ca. 1932. Drawing of Miss Quevli by Thomas Handforth. Woman in long dress with see-through sleeves. She is holding a cigarette in her right hand and a fur coat in her left hand. This drawing closely resembles Marie Louise Quevli, the youngest daughter, who in 1936 appeared in the Broadway musical comedy "May Wine."

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

ca. 1932. Hooker Electrochemical Company, machine room, circa 1932. View from above floor area. (filed with Argentum)

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

ca. 1932. Phyllis Velton's Dance Revue of 1932. A young girl in a frilly dress and a hat is on the stage in front of the screen being filmed. She holds out the hem of her dress as a woman standing to the side demonstrates the technique to her. This same young girl with the pixie haircut is featured in a series of Dance studio photographs ordered by Walt Sutter. She is most probably his granddaughter.

Sutter, Walter H.--Family; Phyllis Velton's Dance Studio (Tacoma); Children dancing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Choreography; Motion picture cameras;

ca. 1932. Phyllis Velton's Dance Revue of 1932. Young child with dutch boy haircut in a kimono, holding a fan and posed next to a doll. The child stands in front of an elaborate oriental set. Several shots of this same little child in different dance costumes was ordered by Walt Sutter. The child is most probably his grandchild.

Sutter, Walter H.--Family; Phyllis Velton's Dance Studio (Tacoma); Children dancing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Choreography; Costumes; Kimonos;

ca. 1932. Sanitary Meat Market at the Sanitary Public Market, 1108 Market St. Three butchers behind glass and marble meat counter in this circa 1932 photograph. (filed with Argentum)

Butcher shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Meat; Showcases; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sanitary Meat Market (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Professor Bror Grondal, University of Washington School of Forestry, expounding the "probability of stability of shape cross sections in wood at intersection of offset members." He is using a section of Houston Treated Wood Street Gutter as an example. 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)

Grondal, Bror; 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. Example of old style nailed box gutter on North 31st Street after a few years of service. Homes at 2901 and 2903 No. 31st St. in the background. 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)

Gutters (Streets)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Residential streets--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Houston Fabricated Street Gutters (Tacoma); Houston Treated Wood Co. (Tacoma); Then & now comparisons;

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Street corner with gutter in place and sewer drain. 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. Northwest Brewing Company, makers of Marinoff Beer, circa 1932. Photograph ordered by Pete Marinoff. The building was constructed in 1910 for Morris & Co., wholesale meats. Northwest Brewing took over the building in 1931, adding to the original structure. Silver Springs Brewery purchased the structure in 1950 for their plant. It was torn down in 1986 to make room for the "Tacoma Spur" Freeway. (filed with Argentum)

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Northwest Brewing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Northwest Brewing Company, makers of Marinoff Beer, circa 1932. Photograph ordered by Pete Marinoff. The building was constructed in 1910 for Morris & Co., wholesale meats. Northwest Brewing took over the building in 1931, adding to the original structure. Silver Springs Brewery purchased the structure in 1950 for their plant. It was torn down in 1986 to make room for the "Tacoma Spur" Freeway. (filed with Argentum)

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Northwest Brewing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Church of the Holy Communion. Built in 1929, the church was designed by A.S. Leeper, architect. The foundation is in the shape of the cross.

Church of the Holy Communion (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. First Evangelical Lutheran Church. This Gothic structure was built in the 1920's from a design by Heath, Gove & Bell, architects. It is built of tapestry brick and trimmed with Tenino stone. The interior is of oak. Construction on the church was started in late 1925 but it was not completed until 1929.

Lutheran churches--Tacoma--1930-1940; First Lutheran Church (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Dorothy Apartments, No. 3rd & Tacoma Avenue. The Dorothy Apartments were built in 1928 by H.J. Schneider and named after his daughter. The 29 units were intended for exclusive city dwelling with their North End location and lush mahogany interiors. TPL-849, BU-10531

Apartments--Tacoma; Dorothy Apartments (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Goodwill Industries building, circa 1932, with the storefront for their resale store left of the doorway. The Goodwill building was constructed in 1930. Frederic and Stanley T. Shaw were the architects and W.T. Post was the contractor. It was built at a cost of $75,000. This structure was vacated by Goodwill in the mid-1960's when the organization moved to Center Street and this building became a rental office building. Goodwill Industries was founded in 1902 in Boston by Dr. Edgar J. Helms, a Methodist minister, who devised it as a way for the poor and immigrants to support their families. His philosophy of "Give a hand up, not a hand out" became the focal point of the Industries' work.

