Tacoma Public Schools were remodeling and modernizing many of their schools and administration building in the 1940s; they were also constructing new schools, which would allow them to serve the Tacoma community better. Interior view of classrooms in Central School building, desks are lined up in rows, blackboard and George Washington print in background; new "Columbia" lighting fixtures installed by General Electric Supply Corporation.

Electric lighting--Tacoma; Light fixtures; Desks; Blackboards; Electrical apparatus industry--Tacoma; Classrooms--Tacoma; Central School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; General Electric Supply Corp. (Tacoma);

Central School was built in 1912, Heath & Gove were the architects for the eight-story English Gothic structure; F.H. Goss was the contractor. Central School formally opened the fall of 1913 as an elementary school. View of two unidentified people looking at the Bobby Reynolds statue in October of 1949. (T.N.T., 10/15/49, p. 4)

Commemoration--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sculpture--Tacoma; Reynolds, Bobby--Statues; Central School (Tacoma);

A packed classroom of children gaze at a new radio at Central School on September 19, 1930. TPL-3232; G46.1-051

Central School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Radios;