Lee L. Doud, the first president of Woodbrook Hunt Club and also one of its founders, is pictured with his palomino, "Bourbon Blue Dare," near the club stables on October 16, 1948. The season opens on Sunday, October 31st, with the first of semi-monthly hunts. The Woodbrook Hunt Club was organized in 1925 by Major J.E. Mathews. (TNT 10-24-1948, D-1, alt. photo)

Horses--Lakewood--1940-1950; Doud, Lee L.; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);

A. Burwood Kennedy (left) on "Jeep" and Cyrus Happy, III, on "Kay Boy" were photographed in October of 1948 while going over the jumps at the Woodbrook Hunt Club in Lakewood. Co-founded in May of 1926 by Thomas H. Bryan and Major J.E. Mathews, the club divides its year between the informality of summer rides, picnics and gymkannas and the winter "drag hunts," where riders stream across the prairies behind the club's hounds. Both Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Happy are wearing traditional riding garb and are riding English saddles. (TNT, 10/24/1948, p.D-1, 6/6/1976 p.D-1)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses--Tacoma; Jumping (Horsemanship)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950;

A trio of riders from the Woodbrook Hunt Club halted mid-ride on October 16, 1948 to pose for the Richards Studio photographer. The equestriennes were Miss Estelle Parsons on Honey, Ida (Mrs. B.M.) Antonsen on Bridget and Ruth (Mrs. H.A.) Briggs on Bombadier. (TNT 10/24/1948, pg. D-1)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding; Parsons, Estelle; Antonsen, Antonsen, Ida; Briggs, Ruth;

Men on horseback jumping hurdles during the Woodbrook Hunt Club's winter drag hunt. A. Burwood Kennedy is on the right riding "Jeep." Unseen is Cyrus Happy III, riding "Kay Boy," on the left. Both riders are wearing traditional riding garb and are riding English saddles. A drag hunt is where the riders follow behind the hounds; the animals following a scent that has been literally dragged along the ground. The hunt requires that the hunters and their mounts be able to follow at a good clip and jump. (TNT, 10/24/1948, p.D-1)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses--Tacoma; Jumping (Horsemanship)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Saddles;

Lee L. Doud, one of the founders and the first president of the Woodbrook Hunt Club, posed in front of the clubhouse on October 16, 1948 with his palomino Bourbon Blue Dare. The Club originated in 1925 through the efforts of Mr. Doud and J.E. Mathews. In 1948, the Club divided its time between the summer rides, picnics and gymkhanas and the winter drag hunt. (TNT 10/24/1948, pg. D1)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding--Tacoma; Doud, Lee L.;

A quintet of riders, attired in English riding habits, were photographed on October 16, 1948 setting off for a ride from the clubhouse of the Woodbrook Hunt Club. The riders were, left to right, Mrs. J.C. Duryea on Super McKinney, Mary (Mrs. E.M.) Nyman on Highland June, Dr. Darrell H. Running on Tarra, Miss Marguerite Bonnell on Jeep and Mrs. William A. Ryan on Lady. (TNT 10/24/1948, pg. D1)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding; Nyman, Mary; Running, Darrell; Bonnell, Marguerite;

A young woman in a tweed coat reaches to pet her dog's head. The dog rests its front paws on her coat and stands at full length on his hind legs. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun.

Dogs; Pets--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Scenic views of Dr. Nickelsen's Spring Valley property. A horse is walking in the foreground near the edge of a lake. A white house with a two-car garage is on the other side with a lawn sloping down to the lake and woods behind. Spring Valley is north of the Pierce County-King County line.

Horses--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lakes & ponds--Tacoma;

Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven being initiated as an honorary member of the Pierce county Sheriff's mounted posse at Woodbrook Riding Academy. Dr. Ruthven, President of the University of Michigan, was visiting Tacoma and attending meetings with alumni and conferences regarding the University's program for the development of peace time uses of nuclear power. The educator was a veteran horseman and a Morgan horse enthusiast. (TNT 3/29/1950 pg 3)

Horseback riding--Tacoma--1950-1960; Horses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Cowboy hats; Mounted police--Tacoma; Cowboys--Tacoma; Uniforms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Flags--United States; Ruthven, Alexander;

