Asian American Fife High School football player

Yelm High School coach with "M'Loud Brothers." Likely shot on the same day as Fife High School game.

Asian American Fife High School football player

Slightly overhead view of posing group at the Lakewood Ice Arena.

Group of swimmers and sunbathers on an unidentified lakeside dock with a diving tower, multiple diving boards and a water polo hoop.

Football team playing on a rainy field. Referee is jumping over a fallen player. A small crowd of spectators is watching in the background.

Panorama of Women's Equine Polo team with little girl in uniform in front of military officer.

Young men wearing baseball uniforms posing on bleachers.

Dining area of the Sky Lane Bowl in Seattle.

Bowling lanes and seating area of the Sky Lane Bowl in Seattle.

Bowling lanes and seating area of the Sky Lane Bowl in Seattle.

Mechanical interior behind bowling lanes of the Sky Lane Bowl in Seattle.

A large group of competitors at the Pacific Northwest Archery Association's 13th Annual Tournament held on August 5-6, 1939 at the Jefferson Park archery range posed behind a line of trophies. Sixty competitors vied for the Northwest title, with Mr. and Mrs. Pat Chambers of Portland taking home most of the men's and women's trophies. Tacoma youngsters Sonny Johns and Dorothy Axtelle won the Junior titles. Sonny Johns was a former state junior champion. (TNT 8/7/1939, pg. 11-article on results)

Archery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bows (Archery); Awards; Johns, Sonny; Axtelle, Dorothy; Pacific Northwest Archery Association (Tacoma);

The 13th Annual Pacific Northwest Archery Association Tournament was held in Jefferson Park on Saturday and Sunday, August 5-6, 1939. This unidentified shooter is taking part in the flight shoot, an event where the objective is to achieve the furthest distance.

Archery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bows (Archery); Pacific Northwest Archery Association (Tacoma);

Sam Jackson, wearing a straw hat with a "Golden Jubilee" hat band, helped make July 23, 1939 special for two unidentified polio victims by taking them to a double header at Athletic Park, near So. 15th and Sprague. Three Tigers players sat behind the young patients, who were separated by two women (their mothers?), to have the day captured on film. Samuel Jackson was president of the Tacoma General Hospital and chairman of the board of the National Bank of Washington. The Tigers lost the first game of the day to Vancouver 6 to 5, but won the second 2 runs to 1, the Tigers' pitcher, Carl Brady, having given up only 3 hits. The "Golden Jubilee" was the Tacoma celebration of Washington's 50th anniversary of statehood.

Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Tigers (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Tacoma Athletic Park (Tacoma); Jackson, Samuel M.;

Fullback for the 1939 Bellarmine football team, Ray O'Leary is frozen in a classic football pose.

Football--Tacoma; Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Private schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma)--Sports; O'Leary, Ray;

ca. 1939. Hockey players performing drills at Lakewood Ice Arena circa 1939. One player is down on ice with puck under him; Griffin Fuel Company player above him with stick raised.

Ice hockey players--Lakewood; Ice hockey--Lakewood--1930-1940; Lakewood Ice Arena (Lakewood);

Joe Paglia, St. Martins College grid coach, explains how to hold a football in the art of kicking to three unidentified teenage boys in October of 1938. Noting the lack of powerful kickers in college football, Coach Paglia is seeking to bring back the "foot" in football. A series of football kicking classes, sponsored by the Tacoma Times and Washington Hardware, were given by Coach Paglia at Jefferson playfield over five Saturdays. Mr. Paglia, a great kicker at Santa Clara University, was known as "Coffin Corner Joe" for his extremely accurate placement of the football at the corners of the football field between the end zone and the five-yard line at each end of the field. (T. Times 10-20-38, p. 14-article; T.Times 10-21-38, p. 14-photograph of Mr. Paglia)

Paglia, Joe; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Coaches (Athletics); Coaching (Athletics);

ca. 1939. Three female skiers at Mount Rainier, possibly Annie Wright students. They are tentatively identified as, left to right, Anne Chapman of Tacoma, Marie Eckstrom of Tacoma and an unidentified skier.

Skiers--1930-1940; Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1930-1940;

ca. 1939. Three female skiers at Mount Rainier, possibly Annie Wright students. They are tentatively identified as, left to right, Anne Chapman of Tacoma, Marie Eckstrom of Tacoma and an unidentified skier.

