Christmas window display of hosiery at Lerner Shops. Sheer silk nylons available at 69 cents a pair for that special lady. Four thread silk chiffon nylons at 69 cents a pair made the perfect gift. A wide range of nylons in different colors displayed at prices ranging from 50 cents to 89 cents a pair. Dressing gowns on hangers accent the display.

Lerner Shops (Tacoma); Clothing stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Window displays--1930-1940; Hosiery;

Two Foss tugboats, the "Diamond B" and the "Foss No. 17" carefully moved a crane, mounted on a Foss barge, down the Puyallup Waterway in December of 1936. The crane was probably being delivered to the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company. The "Foss 17" had a fire monitor mounted on top of its pilothouse, and with her high pressure pump she helped put out many waterfront fires before being retired in 1965. (copy of photograph also numbered and filed as D3015- 1A)

Hoisting machinery; Towing--Tacoma; Tugboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma);

Burnett Brothers Jewelers, new store at 924 Broadway. View of the long narrow interior from the rear of the store to the front door. Large glass display cases set on marble stands on either side of the center aisle. The new location will have its Grand Opening February 12, 1937 in the evening. The store was formerly located at 932 Broadway. Also cataloged as A4035 image 2. (T. Times, 2/11/1937, p. 8)

Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Merchandise displays--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Bone-Dry Shoe Company store in the Rust Building from 11th Street. Signs advertise "Removal Sale" and "Forced to Vacate." Fidelity Building in background. Storefront for First United Mutual Savings Bank next door. (filed with Argentum)

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. The Stationers, interior. Typewriters, duplicating machines and other office supplies, Royal Typewriter display sign, three people at desks. (filed with Argentum)

Stationers, Inc. (Tacoma); Office equipment & supplies; Typewriters;

ca. 1937. Norman's Apparel Shop, Ladies Dresses. Model posed in the latest fashion in store interior. Her hand rests on a modernistic chrome chairs. (WSHS)

Norman's Apparel Shop (Tacoma); Clothing stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

This photograph of the Rex Theater, from October, 1937, shows the theater's new marquee and neon sign built by the Cliff Sign Company. Martin Steffen opened the Rex Theater at 3809-11 Yakima Avenue South in 1919 to replace his smaller theater of the same name that was just two doors down, at 3805 Yakima Ave. So. The new theater had the largest seating capacity of any theater on Tacoma's south end, holding 650. Seeking to give his patrons the best possible movie experience, Mr. Steffen's had the theater built with a nursery where mothers could care for their small children and infants while still being able to view the screen. In 1958, the Rex was remodeled and dedicated as the Tacoma Calvary Temple. Today it is home to the New Restoration Church and Restoration Christian Ministries.

Rex Theater (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Electric signs;

ca. 1936. Interior of Globe Machine Works, for Joe Cornish. This longtime Tacoma concern designed and manufactured heavy machinery, primarily for the plywood industry. (filed with Argentum)

Machinery industry--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

Nell Keevy, travel bureau official at the Bremerton city dock, posed with an unidentified bus driver after giving the new bus scheduled for the Port Orchard to Bremerton ferry dock run a once over. On Sunday July 28, 1935, the Bremerton-Port Orchard- Seattle ferry service was discontinued after 15 years of operation by the Black Ball lines. Passengers would now travel by bus from Port Orchard to Bremerton to catch the ferry to Seattle. (filed with Argentum) (Bremerton Sun 7/27/1935, pg. 1)

Mass transit--Port Orchard--1930-1940; Washington Motor Coach System (Bremerton); Buses--Bremerton; Bus terminals--Bremerton; Keevy, Nell;

And they're off! Members of the Bremerton Admiral Robert E. Coontz Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars posed ready to take off in a run as soon as they hear the starting pistol fire. They clutched application for membership forms in their hands and the race was on for greatest membership drive in the history of the post. Their goal was 100 new members by March 31st. Alfred Carlson, second from right, was chairman of the membership committee. Left to right are pictured O.E. Bennett, George Hall, M.D. Benham, Henry Johnson, Ted Pruitt, C.E. Chase, Alfred Carlson and Joe Dilks. Local patrolman Rod Murphy was shown with the starting pistol, getting the drive off to a flying start. (Bremerton Sun 10/8/1935, pg. 1)

Veterans of Foreign Wars, Admiral Robert E. Coontz Post (Bremerton); Veterans organizations--Bremerton--1930-1940; Running races; Runners (Sports); Handguns; Carlson, Alfred;

A. Ostrom, left, and T. A. Grahn, two of Bremerton's veteran painters, together represent a combined age of 186 with 104 years of experience in painting. Images of the two were captured on October 10, 1935 as they waterproofed the Masonic Temple in Bremerton. Mr. Ostrom, at 71, started his profession at 17; and Mr. Grahn, 65, started at 15. The men have painted houses, stores, churches and hotels in Bremerton, doing more than their share to beautify the city. (Bremerton Sun. 10/24/1935, pg. 1)

Carpenters--Bremerton; Aged persons--Bremerton; Ladders; Ostrom, A.; Grahn, T.A.;

Pre game military show featuring a formation of soldiers and sailors during the November 11, 1935 Armistice Day Navy-Army Football Game at Stadium Bowl. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum) (see D410 for more images of the same event.)

Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Military personnel--1930-1940;

Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like ... Mary Dolores Connolly of Bremerton smiles mischievously over her shoulder as she mails her letter to Santa at a street mailbox in December of 1935. The five year old girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Connolly, 1744 Fourth St. She was eagerly looking forward to Christmas. The Bremerton Sun, who ordered the picture, wanted to thank the citizens, firemen and organizations of the city for their cooperation in making the holiday brighter for the city's less fortunate youngsters as well. (Bremerton Sun 12/21/1935, pg. 1)

Letters to Santa Claus; Holidays--Bremerton--1930-1940; Mailboxes--Bremerton--1930-1940; Girls--Bremerton--1930-1940; Connolly, Mary Dolores;

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow can stop the delivery of those Christmas cards, but a poorly written address can. Bremerton mail carrier R.O. Rouen was photographed puzzling over a carelessly addressed envelope in December of 1935. According to the Bremerton Sun, in 1934 2,000 letters and packages were sent to the dead letter office, unable to be delivered due to unintelligible addresses. For Bremerton Sun. (Bremerton Sun 12/20/1935, pg. 1)

Holidays--Bremerton; Christmas cards; Postal service employees--Bremerton; Letter carriers--Bremerton; Rouen, R.O.;

This portrait of Mrs. Betty Grosse was made in December of 1935. She posed in a long formal white dress next to a buffet holding crystal. Mrs. Grosse was an active member of the Olympic Chapter, NO. 216, Order of the Eastern Star. She held the office of noble grand in the Mystic Rebekah Lodge, No. 168. (Bremerton Sun 12/28/1935, pg. 4)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; Buffets (Furniture); Grosse, Betty; Order of Eastern Star, Olympic Chapter, NO. 216 (Bremerton); Fraternal organizations--Bremerton; Mystic Rebekah Lodge, No. 168 (Bremerton);

1936 proved to be a confusing school year at the two room Navy Yard city school in Bremerton. The tiny school only had 55 pupils, but three sets of twin sisters often left the teachers scratching their heads in confusion. Principal Karmen Bugge was pictured with (top row, left to right) 9 year old Dorothy and Virginia Kempf; center, 8 year old Mae and Fae Seat; and on the bottom row, 7 year old Lorrene and Lorraine Manville. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun. (Bremerton Sun 1/23/26, pg. 1)

Twins--Bremerton; School children--Bremerton--1930-1940; Classrooms--1930-1940; School principals--Bremerton; Bugge, Karmen; Kempf, Dorothy; Kempf, Virginia; Seat, Mae; Seat, Fae; Manville, Lorrene; Manville, Lorraine;

Mr. and Mrs. Poirson, Tandem Artists, at Burton on Vashon Island. The couple is sketching the woman seated before them. They each work with pencil on their own art pad. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Vashon Island; Sketchbooks; Sketches;

No you're not seeing double; in February of 1936, Naval Avenue School in Bremerton boasted of 8 sets of twins, more twins than any other institution in the city of comparable size. Four sets of twins were enrolled in the first grade. Pictured, left to right with one sitting and other standing, are Tillie and Clifford Williams, Phillip and Phyllis Thornton, Adrian and Allen Mathews, Dorothy and Donna Misz, Teddy and Richard Holland, Dorothy and Donald Davis, Norene and Arlene Crites and Hollis and Wallace Erwin. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum) (Bremerton Sun 2/20/1936, pg. 1)

School children--Bremerton--1930-1940; Classrooms--Bremerton--1930-1940; Twins; Naval Avenue School (Bremerton);

Officers of the Olympus Lodge No. 100, Ladies' Auxiliary to the International Association of Machinists, Local 282 pose for the Bremerton Sun in February of 1936. They represent the 60 members of the lodge. Front row, left to right, Alice Barg, Margaret Roddy, Stella fuller, Mona Schmieder, Ethel Soike. 2nd row- Ethel Bernard, June Nordquist, Greta Whalen, Hannah Walker, Lulu Dolan. Third row- Ruth Runyon, Mary Holbrook, Eva McClure, Helen Huotte, Ann Dasho and Emma Akers. (Bremerton Sun 2/19/1936, pg. 3)

Labor unions--Bremerton; Olympus Lodge No. 100, Ladies' Auxiliary to the International Association of Machinists, Local 282 (Bremerton);

On February 2, 1936, toll collector E.T. Rice, solemn faced in his black uniform and jaunty hat, was on the lookout for "chislers," those not paying to cross the Bremerton-Manette bridge. Mr. Rice was the manager of the bridge and pulled an eight hour shift in the toll house, and had done so for the six years since the bridge opened. During the day shift, he might have 134 cars and 260 pedestrians cross the bridge; during the night or early morning hours maybe only a dozen. The Navy Yard rush in the morning and evening kept the collector busy. Aside from the "chiselers," the potential for robberies and suicides kept the collector on the ball. (Bremerton Sun 4/17/1936, pg. 2)

Rice, E.T.; Toll bridges--Bremerton;

Hollycroft Gardens at Gig Harbor, woman admires rare plants. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum)

Hollycroft Gardens (Gig Harbor); Gardens--Gig Harbor--1930-1940; Plants--Bremerton;