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  • Paul and Karen StrandBook signing at The Gift Gallery in Tumwater Washington
  • THe Happy HavenIn Bow Lake (Now SeaTac)
  • Union Station Tacoma
  • The Spanish CastlePopular dance hall on Highway 99
  • Boeing Airplane Co. under WWII Camoflage On Duamsh river in Seattle
  • SeaTac International AirportBrand new terminal 1950
  • 1949 Earthquake - Seattle1949 Felt through out Western Washington and beond
  • Snow Storm of 1950 - SeattleEverything came to halt for several days
  • Snow Storm of 1950 - SeattleRecord snow fall and low temeratures shut down Most of Washington
  • Ivar's Acres of Clams - SeattleIvar was a Seattle celebrity
  • Seattle Farmer's MarketAlso known as the Pike Street Market
  • Great Northern Passenger TrainThis is like the train Paul rode west in
  • New Lake Washington Floating bridgeUS Highway 10 accross Lake Washington
  • North Richland WashingtonThe beginning of a 3,600 trailer park on the Columbia
  • Plutonium Production PlantPlutonium for H bombs. On the Columbia river
  • Seattle RainiersSeattle's only baseball tem in the 40s and 50s Farmer's Market
  • B-17 Supewr fortress'sWar planes being built under a camofagee roof at the Seattle plant.
  • Rainier AirlinesOlympia Airport
  • Saint Helens Hotel Chehalis WashingtonMom waitressed here in 1947
  • Winlock WashingtonFolks here believed they were the egg capitol of the USA.
  • Slo-Mo 1VHydoplane Racing on Lake Washington
  • Paul throwing rockWorld's largest trailer park North Richland Washington
  • Uptown TheaterNew atomic age theater Richland Washington
  • Richland TheaterOld theater Richland Washington
  • Breakfast in the mess hallEarly morning at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
  • Buses at North RichlandReady to load up workers for trip to Hanford nuclear reservation.
  • Old farm in Lewis CountyPaul with Dad Clifford and sister Mavis
  • Frisko Freeze TacomaKids showing off their cars
  • Dick's Drive-in SeattleHamburgers are 5 for a buck
  • Twin Teepees SeattleOn Highway 99 across from Green Lake
  • Dag's Hamburgers SeattleDowntown Seattle
  • Movies we likedKids packed the theaters to see these
  • Movies of the era
  • 9th Street Tacoma
  • The Moore Hotel SeattleGirls lined up to see a play
  • The drive-in theaterWhat we loved to do in the 1950s
  • Briscoe boys schoolStudents received a good education including abuse
  • Triple X root beerOne like this sat on Highway in SeaTac
  • South Seattle garbage dumpBuilding upper left will some day be Starbucks world headquarters
  • Hats and Boots gas staitionSouth Seattle
  • 50s Used car lotWhere we liked to buy our cars
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