ca. 1937. Residence of Matthew and Agnes Fischer. Large two-story brick home, sunroom on right side with terrace above it. House built in 1927 for Henry Thompson. (Argentum)

Fischer, Matthew--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Mrs. Metcalf, per Richards Studio records, seated in straight back chair wearing floral dress with crochet trim. (Argentum)

Older people--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Griffin Fuel Company truck and driver in front of loading chute of coal bunkers. These are automatic gravity bunkers filled with coal. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Man beside Griffin Fuel Company coal truck with body elevated. Coal bunkers and stacked wood in the background. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Griffin Fuel Company wood yard showing truck loading. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuelwood;

ca. 1937. Man standing beside Griffin Fuel Company saw-dust yard. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Mayor George Smitley buying tickets for the Grange Ball. J.C. Blaser, master of the Collins Grange, is pointing at a ticket placed before Mayor Smitley. The funds raised by the benefit dance would help rebuild the children's farm home at Lacy, which had been recently destroyed by fire. The dance was held on Saturday, February 13, 1937. As mayor, Mr. Smitley apparently was expected to, and did, purchase many tickets to various charitable and social affairs. ALBUM 11. (T.Times 2/11/1937, pg. 3)

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Blaser, J.C.;

ca. 1937. Mrs. A. E. (Nettie) Cromwell, circa 1937, standing in the doorway of her house holding a watering can and looking out at her prolific garden. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma News Tribune. (filed with Argentum)

Cromwell, A.E.--Homes & haunts; Gardens; Backyards--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Dower Estate, Dower Dell. John Dower and others beside railing looking at lake or stream within the extensively landscaped property.

Dower, John--Homes & haunts; Dower, John; Business people--Tacoma--1930-1940; Estates--Lakewood;

ca. 1937. John Dower house, Dower Dell. "Old English" style house built in 1927 for the owner of John Dower Lumber Company. General view of house through trees.

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

ca. 1937. John Dower Estate, Dower Dell. Gardens. Ducks in pond.

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

ca. 1937. John Dower Estate, Dower Dell. Gardens. Pond with foot bridge and surrounding trees.

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

Four men holding rifles for portrait with two gutted bears hanging from the rafters of a wooden building. Elias Messinger Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Hunting - Bear HuntingOrganizations - Military Organizations - Veterans Organizations - Veterans of Foreign Wars - Tacoma - Elias Messinger Post

Charles W. Greening, manager of the Lincoln Branch Puget Sound National Bank of Tacoma, stands behind the bank counter and discusses recent bank robberies. He became a hero when he pursued and shot a young bandit who held up his bank January 13th, 1937. The wounded robber was arrested when he sought medical attention in Spokane. Mr. Greening was later rewarded with a watch by the bank's insurance company. (T. Times 11/11/1937, pg. 13)

Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Greening, Charles W.;

ca. 1937. Mrs. Peterson's announcement party. Matronly woman standing between two younger women who appear to be twins--one is wearing a tuxedo and tophat, the other one is wearing a dress with a corsage.

Women

Copy for Tacoma Times columnist E.T. Short of Treasury warrant for purchase of Alaska, dated 08/01/1868. Check for $7,200,000 to Emperor of Russia. Warrant & acknowledgement. (T. Times)

Documents;

ca. 1937. Water stands almost to the doorways of these homes during the 1937 Puyallup Valley flood.

Floods--1930-1940; Disasters--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Works Progress Administration motion picture projectionist at the Tacoma Armory, circa 1937. Man looking at reel of film, sign reading "USA Work Program WPA", many children in background. The poster is a typical graphic from the WPA. The WPA was created in May of 1935. The letters originally stood for Works Progress Administration, which later became the Works Projects Administration. The New Deal program provided jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression. It was shut down in later 1943, as defense industries eliminated unemployment during World War II. (T. Times)

Motion pictures; Depressions--1929; Works Progress Administration (Tacoma); Propaganda;

ca. 1937. Stadium High School Girls' Marching Unit, the Tigerannas, ca. 1937. The Tigerannas were formed in 1937 to march with the Stadium Band, providing a little extra color to performances. They were the brainchild of R.C. Fussell, Stadium Instrumental director. The 45 girls were photographed standing in wing formation. Their uniforms are short, shiny dresses in blue and gold with matching Cossack boots and pillbox style hats. (T.Times 10/15/1937, pg. 8) (WSHS)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Drill teams--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. J.S. Kemp art collection at the Ferry Museum, Washington State Historical Society. Photograph also numbered A7407-1

