Happy 100th!

Mrs. Susan Richardson celebrated her 100th birthday in her wheelchair at the Old Soldiers Home at Retsil. The feisty centenarian had one message for the Tacoma Times readers, "Keep Hitler Out of America." She was born in Shelby County Ohio July 22, 1840 and crossed the Oregon Trail in 1843 with her grandmother, settling in…
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Esther Williams Girls

The Esther Williams Girls are in Tacoma for publicity arranged by Ernie Grindley, advertising manager for the Washington Sports Shop. The bathing beauties also showcased foreign automobiles at the new showroom of Tom Carstens' Imported Motors, dealer for the Austin-Healey, MG. Jaguar, Porsche, and Morris 1000. Leaning against the sports car is believed to be…
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All Aboard!

With his pipe clinched in his teeth, and his hands at the control switches, Harry E. Flickinger maneuvers one of the trains on his elaborate model railroad in this photograph from July 1940. Mr. Flickinger, who was a draftsman by day, spent his weekends and evenings building a detailed, realistic model railroad in his American…
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American Girl

View of Joe and Lucille Machado aboard the "American Girl" tuna boat after her July 23, 1944, launching. Joe Machado, 23, was the captain of the fishing vessel and his wife, Lucille, was the ship's sponsor. Captain Machado and co-owner Joe Alves were affiliated with Van Camp's sea food company out of San Diego. The…
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LibraryReads July 2021

Nothing says “must read” quite like a Librarian’s stamp of approval! Every month LibraryReads.org releases the top picks for the month, as voted on by Librarians across the country. Subscribe to Tacoma Library’s e-Newsletter service and get the Library Reads picks and more delivered straight to your inbox. Check out the LibraryReads’ picks for July 2021: Such A Quiet…
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