ca. 1938. Five women at J.P. Weyerhauser residence. One woman is writing at card table, four other women standing by her. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times Society Editor. (filed with Argentum)

Weyerhaeuser, John Philip--Homes & haunts; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Window display at Rhodes Department Store for Boys Department featuring items relating to archery champion Sonny Johns. Sonny Johns was the 1938 Washington State Jr. Archery champion and the Northwest Junior Champion. He won the Northwest title at Portland, Oregon, when he shot three "perfects," a feat never performed before in any world competition. In the display are bow and arrows, photographs and awards. Ordered by father Harry C. Johns, 4911 No. 27th. (filed with Argentum)

Window displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma); Johns, Sonny--Associated objects;

Copy of 1888 agreement between Northern Pacific Railroad and St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company for laying tracks to a mill. (Page One)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1880-1890; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma); Railroad companies--Tacoma; Contracts--Tacoma;

Portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Copy of painting. (Argentum)

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Paintings;

Associated Oil Company aerial view of Tacoma from The Narrows looking east. Ordered by George Martinac, North Pacific Bank Note Company.

Aerial photographs;

ca. 1939. Associated Oil Company aerial view of Tacoma, West End to Downtown, tideflats and beyond. Piers for first Narrows Bridge under construction. Ordered by George Martinac, North Pacific Bank Note.

Aerial photographs; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma;

ca. 1939. Associated Oil Company aerial view of Tacoma West End showing area above Titlow Beach and Day Island. Photograph taken circa 1939. Ordered by George Martinac, North Pacific Bank Note Company.

Aerial photographs; Titlow Park (Tacoma);

Crowds view the crumpled remains of the Boeing Stratoliner, which crashed near Alder, Washington, 30 miles southeast of Tacoma, on March 18, 1939. Close-up of wrecked airplane debris. The experimental craft, costing $500,000, and weighing 20 tons, was designed to revolutionize cross country transportation by air. March 18th was supposed to be uneventful "Test Flight #19," however the aircraft inexplicably crashed, killing the crew of ten. The Air Safety Board in June of 1939 ruled the accident was due to structural failure. The plane went into an inadvertent spin, subsequent to a stall at an altitude of approximately 11,000 feet. The board felt that the failure of the wings and horizontal tail surfaces were due to excessive loads, cause by air pressure. The loads were in excess of what the wings and tail were designed for. (T. Times, 3-18-39, p. 1, 3-20-39, p. 1; 6/2/1939, pg. 2)

Aircraft accidents--Alder--1930-1940; Boeing Stratoliner;

A large group of competitors at the Pacific Northwest Archery Association's 13th Annual Tournament held on August 5-6, 1939 at the Jefferson Park archery range posed behind a line of trophies. Sixty competitors vied for the Northwest title, with Mr. and Mrs. Pat Chambers of Portland taking home most of the men's and women's trophies. Tacoma youngsters Sonny Johns and Dorothy Axtelle won the Junior titles. Sonny Johns was a former state junior champion. (TNT 8/7/1939, pg. 11-article on results)

Archery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bows (Archery); Awards; Johns, Sonny; Axtelle, Dorothy; Pacific Northwest Archery Association (Tacoma);

The 13th Annual Pacific Northwest Archery Association Tournament was held in Jefferson Park on Saturday and Sunday, August 5-6, 1939. This unidentified shooter is taking part in the flight shoot, an event where the objective is to achieve the furthest distance.

Archery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bows (Archery); Pacific Northwest Archery Association (Tacoma);

Sam Jackson, wearing a straw hat with a "Golden Jubilee" hat band, helped make July 23, 1939 special for two unidentified polio victims by taking them to a double header at Athletic Park, near So. 15th and Sprague. Three Tigers players sat behind the young patients, who were separated by two women (their mothers?), to have the day captured on film. Samuel Jackson was president of the Tacoma General Hospital and chairman of the board of the National Bank of Washington. The Tigers lost the first game of the day to Vancouver 6 to 5, but won the second 2 runs to 1, the Tigers' pitcher, Carl Brady, having given up only 3 hits. The "Golden Jubilee" was the Tacoma celebration of Washington's 50th anniversary of statehood.

Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Tigers (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Tacoma Athletic Park (Tacoma); Jackson, Samuel M.;

Summer scene of children wearing swim suits enjoying a warm day. Three young women splash through the water at the edge of a lake. Two mud covered children sink their feet into the sandy soil at water's edge.

Bathing suits--1930-1940;

It's summertime and a trio of young ladies in swimsuits race barefoot across the grass for a cooling swim at the area lake.

Bathing suits--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

There isn't much known about this photograph that was taken on June 20, 1939 for the Tacoma Times. The two young men are both Boy Scouts. The one at the left has a patch on his shirt that says "Camp Aide 1938." They are studying a Washington state map that they got at a Shell Oil gas station. Apparently, they were planning a trip, by bicyle, around the Olympic peninsula. Unfortunately we do not know their names, and we find no record of whether they ever completed their trip. (T. Times)

Bicycles & tricycles--1930-1940; Boy Scouts (Tacoma--1930-1940); Maps; Travel;

This is a cropped version of D8694, image 1, of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jenks, 8617 So. Thompson, on the bicycles they planned to ride all the way from Tacoma to San Francisco. Their young dog, Sally, (shown in Barbara Jenks' bicycle basket) would not be making the trip. Packing along some 75 pounds of necessities including bedding, cooking gear and fishing tackle, the Jenks hoped to make the journey in ten days. This would be a delayed honeymoon.

Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jenks, Ralph--Homes & haunts; Jenks, Ralph; Jenks, Barbara; Dogs--Tacoma; Travel;

When work became slack during the winter of 1939, Paul Danford (far right), his wife, Eleanor, and his brother, Tom, went into business for themselves. The national craze for Chinese checkers had created a local demand for Chinese checkers boards. By April of 1939, the Danfords had manufactured and sold over 5,000 boards out of their home workshop. They were so successful that they expanded into bird houses, napkin holders, and garden ornaments. (T. Times, 4/5/ 1939 p. 2).

Board games--Tacoma; Game industry--Tacoma; Depressions--1929; Danford, Paul; Danford, Eleanor; Danford Manufacturers (Tacoma); Workshops--Tacoma;

Shirley (Mrs. John) Bolinger looks over her railroad tickets to Memphis, Tennessee, where she and Cornelia Marie Cardin will be local Junior League delegates at the organization's 19th annual conference in May, 1939. (T. Times, 4/22/1939, p. 9).

Bolinger, Shirley; Tickets; Bolinger, John--Homes & haunts;

Jay Busch sitting on a stone wall, and looking dejected, with his black Cocker Spaniel dog, Blackie. He has been watching the ecstatic faces of 19,000 Tacoma youngsters pouring out of the public schools on the last day of school. At five years of age, and not yet old enough for school, he wonders just what is this "vacation" that the school kids are so happy about and why doesn't he get one. Jay is the son of Dr. and Mrs. C.J. Busch. (T. Times 6/13/1939 p.1).

Busch, Jay; Dogs; Children & animals; Pets;

Five year old Jay Busch and his best friend "Blackie" look dejectedly at the camera. On June 14, 1939, He has been watching the neighborhood kids pour out of the public school ecstatic and shouting about their "vacation." He's not old enough for school and he's afraid not old enough for this wonderful thing called a "vacation." Jay is the son of Dr. and Mrs. C.J. Busch. (T. Times 6/13/1939 p.1).

Busch, Jay; Dogs; Children & animals; Pets;

The new Broadway Food Stores opened at 84th and South Tacoma Way on Friday August 11, 1939. The modern Art Deco building was built 38 feet back from the highway so that ample parking could be provided. General Manager Ormond Hoyt (far right) stated, "Our price policy is to check our competitors' advertised prices and make them our own... We will not be under sold". Mr. Hoyt and several of his employees stand among displays of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Business Enterprises - Grocery Stores - Tacoma - Broadway Food Stores

Home portrait of Cecil Cavanaugh, his wife Mary and their four children for the Tacoma Times Father's Day issue. Mr. Cavanaugh was the owner of Cavanaugh Lumber. The children are, left to right, Larry (4 1/2), Mary Frances (9), Jimmie (6) and baby Kathleen at six months. (T. Times 6/17/1939, pg. 6)