Skiers--1930-1940; Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1930-1940;

ca. 1939. Three Roy news carriers enjoy a day on skis in the snow. Fir trees in background are heavily laden with snow. (T. Times)

Skiers--1930-1940; Snow; Newspaper carriers--Roy;

Standing in stark contrast with the white snow, a large group of skiers are pictured outside the lodge at Paradise where the February, 1938, ski races and winter carnival are being held. This would be the seventh annual Tacoma winter sports carnival of ski races held at Paradise Valley. Olympian Don Fraser and Virginia Bowden (Boden), both of Seattle, would be the respective men's and women's slalom champions. Thousands of spectators and skiers would enjoy not only the races of varying categories, but also exhibition skiing by Austrian Otto Lang, skiing under floodlights, and a free carnival dance. Trophies and prizes would be awarded the victors. (T.Times 2-14-38, p. 1, 11)

Skiers; Athletes;

Ski races at Paradise Valley, Mount Rainier National Park. Spectators wait for the February 13, 1938, races to begin, surrounded by the scenic, snow-covered valley, lodges and mountains. The events were expected to attract 5000 skiers and spectators from all over the Pacific Northwest. Eventual winners of the open slalom races would be Don Fraser in the men's category for the second straight time and University of Washington student Virginia Bowden (Boden) in the women's. Future Olympic gold medalist Gretchen Kunigk (later Fraser) would vacate her Carnival Queen throne to place 5th.

Skiers; Athletes;

February, 1938, ski races and winter carnival at Paradise Valley, Mount Rainier National Park. A long line of skiers gather near the lodge. Trees and lodge roof are laden with fresh snow. 5000 skiers and spectators were expected to gather for the seventh annual Tacoma Winter Sports Carnival held during two days in February, 1938. Besides races for different abilities, there was exhibition skiing and skiing under floodlights.

Skiers; Snow;

On March 27, 1938, the Silver Skis race was cancelled due to a 60 mile an hour gale wind whipping snow particles into the skiers' faces above McClure's Rock on Mt. Rainier. It was a second year in a row that the race was cancelled and its future did not look promising. A near record crowd of 8,000 settled in to watch an exhibition slalom race that promoters put together as a substitute, as well as stunt antics of some of the ski stars on a special jump. The Silver Skis was a grueling race that required skiers to trek by foot at daybreak up to Camp Muir, 10,000 feet above sea level, and ski down. The survivor with the best time won. (T.Times, 3/28/1938, p.1).

Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1930-1940; Paradise Inn (Wash.); Skiers; Winter sports;

Burr Anderson, promising new skier, skis over crest of hill at Mount Rainier. Mountaintop in distance. (T.Times 1/18/1939, p. 7).

Skiing--Tacoma; Skiers; Anderson, Burr; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

The Active Club baseball team poses at the Jefferson Park playfield. The team is composed of 13 men in "Active" tee shirts and their coach. The team recently won the Professional Service-Veterans League title and are strong contenders in the City-County softball championship playoffs. The team is composed of, back row left to right, Norm Iverson, Reggie Johnson, Vern Champagne, Kerm Heggerness, Dick Savery, Bob McDicken, Charles Curran and Roy McWilliams. Front row, left to right, Neal Roberts, Nick Annianis, Oz Heggerness, Chuck Taylor, Bud Stayton and Ray Kelly. (T. Times 7/14/1938, pg. 12)

Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Active Club (Tacoma);

The O'Donnell Market women's bowling team from Bend, Oregon. Five women dressed in matching outfits representing O'Donnell's Market. Three women in back row have names embroidered on shirts, left to right: Reba, Olga, Evelyn. The team was competing in the annual Western Women's Bowling Congress at the Play Mor alleys April 24- May 5th, 1940.

Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; O'Donnell's Market--Bend, Oregon--People;

Sherman Tackle Co. women's bowling team, Tacoma City Girls Class B bowling champs. Five women dressed in skirts and blouses gathered around scoring table in bowling alley. They are, left to right, Delores Coleman, Winnifred Rowe, Nell Bowman, Sigrid Anderson and Cecelia Rowe. (T. Times 4/25/1940, pg. 17)

Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sherman Tackle Co. (Tacoma)--People; Coleman, Delores; Rowe, Winnifred; Bowman, Nell; Anderson, Sigrid; Rowe, Cecelia;

Bob Van DeMark, Tacoma amateur golfer, at the Allenmore Jubilee Open Golf Tournament. Va DeMark performed well in the Tournament, tieing in the low net bracket with Max Jensen and Larry Staley at 132. He was tied for second in the low gross. (T. Times 7/21/1939, pg. 10)

Golf--Tacoma--1930-1940; Golfers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Allenmore Golf Club (Tacoma); Van DeMark, Bob;