Members of the Woodbrook Hunt Club in Lakewood prepare for the first event of the season to be held in October of 1950. Formally established in 1926, the Hunt Club is a member of the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America and is one of the few clubs to maintain their own pack of foxhounds. Gathering at the club headquarters are (from left): Dean MacDonald; Mrs. Joseph H. Gilpin on Compass Red; Miss Marguerite Bonnell on Lady; Mrs. Jack N. Briggs adjusting the curb on Bombadier, Mrs. H.A. Briggs' mount; Mrs. Corinne Woodworth on Kay Boy speaking to Mrs. M.E. Morford (standing); Miss Iris Bryan, Master of Foxhounds on Tipperary and Dr. Ilse-Lore Gauditz on Tallyho. (TNT 10-15-50, p. D-1)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1950-1960; Clothing & dress--Lakewood--1950-1960; Hunting dogs; Clubs--Lakewood--1950-1960; Bryan, Iris;

Blue Bonnet parade in Seattle. The Blue Bonnet covered wagon has stopped at the Seattle Public Market (now known as Pike Place Market.) Two of the Blue Bonnet Sue's are giving samples of Blue Bonnet margarine to the crowd. Ordered by Ted Bates & Company, Benson Inge. TPL-4754

Horses--Seattle; Advertising--Seattle--1950-1960; Covered wagons--Seattle; Pike Place Market (Seattle);

Fritz and Georgia Glenewinkle's Collie dog presented the family with 9 puppies. When the puppies were old enough, the Glenewinkles placed them in dish towels, or diapers, and hung them from a clothesline strung across their kitchen. Perhaps, this photograph, taken in December, was for the family's holiday greeting cards.

Dogs--Tacoma--1950-1960; Collies; Clotheslines; Clothespins; Children & animals--Pets; Glenewinkle, Fritz--Family;

Fritz and Georgia Glenewinkle's Collie dog presented the family with 9 puppies. When the puppies were old enough, the Glenewinkles placed them in dish towels, or diapers, and hung them from a clothesline strung across their kitchen. Perhaps, this photograph, taken in December, was for the family's holiday greeting cards.

Dogs--Tacoma--1950-1960; Collies; Clotheslines; Clothespins; Children & animals--Pets; Glenewinkle, Fritz--Family;

Two beautiful horses stand very still for their photograph. The one on the left has a long white spot that runs from between the eyes to the mouth. The horse on the right has a white diamond just above and between its eyes. Ordered by Mrs. Wayne Keyes.

Horses;

Two horses and their riders go for a walk in the pastures of Lakewood Stables. The male rider is on an English-style saddle and wears riding boots and perhaps breeches. His female companion smiles broadly as her horse is abreast of his. This sepia photograph was taken on September 5, 1951; photograph commissioned by Howard Smith, Condon Co.

Horses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1950-1960; Clothing & dress--Lakewood--1950-1960; Boots;

Marian's Timothy, a black Labrador owned by Marian McPhail, is shown with some of his prizes won in the National Field Trials. Tim was rated fourth nationally among the derby dogs for 1951 from a field of 725 derby starters. Derby dogs are those not more than two years old. Tim's sire was Rip of Holly Hill and his dam was the McPhail's Shady of Spanaway Creek. Marian (Mrs. Charles W.) McPhail ordered this portrait of her thoroughbred dog,

Dogs--Tacoma--1950-1960; Awards;

Dr. Nickelsen with a caged lynx that he captured. (T. Times)

Animals - Lynx

Albert H. Hooker divides his time between two roles as an industrialist and a rancher. He and his dog stand proudly together in a pasture while he inspects his Hereford cattle at his large ranch at McKenna. This portrait was included in the Tacoma News Tribune's Country Gentlemen tribute. (TNT, 10/12/1952, p.D-1)

Dogs; Cows; Hooker, Albert H.;

Toy Terrier standing on its hind legs with its paws around a bottle of beer that it's drinking or opening. Woman seated at kitchen table holding beer bottle for dog. (T. Times).

Dogs; Beer--Eating & drinking;

Toy Terrier dog drinking beer from a bottle. Dog is standing on his hind legs with his paws around the beer bottle. A young woman is seated at a kitchen table holding the beer bottle for the dog. (T. Times).

Dogs; Beer--Eating & drinking;

Master of Foxhounds Earl Craig addresses the mounted members of the Woodbrook Hunt Club on the New Year's Day hunt held in 1953. The hunt club's pack of foxhounds surround Craig. Woodbrook is one of the few clubs in the country that maintains their own pack of hounds. The Woodbrook Hunt Club is still active, and they remain associated with the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America. They also still enjoy the sport of riding to hounds, but they do not hunt a live fox. They "drag hunt". The dogs follow a trail created by dragging a scent impregnated gunny sack along the ground. They use synthetic scent; the dogs follow a synthetic fox.

