ca. 1931. Interiors of the home of Harry K. Todd, Tacoma Country Club home #1. Mr. Todd was the president of the Country Club and H.K. Todd Co., investments & insurance.
ca. 1931. Dennison & Company, chicken canners, Fern Hill. Belle and Lee Dennison founders of food line. This view of equipment at the cannery was taken circa 1931. See series 310, image 069 for exterior view of Dennison & Company.
ca. 1931. St. Nicholas Hellenic Tabernacle, 1523 Yakima Ave. So., Tacoma. This Byzantine structure was built in 1925 from a design by architect Silas E. Nelsen. It is now known as St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. Bowen # CHU-003
ca. 1931. Trinity Lutheran Church, known as "The Gray Church," at 12115 Park Ave. So., Parkland was built in 1907 and dedicated in 1910. According to "Trinity Lutheran Church of Parkland, Washington 75th Anniversary 1919-1994," the church was designed to be cross-shaped, 70-feet long & 70-feet wide, and built of brick and stone at a cost of $16,000. There was a basement, steeple and many stairs. Nicknamed the "Gray Church," it was located where the south end of Trinity Lutheran Church's present sanctuary now stands. The "Gray Church" was finally demolished in 1957 as the location was being prepared for building the congregation's new church. (Trinity Lutheran Church of Parkland, Washington 75th Anniversary 1919-1994, p.1-2) Bowen # CHU-004
ca. 1931. Trinity Episcopal Methodist Church, 601 E. 35th St., Tacoma. This McKinley Hill church was built in 1913 from a design by Heath & Gove, architects. In 1923, the McKinley Hill Improvement Club and the church worked together to add a community hall at this site. Bowen # CHU-005
ca. 1931. Sprague Memorial Presbyterian Church, 3359 So. 58th St., Tacoma. The church was built in 1891 and has also been known as Edison Presbyterian. Bowen# CHU-014
ca. 1931. Trinity Lutheran Church, 1307 So. I, Tacoma. The church was built in 1886 as the German Lutheran Church. It was designed by architects Farrell & Darmer. It later was named Trinity Lutheran. Trinity Lutheran closed in 1949 after over 50 years. Although the structure was home to other congregations after that time, it was demolished in 1996. Bowen # CHU-029
ca. 1931. Church of Latter Day Saints, 1603 No. Steele St., Tacoma. The church was built in 1892 as Central Christian Church at 1110 So. 3rd St. It was moved to this site in 1906 and remodeled by Frederick Heath at that time. In 1917, it was purchased by the Mormon Church and became their first Tacoma branch. It has since been demolished. Bowen # CHU-031
ca. 1931. Le Sourd Methodist Episcopal Church, 1120 No. Stevens St., Tacoma. The Church was dedicated on March 25, 1917. It was located near the intersection of No. 12th & No. Stevens. Bowen #CHU-046
ca. 1931. Elim Free Evangelical Church, 1402 So. L St., Tacoma. Built in 1921, the church was also known as the Norwegian Congregational Church. Bowen # CHU- 054
ca. 1931. International Bible Students Association (I.B.S.A.), 804 No. State St., Tacoma. This structure was built around 1908 and originally served as the Friends Church. In 1931, it was listed in the City Directory as the I.B.S.A. Tabernacle. Bowen #CHU-034
ca. 1931. St. John's English Lutheran Church, 424 So. I St., Tacoma. Constructed in 1909, this English Gothic church was designed by architects Bresemann and Durfee. It was later known as Luther Memorial Church. The congregation held its final services in this building in November of 2003; it was sold to Multicare. Bowen #CHU-026
ca. 1931. Built in 1901 by J.E. Bonnell for the Sunset Telephone Co., this building was later occupied by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. It is on the list of City and National Registry sites. This photograph was taken about 1931.
