View of Hop fields with building in background. The fields are part of the 41 acre hop farm near Roy belonging to James E. & J.W. Feak. Hops are grown on trellises. They are harvested after growing season is over. It is the dried flower that contains the oil that is used in brewing to prevent bacterial action. It also gives the beer its characteristic bitter taste.

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940;

Spraying hop fields. Man seated on tractor pulling spray tank which is emitting chemical sprays. Another tractor and tank are parked along dirt road. James E. & J.W. Feak owned 41 acres planted in hops near Roy. During 1936 -1937, the county was involved in improving and deepening nearby Lacamas Creek. The work was not deep or wide enough, causing the creek to overflow and flood the Feak lands. In 1938, they were seeking $30, 354 in damages to their 41 acres of hops. (T.Times 8/30/38, pg. 1)

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940; Pest control--Roy--1930-1940; Tractors--1930-1940;

Hop plant at model hop farm in Roy. The Hop plant (Humulus lupulus) is a hardy perennial , that produces annual vines from an overwintering rootstock. The principal use of hops is in the manufacture of beer. The female cone has resin glands which produce lupulin. Lupulin contains the oils and resins that give hops their aroma, and beer its bitter flavor. Although originally introduced on both the east and west coasts, most commercial hops production comes from the Northwest, due to the plant's susceptibility to powder mildew.

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940;

Four workmen emptying burlap bags of hops into hop barn. Close view with barn doors open. This 41 acre hop farm near Roy belonged to James E. & J.W. Feak.

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940;

Two men on scaffolding cleaning windows of Perkins Building. Oscar H. Williams, Universal Cleaning Company. Building by Russell and Babcock, Architects; 1907 and 1909.

Buildings - Office Buildings - Tacoma - Perkins BuildingIndustries - Service Industries - Building Maintenance Industries

Swiss dance. Large crowd of men and boys drinking and singing. Sign on wall indicates "Beer free."

Organizations - Ethnic Organizations - SwissEvents - Social Events - Dances

Schwinger Frank Betschart, holding a trophy, bows before "Crown Girl" Mary Keller during the Tacoma Schwingfest in 1937. Each year since 1928 participants in the art of Schwingen, Swiss wrestling, would come north to Washington for the Tacoma club's competition. In 1958 the Tacoma Schwinger Club would merge with the Tacoma Swiss Rifle Club to become the Swiss Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma, thereby combining schwingen, marksmanship and a greater membership. (Swiss Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma: Golden Anniversary Book, various pages)

Tacoma Schwinger Club (Tacoma); Wrestling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swiss Americans--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma; Keller, Mary; Betschart, Frank;

Swiss dance. Two men with cigars tending bar. The dance may have been held at the Swiss Hall, a building erected by Tacomans of Swiss ancestry. Other photographs in the same series show that the dance was attended by a large crowd. The beer was apparently free.

Tacoma Swiss Society (Tacoma); Swiss Americans--Tacoma; Dance--Tacoma; Cigars; Bartenders--Tacoma; Beer--Tacoma;

Swiss dance. A large group of couples dancing under crepe paper streamers hung above the dance floor in this photograph from August of 1937.

Dances--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swiss-Americans--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Side view of "Virginia V" ferry on Tacoma waterway. Ferry owned by West Pass Transportation Company. Glimpse of Western Fibre Furniture Company building in background.

Ferries--1930-1940; West Pass Transportation Co. (Tacoma); Mass transit--1930-1940; Transportation--1930-1940;

Two men examining crop on hop plant. This 41 acres commercial hop farm in Roy was owned by James E. & J. W. Feak. Hops are grown on perennial vines, usually trellised. The crop is the dried flower, that resembles a cone.

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940;

This artistic view of men working in a Roy hop barn was taken in August of 1937. A man in suit and hat, sitting on a burlap sack, watches as three workmen shovel dried hops into sacks and stack them. This 41-acre hop farm belonged to James E. & J.W. Feak. In 1938, they sued the county for over $30,000, claiming that the county's improvements on Lacamas Creek caused the creek to overflow and flood the Feak's croplands. Hops were once a major crop in Pierce County, but weather, insects and downy mildew combined with fluctuating commodities prices to make hops farming a losing proposition in Western Washington. (T. Times 8/30/1938, pg. 1-article)

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940;

Two women and a dog standing on wooden steps of porch entry to house. This 41 acre farm near Roy belonged to James E. & J.W. Feak. The Feaks grew hops commercially.

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940;

Spraying hop fields. Man seated in tractor on dirt road through hop fields. Tractor and spray equiment are parked along road. Boy on bicycle in background. Meek, manager and former owner.

Agriculture - Grain Farms - Hop FarmsChemicals - Pesticides - Spraying

Bremerton Sun picnic at Seabeck. A large group of Sun employees and their families posed for a portrait in front of a two-story, rusticated stone house with a hip roof. One young boy is wearing a Mickey Mouse sweat shirt. Each year the Bremerton Sun closed its doors for a day in order for the employees to enjoy a summer picnic. Seabeck was a beachfront community on Hood Canal. (Bremerton Sun).

Picnics--Bremerton--1930-1940; Bremerton Sun (Bremerton); Newspapers--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Retouching desk and safety light invented by Turner Richards. A large format, box-style camera is mounted on a wooden structure.

Richards, Turner--Associated objects; Photographic apparatus & supplies; Richards Commercial Photo Service (Tacoma); Photographic studios--Tacoma--1930-1940; Turner Richards Studio (Tacoma);

Retouching desk and safe light invented by Turner Richards. A small wooden table with sliding mechanism is covered with photographer's retouching materials.

