W.L. Bundy pulled the whistle cord on Monday morning, August 5, 1935, at the St. Paul and Tacoma mill sending returning lumber mill employees back to work after the settlement of a 13 week walk out. By a vote of 1,391 to 97 the members of the Tacoma local Sawmill and Timber Workers' Union accepted the terms offered by the 22 Tacoma mills affected by the strike. The terms of the agreement included a 40 hour work week, an 8 hour day and time and one-half for overtime. (T.Times 8/5/1935, pg. 1)

Bundy, W.L.; Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

On Monday morning August 5, 1935 the Sawmill and Timber Workers' Union strike that had crippled Tacoma's mills for 13 weeks came to an end. Mill workers, like these at the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company returned to work. By a vote of 1,391 to 97 the union's members accepted the offer of the mill owners including a 40 hour week, an 8 hour day, and time and one-half for overtime. (T.Times 8/5/1935, pg. 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

This happy group of unidentified lumber mill workers, entering the yards of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. on August 5, 1935, were returning to work after the settlement of a strike that lasted 13 weeks. Some employees proudly wear their Union buttons on their hats, celebrating their new contract. The agreement called for a 50 cent minimum wage, a 40 hour work week, an 8 hour day, time and 1/2 for overtime, reemployment of striking employees and recognition of the union. The vote on the contract was 1391 to 97. (T. Times 8/5/1935, pg. 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

A group of striking workers happily returns to work at Wheeler Osgood on August 5, 1935, after their 13 week strike is settled. Twenty two area mill operators agreed to meet employee demands for a 50 cent minimum wage, a 40 hour week, an 8 hour day, time and one half for overtime, reemployment of striking workers and recognition of the union. (for more information, see image series D599)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma);

Lumber mill employees entering the yards at St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. are happy to return to work today after the end of the strike that paralyzed activity for the past 13 weeks. The workers just voted positively on an agreement submitted by 22 Tacoma mill owners. The agreement called for a 50 cent minimum wage, a 40 hour work week, 8 hour day, time and 1/2 for overtime, reemployment of striking employees and recognition of the union. The vote on the agreement was 1391 to 97. (T. Times 8/5/1935, pg. 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

A returning lumber mill employee proudly wears his Union button on his hat after the settlement of a strike that lasted 13 weeks. The agreement called for a 50 cent minimum wage, a 40 hour work week, 8 hour day, time and 1/2 for overtime, reemployment of striking employees and recognition of the union. The vote on the agreement was 1391 to 97. (T. Times 8/5/1935, pg. 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

In August of 1935, the west end of the Navy yard in Bremerton was known as the "Boneyard." Here unused or outdated ships rode at anchor, fastened together with intricate knots of cable. The white bow, visible in the interior of the group, was the USS Patoka. The Patoka, constructed in 1919, was outfitted with a distinctive stern mooring mast in 1924 for lighter-than-air craft. She was subsequently used as an operational and experimental base by three of the Navy's great dirigibles, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) in 1924-1925, USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) in 1925-1932, and USS Akron (ZRS-4) in 1932. (Bremerton Sun 8/15/1935, pg. 1; www.history.navy.mil)

Boat graveyards--Bremerton; Government vessels--Bremerton; Warships--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Mr. and Mrs. Poirson, Tandem Artists, at Burton on Vashon Island. The couple is sketching the woman seated before them. They each work with pencil on their own art pad. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Vashon Island; Sketchbooks; Sketches;

Look out Ma Bell! Two Bremerton women devise their own way to call their husbands. Mrs. Ted Pruitt, right, and Mrs. George Hall have their hands cupped around their mouths and are calling loudly, practicing for the husband-calling contest to be held at the V.F.W. picnic August 11, 1935 on Horshoe Lake. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun. The annual V.F.W. picnic will be the site of the contest, featuring wives of vets from Bremerton, Gig Harbor and Shelton posts. (Bremerton Sun, 8/10/1935, pg. 1)

Spouses--Bremerton--1930-1940; Shouting; Clothing & dress--1930-1940; Pruitt, Ted--Family; Hall, George--Family;

