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I80-1

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;

I82-3

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;

M16-23

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;

M44-1

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;

M50-1

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;

M51-1

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


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

M510-1

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;

2707-2

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;

D3012-3

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;

D3004-6

ca. 1936. Tacoma Fire Company, Fireboat No. 1. Firefighters at stations on fire boat with far-reaching sprays in action.


Fireboats--Tacoma--1930-1940;

D3004-7

ca. 1936. Tacoma Fire Company, Fireboat No. 1. Firefighters at stations on fire boat directing far-reaching sprays of water into Commencement Bay. Industries in background.


Fireboats--Tacoma--1930-1940;

D3008-1

ca. 1936. Andrew Holt, shoe repairer at Bone-Dry Shoe Store, standing at counter piled with many pairs of worn boots. Machinery behind him. Location 11th and Commerce Streets.


Holt, Andrew; Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma);

D3021-2

New one-and-one-half story cottage by Cavanaugh Lumber Company, with sign "For Sale Robert A. Walker and Co." in front window. Located at about 7000 A Street.


Houses--Pierce County--1930-1940; Cavanaugh Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

D3006-1

ca. 1936. George Lawler bulb farm at Roy, Washington. A young girl holds a bouquet of tulips in the flower field where tulips have grown as tall the child.


Lawler Bulbs (Roy); Lawler, George--Homes & haunts; Tulips; Croplands--Roy; Girls--Roy--1930-1940;

D3006-2

ca. 1936. George Lawler bulb farm at Roy, Washington. A small girl wearing a sun bonnet holds a bouquet of tulips. She is standing in the tulip field where tulips grow as tall as the child.


Lawler Bulbs (Roy); Lawler, George--Homes & haunts; Tulips; Croplands--Roy; Girls--Roy--1930-1940;

D3007-9

ca. 1936. West Coast Plywood Mill. Buildings and log boom at mill.


Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; West Coast Plywood Mill (Tacoma);

D3011-1

ca. 1936. Tacoma Tug and Barge Co. tugboat "Fearless" was photographed circa 1936 alongside a barge carrying a Brute Crane.


Tugboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hoisting machinery;

D3012-2

ca. 1936. Comptometer for Mr. Strang. Counting election votes. Group of people in an office. Women at desks with adding machines.


Vote counting--1930-1940;

3A1-1

ca. 1936. "Digging for Dollars" pamphlets and handbills for advertising campaign. Bound pamphlet "Let's Go Digging for Dollars" by Frank R. Ingalsbe. Also forms requesting information or pledging money, in denominations of 10.00, for a mine. Ordered by Miller and Miller Advertising. (WSHS)


Advertisements; Pamphlets; Fund raising--Tacoma;

3A1-3

ca. 1936. Man seated at desk covered with advertisements, brochures and mailings to promote "Digging for Dollars." For Miller & Miller Advertising. (Argentum)


Advertisements; Pamphlets; Fund raising--Tacoma;

644-1

ca. 1936. Celia Grace Scofield poses with her horse. Celia is listed as a student in the 1936 City Directory. She is the daughter of Harvey O. and Celia B. Scofield, residing at 608 No. Ainsworth. Harvey Scofield was the County Commissioner District No. 2. In August of 1941, Miss Scofield married Theodore Herreid. Photograph was ordered by the Woodbrook Hunt Club.


Scofield, Celia Grace; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses;

752-2

ca. 1936. Tacoma General Hospital; First Diploma. The Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital was the first hospital in Tacoma, established in 1882; in 1912, the name was changed to Tacoma General Hospital. From 1895 to 1980, TG was home to the Tacoma General School of Nursing. This was the diploma of one of its first graduates, George T. Smith, dated June 1, 1897. Mr. Smith started at TG in May of 1886 as an orderly and stayed for 48 years. He died in September of 1934, just two months shy of his 77th birthday. He left to TG both the proceeds of his life insurance policy and his savings. At the time of his death, he was still the only male graduate of TG's nursing school. (filed with Argentum)


Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Diplomas; Nurses--Tacoma--1890-1900; Smith, George T.--Associated objects; Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital (Tacoma);

752-24

ca. 1936. Exterior of Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936; front entrance. Tacoma General is Tacoma's oldest continuously operating hospital. It began as the Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital in 1882 at 2511 No. Starr St. As the population grew, a new Fannie Paddock Hospital was opened in 1889 at 312 So. J St. on a plot of land donated by the Tacoma Land Co. In 1912, the name was changed to Tacoma General Hospital in an attempt to help the community identify with the hospital. The building in this photograph opened in 1915 at 315 So. K (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) and has been added on to in 1925, '64, '77 and '82 as the need arose for more beds and services. (filed with Argentum)


Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

787-2

ca. 1936. Demarest Tea at "Shadowland," circa 1936. Shadowland was the country home at 12101 Gravelly Lake Dr. S.W., in the Interlaaken Addition of Lakewood, purchased by Ernest W. Demarest in 1924. Women having tea, some seated on porch swing. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum)


Demarest, Ernest--Homes & haunts; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940;

D2517-1

ca. 1936. Vehicle traveling down an unpaved road. In the distance, a large expanse of houses and beyond, Mount Rainier with cumulus cloud cover. Wild lupines bloom along the side of the road. Stock negative, circa 1936.


Automobiles--1930-1940; Roads; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Wildflowers;

D2524-1

ca. 1936. Turner Richards large motor boat, filled with civilians and Navy personnel, speeding across the water.


Vessels - Boats - Motor Boats

D2529-3

ca. 1936. Firefighters on land and in a fireboat spray water on the fire at Gamble Manufacturing Company.


Disasters - Fires - Industry Fires

D2538-1

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


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

D2538-5

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;

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