The crowd continues to gather at 9th & Broadway in anticipation of the arrival of Democratic presidential candidate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt on September 20, 1932. Mr. Roosevelt, the governor of New York, took Washington State by storm as he visited Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and the Puyallup Fair as part of his 8,000-mile campaign tour. He was met by thousands at each stop. His last visit to Tacoma prior to 1932 had been twelve years before in 1920 when he spoke at the Pantages. (TNT 9-19-32, p. 1-article; TNT 9-20-32, p. 1, 12)

Crowds--Tacoma--1930-1940; Political campaigns; Presidential elections;

Carstens Packing Co. building as viewed on October 13, 1932; two KMO antennae in sight. Completed in 1931, this $150,000 building housed the executive offices of the company. Despite the nation's economic woes, Carstens continued to do annual business of about 15 million dollars. TPL-5919; G34.1-166 (TDL 2-9-32, C-7-article & alternate photograph)

Carstens Packing Co. (Tacoma); Meat industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Radio antennas--Tacoma;

On October 14, 1932, Al Weberg, shop craftsman, stood proudly next to the first commercial unit of Houston Fabricated Street Gutters as they were prepared for shipment to their job site in Tacoma. The gutters were manufactured at the Houston Treated Wood Co. owned by Tacoman Ross Houston and were patented in the US and Canada. The gutters were carved from whole pieces of timber, treated for waterproofing and longevity and then set into place with stakes.They were being installed under contract in Tacoma as street gutters. Tacoma believed that the Northwest had an unlimited supply of timber, easily enough to edge the miles of roads that crisscrossed the city. (filed with Argentum)

Weberg, Al; 4L Wood Promotion Committee (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gutters (Streets)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Houston Fabricated Street Gutters (Tacoma); Houston Treated Wood Co. (Tacoma);

Informal studio portrait of Dorothy Sowa for announcement. She is wearing glasses and has her dark wavy hair brushed from her forehead and tucked behind her ears. Her outfit has a large white collar which sports a decorative pin. Dorothy Sowa had her photograph taken on October 19, 1932.

Sowa, Dorothy; Eyeglasses; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hairstyles--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Washington School. Group of grade school children on steps of school in October of 1932.

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);

Washington School Kindergarten. The beginning students pose with rhythm instruments in front of the school in October of 1932. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);

Sorosis Club. Group of women in living room of home, front row seated on a sofa.

Sorosis Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Washington School 1B Class. The first grade students pose in front of their northend elementary school in October of 1932. The school was built in 1906 and is named in honor of George Washington. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);

In 1932, the Pierce County Red Cross worked with a local bakery and a group of unemployed bakers to creat the Unemployed Citizens League Bakery to provide fresh baked bread for needy families in Pierce County. The bakery's volunteer workers included (order not known): Superintendent Wells, T. Claude, A. Brinkman and C.O. Davis. America was fully engulfed in the Depression, which had created thousands of destitute and needy families nationwide. Congress had decided to donate wheat to the Red Cross for distribution; the Pierce County chapter received 41,700 49-lb. sacks of flour. Needy families in the county were able to get a sack per family of five every 30 days. The Red Cross decided to test the feasibility of supplying baked bread instead of flour to many families. 300 families in the area of the bakery were provided freshly baked bread every afternoon. It was determined that each family could receive 47 - 1.5 lb. loaves per month, the equivalent of the sack of flour given others. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 10-23-32, B-6)

Baking--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bread--Tacoma--1930-1940; American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma);

On November 3, 1932, eighteen year old Marjorie Yonk was having her heart examined by Dr. F. J. Hansen to see if it was strong enough to view the 1932 horror classic "White Zombie." The Blue Mouse Theater had offered $10 to any woman who could sit through a midnight preview of the creepy Bela Lugosi film, alone and without screaming. Spunky Marjorie took them up on the bet. "White Zombie" was the first horror film featuring voodoo and its power over the undead. It was a low budget film, hoping to cash in on Lugosi's recent triumph as Dracula, and it was produced by the Halperin Brothers. (TNT 11/4/1932; pg. 7)

Blue Mouse Movie Theatre (Tacoma); Yonk, Marjorie; Hansen, F.J.;

It started out as a publicity stunt. The Blue Mouse Theater offered $10 to any woman who would sit through a midnight preview, on November 3, 1932, of the creepy horror film "White Zombie," alone, and without screaming. Eighteen year old Marjorie Yonk said she was up to the test. She was whisked by police car, sirens blaring, to Dr. F. J. Hansen's office to determine the strength of her heart, and then to the Blue Mouse. She is pictured here prior to entering the theater. Officers E.J. Schutz, left, and J.F. White escorted her into the blackened theater with their flashlights, seated her, and left her to the mercy of Bela Lugosi starring in the first zombie film. The movie was made in 1932, following Lugosi's phenomenal success as Dracula. It was a low budget film, produced by the Halperin Brothers, set in Haiti and it spawned a new genre of horror characters, zombies, that populate movies even today. (TNT 11/4/1932; pg. 7)

Blue Mouse Movie Theatre (Tacoma); Yonk, Marjorie; Schutz, E.J.; White, J.F.; Publicity;

Framed by the blackness of the movie theater behind her, Marjorie Yonk emerged from a special midnight preview of the horror movie "White Zombie" on November 3, 1932, visibly shaken. The Blue Mouse Theater at 1131-33 Broadway had offered $10 to any woman who would sit through the midnight preview, alone, without screaming. Marjorie took on the challenge and triumphed, but from the look in her eyes, she earned the ten dollars. The 1932 horror classic, starring Bela Lugosi, was the first Hollywood zombie film. (TNT 11/4/1932, pg. 7)

