ca. 1933. Virges Drug Store booknook, "The Book Bower Lending Library," circa 1933. For Isabel Lane. According to the 1932 City Directory, Virges Drug Co. had multiple locations at 914 and 958 Pacific Ave. and 785 Broadway. The company was owned by William Virges, who was also president of the Pacific Brewing and Malting Co., National Coconut Butter Co. and National Soap Co. (filed with Argentum)
Virges Drug Co. (Tacoma); Drugstores--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1933. The lunchroom and counter at Virges Drug Store. Photograph ordered by Mrs. Adeline M. Lilleberg.. According to the 1932 City Directory, Virges Drug Co. had multiple locations at 914 and 958 Pacific Ave. and 785 Broadway. Photograph is of the inside of a soda shop with booths, and stools and counter. (filed with Argentum)
Virges Drug Store (Tacoma); Drug stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1933. For Andrew's Fixture Company, "Modernistic Model" service bar. Art Deco bar and backbar, circa 1933, with two men standing behind. Andrew's Fixture Co. was located at 102 So. 15th and was owned by Andrew Richards. Location of the bar is unknown. (filed with Argentum)
ca. 1935. Defiance Lumber Company, with its tall smokestack, was located along the Tacoma waterfront at 4601 Ruston Way. The traveling crane, seen to the right of center, carried lumber from the mill's yard to be loaded on ships headed for the far corners of the world. Built in 1905 and 1906 the Defiance mill had dock frontage and storage for 10,000,000 feet of lumber. The Defiance mill closed in December of 1951 never to re-open. The company had employed an average of 150 to 200 men. (TNT, 8/10/1927; 12/22/1951, p.1)
ca. 1935. Bird's-eye view of Defiance Lumber Company mill showing waterfront storage buildings and large cranes. The travelling cranes were used to move the lumber from the dock onto ships for transport around the world. (filed with Argentum)
ca. 1933. Guido F. Cinelli came to Tacoma from Italy in 1902 at the age of 18 and opened the G. Cinelli Company food importing business in 1913 in a building at 1549 South C. In 1926 he moved his business to this building at 2132-34 Pacific Avenue. The company specialized in imported Italian food, and they manufactured their own macaroni on the third floor of the building. Guido Cinelli died in 1952 at the age of 68. The G. Cinelli Co. went out of business at this address in 1957.
G. Cinelli Co. (Tacoma); Food industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Facades--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Studio portrait of a young girl in a frilly dress posing on old trunk, taken in February of 1934. Richards Studio notes identify her as Rodella "Hokum" (probably Hockom.) The portrait was ordered by Walt Sutter of Tacoma; she was possibly his granddaughter. She was also possibly the same girl pictured in Series 605 images O and 3B and Series I53 Images 2 and 4. (filed with Argentum)
Hockom, Rodella; Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sutter, Walter H.--Family;
ca. 1934. Henry Querrette working with handtool in his workshop. He is surrounded by supplies- lanterns, saws, wood and cans. He is wearing suspenders and smoking a pipe with a curved bowl. Querrette, also known as "Chips," was a carpenter and home builder. During the thirties, Better Homes & Gardens magazines featured him in a series of articles written by Alfred L. Gehri on such varied topics as architects in the building process, tools, restoring furniture and recipes from around the world.
