More images from a box of 1983 negatives from Bremerton Sun Photographers…

A few images found:

• A dog in a “stroller”
• Rev. Taylor’s church service
• West Park Highway
• Remote control battleship “wars”
• What looks to be a beauty pageant of some sort for Fathoms
• Steam boats in Port Orchard
• Portrait of “Ugly Bartenders” …I am not calling them ugly, they all look like very attractive bartenders, I just type what the negative sleeve says.

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine that is the whole reason I scan them) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

Finishing up the posting of images from a small box of 1961-62 negatives.

A few images found:

• Women working New Years
• Bainbridge Island Art Ball
• Kahn’s new store
• Haddon School
• OC Basketball
• Santa having lunch

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

Cracked open a box of 1983 negatives from one of the many shelves of archival images here at the Sun office. Here is the first batch of what will be many scans…

A few images found:

• SK bed races.
• Demolition of Roosevelt Field- which I had no idea stood so very close to Warren Ave. Also take note of how the bulldozer is just pulling the last of the stadium in on itself with cables.
• Milk carton boat races…seriously there seems to have been a whole lot of fun events going on back in the day in this county!
• A portrait of a girl leaping on the steps of Bremerton Jr. High simply titled “girl who named middle school”.
• 80’s fashion shoots!
• A woman getting the chance to dance with and then getting hugged by American blues and rock musician Elvin Bishop.
• Poulsbo Summerfest

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

Still posting from a box of 1988 images from the archives of the Bremerton Sun so here is the first batch of scans!

A few images found:

• A photo illustration of “Branbo” which my best guess is for a story featuring the benefits of bran. The best part is we also get a glimpse at retired photo editor and current freelancer Steve Zugschwerdt as he was shooting the illustration.
• Dedication of Bremerton High and West Hills school- which also apparently included a light-hearted moment of a man pretending to strangle himself with his tie…
• Bainbridge High’s football stadium.

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

Just finished scanning a box of 1988 images from the archives of the Bremerton Sun so here is the first batch of scans!

A few images found:

• Marketing photos of Thomas Kemper Brewing…which according to wikipedia: “Thomas Kemper Brewing of Poulsbo was sold to Hart Brewing (later known as Pyramid) in 1992. (Thomas Kemper had been founded in 1985 on Bainbridge Island, and began making soft drinks in 1990.)”
• OC Registration
• A lady driving with a parrot on her steering wheel…okay maybe she’s just parked but still seems a bit unsafe for the bird.
• Aerial views of Bremerton from aboard the Pepsi blimp.
• Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis’s daughter Andrea campaigns in Bremerton.
• A swimming olympian from 1928

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

09/30/88
Blimp Ride
Theresa Aubin Ahrens / Bremerton Sun

I found a very small box of 35mm negatives from 1961-1962 on the shelf by Bremerton Sun photographers. 

A few images found:

• South Kitsap basketball goes to the state tournament.
• Dry Dock 6 is dedicated.
• Snow…my there used to be a lot of snow and ice skating going on here in Kitsap.
• The toll booth of the Manette Bridge…a whopping 10 cents to cross back in the day.
• Armed Forces Day Parade.
• Swim classes at the pool at Evergeeen Rotary Park in Bremerton.

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

Here are a few more images from a box of 1968-1969 negatives by the photo staff of the Bremerton Sun:

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

A few images found:

• SK High students with levy signs.
• Ladies manning the phones at the headquarters for American Independent Party presidential candidate George Wallace.
• My favorite image of this scanned group is the photo of kids in a boat looking picking up boards as the Silverdale Hotel burns in the background.
• Harvey’s Hot Butter Rum and founder.
• A portrait of a retiring ticket taker when cross Sound fares were only $1.80!
• A lot of photos of Ice skating in these years which is intriguing to see because I can’t imagine lakes freezing over out here making ice skating a possibility.
• Students listening to a lecture in their African American History Class at Olympic College.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

Here are a few more images from a box of 1968-1969 negatives by the photo staff of the Bremerton Sun:

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

A few images found:

• A chicken that “layed” a large egg (yes sometimes news days were very slow even back then and photographers had a hard time when it came to spelling “laid”).
• Gary Sexton and a dog.
• Images from inside PSNS that were labeled “Armed Forces Day”.
• Central Kitsap classroom additions.
• A glimpse into the life of Safety Patrol kids.
• Man builds his own pool table
• Political signs and stickers inside the GOP and DEM headquarters
• A toaster oven. No date, no title just some pictures of a toaster oven.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

***yes that is how they spelled “laid” back in the day apparently according to the negative sleeve***

Here are a few more images from a box of 1968-1969 negatives by the photo staff of the Bremerton Sun:

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negative sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

A few images found:

• USS Sacramento sails through the Hood Canal Bridge.
• Construction of the JC Penney building in downtown Bremerton.
• Images from a parking lot opening in downtown Bremerton with a whole lot of fanfare (okay fine just balloons but that’s a lot of balloons for a parking lot opening) which makes me think that parking in downtown was as big of a deal back then and it is now.
• Local royalty signing the cast of a wounded serviceman at Naval Hospital.
• A local woman wins a new tv set.
• A “prowling” cow is captured
• Trio of youngsters show-off a six-legged frog

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***

A box of 1968-1969 negatives from the archives of Bremerton Sun photographers is next up on my desk for scanning. Som how I only managed to pull 1969 negatives out for my first few rounds of scanning so this post is all 1969.

***Remember, the only information I have on these images is what is written on the negatives sleeve which is then typed in beneath the photos seen below.

A few images found:

• Lions Club members selling lightbulbs, and by the looks of the photos maybe they were selling them to help fund the park since the photo shows lightbulbs oddly stuck in the sand.
• An adorable moment at the Mother’s Day Horse Show.
• The installation of a computer at PSNS.
• A victim of the Bremer’s burglary and the hammer that he was hit with.
• Construction of the JC Penney building.
• Images titled “Travis Drinking On The Job” which I am guessing are of a Bremerton Sun reporter testing out a breathalyzer machine.

For a recap of this archive project, you can click here

To catch up on any of the From The Archives posts you may have missed, click here.

***I also feel the need to put small plea on this post because of some slightly unscrupulous re-postings – if you are going to share these photos around social media and what not (which is totally fine) PLEASE credit the Kitsap Sun. These are our old but still copyrighted images and it is important to note that they are credited to us. ***