An unidentified man in a striped uniform stands near an International truck from the American Lake Poultry Local on September 22, 1927. Truck #51 has on its bed a display of chickens. A sign attached to the truck frame indicates that "More than 14,615,400 eggs are used to hatch the 9,500,000 baby chicks valued at $1,425,000.00 needed to stock the poultry farms of Washington annually." Eggs were indeed big business at this time. TPL-3223; G6.1-091

International trucks; Signs (Notices); Poultry industry; Chickens; Eggs;

This young girl holding a tiny trophy on September 22, 1927, may have been showing off a prize in the Colonial Theater-Tacoma Times model airplane contest. A man, also unidentified, stands next to her with a biplane model in his hands. Other children gather around the pair who are photographed in the playground across from the courthouse. The model airplane contest was held in conjunction with the showing of the"Big Parade" at the Colonial. Various prizes to be awarded included a wrist watch, silver loving cups, rain capes and hats and baseball gloves. The Times reported on October 1, 1927, that Darwin Shrope won first prize of a wrist watch in the contest. G65.1-003 (T.Times 8-27-27, p. 1-article on contest; T.Times 10-1-27, p. 1-contest results)

Awards; Colonial Theater (Tacoma); Contests--Tacoma--1920-1930; Children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

A group of people stand in front of the Peninsula Cafe in the heart of Gig Harbor on October 8, 1927. The restaurant shared a brick building with the Peninsula Hotel. They may have been photographed for the Seattle Times. G72.1-143. See also Tacoma-Pierce County Buildings Index for 3108 Harborview Dr, Gig Harbor.

Peninsula Cafe (Gig Harbor); Hotels--Gig Harbor; Group portraits--1920-1930;

Bankruptcy sale. Merchandise from Stanley's Department Store, listed in the 1927 City Directory as 5241 South Union (now called South Tacoma Way), was moved across the street to 5244 South Union for a bankruptcy sale in October of 1927. The store had been operated by Stanley Gornicki. Shoppers were informed that it was a "genuine bankrupt sale" and the store was "sold by order of the court!" Items were clearly marked with sale prices. The L.O. Borish Co. department store had opened in Stanley's old location on October 8th. The building had been remodeled and refinished in stucco and a tile roof. Photograph ordered by the Better Business Bureau. G56.1-103; BU-13,853 (TNT 10-5-27, p. 6-article on Borish Department Store) TPL-10443

Stanley's Department Store (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1920-1930; Signs (Notices);

The Salvation Army brass band posed for a group portrait on October 13, 1927. The location was not given. Both men and women are wearing the traditional dark clothing of the Salvation Army. G21.1-188

Musicians--Tacoma--1920-1930; Bands--Tacoma--1920-1930; Salvation Army (Tacoma);

This is a view of the center of the railroad tracks, looking to Manitou, and taken on October 25, 1927, for a court case involving the Tacoma Rail & Power Co. This involves the Oakland area with Gunnison and 38th Sts. G58.1-034

Streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Street railroad tracks--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma);

On November 17, 1927, Mrs. A.B. Smith was photographed with bottles of soda pop for sale at a charity benefit. Signs advertising ice cold Coca-Cola and Muscadine (5 cent) punch are attached to the wall. She was monitoring one of the booths at the Bellarmine College Fair, held at St. Leo's high school gym, from November 17-27, 1927. The gym was converted into many old California missions staffed by Catholic women and girls. Money raised during the Fair would support the new Bellarmine College to be built shortly. G34.1-146 (TNT 11-19-27, p. 14)

Smith, A.B.--Family; Fund raising--Tacoma--1920-1930; Signs (Notices); Carbonated beverages;

Main gates of Fort Lewis. The gates were built in 1917 using field stone and squared logs and paid for by a subscription fund set up by the employees who constructed the main buildings of (then) Camp Lewis. The cost was $4000. Camp Lewis was designated as a permanent Army post and officially became Fort Lewis in September of 1927. G69.1-159 TPL-10315

Gates--Fort Lewis; Military facilities--Wash.; Fort Lewis (Wash.);

This group of Tacoma firemen may have gathered in support of the Near East relief in December of 1927. Americans were asked to donate one Sunday's meal expenses toward this charitable endeavor. Tacoma had been awarded the title "Golden Rule City of America" in 1926 by virtue of its generous donations. G25.1-094

Fire fighters--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Eating & drinking--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Boys in Azure Pool, 748 Market Street. The Azure Pool was an indoor swimming pool built in the spring of 1927. The concrete pool had been designed by noted Tacoma architect Silas E. Nelsen. This large group of young boys are taking advantage of the indoor facility to swim, a sport not conducive to outdoor activity in December. G54.1-124, BU-13325

Boys--Tacoma--1920-1930; Swimmers--Tacoma--1920-1930; Swimming pools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Azure Pool (Tacoma);