ca. 1934. Henry Querrette in his rustic kitchen cooking hot cakes on a griddle. The photograph was most probably taken in Querrette's Hood Canal ranch. Querrette, also known as "Chips," is making his famous pancakes. In addition to careers as a sailor, cowboy, lumberjack and builder; Chips was also a wonderful cook. During his days at sea, Chips headed inland at every port to pick up new recipes. His pancake recipe originated in France. (Better Homes & Gardens, September 1934)
ca. 1934. In 1934, Henry Querrette, sharpening a drawknife with a wetstone, was photographed sitting in his Hood Canal workshop with writer Alfred L. Gehri, holding a fishing net. Mr. Gehri wrote a series of articles for Better Homes & Gardens in the thirties featuring the down to earth advice of builder Querrette, known in the articles as "Chips." One of the houses built by Mr. Querrette, called "the Fo'castle", stands at 407 South Sheridan Avenue. His workshop was described as smelling of cedar and marine tar. It harbored an accumulation of objects collected during "Chips'" varied careers as a ship's carpenter, lumberjack, cowboy and home builder. Ropes, nets and gear hung along one wall, while on the other wall was the builder's wide workbench and neatly hung tools. ("Better Homes & Gardens" March, 1936)
Fishing nets; Cabins; Querrette, Henry; Gehri, Alfred L.;
ca. 1934. Henry Querrette demonstrates to writer Alfred L. Gehri how to sharpen a drawknife on a stone wheel. The pair are on the premises of Querrette's Hood Canal ranch. During the thirties, Gehri did a series of articles for Better Homes & Gardens featuring the down home builder "Chips," as Querrette was known. (Better Homes & Gardens, May 1935)
ca. 1934. Henry Querrette builds a model ship in his Hood Canal workshop. Querrette, also known as "Chips," had worked as both a ship's carpenter and a builder of homes. In the mid 1930's, Better Homes and Gardens featured him in a series of articles written by Alfred L. Gehri. This set of pictures, series 741, was used to illustrate those articles. (Better Homes & Gardens, August 1934)
ca. 1934. Alfred L. Gehri (right), a local writer and plumbing contractor, and Henry Querrette were photographed in 1934 as they discussed one of Mr. Querrette's blueprints for a house. Henry Querrette, also known as "Chips", was a well respected carpenter and builder of homes in the Puget Sound area. In the mid-1930s a series of articles written by Mr. Gehri about the down-to-earth, old builder was published by Better Homes & Gardens magazine. Two of the articles were about homes that Mr. Querrette built in Tacoma: his "Fo'castle" house, 407 So. Sheridan Ave., built in 1926, and his "Snug Harbor" house, 405 So. Sheridan Ave., built in 1928. (Better Homes & Gardens, August 1934)
Charles Purdy; Bar. People drinking in tent adorned with bare dangling lightbulbs, makeshift bar and keg. The tent drapes like something out of Arabian nights as the young company settles in for an evening of good cheer. Sandwich makings cover the end of the counter, and a dog begs for the bit of food in the posing man's hand. Spittoons have been thoughtfully set out for those so inclined. Stencilled signs on the back wall read, "We pay our waiters. Please don't tip them. They tip to (too) easy now!" and "NOTICE. At 10:30p.m. Ladies will join together and sing "Sweet Adeline." It looks as though a raucous good time will be had by all. The 1934 City Directory lists Charles Purdy as a maintenance man with the Tribune Publishing Co. and his residence as 714 Market., the YMCA.
ca. 1933. Covack Brothers Grocery, window display. Fresh vegetables stacked in store window, fresh citrus along wall. Bottles and jars on shelves, scale on counter. The store was owned and operated by brothers Frank and Joseph Covack. For West Coast Grocery Company. (WSHS)
ca. 1934. Stop 'n Shop Groceries, circa 1934. Vegetable display in store window and signs for housecleaning supplies, clorox, brooms and oxydol. According to Richards notes, the store was located at 1103 So. 11th St., in the R.L. Courtney building. (In TPL Building Index as 1105 So. 11th St.) Photograph ordered by West Coast Grocery Co. (filed with Argentum)
Stop N Shop Groceries (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. The Rathskeller, beer parlor, owned by Lyle Lane. New establishment showing modern counter, and mirrored walled above cabinets. The establishment was located on the ground floor of the Rust Building, 950 Pacific Ave. (WSHS)
ca. 1934. The Rathskeller, beer parlor, owned by Lyle L. Lane. New establishment opened at end of Prohibition on the ground floor of the Rust Building. Modern-style wood booths with abstract pattern floor covering. The beer parlor is empty at 11:25 a.m.
