Panorama of 85th Annual Communication Most Worshipful Grand Lodge F.&A.M of Tacoma WA. Masonic group standing outside of lodge in uniform with group members occupying stairwell and balcony.

Tacoma Scottish Rite Class Spring Reunion featuring consistories Clarence D. Martin, R.E. Gallot, E.L. Tarnsworth and Albert Rasmussen.

Group of masonic members posing against a rock backdrop.

Ivy covered Fire Station #6 located at 823 A St. before being destroyed by a fire in 1974.

Knights Templar parade. The Commandery unit of the Seattle Knights, dressed in regalia, marched north on Broadway near 9th Street on May 11, 1936. Knights Templar from all over the state gathered here for the 49th Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Washington, held May 11-12 at the Masonic Temple. Buildings in background. (T. Times 5/12/1936, pg. 1)

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

On June 5, 1937, as a function of the Shrine spring reunion in Tacoma, the Afifi Temple held a Ball and banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. Shriners and their wives were the guests. Here the photographer was setting up camera to take photographs of people in the receiving line.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Afifi Shriners of Tacoma in Seattle for marine parade. Night scenes of U.S. Navy Destroyer 209 in the Montlake cut of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle. Montlake Bridge in open position, shore lined with spectators. (T. Times 7/17/1936, pg. 3)

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

Walter E. Holman, vice president of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce, was nabbed by Tacoma police and officials as he stepped from a northbound plane on March 12, 1936 bearing the national charter for the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was met by a squadron of three motorcycle policemen who "arrested " him for exceeding the air speed limit and turned him over to the custody of the local club celebrating at the Winthrop Hotel. Pictured, left to right, William J. Ganz, Tacoma's Jr. Chamber vice president, Officer Earl Corneilson, Stanley Bekins, Tacoma's secretary, Holman, Worth W. Caldwell, president Portland's Junior Chamber, Officer O.C. Stitsworth and Donald Sloan, member Portland Jr. Chamber of Commerce. (T. Times 3-12-1936, pg. 5)

Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Holman, Walter E.; Ganz, William; Corneilson, Earl; Bekins, Stanley; Caldwell, Worth; Stitsworth, O.C.; Sloan, Donald;

National Guard members were called out to keep the peace in Tacoma at the beginning of a bloody clash with 500 lumber mill strikers and sympathizers that started around 4p.m. on July 12, 1935 at the intersection of 11th & A, the entrance to the 11th Street Bridge. Guardsmen were stationed at 11th & A to protect strikebreakers as they crossed the 11th Street Bridge on their way home from work at the mills on the Tideflats. They also prevented the labor demonstrators from crossing the bridge to the Tideflats. The confrontation concluded 4 1/2 hours later when the guard had pushed the angry crowd up the hill on 11th to Yakima where it dispersed. The lumber and sawmill workers strike began on May 6, 1935 and was settled early in August of the same year with victory for the workers. The National Guard was deployed to Tacoma on June 23, 1935 to preserve the peace and was involved in many skirmishes. (TDL 7/13/1935, pg. 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Demonstrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington National Guard (Tacoma);

Members of the 161st Infantry of the Washington National Guard stand head to head with striking timber and sawmill workers waving the American flag and demonstrating opposition to the presence of the Guard. The Guard had been called out three weeks prior to protect strikebreakers as they crossed the bridges to the Tideflats to work. This confrontation erupted into a full scale battle with Guards using tear gas, nausea bombs, night sticks and bayonets to control the crowd. TPL-425 (TDL 7/13/1935, pg 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Demonstrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington National Guard, 161st Infantry (Wash.);

Members of the Washington National Guard used tear gas freely in an attempt to disperse the crowd of lumber mill strikers and their supporters during this July 12, 1935 melee near the intersection of 11th and A Streets. The Guard had arrived in Tacoma to protect strikebreakers attempting to open the mills on the Tideflats. The strike was particularly violent with those workers that opposed the strike suffering bombed cars and homes. TPL-426 (TDL 7/13/1935, pg 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Demonstrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington National Guard, 161st Infantry (Wash.);

Eleventh Annual Conclave of the Order of DeMolay, held in August of 1935 in Tacoma. One of the highlights was the downtown parade held on the 31st. The route was down St. Helens Ave. to Pacific, to 13th and up Broadway. A parade of young men were photographed marching along Broadway, 1100 block, toward the Elk's Temple, Tacoma. Buildings and signage visible.

