On December 30, 1924, a crowd of last minute "shoppers" filled the office of Pierce County Auditor Freemont Campbell Jr. in a last minute attempt to get their 1925 automobile license applications filed before the January 1 deadline. By the 30th, scarcely half of the county's automobile owners had applied for their new licenses. Tacoma and Pierce County drivers who belonged to the Automobile Club of Western Washington could avoid the lines at the auditor's office in the Pierce County courthouse,1012 South G Street, by going to the automobile club's Tacoma office at 119 South 9th Street. (TNT 1/1/1925, pg. 11) (WSHS- negative A644-0)

Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930; Pierce County Auditor (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Recording & registration--Pierce County--1920-1930;

ca. 1979. A crowd files into a Tacoma business, possibly a movie theater.

Crowds--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Crowd near 11th and Pacific Avenue during stop of Wendell Willkie and party at Willkie Headquarters at 12th and Pacific. Mr. Willkie, the Republican nominee for President, squeezed in visits to four locations, including his local campaign headquarters, during a one-hour stopover in Tacoma. (T. Times)

Crowds--Tacoma--1940-1950; Political campaigns; Presidential elections;

A crowd stands and waits at the corner of 7th & Pacific Avenue for the bus that will take them to the Western Washington fairgrounds. They are lined up in front of the Western Auto Supply Co. at 715-17 Pacific Ave. Despite a light drizzle later in the day, attendance at the fair for Tacoma Day was nearly 50,000.

Crowds; Western Auto Supply Co. (Tacoma); Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1940-1950;

Hundreds of Tacomans lined up on the sidewalks outside the Western Auto Supply store at the northeast corner of South 8th Street and Pacific Avenue in September of 1941 to catch one of the special busses that would carry them to the Western Washington fair grounds. Despite the gray skies and light drizzle nearly 50,000 people passed through the turnstiles at the Puyallup Fair on "Tacoma Day". The grandstands were filled almost to the last seat and all the rides on the fairway were kept busy into the night.

Crowds; Western Auto Supply Co. (Tacoma); Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1940-1950;

ca. 1963. Hordes of workers stream in to work in a 1963 photograph. Many of the men are wearing hard hats while others are bareheaded or wearing caps. Several wave their hats in salutes to the cameraman. Richards Studio notes indicate this was the "Old Shipyard," it is possible that this was the old Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. yard that was sold to the Port of Tacoma in 1959.

Crowds; Hats--1960-1970;

ca. 1944. War Street. Circa 1944 downtown display of World War II artillery and military equipment. Large crowd along the 900 block of Broadway looking over several vehicles including an airplane and Jeep.

Crowds--Tacoma--1940-1950; Military vehicles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Airplanes--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Hundreds of Tacomans mob the entrance to the Temple Theater on October 2, 1944, to attend a free gala vaudeville show in honor of Tacoma's "fighting mayor" Harry P. Cain, then serving in the European theater. Prominent dignitaries in attendance would include Washington governor Arthur B. Langlie, former Tacoma mayor J.J. Kaufman and acting mayor C. Val Fawcett. ALBUM 13.

Crowds--Tacoma; Signs (Notices);

Man with megaphone talking to large group of people in parking lot. He is preparing to announce the weights of the catches of competing fishermen in the Salmon Derby in Bremerton. To the lower right of the picture are salmon waiting to be weighed and the scales used to determine the winner of the Salmon Derby.

Crowds--Bremerton; Fishing--Bremerton--1930-1940; Scales; Salmon;