Yuletide Festival for the employees of the Pacific Match Company, Tacoma, Washington. The banquet room is packed on December 21, 1934, as the large match company celebrated the holidays. This was an especially joyous night for the 300 employees, families and friends in attendance. Not only did they enjoy a turkey dinner served by the First Baptist Church Ladies Aid, but they also heard the welcoming news that there would be a $5 a month bonus for every month each had worked during the past year and an increase in the wage scale for 1935. President/general manager O.V. Snyder made the happy annoucement stating that it had been a banner year for the company. Pacific Match's payroll for 1934 was well over $300,000. (Ron Neslund Collection) (TDL 12-22-1934, p. 1-article only)
Pacific Match Co. (Tacoma)--People; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;
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. 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. 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. 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. 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)
ca. 1934. Haley family group portrait. Family members seated outside on wicker chairs circa 1934. This is believed to be the family of Jonathan Clifford (J.C.) Haley, seated second from right, one of the founders of candy company Brown & Haley. Immediately behind him is his son Fred Haley, who succeeded him in the business.
ca. 1934. Past Grand Matrons, most likely of the Order of the Eastern Star. Group of seven women standing in beautifully landscaped front yard of home. Mrs. Drury. (T. Tribune) (WSHS)
Order of Eastern Star (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. The bastion, company store and granary at Fort Nisqually under reconstruction in Point Defiance Park. In 1934, with the backing of the Young Mens' Business Club of Tacoma, activity began to move the Hudson's Bay Co. trading post from near DuPont to Point Defiance Park. The fort had been closed since 1869 and was steadily deteriorating. (filed with Argentum)
Parks--Tacoma; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Hudson's Bay Co. (Tacoma); Frontier & pioneer life--Tacoma; Fort Nisqually (Tacoma); Trading posts--Tacoma;
ca. 1934. Pacific Bank Note Company, printer. Advertisement for Washington Gas & Electric Company, "Why cook in the horseless carriage age. A modern gas range pays for itself!" (WSHS)
Washington Gas & Electric Co. (Tacoma); Stoves--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. College of Puget Sound football game, "Gyro Football Club" game at Stadium Bowl. Players on field and on bench during game. Automobiles circle the field and a capacity crowd fills the stadium. State Historical Society building in background. (1935 CPS yearbook "Tamanawas")
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Two girls hard at work in the garden preparing mud pies, small cake molds of mud on the top of cardboard boxes. The older girl mixes the ingredients in a plaid-patterned ceramic bowl while the younger child places the mixture in the molds. Ball canning jar serves as a vase for accent flowers.
Children playing in mud; Girls--1930-1940; Children cooking;
ca. 1934. Interior of a Franklin Food Store, circa 1934. The 1934 City Directory lists Franklin Food Stores at 121 No. G St., 602 So. 38th and the Crystal Palace Public Market. View from above shoppers in the grocery store. Long lines wait patiently for the checker. (filed with Argentum)
Franklin Food Stores (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Interior of the Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret at 1518 Pacific Avenue. The club was owned by Louie DiDent and featured "wine and dine" and "entertainment that is different." Photograph pictures a crowd of people drinking beer at tables and a woman entertainer on stage at the front of room. Waiters in white jackets serve the tables.
ca. 1934. A group of Tacomans posed prior to the College of Puget Sound Football game. Four men and three women posed in coats and hats, carrying stadium blankets. (WSHS)
ca. 1934. A young hot rodder is pulled over in his fancy go-cart by a patrolman. The policeman writes him a speeding ticket in front of Thrifty Cut-Rate Drugs at 947 Broadway. The pair are surrounded by a group of kids, and some men, on their way to the Saturday morning Mickey Mouse Club at the Temple Theatre. Some of the children are carrying instruments and are possibly part of the Mickey Mouse Club Band. The racer is a promotional give away by the drug store. Thrifty had drug store locations at 947 Broadway, 914 Pacific Ave and 401 S. 11th.
ca. 1934. Mickey Mouse Club. Boy in a fancy go-cart surrounded by other boys and men in front of Virges Drug Store. Sign reads "On Our Way To The Mickey Mouse Club - Hamrick's Temple Theatre." Some of the boys are carrying musical instruments and are probably part of the Mickey Mouse Club Band. The go cart was the prize in a give away sponsored by "Thrifty Cut-Rate Drugs." In 1934, three drugstores consolidated to become Thrifty Cut-Rate Drugs. (filed with Argentum)
ca. 1934. Annie Wright Seminary. Young girls in sailor dresses in front of fireplace in school's "Great Hall." Building by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects, 1924. (filed with Argentum) (same group in computer as Series 881 image 2)
Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fireplaces--Tacoma--1930-1940;
