Tacom Lawn Tennis tournament. Young man on courts with tennis racket ready to hit a backhand shot. (T. Times).

Sports - Racket Sports - Tennis - PlayersOrganizations - Sports Organizations - Tacoma Lawn and Tennis Club

Tacoma Lawn Tennis tournament. Young women ready to swing tennis racket at on-coming ball. She is on tennis courts near score keeper's stand. (T. Times).

Sports - Racket Sports - Tennis - PlayersOrganizations - Sports Organizations - Tacoma Lawn and Tennis Club

An Eastern Star banquet was held at the Winthrop Hotel in July of 1937 for Presiding and Past Matrons and Patrons. Members of the registration committee are seated at a table in front of an elaborate grandfather-style clock. One man stands behind the women. (T. Times).

Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Order of Eastern Star (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Longcase clocks;

Washington Navigation Company ferries. Automobiles waiting at the Point Defiance ferry landing in July of 1937. A ferry boat moored next to the landing bears the sign Fox Island - Gig Harbor. The slag pile of ASARCO is at the right middle and the entrance to Quartermaster harbor is near the top right. The slag pile created a breakwater for the Tacoma Yacht Club. Ordered by North Pacific Bank Note Company. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Ferries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Marine terminals--Tacoma; Washington Navigation Co. (Gig Harbor);

The Washington Navigation Company ferry " Vashonia" out of Gig Harbor is pictured approaching the Point Defiance ferry landing in July of 1937. The ferry to the right is the "Fox Island." Signs indicate that the cars and people on the pier are loading for Gig Harbor. The Washington Navigation Company, under the direction of president Mitchell Skansie, ran ferries between Tacoma and the Peninsula. It had recently come under criticism from commuters opposed to new ferry rates and changes to the schedule. The small building to the left of the pier has doors for the men's and ladies' restrooms facing out. A sign on the other side of the building indicates that it is "Louie's Lunch." Ordered by North Pacific Bank Note Company. TPL-9858 (T.Times 7-13-37, p. 7-article on ferry changes)

Ferries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Marine terminals--Tacoma; Washington Navigation Co. (Gig Harbor);

Automobiles loading onto ferry at Titlow ferry dock.

Ferries--Tacoma; Marine terminals--Tacoma;

Washington Navigation Company's "Defiance" ferry pulling into Titlow ferry landing. Ordered by North Pacific Bank Note Company.

Ferries--Tacoma; Marine terminals--Tacoma; Washington Navigation Co. (Gig Harbor);

Washington Navigation Company's "Defiance" ferry pulling into Point Defiance landing where automobiles are waiting. This scene was photographed in July of 1937. Ordered by North Pacific Bank Note Company. (Corrected information provided by a reader)

Ferries--Tacoma; Marine terminals--Tacoma; Washington Navigation Co. (Gig Harbor);

Showroom of Hopper-Kelly Company of Tacoma, household electrical appliances dealers, featuring kitchen stoves and space heaters. A new department had been added to the expanded store at 1145 Broadway. They handled coal, wood and oil circulating ranges, including the Olympic and Great Western banquet lines.

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Music stores--Tacoma; Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In July of 1937, Tacoma Humane Society officer John P. Smith posed with a homeless cocker spaniel dog, that he named Buddy, and two kittens. He was dressed in a uniform with a star badge and high gaiters, possibly to protect his calves. J.P. Smith found Buddy a week prior at No. 37th and Verde. After this picture ran in the Tacoma Times, fifteen people offered to adopt Buddy. According to the 1935 City Directory, Mr. Smith resided at 3617 S. Proctor.The articles of incorporation establishing the Tacoma Humane Society were signed on October 5, 1888. Its purpose was to "promote humanity, and kindness, and to prevent cruelty to both man and the lower animals." A shelter was built in 1928 in a home on South 29th and Proctor Street, 2817 So. Proctor. For many years, one officer handled the duties in the field while a couple served as caretakers for the sheltered animals. (T. Times 8/6/1935, pg. 3)

Tacoma-Pierce County Humane Society (Tacoma); Smith, John P.; Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cats--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The United States fleet visiting Tacoma. View of two battleships in Commencement Bay from Northeast Tacoma looking toward the city. Ships seen in the distance over the druins of a wharf and log boom. (T. Times).

Battleships--1930-1940; Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940;

United States fleet visit to Tacoma. Four battleships in Commencement Bay near the Port of Tacoma. View is taken from Northeast Tacoma and shows Mount Rainier in the background. (T. Times).

Battleships--1930-1940; Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

United States fleet visits Tacoma. Four battleships in Commencement Bay near the Port of Tacoma. Mount Rainier is visible in the distance. (T. Times).

Battleships--1930-1940; Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

Washington Navigation Company ferries. Two women work as galley crew preparing coffee and pancakes for travelers. Ordered by North Pacific Bank Note Company.

