New oil tank delivery truck No. 12 and driver. Pat Cardin, manager of Griffin Fuel Company aided Edwin Griffin in designing this modern fuel truck, the first tank truck of its type in Tacoma. White Trucks built the vehicle. (T. Times, 9/30/1937, p. 5) (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; White trucks; Tacoma White Trucks, Inc. (Tacoma);

Holland Furnace Company booth at Western Washington Fair in Puyallup. According the their sign, Holland had stores in Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia and Bremerton. Their store in Tacoma was located at 625 St. Helens Ave. (filed with Argentum)

Holland Furnace Co. (Tacoma);

Peoples Department Store employees. Portrait of seventeen women and eight men posing on sales floor. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum)

Department stores--Tacoma; Peoples (Tacoma)--People;

Interior view of Edward Bright's Beauty Parlor. Two operators by customer stations, man by doorway to back room, curling machine, desk with phone, display cards on high shelf.

Edward Bright's Beauty Parlor (Tacoma); Beauty shops--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A Griffin Fuel Company driver filled the heating oil tank at the Sears Exhibition Home at 1920 North Union Avenue on October 9, 1937, the day before the house opened for public viewing. The building was not a Sears "kit" house. It was designed by Stanley T. Shaw, architect, and built with material purchased in the Tacoma area. By building this demonstration house, Sears hoped to show what could be done locally to create a modern, comfortable and convenient home. All the furnishings throughout the building's eight rooms were supplied by Sears, as were the heating, electrical and plumbing supplies. Over three October Sundays, nearly 16,000 people toured the house. (T. Times, 10/9/1937, p. 5)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

This photograph, taken on November 17, 1937, shows the Fisher's department store on the corner of 11th and Broadway. Designed by Frederick Heath, and built in 1905 by the Stone-Fisher Company, it was the home to Fisher's until they were taken over by the Bon Marche. The Bon Marche occupied the building from 1952 to 1964 when they moved to the Tacoma Mall. Today the main part of the building is occupied by the Columbia Bank-Broadway Plaza Branch. (T. Times)

Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing stores--Tacoma; Fisher's Department Store (Tacoma);

Saxton Lumber Company, exterior view at night in November of 1937. The first lumber company at this site was the Fairhurst Lumber Co. which opened there in 1922. Later the Saxton Lumber Co. would open a newly constructed furniture department at this location in 1946. (filed with Argentum)

Hardware stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Saxton Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Saxton Lumber Company. Interior view showing hardware department. Gardening tools and supplies in shelves, tires in background. (filed with Argentum)

Appliance stores--Tacoma; Appliances; Saxton Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Hardware stores--Tacoma; Hardware;

Saxton Lumber Company. Interior view showing hardware department. Refrigerator, Zenith washing machines, ranges on display. Signs : "Radios $24.95," "Washers $49.95 and Up" and "Dutch Oven Ranges."

Appliance stores--Tacoma; Appliances; Saxton Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Refrigerators--1930-1940; Stoves--1930-1940; Washing machines--1930-1940;

Saxton Lumber Company. Interior view showing hardware department. Washing machines with wringers, small trash burner stoves, paint cans on shelves. (filed with Argentum)

Appliance stores--Tacoma; Appliances; Saxton Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Hardware stores--Tacoma; Hardware; Washing machines--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Griffin Fuel Company truck and driver in front of loading chute of coal bunkers. These are automatic gravity bunkers filled with coal. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Man beside Griffin Fuel Company coal truck with body elevated. Coal bunkers and stacked wood in the background. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Griffin Fuel Company wood yard showing truck loading. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuelwood;

ca. 1937. Man standing beside Griffin Fuel Company saw-dust yard. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. California Florist Shop, 919 Pacific Ave, owned and operated by Lorenzo Ghilarducci. Easter 1937. (filed with Argentum)

California Florist Shop (Tacoma); Florist shops--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Peoples' Store party. Large group of men and women gathered in the corner of a ballroom.

Peoples (Tacoma)--People; Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Rhodes Department Store, showing elaborate linoleum work around elevators. Shoe Repair and Shine station to right, vacuum cleaner in far right foreground. Dress displayed on mannequin and man working behind column at left.

Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma); Mannequins; Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shoe shining--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. For Edwin Griffin. Exterior - loaded trucks in front of office. Three men standing next to loaded trucks in front of Griffin Fuel Company office building. Snoqualmie Falls Power Company Transfer House, 250 So. 19th St., in background. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Transfer House (Tacoma);

George Irey's Signal service station and Tacoma Radiator and Fender Works. Service station attendant standing at three-pump gasoline service island. Building in background was later remodeled into Mueller-Harkins Buick.

