ca. 1933. Griffin Fuel Company. Ed Griffin, left, and unidentified man, possibly brother Fredric, holding piece of paper. The two are standing in front of door of Griffin Fuel office, 1910 Commerce with Griffin logo on glass panel door. (WSHS)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955; Business people--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Guido F. Cinelli came to Tacoma from Italy in 1902 at the age of 18 and opened the G. Cinelli Company food importing business in 1913 in a building at 1549 South C. In 1926 he moved his business to this building at 2132-34 Pacific Avenue. The company specialized in imported Italian food, and they manufactured their own macaroni on the third floor of the building. Guido Cinelli died in 1952 at the age of 68. The G. Cinelli Co. went out of business at this address in 1957.

G. Cinelli Co. (Tacoma); Food industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Facades--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Dorothy Neyhart models a knitted dress and cardigan sweater for Mr. Atkins knitted garments. She is seated facing the camera with feet crossed.

Neyhart, Dorothy; Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Exterior, front showing entry and accentuating the slate roof. Manicured shrubs along entry walkway have conical and mushroom topiary shapes. (WSHS, filed as 19-4)

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Gardens--Tacoma;

ca. 1933. John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Exterior view of back of house and landscape. Upper patio has brick surface, lower patio is covered with canvas canopy. (WSHS, filed as 19-6)

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1933. A Foss tug is seen pulling a load along the City Waterway (Thea Foss Waterway) in 1933. The old 15th Street railroad bridge is open to allow passage of the barge which carried a heat-treating cylinder for a creosote plant. TPL-1791

Tugboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Railroad bridges--Tacoma;

ca. 1933. Entry to John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Gabled roof at first floor on each side of entry and gabled dormer above entry porch. Fireplace stack to left of entry. (photograph also labelled as HG 19 image 1) (filed with WSHS as 19-1)

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1933. John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Exterior view, seen through tree branches, of section of house. (WSHS, filed as 19-5)

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1933. John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Close view of canvas patio canopy which covers a rattan table and chairs. (WSHS, filed as 19-7)

Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1933. Original of advertising copy photograph for Mr. Atkins Knitted Garments. Mrs. Ruth Tabor and her daughter Gloria knitting on PikLooms. (see 2673-6B for altered photo) Both Mrs. Tabor and her daughter are wearing knitted outfits as they pull yarn through the looms from the large stack between them. Gloria has a scrape or bruise on her knee, which is edited out in the altered photo.

Tabor, Ruth; Tabor, Gloria; Knitting; Yarn; Looms; Mr. Atkins Knitted Garments (Tacoma);

ca. 1933. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School orchestra. Group portrait of thirty students with instruments taken in front of school circa 1933.

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Parked cars cover the grounds around Funland as crowds descend on a weekend day to ride the carnival type rides. Funland was an amusement park with rides located at Point Defiance Park. A low building is in the middle of the photograph with the swing ride, the oval track and the facade for the bumper car ride beyond. TPL-8321

Funland (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Amusement parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Amusement rides--Tacoma--1930-1940; Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital; Laboratory circa 1933. Three medical technicians using microscopes and typewriter to examine and record information on lab samples on counter. (WSHS)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Laboratories--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital. Three nurses using microscopes to view test samples. Glass cabinets filled with beakers and other lab equipment. (WSHS)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Laboratories--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Gunderson Jeweler owned by Arthur N. Gunderson. Elegant jewelry store located in storefront of Bostwick Building. Window display. They remained at this location until the mid-1980s. (WSHS)

Gunderson (Tacoma); Gift shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Gunderson Jeweler owned by Arthur N. Gunderson. Elegant jewelry store located in storefront of Bostwick Building. Advertising display of clocks, watches, unusual silver martini shaker, and Buddha. (WSHS)

Gunderson (Tacoma); Gift shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. An olive oil label featuring a map of Italy for G. Cinelli & Co. of Tacoma. G. Cinelli & Co. was a family business owned by Guido Cinelli. It was located at 2132-24 Pacific Ave. The company imported olive oils and "fancy groceries" from Italy and manufactured macaroni. The Cinelli family lived at 1521 So. "J."

