Tacoma Day at the Western Washington Fair, Puyallup. A young man attempts to ring the bell at a "Test Your Strength" game at the fair. People in the crowd watch the marker rise on the scale. Over 50,500 people were in attendance on September 22, 1937, the designated Tacoma Day.

Fairs--Puyallup--1930-1940; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup);

Warren Y. and Barbara Hull with their children Nancy & Kirk skiing at Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. For more images of the same family, see D745- images 46, 47 & 50.(T. Times).

Families--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skiing; Children skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Hull, Warren--Family;

Six year old Katherine Kempf received some last minute alterations to her favorite dress before heading off for her very first day of school on September 1, 1936. Katherine was entering the first grade at the Navy Yard City School and her mother, Mrs. W. Kempf, was making sure that her outfit was just right for that special day. Soon after, Katherine left for school hand-in-hand with her brother, 9 year old William. (Bremerton Sun 09/01/1936, pg. 1).

Families; Mothers & children; Grooming; Kempf, Katherine; Kempf, William--Family;

At 6:30 p.m. on June 19, 1936, Tacoma Fire Truck Companies 1 & 2 staged a spectacular life line drill at 9th & Commerce to the delight and awe of spectators. It was all part of the first ever Northwest Fire College, held in Tacoma June 17-20, 1936. The two big trucks hoisted their 75 foot ladders overhead in an inverted "V" with life lines running on both sides for the fire fighters to run up, slide down and rescue victims. This photograph shows six firemen standing on a ladder truck marked T.F.D. No. 1. The firefighters are wearing white uniforms with wide canvas belts around their waists. Downtown crowds observe the training activity. (T. Times 6/16/1936, pg. 1)

Fire fighters--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Northwest Fire College (Tacoma); Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ladders;

On April 23, 1937, Tacoma fire fighters posed on their new 75 foot high extension ladder reaching upward into sky. One fireman with a rope over his shoulder was on bottom rung, while another was standing at the very top. The ladder was a replacement for the 24 year old one belonging to Station #2's hook and ladder truck. It was designed and built by Hoseman Royce H. Waldrep when it was determined that the city could not afford to purchase a replacement. The ladder took Waldrep and his team 35 days to build and cost $300, a savings of around $1,000. (filed with Argentum) (T. Times 4/26/1937, pg. 1)

Fire fighters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ladders;

The old London Dock and the Waterside Milling Company plant were destroyed by fire shortly after noon on Tuesday, January 7,1936. Flames and thick black smoke engulfed the warehouse building and dock while firemen and equipment on land fought to quell the fire. The City fireboat and four Foss tugs were also called into action and together, they managed to contain the fire to stop it from spreading to other nearby warehouses and docks. It was reported that a wood dust explosion caused the $260,000 fire. The Waterside Milling Co. specialized in the manufacture of wood flour, which was a finely powdered form of wood. (T. Times, 1-7-36, p. 1-article; T.Times 1-8-36, p. 1+-article; TDL 1-8-36, p. 1-article & various photographs; 100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 94-95).

Fires--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fireboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smoke--Tacoma; Waterside Milling Co. (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On October 21, 1937, Clarence Duncan, superintendent of the state's Puyallup River hatchery at Voight's Creek, lifted a large net filled with salmon out of the water. It was the largest run in years with record numbers of salmon returning to the creek near Orting. It was estimated that more than 8,000 salmon would be taken as they come up the creek to spawn and die. The salmon were collected, eggs removed and fertilized, the hatched salmon were raised and then released into the creek, helping perpetuate the natural cycle. Photograph ordered by Duncan and Mueller. (T. Times, 10/21/1937, p. 20).

Fish hatcheries--Orting; Salmon; Duncan, Clarence; Puyallup River (Wash.); Voight's Creek (Wash.);

Humpback salmon returning to the Puyallup River hatchery on Voight Creek, near Orting. William Mueller pours salmon eggs from a bucket into a tray at the fish hatchery. The eggs have been removed from salmon who have come up the creek to spawn and die. The eggs will be raised by the hatchery and re-released into the creek as fingerlings. Ordered by Duncan and Mueller. (T. Times, 10/21/1937, p. 20).

Fish hatcheries--Orting; Salmon; Mueller, William; Puyallup River (Wash.); Voight Creek (Wash.);

Salmon returning to the Puyallup River hatchery on Voight Creek, near Orting. A hatchery worker cuts open a salmon to remove the eggs. The fish are then placed on a rack behind him. The fish will later be ground up as food for the fingerlings. Ordered by Duncan and Mueller. (T. Times, 10/21/1937, p. 20)

Fish hatcheries--Orting; Salmon; Puyallup River (Wash.); Voight Creek (Wash.);

In May of 1936, Mrs. A. I. Fisher posed with seven of the nine three week old puppies of Lady, her 18 month old prize winning dachshund. Lady was the blue ribbon winner at the 1935 Kitsap Dog Show, held at Evergreen City Park. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, Lady and the nine new arrivals lived near Kitsap Lake. (Bremerton Sun 6/2/1936, pg. 1).

Fisher, A.I.--Family; Dachshunds--Bremerton; Dog breeders--Bremerton;

Thirteen year old Bud Hopkins, weighing in at 75 lbs., and his catch, a 60 lb. ling cod, were photographed on June 21, 1937 in front of the Vandes Company, 115 So. 10th. Bud was fishing in the Narrows for salmon, using a herring for bait, a 2-0 hook, a ten cent bamboo pole discarded by another fisherman and a "decrepit" line. Although it was not the salmon he was expecting, Bud was very happy with his enormous catch. The Vandes Co. was a manufacturer and importer of fishing equipment. Photograph ordered by Mr. Metcalf at the Times. (T. Times 6/22/1937, pg. 13).

Fishing & hunting gear; Vandes Co. (Tacoma); Sporting goods stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fishermen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fishing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fish; Hopkins, Bud;

Vivian (Mrs. Frank H.) Sherman, skilled fly caster. Mrs. Sherman may only weigh 89 pounds but she is no throw-back; she is one of the best fly casters in the area. Here she is ready for a day of fishing, dressed in fishing gear and posed with rods and creel standing beside a grove of trees. The Tacoma native learned to fly cast 17 years before from her brother, Tacoma dentist J.A. Brewitt. She and her husband Frank now operate Tapps Fishing Tackle at 5209 South Tacoma Way. They also live at that location. Frank Sherman is also listed in the city directory as the City Harbor Master. Mrs. Sherman operates an angleworm farm in the rear of her husband's store; her crop is raised for the use of local fishermen. (T. Times 8/26/1936, pg. 13; 11/4/1936, pg. 15).

Fishing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fishing & hunting gear; Sporting goods; Sherman, Vivian;

Two women holding bouquets of flowers, roses and carnations, at flower show held in the Tacoma Armory building in April of 1937. Name tags on flowers displayed: Talisman, Dictator, Melrose. (T. Times)

Flower shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flowers; Exhibitions--Tacoma--1930-1940; State Armory (Tacoma);

ca. 1935. Alt Heidelberg football team at play. They are playing on a field with wooden bleachers and fence in background. Neighborhood buildings and a church steeple are in view. Alt Heidelberg was the name of a brew manufactured by Columbia Breweries in Tacoma and many of the company sponsored teams sported that name.

Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1930-1940;

Stadium vs. Lincoln Thanksgiving Day football game in Stadium Bowl, November 25, 1937. Stadium High School marching band and drill team form what appears to be the letters "IN" on the football field. The goal post, Commencement Bay, and Browns Point are visible in the background. (T. Times 11/26/1937, pg. 1)

Football--Tacoma; Athletic fields--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; Events--Tacoma; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Marching bands;

Crowds gather to view Fort Lewis on Army Day, 1937. On Army Day, the military played host to the surrounding community showing off their installation and equipment. Large group of people gathered on field in front of brick buildings and post chapel. Chapel designed by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects. (T. Times).

Fort Lewis (Wash.);

Army Day, 1937 Open House at Fort Lewis Several people gathered around a small airplane and others visiting open tents. (T. Times).

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Fighter planes--1930-1940;

Bellarmine cadets with their instructor Major A. L. Warren in front of the Post Chapel on Fort Lewis on Army Day, April of 1937. Thousands flooded the Fort each year for the annual event to check out the newest equipment the army had. Pictured left to right are Robert Glueck, Philip McElwain, Ormond LaFramboise, Emil Joinette, Blair McLean, Paul Kiely, Maj. Warren, G.A. Villoescusa, Jim Grenier, Dick Hutt and Eugene Reischl. (T. Times 4/7/1937, pg. 1)

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Cadets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Warren, A.L.; Glueck, Robert; McElwain, Philip; LaFramboise, Ormond; Joinette, Emil; McLean, Blair; Kiely, Paul; Villoescusa, G.A.; Grenier, Jim; Hutt, Dick;

KP duty during Fort Lewis Army Day, 1937. Army maneuvers at Fort Lewis. Soldiers washing their metal mess trays outside in galvanized metal wash tubs. Wooden building in the background. (T. Times).

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Soldiers--1930-1940;

Army Day at Fort Lewis. Heads snap "Eyes right," as the 6th Engineers detachment parades by the reviewing officers. Review group stand and Officer's Quarters in background. (T. Times 4/6 & 4/7/1936, pg. 1)

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Soldiers;

Eleven years before she made history at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Gretchen Kunigk (later Fraser) was the skiing double for Sonja Henie. This photograph, taken in 1937, shows Miss Kunigk in costume for the filming of "Thin Ice" at Paradise Inn on Mount Rainier. Years later, as Gretcher Fraser, she was the first skier from the United States, man or woman, to win a gold medal in an Alpine event in the Olympics. (T. Times 4/5/1937 p.3)

Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994; Skiers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Motion picture industry--Tacoma;

Knights Templar parade. Knights Templar dressed in regalia march south from 9th Street on Pacific Avenue. They were part of a May 11, 1936 parade in downtown Tacoma marking the opening session of the 49th Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Washington. The meetings were held May 11-12 at the Masonic Temple. (T. Times 5/12/1936, pg. 1)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Knights Templar (Tacoma);

Afifi Shriners of Tacoma in Seattle for water parade on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Night scene of waterway. Montlake Bridge spans are raised above side towers to allow floats and boats to pass through the canal. Bleachers with flood lights above are filled to capacity with thousands of spectators.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Seattle; Parades & processions--Seattle--1930-1940; Montlake Bridge (Seattle);

Margaret "Peggy" Orr, daughter of Dwight and Margaret Orr, recites her prayers on Christmas Eve in 1937. The 5-year-old child is wearing her "Dr. Denton" pajamas and kneeling on a foot stool beside her chenille-covered bed. This photograph was created in the Richards Studio's darkroom. A winter scene was superimposed on the window behind Peggy to give the picture more of a "holiday" feel. Ironically, in 1937 Tacoma enjoyed its first truly "White" Christmas in many years. Temperatures in the 30s on Christmas Day helped the snow that fell beginning on Christmas Eve to stay around, becoming snowmen and ammunition for snow ball fights. (The same photo without the snow scene is D1039-3.) (T. Times, Society, 12/24/1937, p 7).

Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children praying--Tacoma; Sleepwear; Beds; Bedspreads; Orr, Margaret; Orr, Dwight--Family;

Tannis Girswaite, aged 3 1/2, helped Wayne Carlsteen, five, try on a new "Navy look" overcoat in one of Tacoma's department stores during the United Tacoma Days sale held October 7 -8-9, 1937. Tens of thousands of shoppers from Tacoma and the surrounding area flocked to downtown Tacoma to take part in the three day sale. Over 200 merchants put special bargain basement price tags on every line of merchandise. Shoppers could ride street cars and busses from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. for free, and out-of-towners could park without fearing parking tickets; no overtime parking tickets were issued to cars registered to cars owned by drivers from outside the city limits. (T.Times,10/8/37, p1)

Girswaite, Tannis; Carlsteen, Wayne; Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children shopping--Tacoma;

Sepia photograph of Governor Clarence D. Martin and other dignitaries at the head table at the Community Achievement Dinner held at the Masonic Temple on December 28, 1937. A large poster of President Roosevelt is the only decoration on the wall. City and political leaders packed the head table, including Puget Sound National Bank's Reno Odlin, Congressman John Coffee, U.S. Senator Homer T. Bone, and Mayor George Smitley. The dinner combined the annual Tacoma Chamber of Commerce banquet and the city's achievement dinner. Governor Martin spoke of a brighter future for our state and its inhabitants. (T. Times, 12-29-37, p. 1) ALBUM 10.

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Coffee, John; Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Posters;

Governor Clarence D. Martin shakes hands with F. Rodman Titcomb of Weyerhaeuser Company, in front of a large poster of President Roosevelt, at a Community Achievement Dinner at the Masonic Temple. Mr. Titcomb was the former General Manager of Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. and was married to Elizabeth Weyerhaeuser, oldest child of John Philip Weyerhaeuser. He was announced to the 1000+ diners as the 1938 president of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. The chamber's usual banquet was combined with the community dinner, hence the large crowd in attendance. (T. Times, 12-29-37, p. 1). ALBUM 10.

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Titcomb, F. Rodman; Posters;

As the membership drive of the P.T.A. (Parent-Teacher Association) drew to a close, Mrs. Earl C.Greenwood was photographed signing up Dr. Dan G. Bisson up as a member. Mrs. Greenwood was holding a P.T.A. magazine or pamphlet and watching the physician sign a document which was on the table in front of them. (Bremerton Sun 10/15/1935, pg. 1).

Greenwood, Earl C.--Family; Bisson, Dan G; Parent-Teacher Association (Bremerton);

Enjoying a spring walk are 9 month old "Monty," an English mastiff; Edward ("Ted") Irving Griffin, son of Tacoma businessman Edwin L. Griffin; and Edwin Griffin's sister-in-law, Bea (Mrs. Frederick) Griffin. The nine month old "puppy" is giving Mrs. Griffin a good tug by the leash. The Griffins were the first breeders of English Mastiffs in the Northwest. So far, their champion "Broomcourt Nell" had produced two litters of puppies. (T. Times 4/22/1938, pg. 14)

Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955--Family; Griffin, Edward Irving; Griffin, Bea; Dogs;

Several children watch a man dressed in a clown costume apply a face paint moustache to a boy dressed as a pirate at the North 26th & Proctor St. Business Men's Club 7th annual "safe and sane" Halloween party. Several thousand youngsters and their parents attended the function that began with a costume parade led by Mayor Smitley and the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. The event would end with a huge bonfire. In between, about 100 prizes would be awarded, including a cup to the north end school having the largest attendance. Record cold temperatures did not prevent Tacoma's petite witches and ghosts from taking part. (T.Times, 10/31/1935, p. 1).

Halloween--Rites & ceremonies; Costumes; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cosmetics & soap;