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1950-1960; Clothing & dress--Lakewood--1950-1960; Dogs--Lakewood; Craig, Earl;

A small child smilingly makes eye contact with a chick at Ken Bergman's farm in January, 1953. She is holding a scooper full of chicken feed. There are dozens of baby chicks in the hay strewn wooden enclosure; some are huddled against the large stove while others line up to eat and drink. Photograph ordered by Washington Cooperative Farmers Assn.

Chickens--Washington; Poultry houses--Washington; Stoves--Washington; Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma);

On April 26, 1938, Humane Society officer H. A. Dennison presented a medal to "Frisky" Bedford, 6-month-old German Shepherd dog, who saved 2-year-old Leon Bedford from drowning in a small pond near his home at 5112 So. 10th St. Leon, seated in front of the Humane Society's "Be Kind to Animals" panel truck, accepted the medal for his friend. The medal originally read "To Frisky Bedford, for saving his master's life." When Leon pointed out to the Society that his dog was a lady, the red faced Humane Society had it re-engraved. (T.Times 4/26/1938, p. 3).

Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Animal shelters--Tacoma; Tacoma-Pierce County Humane Society (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dennison, Harold A.; Bedford, Leon; Lifesaving--Tacoma;

To Frisky Bedford the medal reads, "for saving her master's life." Pierce County Humane Society uniformed officer H. A. Dennison holds 2-year-old Leon Bedford while petting "Frisky" Bedford. The 6-month-old German Shepherd saved Leon from drowning in a small pond near the Bedford home at 5112 So. 10th St on April 8, 1938. Leon gratefully accepts the medal for his friend while she sits inside the back of the society's panel truck. (T.Times 4/26/1938, pg. 3)

Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Animal shelters--Tacoma; Tacoma-Pierce County Humane Society (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dennison, Harold A.; Bedford, Leon; Lifesaving--Tacoma;

ca. 1938. Dogs were apparently welcome at this eating establishment as a large black Cocker Spaniel gets a treat from a man stting on a soda fountain stool. Begging on his hind legs appeared to have paid off for the pooch in a 1938 stock photograph. Although a touch of elegance is present with the rattan counter stools which slope back, hamburgers were still an affordable 10 cents each.

Dogs; Eating & drinking;

There are chickens as far as the eye can see in this June 4, 1953, photograph. There were many varieties of chicken houses; this evidently was much larger than the normal chicken coop. To keep the chickens warm, at least three metallic heater units are hanging above their heads. A woman is apparently adjusting the height of one of the heaters by tugging at a rope. The many eggs laid by these chickens would be then transported to the Washington Cooperative Farmers Association who would clean, rate and sell them on behalf of the farmer. Photograph ordered by Dale Smith, Washington Cooperative Farmers Association. TPL-9370

Chickens; Chicken industry; Poultry; Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. Three black bears at Point Defiance Park. Zoo keeper George R. Jones reaches into steel bar cage while four young people watch. Cage is outdoors in open area with fenced area on back slope. In April of 1937, the zoo had no grizzly bears after the death of "Juliet," long time zoo resident. Her partner "Romeo" died the winter before. The zoo was expected a delivery of a pair of grizzly cubs in May from Yellowstone.

Bears; Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Zoo keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jones, George R.;

ca. 1937. Three black bears at the Point Defiance Zoo appear just as curious about their four teenage visitors as the visitors are about the bears in this circa 1937 photograph. Zoo keeper George R. Jones seems to be reaching into the outdoor barred steel cage with a small item, perhaps food, in his hand.

Bears; Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Zoo keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jones, George R.;

Margaretbelle Leslie holds Cocker Spaniels from her father John C. White's kennels at Alderton. Left to right:Toby, Western Girl, White's Carmen Glo, and White's Aggravating Aggie will be entered in the December 11 dog show. The Tacoma Cocker Club Speciality Show was held at the Greenwich Coliseum. More than 70 Cocker Spaniels were on display. (T. Times, 12/2/38, p.14).

Dogs; Dog shows; Leslie, Margaretbelle;

Cocker Spaniels from the John C. White's kennels at Alderton. Left to right:Toby, Western Girl, White's Carmen Glo, and White's Aggravating Aggie will be entered in the December 11 dog show. The Tacoma Cocker Club Speciality Show was held at the Greenwich Coliseum. More than 70 Cocker Spaniels were on display. (T. Times, 12/2/38, p.14).

Dogs; Dog shows;