Cavanaugh, Cecil C.--Family; Cavanaugh, Mary; Cavanaugh, Mary Frances;

On a sunny Easter Sunday in 1939, three boys struggled with a potted lilly in front of the Central Baptist Church at 1201 So. J St. The boys were, left to right, solemn Gerald Larson, Gene Johnson balancing the plant and a huge grin and Peter Larson. A female parishioner, with corsage, watched from the background. The Gothic wooden church in the background was built in 1900 as the First Swedish Baptist Church. In 2005, it was named to the Tacoma Registry of Historic Places and is currently being restored. (T. Times 4/10/1939, pg. 3)

Central Baptist Church (Tacoma); Baptist churches--Tacoma; Easter--Tacoma; Larson, Gerald; Johnson, Gene; Larson, Peter;

Holiday lights reflect off the the wet, brick pavement in this night scene of part of Tacoma's downtown shopping district. Taken in 1938, this photograph looks north on Broadway from south 15th Street. Shoppers stand out in silhouette against the brightly lit windows of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. department store. Two lines of streetcar tracks shine in the neon light.

City & town life--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Christmas decorations; Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Street railroad tracks--Tacoma; Electric signs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

College of Puget Sound graduation exercises. Graduates, proudly wearing their caps and gowns, march three across into Jones Hall. At the 51st commencement exercises held at CPS, 92 seniors and 7 post graduates would be receiving their diplomas. The graduation ceremony was held on Saturday, June 10, 1939, at 10a.m. at Jones Hall. (T. Times 6/9/39, pg.1; 6/10/39, pg. 1)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The Second Annual Picnic of the Columbia Powder Company took place at Spanaway Park on October 1, 1939. Small children are pictured chomping on watermelon while men are stuffing down hot dogs at a picnic area shelter. The man on the far left holding the fedora is Fulvio G. Deangelis,a superintended at the plant. Columbia Powder, one of four powder plants in the state, operated a plant at Frederickson, ten miles southeast of Tacoma. A little more than a year later, a devastating explosion at the plant killed four workers and reduced the two-story frame mixing shed to splinters.

Columbia Powder Co. (Frederickson); Picnics--Spanaway--1930-1940; Eating & drinking--Spanaway; Watermelons--Spanaway;

Commerce Street Dog Parade, April 22, 1939. Children and dogs anxiously wait to hear the winners' numbers announced for 70 prizes awarded after the parade. Nearly 1,000 dogs were shown. Participants wear baseball caps they received. Each participant received a cap, an ice cream treat and a treat for their dog. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1)

Commerce Street Business Men's Club (Tacoma); Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children & animals;

Nearly 1,000 dogs and their masters participated in the Commerce Street Dog (Mutt) Parade on Saturday morning April 22, 1939. Sponsored by the Commerce Street Business Men's Club, over seventy prizes were distributed to the winners in various catagories. No youngster went without some award, as each participant received a free ice cream bar, a baseball cap and a balloon - and every dog received a special treat. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1)

Commerce Street Business Men's Club (Tacoma); Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children & animals;

Commerce Street Business Men's Club Dog Parade, April 22, 1939. A large crowd of spectators line the sidewalks along Commerce St., north and south of Ninth St. "Dave's Lunches/Billiards" sign projects over the sidewalk in the foreground, Winthrop Hotel on left. (T. Times 4/24/39)

Commerce Street Business Men's Club (Tacoma); Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children & animals; Spectators--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Crowe with guests, Mr. and Mrs. Fischer. On September 30, 1939, the two couples dined together at an unidentified restaurant.Table is covered with finished dinner dishes and bottles of Olympia Beer. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer are believed to be Ray and Kathleen Fischer; according to the 1939 City Directory, Mr. Fischer was employed by the Circulation Department of the Tacoma Times. Mr. Crowe was city editor at the same newspaper.

Crowe, Jim; Crowe, Helen; Crowe, Jim--Family; Eating & drinking;

Portrait of Mrs. Emma Davis and her prize flower.

Davis, Emma;