The Central Bank, located at Sixth & Pine, was one of the main occupants of the Hendry Block in 1928. William Hendry built the brick building in late 1924 and Central Bank opened its doors in March of the following year. Other tenants included a dentist, a physician, a printing firm and radio shop. TPL-8201; G18.1-042; BU-10,803;

Central Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Hendry Block (Tacoma);

Prominent businessman John S. Baker has bought the first set of General dual balloon tires from the Sutherland Co., local General distributors, for his 1928 Packard "8" sedan. Mr. Baker was reportedly pleased with the smooth ride and enhanced appearance of his already striking automobile. Previous tires on the car only lasted 6,000 miles before showing extensive wear. Photograph ordered by the Sutherland Co. G11.1-033 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-25-28, 4-G)

Packard automobile; Tires; Baker, John S.--Associated objects;

These fishing boats were photographed while moored at a Port of Tacoma dock in November of 1928. The fishing vessels were returning to Tacoma after seasonal salmon pursuit in the northern waters. Fishermen were reportedly pleased with the new haven at the Port of Tacoma which included more protection against storms for their boats. 22 stalls for boats were built with an additional eight more berths to be constructed shortly. The long houses on the right were used for stowing nets and gear. TPL-447; G34.1-058 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-11-28, p. 1-article) See Boland B19714 for long distance view of boats.

Fishing boats--Tacoma--1920-1930; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Fishing boats are moored at the Port of Tacoma piers in November of 1928. Fishermen were returning to Tacoma after the salmon season in Puget Sound and Alaska waters. 22 stalls for boats had been created by the Port with more to be added. For additional close-up view of boats, see Boland B19715. G27.1-073 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-11-28, p. 1-article)

Fishing boats--Tacoma--1920-1930; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Smoke billows from the scene of several mills and plants, including the Shaffer Box Co. new pulp plant, on the Hylebos Waterway in mid-December of 1928. Log dumps waiting to be used by the saw and pulp mills appear as islands in the water. Hooker Chemical also built a new plant on the Hylebos in 1928. (TNT 12-31-28, p. 1-article on new plants in Tacoma)

Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma); Mills--Tacoma--1920-1930; Logs; Smoke--Tacoma;

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 602 Broadway, appears almost obscured by a curtain of enormous trees in this December, 1928, photograph. Only the steeple can be seen clearly. The church had an English Gothic appearance and was built in 1883 using gray sandstone from the Wilkeson quarries. Charles B. Wright had pledged $30,000 (then a considerable sum) towards construction of a church in tribute to his daughter, Kate Elizabeth Wright. Portland architect Joseph Sherwin's plans were based on an old English country church admired by another Wright daughter, Annie Wright. The church was dismantled in 1934 and re-assembled, brick-by- brick, at No. 36th & Gove. Reconstruction would not be complete until 1947.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Churches--Tacoma--1920-1930; Protestant churches--Tacoma; Episcopal churches--Tacoma;

Broadway in downtown Tacoma is festive with decorations as Christmas, 1928, draws near. This is a view of the street looking north from about 12th Street. Fisher's, "Tacoma's Own Store," and the Rhodes Brothers Department Store are on the left; the 12-story Fidelity Building towers over the other buildings on the right. Signs for the Hotels Warburton and Ritz and the McMillan Bros. drugstore can be seen on the right. TPL-1581; G59.1-022

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Fishers Department Store (Tacoma); Fidelity Building (Tacoma); Hotel Warburton (Tacoma); Hotel Ritz (Tacoma); McMillan Brothers (Tacoma); Christmas decorations;

ca. 1929. "Male Beauty" - soft focus male nude (back view) printed in sepia tone (Virna Haffer Collection)

ca. 1929. Digitized for use by Frye Museum/jg. This is entitled "Kwei Dun" and was a bromoil print which resembled a painting. This is believed to be a portrait of Chinese finger painter Kwei Dun who arrived in Seattle in 1924 to study art and architecture at the University of Washington. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 107)

ca. 1929. J. Clifford and M. Mae Haley house. View of ivy covered entry and steps leading to house. George W. Bullard, architect, 1906. (WSHS)

Haley, J.C.--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1929. Chester and Anna Thorne estate on American Lake, Thornewood. Mansion and carriage house designed by Spokane architect, Kirtland Cutter. Full exterior view of estate with curved driveway. Ivy covers the brick walls, spreading onto the Gothic-style windows.