Four large mothballed military vessels berthed in Bremerton were photographed for the Bremerton Sun in August of 1935. Locals referred to this area to the west of the Navy yard as the "Boneyard," the home to unused and sometimes outdated vessels. The vessel with the white bow, second from left, was the Patoka, one of the few vessels ever fitted with a dirigible mooring mast on the deck. The wide, tower-like mast can be seen on the left side of the photograph. Built in 1919, the vessel was stored due to the declining size of the peacetime Navy. Also mothballed at the Navy yard were the Aroostook, the USS Pyro (one of only 2 ammunition ships constructed by the US government,) and the oil burning Prometheus and Jason. (Bremerton Sun 8/15/1935, pg. 1)

Boat graveyards--Bremerton; Government vessels--Bremerton; Warships--Bremerton--1930-1940;

In August of 1935, May Christenson posed in front of the tiny curio shop that she managed, the Jacque Gift Shop at 528 5th St. in Bremerton. The shop was owned by her sister Mrs. Percy Jacque of Seattle. Knick-knacks decorate the window and the basket outside appears to be holding chinese straw hats. Several flower pots hang from the walls. The store sold curios from China, Japan, Mexico and across the United States. Mrs. Christensen was featured in the February 6, 1936 Bremerton Sun in their "Around the Clock" feature, selected for her balancing act between working at the shop and taking care of her home, husband and elderly relatives. For Bremerton Sun. (Bremerton Sun 2/6/1936, pg. 1)

Jacque's Gift Shop (Bremerton); Christenson, May;

On August 12, 1935, the Will Hardware Juniors and the Chicken Coup All Stars, from the Bremerton Junior Baseball Club, paired off to settle the tied 6-6 baseball game of the week before. Their ace pitchers and coaches posed amiably in front of Washington Field's covered, wooden bleachers. They are identified in the Bremerton Sun as Chicken Coop pitcher McCarty, Will Hardware pitcher Bob Dowell, and coaches Mulvany, Bunker and Moon. The Coop AllStars won the game 6-1. (Bremerton Sun 8/12/1935, pg. 3)

Baseball--Bremerton--1930-1940; Baseball players--Bremerton--1930-1940; Bremerton Junior Baseball Club (Bremerton); Dowell, Bob;

The ladies of newly formed East Bremerton Garden Club posed in August of 1935 in the rock garden of the home of Otto Voll in Manette. Pictured left to right are Mrs. A.A. Holden (president), Mrs. Albert Gilman, Mrs. Frank Gillette, Mrs. W.J. Abbott and Mrs. Voll. The Club was hosting the Home Garden contest. The 24 entrants would be judged in the following categories, best lawn, best annual & perennial flower beds and best rockery, in addition to general yard improvement. (Bremerton Sun 8/14/1935, pg. 2)

East Bremerton Garden Club (Bremerton); Clubwomen--Bremerton; Voll, Otto--Homes & haunts;

Officers of the auxiliary to the International Association of Machinists were pictured on August 7, 1935 at 2020 11th Street in Bremerton, the home of their new president Mrs. Ethel Soike. The ten women pose outside the frame house in light spring or summer dresses. Reading left to right, top row, are Dagney Olson, June Nordquist, Anne Farrell, Alice Barg. Bottom row- Mary Holbrook, Margaret Roddy, Ethel Soike, Ethel Bernard, Hannah Walker and Emma Akers. (Bremerton Sun 8/20/1935, pg. 2)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; International Association of Machinists, auxiliary (Bremerton); Soike, Ethel--Homes & haunts;

On August 12, 1935, members of the Will Hardware and Chicken Coop All Star teams, from the Bremerton Junior Baseball Club, met at Washington Field to settle the 6-6 tied game from the week before. The two teams and their coaches posed amiably for this shot in front of the covered bleachers before facing off in their grudge match. Left to right, top row, are Strong, P. Mahan, B. Mahan, Demant, Quay, La Londe, Larson, Hess, Stoltz and Dowell. Center row- Moon, Mulvany, Blakey, Bruce, Thein, Sauvain and Bunker. Bottom row- McIntyre, Carpenter, Bandey, McCarty, Grams, Kelly, Wilbur and B. Dowell. The Coopsters won the second game 6-1. (Bremerton Sun 8/12/1935, pg. 3)

