Steilacoom marching band. Group playing musical instruments as they march down the street past a one-story wooden building. The band appears to be a civic band made up of a wide variety of age groups, wearing a VFW style cap. The band is playing a prominent part in the second annual Music Festival to be held August 2nd, 1936 in Steilacoom. The celebration is being held under the auspices of the local veterans associations. The Steilacoom band will be joined by other out of town veteran music corps. (T. Times 7/31/1936, pg. 16)

Marching bands--Steilacoom; Musical instruments; Musicians--Steilacoom--1930-1940;

The Steilacoom band poses with their instruments in front of the Steilacoom Town Hall. They cross a wide range of ages and wear a variety of uniforms. All wear caps with the initials "S.C.B." The band will play a prominent part in the upcoming Steilacoom Music Festival, 8/2/1936, hosted by local veterans' groups. The city expects several thousand visitors. A loud speaker system will carry the concert over a 12 mile square area. (T. Times 7/31/1936, pg. 16) photo also numbered 9a-1-4.

Marching bands--Steilacoom; Musical instruments; Musicians--Steilacoom--1930-1940; Children playing musical instruments;

ca. 1937. Two-term mayor of Tacoma, Melvin G. Tennent, poses outside Globe Machine Works in 1937. The older man standing next to him is not identified. By 1937, Mr. Tennent was out of politics; he was the vice-president of Atlas Foundry. He had served as mayor during the mid-1920's and later in 1930. He would later seek a third term as mayor in 1940 but was defeated by Harry P. Cain. ALBUM 11.

Mayors--Tacoma--1920-1930; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tennent, Melvin Green;

ca. 1937. Former Mayor Melvin G. Tennent, left in photo, at Globe Machine Works. He and an unidentified older man are glancing off to the side. By 1937, Mr. Tennent was the vice-president of Atlas Foundry. Mr. Tennent was mayor of Tacoma twice, in 1926, and 1930. He was a native of Marietta, Georgia, who had left school at an early age to help support the family. He arrived in Tacoma in 1920 and in a mere six years of residency, defeated longtime mayor Angelo Vance Fawcett in the 1926 elections. Later in 1940, Mr. Tennent lost a bitterly contested race with Harry P. Cain for the mayor's office. ALBUM 11.

Mayors--Tacoma--1920-1930; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tennent, Melvin Green;

ca. 1937. Automobile accident in Gig Harbor. Mr. Whettmore. Five men standing on gravel road beside damaged two-door automobile in this circa 1937 photograph. They may be exchanging information. Other vehicles have pulled over on the left.

Traffic accidents--Gig Harbor; Automobiles--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Automobile accident at 4th and M Streets. Automobile over-turned on drivers side with front of truck resting on vehicle's under-carriage.

Vehicles - Automobiles, Trucks Accidents - Traffic Accidents

ca. 1936. Tacoma Fire Company, Fireboat No. 1 on Commencement Bay.

Vessels - Boats - Firefighting BoatsGovernment - City of Tacoma - Fire Department - Fireboat

Hawthorne School 6A class photographed in June of 1937. The ten students smile into the sunshine on the steps of their school, built in 1913 from a design by Heath and Gove. The school was razed in 1981.

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hawthorne School (Tacoma);

The Biltmore Apartments, Frederick A. Sexton, Architect, 1889. Entrance detail of Queen Anne-style building showing planting urns, art glass and entry doors. Ordered by Marsh.

Biltmore Apartments (Tacoma); Apartment houses--Tacoma;

ca. 1937. Photograph ordered by Al Gehri for a Better Homes and Gardens article on building modern homes. A worker is manually mixing cement with a shovel for use in house construction. Next to him appears to be a kind of "beater" device that helps to mix the cement.

Construction--1930-1940; Construction industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. John and Rose Dower Estate. "Dower Dell." The estate was built in 1927 for John Dower, president of the John Dower Lumber Co. Trees reflected in a water feature. (filed with Argentum)

Dower, John--Homes & haunts; Estates--Lakewood;

ca. 1937. John and Rose Dower Estate. "Dower Dell." Glimpse of house through the trees. (filed with Argentum)

Dower, John--Homes & haunts; Estates--Lakewood;

Hopper-Kelly Company of Tacoma, household electrical appliances dealers. Two Grunow refrigerators, one closed, one open. The newly remodeled store was the area headquarters for Grunow, Stewart-Warner and Potter refrigerators.

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Refrigerators--1930-1940;

When the Hopper-Kelly Co. appliance store at 1145 Broadway expanded in 1937 they added a musical instrument department under the management of Ralph W. "Happy" Harrison (at left). Mr. Harrison had already been in the musical instrument business in Tacoma for several years and the quality of his instruments attracted many musicians to the Hopper-Kelly store. He carried Hohner, Carmen, and Accordiana accordions, and a wide selection of stringed instruments included Rex Aragon guitars. Mr. Harrison died suddenly in October of 1941 at the age of 46. The second man is unidentified. (TDL 2/14/1937 p. A-7)

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Harrison, Ralph W.; Music stores--Tacoma; Musical instruments; Stringed instruments; Accordions;

ca. 1937. The Hopper-Kelly Company service crew was photographed in 1937 standing in front of their newly modernized and expanded store at 1145 Broadway. Pictured left to right are Harry Warner (service manager), Walter Reynolds, Ed Michajla, Jr., Ed Michajla, Sr., Clair Sherrod, Hi MacPherson, C.B. Rees and Harry Robertson. The store served as the area headquarters for Stewart-Warner, Potter and Grunow refrigerators (featured in display window.) The company sold household appliances, such as washers, ironers and refrigerators, as well as radios and pianos. President of the company was C. Galvin Hopper. (TDL 2/14/1937, pg. A-7)

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Music stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Roy's model hop farm. Photograph of farm house, barn and surrounding fields. Pictures ordered by Tacoma National Bank. The 41 acre model farm was owned by James E. & J.W. Feak. Farm also pictured in series D5210.

