This elevated view within the Scottish Rite Cathedral shows a wide variety of blossoms in the FTD Floral Show held on April 11, 1932. Thousands of flowers, potted and cut from the greenhouses of member florists, decorated the large auditorium. A floral gazebo takes center stage. The flower show was part of the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association. G26.1-102 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article; TDL 4-11-32, p. 1-article)
The First Annual Liberty Party Picnic was held at Spanaway Park in June of 1932. Party members from Tacoma and other communities turned out in full force for the picnic as can be seen in the lower portion of the montage of photographs. The Liberty Party was an American political party in the early 1930's. It was founded on the economic theories of W.H. "Coin" Harvey. Harvey, at the age of 80, was its presidential candidate in 1932 and received 53,000 votes. Harvey was a wealthy, influential businessman and ran on the platform of monetary reform. There were 140 Liberty Party clubs organized in Washington State. Other views included Mount Rainier (called Mount Tacoma by locals), members with the American flag and participants of a Liberty Party float in a parade. G42.1-070
Liberty Party (Tacoma); Political parties--United States; Banners; Picnics--Spanaway--1930-1940; Montages;
This unidentified man participated in a regional shoot at Fort Lewis on September 5, 1932. He is cradling a rifle and wears a jacket with a patch indicating that he is a life member of the NRA. More than 250 marksmen entered the three-day Northwest Regional Rifle and Pistol competition at Fort Lewis held during Fleet Week. Current members of the US military plus civilians vied for thirteen trophies in various contests. (TNT 9-5-32, p. 1, 6-articles)
This was the Main Building of the Pierce County Sanatorium in 1934. The sanatorium for county tuberculosis patients was designed by architects Lundberg & Mahon and opened in January of 1915. It was later renamed Mount View Sanitarium and was also known as Lakeview Sanitarium. It would close in 1952 and would be replaced by a new facility at 215 So. 36th St. in Tacoma. TPL-4466; G30.1-022
Pierce County Sanatorium (Lakewood); Sanatoriums--Lakewood; Tuberculosis;
These large buildings were for residential living at the Pierce County Sanatorium in 1934. The sprawling complex had opened in 1915 and would remain open until 1952. County tuberculosis patients received treatment at the sanatorium located at 1 Command Circle in Lakewood. TPL-4467; G30.1-020
Pierce County Sanatorium (Lakewood); Sanatoriums--Lakewood; Tuberculosis;
Maids quarters at Pierce County Sanatorium. A large one-story house was set aside at the Pierce County Sanatorium in 1934 for live-in maids to help in housekeeping duties. The sanatorium treated county residents who were afflicted with tuberculosis. G30.1-021
Pierce County Sanatorium (Lakewood); Sanatoriums--Lakewood; Tuberculosis;
This is S.A. Andrews' Seattle store featuring women's apparel as viewed on February 26, 1935. Mr. Andrews had a Tacoma store at 9th & Broadway at the same time. Both locations had similar facades with uncluttered windows of hats, suits and coats. G56.1-090
Mr. S.A. Andrews is seated at the rear of his Seattle Women's Apparel store on February 26, 1935. Both his Tacoma store, located for years at 9th & Broadway, and his Seattle location had very similar exteriors as well as interior layouts. This extended interior view notes the muted wall-to-wall carpet and air of spaciousness with the high ceilings and open floor plan. Chairs are handily placed for waiting customers and hats and clothing are side-by-side. G56.1-089
Two photographs were artfully combined in this March, 1936, work by photographer Marvin Boland. Large logs are pictured aboard an open railroad car on tracks while in the background are three unidentified men posed at the base of an enormous old-growth tree. TPL-2117; G75.1-081
This is a view of St. Regis logging operations in May of 1936. The forest location was not given. Here a worker is driving an earthmover of some sort. He is possibly clearing the way for a makeshift road so that trucks could access the area.
