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;

ca. 1936. Captain George H. Swanson was the club caretaker at the Tacoma Yacht Club in 1936. He is using the loud speaker system that is connected throughout the clubhouse and adjacent buildings. He wears a sailor's cap and holds binoculars. (T. Times 8/21/1936, pg. 1).

Swanson, George; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma); Intercommunication systems; Public address systems;

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. Magician Ray Gamble, seated facing the camera at near right, enjoying a meal with friends in Hollywood. Mr. Gamble and his wife Addie had apparently paid a visit to the famed Sardi's restaurant about 1936. Beatrice Houdini, widow of Harry Houdini, was seated in the next table along with Edward Saint. Caricatures of Eddie Cantor and Peter Lorre, and others, decorate the wall behind Mr. Gamble. From left to right are: Capt. Charles Howard of the Canadian Mounted Police; Mrs. Howard; Dr. J.E. Evedon of Hollywood; Mrs. Gamble; Mrs. Evedon; and Ray Gamble.

Magicians; Gamble, Ray, 1886-1972; Gamble, Addie; Howard, Charles; Howard, Charles--Family; Evedon, J.E.; Evedon, J.E.--Family; Sardi's (Hollywood, CA); Caricatures;

ca. 1936. Beatrice (Mrs. Harry) Houdini, Ray Gamble and other guests sit around a restaurant table believed to be located in the famed Sardi's restaurant in Hollywood circa 1936. On the walls are caricatures of famous visitors . At the table, left to right, are Edward Saint, unidentified, Ray Gamble, Beatrice Houdini, unidentified woman and another unidentified male.

Magicians; Houdini, Harry--Family; Houdini, Beatrice; Gamble, Ray, 1886-1972; Saint, Edward;

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;

The Modern Beauty Academy at 1153 Broadway, Tacoma, trained students in the latest hair styles and beauty secrets for nearly 40 years. A group of graduates are shown here with academy manager, Daniel J. Spellman, center. Founded in 1933, the school closed in 1962.

Lumber operations at St. Regis. Although photographer Boland's notes do not mention the location of this particular St. Regis Kraft Co. plant, it is probably the large concern in Tacoma as photographed in December of 1936. The Tacoma plant had been transformed into a modern facility for the production of 60,000 tons of bleached pulp per year. The company had spent a million dollars for new machinery and reconstruction. The pulp plant was operating by the end of November, 1936, with a crew of 250. The bleaching unit would open about three months later. (T.Times 11-25-36, p. 5-article)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Stack cleaners and workmen at Fisher Flouring Mills. Two men are barely visible at the top of one of two tall smokestacks at the flour mill. Wooden mill building with advertising sign "Fisher's Blend Flour". (T. Times).

Grain industry--Tacoma; Flour & meal industry--Tacoma; Fisher Flouring Mills (Tacoma);

Two men are barely visible, at the stop of the Fisher Flour Mills smoke stacks, in a photograph taken on January 7, 1937. Ordered by the Fisher Flour Mills.

Grain industry--Tacoma; Flour & meal industry--Tacoma; Fisher Flouring Mills (Tacoma); Smokestacks--Tacoma;

Photograph of two men, ordered by the Fisher Flour Mills.

Grain industry--Tacoma; Flour & meal industry--Tacoma; Fisher Flouring Mills (Tacoma);

Cold weather kept an icy grip on Tacoma in early January of 1937. Temperatures hovered around 15 degrees in town for several days, freezing the water in Wright Park's swan pond. By the time these nine youngsters had laced up their skates for a little night skating the temperatures had already climbed to about 32 degrees and snow was in the forecast. From left to right: Burrell Bresemann, Will LaPoint, Ray Hall, Don Heselwood, Shirley Quinn, Johanna Pitzl, Jack Alvord, Ed Carlin and Bob Taylor (standing). Although a teenager had nearly drowned when he fell through the ice at the swan pond several days earlier, ice skaters were using the pond again in apparent safety. (T.Times, 1/9/1937, p. 1; T.Times 1-7-37, p. 1-article on cold weather).

Wright Park (Tacoma); Children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ice skating--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bresemann, Burrell; LaPoint, Will; Hall, Ray; Heselwood, Don; Quinn, Shirley; Pitzl, Johanna; Alvord, Jack; Carlin, Ed; Taylor, Bob;

Young sledder in the North End after a snow storm. (T. Times).

Snow--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sleds & sleighs;

Scene in North End Tacoma looking through the trees above Old Town toward Tacoma Avenue North, taken from the Richards' residence on Prospect Hill. Snow-covered branches, streets, and building roofs. Tacoma was experiencing record low temperatures and snowfall. The airport had recorded a temperature of 2.7 degrees. At the same time, law officials frantically searched for kidnapped Tacoma ten year old Charles Mattson. Charles had been abducted from his home on December 27, 1936 dressed lightly, after taking a bath. (T. Times, 1/11/1937, p. 1)

Snow; Cityscapes; Winter;

Scene in North End Tacoma above Old Town. Looking down on Tacoma Avenue North from the Richards' residence on Prospect Hill. Snow-covered streets, roofs, and ground. Tacoma was experiencing record low temperatures and record snowfall. The airport recorded a temperature of 2.7 degrees. (T. Times 1-11-1937, pg. 1)

Snow; Winter; Cityscapes;

Groups in North End Tacoma after a snow storm. Several people sledding and enjoying the snow. (T. Times).

The Phillips Company Shoe Store, 1134 Broadway, window display of ladies shoes with prices. In 1937, Albert C. Harbke was manager. (filed with Argentum)

Phillips Co. (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Window displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shoes;

Annie Wright Seminary. Snow storm brings out students with skiis and sled. Neighborhood houses in the background beyond the snow-covered tennis courts.

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Snow--Tacoma; Skiing--Tacoma; Sleds & sleighs--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Heavy equipment in the street after a snow storm.

Snow--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A large group of North End Tacoma Skiers and sledders huddled around an open fire to warm up on Saturday January 9, 1937. After several days of below freezing temperatures, it warmed up in Tacoma on January the 8th and 9th just enough to bring several inches of snow. The only identified revellers in this photograph are: Jean Osborne (standing, far left, with ski poles), Gwen McKie (center, in light colored jacket, with ski poles), and Jean McKie (far right, on skis). (T. Times 1/11/1937 p.1).

Snow--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sleds & sleighs;