ca. 1925. In 1922, John E. McGuire, an architect with Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, had this English country cottage constructed for his family from his own design. The home is at 4109 No. 33rd and is built from whitewashed brick. (WSHS)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; McGuire, John E.--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1925. Interior of a commercial kitchen, ca. 1925 (WSHS)

Kitchens--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Advertising board painted by Knabel Studios, Tacoma, featuring several local merchants and scenic view of a waterfall. Knabel Studios was operated by Tacoma artist William (Bill) Knabel. (filed with Argentum)

Knabel Studios (Tacoma); Advertising--1920-1930; Banners; Draperies;

ca. 1925. Lincoln High School and the original Lincoln Bowl. The original "bowl" was constructed in 1920 and located directly behind the school. The school itself opened in 1914 supplying Tacoma's east and south ends with a local high school.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Athletic fields--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Group of male students in front of Lincoln High School, ca. 1925. The young men in the front wear Lincoln High letter sweaters. (Same group as A1060 image 0) (WSHS)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. This Colonial style home was built in 1922 for Charles C. Mellinger, president of C.C. Mellinger Co., funeral directors. The home was designed by Sutton, Whitney & Dugan. The address was formerly 2118 No. Prospect; it has been renumbered and is now 2120 No. Prospect. (WSHS)

Mellinger, Charles C.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. An orchard is shown in winter. A house and shed can be seen beyond the trees. (WSHS)

Orchards--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. A number of men in costumes and makeup suggesting clowns pose on a truck and one or two automobiles that have been decorated as floats. Over it all is suspended a giant straw hat on a pole. The floats are possibly part of the Straw Hat Day celebrations, the day when gentlemen officially put away their winter hats in favor of straw summer hats. The group is posed in front of a billboard. (WSHS- negative a846-0)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1920-1930; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1920-1930; Celebrations--Tacoma; Straw Hat Day (Tacoma); Hats--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. In the 1920's, the McKinley Hill neighborhood had its own small movie and vaudeville house. The Park Theater was purchased by Hans Torkelson in 1922 and overhauled into a small movie house. It had a seating capacity of 250 and played a daily variety of movies. (Address given in the Tacoma Daily Ledger is 3506 McKinley Ave.) (TDL 12/24/1922, pg. E4) (WSHS)

Park Theater (Tacoma); Theaters--Tacoma--1920-1930; Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. In 1925, McKinley Hill had a thriving business community, with locally owned shops and stores lining its sidewalks. Pictured left to right at 3504 McKinley Ave. are Porter's Barber Shop (owned by Ollie B. Porter), Central Shoes (A. Don Soper) and "Gents Furnishings" (Chester & Olsen). 3502B McKinley appears to be vacant and on the right, at 3502 A McKinley, is the Piggly Wiggly grocery store. In 1928, Mr. Porter, the barber, had the Porter Apartments constructed at this location. Although the newspaper doesn't specify this, it appears that the two stories of apartments were built on top of this commercial space. E. Taylor Gardner, of 3618 E "L", was the architect and contractor for the Porter Apartments. (WSHS)

Piggly Wiggly (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1920-1930; Porter's Barber Shop (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. An elevated view of Defiance Lumber Company shows part of the facilities with a ship docked along Commencement Bay. The company was started in 1905 when L.L. Doud and others acquired a quarter of a mile of waterfront along the bay and installed the sawmill. In 1927 L.L. Doud was president of the company, Lee L. Doud served as secretary-treasurer and manager, and Donald H. Doud, sales manager. (TNT 8/10/1927) (filed with Argentum)

Defiance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. The Hotel Winthrop, viewed from Pacific Ave. looking west. The construction in front of the Hotel is the Motoramp Garage. It was constructed at 745 Commerce on the site of the Hotel Donnelly. The Hotel Winthrop opened in May of 1925 and the Motoramp opened in August of 1925. (WSHS) BU-12083

Construction--Tacoma--1920-1930; Motoramp Garage (Tacoma); Parking garages--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. A copy of an old photograph of a woman playing tennis at Annie Wright Seminary. Ordered by Mrs. Frances C. Russell, director of public relations at Annie Wright Seminary. This photographic copy was made May 8, 1950.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Private schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tennis--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. Men and women are seated at tables in dappled shade under a canopy of leaves and paper lanterns at Columbia Brewing Company Brew Gardens at the Pacific Northwest Merchants Exposition in Seattle. Mr. C.H. Ball, the Seattle Branch Manager, is standing on the extreme right. Listings in the Seattle City Directories showed entries for Columbia Bottling Company in 1922 and 1923 and Columbia Brewing Company in 1924 and 1926 with C.H. Ball serving as manager. Photograph by Walter P. Miller, commercial photographer in Seattle. Copies of old prints ordered by Heidelberg Brewing Company in December 1954.

