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Theodore Bundy
Photo By Mark Lewy please credit

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Theodore R. Bundy
Photo By Mark Lewy please credit

Back of photo:
Theodore R. Bundy
Photo By Mark Lewy please credit

Back of photo:
Theodore Bundy
Photo By Mark Lewy please credit

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Irish ice

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Kevin Hegarty - Dir. Tacoma Pub. Library
Photo by Jerry Buck

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Frank Herbert
Photographed By Phil H. Webber

Back of Photo:
Frank Herbert

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Norma Honeysett
Part owner of the Tacoma Tigers
Photo by Peter Haley

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Mack and Dorothy Koon

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James M. Koon
Mack Koon at Norm Smith's The Look of Business

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James M. Koon
J. Mack Koon

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"Phil Lelli
Lelli, Phil"

Tacoma Public Library staff member Dorothy Mika (later Stewart, far left), along with two unidentified colleagues, works on the library's computer conversion project at the Main Library in this circa 1978 photograph. The library was in the process of going from a card system to a computerized one.

Sons of Roberta and John William Wood Jr., Robert, age one, and John III, age two, sit in chair by fireplace waiting for Santa Claus. (T.Times, Society, 12/25/1937, p. 8).

People - Families - ChildrenEvents - Holidays - Christmas

This old upright piano joined the rubbish heap at the City dump in March of 1937. City worker John Sankovich (at left) helped Cooney Transfer & Storage employees Charlie Merchant and Gene Robinson in disposing of the piano. The once elegant instrument was crafted in London about 100 years before and came into the possession of Myron Clinton of Tacoma's Clinton Music House. Mr. Clinton decided to discard the piano once it had outlived its usefulness rather than permitting children to practice on such a dilapidated item. (T.Times 3-30-37, p. 14)

Pianos; Cooney Transfer & Storage Co. (Tacoma); Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Refuse disposal--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sankovich, John; Merchant, Charlie; Robinson, Gene; Clinton's Music House (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. "Beginning of Summer" picnic. A large adult group lounge around picnic tables under the shade of trees. (T. Times).

Picnics--1930-1940; Group portraits;

Bremerton Sun picnic at Seabeck. Several women with their children gathered in a conversational group on the lawn. Each year the Bremerton Sun closed for a day to allow the employees and their families to enjoy an all day picnic. (Bremerton Sun).

Picnics--Bremerton--1930-1940; Bremerton Sun (Bremerton); Newspapers--Bremerton--1930-1940;

On July 18, 1936, the Bremerton Sun held the first of their annual picnics at the Twanoh State Park on Hood Canal. They were celebrating the one year anniversary of the birth of the newspaper. Sun bathers, swimmers, and boaters were photographed enjoying the water and beach. A narrow dock for mooring boats and a tower for divers extends out into the water. Planned for the day's entertainment were baseball, swimming, eating and dancing in the evening. (Bremerton Sun 7/18/1936, pg. 1- info only).

Picnics; Twanoh State Park (Mason County); Anniversaries--Bremerton; Bremerton Sun--Commemorations;

Eighty three years after their immigrant train came to Puget Sound via the Naches Pass, Lee H. Baker and George H. Himes returned to part of the old trail. The men are the sole survivors of the 132 member group who arrived in this area in 1853. Standing with Mr. Baker and Mr. Himes are William P. Bonney, secretary of the Washington State Historical Society (far right), Ira S. Davisson, longtime Public Utilities Commissioner and Tacoma Times columnist E.T. Short (both back row). The two women, including one carrying a box camera under her arm, were not identified. Mr. Baker and Mr. Himes arrived in the Puget Sound region as small boys. They shared memories of their trip with others in the pictured group. Mr. Baker, 88, is a retired Portland educator and Mr. Himes, 93, is the secretary of the Oregon Historical Society. (T.Times, 11-19-36, p. 24)

Pioneers; Baker, Lee H.; Himes, George H.; Bonney, William P.; Davisson, Ira; Short, Edgar T.;

Seventy-nine year old Berthold A. Prengel celebrates this fine spring day in April of 1937 by sliding down the "chute-the-chute" that he built for his four year old granddaughter Patricia McLean. Mr. Prengel has used scrap lumber from the Tideflats to covert his yard into a carnival playground for "Pat" and her friends. In addition to the slide, there is a hand operated ferris wheel, merry-go-round, teeter-totter and other carnival games. Mr. Prengel learned his carpentry skills by going to work for the Milwaukee Railroad at age 13 as a cabinet maker and later as a railroad electrician. (T. Times 6/4/1937, pg.3)