Lumber industry--1930-1940; St. Regis Paper Co.; Machinery;
Logging equipment at a Peterman logging site, location at or near Morton, in June of 1936. Equipment is a "donkey" used to move logs. These early diesel yarders were designed to yard logs to a landing using a spar tree. The "donkeys" were mounted on sleds made out of two logs which allowed them to be moved on trucks or railcars. It was possible for them to pull themselves over rough grounds to where they needed to be set up. This diesel yarder is possibly one of the first "Berger" brand yarders with the first V8 Caterpillar engine power plant. TPL-9855; G75.1-046 (Additional information provided by a reader)
The "Infallible," an 86-foot diesel cannery tender, was launched on June 19, 1936 at Western Boat. An unidentified woman, in a long floral -patterned gown and dark hat, was the sponsor of the event. She is pictured holding a bouquet of assorted blossoms as she reaches to officially launch the vessel. G37.1-133
This internal view of St. Regis was taken in December of 1936. The location was not specified but it is believed to be the big paper mill at 801 Portland Ave., the former location of Union Bag & Paper Co. This particular view shows wet floors, drains, and machinery on both sides. It is possible that a washer had broken causing the wetness. TPL-6802; G37.1-013
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Machinery;
Lumber operations at St. Regis. Although photographer Boland's notes do not mention the location of this particular St. Regis Kraft Co. plant, it is probably the large concern in Tacoma as photographed in December of 1936. The Tacoma plant had been transformed into a modern facility for the production of 60,000 tons of bleached pulp per year. The company had spent a million dollars for new machinery and reconstruction. The pulp plant was operating by the end of November, 1936, with a crew of 250. The bleaching unit would open about three months later. (T.Times 11-25-36, p. 5-article)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Two St. Regis employees, wearing white uniforms, are pictured at the Tacoma Kraft pulp plant on February 5, 1937. Steam is rising from some of the large unidentified machinery. St. Regis had undergone a $1,000,000 remodeling project to expand into the bleached pulp field. St. Regis was one of two pulp mills (Shaffer Pulp was the other) who manufactured high grade bleached and unbleached craft pulp for domestic and export markets. The plant was able to produce 150 tons of pulp daily. TPL-6804; G37.1-023 (T.Times 1-27-37, p.1, 5-articles on St. Regis)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Machinery;
This photograph of the Sixth Avenue ferry landing was taken on April 9, 1937, for court evidence. A railroad crossing runs before the "6th Ave. Boat House" and an unidentified restaurant. See Boland B26248 for another view of ferry slip. The ferry landing had been closed for about 15 days from March 20, 1937, while repairs (details not provided) were being made. Only foot passengers were allowed for that time and automobile traffic re-routed via Point Defiance. Later in April, a judgment was rendered against Pierce County, Washington Navigation Co., and Skansie Ferry in the amount of $7,711.22 for the death of a driver whose car plunged off the ferry slip in August of the previous year. TPL-1736; G66.1-110 (T. Times 3-20-37, p. 5-article; T. Times 4-12-37, p. 7-article; T. Times 4-22-37, p. 1-article; T. Times 4-23-37, p. 1-article)
The large Stewart clan gathered for a outdoor group portrait on the last day of July in 1937. Family members ranged from babies to the elderly. Nearly 90 of the Stewart clan were present. G2.1-029
Nine little "sailors" and one "Gallant Lady" are at hand on November 7, 1937. The "Gallant Lady" was a Sea Scouts vessel. The little children, dressed in sailor suits, are listening to a man who is explaining charts to them. According to photographer Boland's notes, these children were dancers. G23.1-115
This is Truck Co. No. 2 with their 1913 Seagrave 75-foot aerial in front of Engine House No. 2. The driver was Harry Ketler and tillerman Jim Turner. Others were not identified. The hose tower is in view. Note the planked roadway that is Tacoma Avenue South. St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church is next door to the fire station. (Talbot & Decker: 100 Years of Firefighting, Tacoma, Washington, p. 53)
Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Fire stations--Tacoma--1910-1920; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma--1910-1920; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1910-1920; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Tacoma);