Ferries--Tacoma; Galleys (Ship kitchens); Cooks; Washington Navigation Co. (Gig Harbor);

Reprint of flag raising at the original dedication of the reconstructed Fort Nisqually September 3, 1934. The original fort was located near DuPont, Wa. When the Hudson's Bay Co. moved out, it passed into the possession of the US government and the Fort deteriorated. When the land was purchased as the site of the Nisqually powder plant, the buildings were offered free to anyone who would move them. The Young Men's Business Club made it their project and eventually obtained a site on a bluff in Pt. Defiance and had the buildings moved. Ordered for Canadian paper by Al Gehri, one of the original architects.

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

Reprint of the reconstructed Fort Nisqually as it looked for the September 3, 1934 dedication. Located left to right are Storehouse #2, the Granary and the company store, with the Bastion behind. On the right side of the picture is the Factor's house. The Granary and the Factor's house are original structures from the Fort. The other buildings were recreated, as much as possible, from the timbers of the original fort. Ordered for Canadian paper. Al Gehri.

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

In July of 1937, Fort Nisqually's watch tower was photographed standing at the corner of the compound overlooking Puget Sound. The tower was one of two reconstructed bastions at Fort Nisqually, a Hudson's Bay Company fort built near DuPont and relocated in Point Defiance Park. Ordered for Canadian paper, Al Gehri. TPL-2370

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

Hopper-Kelly Company of Tacoma, Musical Instrument Department. Baby Grand and two smaller pianos on display. Hopper Kelly had always been known as a piano house, carrying the finest in Wurlitzer and Kurtzman instruments.

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Music stores--Tacoma; Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pianos;

Jerry Eaton's Service Station at Sixth Avenue and J Street. L-shaped stucco building with bracketed tile false shed roofs. Man standing near pumps, four service bays, two automobiles. Mobilgas, Mobiloil, General Petroleum Company and U.S.Tire signs

Jerry Eaton's Service (Tacoma); Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Hopper-Kelly Company of Tacoma, household electrical appliances dealers. Two Grunow refrigerators, one closed, one open. The newly remodeled store was the area headquarters for Grunow, Stewart-Warner and Potter refrigerators.

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Refrigerators--1930-1940;

When the Hopper-Kelly Co. appliance store at 1145 Broadway expanded in 1937 they added a musical instrument department under the management of Ralph W. "Happy" Harrison (at left). Mr. Harrison had already been in the musical instrument business in Tacoma for several years and the quality of his instruments attracted many musicians to the Hopper-Kelly store. He carried Hohner, Carmen, and Accordiana accordions, and a wide selection of stringed instruments included Rex Aragon guitars. Mr. Harrison died suddenly in October of 1941 at the age of 46. The second man is unidentified. (TDL 2/14/1937 p. A-7)

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Harrison, Ralph W.; Music stores--Tacoma; Musical instruments; Stringed instruments; Accordions;

Texaco sales meeting at the (new) Tacoma Hotel. (filed with Argentum)

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

Mrs. Owen's real estate activities. Woman showing snapdragon flowers to two small children in the front yard of a 1930s minimal colonial-style home. Individuals were not identified in this July of 1937 photograph. Ordered but not published by Tacoma Times. (T. Times).

Houses--1930-1940; Children; Flowers; Women--1930-1940;

People gathered on the rocky beach at Point Defiance Park. Numerous boats on Puget Sound are visible in the background. (T. Times).

Parks--Tacoma; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Beaches--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma;

Washington Navigation Company's "Vashonia" ferry near pilings of ferry landing in July of 1937. The landing is Point Defiance which serviced Gig Harbor and Tahlequah. Vashon Island with the Tahlequah landing is in the background. Ordered by North Pacific Bank Note Company. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Ferries--Tacoma; Washington Navigation Co. (Gig Harbor); Vashon Island (Wash.);

Washington Navigation Company's "Vashonia" ferry steaming through waters of Puget Sound. Ordered by North Pacific Bank Note Company.

Ferries--Tacoma; Washington Navigation Co. (Gig Harbor);

Tacoma Times Newsboys party. Large group of boys and men at skating rink. Boy holds newspaper, with headline "Hold-up Men Get $30,000." The sign in the back lists admissions: men with own skates 20 cents; men without skates 25 cents, women with or without skates 15 cents, male spectators 9 cents and female spectators free. (T. Times)

Newspaper carriers--Tacoma; Newspaper vendors--Tacoma; Recreation--Tacoma; Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma);

Interior view of Coast Sash & Door Company showing men building church windows. Coast Sash & Door had been in business on the Tideflats since 1924. Photograph ordered by the Plywood Association. (filed with Argentum)

Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Coast Sash & Door Co. (Tacoma); Windows;

Mrs. Owen's real estate activities. Woman and two children beside the entry porch of a one-and-one-half story, 1930s minimal colonial-style house. (T. Times).

Women - Women and Children Residences - Washington State - Houses

The large Stewart clan gathered for a outdoor group portrait on the last day of July in 1937. Family members ranged from babies to the elderly. Nearly 90 of the Stewart clan were present. G2.1-029

Families--1930-1940;