ca. 1934. Four men on horses in front of Woodbrook Riding Academy barn. Each man has a long stick with round knob at end. (WSHS)

Woodbrook Riding Academy (Lakewood); Horses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stables--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Orchestra at the Oakes. View of musicians with grand piano and female singer ordered by Mr. White. The Oakes Pavilion had opened in the summer of 1923 and was available for ballroom dancing. By 1934, renovation was underway to turn the Pavilion into a nightspot called the Towers. In 1938, Norton Clapp converted it to the Lakewood Ice Arena. The Arena was demolished in 1982 to make room for lakefront condominiums. (T. Times) (WSHS)

Oakes Pavilion (Lakewood); Ballrooms--Lakewood; Orchestras--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Interior shot of the Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret bar. Men raise a toast with glasses in hand. Man in tuxedo and white jacketed servers behind the bar. Men at bar wear overcoats and hats. The room's decorative accents are in the art deco style.

Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret (Tacoma); Eating & drinking facilities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Eating & drinking--1930-1940; Nightclubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bars; Bars (Furniture)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Central Lutheran Church Play. Cast in Biblical costumes on stage in sanctuary. (WSHS)

Central Lutheran Church (Tacoma); Lutheran churches--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pageants--1930-1940; Theatrical productions--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Junior League Committee. Five women reviewing planned activity in a living room. Two are sitting on a grill-covered steam heater located under a window. (For Mrs. Brady, T. Times Society) (WSHS)

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. An unidentified young girl, wearing a matching coat and hat, was photographed for the Tacoma Times sitting on stool holding a doll. The doll was a prize from the Tacoma Times newspaper for each child bringing in 5 new subscriptions to the paper. (filed with Argentum)

Dolls; Children playing with dolls; Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma);

This group of men attending The Transportation Club of Tacoma dinner at the Tacoma Hotel includes nine retired US Customs employees who have served a total of 272 years. Seated are, left to right, William A. (Billy) Fairweather, Puyallup, 31 years; D.C. Imrie, 1314 So. M St., 26 years; F.P. "Paddy" O'Brien, Puyallup, 40 years; and W.B. Bidwell, 2521 So J St, 30 years. Standing, left to right, are John King, Puyallup, 28 years; Lee Carter, 3404 No 25th St., still in service; A. Voligny, 1030 So. Ferry, 30 years in immigration and 3 in customs; W.A. Hagemeyer, 16 years and still in service, showing a customs uniform; and John Harber, Spanaway, 28 years. (T. Times 12/10/1934, pg. 3)

U.S. Customs Bureau--Retirements--1930-1940; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Fairweather, William; Imrie, D.C.; O'Brien, F.P.; Bidwell, W.B.; King, John; Carter, Lee; Voligny, A.; Hagemeyer, W.A.; Harber, John;

ca. 1934. Advertising billboard for Community Chest, "A Light in the Darkness," Nov. 13-26. In front of billboard is real estate sign: "This Choice Property For Sale." Based on the success of the War Chest in World War I, the Community Chest plan was proposed to help individuals join their forces together to help those in need in their own communities. It was the precursor to United Way. (WSHS)

Billboards--Tacoma; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1930-1940;

This photographic copy of a photograph shows the Tacoma Electrochemical Company's baseball team, 1934 Commercial League Champions, even though some of the players are wearing shirts with other company names such as the player second from the left, front row,and the player behind him with the name "Cammarano" on their shirts. The names of the players have been added to the photograph: L-R, back row, Oscar Larson, Bill Otto, Charles Cooper, Vic Krause, Harold Larson, Kordial Larson, and L. Hodge, Sec-Treas, Commercial League; front row, Otto Larson, Henry Thaut, Orlin Krembill, Dave Williams, president, Commercial League, E.C. Mace, team manager, Vic Hauglund, Jerry Cecchi, and Lisle Zodtner. Tacoma Electrochemical Company became a part of Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company of Washington.

Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1934. This is part of the lobby of the grand Tacoma Hotel circa 1934. The spacious foyer had several chairs and benches resting against the enormous pillars for guests taking their ease. Of note are the fancy "sea horses" at tops of the pillars and a large clock attached to the ceiling beams. A portion of a dining area is visible further down the lobby. The Tacoma Hotel was reduced to ruins by a massive fire on October 17, 1935. TPL-219

Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Lobbies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clocks & watches;

Don Cooper, in his boy scout uniform, with a wood-frame pack on his back, scrambles up Little Tacoma (elevation 11,117 feet).

Cooper, Don

Brewmaster Otto Berkmeier in front of carload of kegs from his brewery. TPL-2660

ca. 1934. This is believed to be Virna Haffer's "With a Weird Spark," an abstract composition of a man and woman and pattern in "sky" (sea shell), circa 1934. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 132)

ca. 1934. Tacoma General Hospital (Fannie C. Paddock Memorial), Class of 1934. Group of graduating nurses. (Argentum)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing (Tacoma);

ca. 1934. Afifi Shrine Parade circa 1934. The Shriners are shown marching in procession up So. 13th Street to Broadway. At the back of the picture is the Tacoma Railway & Power Co. at 1301 A St., built in 1899. The cable car tracks run down the center of So. 13th Street. A streetcar can be seen crossing 13th on Pacific Ave. The Shriners in their traditional garb appear to be marching up Pacific Ave to turn on 13th & proceed to Broadway. The Mecca Restaurant can be seen on the left at 1150-54 Commerce. Across the street from the Mecca is the tailoring business of John Davis with signage jutting out of the building. Mr. Davis was also in law enforcement. The sign for Knapp's Modern Business College (located at 1151 1/2 Broadway) can be seen at the roofline of the far left building. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma); Mecca Restaurant (Tacoma); Knapp College (Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940;

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, master of the hounds.