In April of 1936, two nurses welcome a girl entering the Tacoma General School of Nursing for training. One nurse is shaking the woman's hand. The Tacoma General School of Nursing was established in 1895, and closed 85 years later in 1980. In 1936, the hospital was still recovering from the Depression. It had 126 employees, plus the students. However, hospital usage was up, necessitating the reopening of the north end of the second floor. Plus, the American Nurses' Association had adopted the eight-hour work day in the 1930's, meaning that more trained nurses were now needed. (filed with Argentum) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing (Tacoma);
Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing, circa 1936. Seven nurses studying and writing in note books in the library. The hospital ran its own school for nurses from 1895-1980, requiring three years of study to become a Registered Nurse. The hospital benefited from the student nurses, who performed much of the hospital's work as part of their training. (filed with Argentum)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing (Tacoma);
ca. 1936. Doctors and attendants in Tacoma General Hospital operating room, circa 1936. Large windows and skylights supplied natural light; which, along with the operating lights, flooded the operating table. Several large tanks, right, supplied oxygen and probably gaseous anesthesia. A curved stand held operating instruments and several bowls sat on stands. By the mid 1930's, the new Heidbrink anesthetic machine and uniform sterilization of instruments and equipment had reached Tacoma. (filed with Argentum)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Operating rooms--Tacoma--1930-1940; Surgery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Physicians; Medical personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Bedroom with twin beds, possibly in the Tacoma General Hospital nurses' quarters, circa 1936. For 85 years, from 1895-1980, Tacoma General ran its own nurse training program. The nurses studied for three years, emerging as Registered Nurses. In its years of operation, Tacoma General graduated 2200 nurses.(filed with Argentum)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);
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);
On Friday evening, January 8, 1937, twenty five students in the Tacoma General nursing program took the first step toward graduating as nurses. The women are lined up preceding their "capping ceremony." The ceremony signifies that they have completed a probationary period of study and have been accepted as student nurses. The procession in the nurse's home at the hospital is being led by Miss Sutherling, head of the education department, and her assistant, Miss Harvey, in capes and caps. The students carry lighted candles, a symbol of the light they will bring to others, in honor of Florence Nightingale, "The Lady with the Lamp" and the founder of modern nursing. The students will receive their full graduation honors in May of 1939. (TNT 1/8/1937, pg. 2; TDL 1/8/1937, pg. 4- names in caption) (filed with Argentum)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940;
On Friday evening, January 8, 1937, twenty five students in the Tacoma General Hospital nursing program took their first step toward graduating as nurses. The women received their caps, signifying that they had completed the preliminary four month basic course in theory and practice. The caps were presented by Laura Gibson (far left), Director of Nurses, in a ceremony held in the nurses' home at the hospital. The students will receive their full graduation honors when they complete their studies in May of 1939. (TNT 1/8/1937, pg. 2)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing (Tacoma); Gibson, Laura;
On Friday evening, January 8, 1937, twenty five students in the Tacoma General Hospital nursing program took their first step toward graduating as nurses. The women received their caps, signifying that they had completed the preliminary four month basic course in theory and practice. The students will receive their full graduation honors when they complete their studies in May of 1939. Photograph of nurses congratulating one another. Left to right, Miss Sutherling congratulates Miss Baskerville, Miss Gibson and Miss Rembert, Miss Timmerman and Miss Phillips, Miss Harvey and Miss Barton, and Miss Pederson is congratulated by Clarence Cummings, superintendent of Tacoma General. (T.Times 1/7/1937, pg.. 4- picture; TNT 1/8/1937, pg. 2) (filed with Argentum)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940;
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);
ca. 1936. Exterior of Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936. The photograph shows both the original building, front, opened in 1915 and designed by the firm of Heath and Gove., and the 1926 addition. The addition can be seen behind the original building. It is called the East, or "C," Wing. It was designed by the firm of Sutton, Whitney and Dugan. The hospital began its life as the Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital in 1882 on Starr St. It is the oldest continuously operating hospital in the city of Tacoma. (filed with Argentum)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);
