ca. 1927. State Reception Room. Imported marble was used in the columns found in the State Reception Room of the Legislative Building. A decision was made by the project's co-architect, Walter Wilder, that the State Reception Room was to be the most ornate in the building. He chose Bresche Violet marble from Italy which had a creamy background interspersed with red, lavender and green veins. The floor was finished with teak and covered with a specially woven seamless rug. Adding to the ceremonial tone of the room, heavily lined velvet drapes with matching valences and silk cable tasseled ties were appropriate window coverings. A 7-foot round table was placed in the middle of the room surrounded by elaborately patterned chairs. High back chairs of the same pattern were lined up against the marble columns. The legislature had authorized a budget of some $600,000 for furnishings and opened the bidding to the nation. The New York City firm of W. and J. Sloane was chosen, with the cost of the enormous 7-foot table coming in at (then) an astonishing $1000. (Johnston: Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders)

ca. 1927. Dempsey-Tunney fight picture at Liberty Theater, 906-08 Pacific Avenue. Boxing aficionados of all ages flocked to the Liberty Theater to watch the controversial Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney championship rematch originally occurring at Soldier Field in Chicago on September 22, 1927. Tunney had decisively beaten the former heavyweight champ just a short year before. For 25 cents, Tacoma fans could watch the "fight pictures" and be part of the roaring crowd. G53.1-134, TPL-8234, BU-13436

Liberty Theater (Tacoma); Theaters--Tacoma--1920-1930; Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Legislative Building. Olympia's Legislative Building as seen circa 1927. This view is mainly of the right wing which included the House chambers. Both the House and Senate chambers would be finished in imported marble. The marble used in the House chamber was of French Escalette whose creamy look and blends of yellow, pink and red gave the chamber a warmer, lighter look than the more somber tones of the Senate chamber. (Johnston: Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders)

Legislative Building (Olympia);

ca. 1927. The Ambassador Apartments, 16 No. Broadway. The Ambassador was built in 1925 by I.E. Kelly. It was designed by W.S. Pine and J.F. Qualls was the contractor. It was built on the site of Episcopal Bishop Paddock's former home. (WSHS)

Ambassador Apartments (Tacoma); Apartment houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Portrait of a young woman by Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum.)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Portrait of a young man by Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Drawing of a young girl by Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Drawing of a young girl by Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Drawing of a man by Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Americanization class at Tacoma Rescue Mission ca. 1927. Man reads to five Japanese children. Pulpit with embroidered cloth marked "Jesus" in background. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Rescue Mission (Tacoma); Japanese Americans--Tacoma; Reading--Tacoma;

ca. ,1927. "Portrait of Mr. Woodin," in Richards records under "theaters." (WSHS)

ca. 1927. Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. The business is listed in the 1927 City Directory as being at 507-09 Puyallup Ave. The company manufactured saws, machine knives, files, steel, grinding wheels and repaired saws. Their ad in the directory lists them as the "largest manufacturers of saws in the world" with other factories in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Vancouver, B.C. (WSHS)

Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. (Tacoma);

ca. 1927. A range and oven stand on thin legs in a kitchen in the Dreher Apartments, 523 So. G St., circa 1927. The stove was manufactured by LH Electrics. The Dreher was named after its builder, Ernest A. Dreher. (WSHS)

Kitchens--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stoves--1920-1930; Dreher Apartments (Tacoma);

ca. 1927. Meat market, circa 1927. The small hanging sign reads Union Market. Union Market is listed in the 1927 City Directory as 1107 So. 11th. (WSHS)

Union Market (Tacoma); Butcher shops--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound's Spurs, circa 1927, " Woman's National Pep Organization, Puget Sound Chapter." Eleven girls in sweaters with a spur logo and knee length skirts plus their sponsor pose on the steps of a campus building. Spurs, a non profit service club, had been on the campus since 1925. The organization's name was an acronym for Service, Patriotism, Understanding, Responsibility and Sacrifice. Top Row: F. Martin, Wilson, sponsor Helen Geiger, Jones, M. Martin. Bottom Row: Rosmond, Walton, Crail, Coffman, Day, Calahan, Jensen. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas, " pg. 72.) (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Spurs (Tacoma); Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. View of false room with tile faced fireplace, containing furniture exhibit. For Washington Parlor Furniture Company. Display is probably located in their showroom at 402 E 11th St., on the Tideflats. The company employed 150 persons with a yearly payroll of $200,000. (Argentum)

