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617-12

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 Fabricated Street Gutters" were manufactured by the Houston Treated Wood Co., owned by Tacoman Ross Houston, and were patented in the US and Canada.


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);

617-15

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Group of men standing by small piece of gutter material. Left to right: C.F. Mason, W.C. Steel, W.A. Dryden, P. Names, F.W. Lane, E.J. Donahue and B.B. Heuston. 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; Mason, C.F.; Steel, W.C.; Dryden, W.A.; Names, P.; Lane, F.W.; Donahue, E.J.; Heuston, B.B.;

617-17B

ca. 1932. Earl Rogers, Vice President of St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company, standing on a pile of square timbers to be used to make fabricated wood products. Earl Rogers was the first lumberman in the world to have this piece sawn; claiming that it was a good product and the industry could produce all that the market could take. The Houston Treated Wood Co. was owned by Tacoman Ross Houston and their product, the Houston Fabricated Street Gutter, was patented in the US and Canada. (filed with Argentum)


Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Business people--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rogers, Earl; Houston Fabricated Wood Co. (Tacoma);

617-19

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. E.J. Donahue examining new Tacoma- made Houston Street Gutter. 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)


Donahue, E.J.; Residential streets--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gutters (Streets)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Houston Fabricated Street Gutters (Tacoma); Houston Treated Wood Co. (Tacoma);

617-2

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Men looking at gutter in place on street. 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);

617-4

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Men looking at example on table. 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.


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);

617-6

ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Gutter shown in place on side of road. 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);

621-13

ca. 1932. "Berg" Apartments, So. 8 & K Sts. (now Martin Luther King Way). These apartments were built in 1931 by Gust Berg, who built many of the apartment buildings in Tacoma. The site also includes 1020 So. 8th St.


Apartments--Tacoma--1930-1940; Berg Apartments (Tacoma);

621-4

ca. 1932. Epworth Methodist Church, circa 1932. The modified Gothic structure was built in 1926 from a design by George W. Bullard, architect, of tapestry brick with stone trim. (filed with Argentum)


Epworth Methodist Church (Tacoma); Methodist churches--Tacoma--1930-1940;

621-6

ca. 1932. Buckley King Funeral Church, corner of Tacoma Ave. South and South First St. The church was built in 1927, one of two funeral churches in the US. The Romanesque-Italian structure became a model for buildings of this kind. It was designed by Hill & Mock, architects, and built by Steiro & Hansen, contractors. The building is constructed of Far West Clay Co. brick and trimmed with Wilkeson sandstone. In 1987, the structures were purchased by the adjacent First Presbyterian Church.


Buckley-King Funeral Service (Tacoma); Churches--Tacoma;

650-2

ca. 1932. Hollywood Inn, Soda fountain, barbecue and service station at Titlow Beach. Man, woman and dog stand by gasoline pumps and Model A Ford in front of building, old Weaver Studios building in left background. For Charlie E. Wood. (WSHS)


Hollywood Inn (Tacoma); Convenience stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

660-2

ca. 1932. Lee Cox's airplane, either before accident or after rebuilding. Two-seat biplane with man in rear cockpit. Registration # NC605Y. (See image #659-1) (filed with Argentum)


Cox, Lee--Associated objects; Biplanes;

BOWEN TPL-666

ca. 1932. South end of Pacific Ave. just south of the Union Station. Goodrich Silvertown, Inc. (1955 Pacific ) and the Bone-Dry Shoe Co. (2113-15 Pacific) are neighbors as evidenced in this circa 1932 photograph. The tire store, Goodrich Silvertown, utilized Hollowstone concrete and tile in its construction. Throngs visited the store when it opened in June of 1931. The Bone-Dry Shoe factory was designed by architects Hill, Mock & Griffin and opened in 1919. It manufactured top quality boots for nearly 40 years mostly handcrafted by skilled workers.

TPL-7532

ca. 1932. On September 30, 1932, the former RKO Orpheum Theater at 901 Broadway opened with great fanfare as the new movie palace, the "Roxy," complete with a glowing neon marquee. The first bill of fare featured the sound feature "This Sporting Age" starring Jack Holt and a new Mickey Mouse cartoon. Adults paid 15 cents 9am - 5pm, 20 cents after five and kids were "a dime anytime." The Roxy had been constructed in 1917 by theatrical entrepreneur Alexander Pantages at what was formerly the site of the Gross Brothers Department Store. The building has since returned to its original name, the Pantages, and is on the City, State and National Registries. Across the street was the Tacoma Theater (902-14 Broadway), known in 1932 as the "Broadway," which was scheduled to reopen October 8th as another movie palace. The theater was destroyed by fire in 1963; at the time of the fire it was called The Music Box Theater.