Playgrounds; Sliding; Aged persons; Prengel, Berthold; Slides; Amusement rides--1930-1940; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940; Grandparents;

ca. 1937. Zoo keeper George Jones poses with "Jocko" at the Point Defiance Zoo. Jocko is a spider monkey originally from South America. He chatters away and imitates behavior, such as washing his face & hands. He is sure to be a favorite with zoo goers this summer. (T.Times 4/13/1937, pg. 1)

Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Zoos--Tacoma--1930-1940; Zoo animals; Monkeys; Jones, George R.; Zoo keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Glen Portrude, a Northern Pacific Railway engineer, stands in front of train engine number B-18 at Tacoma's Union Depot, 1717 Pacific Avenue. In March of 1936 Mr. Portrude decided to take a two month leave from his job as an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway so he could take an ocean cruise to Japan, China, the Philippines and Hawaii. He was one of the oldest engineers employed by the Northern Pacific. He began as a fireman in 1898, and in 1901 was promoted to engineer. After his leave, he planned to return to work. "Can't retire yet", he said. "I've only been here 38 years - just a beginner." (T. Times 3/25/1936 p.3)

Portrude, Glen; Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma)--People;

ca. 1937. Ed Mayer visits the "mother of Hoodlum Lake" at the front door of her old wooden house circa 1937. The woman has been identified by her great-granddaughter as Eva Lena Tuel Potter. Eva Potter was the great, great granddaughter of Levi Scott, one of the original Oregon pioneers who traveled on the Applegate Trail. (T. Times).

Potter, Eva Lena Tuel; Potter, Eva Lena Tuel--Homes & haunts; Mayer, Ed;

Seventy-nine year old Berthold A. Prengel slides down the "chute-the-chute" he built in his backyard at 4318 East "N" St. for his granddaughter Patricia McLean and her friends. Using scrap lumber, he has converted his yard into a carnival for the enjoyment of four year old "Pat." In addition to the slide, he built a hand operated ferris wheel, merry-go-round, teeter-totter and throwing game. Pat is now the most popular girl in the neighborhood! (T. Times 6/4/1937, pg 3)

Prengel, Berthold; Amusement rides--1930-1940; Slides; Sliding; Playgrounds; Aged persons; Grandparents; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;

President Roosevelt addresses a large crowd from his train at Union Depot. On the car platform with the President are his granddaughter Anna Eleanor (nicknamed Sistie) Dall, 29 year old son James, daughter Anna (Mrs. John Boettiger), his bodyguard, and grandson Curtis (Buzzie) Dall. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9).

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Dall, Anna Eleanor; Roosevelt, James; Dall, Curtis; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945;

A radioman stretches his microphone toward President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, center in profile, who looks over the large crowd gathered at the Union Depot. He was preparing to leave on the Great Northern Railway for a tour of the Grand Coulee Dam project site. The small children behind the railing are his grandchildren, Anna Eleanor (nicknamed Sistie) and Curtis (Buzzie) Dall. The men are believed to be, left to right, Senator Homer T. Bone, Harold Allen, the President's son James, Tacoma Mayor George Smitley (waving to the crowd) and the President's bodyguard (in hat.) ALBUM 1.

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Dall, Anna Eleanor; Dall, Curtis;

On October 1, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made an early evening speech from the back of his train at Union Depot. The train made a 15 minute stop to allow the President to board. Roosevelt was being picked up after an automobile trip around the Olympic Peninsula and a motorcade from Olympia to Tacoma. It was estimated that over 50,000 Tacomans lined the street and crowded Union Station to catch a glimpse of the popular President. The President's next destination was the site of the Grand Coulee Dam project. Visible behind the President on the train car deck are believed to be Tacoman Harold Allen, the President's son James Roosevelt, Tacoma Mayor George Smitley and the President's grandson Curtis (Buzzie) Dall. At the time of this photograph, he was in his second term as President. He died April 12, 1945, during his fourth term, of a cerebral hemorrhage. (T. Times 10/02/1937, pg. 9) TPL-1999 ALBUM 1

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945;

Albert Prickman from Canton Ohio posed in July of 1937 with his prize catch outside the Turner Richards photography studio. He landed the 13 pound salmon during his first foray into Point Defiance fishing and he's now a bona-fide member of the Bitten-By-Salmon-Fishing-Bug Club. Mr. Prickman was in town visiting his relative Mrs. Carl William Johnson, whose husband Dr. Johnson worked the oars while Mr. Prickman landed his catch. (T. Times 7/29/1937, pg. 13).

Prickman, Albert; Salmon; Fishing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Turner Richards Studio (Tacoma); Richards Commercial Photo Service (Tacoma);