The 23rd annual meeting of the Northwest States Baptist Convention and its auxiliaries met in Tacoma in 1933 from August 8 to August 12. This group portrait of members of Bethlehem and Berean Baptist churches was taken at South 18th and I Street near Bethlehem Baptist Church, located at 1723 So. I Street. The Berean congregation's building was the former Southside Improvement Association Hall at 1202 So. 56th Street. Read A3114.
Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Northwest States Baptist Convention (Tacoma);
Cle Elum Ballteam meets Aberdeen Ballteam at Polish National Alliance No. 156 Picnic- Aug. 20th, 1933- Tacoma. Photograph appears to have been taken at the Polish Hall, 1650 E. 30th St. The picnic was held to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the Polish National Alliance and the early Polish migration to Tacoma. The early Polish settlers founded the first Polish Roman Catholic parish in Washington state in 1892 in Tacoma. (T.Times 8/18/1933 p.3) (filed with Argentum)
Ethnic groups--Tacoma--1930-1940; Polish National Alliance No.156 (Tacoma); Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940;
On August 20, 1933 the members of Tacoma's Polish community gathered together at the Polish Hall, 1650 E. 30th St., to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the Polish national Alliance and the early Polish migration to Tacoma. The celebration was organized by Walter Danisjewski, who was president of both the Polish American Citizens' Club and the Polish National Alliance No. 156. Mr. Danisjewski declared that the picnic would honor Steve Maciejewski and the early Polish settlers who founded the first Polish Roman Catholic parish in Washington state in 1892 in Tacoma. (T.Times 8/18/1933 p.3)
Ethnic Groups--Tacoma--1930-1940; Polish National Alliance No.156 (Tacoma)
The students attending Custer School, 7700 Steilacoom Blvd. S.W., Lakewood, posed for a school picture with their teacher Mabel Justin in front of their one-year-old building in October of 1933. The first Custer School, named after Lesour Custer, was built in the early 1890s on land donated by the Knoxhum family. In 1932, the old school was torn down and this new, two room school house was built. As the Clover Park School District grew, another newer, and bigger Custer school was built in 1953; this 1932 building, also called the "Little Red School House," was not demolished and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The young lad with the tie in front of Mrs. Justin is her son. According to Mrs. Justin's grandson, she made her son wear the tie for this occasion,
Custer School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; Students--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;
Miss Marjorie Pierce stands next to her 1933 Chrysler Six sedan recently purchased from the American Motor Co. Store manager Grover E. Wakefield is at the left of the photograph. American Motors would open their new showrooms at South 9th and "K" (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) on November 20, 1933. The Chrysler and Plymouth dealership offered service departments to handle everything from complete overhauls and body building to regular service station jobs. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-19-33, 7A)
Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1930-1940; American Motor Co. (Tacoma); Chrysler automobile; Pierce, Marjorie; Wakefield, Grover E.;
Staff of American Motor Company just prior to their November, 1933, move to new and more spacious quarters at South 9th and "K" (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) Sts. Fifteen men and two women posed in front of window bearing a "Chrysler Service" logo. Managers Grover E. Wakefield (third from left in second row) and Robert M. Jackson (second from left in second row) were in charge of the Chrysler & Plymouth dealership, the successor to the American Automobile Co. Opened there in 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression, the agency lasted less than two years. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-19-33, 7A)
Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1930-1940; American Motor Co. (Tacoma); Depressions--1929; Wakefield, Grover E.; Jackson, Robert M.;
Marjorie Pierce, dressed in a fur coat, leans against a large and elegant 1933 Chrysler 4-door sedan in front of the new showrooms of American Motor Company at South 9th and K Street. Building features Doric columns interspersed with spindled show windows. American Motors would open their Chrysler and Plymouth dealership at this new location on November 20, 1933. TPL-7160
Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1930-1940; American Motor Co. (Tacoma); Chrysler automobile; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fur garments; Pierce, Marjorie;
On November 20, 1933, American Motors, Inc. of Tacoma moved their Chrysler/Plymouth dealership to 824 K St. (now 824 Martin Luther King Jr. Way). Built in 1925 by Mutual Motors, the building offered large showrooms, a fully equipped service department and a service station. The dealership lasted at this location for only two years, and in 1939 the building was taken over by the Olympic Dairy Products Co. Note the street car lines in from of the building.
