Name/Title
Area Businesses and Scenery, Unknown Dates.Entry/Object ID
2007-012.A249NDescription
Area businesses and scenery, unknown dates. These seventeen film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These strips came from at least twelve different individual film rolls, so many of the physical numbers for the images are repeated several times. For the purposes of this description, these strips will be grouped according to which film roll they originally came from. These groups will then be assigned a lower-case letter, and each image in the group will be referred to by its physical number and the letter of its group (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.). The images in group "a" show an exterior view of a building with a snowy parking lot, a man and a woman posing for a photo in an office, a man standing next to a cage with a parrot in it, a woman watering a anging plant, an outside shot of a Del's Thriftway, a woman standing next to a display called The Herb Center, and mannequins posed to appear to be flying kites at the entrance to the People's store in South Sound Center. Image 42a shows an exterior view of a building with a snowy/slushy arking lot. In the parking lot in front of the building are a saw horse, a sign laying on the ground, and a wooden traingle-shaped structure laying on the ground. Image 43a shows a man with a mustache (Tim Maguire) and a woman wearing a sweater posing for a photo in what appears to be an office. In front of them on a table is a large piece of electronic equipment which appears to be a printer. On this object is printed "OLYMPIA INTERNATIONAL. OMEGA 303." Image 44a is virtually identical to image 43a. Image 1a is very similar to the previous two images, but the man and the woman are smiling. Image 2a shows a man with a mustache reaching out with his left hand to touch a large birdcage with a parrot in it. Image 3a shows the same man posing for a photo next to the birdcage. There are a number of other cages in the background of various shapes and sizes. The man is looking toward the camera and is shown from the waist up. Image 4a shows a very similar scene to that of image 3a, but the man is looking at the parrot. Image 5a is similar to image 4a, but the man is touching the cage with his right hand and is shown from the knees up. Image 6a shows a woman watering a hanging plant and many other plants are nearby. She is looking toward the plant that she is watering. Image 7a is very similar to image 6a, but here the woman is looking toward the camera. Image 8a is virtually identical to image 7a. Image 9a shows an exterior view of the front of a Del's Thriftway grocery store. Image 10a shows a woman posing for a photo next to a free-standing display of seed packets with a sign on top which reads "The Herb Garden." The woman's hands are clasped in front of her, with her right hand on top of her left. Image 11a is virtually identical to image 10a. Image 12a is very similar to the two previous images, but here the woman's left hand is on top of her right hand. Image 13a is virtually identical to image 12a. Image 14a shows the entrance to a clothing store from inside South Sound Center. Visible inside the store is a display made up of seven mannequins, three of which are flying kites, three of which are standing nearby, and one which is laying on the ground. Image 15a shows the same group of mannequins, but from much closer up. The mannequins are concentrated in the left half of the image. Image 16a is virtually identical to image 15a. Image 17a is similar to the previous two images, but the photographer has panned to the left. The images in group "b" show a man in a suit and glasses working a cash register in a pharmacy or drugstore; a woman working behind a counter with jewelry, shaving razors, Tic Tacs, and various other items; and a man working at a hardware store (Total Hardware). Image 11b shows a man in glasses and a suit and tie looking down at a cash register and pushing buttons on it. He appears to be working in a pharmacy or drugstore. Visible hanging on a case behind the man is a small plaque which reads "Member, Lacey Area Chamber of Commerce, 1975." Image 12b is very similar to the previous image, but the man is looking slightly more downward. Image 13b shows a woman in a plaid dress working behind a counter selling jewelry, Rothschild's butterscotch, Dynamints, Bic shaving razors, Tic Tacs, and other items. She is looking toward the left side of the image, and her face is in profile. Image 14b is very similar to the previous image, but the woman is looking downward and writing with a pen. More of her face is visible than in image 13b. Image 15b is very similar to image 14b, but here the woman is smiling. Image 16b shows a man in a hardware store from the mid-torso jup. He is looking toward the left side of the frame, and his face is in profile. He is wearing a jacket with a badge which reads "COAST TO COAST... total hardware." Image 17b is similar to the previous image, but here the man is reaching out for something outside of the image frame with his right hand. Image 18b is similar to the previous two images, but the man is raising his left hand toward his chest, and a watch is visible on his left wrist. The images in group "c" show a sign shaped like the state of Washington which reads "Thompson Place," a street sign for the intersection of Hensley Avenue and Davis Street, and a stop sign on 12th Avenue Northeast. Image 23c shows a sign shaped like the