Washington School Kindergarten. The beginning students pose with rhythm instruments in front of the school in October of 1932. (filed with Argentum)

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Washington School 1B Class. The first grade students pose in front of their northend elementary school in October of 1932. The school was built in 1906 and is named in honor of George Washington. (filed with Argentum)

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Washington School. Group of grade school children on steps of school in October of 1932.

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Washington School 6A Class, photographed in front of their school in January of 1933. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the left is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal of Washington from 1926-1941.

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Stanley School 6A Class in June of 1933. The spacious school was built in 1925 and was large enough to accomodate the student body for 30 years; additions were added in 1955, 1967 and 1973. In 1983, the main portion of the school was closed, declared unsafe in case of earthquake. (filed with Argentum)

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Franklin School 6A Class, circa 1933. The original school was built in 1889 and named after Benjamin Franklin. The pictured building replaced the old school in 1910 with additions in 1914. The architects were Heath & Twichell. It was demolished in 1997. (filed with Argentum)

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ca. 1933. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School orchestra. Group portrait of thirty students with instruments taken in front of school circa 1933.

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ca. 1933. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School, Baseball Team. Seventeen players, manager and coach in front of school.

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Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School, 9A Class portrait taken in front of school. Gault opened for classes in 1926. It was designed by Hill & Mock, architects. The school was named in honor of Dr. Franklin B. Gault, superintendent of Tacoma public schools from 1888- 1892. It is still in use today, with additions made in 1942, 1953, 1974 and 1979.

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Lowell School 6A Class, circa 1933, and teacher on school steps. The three boys on the right in the first row are wearing school crossing guard uniforms. (filed with Argentum)

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Washington School 6A Class photographed outside the school In June of 1933. (filed with Argentum)

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Washington School 4th grade girls posed in front of the school in June of 1931. The girls are all attired alike in white blouses, dark shorts and berets. They wear what may be tap or dance shoes. The three in the front are in a dance pose. (Argentum)

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Washington School 6A Class in June of 1931. Building designed by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The historic northend school was named after George Washington. The woman on the right is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal from 1926-41. (Argentum)

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Washington School 6A Class photographed outside the school in January of 1932. (Argentum)

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Lowell School 6A class and teacher on school steps. (Argentum)

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The students attending Custer School, 7700 Steilacoom Blvd. S.W., Lakewood, posed for a school picture with their teacher Mabel Justin in front of their one-year-old building in October of 1933. The first Custer School, named after Lesour Custer, was built in the early 1890s on land donated by the Knoxhum family. In 1932, the old school was torn down and this new, two room school house was built. As the Clover Park School District grew, another newer, and bigger Custer school was built in 1953; this 1932 building, also called the "Little Red School House," was not demolished and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The young lad with the tie in front of Mrs. Justin is her son. According to Mrs. Justin's grandson, she made her son wear the tie for this occasion,

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Lowell School 6A Class and teacher on school steps. (Argentum)

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Bryant School 6A class in front of school. (Argentum)

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Stanley School 6A Class in January of 1934. The school had been opened 9 years previously, in 1925, and was named after local educator George A. Stanley. (Argentum)

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ca. 1934. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School class play "Mother Carey's Chickens." Seven boys and seven girls in costume on stage. They wear heavy theatrical makeup, especially the youngsters that have been aged theatrically.

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Jason Lee School 9A class. The ninth grade class poses in the school gymnasium under a basketball hoop with a torn net. Jason Lee opened in 1924, the first and biggest of the six intermediate schools built with proceeds from a $2.4 million bond issue passed in 1923. By the end of its first year, the school was already overcrowded with 1600 students in a school built to accomodate 1200. It was added on to in 1968 and remodeled in 1966 and 1972. The school reopened in 2002 after extensive remodeling.

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Dash Point School, first through third grades; taken in April of 1934. Dash Point closed as a public school in 1993. It was added to the state's registry of historic buildings in 1996. (Argentum)

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Dash Point School, fourth through sixth grades; photograph taken in April of 1934. (Argentum)

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In March of 1934, while studying the culture of Japan, these girl students in Mrs. Story's 4-A&B class at Bryant School, 708 South Ainsworth Avenue, enjoyed a Japanese tea party . Nearly all wore dainty kimonos and some carried paper fans or parasols. Most had rice bowls and chopsticks. (Argentum)

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ca. 1934. "The World's Children." Miss Hawthorne in kimono and little boy in classroom at Bryant School with several boxes holding student art projects. (Argentum)

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Brown's Point School, Grades 4, 5 and 6 with their teacher in April of 1934. Browns Point School was opened in a portable in 1918 with one teacher, Martha Floberg, teaching grades one through eight. The exact address is unknown; visitors were advised to take the steamer Veronica at the Municipal Dock in order to get to the school. After much controversy, the school was closed in 1938, with Browns Point residents holding a solemn funeral service in its honor. Students attended school in other areas until their new school was built in 1952. (Argentum) (Olsen: For the Record, p. 113)

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Brown's Point School, Grades 1, 2 and 3 with their teacher in April of 1934. Browns Point School was opened in a portable in 1918 with one teacher, Martha Floberg, teaching grades one through eight. The exact address is unknown, visitors were advised to take the steamer Veronica at the Municipal Dock in order to get to the school. After much controversy, the school was closed in 1938, with Browns Point residents holding a solemn funeral service in its honor. Students attended school in other areas until their new school was built in 1952. (Argentum) (Olsen: For the Record, p. 113)

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The World's Children. Bryant School children dressed in traditional costumes of other nations. (Argentum)

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Lowell School 6A class and teacher on school steps. (Argentum)

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Washington School 6A Class. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the far left is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal of the school from 1926-41. (filed with Argentum)

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