Archive for February 2019

New York Jets quarterback Joe Willie Namath, along with a man believed to be San Diego Chargers quarterback John Hadl, shops at the Stanley Shoe store in mid-February, 1969, soon after leading the New York Jets to victory over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. Joe Namath had something in common with the shoe…

Stacks of Tacoma Times "Special Edition" swamp the mailing room, nearly obscuring newspaper workers with tall stacks of newspapers. On February 27, 1940 the Times heralded their move to new quarters with a daily edition that ran 92 pages in 5 sections. It was the largest edition of the Times published to that date. More…

In February of 1946, when this photograph of three teenage boys from Clover Park was taken, the Red Cross was just starting its 1946 fund drive. Tacoma's hospitals were overcrowded, and there was a shortage of nurses. These boys are getting ready to help by learning home nursing skills. See more featured images and posts…

On February 17, 1949 Morris Kleiner and Edwin Weller reenacted their investigation of a burglary at the Model Lumber Company. Morris Kleiner, owner of the company, and Edwin Weller, merchant patrolman, are pictured opening the door to enter the office. Mr. Kleiner had used Weller's merchant patrol service for 20 years. The merchant patrol worked…

It was a very sweet Valentine's Day for lucky Albert Lee (2nd from right), winner of the Central Area Progressive Improvement Association raffle held in 1969. He is shown accepting the keys to a brand new 1969 Volkswagen outside the association's 922 South "K" (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) Street headquarters. Pictured alongside Mr…

George Anthony Trudnich posed for a sepia portrait at the Richards Studio on February 2, 1957. He planned to give copies of his photograph as Valentine Day gifts. Trudnich was a clerk at Top Auto and resided at 2514 N. Starr. He was a graduate of Bellarmine and attended the College of Puget Sound. Trudnich…

Doris (Mrs. Eldon R.) Hubner and her deer Chihuahua Cholla were known to thousands of kindergarteners as stars of television show "Kindergarten at Cholla's Corner" in the 1960s. Mrs. Hubner, for years a kindergarten teacher at Washington School, brought fun and learning, songs and riddles, and the basic principles of good citizenship, safety and hygiene…

In February of 1964, Captain Davies, stationed at Fort Lewis with the Sixth Army, and his wife happily accepted the keys to the new Avanti sport sedan that he won in a contest sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Co. from an unidentified car dealer. Introduced by Studebaker in 1962, the Avanti was designed by one…