Three women skeet shooters with rifles half kneeling in front of Washington Hardware Company store window.

Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Firearms; Rifles; Shooting; Sharpshooting;

Women skeet shooters in front of Washington Hardware Company. One woman kneeling and aiming rifle, two others watching.

Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Firearms; Rifles; Shooting; Sharpshooting;

Frankie Hansler, left, and Bill Tokarczyk look perplexed at Russ Moody's entry in the Washington Hardware Company's 1938 game bird and big game contest. Mr. Moody, Pacific Ave. cigar dealer, exhibits his trophy animal, bagged on his first hunting trip, the rare "albino deer," also known as a white rabbit. Mr. Hansler is posed next to his prize-winning 214-pound buck. (T. Times 10/25/1938, pg. 3)

Hansler, Frank; Tokarczyk, Bill; Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Deer hunting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Deer; Rabbits;

Jane Hatfield, Washington Hardware Company employee, poses with four black-tailed deer, the first to be entered in the store's 1938 game bird and big game contest. All four are above average weight. The hunters were Richard Hofto, E.R. Howell, Emery Kiske and James Johnston Jr. of Orting. (T. Times, 10/4/1938, p. 11).

Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Deer; Deer hunting--1930-1940; Hunting trophies; Dead animals;

In 1943 the Poggie Club raffled off an Evinrude Zephyr outboard motor to raise money for their annual Father-Son Derby. Eugene Rubattino, right, was the proud winner. He received his prize at the Washington Hardware Company, 921-23 Commerce Street, from (l to r) Clarence Johnson, Club president, and Everett L. "Tiny" Reynolds, Club Sec. (T. Times 5/5/1943 p.14)

Poggie Club (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat engines; Rubattino, Eugene; Johnson, Clarence; Reynolds, Everett L.; Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma);

Ralph Lougheed, wearing raincoat, rainhat and fishing waders with rod in hand, stands by pole holding six Steelhead trout, in front of Washington Hardware. Mr. Lougheed is a salesman at Washington Hardware. The large trout in the center, almost 15 pounds, was taken by Sgt. S.M. Ice from the Nisqually River at the mouth of Muck Creek. The others were caught in the Nisqually and Puyallup Rivers. All were taken on light tackle and entered in the All Tacoma Steelhead Derby, sponsored by local sporting goods stores. For Elliott Metcalf. (T. Times 2/12/1936, pg. 11)

Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Fishing--1930-1940; Trout; Lougheed, Ralph;