ca. 1936. Agnes (Mrs. Matthew) Fischer standing by brick arch over porch, panel window and front door in background. Mr. Fischer was Executive Secretary of Sunbeam Gold Mines and Secretary-Treasurer of Golden West Mining Company.

Fischer, Agnes; Fischer, Matthew--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1936. Agnes (Mrs. Matthew) Fischer and children in yard of home. Mrs. Fischer and one daughter sit on stool, second daughter and son standing beside them. (Argentum)

Fischer, Matthew--Family; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fischer, Matthew--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1936. Julian Street, in suit, seated at dinner table with wine glass in hand in this circa 1936 photograph. Nice place settings, silver tray and candelabra on sideboard behind. (Argentum)

Street, Julian; Glassware;

ca. 1936. Estelle (Mrs. J.C.) Gould in jacket with striped scarf and hat, daughter Jedell standing on left side wearing coat and cap. Mother and daughter are leaving Tacoma to make a new home in Santa Clara. Mr. Gould is with the military science department at the Santa Clara University. Mrs. Gould's sister Blanche Yorktheimer, noted local musician, will be making San Francisco her new quarters. (T. Times 10/3/1936, pg. 6)

Gould, Estelle; Mothers & children--1930-1940; Gould, Jedelle;

ca. 1936. Estelle (Mrs. J.C.) Gould and daughter Jedell sitting on padded bench under arched window surrounded by wood spool design and holding a book. Background appears to possibly be the Yorktheimer mansion at 27 Broadway. Mrs. Gould's maiden name was Yorktheimer. (When the Yorktheimer home was demolished, Steve Pease bought much of the interior woodwork and installed it in his Gay Nineties restaurant. To see the spool woodwork in Steve's, see A123741 image 11 & 12.)

Gould, Estelle; Gould, Jedell; Mothers & children;

ca. 1936. George W. and Francis Duncan and family at home. Elderly woman in lace dress in chair, middle aged couple, two young men, one in Naval uniform (George C. Duncan is also listed at this address in the city directory) and one young woman.

Duncan, George W.--Family; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. T. Paul Strong, in tweed suit, polka dot tie and hat. Strong ran a grocery store at 247 Broadway and worked as a clerk at Rhodes Brothers Department Store. (Argentum)

Strong, T. Paul;

ca. 1936. Photographer Lee Merrill in three piece suit with flowered tie. The 1936 City Directory lists a Lee Merrill, president & manager of Lee P. Merrill & Co. They were advertising agents and publishers of the Weekly Review, Merrill Almanac and Rainier National Park News. (Argentum)

Merrill, Lee; Portraits;

ca. 1936. Clemens W. Van Rooy Family Christmas Card. Wife Marie in chair, flanked by daughter Marianna Catherine and son William (Clemens William III) Van Rooy, daughter Betty Lou and son Buster (Clemens William II) behind chair. Mr. Van Rooy died July 23, 1941 at his home on No. J after an illness. He was an accountant and the head of Van Rooy & Co, public accountants. He retired as a major from the National Guard in 1941.

Van Rooy, Clemens--Family; Van Rooy, Marianna Catherine; Van Rooy, William; Van Rooy, Betty Lou; Van Rooy, Buster; Christmas cards; Van Rooy, Marie;

ca. 1936. John Dower standing behind a chair in which wife Rose is seated. Photograph taken at the Dower's home "Dowerdell." Dower was chairman of the John Dower Lumber Company.

Dower, John; Dower, Rose;

ca. 1936. Guest room at the new Tacoma Hotel, formerly known as the Tacoma Hotel Annex. The annex opened as the main hotel after the historical main building burned in October of 1935. Photograph shows a typical guest room with a double bed with white bedspread and iron bedframe. A mirror and dresser are on the opposite wall. A desk sits beside the bed and a radiator by the window supplies the heat.

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

ca. 1936. Gregory Furniture Manufacturing Company, display of cedar chests inside concrete loft warehouse type building. Probably an exhibit booth for a home show. Gregory Furniture Manufacturing was located in Tacoma at 2908 So. Steele. Edwin Gregory and Howard E. Gregory were the company's officers. (Argentum)

Gregory Furniture Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Chests; Exhibit booths;

ca. 1936. Tacoma Tug & Barge Company tugboat "Fearless" pushing a barge bearing a Brute Crane. Built in Tacoma in 1900, the 80 foot tug was one of the most powerful tugs at the turn of the century. She later became the Foss 21. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Tug & Barge Co. (Tacoma); Tugboats--1930-1940; Hoisting machinery;

ca. 1936. Engineering Specialty Company, Seattle, interior view of machine shop. (filed with Argentum)

Engineering Specialty Co. (Seattle); Machine shops--Seattle;

ca. 1936. Plymouth sedan taxicab at Wright Park with uniformed driver opening door. For Goodyear, Shaub-Ellison Tire Company. (filed with Argentum)

Taxicab drivers; Taxicabs--Tacoma; Shaub-Ellison Co. (Tacoma); Plymouth automobile; Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wright Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A large crane is mounted on a Foss barge as the Foss Tugboat, the Diamond B, prepares to tow it down the Puyallup Waterway in December of 1936. The East 11th Street Bridge is in the left background.

