Standing just south of the corner of So. 19th St. and Pacific Avenue on the west side of the street, this was the view looking north on January 22, 1941. Two sets of streetcar tracks, set in brick and cobble stones, run down the center of the street toward downtown Tacoma. The Goodyear Tire sign on the right marks what is now the main entry way of the University of Washington - Tacoma campus. The Union Station is at the right. For United Pacific Insurance Company.

United Pacific Insurance Co. (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cityscapes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Union Station (Tacoma);

The room is swaying to the swinging sounds of Stan Miskoski and his orchestra at the University Union Club's Sadie Hawkins dance on March 15, 1941. The orchestra is attired in keeping with the Dogpatch theme of the Club's first costume ball in two years. Sadie Hawkins Day was an American Folk event started by Al Capp in his Li'l Abner comic strip. Decades before women's liberation, it was the day when emboldened females could ask out the man of their choice.

University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Miskoski, Stan;

A portion of the 1st Battalion of the 161st Regiment of Infantry is shown standing at attention at Fort Lewis. The 161st was part of the Washington National Guard. Along with the rest of the 41st Infantry Division, they had been called into active duty on September 16, 1940. They were first sent to Camp Murray and later moved to Fort Lewis. (T. Times 12/23/1940, pg. 1)

Washington National Guard, 161st Infantry, Company G (Wash.);

Mrs. Julius Gius, formerly Miss Elizabeth Gail Alexander, poses outdoors on her wedding day August 24, 1940. The couple was married on that date in Bremerton. Mr. Gius was the editor of the Bremerton Sun and a graduate of the College of Puget Sound. (T. Times 9/2/1940, pg. 7)

Weddings--Bremerton--1940-1950; Gius, Elizabeth Gail; Alexander, Elizabeth Gail--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950;

Crowd listening to Republican Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie's address at Wheeler-Osgood Company. (T. Times)

Willkie, Wendell, 1892-1944; Political campaigns; Presidential elections; Public speaking--Tacoma--1940-1950; Crowds--Tacoma--1940-1950;

When Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee stopped in Tacoma, both Frank Fletcher (left), age 5, and his brother Walt, age 3, were at the Northern Pacific Shops train yard to hear him. His September 1940 visit to Tacoma was the first campaign stop by a Republican presidential candidate in Tacoma in 24 years. The Tacoma Times misidentified Walt as Robert Fletcher when they originally published this photograph in September of 1940. TPL-8374

Willkie, Wendell, 1892-1944; Presidential elections--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public speaking--Tacoma; Fletcher, Frank; Fletcher, Walt;

Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie at microphone on the rear platform of his special train. Mrs. Willkie and Arthur Langlie, Republican candidate for Governor, are to Willkie's left. The "Willkie Special" had traveled throughout Oregon and Washington as Mr. Willkie made several brief stops to promote his candidacy. Other Republicans also hitched a ride aboard including Paul Preus, candidate for Congress and Mr. Langlie, Mayor of Seattle. TPL-184 ALBUM 2. (T. Times, 9-23-40, p. 1, T.Times, 9-24-40, p. 1))

Willkie, Wendell, 1892-1944; Presidential elections--Tacoma--1940-1950; Willkie, Edith; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966;

Mrs. Karl B. Kellogg and Mrs. Bertha Taylor present a box of candy to Edith (Mrs. Wendell) Willkie at Northern Pacific Railroad shops in South Tacoma. Mrs. Russell Harrod waits to present flowers. The women were members of Republican organizations: Mrs. Kellogg, the president of Pro-America, Mrs. Taylor, secretary of the Republican County Central Comm., and Mrs. Harrod, the vice-president of United Women's Republican Club. Paul Johns leans over to assist Mrs. Willkie. Wendell Willkie was the Republican candidate for president in 1940. He, and his "Willkie Special" train, made several stops in Oregon and Washington in his campaign against Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In his short one hour stay in Tacoma, he managed to make several speeches at Lincoln High School, his campaign headquarters and the Wheeler-Osgood plant. Mr. Willkie ultimately lost the election to incumbent Roosevelt; however, his popular vote was only 5 million less than what President Roosevelt had received. ALBUM 2. (T.Times, 9-23-40, p.1, T. Times, 9-24-40, p. 1)

Willkie, Wendell, 1892-1944; Willkie, Edith; Presidential elections--Tacoma--1940-1950; Johns, Paul; Taylor, Bertha; Kellogg, Karl B.--Family; Harrod, Russell--Family;

Mr. and Mrs. George Hellyer open their home in Interlaaken to their English friend's children for the duration of the European War. Pictured standing in the rear are Mr. and Mrs. George Hellyer flanking their friend Mrs. Robert Schlee. The children are, center row left to right, Nicholas Schlee and Marian Hellyer; bottom row left to right, Sandy Schlee and Harold Hellyer. Hundreds of English children had been sent to the U.S. to escape the German bombing of their own country. These boys are the first to come to Tacoma. They are also some of the last to leave England as the English government has forbidden future sailings of English children. Mrs. Schlee will return home to England. (T. Times 10/26/1940, pg. 1)

World War, 1939-1945--Children--Tacoma; Hellyer, George--Family; Schlee, Robert--Family;

Four children play joyously on the swings, however two of these children are seeking refuge in the United States from the German bombing of England. English schoolboys Nicholas and Sandy Schlee arrived October 24, 1940 with their mother from England. Their mother will return home but the boys will remain at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hellyer for the duration of the war. Pictured, left to right, are Marian Hellyer (8), Sandy Schlee (9), Harold Hellyer (seated, 6) and Nicholas Schlee (10). The boys are thrilled to be in Tacoma, not for the reasons that you think, but because they hear that the fishing is great! The excited anglers will attend Park Lodge school. They are the first, and probably the last, refugee children to arrive in Tacoma. The English government had recently forbidden all sailings of children. (T. Times 10/26/1940, pg.1)

World War, 1939-1945--Children--Tacoma; Hellyer, Marian; Schlee, Sandy; Hellyer, Harold; Schlee, Nicholas;

Opera group at Y.W.C.A. (T. Times)

Young Womens Christian Association (Tacoma);

Showing movement of steel by McLean Movers at Camp Murray for Iron Workers Union.

Showing movement of steel by McLean Movers at Camp Murray for Iron Workers Union.

Elizabeth (Betty) Johnson studio portrait.

Train engineer looking out window of train engine.

Buildings at Fort Lewis. (T. Times)

Boiler in plant, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company.

Tacoma Music Leaders. School music supervisors from parts of Southwest Washington were guests of Ted Brown Music Co. at a fall dinner and get-together meeting held at the Winthrop Hotel on September 13, 1940. Names of the 33 men were listed in the Tacoma Times article and photograph published on September 20th. In the center of the first row, 4th from right is Ted Brown. Following the dinner the group proceeded to Mr. Brown's music store where they sampled every instrument and studied music sheets for school musicians. (T.Times 9-20-1940, p. 13)

Brown, Ted; Ted Brown Music Store (Tacoma); Teachers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Musicians--Tacoma--1940-1950;

ca. 1940. Remodeled interior of Bank of Washington. Area with 11 desks, file cabinets and customer area.

Business Enterprises - Financial Institutions - Banks - Tacoma - National Bank of Tacoma - National Bank of Washington

ca. 1940. Remodeled interior of National Bank of Washington, Trust Department. Name plates on desks: H. Anderson, M.W. McCarty, R.W. Peck.

Business Enterprises - Financial Institutions - Banks - Tacoma - National Bank of Tacoma - National Bank of Washington

Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain, seated in rear at the head table, was one of the principal speakers at the annual induction meeting of the Tacoma Active Club, held at the (New) Tacoma Hotel on December 12, 1940. 46 initiates were accepted into the group's membership. In addition, Active International president Ted Little of Olympia and the mayor-elect of Olympia, Truman Trullinger, were guest speakers. ALBUM 12. (T.Times 12-13-40, p. 12)

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Active Club (Tacoma);

Panel van used by Cunocar Accounting Service as a mobile bookkeeping office. The company could bring mobile accounting machines and personnel right to your business door. TPL-5532

Cunocar Accounting Service (Tacoma);

Captain Robert Gray Junior High Chorus. Many students on stage in choir robes.

Education - Schools - Public Schools - Junior High and Middle Schools - Tacoma - Captain Robert Gray Intermediate School Performing Arts - Music - Choral Music - Choral Groups

Wedding of Arlene Liphart and Paul Atkinson. The bride and groom posed with their attendants on August 31, 1940. She wore a traditional white floor-length gown with cap and veil. The groom was attired in a dark suit.

Liphart, Arlene--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding clothing & dress; Weddings--1940-1950;

Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs Convention. Men with flag on roof of Winthrop Hotel, Washington Building in background. Photograph taken on July 23, 1940.

Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs (Tacoma); Flags--United States; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Washington State Pharmaceutical Association State Convention - Tacoma - July 14-17, 1940. Large group of men seated on roof top. Some 400 druggists were expected to attend the Tacoma convention held at the Winthrop Hotel including P.H. Brady, chairman of the Washington State Board of Pharmacy. Election of new officers chosen for the upcoming year saw a Tacoman, Everett Riser, selected as president of the association. (T.Times 7-11-1940, p. 12-article on convention; T.Times 7/17/1940 p.11-story )

Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pharmacists--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The owners and staff of Miller and Miller, Inc. posed for a group portrait in front of their building at 4006 Pacific Avenue in July of 1940. The company, founded by Frank, Harmon, and Russell Miller, designed and printed labels of every size and description as well as display banners, and counter and window displays. The firm had several artists on its staff who could create original drawings and designs to meet the needs of the firm's many customers. The firm moved into this building in 1938 and continued to occupy this site until they moved to 1912 Center Street in 1958. The young man fourth from the left in the front row has been identified as William C. Stromberg.

Miller & Miller Co. (Tacoma); Printers; Printing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950

Office building for Miller & Miller Co., commercial printers, at 4006 Pacific Ave. The company moved to this building in June of 1938, occupying a building originally leased to Piggly-Wiggly. The store front was built in 1931 by Ernest Otto as a market.

Miller & Miller Co. (Tacoma); Printers; Printing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950

ca. 1940. Remodeled interior at National Bank of Washington circa 1940. In the foreground are several desks accessible through the open wood gate. In the background appear to be teller/customer service units. The National Bank of Tacoma had changed its name to the National Bank of Washington circa 1937. It occupied a handsome structure built of Wilkeson sandstone at 11th & Pacific.

National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Desks;

Stairwell of Provident Building, for Hansen and Rowland, Inc.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stairways; Provident Building (Tacoma);