Bryan, Iris; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding--Tacoma;

ca. 1934. The Kimball baseball team of the Tacoma City League posed for this circa 1934 photograph in front of the bleachers at an unidentified playing field. The men are dressed in pinstripe uniforms and caps. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma City Baseball League (Tacoma); Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Uniforms;

ca. 1934. Play at College of Puget Sound. Twenty-seven people on stage, some dressed as reporters, some as police officers. One man lying on floor, either playing dead or wounded. The Dramatic Art Department's motto was "Development of Personality through Drama." The department gave more than 150 students the chance to appear before an audience in a wide variety of plays. (Filed with Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Actresses; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Actors;

ca. 1934. In 1934, Henry Querrette, sharpening a drawknife with a wetstone, was photographed sitting in his Hood Canal workshop with writer Alfred L. Gehri, holding a fishing net. Mr. Gehri wrote a series of articles for Better Homes & Gardens in the thirties featuring the down to earth advice of builder Querrette, known in the articles as "Chips." One of the houses built by Mr. Querrette, called "the Fo'castle", stands at 407 South Sheridan Avenue. His workshop was described as smelling of cedar and marine tar. It harbored an accumulation of objects collected during "Chips'" varied careers as a ship's carpenter, lumberjack, cowboy and home builder. Ropes, nets and gear hung along one wall, while on the other wall was the builder's wide workbench and neatly hung tools. ("Better Homes & Gardens" March, 1936)

Fishing nets; Cabins; Querrette, Henry; Gehri, Alfred L.;

ca. 1934. Henry Querrette builds a model ship in his Hood Canal workshop. Querrette, also known as "Chips," had worked as both a ship's carpenter and a builder of homes. In the mid 1930's, Better Homes and Gardens featured him in a series of articles written by Alfred L. Gehri. This set of pictures, series 741, was used to illustrate those articles. (Better Homes & Gardens, August 1934)

Querrette, Henry; Model ships;

ca. 1934. Alfred L. Gehri (right), a local writer and plumbing contractor, and Henry Querrette were photographed in 1934 as they discussed one of Mr. Querrette's blueprints for a house. Henry Querrette, also known as "Chips", was a well respected carpenter and builder of homes in the Puget Sound area. In the mid-1930s a series of articles written by Mr. Gehri about the down-to-earth, old builder was published by Better Homes & Gardens magazine. Two of the articles were about homes that Mr. Querrette built in Tacoma: his "Fo'castle" house, 407 So. Sheridan Ave., built in 1926, and his "Snug Harbor" house, 405 So. Sheridan Ave., built in 1928. (Better Homes & Gardens, August 1934)

Querrette, Henry; Gehri, Alfred L.; Blueprints;

ca. 1934. Stop 'n Shop Groceries, circa 1934. Vegetable display in store window and signs for housecleaning supplies, clorox, brooms and oxydol. According to Richards notes, the store was located at 1103 So. 11th St., in the R.L. Courtney building. (In TPL Building Index as 1105 So. 11th St.) Photograph ordered by West Coast Grocery Co. (filed with Argentum)

Stop N Shop Groceries (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Architectural drawings of Headquarters Building for Concurrent Training Camp. Elevations and floor plans by Construction Division, Office of the Quartermaster General dated December 12, 1931. (WSHS)

Architectural drawings;

ca. 1934. Architectural drawings of Dispensary Building for Concurrent Training Camp. Elevations and floor plans by Construction Division, Office of the Quartermaster General dated December 12, 1931. (WSHS)

Architectural drawings;

ca. 1934. Rotary Club Convention held in Tacoma circa 1934. Men and women waiting in line at desk with "Rainier National Park Company" sign on curtain backdrop. Woman at desk ready to type on standard typewriter. (T.N.T)

Rotary Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Typewriters;

ca. 1934. The rural home of Henry Querrette, affectionately known as "Chips." Mr. Querrette had a long and varied career as a sailor, cowboy, lumberjack and lastly Western Washington carpenter and home builder. During the thirties, he was featured in "Better Homes and Gardens" in a series of articles written by Alfred L. Gehri, filled with the homespun advice of "Chips" for homeowners. Mr. Querrette had retired to this 20 acre ranch, which fronted on Hood Canal. ("Better Homes and Gardens" September 1934 issue)

Querrette, Henry--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1934. Floral decorations in an unidentified church. Numerous baskets of flowers arranged around altar with bouquets attached to pews along center isle. Large pipe organ and cross behind altar. Crossed American flags at each side of pipe organ. (T.N.T.)

Flower arrangements; Churches--1930-1940; Altars; Pulpits; Organs;