Hoisting machinery; Towing--Tacoma; Tugboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Interior of Northwest Door Company, for Joe Cornish. (filed with Argentum)

Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Machinery; Plywood; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Interior of Northwest Door Company, for Joe Cornish. (filed with Argentum)

Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Machinery; Plywood; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Interior of Northwest Door Company, for Joe Cornish. (filed with Argentum)

Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Machinery; Plywood; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Fort Nisqually reconstruction at Point Defiance Park. View through gate of Factors House and bastion. The Factors House was built in 1854 for Dr. Tolmie and was one of two surviving structures from the original fort. The original 1830's Hudson's Bay trading post was located in the Nisqually Delta. It was moved from its original site in Dupont to a bluff in Point Defiance Park in the mid 1930's. Funds were provided by the Young Men's Business League, the Chamber of Commerce and several federally subsidized work programs creating needed jobs in the Depression years.

Hudson's Bay Co. (Tacoma); Frontier & pioneer life--Tacoma; Trading posts--Tacoma; Fort Nisqually (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma);

ca. 1936. Small fishing boats on the Sound at Pt. Defiance. Stock negatives taken from ferry.

Puget Sound (Wash.); Boats--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Four men looking over the rail of a ferry. In the distance is the Narrows, south of Point Definance to the transmission towers. Stock negative.

Puget Sound (Wash.); Ferries--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Bulb grower Karl Koehler, Sr. with a family in the tulip fields of Orting, circa 1936. The flowers are in bloom in the field and a farmhouse stands in the distance. Mr. Koehler first raised hops on his 52-acre land and later turned to dairying. He became involved in the bulb industry when butterfat prices dropped and he was unable to find help to milk his 45 cows. Mr. Koehler came to the Orting area in 1890 and remained there until his death at age 68 in October of 1942. By that time he was renowned for his hundreds of varieties of bulbs, specializing in tulips. National Geographic magazine ran a color photograph of Mr. Koehler standing amidst his multi-colored blooms and other publications, including Colliers and Saturday Evening Post, were active in promoting Mr. Koehler's farm and flowers. (T.Times 10-28-1942, p. 1-obit.; TNT 10-28-1942, p. 12-obit.; Gould: "History of the Flower Bulb Industry in Washington State, p. 71-72-article only) (Identification provided by a family member)

Koehler, Karl; Tulips--Orting;

ca. 1936. An O. B. King company truck loaded with large logs waits by the railroad tracks at the edge of the commercial district of a small town. A young woman, holding school books and reaching up to a log, stands beside the unattended truck.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; O.B. King Co. (Tacoma); Logs;

ca. 1936. Scenic view of rugged mountain peaks. Stock negative.

Mountains - Washington

ca. 1936. George Lawler, bulb grower, house and gardens. Distant view taken in 1936 of Mr. and Mrs. Lawler standing in front of home. House was a two-story, Colonial-style home. This is most probably the Lawler estate at Gardenville, near Fife, where Mr. Lawler began his bulb business in 1910. It was described as having green shutters, a red roof and a graceful entrance between two columns. It was located near what is now 54th Avenue East and Fourth Street. The house was ringed by Lombardy poplars and the "Gardenville" moniker was in honor of its flowers. The house was believed to still be in the Fife area in 1992, moved about 300 feet north of its original site. (TNT 04/25/1992 D3)

Lawler, George--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1936. Group of people at Woodbrook Hunt Club standing beside a grouping of trees in front of wood-frame building. Woodbrook members tentatively identified as, left to right, Hill Hudson, Mr. Bishop, Marian Ingram, ?, Marguerite Bonnell, three unidentified riders and, on the far right, C.A. Erskine. (filed with Argentum)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Bonnell, Marguerite;

ca. 1936. Unidentified older man sitting on steps of front porch. He is wearing a pointed felt hat with brim, suit and tie, and knitted sweater vest. (WSHS)

Older people--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Comptometer for Mr. Strang. Counting election votes. An announcer for KVI radio sits at a desk next to three people working on election ballots.

Counting votes--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Boats moored at a marina.

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