Richards, Turner--Associated objects; Photographic apparatus & supplies; Richards Commercial Photo Service (Tacoma); Photographic studios--Tacoma--1930-1940; Turner Richards Studio (Tacoma);

In September of 1937, Stadium High School's Coach Christie posed with his team in front of a Gothic arch at the school. Later they would represent their school at the state track meet in Pullman in May. Pictured in the back row, left to right, are McCord, Londos, Reynolds, Bennatts & Coach Christy. In the front row are Smith, Watts, Long & Johns. (T.Times 5/19/1937, pg. 3)

Track athletics--1930-1940; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--Sports;

Reliance Lumber Company fire in a lumber finish shed, a 100' x 100' building used to store finished dry lumber. Firefighters from eight companies and the fireboat fought the blaze, seen in this nighttime scene. (T.Times, 9/8/1937, p 1).

Fires--Tacoma--1930-1940; Reliance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fire fighters--Tacoma; Fire fighting--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Cropped copy of Series D815, image 6. Reliance Lumber Company fire in a lumber finish shed, a 100' x 100' building used to store finished dry lumber. Firefighters from eight companies and the fireboat fought the blaze, seen in this nighttime scene. (T.Times, 9/8/1937, p 1).

Fires--Tacoma--1930-1940; Reliance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fire fighters--Tacoma; Fire fighting--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Jack Hungerford, 17-year-old College of Puget Sound Business Administration student, spent 14 months building a four-and-a-half foot long scale model of "Martin Bakke," Norwegian motorship and Knutsen liner now a regular visitor at the Port of Tacoma. The model ship was on display at the McCormick branch of the Tacoma Public Library. (T.Times, 9/18/37, p.10)

Hungerford, Jack; Model ships;

Booth at the 1937 Puyallup Fair sponsored by the Plywood Sales and Box Co. in Tacoma. The display features Magi-Kote wall board for "The New Modern Interior." Room display with fireplace, wall covering connected with metal strips and modern furniture.

Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1930-1940; Exhibit booths--Puyallup;

On September 22, 1937, Isabel Smitley, with her husband Tacoma Mayor George Smitley decorated the winning race horse "Premier Jim" and congratulated his jockey in the winner's circle at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup. The horse had just won the afternoon's feature event, the one-mile "Mayor Smitley" race for previous non-winning 3 year olds. They were posed on the grandstand grass during Tacoma Day at the Fair. (T. Times 9/23/37 p.1)

Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1940-1950; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Horses--Puyallup; Race horses; Horse racing--Puyallup;

Tacoma Day at the Western Washington Fair, Puyallup. A young man attempts to ring the bell at a "Test Your Strength" game at the fair. People in the crowd watch the marker rise on the scale. Over 50,500 people were in attendance on September 22, 1937, the designated Tacoma Day.

Fairs--Puyallup--1930-1940; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup);

Mary Berry Thomas- Bernard Albert Sack Wedding at Annie Wright Seminary on September 22, 1937. An unidentified girl in a long dress carrying a bouquet was photographed coming down stairs. She was probably a junior bridesmaid. (filed with Argentum)

Weddings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940;

Tacoma Day at the Western Washington Fair, Puyallup. View of crowd walking around littered fairgrounds. Two women, in center, wear tiny prize-type straw hats. Sign on building "See Tacoma 50 years ago." (T. Times)

Fairs--Puyallup--1930-1940; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup);

Tacoma Day at the Western Washington Fair, Puyallup. A rider allows two young boys to hold a horse's bridle rope. Barns, automobiles and a Puyallup Laundry truck in background.

Fairs--Puyallup--1930-1940; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Horses--Puyallup;

Over 56,000 people flocked to the Westen Washington Fair in Puyallup on Tacoma Day in September of 1937. Three little visitors, Tommy Veale and Bobby Glover of Bremerton and Patricia Ruth Gray of Tacoma were given instructions by attendant Clayton Osborne on how to drive a toy fire engine on the canvas-top, merry-go-round auto ride.

Fairs--Puyallup--1930-1940; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Merry-go-rounds--Puyallup; Veale, Tommy; Glover, Bobby; Gray, Patricia Ruth; Osborne, Clayton;

Tacoma Day at the Western Washington Fair, Puyallup. View of capacity crowd in grandstand. Designated fair days encouraged citizens to set record-breaking attendance for their city. On Tacoma Day, over 56,000 attended, handily beating Seattle's 26,000+ on their Day. Schoolchildren got the day off to attend and have fun. (T. Times, 9/23/27 p. 1)

Fairs--Puyallup--1930-1940; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Spectators--Puyallup; Grandstands--Puyallup;

As always, on Tacoma Day in 1937, food was a major part of the fun at the Puyallup Fair. The teenage and pre-teen students enjoying ice cream bars at a fair concession stand are (l to r) Lief Washburn, Shirley Hamblin, Beverly Anderson, Marjorie Duskie (the tall girl behind Beverly), Geraldine Anderson and Frances Alexander. The girl at the far right in the print dress was not identified. The turnstile registered over 56,000 fair goers on Tacoma Day, September 22, 1937 at the Western Washington Fair. (T.Times, 9/23/1937, p.1)

Fairs--Puyallup--1930-1940; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Washburn, Lief; Hamblin, Shirley; Anderson, Beverly; Duskie, Marjorie; Anderson, Geraldine; Alexander, Frances;