Rock Out with the Ventures!
Tacoma’s favorite band, The Ventures! Yep, I found this little gem at the 30th Anniversary Sale at The Last Vestige a couple of months back. As I am sure you know (just say “yes”, Ventures fans. You know you are.) this disc features their big hit, the Hawaii Five-0 theme. …
The Train Is In the Yard!
In the previous posts I described the train I was building for holiday decor. This is it completed. You can see the Santa train to the left. This train is inspired by the electric ride-on railroad in the toy department of the Rhodes Department Store in Tacoma in the ’50s …
A New Passenger Car for the Railroad
Well, not exactly the railroad! This is one of the passenger cars that I mentioned in my last post. It is partially painted with a little bit more to go. There’s a lot of pin-striping on this project. In the post from the other day I mentioned that these holiday …
Riding the Milwaukee Road .. Sort of!
Back in the 1950s and through the ’60s the great place to do in Tacoma, Washington was Rhodes Department Store. The big store downtown was a treasure chest of cool things. But, at Christmas time the coolest of the cool was up in the toy department. The Milwaukee Railroad sponsored, …
Tacoma Back In the Day
Coke Sign In Tacoma
Sweet Whaaaaaa?
You know, it is not often that we can saw we know somebody who was actually in a movie. But, I am pleased to say that I know several people who were in the “cinema”. Here’s a kicker for you: our pal from “way back”, Linda K, is seen on …
The Two Narrows Bridges, Old & New
An “old” Tacoma Narrows Bridge tower is seen in the background while in front is the new Narrows Bridge. Of course, we all now that the “original” Narrows Bridge is at the bottom of Puget Sound just under these bridges.