Several Elks Stocking Fillers made guest appearances in Judge Edward Hodge's Superior Court chambers on December 12, 1927, with Judge Hodge presiding at the scene. They were in charge of collecting pledges for the Elks Christmas charity fund. Standing from L-R were: Sheriff Tom Desmond, Roland E. Borhek, Will H. Miller, Carl E. Lindquist, LeRoy Rogers, James G. Dickson, Gus H. Lindberg and prosecutor Bertil Johnson. These prominent business and civic leaders were to appear on the Stocking Fillers regular Tuesday program on radio station KMO for a makeshift "trial," charged with "speeding - speeding past signs of distress and poverty without lending a helping hand." It was all to draw attention to gathering more donations of money, services and clothing to make Christmas a happier one for many of Tacoma's poor. (TNT 10-25-27, p. 9-article on Stocking Fillers; TNT 12-13-27, p. 11)

Hodge, Edward; Judges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Johnson, Bertil E.; Desmond, Tom; Borhek, Roland E.; Miller, Will H.; Lindquist, Carl E.;

Members of the Washington Co-op Egg & Poultry Association display their dividend checks in front of the Association's headquarters on January 12, 1928. G6.1-089

Washington Co-op Egg & Poultry Association (Tacoma);

This is Madison Elementary School, 3102 South 43rd St., as seen in January of 1928. The six-room school, designed by architects Hill & Mock, was completed in October of 1924 at a cost of approximately $35,000. It had replaced two portable buildings on the same site. The school doubled in size in 1957 and improvements made in 1967 and 1979. Madison is no longer an elementary school but currently houses Headstart and Early Childhood Education programs. BU-11,329 (Olsen: For the Record, p. 119)

Madison Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

These two small portable buildings made up Larchmont Elementary School in 1928. Parents in the Larchmont area had asked for a school in their neighborhood as far back as 1915 as they felt Fern Hill School was not within walking distance for small children. In 1920 the School Board authorized purchase of 2 1/2 acres of land near South 96th & B Streets for $2000 and placed one portable on the property. Another portable and a second teacher were added in 1924 due to increased enrollment. Larchmont was closed in 1932 during the Great Depression and reopened in 1935 only as a primary school, serving grades one through three. It closed again in 1939 and structures removed. The school opened once again in 1953, again in portables, but it was not until 1969 when a new "one-room" school was built at 8601 East B. G46.1-095 (Olsen: For the Record, p. 117-118-article)

Larchmont Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

On January 18, 1928, two unidentified Native American women were photographed weaving baskets while seated outside a wood-framed building. They have their heads down as they concentrate on their work. TPL-1546; G4.1-048

Indigenous peoples; Basket making;

Using both hands, actress Ruth Taylor holds onto the propeller of the "City of Tacoma" aircraft on February 8, 1928. She is wearing protective goggles and headgear. Additional photographs in this series show Miss Taylor as a passenger aboard the plane; the goggles and headgear would be necessary since the passenger seat was not under cover. (See B18045, B18049) The plane was parked at the Mueller-Harkins airport on Steilacoom Blvd., current site of Clover Park Technical College. Miss Taylor was making a brief stop in Tacoma while on a nationwide tour promoting her new movie, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." TPL-8077; G12.1-048B. Photograph ordered by the Olympic Aeronautical Corporation. (TDL 2-8-28, p. 2-brief article on Miss Taylor's visit)

Airplanes--Tacoma--1920-1930; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1920-1930; Taylor, Ruth; Actresses;

Hollywood actress Ruth Taylor cheerfully waves as she is seated in the passenger seat of the "City of Tacoma" aircraft on February 8, 1928. The plane is parked at the Mueller Harkins airport outside the Olympic Aeronautical Corporation hangar. Miss Taylor, a product of Portland schools, was chosen to star as "Lorelei" in the silent film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" after a nationwide search. The petite blonde was in town to make a personal appearance at the Broadway Theater where her film would be showing in the near future. She was known for her trademark spit curls and had been a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty. Her son, Buck Henry, born in 1930, would become a well known actor and writer. Photograph ordered by the Olympic Aeronautical Corporation. G12.1-048A (TDL 2-8-28, p. 2-article on Miss Taylor's visit; Imdb.com-information on Miss Taylor)

Airplanes--Tacoma--1920-1930; Taylor, Ruth; Actresses;

Japanese American children from Fife line up on the steps of the First Presbyterian Church on February 8, 1928, dressed in traditional kimonos and with open fans. The tall young lady in the center of the photograph is their teacher, Miss Jones, who wears a kimono with thick obi. The positioning of the young girls on the steps resembles a gently opened fan. That afternoon the First Presbyterian Church sponsored a "Tea of Nations" which attracted 400 guests. Many countries in which the church had missionary programs were featured in a pageant of nations; these young girls may have been invited as representatives of Japan. They would be led in song by Miss Jones. G39.1-188A (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 2-5-28, D-1-article on Tea of Nations)

