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Our museum will be closed today until the 6pm event celebrating the opening of our new exhibit, Dreams and Dispossession. We look forward to seeing everyone who sent in your RSVP - we are sold out!
Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain has just crowned Virginia Davis Queen of the Tacoma Winter Carnival on January 26, 1941. To the left is Dee Whitham of Stadium High School and to the right is Anele Larson of Lincoln. The winter royalty was selected from a field of 12 selected by the ski clubs of the College of Puget Sound, Pacific Lutheran College, Stadium High and Lincoln High. Each club entered three young women. Races and other activities were scheduled at Paradise on Mount Rainier National Park during the weekend.
The cooks and waitresses of the Husk Cafe at 1211 Pacific Avenue posed at 3:30 pm on January 25, 1943 following the lunch hour rush. They are standing behind the lunch counter with its miniature jukebox selectors. Isabelle and Thomas Hardwick opened the Husk in 1934. According to a posted sign under the clock, customers could not get counter service unless they were prepared to spend at least 10 cents. For 20 cents, you could get a bowl of hot chili or some pie and ice cream to go with your coffee. The Husk Cafe closed in the late 1950s.
This Friday, January 27 at 6pm, please join us for the Exhibit Opening of Dreams & Dispossession: The Railway Comes to Tacoma, with special keynote speaker Ethelda Burke.
The railroad and train travel have been such a constant throughout Tacoma history, it perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that Union Station was sometimes used as the backdrop for an advertising photoshoot for a Tacoma business. An unidentified young woman glances over her extensive train ticket at Union Station on January 23, 1954. She is dressed in a suit from Andrews Women's Apparel and stands between her two suitcases. Her outfit is complemented by a small hat and gloves. The distinctive window of Union Station can be seen behind her.
On January 22, 1955, Cub Scouts from the Mt. Rainier Council boarded a railroad car from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad line. In keeping with the January Scout theme of "Railroading," the company provided a seven car train at their passenger depot for the scouts to tour throughout the day. More than 1,500 area Cub Scouts and their leaders took this opportunity to become better acquainted with trains.
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North Fort Lewis had made special accommodations in the mid-1950's for military servicemen stationed far away from home. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph installed a bank of telephone booths especially designated for long distance calls. Each booth had closing glass doors for privacy and was labeled with a number. Pictured on January 21, 1957, are two high ranking non-commissioned officers using the new facilities. A woman is either placing the call for one of the men or listening to the conversation on the other end.
Fifty years ago this week, these interior and exterior photographs were taken of the Old Spaghetti Factory at its Tacoma location in the 1700 block of Jefferson Avenue. The restaurant has since moved to Pacific Avenue, to allow @uwtacoma to complete its renovation of this building into classroom and office spaces.

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