Marquees; Roxy Theatre (Tacoma); Broadway Theater (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1930-1940;

420-1

Annual banquet meeting of K Street Business Club at Margot's. Before the days of mega chain stores, "K" Street, now Martin Luther King Jr. Way, was one of the most thriving business areas in Tacoma. It was also one of the most organized, with all the owners of the small family owned type businesses serving as members of the Business Club, later called the K Street Booster Club. The group promoted their shopping area as a district, long before the days of the shopping "mall."


K Street Business Club (Tacoma); Margot's Restaurant (Tacoma);

627-40

Brown and Haley Candy Co. Mr. Brown & Mr. Haley with a group of salesmen. Harry L. Brown is in the center of the front row. J.C. Haley is third from left in the front row. Brown & Haley is one of the largest and oldest candy companies in the United States. Harry Brown learned the candy making art in 1902 at Tacoma confectionery Josslyn's. He opened his own retail candy shop on Broadway in 1907. It became a business partnership when his friend Jonathan Clifford Haley began selling Harry's "Oriole Chocolates." By 1914, the partnership was formal with the organization of Brown & Haley. Mr. Haley was president and chief salesman and Mr. Brown was general manager, chief candy formulator and head of manufacturing. The company owes its success to loyal and hardworking employees, a committment to producing high quality candy and the invention of the unique "English toffee" in 1923 that is now named Almond Roca. It is one of the largest selling gift confections in the US and is marketed in 30 countries on 6 continents. The company is still a family owned and run business. ("South on the Sound" by Murray Morgan)


Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Brown, Harry;

418-2

Washington School 6A Class, photographed in front of their school in January of 1933. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the left is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal of Washington from 1926-1941.


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

BOLAND-A10978

The corner of 9th and Pacific Ave. looking up 9th. The building on the corner, the Wright Building, was the first permanent brick building in Tacoma. TPL-7103


Street scenes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wright Building (Tacoma)

G5.1-011

In 1933, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians urged the federal government to purchase the outdated Tacoma Indian Hospital complex and build a new facility. The Puyallup Tribal Council met with newly elected U.S. Representative Wesley Lloyd in February 1933 to seek his support. After numerous delays, the new hospital was completed in 1943. Standing, left to right: Silas Meeker (Tribal Secretary), Frank Wrolson, Representative Lloyd. Seated, left to right: Benjamin Wright, William Davis, Silas Cross (Tribal Chairman), Dorothy Kellogg (assistant to Representative Lloyd). Frank Wrolson's last name was misspelled on the photograph.


Indians of North America, Puyallup Tribe; Cushman Indian Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Meeker, Silas; Wrolson, Frank; Lloyd, Wesley; Wright, Benjamin; Davis, William; Cross, Silas; Kellogg, Dorothy;

BOLAND G38.1-028

On March 1, 1933 at around 12 noon, a convoy of trucks and automobiles carried unemployed demonstrators through Tacoma on their way to Olympia. Here they are pictured passing on Tacoma Ave. South in front of the Tacoma Public Library (now known as the TPL Carnegie Building.) The Seattle planners of the march planned to descend on the Capital and present their demands for jobless insurance and a cash dole to the State Legislature. The main section of around 150 vehicles passed through Tacoma without trouble or disturbance, but they were met outside Olympia by police and state patrol and denied access to the city. The protestors, estimated at 2,000, camped at Priest Point Park on the outskirts of Olympia. They were denied a permit for a demonstration at the Capital. A committee of 20 met with Governor Clarence D. Martin who declined their demands. They were then asked to return home, which they did peacefully. (TNT 3/1/33, pg.1; 3/2/33, pg. 1; 3/3/33, pg. 5; TDL 3/2/33, pg. 1; 3/3/33, pg. 1)


Demonstrations--1930-1940; Activists; Protest movements--1930-1940; Unemployment--Wash.--1930-1940; Unemployed--Wash.--1930-1940; Depressions--1929;