Goodwill Industries, Inc. (Tacoma); Thrift shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1932. Lee Cox's airplane after accident, circa 1932. Damaged two-seat biplane sitting in front of hanger. (See image #660-2 for view of undamaged plane) (filed with Argentum)

Cox, Lee--Associated objects; Biplanes; Aircraft accidents;

ca. 1932. "Mitreing Machine." Photograph believed to be of the Tribune Publishing Co. offices. (WSHS)

Tacoma News Tribune Publishing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Tribune Publishing Company. Electrical Shop. (WSHS)

Tacoma News Tribune Publishing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. The Bay City Market and cafe in the Hoffman Block, 1144-46 Pacific Ave., circa 1932. The Hoffman Block was built in 1908 and was the location for the Morris Gross store and later the Central Public Market. In 1932, the storefront was remodeled by Emory Morgan, Architect, for the Bay City Market. Employees in uniform posed in front, NRA posters in windows, Dr. Norris' Tacoma Dental Parlors on second floor, Hotel Ridpath above. The building has since been demolished. (filed with Argentum)

Bay City Market (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dr. Norris' Tacoma Dental Parlors (Tacoma); Hotel Ridpath (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Walter Sutter's house. Exterior view of front facade and side wall with fireplace. Stucco-covered house. Two-story with Dutch-Colonial hip roof and dormer. Stone path and rock garden surrounded by lawn. The home was built in 1927 by builder John Barkost. (WSHS)

Sutter, Walter H.--Homes & haunts;

Back of Photo:
Tacoma--Views (Tacoma--Aerial Views)

ca. 1932. This is the Shaub-Ellison Building, 1902 Pacific Ave., circa 1932. The super-service station, a Goodyear franchise, opened at the beginning of the year. Partners Charlie Ellison and Roe Shaub started business in 1920 at 7th & Commerce before moving to the Pacific Avenue location. This was their only location throughout the Depression and WWll. The University of Washington would purchase the property in 1993 for their Tacoma campus and the Art Deco-styled building was demolished in 1995. (History of Pierce County, Washington, Vol. 1, p. 436)

ca. 1932. House with detached one-car garage at the So. 9th & Washington (820 So. Washington St.), Tacoma, circa 1932. Photograph taken for John Dower Lumber Co.

Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1932. Easter group at Mr. Water's church. Children on stage in Biblical costume surround a large cross. (filed with Argentum)

Easter--Tacoma; Child actors (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Hooker Electrochemical Company, machine room, circa 1932. Kroeshell carbonic system. (filed with Argentum)

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

ca. 1932. Phyllis Velton's Dance Revue of 1932. Young child in Napoleon costume with fan in background.This series of the same pixie haired child in different dance costumes was ordered by Walt Sutter. The child is most probably his grandchild.

Sutter, Walter H.--Family; Phyllis Velton's Dance Studio (Tacoma); Children dancing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Choreography; Costumes;

ca. 1932. Phyllis Velton's Dance Revue of 1932. Young child in suspender shorts and no shirt, barefoot, with dutch hair-cut and fan like back drop. Several pictures of this little child in different dance costumes were ordered by Walter Sutter. The child is most probably his grandchild.

Sutter, Walter H.--Family; Phyllis Velton's Dance Studio (Tacoma); Children dancing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Choreography; Costumes;

ca. 1932. "Phyllis Velton's Dance Revue of 1932." A young girl with bobbed, crimped blonde hair dances in a satin robe trimmed with feathers, lingerie and white toe ballet slippers. Chaise lounge, vanity, armchair and three toy animals decorate the stage.

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

ca. 1932. Roberts Bros. Grocers delivery truck number 4 resting in a gulch between two houses, circa 1932. Porch railing of one house hangs from post. (filed with Argentum)

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

ca. 1932. A box of fern fronds labeled "Callison's Robin Hood Evergreens". Label features an image of Robin Hood with bow and arrow. For P. H. Peyran, Gig Harbor. (Argentum)

Advertising--1930-1940; Logos; Callison's Robin Hood Evergreens (Gig Harbor);

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. 4L Wood Promotion Committeemen standing on a stack of Houston street gutters, first of a series of Fabricated Wood Products designed to rehabilitate the industry. The Houston Treated Wood Company was owned by Tacoman Ross Houston. (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);