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Columbia Brewing Co. (Tacoma); Columbia Brewing Co. (Tacoma)--People;

ca. 1925. The Defiance Lumber Company was an export mill. It cut 80,000,000 feet of lumber in 1926 and it was all shipped away to Europe, Asia, Australia, California, South America or the East Coast. The Defiance Mill did nothing but saw wood, and only fir wood. The plant had dry kilns with a capacity of 50,000 feet a day, a completely equipped planing mill and a lath mill adding to the completeness of the plant. (TNT, 8/10/1927) (filed with Argentum)

Defiance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Five men with floor sanders prepare the floor of the main lobby of the Winthrop Hotel prior to its Grand Opening May 16, 1925. The five men walk in a line, sanding down the new floors in the building. The Winthrop was designed by W.L. Stoddard with Roland Borhek serving as associate architect. The Citizens Hotel Corp. was founded in April of 1922 to come up with a plan for a grand hotel for the growing city of Tacoma. It was named for explorer and writer Theodore Winthrop. (WSHS) BU-12153

Cleaning personnel; Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. Man and boy posed outside of the doorway of a brick building. The boy wears a suit with short pants. (WSHS)

Clothing & dress--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Play at Congregational Church. A large group of actors, dressed in robes and headdresses, pose at the front of the church. A curtain has been hung across the altar, shielding most of a pipe organ. This is probably the First Congregational Church at 209 So. "J" St. (WSHS-negative under A600-0))

Congregational churches--Tacoma; First Congregational Church (Tacoma); Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Landscaping, unidentified home. (WSHS)

Gardens--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Noreen Newbegin, noted local harpist, posed with her instrument, circa 1925. (WSHS- negative A607-0)

Harps; Musicians--Tacoma--1920-1930; Newbegin, Noreen;

ca. 1925. In 1925, the East Wing of the Tacoma General Hospital was under construction. The building is shown in this photograph from So. 4th St. The addition was designed by the firm of Sutton, Whitney & Dugan. It was completed in 1926. (WSHS)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. In May of 1925, the Tacoma Hotel at 913 A Street was nearing the completion of a $150,000 remodel and renovation. One of the additions to the venerable hotel was what the News Tribune at the time described as a nine hole golf course on the east lawn overlooking the bay. There was not room enough for a true nine hole course; the hotel's course appears to be a large putting green. In the background, the glass enclosed dining room can be seen. The Tudor style hotel, originally built in 1884, was destroyed by fire on October 17, 1935. (TNT 5/13/1925, pg. 4; TDL 4/12/1927, supplement pg. 6) (WSHS- negative A842-0)

Hotels--Tacoma; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Putting (Golf); Golf--Tacoma--1920-1930; Golfers;

ca. 1925. View from front of unidentified house. Drying laundry flaps on the line at the rear of the house. This home was most likely located on the south or east end of Tacoma. (WSHS)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. View of the front of a two story house. The house number is 4340. (WSHS)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. A goup of students pose at the entrance to Lincoln High School. (WSHS)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. A group of male students pose in front of the entrance of Lincoln High School. The front row of students wear letterman sweaters. (WSHS)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. This modified Spanish Colonial home at 705 No. 5th St. was built in 1924 for James & Elizabeth McCormack. James McCormack was the president of McCormack Brothers Co. The house was designed by Ambrose J. Russell and constructed of tile and stucco. The address was formerly 502 No. G St and 703 No. 5th St. The site for the home was a half block. The ground floor contained a large living room, solarium, dining room, smoking room, library and a deck over the garage. The second floor had three bedrooms with bath and dressing facilities that had access to a deck and a sleeping porch on the southwest corner. Maids' quarters were on the 3rd floor and the 19x 34 basement was a social and billiard room and contained a fireplace. The hardwood floors were of oak, trim of mahogany and the original color scheme for the walls was a soft orchid gray and cream. It is now the Villa Bed and Breakfast. (TNT 6/5/1925, pg. 14) (WSHS)

McCormack, James--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Estates--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. An orchard is shown in winter. A house and shed can be seen beyond the trees. (same farm & orchard as A-1420a) (WSHS)

Orchards--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. In 1925, the "Pacific Rooms" rooming house occupied the top floor of 1317 Pacific Ave with Adolf Miller, jeweler, and Raymer's Old Bookstore below. The building has since been demolished. Although Adolf Miller is listed in the 1925 City Directory as a jeweler, he also appears to have been operating a sort of pawn shop as his signs read "We buy, sell and exchange anything of value." He also did watch repairs. T.E. Walsh is listed as the manager of Raymer's Bookstore. (WSHS)

Raymer's Old Book Store (Tacoma); Miller, Adolf--Homes & haunts; Pacific Rooms (Tacoma); Lodging houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. The view in 1925 looking south down McKinley Ave. in the McKinley Hill neighborhood. The visible street is McKinley Ave. with the business district at the rear of the street and a streetcar running down the center of the Avenue. The foreground of the picture is residential with the street lined with trees. The most visible house in the foreground on the left of the street beyond the trees is 3301 McKinley Ave. The taller building further down and on the same side of the street is 3401-07 McKinley Ave (alternate address 802 E. 34th), the Post Apartments, built in 1921 by William T. Post. Mr. Post also built the building across the street, the garage at 3402 McKinley. In the 1920's, Mr. Post was a prolific builder, responsible for homes in many different areas of Tacoma. (WSHS)

Residential streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1920-1930;