G. Cinelli & Co. (Tacoma); Cinelli, Guido--Associated objects; Labels;

ca. 1933. Mr. Rousseau - house of cards. Two men next to tower of cards-"The House That Al Built-7,068 cards were used." (filed with Argentum)

Cards; Playing cards; Building models;

ca. 1933. Men in unidentified pool hall, circa 1933. (filed with Argentum)

Billiard parlors;

ca. 1933. The attendants at the Standard Station at 624 Puyallup Ave. pose for a formal group picture. This picture was probably taken in 1933. Standard Oil took over this station in 1931 and ran it until 1967 when the station closed. Standard Grocery Co. at 614 Puyallup Ave. can be seen in the background. For Standard Stations Inc.

Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Standard Grocery Co. (Tacoma); Gasoline pumps--Tacoma;

ca. 1933. Afifi Temple window display featuring 100 dolls made by Chinese women in the American Board Mission at Tientsin, China. The dolls were donated to the Afifi Temple in Tacoma by the Dragons Oasis Shriner Club of Tientsin, China for distribution to crippled children in Shriner Hospitals. Exhibit illuminated by two ornate Chinese-style hanging lights.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Dolls; Window displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Chinese lanterns;

ca. 1933. Bohemian Club, for Mr. Columbino. Bartenders behind bar, man who appears to be owner or manager in foreground. Customers at bar in background. Caption reads "Good Luck and Prosperity to the Bohemian Club." The Bohemian Club was located at 1325 1/2 Broadway in the Langert Building; the building has since been demolished.

Bohemian Club (Tacoma); Bars--Tacoma--1930-1940; Nightclubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bartenders--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. For Andrew's Fixture Company, "Modernistic Model" service bar. Art Deco bar and backbar, circa 1933, with two men standing behind. Andrew's Fixture Co. was located at 102 So. 15th and was owned by Andrew Richards. Location of the bar is unknown. (filed with Argentum)

Bars (Furniture)--1930-1940; Barrooms--Tacoma;

ca. 1933. Manning Advertising Map for Washington. Map of Washington surrounded by advertisements for Tacoma businesses including: The Palm, 1518 Cabaret, Mammy's Cabin, Lucky Spot Cafe, Airport Cigar Store, Peterson-Cooksie Billiards, and others. (WSHS)

Maps; Advertising;

ca. 1933. First shipment of legal booze in Tacoma ca. 1933. View of two men holding pints of Old Taylor. The 21st Amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the 18th Amendment which had prohibited the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Cases of 100 proof whiskey are piled up at the loading dock of Tacoma Drug Co. Writing on the cases indicate that the American Medicinal Spirits Co., successors to E.H. Taylor Jr. & Sons, had bottled pints of whiskey, apparently Old Taylor, and made before the start of Prohibition, to be used for medicinal use only. Doctors during Prohibition were the only ones that could write prescriptions for liquor to be used as medicine. Healthy people were not able to purchase liquor legally. Now that Prohibition was over, drugstores were not the only ones who could sell liquor.

Whiskey; Boxes;

ca. 1933. Photograph of the Olympus Hotel, circa 1933. The Olympus Hotel was built in 1909 by Dan Gamer and Leopold Schmidt. It was designed by architects Darmer & Cutting. The hotel closed in 1974 and was remodeled in 1978 into apartments.

Headstones for Col. William H. Wallace and his wife in the old Fort Steilacoom Post cemetery on the grounds of Western Washington State Hospital as photographed in January of 1934. Worn down by the passage of time, the headstones of the former territorial governor of Washington (1861-63) and his wife along with others were located on a site between hospital buildings. Their resting places preceded the hospital. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Headstones for Col. William H. Wallace and his wife in the old Fort Steilacoom Post cemetery. Cemetery is on the grounds of Western Washington State Hospital but is not the hospital cemetery. Located between hospital buildings, it predates the hospital. Photograph was taken in January of 1934. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, pastor of the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles and founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, paid a one-day visit to Tacoma on January 21, 1934, as part of a debating tour of the west. She was pictured gesturing while holding an open book and accompanied by fellow debater, Dr. Charles Lee Smith, president of the American Association for Advancement of Atheism. Dr. Smith and Mrs. McPherson debated on the subject, "There is No God." More than 1,000 people were in attendance at the Greenwich Coliseum at 407 South 13th Street to hear the debate. (TDL 1-21-34, A-2-article; TDL 1-22-34, p. 2-article)