Business Enterprises - Automobile Service Stations - Signal Dealers - Tacoma - George Irey's Signal Service Station

ca. 1937. The Hopper-Kelly Company service crew was photographed in 1937 standing in front of their newly modernized and expanded store at 1145 Broadway. Pictured left to right are Harry Warner (service manager), Walter Reynolds, Ed Michajla, Jr., Ed Michajla, Sr., Clair Sherrod, Hi MacPherson, C.B. Rees and Harry Robertson. The store served as the area headquarters for Stewart-Warner, Potter and Grunow refrigerators (featured in display window.) The company sold household appliances, such as washers, ironers and refrigerators, as well as radios and pianos. President of the company was C. Galvin Hopper. (TDL 2/14/1937, pg. A-7)

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Music stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Man standing next to large coal truck in front of Griffin Fuel Company office building. Snoqualmie Falls Power Company Transfer House, 250 So. 19th St., in background. Griffin Fuel began business in 1889 as a horse drawn moving company for any kind of commodities. By 1904, Griffin Fuel had moved to this location and focused in on the fuel business. They delivered and sold fuel in the forms of oil, coal, wood and sawdust. Pat Cardin, recently appointed manager of Griffin burner & diesel oil business, helped Ed Griffin design this new style oil tank delivery truck. Its design included a centrifugal silent pump.

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Transfer House (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. For Ed Griffin. Exterior - Loaded trucks in front of office. Side angle view of nine Griffin Fuel Company trucks and drivers in front of shed with company sign on roof. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Nine loaded Griffin Fuel Company trucks and drivers in front of company office. Snoqualmie Falls Power Company Transfer House and Garretson - Woodruff - Pratt Building in background. For Edwin Griffin. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Transfer House (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. Building of Asphalt Products Company in Fife beside railroad tracks. (filed with Argentum)

Asphalt Products Co. (Fife);

ca. 1937. Long wooden building in Fife with sign "Asphalt Products Co. Sealtite Brand" painted on gable. This warehouse is part of the Asphalt Products Co.

Asphalt Products Co. (Fife);

ca. 1937. California Florist Shop, 919 Pacific Ave, owned and operated by Lorenzo Ghilarducci. View of front window with floral display in the form of a Cross for Easter 1937. (filed with Argentum)

California Florist Shop (Tacoma); Florist shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Window displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flower arrangements;

ca. 1937. Display window at Leed's Shoes, circa 1937. Curved glass, neon signs, cut out profile of a woman's face, display of shoes, purses and accessories. Neon and regular signage for "Whites," "All the Favorite Whites." Roy W. Oscarson, manager. This was possibly a display for Easter, as white shoes were the custom between Easter and Labor Day. Leeds opened on Broadway in February of 1937, leasing both the first floor and the mezzanine in the building. The Tacoma store was the 4th in the Northwest and the 30th on the Pacific coast. It employed 15 individuals. (T.Times 2/26/1937, pg. 5)

Stores & shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Leed's Shoes (Tacoma); Shoes; Footwear;

Exterior view of George Irey's Signal service station and Tacoma Radiator and Fender Works. Building was later remodled into Mueller-Harkins Buick.

Business Enterprises - Automobile Service Stations - Signal Dealers - Tacoma - George Irey's Signal Service Station

Totem Market, 25th and Alder. Apple and flour window display for apple dumplings. Market with glass block framing plate glass windows. Ordered by H.L. Moreman, for Washington State Apple Advertising Commission. Tacoma Food Stores, in conjunction with Sperry Milling Co., were offering special prizes for the solving of "Applegrams," special anagrams. Winners would receive a book on apples and a NO. 5 bag of "Gold Medal" flour. (filed with Argentum)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fruit; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Apples--Tacoma; Advertising--Tacoma--1930-1940;

This apple display in the window of the Totem Market, 933-37 Market St., in January of 1938 was part of an advertising campaign to encourage the consumption of Washington grown apples. Washington's apples were started from seeds brought to a Hudson's Bay Company settlement in the Pacific Northwest from London by a Captain Simpson. In 1938 at least one of these trees was still standing in Vancouver, WA. In 1894, the first carload of apples was shipped east of the Mississippi River with the result that by 1938 Washington was the "Apple Bowl" of the world, producing one out of every four apples grown in the United States. (Ordered by H.L. Moreman, for Washington State Apple Advertising Commission.) (TNT 1/21/1938, pg. 7)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fruit; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Apples--Tacoma; Advertising--Tacoma--1930-1940;