Baseball--Bremerton--1930-1940; Baseball players--Bremerton--1930-1940; Bremerton Junior Baseball Club (Bremerton);

Mrs. Helen McAnally's home at Magnolia Beach, Lot 3, Vashon Island. "Hot Coffee Ready." The home appears to be built just feet from the beach and has a wide front porch and lots of windows to take in the water view. Mrs. McAnally was the widow of Tacoma attorney Sam McAnally. She was nationally famous as a hostess and the celebrated would travel cross country by train and to the island by ferry to enjoy her hospitality. The beach house parties would continue over several days. Mrs. McAnally continued to hold her famous parties until she was in her eighties. (photograph also numbered HG 33-1) ("Magnolia Beach Memories" by Bob Gordon Sr.)

Houses--Vashon Island; McAnally, Helen--Homes & haunts;

Copy of last photograph of humorist Will Rogers (center) and aviator Wiley Post (right) before their deaths in airplane crash on August 15, 1935. Titled " Aug. 15th, 5:30 p.m.- Palmer, Alaska." On August 15, 1935, close friends Wiley Post and Will Rogers died in a plane crash 16 miles outside of Barrow, Alaska. The true cause of the crash remains unknown. Original snapshot rephotographed for F. J. Vassau. (Argentum)

Rogers, Will; Post, Wiley; Celebrities--1930-1940; Entertainers--1930-1940; Aviators;

Cowboy, actor, broadcast commentator, humorist and writer Will Rogers (far left) poses with legendary sled dog breeder Leonard Seppala, aviators Wiley Post and Joe Crosson, just before takeoff in Fairbanks, Alaska, on the last leg of his fatal flight. His small plane crashed due to engine failure near Barrow, Alaska, on August 15, 1935, and both he and pilot Post were killed. Joe Crosson had the sad duty of returning the bodies of Rogers and Post from Alaska by air. The nation mourned their deaths and Rogers, a Oklahoma native, was honored by his state in many ways, including statues, schools (13 public schools were named after him), airport and roadway as well as by California in the form of parks, highways and even a submarine. Will Rogers had visited the Tacoma area several times in the past and had developed friendships with Ray Gamble and Henry Sicade. TPL-5448 (www.willrogers.com) (image is stained at bottom and right edge)

Rogers, Will; Post, Wiley; Seppala, Leonard; Crosson, Joe; Airplanes--Alaska; Airplane propellers; Air pilots;

Swiss wrestlers at the 1935 competion, "Schwingfest." A crowd gathers around the wrestlers in a wooded area believed to be Lonely Acres Park at Renton Junction. Two flags hang from the trees; an ornamental one decorated with two wrestlers and a US flag. Judges appear to be gathered behind a wooden table.

Wrestling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swiss Americans--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma; Tacoma Schwinger Club (Tacoma);

Swiss wrestlers at the 1935 competition "Schwingfest." One man has another pinned in the clearing, surrounded by spectators in an outdoor venue believed to be the Lonely Acres Park at Renton Junction. Two flags are used as decoration; one adorned by two wrestlers and the other a US flag. This style of competitive wrestling, called Schwingen, was exclusively Swiss and clubs formed in the United States kept alive this traditional sport and also fostered pride in their heritage.

Wrestling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swiss Americans--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma; Tacoma Schwinger Club (Tacoma);

Swiss wrestlers at the 1935 Tacoma "Schwingfest." Victorious wrestlers wearing crowns of laurel leaves pose with "Crown Girls" representing the Schwinger Club of Tacoma. The men are dressed in shirt sleeves with ties, coat and tie or traditional costumes. The women wear floor length formal gowns. The "Crown Girls" are (L-R): Rose Birchler, Ann Moser, Ann Buehler, Arlene Etter, Elizabeth Kaech, Elizabeth Schwarzenberger, Frances Zehnder, Margaret Zehnder, Ann Suter, Mary Ulrich, Julia Portmann. Schwingers in 1935 scoring sequence L-R: (1) Al Ming, Sr., Cal.; (2) Frank Kizer, Tacoma; (3) Fritz Wolfisberg, Tacoma; (4) Karl Kessler, Tacoma; (5) Eugene Weber, Portland; (6) Leo Zumstein, Cal.; (7) Frank Betschart, Tacoma; (8) Frank Imhof, Tacoma; (9) Arnold Leutold, Cal.; (10) Robert Spichtig, Cal. The men in the last row were not identified. The Tacoma Schwinger Club was organized in November of 1928 and from 1934 to 1941 held their Tacoma Fests at the Lonely Acres Park at the Renton Junction, east of Renton and south of Tukwila. (Swiss Sportsmen 's Club of Tacoma: Golden Anniversary Program, various pages)