Blue Mouse Movie Theatre (Tacoma); Yonk, Marjorie;

Ship "Phoenix" in Tacoma. Large cargo vessel with small superstructure amidships, another with funnel at the stern. Wooden warehouses on pier, lumber mills and Tacoma skyline in background, pod of logs floating in foreground. (filed with Argentum)

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Logs;

A large cargo vessel being helped to pier by tugboat. Warehouses on pier, lumber mills and Tacoma skyline in background, pod of logs floating in water. (filed with Argentum)

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Logs;

Ship "Phoenix," a large cargo vessel with small superstructure amidships, another with funnel at the stern, being helped to pier by tugboat. Warehouses on pier, lumber mills and Tacoma skyline in background, pod of logs floating in water. (filed with Argentum)

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Logs;

Woodbrook Hunt Club members on horseback, circa 1932. (filed with Argentum)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding;

Woodbrook Hunt Club members on horseback circa 1932 with their "hounds." The riders are in formal English hunt attire and are possibly about to be engaged in a fox hunt. (filed with Argentum)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding;

For 17 years Al Pentecost, general foreman at the Milwaukee shops, had kept a single bottle of Rainier pale beer on ice in his ice box. He had purchased a case of the beer in 1915 before Washington State went dry. Only a single bottle remained of the case which Mr. Pentecost faithfully kept cool, replacing the ice frequently. With State Initiative 61 effective on December 8, 1932, repealing the bone dry law, Mr. Pentecost decided to finally crack open the beer bottle. He proclaimed it as good as the day he bought it with plenty of suds. Mr. Pentecost resided at 3708 North Madison St. (T.Times 12-8-32, p. 1,11)

ca. 1932. Portrait drawing of Miss Quevli by Thomas Handforth. This has been identified as a drawing of Marie Louise Quevli, circa 1932. (filed with Argentum) (Identification provided by a family member)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches; Quevli, Christen--Family; Quevli, Mary Louise;

ca. 1932. Hooker Electrochemical Company, circa 1932. Alcohol tank (upright at rear), top of storage tank and group of fittings. (filed with Argentum)

Chemical industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Phyllis Velton's Dance Revue of 1932. Group of children in various costumes on stage with Gothic church set. Title block superimposed on image. The 1935 City Directory lists Phyllis Velton's dance studio at 220 No. "I" Street. Miss Velton was a young Tacoma dancer and teacher. She presented her first dance revue for students in 1931. A teacher of both classical and modern dance, she was known for her own "ultra-modern" dance interpretations using Egyptian and Assyrian themes.

Phyllis Velton's Dance Studio (Tacoma); Children dancing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Choreography; Costumes; Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1932. Roberts Bros.Grocers Number 4 delivery truck accident, circa 1932. Front end sitting by front porch of house with rear end on roadway above. (filed with Argentum)

Roberts Bros. Grocery (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1932. Margaret (Mrs. John R.) Arkley's antiques. Buffet. (filed with Argentum)

Arkley, Margaret--Associated objects; Antiques; Buffets (Furniture);

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Young boy and girl standing on pile of Houston Fabricated Gutters. This advertisement stressed the long life of the product, stating that the gutters would still be in serviceable condition when these kids are grownups. The treated gutters were patented in the US and Canada. Photograph has been altered, background area partially whited out to make product and children stand out. For original photo, see 617 image 9. (filed with Argentum)

Residential streets--Tacoma; 4L Wood Promotion Committee (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gutters (Streets)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Houston Fabricated Street Gutters (Tacoma); Houston Treated Wood Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Photograph of an unidentified young boy and girl standing on pile of Houston Fabricated Street Gutters; used for advertising. The "Houston Fabricated Street Gutters" were manufactured by the Houston Treated Wood Co., owned by Tacoman Ross Houston, and were patented in the US and Canada.(filed with Argentum)

Residential streets--Tacoma; 4L Wood Promotion Committee (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gutters (Streets)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Houston Fabricated Street Gutters (Tacoma); Houston Treated Wood Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Buckley-King Funeral Church, circa 1932. When the Romanesque-Italian structure was built in 1927, it was one of only two funeral churches in the US. The brick building, designed by Hill & Mock architects, became a model for facilities of its kind. In 1987, the church was purchased by the adjacent First Presbyterian Church and became part of its church and school. (filed with Argentum)

Buckley-King Funeral Service (Tacoma); Churches;

ca. 1932. Eight women skiers in room. The women appear to be in a clothing store and are perhaps modeling what the best dressed female skiers will be wearing in 1932. The women are all wearing two piece sweater outfits and perky berets on top.

Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

ca. 1932. Hopper-Kelly Company, circa 1932. Window display of Conlan washer and mangle iron being "used" by two cardboard cut-out housewives. McDonald's Shoe Co. is next door left. "945" in tilework at entrance to Hopper Kelly. (filed with Argentum)

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Music stores--Tacoma; Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washing machines--1930-1940; Window displays--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1932. Road to Mount Baker near Marblemount, Skagit County. Two men stand between a dump truck and a car on an unpaved forest road. For Mr. Hans Heidner, President of Heidner and Company, Importers and Exporters. (WSHS)

Dirt roads--Skagit County; Mountain roads--Skagit County;

ca. 1932. Road to Mount Baker near Marblemount, Skagit County. Two men, possibly surveyors, standing on an unpaved forest road, wooden trestle-type bridge in foreground. For Mr. Hans Heidner, President of Heidner and Company, Importers and Exporters. (filed with Argentum)

Dirt roads--Skagit County; Mountain roads--Skagit County; Bridges--Skagit County;