, for "Down the Ways," a Tacoma Times newspaper column. She is wearing a hard hat over her soft wavy hair. Betty's photograph was taken circa 1943. (T.Times)


Swanson, Betty; Hats--1940-1950; Hairstyles; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma)--Employees;

D15697-7

Satterly - Teamsters Union. This three-wheel vehicle is shaped somewhat like a tractor in that the engine is over the front end of the vehicle and the driver sits almost over the backwheels in the center of the vehicle. The back wheels are not much larger than the front one, however. The cab is covered and there are blades near the ground on both sides of the front wheel. The rear has a covered area and a continuous belt.


Three wheel automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;

D15697-9

Satterly - Teamsters Union. The three wheeled vehicle looks more like a motor scooter with a side car. The driver's seat sits over the engine and the handle bars spring directly up from the front wheel. There is room for the driver's feet between the front wheel and the engine cover. The added section on the side is covered. Next to the three wheeler is a light colored, Red Cross emergency ambulance.


Three wheel automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ambulances--Tacoma--1940-1950;

D15697-4

Satterly - Teamsters Union. This three-wheeled vehicle has a driver's seat near the front and a covered metal box immediately behind the driver's seat. Expanding tubes come forward and a large headlight is situated over the driver's shoulder area.


Three wheel automobiles;

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Three men stand by the Hawkinson General Motors panel delivery truck in front of Hawkinson Tire Tread Service recapping facility. One holds a General Tire with advertising in the middle. Ordered by Mattoon-Laverne Tire Company. TPL-6381


Tire industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hawkinson Tire Tread Service (Tacoma); Tires; General Motors trucks;

D15513-1

ca. 1943. Titus Motor Company reconditioning room. An unidentified employee is pictured steam cleaning an engine block in deep wash tubs. The engine is then lifted on a chain pulley above the sink. Photograph taken circa 1943.


Titus Motor Co. (Tacoma); Titus Motor Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

D15697-3

Satterly - Teamsters Union. An empty trailer is shown. The front wheels have very little rubber, the back wheels are double. The main building of the Hooker Chemical Plant is seen in the background.


Trailers;

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Close-up of Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, during his press conference at the Winthrop Hotel. Halifax spoke of his affection for America and of the great job being done by war workers. Impeccably attired in a slate-gray suit, black tie and loganberry-colored handkerchief, the ambassador smoked a briar pipe during his conference. His primary reason for being in Tacoma was to accept an honorary degree at the College of Puget Sound later that day but he also was scheduled to take an extensive tour of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyards to view escort aircraft carriers being constructed. (T.Times, 7-22-43, TNT 7-21-43, p. 1, TNT 7-22-43, p. 1) ALBUM 3.


Visits of state--Tacoma; Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of; Nobility--England;

D15794-1

ca. 1943. Damaged sidewalk. Wooden plank sidewalks in Tacoma are blocked at curb with saw horses. Metal covers for Tacoma Water Department are imbedded in boards. Automobile to right bearing Washington license plate number B-16576 1942, buildings and pedestrian in background.


Wooden sidewalks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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ca. 1943. Damaged sidewalk. Wooden sidewalk in the 1300 block of Market Street reflect early Tacoma as do the wooden buildings lining the street. There are no curbs, sidewalks are barricaded, asphalt street is cracked. Apartment building in background.


Wooden sidewalks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Apartment houses--Tacoma--1940-1950;

D15642-7

ca. 1943. War Housing, Lincoln Heights. Development of new one-story houses. The area is newly graded with paved streets. Format: 7x11". TPL-6416


World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);

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WWII war housing, Salishan. Its name derived from the Council of Indian Tribes of Puget Sound Region, Salishan is the single largest residential housing project yet attempted in Tacoma. It consisted of 2000+ structures on 188 acres located between East 38th St. and East 51st St. and between Portland Avenue and the eastern City limits. The large building in the foreground has been identified as the Salishan community center. It later became part of Lister Elementary School. (T.Times, 1/21/1943, p.21; 2/25/1943, p.31; and 8/26/1943 p.21) TPL-4030; TPL-6417 (Additional information provided by a reader)


World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Salishan Housing Project (Tacoma);

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War housing, Salishan. Salishan is the single largest residential housing project yet attempted in Tacoma. Located between East 38th St. and East 45th St. and between Portland Avenue and the eastern City limits. (T.Times, 1/21/1943, p.21; 2/25/1943, p.31; and 8/26/1943 p.21) TPL-4030


World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Salishan Housing Project (Tacoma);

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Salishan War Housing. Ordered by War Housing. Small log and concrete bridge, three boys (two in bathing suits) sitting on far rail in this August, 1943, photograph. Tall trees are behind them and they are looking down behind them. Foreground shows a dry creek bed. The street has been identified as East 44th St. just west of East T. TPL-8218 (Additional information provided by a reader)


World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Salishan Housing Project (Tacoma); Residential streets--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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Pile driver at scrap agency. Men are processing old metal water tanks through a pile driver at the scrap pile behind Pacific Match Company, "Scrap Iron Acres", to break them up for vital metal needed in the U.S. war effort. The pile driver is on loan from the Industrial Engineers and Contractors with volunteers from Iron Workers' and Pile Drivers' unions. (T.Times, 6/28/1943, p.1)


World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Refuse disposal--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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Large group portrait of workers, men, women and children, at scrap agency, "Scrap Iron Acres", where salvaged metal was flattened by an on-site pile driver to be used for the war effort. (T.Times, 6/28/1943, p.1)


World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Refuse disposal--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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