This is Main Street in Sumner as it appeared in January, 1940. Buildings on either side of the street include the Three Little Pigs Tavern, the Riviera Theater, Putman's Hardware, and the Sumner Safeway among others. Sumner, which can trace its history to the 1870s, was named after Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. (T. Times, Special Edition)

Business districts--Sumner; Three Little Pigs Tavern (Sumner); Putman's Hardware (Sumner); Riviera Theater (Sumner)

Sumner High School. Exterior view of two-story brick building as pictured in January of 1940.

Sumner High School (Sumner); Public schools--Sumner;

Pauline Martin, 18, was just selected as the 8th annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival queen on February 28, 1941. She was chosen queen during a pageant held at Sumner High School. Miss Martin, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin, was a resident of Sumner. She would be crowned on March 22, 1941, by J. Arthur Thompson, president of that year's festival.

Martin, Pauline; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1941 : Sumner); Beauty contestants--Sumner; Daffodils;

Pauline Martin, seated sixth from left, was selected as the 1941 Daffodil Festival Queen from this group of Sumner contestants. They are seated on stage at Sumner High School. L to R: Unidentified contestant, unidentified contestant, Ruth Carnahan, Myrtle Ramsey, Doris Lee, Queen Pauline Martin, Verna Blanchfield, Patty Riddell, Bonnie Moriarity, Jean Howe, Margaret Bowen. (T. Times, 03/01/1941, p.1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1941 : Sumner); Martin, Pauline; Carnahan, Ruth; Ramsey, Myrtle; Lee, Doris; Blanchfield, Verna; Riddell, Patty; Moriarity, Bonnie; Howe, Jean; Bowen, Margaret;