Order of DeMolay--Meetings--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940;

This group of Boy Scouts was planning to attend the National Boy Scout Jamboree, scheduled for August 21-31,1935, in Washington, D.C. The names of the boys are, left to right, Charles Anderson, Warren Nordquist, Bob Brotherton, Charles McAfee, Al Pousard, Bob Stetson, Bill Mill, Bob Peterson and William Dane. The jamboree was planned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of scouting. Before boarding the train however, the boys received word that the jamboree had been cancelled due to a threatened epidemic of infantile paralysis (polio) in the nation's capital. Instead the boys travelled to Vancouver, Lake Louise, Winnipeg, Chicago, Niagra Falls, Albany, West Point, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC and the naval academy at Annapolis. (Bremerton Sun 8/7/1935, pg. 1)

Boy Scouts (Bremerton)--1930-1940; Uniforms--Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940;

Mrs. E.W. Schweer, left, and Mrs. E.C. Jack pose in the garden of the Schweer home in Manette in September of 1935. The pair had just returned from the national convention of the P.E.O. (philanthropic educational organization), held at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone Park. Big home with low pitched gable in background. The garden path is edged with rock, also used for accents, and backed by an arbor. For Bremerton Sun. TPL-8554 (Bremerton sun 9/21/1935, pg. 2)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; Gardens--Bremerton; Clothing & dress--Bremerton--1930-1940; P.E.O. (Bremerton); Schweer, E.W.--Family; Jack, E.C.--Family;

Democratic Woman's Club. Eight older women in room, radio with model ship atop it. Ordered by Janet Brady, Tacoma Times society section. (WSHS & photo filed with Argentum)

Democratic Woman's Club (Tacoma);

Junior League. Gertrude (Mrs. Roger) Peck, 1936-37 President of the Tacoma Junior League, posed at her home with members of Executive Board on April 11, 1936. Standing in the back row, left to right, Mrs. Martha Fisher, Mrs. Ellen Hooker, Mrs. Phoebe Lea, Mrs. Helen Hurley and Miss Lois Williams. Seated middle row, left to right, Miss Presley Ellis, Mrs. Peck and Sally Moffitt. The women seated on the floor in front are Connie Rie Cardin and Jean Dunkle. (T. Times 4/18/1936, pg. 7)

Junior League (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Peck, Roger--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1937. The 1937-38 Tacoma Junior League Board posed for this photograph in May of 1937, shortly after their election to their offices. Pictured are, left to right, Mrs. Camille Pessemier, Helen (Mrs. J.P.) Weyerhaeuser, Helen (Mrs. Charles Jr.) Hurley, Edith Henry, Gertrude (Mrs. Roger) Peck, Phyllis (Mrs. Grant) Hellar, Connie Rie (Cornelia Marie) Cardin, Harriet Griggs, Pauline Sceva and Mrs. L. Donald Fisher. Photograph ordered by Mrs. Brady, Tacoma Times Society editor. (T. Times 5/7/1937, pg. 11) (WSHS)

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--1930-1940; Weyerhaeuser, Helen; Hellar, Phyllis; Hurley, Helen; Pessemier, Camille--Family; Henry, Edith; Peck, Gertrude; Cardin, Cornelia Marie; Griggs, Harriet; Sceva, Pauline; Fisher, L. Donald--Family;

The Tacoma Drama League would be presenting the melodrama "East Lynne" Nov. 6th & 7th, 1936. It would be directed by Claude Brennan, who in his acting days has played every male role in the play.

Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma); Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical Productions--Tacoma;

Javanese Art Exhibit opening, in the Tacoma Art Association gallery at the College of Puget Sound. Ellen (Mrs. Albert H.) Hooker, Jr., member of the Junior League, standing beside a Javanese hand-made puppet. Ellen Hooker, an artist, is widely recognized for her miniature portrait paintings. (T. Times, 2/22/1936, p. 7).

Tacoma Art Association (Tacoma); Aloha Club (Tacoma); Hooker, Ellen; Art objects; Art exhibitions;

On February 26, 1937, nearly 300 guests crowded into the American Legion Hall, home of the West Bremerton Post No. 149, for their monthly social. The program included recognition for local teachers and junior high graduates. Selected for recognition on a basis of scholarship, honor, leadership, service and courage were four mid-year graduates from junior high. Pictured receiving their certificates of recognition are, left to right, Patricia Castle, Post Commander Pat Mulvany, Harold Worland, Joan Tatham and Wayne Kirkland. Their bronze plaques, medals and pins were posed on the podium. (Bremerton Sun 2/27/1937, pg. 1).