Washington State Historical Building (Tacoma); Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Galleries & museums--Tacoma--1940-1950;

ca. 1937. Sentencing of Stanley G. Morrison, Tacoma real estate and investment broker tried for mail fraud in 1937. Four men crossing the street at 9th Street and Court A on their way to the Federal Courts. Mr. Morrison would end up serving three years of a five-year term at McNeil Island federal penitentiary. In October, 1941, he would be summoned to Superior Court on eleven counts of grand larceny in the alleged misappropriation of $30,000 entrusted to his firm by Frank Berry, fisherman. (T.Times, 10-14-41, p. 1, 10-16-41, p. 1)

Crimes--Tacoma; Morrison, Stanley G.--Trials, litigation, etc.;

ca. 1937. Sentencing of Stanley G. Morrison, Tacoma broker tried for mail fraud, 1937. Three men standing in the doorway to the Federal Building. Mr. Morrison would be sentenced to a five-year term for using the mails to defraud. He would be released on parole from McNeil Island federal penitentiary after serving three years. He then would be tried in Superior Court on 11 counts of fraud in 1941. (T.Times 10-14-41, p. 1)

Crimes--Tacoma; Morrison, Stanley G.--Trials, litigation, etc.;

ca. 1937. City League Baseball Team in uniforms standing in front of bleachers, ca. 1937. According to Richards Studio notes, the team represented Naubert's. Naubert's Recreation is listed in the 1937 City Directory as a billiard hall at 945 Commerce, managed by Frank C. Naubert. (filed with Argentum) same group pictured in series D101 image 1.

Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. City League Baseball Team in casual clothes, batboy in front, circa 1937. Team is listed in Richards Studio notes as the Peninsula Baseball Team from Long Branch. (filed with Argentum)

Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Long Branch--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Russell (Russ) H. Michael's Service Station baseball team; the 1937 Twilight League Baseball Champions. The players wear long sleeved shirts that say "Russ Michael's Service, 38th & M." The man in the bow tie is Russ Michael, the owner of the service station. In the 1930's, baseball was the true American sport and most Americans played. City leagues were numerous and many businesses sponsored a team. (Michael's identification supplied by a family member)

Russ Michael's Service (Tacoma); Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Michael, Russell H.;

ca. 1937. Wrecked automobile off roadway in South Tacoma, circa 1937. Automobile is a 4-door sedan with round rear window and spoke wheels. Impact seems to have occurred on the driver's side as both the driver's door and rear door were heavily damaged. The accident has drawn a crowd of curious spectators, including children.

Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940; Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Loading cut lumber from the docks onto the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company's lumber ship "Lake Frances".

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Cargo ships--Tacoma; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. In 1937 former Tacoma mayor Melvin G. Tennent (far left) was photographed while visiting the Globe Machine Manufacturing Company at 301 East 11th Street. Melvin Green Tennent was twice elected mayor of Tacoma; first when he defeated four-term incumbent Angelo Fawcett in March, 1926, by 4000+ votes, and again in 1930. Born in 1885 in Marietta, Georgia, Mr. Tennent went to work in an iron foundry when only 10 years old. He moved to Washington state in 1920 and became the president of Tennent Steel Casting Co. with branches in three cities. In 1937 the City Directory listed him as the vice-president of the Atlas Foundry. Mr. Tennent, who claimed to have tried to retire three times, died in 1969 at the age of 84, still active in real estate. ALBUM 11.

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

ca. 1937. Puyallup Cooperative Hatchery. Worker has his hands full with baby chicks and hatching eggs. He is surrounded by crates of light and dark chicks and eggs. Ordered by Joe Cornish, West Coast Plywood Mill.

Puyallup Cooperative Hatchery (Puyallup); Chickens--Puyallup; Chicken industry--Puyallup;

ca. 1937. Puyallup Cooperative Hatchery. Man examining two young chicks under a hanging light. Several other chicks are boxed in crates under lamp. Ordered by Joe Cornish.

Puyallup Cooperative Hatchery (Puyallup); Chickens--Puyallup; Chicken industry--Puyallup;