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An interview with Northwest Room intern Andrew Weymouth on his Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) project to uncover photographs from the Richards Studio Collection that reveal the cultural diversity of the South Puget Sound area.

Vietnamese refugee child tossing a frisbee. In May 1975 groups of Vietnamese refugees arrived to Camp Murray for resettlement in Washington from Camp Pendelton, CA.  See more featured images and posts…

Lovely Jackie Aitken is crowned Miss Garbage Pit by Miss Tacoma. Angela Nicholson, in regal ceremonies this week at the City Dump. Miss Garbage Pit (also known as Miss Saniterri Landefille) will reign over the open house at the dump Saturday, sponsored by the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce, Applauding the selection are the co-chairmen…

Only the clock tower is saved in this old City Hall proposal presented Tuesday to the Coty Council. The proposal, jointly made by Alan Liddle, James Harris and William Reed, local architects, calls for tearing down most of the old City Hall and building a new structure for a performing arts auditorium. The new structure…

H. V. Howlett Jr. was one of the newest members of Tacoma's police department. Twenty three year old Howlett was said to have had the largest shoulders, his measurements were: 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, biceps were 18-1/2 inches, chest 52 inches, waist 33 inches, forearms 13-1/2 inches and shoulders 25 inches. Howlett was from…

A happy family at their newly built home in the Salishan housing development May 02, 1943.  See more featured images and posts…

These five bowlers were the Tacoma Tigers baseball club's entry in the Northwestern International Bowling Congress. Wearing these Tiger uniforms, they would be knocking down pins on April 30, 1940. From left to right are: Dick McNerthney, Doc Mazen, Bus Anderson, Dr. R. Pennington and Mike Berry. Team average was a not-too-shabby 957. See more…