American Legion, Post 149 (Bremerton); American Legion Hall (Bremerton); Castle, Patricia; Mulvany, Pat; Worland, Harold; Tatham, Joan; Kirkland, Wayne; Awards;

New members of the Bremerton Elks go over some notes in preparation for their first Elk event. Pictured left to right are Ed Schaeffer, George Prossee, R.N. O'Connor, Exalted Ruler Hector Curnow, James Brenner, Sam Fein and Harry Ketell. Five of the six men hold a sheet of paper that they are studying. Exalted Ruler Curnow takes notes with a pencil and paper. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun. (Bremerton Sun 11/21/1935, pg. 1)

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Bremerton lodge (Bremerton); Fraternal organizations--Bremerton; Membership campaigns--Bremerton;

The bright lights of Lincoln Bowl look down on the thousands of Shriners present for their annual Pacific Northwest Shrine Association convention in 1957. "Shrine-O-Rama" was open to the general public who watched the marching units and listened to the various Shrine bands. ALBUM 15.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1950-1960; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Lincoln Bowl (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. A group of law officers, dressed in uniforms with badges and topped off with straw skimmers, pose in front of the B.P.O.E. (Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks) lodge. The man to the left is possibly Pierce County Sheriff John Bjorklund. The picture is probably related to the celebration of Straw Hat Day circa 1925. (WSHS- negative A844-0)

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Straw Hat Day (Tacoma); Hats--1920-1930; Law enforcement officers--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Club of Hearts committee group. Eight women pose in the living room of a residence. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind the divan.

Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Living rooms--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tapestries;

Members of the Tahoma Guild of the Tacoma Orthopedic Association are shown with a "Wishing Candle". The candles were placed in various clubs and restaurants in Tacoma. When someone adds coins to the base of the candle holder they are entitled to make a wish. The guild met in the home of Mrs. Robert Weller. L-R, Miriam (Mrs. J. Marvin) Lynn, Vera B. (Mrs. Artrudeo L.) Lee, Mrs. Charles Denzler, Myra J. (Mrs. Elmun R.) Fetterolf, Mrs. James J. Healy, Vina M. (Mrs. Herman) Brandes, Hazel B. (Mrs. Arthur) York and Rose Z. (Mrs. Robert R.) Weller. (T.Times, 12/7/1946, p.9)

Tacoma Orthopedic Association (Tacoma); Lynn, Miriam; Lee, Vera B.; Fetterolf, Myra J.; Brandes, Vina M.; York, Hazel B.; Weller, Rose; Weller, Rose--Homes & haunts;

Dr. Millard J. Nelson Guild of the Tacoma Orthopedic Association. Mrs. A.O. (Mathilda H.) Burmeister was the social chairman of the silver tea held May 27, 1947, at the home of Paul B. and Genevieve M. Smith, by the newly formed Dr. Millard J. Nelson Guild of the Tacoma Orthopedic Association. 400 guests were invited to the event. Mrs. Smith, in a floor length, floral print dress and white jacket stands outside in a garden setting. She holds white gloves and a dark handbag. (T.Times, 5/23/1947, p.12)

Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Burmeister, Mathilda H.; Tacoma Orthopedic Association, Dr. Millard J. Nelson Guild (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Ivanhoe Commandery of the Knights Templar. Members of the Knights Templar are dressed in decorated robes, uniforms, hats and crowns in front of a stage hung with a large cross at the Masonic Temple. York Rites delegates to the annual state convention arrived Saturday, May 10, 1947, for meetings of the three grand bodies. The meetings of the twenty-eight commanderies of the Knights Templar was highlighted by a parade from the Masonic Temple to the First Christian Church on May 11th, 1947. This was the 60th conclave of grand commandery of Knights Templar of Washington (T.Times, 5/9/1947, p.1)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Knights Templar (Tacoma); Ivanhoe Commandery No. 4, Knights Templar (Tacoma);

Rainbow Convention. Several young women cadets and three military officers outside beside brick building with a tiled roof. The cadets are saluting.

Rainbow Girls (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Drill teams; Military officers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Teenagers--1940-1950; Uniforms;

Rainbow Convention. Pierce County Rainbow Girls hosted the 21st annual session of the Grand Assembly of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls June 22, 23 and 24, 1947. 1,500 girls from Washington, Idaho and Alaska met for the 25th anniversary of Rainbow in Washington State. Fifteen young women wearing floor length gowns and heart-shaped hats. A piano and flower decorations can be seen on the stage behind them. (T.Times, 6/19/1947)

Rainbow Girls (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evening gowns; Hats--1940-1950; Teenagers--1940-1950;

Benbow Lakes, Red Cross Aquatic School for the Northwest, 75 men and 56 women. The Red Cross Pierce County Chapter held a 10-day aquatic safety school with 131 men and women from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Montana at Benbow Lakes, Kapowsin, Washington. It was one of six such schools operated by the Red Cross in the United States. The canoe in this photograph has been identified as a Willits canoes, built by Earl and Floyd Willits at their shop on Day Island. The canoe features a full sailing rig also built by the brothers. (T.Times, 6/24/1947, p.5). Additional information supplied by Pat Chapman, Proprietor, McFarland Lake Canoe Company.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Safety; Lifesaving; Canoes--Kapowsin--1940-1950; Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin--1940-1950; Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin);