In February of 1949, this group of high school students was working hard to improve their rifle shooting skills. Like many others, they were practicing at the new Civic Rifle Range in the Point Defiance Pavilion. All of the teens were members of Tacoma's sharpshooter team, the Mount Rainier Rifle League. They attended high school at Clover Park, Bellarmine, Stadium and Lincoln, where most were also on their school's rifle squad. Photograph ordered by Mr. Metcalf at the Times. (T.Times, 2/28/1949, p.8)

Point Defiance Pavilion (Tacoma); Civic Rifle Range (Tacoma); Mount Rainier Rifle League (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The fence at Tiger Ball Park. The baseball field in Tacoma was known as Tacoma Baseball Park or Tiger Ball Park. The field would be used for all local high school games, College of Puget Sound home games, all games of the 70-tilt City league schedule in addition to home games of the Tigers for the 1950 season. This view shows advertising signs for Brown & Haley, Mobilgas, Coca-Cola, Burnett Brothers, Peerless Laundry, Washington Hardware, and City Sign Company. The score board is nestled in above Mobilgas and below Mallon Motors. Ordered by Robert Martin, c/o W.H. Opie Co. (TNT, 4/26/1950, p.19)

Athletic fields--Tacoma; Baseball--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma Baseball Park (Tacoma); Tiger Ball Park (Tacoma); Signs (Notices); Advertising--Tacoma--1950-1960; Advertisements--Tacoma;

Mount Rainier from Stadium Way at 9 a.m., Studio. An elevated view over the railroad tracks on the west side of City Waterway and the industrial tideflats of Tacoma of Mount Rainier. The top of Mount Rainier has disappeared into the cloud ceiling over the area. The 11th Street Bridge over City Waterway is seen on the right. The sun is dim behind the thick cloud cover on this late autumn scene. TPL-9108

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Cityscapes; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma); City Waterway (Tacoma); Waterfronts; Clouds; Autumn--Tacoma;

Stock photographs of Mt. Rainier, Narada Falls, Tatoosh Range, Studio, Bob & Carroll. A photographer is standing on snow beside a rushing stream with Mount Rainier in the background.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Snow; Streams;

In July the choices of activities at Paradise Lodge at Mount Rainier have increased since the summer sun has melted the snow from around the lodge. Would you rather ski or sun bathe like these young women wearing their bathing suits? Or ride horseback across the show fields? TPL-3665

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Snow; Skiers; Bathing suits; Horseback riding;

Stock photographs of Mt. Rainier, Narada Falls, Tatoosh Range, Studio, Bob & Carroll. A man and a woman with photographic gear are standing on a sloping hillside beside a tree. A waterfall plunges downwards behind them.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Waterfalls;

The group of bricklayers and hod carriers who donated their labor to lay the stones for the Living War Memorial, Memorial Park, are enjoying a break with Olympia beer. The approach to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge can be seen behind them. TPL-8405

Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Bricklayers--Tacoma;

A six-foot square piece of Wilkeson sandstone, natural to Washington state, was used for the plaque which was installed at the site of the Living War Memorial. The plaque is the center of the 20-foot stone monument at the Living War Memorial, Memorial Park, located at the south end of the east approach of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Checking the details of the plans before sand blasting the lettering are Don Wahlstrom, kneeling, and George M. Robinson and his father, Earl M. Robinson. (TNT, 11/2/1952, p.A-15)

Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Monuments & memorials--Tacoma; Wahlstrom, Don; Robinson, George M.; Robinson, Earl M.;

Members of the steering committee were drawn from virtually every civic, service, fraternal and military group in Tacoma to plan for the completion and dedication of the Living War Memorial site. The two and one-half acre site overlooking the Narrows Bridge was given to the Young Men's Business Club by Harold A. Woodworth and was then deeded to the city. L-R, Lt. L.C. Bloom, R.G. Anderson, John C. Migdula, M.J. McCaslin, Claude V. Munsey, Norton Gordon, and Leon Kleiner. Members of the committee not present are Joseph LaMontague and Wilfred Brown. (TNT, 9/28/1952, p.A-12 & 11/9/1952, p.1) TPL-9079

Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma; Monuments & memorials--Tacoma;

Workers from Tacoma City Light erected an 80-foot flagpole donated by Cascade Pole Company at the Living War Memorial, Memorial Park, located at the south end of the east approach of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The memorial was to honor Tacoma's and Pierce County's fighting men in World War II. The project would consist of a grassy park with varoius suitable memorials donated by veterans' groups like the 800-poud bronze bell to be given by the Amvets. All work and materials were donated. The Narrows Bridge can be seen in the distance. (TNT, 9/21/1952, p.A-6) TPL-9077

Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Cascade Pole Co. (Tacoma); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma; Flagpoles--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Light Division (Tacoma);

Mount Rainier with Sunset Amphitheater and the Puyallup Glacier on the left and Tahoma Glacier to the right. Mount Rainier, 14,410 feet, is an active volcano, the highest peak in the Cascade Range. Its load of glacier ice exceeds that of any other mountain in the conterminous United States. Glaciers cover about 36 square miles of the mountain's surface. The twelve major glaciers on Mount Rainier include the Carbon, North Mowich, South Mowich, Puyallup, Tahoma, South Tahoma, Kautz, Niaqually, Cowlitz, Ingraham, Emmons and Winthrop glaciers. TPL-5762

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Glaciers; Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Two Cheney Lumber Company planes are flying north on the west side of Mount Rainier in front of the Tahoma Glacier. The two-toned plane is the "Bonnie B." TPL-6169

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Glaciers; Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Airplanes;

One of Cheney Lumber Company's planes is flying east on the south side of Mount Rainier in front of Kautz Glacier. The rainfall had been the lowest in 30 years in 1952 and lower than usual in 1951 making the snowpack much smaller than usual. Cheney Lumber Company used airplanes to facilitate management of mills in Washington, Oregon and California.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Glaciers; Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Airplanes;

Two Cheney Lumber Company planes are flying south on the west side of Mount Rainier in front of the Tahoma Glacier. Sunset Amphitheater is seen to the left and the Puyallup Glacier flows from the foot of it. The rainfall had been the lowest in 30 years in 1952 and lower than usual in 1951 making the snowpack much smaller than usual. Cheney Lumber Company used airplanes to facilitate management of mills in Washington, Oregon and California.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Glaciers; Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Airplanes;

Eleven sailors from the U.S. Naval Station in Tacoma volunteered their services in October of 1952 to help finish the work on the Living War Memorial which was dedicated to the war dead of Pierce County. They set posts and prepared logs for the guard rail which bordered the site. The dedication of the Memorial Park, located at the south end of the east approach to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, took place on Armistice Day 1952. In February 2003 the park was demolished to make way for the new Narrows Bridge; a new, larger War Memorial Park was dedicated on May 13, 2006. (TNT, 10/26/1952, p.C-13) TPL-9078

Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma; Sailors--Tacoma;

Two Cheney Lumber Company planes are flying east on the north side of Mount Rainier in front of Willis Wall and the Winthrop Glacier. Glaciers are among the most conspicuous and dynamic geologic features on Mount Rainier. They erode the volcanic cone and are important sources of stream flow for several rivers, including some that provide water for hydroelectric power and irrigation. They appear rigid and unchanging but in fact they deform and flow continuously. Maximum speeds occur near the surface and along the center line of the glacier. During May 1970 Nisqually Glacier was measured moving as fast as 29 inches per day. TPL-8252

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Glaciers; Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Airplanes;

This was the view of Tacoma from the top of the Medical Arts Building (now the Tacoma Municipal Building), 747 Market Street, in September of 1953. Looking toward the southeast, Mount Rainier dominates the horizon. The tall building below Mt. Rainier, near the center of the picture, is the Washington Building, 1019 Pacific Avenue, with a giant Mobil Gas sign on top. To the far left is the Murray Morgan Bridge, providing access to the many businesses on Tacoma's tideflats. TPL-9496

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Cityscapes--Tacoma--1950-1960; Business districts--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Aerial view of Tacoma, downtown buildings and Eleventh street bridge with waterways and Tideflats beyond the city and Mt. Rainier in the background. The view is looking Northeast from approximately 8th and Tacoma Ave. S. TPL-5875

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Cityscapes--Tacoma--1950-1960; Business districts--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Tacoma looking Northeast from the Medical Arts building with waterways and Tideflats beyond the city and Mt. Rainier in the background.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Cityscapes--Tacoma--1950-1960; Business districts--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The dedication of Tacoma's War Memorial Park, located at the south end of the east approach of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, took place on Armistice Day 1952. The 2 1/2 - acre park was built with volunteer labor from materials donated by the businesses, clubs, and citizens of Tacoma/Pierce County. Among those who generously donated to the creation of the park were Puyallup valley farmers who donated 15,000 flower bulbs; the Cascade Pole Company which donated an 80 ft. flagpole; and the Tacoma Bricklayers and Hod Carriers' Union that built the 20 ft. stone monument on their own time. A plaque on the wall stated: "Dedicated in honored memory of those who gave their lives for our country". In February of 2003 the park was demolished to make way for the new Narrows Bridge.

Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma; Dedications--Tacoma; Monuments & memorials--Tacoma;

ca. 1953. Snow-capped Mount Rainier is a majestic sight in 1953 as it looms over thousands of acres of timber growth. Logging companies would be permitted to harvest some of these trees.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Forests--Washington; Trees;

ca. 1953. Logs are in the process of being loaded onto a Ludtke Company truck during a logging operation on Mount Rainier. Branches have already been removed from the trees and logs previously cut into manageable sections. One man stands on the truck's bed to maneuver the massive logs into place in this 1953 photograph.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Lumber industry; Logs;

ca. 1953. Logging companies brought donkey engines out to the locations where timber was being felled. View of logging operation on Mount Rainier in 1953 shows downed timber already cut into smaller sections. There are steel cables attached to the wooden spar so that the downed timber can be pulled to the landing for loading onto trucks or railroad cars for transfer to a log dump or mill. Later these spar trees would be replaced by portable steel spars. TPL-3240

Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Lumber industry--1950-1960; Donkey engines; Logs;

Point Defiance Zoo, for the Metropolitan Park Board animal report. Exterior view of the animal house. This appears to be the lions' grotto. Citizens of Tacoma held events to raise the funds to erect the $104,000 animal house. The modern facilities opened in November of 1953.

Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Lions; Cages--Tacoma; Zoos--Tacoma--1950-1960; Zoo animals;

Aerial view of Point Defiance Park, taken in August of 1948. Point Defiance is the second largest city park in the US, outsized only by New York City's Central Park. It was originally a US military reservation. The city was given permission to develop it into a park in 1888. The "Bowl" area with its pond garden can be seen in the center of the picture. Above and to the left of the pond is a formal rose garden. Another formal garden can be seen beyond, now the location of the Japanese Garden. The ferry dock is at the upper right of the picture, with the boathouse top center. To the left of the Bowl area, and mostly out of camera range, is the zoo.

Parks--Tacoma; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma);

This aerial photograph of the Point Defiance Boat House and Pavilion was taken in August of 1948. Built on the site of the park's first pavilion, this large complex of buildings was the last project completed by the W.P.A. in the park. The pavilion was used for a number of years as the site of the Point Defiance Aquarium, and was destroyed by fire in 1972. The boat house was destroyed by an arson fire in September of 1984. Today a new boat house and restaurant stand on the site. TPL-8365

Parks--Tacoma; Cities & towns--Tacoma; Piers & wharves--Tacoma; Waterfronts; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Point Defiance Pavilion (Tacoma); Point Defiance Boat House (Tacoma);

Eight year old Gary Hartloff will get to go back to school on the last week of classes. Gary was hurt while playing with other children at Franklin Park near So. 12th St. and So. Puget Sound, he is the third victim at the park. While playing with friends, a log piled at the top of a small embankment broke loose, the log rolled down and seriously injured his right leg. Gary has been undergoing many weeks of treatment, but will have a full recovery. This area was formerly a children's field, and is now being converted into a commercial softball field (T. Times, 6/8/48, p. 16).

Parks--Tacoma; Franklin Park (Tacoma); Boys--Tacoma; Wounds & injuries--Tacoma; Hartloff, Gary;

The Stadium High School varsity football team had an undefeated season during the 1946-1947 school year when they wore the Cross-State and City crowns.The varsity football captains were Bruce Andreasen and Wells Anderson. Coach Heinrick was both the football coach and a guidance counselor. View of a Stadium football game, photo taken for the Tahoma, Stadium's yearbook.

Athletic fields--Tacoma; Football--Tacoma--1940-1950; Football players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadium High School (Tacoma);

Barbara Horjes poses in the snow at the Division Avenue entrance to Wright Park. The snow totaled over 18 inches after a three day storm hit Tacoma in Nov. 1946. The dancing maidens statuary, one of which is show here, were donated to the city by Clinton P. Ferry in 1891. (T.Times, 11/19/1946, p.2)

Wright Park (Tacoma); Horjes, Barbara; Snow--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sculpture--Tacoma--1940-1950; Parks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trees--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Fort Nisqually granary for Young Business Men's Club. Actors portray life as it would have been during the days of the early settlers to the Puget Sound region and the Hudson's Bay Company. The Granary is one of the original buildings from the Fort; it was constructed in 1851. It is the oldest standing building in the state of Washington. It was originally erected as a storage facility for the Fort's harvest. TPL-2369.

Fort Nisqually (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Historical reenactments--Tacoma--1940-1950;