Wrestling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swiss Americans--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma; Tacoma Schwinger Club (Tacoma);

Bremerton Sun reporter Don Humble did some voluntary time behind bars on August 20, 1935, for the crime of annoying some local citizens. The full lipped young man in a dress shirt with rolled back cuffs and a loosened tie stared back from between jail cell bars. The jail cell was locked with a big padlock. The misanthrope soliloquized on the safety of jail (from women drivers) and the artistry of the cell wall reading material and its drawings. (Bremerton Sun 09-03-1935, pg. 1)

Jails--Bremerton--1930-1940; Cells (Rooms)--Bremerton--1930-1940; Humble, Don;

This small wooden Carpenter Gothic building, formerly a Lutheran Church, had served as Bremerton's Public Library since 1920. In August of 1935, the city was anxiously awaiting a decision from Harry Hopkins and the Public Works Administration on their request for funds to build a new library to house its 13,000 volumes and to better serve its 4876 borrowers. The pictured building had previously served as a church and a school. In order to house the volumes, it had floor to ceiling shelves, making the top books almost impossible to retrieve. (Bremerton Sun 09-21-1935, pg. 1) (filed with Argentum)

Public libraries--Bremerton;

A German doctor and his wife being greeted by a priest. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun. The priest holds his hat gallantly over his heart during the greeting. The doctor's wife wears a checked suit, white blouse and dark hat with European flair.

Physicians--German--1930-1940; Priests--Bremerton--1930-1940; Salutations--Bremerton--1930-1940; Arrivals & departures--Bremerton--1930-1940;

June Holbrook and James Lawson, defending cross lake swimming champions, posed on August 20, 1935 with their trophies. Mr. Lawson had won his for two successive wins and one more would bring him permanent possession. The pair defended their titles at the Lions Club swimming carnival August 25th held at Kitsap Lake. (filed with Argentum) (Bremerton Sun 08-24-1935, pg. 1)

Swimmers--Bremerton--1930-1940; Athletes--Bremerton--1930-1940; Awards; Holbrook, June; Lawson, James;

Men leaving work at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton. Young newspaper carriers are attempting to sell newspapers to the shipyard workers as they pass through the gate. Brick buildings in background. The safety clock on the building reads 12 noon; the board also records the number of "lost time" accidents for the year and compares it to the previous year. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun.

Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton); Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton--1930-1940; Boat & ship industry--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Men leaving work at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Buildings in the background include the Golden Hotel and drug stores. (Bremerton Sun).

Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton); Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton--1930-1940; Boat & ship industry--Bremerton--1930-1940; Golden Hotel (Bremerton);

J.H. Christman, president of the Kitsap County Dahlia Society, was pictured on August 28, 1935 with two specimens of dahlias grown by him. The larger one won second place in the sweepstakes at the Society's annual Dahlia Show, held at the Farmers' Market. The flower was named the "Heart of MIlwaukee," and was colored with amber and yellow. (Bremerton Sun 08-30-1935, pg. 1)

Flowers--Bremerton--1930-1940; Christman, J.H.; Kitsap County Dahlia Society (Bremerton);

Men shown leaving work at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton. The men must show their badge to Navy personnel before they can pass through the gate. Wooden buildings are in the background. (Bremerton Sun).

Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton); Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton--1930-1940; Boat & ship industry--Bremerton--1930-1940

DeMolay Eleventh Annual Conclave, held in Tacoma in August of 1935. A parade was held on August 31st, participating in the parade were 7 DeMolay patrols, 25 floats, the Shrine Band and Patrol and the Tacoma Rainbow Girls. A band group was photographed marching up 13th Street, Tacoma. Buildings and smoke stacks visible on the left.

Order of DeMolay--Meetings--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940;