state of Washington which reads "Thompson Place." Visible in the background are two houses and tall coniferous trees. Image 24c is very similar to the previous image, but here the right half of a speed limit sign is visble at the left edge of the image. Image 25c shows a street sign for the intersection of Hensley Avenue and Davis Street. Portions of coniferous trees are visible in the near background. Image 26c is virtually identical to image 25c. Image 27c shows the same street sign as the previous two images, but this image is focused on the Davis Street sign, and the Hensley Avenue sign is at an angle that makes it more difficult to see. The back side of a stop sign is visible to the right of the street sign. Image 28c is similar to the previous image, but here the stop sign is to the left of the street sign. Image 29c shows the front side of a stop sign, and above the stop sign on the same post are street signs showing the intersection of Cougar Street Northeast and 12th Avenue Northeast. The images in group "d" show two different real estate signs. Image 5d shows a sign which reads "SOLD By Cooperative Effort, MULTIPLE LISTING REAL ESTATE SERVICE OF OLYMPIA." Images 6d and 7d are virtually identical to image 5d. Image 15d shows a sign which reads "FOR SALE, Lacey REALTY INC., 491-2540." Images 16d and 17d are virtually identical to image 15d. The images in group "e" show a hamburer sitting on a counter. Image 27e shows the hamburger sitting on the counter. Images 28e-32e are virtually identical to image 27e. The images in group "f" show an exterior shot of a brick building with a sign reading "Seattle Trust" on the side, and exterior shots of a late-1940s Ford F-2 pickup truck. Image 14f shows shows a brick building with a sign reading "Seattle Trust." The image show a portion of the parking lot with several cars parked in it. Image 15f shows a late-1940s Ford F-2 pickup truck from a straight-on view of the front end. One car is parked to the left of the truck, and this car is straddling two parking spaces. Image 16f shows shows onlt the front end of the F-2 truck. Image 17f shows only the driver's side portion of the front end of the truck, including the headlight. Image 18f shows the driver's side door of the truck. An "F-2" is visible between the door and the hood of the truck. The images in group "g" show man wearing a nametag which reads "Let's all go to the Dairy Queen" and "Mike" pointing toward the left side of the image and a different man wearing a nametag which reads "Lacey Foods, May I Help You" and "Dennis" posing for a photo and stocking produce. Image 6g shows the man with the Dairy Queen nametag facing and pointing toward the left side of the image frame. Behind the man's hand in the background is a Ford pickup truck. Image 7g is very similar to image 6g, but behind the man's hand is a van. Image 8g shows the man with the Lacey Foods nametag posing for a phto. He is resting his left hand on a produce box and his right hand on a produce case. Image 9g shows the man stocking broccoli in the produce case. There is a metal tub visible next to the man, but half of the opening is below the bottom edge of the image frame. Image 10g is similar to image 9g, but here the opening of the metal tub is fully visible in the image. The images in group "h" show a large parking lot, and in the background are several large buildings, one of which has painted on the side "LACEY LUMBER & BLDRS SUPPLY" and the Abbey Theater on the Saint Martin's College (now University) campus. Image 5h shows the Lacey Lumber and Builders' Supply store. Image 6h shows the Abbey Theater on the Saint Martin's campus. Old Main is visible in the background. The images in group "i" show a mural of Mt. Rainier on a concrete block wall. All of the images on this strip (6i-8i) are virtually identical. The images in group "j" show a young boy sitting in front of a typewriter and looking extremely bored. Image 3j shows the boy looking slightly toward the right of the camera. Imag 4j is similar to the previous image, but the boy's head is turned more toward the right. The images in group "k" show two crooked images of a parking lot and a sign for the Honey Inn Motel. Image 13k shows a portion of the parking lot, and the sign for the motel is partially visible, although obscured by a rectangular object. Image 14k shows a similar scene to that of 13k, but the photographer has moved closer to the sign. The sign reads "New HONEY INN MOTEL" and "TV, COFFEE, KITCHENS."
Tim Maguire was the assistant city manager for Lacey. Thompson Place was owned by Al Thompson, who also owned Tanglewilde. The Abbey Theater was on the Saint Martin's College campus, across the street to the north of what is now Marcus Pavilion.
Printed at intervals along one edge of the strips in groups a, d, e and i is "KODAK SAFETY FILM 5063." Printed in alternation along one edge of the strips in groups b, c, f, g, h, j and k is "KODAK SAFETY FILM" and "KODAK TRI X PAN FILM."Made/Created
Date made
1967 - 1981Notes
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: AcetateLexicon
Search Terms
Business & Commerce, People, Del's Thriftway, South Sound Shopping Center, Total Hardware, Thompson Place, Multiple Listing Real Estate Service of Olympia, Lacey Realty, Seattle Trust, Dairy Queen, Lacey Foods, Lacey Lumber and Builders' Supply, Abbey Theater, Saint Martin's University, Saint Martin's CollegeRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Al ThompsonPerson or Organization
Tim Maguire