Thornewood (Lakewood); Estates--Lakewood; Thorne, Chester--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1929. John and Hazel Hewitt house. Exterior view of rear of house and back yard. Brick exterior painted white. Manicured garden includes lawn, several trees, garden house, and concrete and stone paths. Architects: Delano & Aldrich. (WSHS) filed as 1-3

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Gardens--Tacoma;

ca. 1929. John and Hazel Hewitt house. View of back yard, garage and guest cottage, trees, awning covered path leading to steps. Brick exterior of buildings painted white. (WSHS) filed as 1-4

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1929. John and Hazel Hewitt house. Exterior view of rear of house showing three fireplaces, brick garden wall, brick upper patio, and landscape. Delano & Aldrich, principal architects, with Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, associate architects in Tacoma. (WSHS) filed as 1-5

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1929. John and Hazel Hewitt house. Exterior view of house and landscape. Brick exterior painted white. Landscape includes a cluster of trees, boxwood hedge, lawn, and walkways. (WSHS) filed as 1-6

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1929. David and Sarah Scott house, "Belleterre." Side and front view of mansion showing slate roof and decorative emblems above dormer windows. A mature evergreen stretches upward toward the fireplace on end wall. Other fireplaces appear to the left of the entrance. (WSHS, filed as 12-7)

Scott, David C.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Lakewood; Gardens--Lakewood;

ca. 1929. Harry L. and Alpharetta Brown house. Exterior view of rear of house overlooking a large concrete tennis court and landscape. Three-story, Tudor-style house with stuccoed exterior. Clothes line over lawn is accessible from back door. Mr. Brown was one of the founders of the Brown & Haley Candy Co. This English style home was built for him in 1925 and designed by E.J. Bresemann. (photograph also numbered as HG 3 image 2, also in WSHS as 3-2)

Brown, Harry--Homes & haunts; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1929. Harry L. and Alpharetta Brown house. Exterior view of front and side of three-story house. Side bay features upper balustraded deck off double-doors. The English style home was built in 1925 for Mr. Brown and designed by E.J. Bresemann, architect. Brown's candy recipes spurred the founding of Brown & Haley, Inc., now world-renowned confectioners. (photograph also numbered HG 3 image 5; also in WSHS as 3-5)

Brown, Harry--Homes & haunts; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1929. Pilot Harold Bromley and his wife and son prior to his failed July 28, 1929 attempt at a trans Pacific Tacoma to Tokyo flight. His son was approximately six years old at the time of this picture. Harold Bromley was born on November 10, 1898 in Victoria, B.C. As a teenager, he enlisted in the Canadian army and served as a machine gunner in World War I. He joined a Canadian unit of the Royal Air Force and made his first solo flight just as the war ended. He fell in love with flying. After a career as a barnstormer and stunt pilot, he settled in Olympia and operated a flying school in Tacoma in the twenties. He also worked as a test pilot for Lockheed in Burbank, California. Tacoma businessmen, headed by Canadian-born John Buffelen, financed numerous attempts by Bromley to fly across the Pacific. After two years and faced with the Depression, his Tacoma backers could not afford another flight. Bromley died at the age of 99 in a Palm Desert nursing home. He outlived his first wife and son and enjoyed a varied career as a pilot, aviation inspector, farmer and real estate salesman. BGN-310E (TNT 1/11/1998)