Automobile dealerships--Tacoma; American Motor Co. (Tacoma); Depressions--1929;
Foster-Kleiser billboard advertising Tacoma's Community Chest "for human needs." "Give in your own City." Based on the success of the War Chest in World War I, a plan was proposed to help individuals join their forces together in the Community Chest to help those in their own communities in need. (WSHS)
Depressions--1929; Billboards--Tacoma; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. The Lauan Apartments. The Lauan was built in 1925 by John Buffelen, who served as builder and designer. Lundberg & Ekvall served as architects of the brick building. The building was built and furnished almost completely of Tacoma made products. The interiors of the elegant structure were of mahogany.
ca. 1934. "The World's Children." Miss Hawthorne in kimono and little boy in classroom at Bryant School with several boxes holding student art projects. (Argentum)
Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bryant Elementary School (Tacoma); Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Classrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Aberdeen High School Orchestra. Many students with instruments sitting in a plush room, likely at the Winthrop Hotel. Sign reads "Ist District Conference, Rotary International".
ca. 1934. Miss Iris Bryan on horseback, ordered by the Woodbrook Hunt Club. Miss Bryan wears an English riding outfit. In addition to being a proficient horse woman, Miss Bryan lists her occupation in the 1934 City Directory as stenographer at Pacific Savings & Loan and her address as Thornewood. She was the only daughter of Thomas H. Bryan of Thornewood Lodge, who was master of the hounds. This was a position that Mr. Bryan had previously held with hunt clubs in Ireland.
Bryan, Iris; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding--Tacoma;
ca. 1934. "Dine and Dance group at Rausch's Road House". Group of men and women in front of log building with sign reading " Jay's Log Cabin" on the roof ridge. (filed with Argentum)
ca. 1934. Ken Fisher's beach house at an unidentified location, circa 1934. Lake with small rowboats along shore, bungalow type house with shed dormer, set back from lake. Man and woman by house. (filed with Argentum)
ca. 1934. Detail view of entrance to the Tacoma Building, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company headquarters. Building by Potter and Merrill, Architects, 1910. For Racine Institute. (filed with Argentum)
Tacoma Building (Tacoma); Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Tacoma cityscape, circa 1934. The photograph is of the area near the intersection of St. Helens Ave. and Market Street. The large light colored building center with the two triangular roofs is the Webster Apartments at 629 St. Helens Ave., designed by G.W. Bullard, architect. In the background are the clock tower of the Tacoma City Hall and the Eleventh St. bridge. (filed with Argentum)
ca. 1934. Golfer and track star Babe Didrikson ( Zaharias ) swings a golf club as she takes a golf shot in Tacoma. Didrikson won two gold medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and won the U.S. Women's Open three times.
Athletes - Golfers - Track and Field - Olympic Medalists - (Mildred Ella) Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-56)
ca. 1934. Golfer and track star Babe Didrikson ( Zaharias ) with three other women. Didrikson won two gold medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and won the US Women's Open three times.
Athletes - Golfers - Track and Field - Olympic Medalists - (Mildred Ella) Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-56)
ca. 1934. Staff of the 1934 "Tamanawas," group portrait in front of Jones Hall, College of Puget Sound. Front row: Dorothy Foxwell, Phyllis Swanson, Gertrude Davis, Annabel Biggle, Eunice Perkins, Maurine Henderson and Harriet Rosenzweig. Back row: Howard Clifford, Carl Faulk, Jack Slatter, Fred Stockbridge, Richard Poole, Woodard. Not pictured are editor Delmore Martin and Business Manager Richard Zehnder. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Group portraits--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Tacoma;
ca. 1934. Campus Day 1934 at the College of Puget Sound. Campus Day is the time set aside for the annual general spring campus cleanup. Pictured are a group of student workers enjoying the free lunch served by the Spurs in Howarth Hall after the annual frosh-soph tug-of-war contest. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Tacoma;
ca. 1934. Girls freshman baseball nine won the annual baseball tournament in 1934, defeating the sophomores 18 to 9. Front row: Perkins, Davis, Ida Larson (captain), Hagberg. Back row: Fulton, Giske, Beerbohm, Hanson, Ramsby. (WSHS) (1934 Tamanawas)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Paradise Inn was captured at dusk in this 1934 photograph. The Inn is located in the subalpine region of Paradise Valley on the slopes of Mount Rainier. It is one of the oldest high elevation resorts in the Pacific Northwest and one of the earliest ski resorts in the nation. It was designed by the Tacoma architectural firm of Heath, Gove and Bell and was built in 1916-17 of Alaska Cedar. The trees were left after the 1885 fire and the resulting logs were weathered to a silvery glow. The design is T shaped with a 1920 annex running parallel to the main building. (www.cr.nps.gov/history)
ca. 1934. Entrance through small covered porch to brick and half-timbered Tudor-style house, residence of William E. and Pearl T. Weeks. Porch feature is three turned wood posts. Address was formerly 3716 No. Mason Ave.
Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Weeks, William E.--Homes & haunts;
ca. 1934. Henry Querrette, also known as "Chips," prepares flapjacks in a frying pan over an open fire. His tent and cooking set up is backed by a majestic view of the snow capped Olympic Mountain range. Mr. Querrette had retired to this lonely area of Hood Canal, known for its lofty mountains, clear blue water and abundant fish. Mr. Querrette had served as a sailor and ship's carpenter and had traded recipes in all the Ports o' Call. His pancake recipe hails from France. ("Better Homes & Gardens" Sept. 1934 issue)
ca. 1934. This is most probably the exterior of Henry Querrette's rural ranch on Hood Canal. Photograph ordered by Better Homes & Gardens. (filed with Argentum)