Washington Parlor Furniture Co. (Tacoma); Living rooms--Tacoma--1920-1930; Furniture--1920-1930; Fireplaces;

ca. 1927. Wheeler Osgood plant, circa 1927. A general elevated view of the door plant, with its various smokestacks, on the Tacoma tideflats with the bay in the background. The Wheeler-Osgood plant was opened in 1889 by George R. Osgood, W.C. Wheeler and D.D. Clark as a millworking plant. By 1927, the 37 year old company was the largest door factory in the world. The plant covered 14 acres, from St. Paul Ave. to the City Waterway, and employed 1500 people. It sawed all its own lumber and had an aerial line connecting the factory with the sawmill at the head of the City Waterway. The plant closed in 1952. It was demolished in the late 50's and caught fire in the process, burning to the ground. (filed with Argentum) (TNT 3/9/1927, pg. 13)

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Factories--Tacoma--1920-1930; Smokestacks--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Central Lutheran Church. Group of Ministers. ca. 1927 (WSHS)

ca. 1927. Staff of the Postal Telegraph. (WSHS)

ca. 1927. St. Clair Ranges Advertisement on billboard in front of Cooney Transfer Company. The ranges were sold exclusively in Tacoma by Craig Furniture Company, 1137 Broadway. (Argentum)

Billboards--Tacoma; Signs (Notices)--Tacoma;

ca. 1927. City Waterway looking north toward the 15th and 11th Street Bridges. Log boom in foreground. (Argentum)

City Waterway (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Logs;

ca. 1927. "Looking down Fifth Ave.," 1500 block of 5th Avenue in Seattle, looking south. Staadecher and Company, Hotel Huson, Blue Mouse Theater (1421 5th Avenue) , automobiles on street. For Henry Briderick Company, real estate managers. (Argentum)

Cityscapes--Seattle; Hotel Huson (Seattle) Staadecher and Co. (Seattle);

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Baseball Team, circa 1927. Seventeen players and Coach Clyde W. Hubbard, bats and mitts, gloves, arranged in foreground. The CPS baseball team had been a formidable opponent in 1926, but lost three of its players to graduation, including the pitcher. The team was rebuilding in 1927. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas" pg. 64) (WSHS/Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Baseball players--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Lettermen's Club, ca. 1927. Eighteen boys, seventeen in letter sweaters, in front of bleachers. The young men in this picture had earned letters in less publicized sports or as reserves to the major sports teams. This included tennis, wrestling and the football and basketball reserve teams. Top Row: Brear, Johnson, Bankhead, Norton, Gardner, Carruthers, Fassett, Smith, Darrow. Bottom Row: Coach Hubbard, Parker, Thorniley, Tatum, Miller, Wilson, Kepka, Garnero and Samuelson. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 68.) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound "Knights of the Log." Fourteen boys, eleven in white blazers with C.P.S. logo on breast, three in formals on steps of a campus building. Top row: Rumball, Mace. Middle row: Anderson, Stark, Dyment, Crosby, Wilson, Thomas. Bottom row: Gysin, Harding, Henry, King, Josselyn, Farmer. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," PG. 72) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & Colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Boy's Glee Club, ca. 1927. Twenty-one boys in formal attire in front of a scrim curtain. Top row: L. Durkee, Searing, Gardner, R.Brown, W. Anderson, W. Brown, Hague, Miles. Middle row: Armour, Johnson, Stark, G. Durkee, Lung, Wilson. Bottom row: Wright, C. Anderson, Naess, Hanscom, Helander, Henry, Jones. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 50) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Singers;

ca. 1927. This is the interior of the East End Market, 3102-08 Portland Ave., possibly around the time of its grand opening in July of 1927. The market was built for the Sotak Bros. by the Standard Construction Co. Some of the employees present have been identified as John Sotak, Vera Sotak, Mike Sotak, Leona Sotak (Mrs. Chuck) Paulik and Marie Sotak. Chuck Paulik would open Chuck's Lunch & Tavern in 1930 in part of the building. Chuck's Lunch would be renamed Chuck's Alibi Restaurant (after its cocktail room) in 1968. Photograph ordered by Economy Ice Machine Company. (Argentum) (Additional information/identification provided by a reader)

East End Market (Tacoma); Sotak, John; Sotak, Vera; Sotak, Mike; Paulik, Leona Sotak; Sotak, Marie;