ca. 1929. Herb Fahey, Lockheed test pilot, presents Harold Bromley with a lucky rabbit's foot prior to Bromley's attempt to fly the Lockheed Vega monoplane the "City of Tacoma" from Tacoma to Tokyo. The woman standing between the men is believed to be Bromley's first wife. The rabbit's foot did not give off much good luck since Bromley was blinded by gasoline spewing from overfilled tanks and crashed during his first attempt at the trans Pacific crossing on take off. Fahey was the test pilot on the second "City of Tacoma" which crashed in September of 1929 during testing. Fahey suffered a broken arm and skull fractures. He recovered but was killed months later test piloting another Lockheed plane. BGN-019

ca. 1929. The first "City of Tacoma" monoplane poised at the top of a ramp designed to give the plane more momentum on take off. On July 28, 1929, Harold Bromley intended to enter the history books as the first pilot to fly solo and nonstop from Tacoma to Tokyo. The early dawn flight was scheduled to take off from Tacoma Field, an area that is now part of McChord Air Force base. The large orange Vega crashed on takeoff. BGN-310K

ca. 1929. Herb Fahey, Lockheed test pilot, presents Harold Bromley with his lucky rabbit's foot prior to Bromley's attempt to pilot the Lockheed Vega "City of Tacoma," shown in the background, from Tacoma to Tokyo. The monoplane crashed on take off July 28, 1929 when the tanks were overfilled and Bromley was blinded by flying gasoline. The plane was insured and Lockheed constructed a new plane, using some of the parts of the original. Fahey was the test pilot when the second plane crashed in September of 1929 during tests in California. Fahey was seriously injured but recovered, only to be killed months later in an unrelated Lockheed crash.

ca. 1929. Conjunction of Pacific Ave., and Commerce, Jefferson and South 17th Streets circa 1929. At the far left edge is the Carlton Hotel, 1552 Jefferson Ave. The building at 1701 Commerce St. (near lower center) was built on the site of the old Northern Pacific Railroad passenger station, dubbed "Villard Depot," which was subsequently moved across the street and demolished in 1909. The Teamsters & Chauffers Hiring Hall occupied the 1701 Commerce St. address from 1928-1977. In the 1500 block of Pacific Ave. (center) are the Hotel Croft and other businesses. Puget Sound National Bank's familiar spire is in the center background.

ca. 1929. Street scene showing east side of Pacific Ave. looking south from 10th Street. Buildings shown include (left to right) First Mutual Savings Bank of Tacoma (1005 Pacific Ave.), Western Union Telegraph Co.& Lindsay Hotel (1007 Pacific Ave.), Bank of California (1011-13 Pacific Ave.), Feeney's Cafe (1017), Washington Building (1019), Peoples Store (1101-07), Bankers Trust Building (1109-13) and Puget Sound Bank (1117-19.) This circa 1929 photograph was one of a series of downtown shots taken on behalf of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; First Mutual Savings Bank of Tacoma (Tacoma); Western Union Telegraph Co. (Tacoma); Lindsay Hotel (Tacoma); Bank of California National Association (Tacoma);

ca. 1929. In July of 1929, pilot Harold Bromley posed next to his bright orange Lockheed Vega monoplane, named "City of Tacoma". Bromley was planning a solo transcontinental flight from Tacoma to Tokyo, a distance of 4700 miles. His Tacoma financial backers hoped the flight would bring Tacoma the same kind of attention that Charles Lindbergh and the "Spirit of St. Louis" brought to that city. Bromley, however, never made it to Tokyo. His plane crashed on takeoff on July 28, 1929. Two subsequent planes crashed during test flights. A later attempt, in the opposite direction, from Tokyo to Tacoma also ended in failure.

Bromley, Harold; Airplanes--Tacoma--1920-1930; Aeronautics--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1929. J. Clifford and M. Mae Haley house. Exterior view of three-story house and landscape. Wood-shingle house with cross-gable roof. Mature landscape includes ivy-covered exterior, trees and shrubs. Haley was co-founder of Brown & Haley, Inc. (candy company.) (WSHS)

Haley, J.C.--Homes & haunts;