Japanese Americans--Tacoma; Children--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1920-1930; Kimonos; Fans (Accessories);

Minstrels on stage. On February 9, 1928, local poultry co-ops entertained its members with a minstrel show at American Lake. Entitled "Good Will Minstrels," most of the group wore the traditional blackened faces and colorful clothing. Entertainers were equipped with guitars, mandolins, while the non-costumed band supplied the brass. Identified on stage were President C.C. Davis and Secretary McDrum of the American Lake Poultry Local (on left) and Mrs. E.W. Rau, secretary, and President A.F. Visell of the Parkland Poultry Local (on far right). G64.1-049

Minstrel shows--Tacoma--1920-1930; Musical revues & comedies--Tacoma--1920-1930;

February, 1928, progress report on new Union Bag & Paper Power Corp. plant. Site preparation continues on the 30 acres north of East 11th St. where a multi-million dollar pulp mill will be built by the Union Bag & Paper Power Corporation of New York. Machinery is in use and the earth is marred with deep gulches and debris. Union Bag would be working in conjunction with the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. who would be erecting a sawmill for cutting hemlock logs on the same site. The sawmill's waste would be transferred to the pulp mill. 500 new jobs would be created when the two mills were put into operation. G37.1-036

Progress photographs; Union Bag & Paper Power Corporation (Tacoma); Mills--Tacoma--1920-1930; Sawmills--Tacoma--1920-1930; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Tacoma Buddhist Shoso-kwai. The Shoso-kwai, which may have translated to "youth meeting," poses outdoors, sans coats, on February 19, 1928. The young girls belonged to the Tacoma Buddhist Church which met at the site of the Columbus Hotel on Market St. Two years later in 1930, the church would move to its present location on Fawcett Avenue. G39.1-189; TPL-2840.

Japanese Americans--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, Engine #10250. The electric bipolar Class EP2 locomotives, manufactured by Alco-GE, were put in service from Othello to Tacoma in 1920. They performed beyond all expectations, with great economy and low maintenance, surviving until they were scrapped in the 1960s. TPL-2377; G44.1-087

Railroad locomotives--Tacoma; Railroad cars--Tacoma; Railroads--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. (Tacoma);

Interior of radio store. This is believed to be the interior of Schofield's Service Radio, located at 929 Tacoma Avenue South, as pictured on February 27, 1928. The store featured the new Willard "A-B" radio unit. Radios and other accessories are spread throughout the room. Floor is covered with an eye-catching checkered material.

Radios; Schofield's Service Radio (Tacoma);

This is the area of South 56th & Wapato as viewed in March of 1928. A "Danger!" sign advises drivers to keep to the left of the streetcar tracks to avoid a steep drop. This portion is now over the freeway. TPL-3139; G15.1-010

Street railroad tracks--Tacoma--1920-1930; Signs (Notices); Streets--Tacoma--1920-1930;

This is the Dash Point home of Roy and Effie Allen as pictured in March of 1928. It was built with a commanding marine view. Mr. Allen was the president and manager of Star Iron & Steel Co., a major manufacturer of cranes. An article on Dash Point in the Tacoma Sunday Ledger's December 2, 1928, edition included a photograph of the Allen home with completed landscaping. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 12-2-28, G-1)

Allen, Roy--Homes & haunts;

A crowd has gathered outside the Auditorium's ticket office to purchase admittance to the St. Patrick Mask Ball on Saturday, March 17, 1928. A first prize of $25 in gold would be awarded. G25.1-007

Banners; Queues--Tacoma; Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930; Auditorium Building (Tacoma);

This five-man bowling team posed with their bowling balls and three pins outside an unidentified bowling center entrance on April 1, 1928. Each of the men wore a long sleeved dark shirt with an emblem on the left side. They are possibly the five-man team representing Duncan's Garage who would do well in the Northwest Bowling Congress meet later in April. G53.1-100

Bowlers; Bowling balls;

A field of daffodils is in full bloom in the Puyallup Valley in April of 1928. The specific location of these flowers was not given. G6.1-061

Daffodils;

Five members of an unidentified basketball team posed for a studio photograph on April 6, 1928. The man accompanying them is presumably their coach. G53.1-078

Basketball players--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Gesturing toward an oval advertisement on the back of a parked sedan in April of 1928 are three well known hotel managers: (l-r) Emerson Wakefield of the Carlton Hotel, A.C.C. ("Al") Gamer of the Olympus and Ray Clark of the Winthrop. The sign invites "Hotel-men" to convene in Tacoma, the "Lumber Capitol of the World," May 8-9th. "Al" is the "official scout." He would be making a tour throughout California in the vehicle to invite other hotel managers to the convention. The gathering will take place at the Winthrop Hotel. G31.1-103 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 5-6-28, 4-A)

Automobiles--Tacoma--1920-1930; Signs (Notices); Gamer, Albert C.C.; Wakefield, Emerson; Clark, Ray; Meetings--Tacoma--1920-1930;