BOLAND G38.1-022

On March 1, 1933 at around noon, a convoy of unemployed demonstrators, under the banner of the "United Front," passed through Tacoma on their way to Olympia. The Seattle leaders of the group planned the march to Olympia to present the problems of the unemployed to the State Legislature. The groups of marchers, in trucks and automobiles, were met at the Tacoma city limits by motorcycle officers who escorted them through the city. Once in Olympia the group, estimated to contain 2,000 persons, was denied entrance to the city. They camped in the rain at Priest Point Park on the outskirts of Olympia. They were denied the permit for a demonstration at the Capital, but a group of 20 was allowed to meet with Governor Clarence D. Martin and present their demands for jobless insurance and a cash dole. Governor Martin gave them an audience but declined their demands. The group peacefully returned to their homes. (TNT 3/1/33, pg. 1; 3/2/33, pg.1; 3/3/33, pg. 5; TDL 3/2/33, pg. 1; 3/3/33, pg. 1)


Demonstrations--1930-1940; Activists; Protest movements--1930-1940; Unemployment--Wash.--1930-1940; Unemployed--Wash.--1930-1940; Depressions--1929;

TPL-8592

City league competitive basketball was popular in Tacoma in the early 1930s. The Carstens Packing Company team from 1933 was rated as a strong contender for the Tacoma City Girls' Basketball league championship. The Carstens Vagabonds team members were, seated left to right, Dolly Reese, Freda Weingard, Eleanor Hiller, Grace Thorne and Katherine Rivers. Standing, left to right, Paul Benton (coach), Eleanor Foley, Vera Kemp, Mary Livesley, Dorothy Weingard and Gladys Hult (manager.) There were six women's teams in the 1932 city league sponsored by the Metropolitan Park District including teams representing Hoskins Grill, Pacific Telephone, and Tacoma Poultry and Eggs. (Previously TPL-9000)


Carstens Packing Co. (Tacoma)--People; Basketball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Basketball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Sports--1930-1940; Benton, Paul; Hult, Gladys;

423-1

Cast of Lincoln High School opera "The Bohemian Girl," directed by Margaret Rawson Goheen, on stage. (filed with Argentum)


Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Operas & operettas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Singing;

BOLAND G50.1-056

On April 1, 1933, the flagship of the Imperial Japanese fleet and another Japanese naval training ship arrived in Tacoma for a three day visit. The flagship Yakumo and the Iwate were moored at the Port of Tacoma Piers. The ships were open for tours on Saturday and Sunday drawing large crowds. Over 1500 officers and men were on the two ships and were released for leave in Tacoma. Just eight years later, with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941, Japan and the United States were at war. TPL-9080. Boland A11023. (TNT 4/1/1933, pg. 1; 4/3/1933, pg. 1)


Battleships--Japan; Sailors--Japan;

BOWEN G68.1-089

April 8th was authorized as "Roosevelt Day" by the mayor and city council in recognition of the President's leadership during the Country's economic crises. He was honored with a large downtown parade incorporating military, civic and business groups. Carstens, a large meat packing firm in Tacoma, had a clever play on words in utilizing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal" slogan for their parade truck--"The New Deal is Here with HAM and Good Cheer." Easter in 1933 was soon arriving and Carstens was promoting their hams, plain or baked, as a fine economical choice for the traditional feast. (TNT 4-7-33, p.1-article; TNT 4-8-33, p. 1-article) TPL-5449

BOLAND-A11124

Men from the 931st Co. CCC camp crouch next to their tents in May of 1933. TPL-7104


Tents; Civilian Conservation Corps (Tacoma); Civilian Conservation Corps camps--Tacoma--1930-1940;

641-1

In 1933 work began in earnest to create Jefferson Park on Tacoma's "West End," originally bordered by North 7th and North 9th Streets, Mason Avenue and Monroe Street. Men are pictured grading on site with the help of shovels and a bulldozer. The land for the park had originally been purchased in increments in the early 1920s and "Jefferson" selected as the park's name in 1924. The finished park was finally dedicated in November, 1937, as a center for recreation for the growing neighborhood. (filed with Argentum)


Jefferson Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bulldozers;

641-3

In 1933 work began in earnest to create Jefferson Park on Tacoma's "West End", originally bordered by North 7th and North 9th Streets, Mason Avenue and Monroe Street. The land for the park had originally been purchased in the early 1920s. The finished park was finally dedicated in November, 1937. This photograph was taken from near the corner of north 7th and Mason looking northeast.


Jefferson Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma; Bulldozers;

BOLAND-B25281

Montage featuring the Marines from USS West Virginia. Variety of snapshots of Marines on a smaller sailboat and on land at Fort Lewis in June of 1933. Mount Rainier (called Mount Tacoma then by locals) tops the collection of photographs. G71.1-044


Montages; Marines (Military personnel)--1930-1940; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

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