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940; Barns--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Ross Houston, installation of wooden water flume for farm near Yelm. Much of Yelm's irrigation system in the mid 30's was subsidized by the Works Progress Administration. Ross Houston had contracts to build this wooden flume and to install prefabricated wood street gutters in Tacoma.

Irrigation canals & flumes--Yelm; Farms--Yelm; Houston, Ross; Lumber industry; Building materials;

ca. 1937. Model of the ship "Grand Master," built by Nepean (N.C.) Garrison.

Model ships; Garrison, N. C.--Associated objects;

ca. 1937. View of Bone Dry Shoe Company location in Rust Building. "Forced to Vacate - Removal Sale" signs on transoms. Ordered for designer to illustrate proposed alterations for Lundquist-Lilly Company.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. "Mooring mast" type- radio transmission tower for KMO Radio at Fife. Photograph was taken in the fields at Fife circa 1937. This photo is looking towards the northwest. The actual KMO station building was near and faced Highway 99. The field in the background was owned by Colonial Gardens, an Italian cooperative produce farm, at the time this photo was taken. The house to the left of the tower, but in the background, was owned by Angelo and Jennie Bevegni; Angelo was apparently the main field boss with Colonial Gardens. The house in the background and to the left was owned by Martin and Mary Kaelin. The buildings between their home and that of the Bevegni home were barns used for the Kaelin dairy. Wapato Creek served as a boundary primarily north and south (at this point) between the Colonial Gardens property and the properties of the Kaelin and Bevegni families.

Radio & television towers--1930-1940; Radio broadcasting--1930-1940; Radio stations--1930-1940; KMO Radio Station (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific locomotive 10250, EP2 after accident, circa 1937. (filed with Argentum)

Railroad locomotives--Tacoma; Railroad companies--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma);

Texaco sales meeting at the (new) Tacoma Hotel. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Window display at Ted Brown Music Store, circa 1937. Photograph ordered by the Sunset Electric Company. View of display window featuring Philco Radios.Two small dolls, several portable and floor model radios, one with cardboard cutout of woman standing by it. (filed with Argentum)

Ted Brown Music Store (Tacoma); Radios; Window displays--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Mountain highway. Two-lane paved highway cuts through a heavily forested, mountainous area in this circa 1936 photograph.

Mountain roads--Washington; Roads--Washington; Forests--Washington;

ca. 1936. Automobiles and a bus crowded into a snow-laden ski area parking lot. Three skiers are preparing for the mountain slopes. A small building sits on the edge of the parking area.

Mountains - Washington Weather - Snow Sports - Winter Sports - Skiing Vehicles - Automobiles, Buses

ca. 1936. Skiers waiting in line and watching a skier maneuver through the snow. Flags mark the ski trail.

Sports - Winter Sports - Skiing

ca. 1936. Scenic view of Puget Sound at Point Defiance, circa 1936. A small row boat cuts through the water in the foreground. In the background, more row boats, a ferry, Pt. Defiance boat house, smelter stack and Mount Rainier. Stock negative taken from ferry.

Commencement Bay (Wash.); Rowboats--Tacoma; Ferries--Tacoma; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1936. Bulb grower Karl Koehler, Sr. (at far right) with four women in a tulip field at Orting, circa 1936. His wife Elsie, who he married in 1919 in Parkland, is facing the camera at far left. The tulip flowers are in bloom and stand waist-to-thigh high on the admiring group. Mr. Koehler had come to Orting in 1890 where he engaged in raising hops and later dairying before going into the bulb industry. He imported his bulbs from Holland and experimented constantly to develop his own species. Mr. Koehler eventually had more than 800 varieties. Using his eye for beauty, he planted his bulbs so that the colors would harmonize and the blooms, according to the News Tribune, would appear in rotation to present a rainbow effect. This would continue the entire growing season. Mr. Koehler would pass away at age 68 in Tacoma leaving his wife Elsie, son Karl Jr., and daughters Louise and Helene besides four siblings. (T.Times 10-28-1942, p. 1-obit.; TNT 10-28-1942, p. 12-obit.) (Identification provided by a family member)

Koehler, Karl; Koehler, Elsie; Tulips--Orting;

ca. 1936. Karl Koehler shows his young son, Karl Jr., some of the large tulips blooming at the Koehler Bulb Farm near Orting in this circa 1936 photograph. Mr. Koehler was originally from Saxony, Germany and was the son of a master gardener. He came to Orting in 1890 where he started his 52-acre farm. He first raised hops and later turned to dairying before going into the bulb industry. Mr. Koehler eventually had more than 800 varieties of blooms. Karl Koehler passed away at age 68 in October of 1942. (T.Times 10-28-1942, op. 1-obituary; TNT 10-28-1942, p. 12-obituary) (Identification provided by a family member)

Koehler, Karl; Families--Orting; Fathers--Orting; Tulips--Orting;

ca. 1936. Lakewood community house under construction. A large bay window and ornate brick railing enhance the architecture of the brick building. This is believed to be the Lakewood Community Center which was designed by Silas E. Nelsen and opened in July of 1937. Stock negative.

Building construction--Lakewood--1930-1940; Lakewood Community Center (Lakewood);