Airway Coffee display at Piggly Wiggly store, Puyallup. Model of airplane hanger with four airplanes, bags of coffee on left. Sign above reads "Serve Yourself and Save." (filed with Argentum)
A large crowd of people, including young children, have gathered in Steilacoom in April of 1932. All seemed to be well-dressed for the occasion with even the boys wearing suits and ties. This is believed to be the informal reception hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Taylor of Fort Steilacoom on April 9th in the large dining room of Western Washington Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Taylor had resided in the area for forty years. G73.1-126 (TNT 4-8-32, p. 14-article)
FTD Floral display was held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral on April 11, 1932. View of potted blossoms and a small floral gazebo. Hundreds of thousands of blossoms were on display during the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association April 10-12, 1932. The public was welcomed to attend the flower show without charge. G26.1-100 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article)
The classic figure of Mercury is the official logo of the Florists Telegraph Delivery, or FTD, service. (now called Florists Transworld Delivery) It is on display here at the April, 1932, flower show held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The room was filled with thousands of blossoms, all part of the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association. FTD International president Thomas Luke of Portland was a guest speaker at the convention. G26.1-116 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article; TDL 4-11-32, p. 1-article)
An impressive floral gazebo was one of the outstanding displays at the FTD Floral Show held on April 11, 1932, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The public had been invited to attend the flower show presented at the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association. Thousands accepted the invitation to view daffodils and other bulbs in full bloom. G26.1-101 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article; TDL 4-11-32, p. 1-article)
This elevated view within the Scottish Rite Cathedral shows a wide variety of blossoms in the FTD Floral Show held on April 11, 1932. Thousands of flowers, potted and cut from the greenhouses of member florists, decorated the large auditorium. A floral gazebo takes center stage. The flower show was part of the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association. G26.1-102 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article; TDL 4-11-32, p. 1-article)
In 1932, the Tacoma Petroleum Co., 676 E. 11th St., made deliveries of Hancock Oil to customers using Diamond T trucks. One of their trucks is parked on April 13, 1932, outside an unidentified location near a railroad crossing. G35.1-038
Tacoma Petroleum Co. (Tacoma); Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;
S. Shumate & Sons of Olympia lined up a small fleet of Kenworth trucks plus a trailer while in Tacoma on April 18, 1932. The trucking firm's drivers carried along a small dog as a passenger in truck #4. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Kenworth. G66.2-103
Trucks--1930-1940; S. Shumate & Sons (Olympia); Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Tacoma Mailer's Union #54, 15th Annual Banquet held at "The Firs". Union members and their spouses look up at the camera from long banquet tables. Elaborate decorations hang from the ceiling. The Firs was located two miles south of the Roy "Y" on Mountain Highway in the Loveland area. It was built in 1922 by Irv and Lacy Ball of vertical log construction, and served as an inn, restaurant and cabaret. It catered primarily to banquets and private parties. It was destroyed in 1974 by fire and never rebuilt.
Tacoma Mailer's Union #54 (Tacoma); Banquets--Spanaway--1930-1940; Firs (Spanaway); Labor unions--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Park Lodge School 1st grade class. Building by Woodroofe and Constible, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925. (filed with Argentum)
Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;
Park Lodge School 6th grade class. Building by Woodroofe and Constible, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925. (filed with Argentum)
Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;
Park Lodge School 2nd and 3rd grade classes. Building by Woodroofe and Constible, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925. (filed with Argentum)
Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;
Park Lodge School 4th grade class. Building by Woodroofe and Constible, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925. (Argentum)
Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;
Park Lodge School 5th grade class. Building by Woodroofe and Constible, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925. (filed with Argentum)
Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;
The First Annual Liberty Party Picnic was held at Spanaway Park in June of 1932. Party members from Tacoma and other communities turned out in full force for the picnic as can be seen in the lower portion of the montage of photographs. The Liberty Party was an American political party in the early 1930's. It was founded on the economic theories of W.H. "Coin" Harvey. Harvey, at the age of 80, was its presidential candidate in 1932 and received 53,000 votes. Harvey was a wealthy, influential businessman and ran on the platform of monetary reform. There were 140 Liberty Party clubs organized in Washington State. Other views included Mount Rainier (called Mount Tacoma by locals), members with the American flag and participants of a Liberty Party float in a parade. G42.1-070
Liberty Party (Tacoma); Political parties--United States; Banners; Picnics--Spanaway--1930-1940; Montages;
In June of 1932, this photograph was taken at the location of the former Weaver Pictures Studio at Titlow Beach. The building in the foreground, in the course of demolition, was a false front attached to the laboratory. It was decorated as part of the set for a western film. Large building at rear was the movie studio; after the studio closed, it became a dance hall and was later destroyed by fire. (filed with Argentum)
Motion picture industry--Tacoma; H.C. Weaver Productions, Inc. (Tacoma);
Andrews Women's Apparel. Owned and operated by Samuel A. Andrews, the store focused on dresses, suits and hats for discerning shoppers. It was located at 923 Broadway and had undergone extensive remodeling just two years before. TPL-5477; G56.1-098; BU-13732
Washington School 6A class, photographed outside the school in June of 1932. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the right is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal of Washington School from 1926-41. (filed with Argentum)
School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);
Kindergarten class at Margaret K. Gould School. A private school for boys and girls offering pre-school tutoring, music and dance. The school was located in a twelve room house built in 1890 at 223 No. J St. (filed with Argentum)
Margaret K. Gould School (Tacoma); Private schools--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Group of men in Afifi costumes inside the Masonic Temple; photograph taken in June of 1932. This is possibly the same group of men as images 1 & 1A. (filed with Argentum).
Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Masonic Temple (Tacoma); Afifi Arab Patrol (Tacoma);
Model of salmon weir set up at Everett, Washington during an assembly of the Northwest Indian Federation in June of 1932. Jerry Dominick, the builder of the weir, is standing at the left. (Caption is taken from the typed note on the back of the photo) (Donated by Arthur Ballard) TPL-8041