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, Engine #10254. On an official test trip in March of 1920, a brand new Bi-polar engine pauses for some publicity shots. The class EP2 engine was manufactured by Alco-GE. The bi-polars were unique in design because the bi-polar fields for each motor were carried on the truck frame. The huge 265 ton, 3,240 hp bi-polars were designed specifically for passenger service in the Cascades and were an immediate success when put into service in 1920. Their top speed was rated at 70 mph and they could pull 1, 120 tons (14 cars) up a 2% grade at 25 mph. The electric locomotives were also unique in appearance, riding low on 44" drivers, and in sound, their trademark a distinctive high pitched shrill from their air whistles. (Charles and Dorothy Wood "Milwaukee Road West") G44.1-079, TPL-2379
Railroad locomotives--Tacoma; Railroad cars--Tacoma; Railroads--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. (Tacoma);
Exhibit of Tacoma manufacturers. A small display of photographs, featuring Anne V. McRae as the "Petticoat Girl," discretely advertises the fitted petticoats manufactured by McRae's Petticoat Manufacturing Co. in 1920. The design was so revolutionary that it was patented. Since modesty prevailed, only sheets of sateens and silks were draped across the exhibit to indicate the fineness of materials used to manufacture superior quality merchandise. McRae's was located at 732-34 Market St., next to the Y.M.C.A. It was owned by Mrs. Estella M. McRae, believed to be pictured above in December, 1920. Her daughter Anne served as secretary in addition to modeling. McRae's Petticoats may have been selected to participate in the Tacoma Commercial Club's trade excursion to the Orient in January, 1921. The steamer Wenatchee was to carry businessmen and their wives to the ports of Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Manila in order to boost export of local products. G33.1-179 (TDL 10/10/1920 pg. B-6- article only)
In August of 1922, an older woman was photographed sitting on her porch of a one-story wood frame home possibly in rural Pierce County. The yard is fenced with an arched gateway. The roadway in front of the house is not paved.
Unidentified two-story house, possibly in a rural community, is surrounded by small bushes/trees in August of 1922. A long water flume has been installed in front of the property. A wire fence is across the narrow roadway from the flume. Photograph ordered by McKenna Lumber Co.
An elderly gentleman holds the hand of a little girl as they stood in the gardens of the Tacoma Hotel in August of 1922. A circle of plants is directly behind them. Also shown is the hotel's gazebo which overlooked the city's waterfront. G41.1-008
Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Gardens--Tacoma; Gazebos--Tacoma;
Surrounded by baskets and bins overflowing with letters and packages, a female employee at the Main U.S. Post Office in Tacoma, 1102 A Street, tried to keep up with the Christmas crush of mail in December of 1922. The clerk, believed to be Frances Bonell or Elizabeth Hoefler, used a city directory to look up an address. She was writing out a new mailing label for a package that could not be delivered as marked. TPL-1647; G42.1-121 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, magazine section, 12-31-22, p. 4-uncropped photograph)
Several days of winter storms in mid-February of 1923 brought 15 - 18 inches of accumulated snow to the streets of downtown Tacoma. Ray C. Smith, proprietor of the pony stables on Puyallup Ave, brought one of his antique cutters out of mothballs and was photographed on South 10th Street with the buildings in the 900 block of Pacific behind him. His well bundled guests enjoying the one horse sleigh ride were D.A. LaJose and Charles McManus. Dexter the horse arched his neck proudly to show off his jingle bell collar. With up to 24 inches of snow on the ground in the outlying areas, schools shut down and street car service was suspended for a time. Buses ran in the more highly populated areas but could only handle a portion of those wishing to ride. Complaints were received by the police department from riders who indicated that some bus drivers were overcharging for the rides, demanding as much as 25 cents for what should have been a nickel ride. (TNT 2-14-1923, p.1, TDL 2-15-1923, p. 1) G66.1-130; TPL-9658
1923 May Day Queen. Babbie Gilpin was crowned Queen of May at Annie Wright Seminary's annual Field Day held on May 12, 1923. She is pictured here along with her royal court. Ceremonies were held in the afternoon on the Seminary's lawn where Miss Gilpin passed through an aisle formed by students all wearing white. She was crowned by Miss Frances Clemmer, her maid of honor. G10.1-094 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 5-13-23, p. 4-A-article & alternate pictures of Miss Clemmer and Miss Gilpin)
There seems to be a collision between these two stripped down vehicles and their four occupants in this undated photograph. You could barely call them automobiles although they do have four wheels apiece, steering wheels and engines of sort. There are no hoods, doors or roof tops. Photograph may have been taken in the early decades of the 20th century. TPL-5480
Automobile driving; People associated with transportation;