ca. 1931. The Half Way House in Des Moines, Washington. The Half Way House was on old Hwy 99 between Tacoma and Seattle. The completion of Pacific Highway South (Hwy 99) in the 1930s attracted businesses that catered to drivers: service stations, motels, shops and restaurants. The Half Way House was a modestly priced steak and oyster restaurant and may have been in business until the late 1950s. (historylink.org)
ca. 1931. In 1931, a Tschunko's House of Flowers delivery van dropped off a box of flowers at Tacoma Field so that the Tschunko's delivery airplane could carry them to their destination. Tschunko's House of Flowers and the Louis Tschunko Greenhouses were located at 5001 Pacific Avenue. They went into business at that address in 1906. By 1938, Tschunko's was gone and Gibson's Florist was opening at that location. It has since been demolished.
Florist shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Field (Lakewood); Tschunko's House of Flowers (Tacoma); Airplanes--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1931. V.F.W. float shaped like a battleship in front of the Reynolds & King Inc. building at 711 Broadway circa 1931. Sign on the side of the float says, "On to Sacramento." Elks Temple, 565 Broadway, can be seen in the background.
Reynolds & King Inc. (Tacoma); Veterans' organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1931. A look back to the early 1930s at the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway and downtown Tacoma business district , included in the 1977 Richards Studio stock file. Several of the buildings in Tacoma's skyline have been labeled including the Perkins Bldg., the Fisher Company and Montgomery Ward & Co. Retail Store. Other notable buildings are the Puget Sound National Bank headquarters with distinctive spire, the Washington Building, and the Tacoma Building. A glimpse of the Tacoma Hotel, which would burn down in 1935, is near the right (behind smokestacks). In the foreground is the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway and Dock St., with Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., a firm established in 1909.
City Waterway (Tacoma); Signs (Notices); Business districts--Tacoma; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Perkins Building (Tacoma); Washington Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Building (Tacoma);
ca. 1931. Mrs. Alexander Baillie gardens at "Waloma" on American Lake in Lakewood. Rockery and shrubs meander through fir trees creating a natural landscape. (WSHS)
Baillie, Alexander, 1859-1949--Homes & haunts; Gardens--Lakewood; Rock gardens--Lakewood; Trees--Lakewood;
ca. 1931. Photograph, circa 1931, taken from the Medical Arts Building looking down on the buildings on the east side of Broadway beginning at 9th after dark. A good view of the RKO Orpheum lit up at night. Rust and Washington Buildings in background.
Streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pantages Theater (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1931. Joseph L. Carman residence, Villa Carman. Broad exterior view of Spanish Colonial Revival mansion, designed by Kirtland K. Cutter, Architect, 1919. The home was built on 18 acres of lakefront property purchased by the Carmans. It had 6 fireplaces and 18 foot ceilings in the living room. Selected in 1931 by the Tacoma Society of Architects as one of the 10 most beautiful homes in Tacoma and its surrounding areas. Purchased by Lowell T. and Helen Murray in 1939 and by actress Linda Evans in 1987. (TDL 5/26/1931, Rotogravure, pg. B6) (WSHS)
Estates--Lakewood; Carman, Joseph L.--Homes & haunts; Villa Carman (Lakewood);
ca. 1931. John and Rose Dower Estate. "Dower Dell." Driveway entrance to estate through rustic gate which terminates the expansive river stone wall. Stone columns extend above the wall and intersect rustic, diamond-shape lattice rails. John Dower was Chairman of the Board of the John Dower Lumber Co., 733 E. 11th, Tacoma. TPL-7195 (filed in WSHS as 11-2)
ca. 1931. Landscaped gardens of Milamar, William H. and Maude M. Miller's summer home on the north side of American Lake. Two young boys, one on a tricycle, are minute in size compared to the expansive lawn and mature trees on the property. (filed in WSHS as 16-1)
Miller, William H.--Homes & haunts; R.E. Anderson & Co. Inc. (Tacoma); Houses--Lakewood; Estates--Lakewood; Gardens--Lakewood;
