Humpback salmon returning to the Puyallup River hatchery on Voight Creek, near Orting. Eight thousand salmon are collected in the gate during the two-week run. The salmon get their name "humpback" because a hump rises in the middle of their backs as they progress from salt water to fresh water. The longer they are out of salt water, the more pronounced the hump. Ordered by Duncan and Mueller. (T. Times, 10/21/1937, p. 20).
Puyallup River (Wash.); Voight Creek (Wash.); Fish hatcheries--Orting; Salmon;
Salmon returning to Voight Creek, near Orting. Clarence Duncan, superintendent of the state's Puyallup River hatchery at Voight's Creek, lifts a large net filled with salmon out of the water. It is estimated that less than 10,000 of the six million fingerlings released a few years ago will return. However, it is still the largest run in many years. Ordered by Duncan and Mueller. (T. Times, 10/21/1937, p. 20).
Fish hatcheries--Orting; Salmon; Duncan, Clarence; Puyallup River (Wash.); Voight Creek (Wash.);
In October of 1937, Clarence Duncan, the superintendent at the Washington State salmon hatchery at Voight's Creek near Orting, and his assistant, William Mueller (right), struggled to lift a net full of Humpback salmon from a trap. When the fish swam up the creek to spawn, they were caught in the trap. The salmon were removed from the trap by hand and their eggs harvested. Cropped version of D846 image 1. (T.Times, 10/21/1937, p.20).
Fish hatcheries--Orting; Salmon; Mueller, William; Duncan, Clarence; Puyallup River (Wash.); Voight Creek (Wash.);
College of Puget Sound play. View of stage, six couples dressed in formal attire gathered in room and on stairs. Porter with suitcase on right. (filed with Argentum)
Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940;
A Cappella choir at Lincoln High School, organized by Music Instructor Margaret Rawson Goheen, in print dress left, which grew from 18 to 60 members in three years. All names listed in Times article. (T. Times 10-22-1937, p. 3) (WSHS)
Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Choirs (Music); Goheen, Margaret;
Pacific Lutheran College President O.A. Tingelstad poses with the Swedish granite cornerstone for the new library building at the October 23, 1937 cornerstone laying ceremony. The cornerstone reads in Latin : "Verbum Dei Manet in Aeternum MCMXXXVII." The Latin phrase translates as "The word of God remains in Eternity 1937." The building was designed by Emanuel J. Bresemann and Heath, Gove & Bell, Architects. The library has been remodeled and is now known as Xavier Hall. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)
The cornerstone laying ceremony of the new library building at Pacific Lutheran College occurred on October 23, 1937. A crowd gathers near the partially constructed building to listen to a public address. Other college and town buildings are visible in the background. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)
House movers, Krohn & Sons of Seattle, move the G. W. Littooy family and their 10-room house from 1402 1/2 So. Cushman Ave. to 911 So. K St in October of 1937. The large, two-story wooden house rests on skids in the street, prior to being mounted on wheels and moved by two trucks. George and Mabel Littooy, the couple pictured standing in front of the porch, remained in the house as it was moved, going about their daily activities. (T.Times, 10/23/37, p.9)
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Littooy, George; Littooy, Mabel; Krohn & Sons (Seattle);
George and Mabel Littooy enjoy a cup of tea as their home is being moved from 1402 South Cushman to 911 South K. The only unusual feature is that the house is being moved with them in it! The two story, ten room house is being moved approximately one mile, a journey of five days. The house has been jacked up and put on rollers and is being pulled by two trucks. The Littooys are going about their days inside the home as usual, cooking on their woodstove and writing letters. Cropped version of D852, image 1. (T.Times 10/23/1937, pg. 9) TPL-8813
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Littooy, George; Littooy, Mabel; Tea--Tacoma--1930-1940;
House movers, Krohn & Sons of Seattle, move the G. W. Littooy family and their 10-room house from 1402 1/2 So. Cushman Ave. to 911 So. K St. The large, two-story wooden house rests on skids in the street. George and Mabel Littooy remain in the house as it is moved, going about their daily activities. (T.Times, 10/23/37, p.9)
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Littooy, George; Littooy, Mabel; Tea--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Pacific Lutheran College's noted Choir of the West sings at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new library building on October 23, 1937. P.L.C. choir director leads the college choir composed of men and women students. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)
The cornerstone laying ceremony of the new library building on the Pacific Lutheran College campus took place on Saturday, October 23, 1937. A crowd gathered around the partially completed brick building to listen to the college's "Choir of the West." At this time, the school had an enrollment of 700 and was a Christian Junior College and Normal School headed by Dr. O.A. Tingelstad. This building was replaced in 1967 by the Mortvedt Library; it was remodeled and is now known as Xavier Hall. (T.Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)
Tri-motored Stinson airplane crash at Tacoma Air Field. State Patrol Sgt. Lou Geer, patrolman Mike Wayno, Deputy Sheriff Lyle Lathrop and patrolman Cliff Tolson examine the tangled wreckage that killer 4 and injured 7 sight-seers. (T.Times, 10/25/37).
Tri-motored Stinson airplane crashed at Tacoma Air Field. Nightime scene. The sight-seeing flight over Puget Sound ended with four killed and seven critically injured. One wing is intact with "Fly 50" inscribed. (T. Times, 10/25/1937, p.5).
Houses and buildings have been moved to new locations in Tacoma as early as the 1880s. The G. W. Littooy family continued their daily activities, making a hot cup of tea on their wood-burning stove, while their house was being moved down the street to a new location in October 1937. Krohn & Sons House Movers transported the residence from So. 14th St. and Cushman Ave. to So. 9th St. & So. K St. (MLK Way) (T.Times 10/23/1937, pg. 9)
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Littooy, George; Littooy, Mabel; Tea--Tacoma--1930-1940;
The G. W. Littooy family continued their daily activities, living in their house for 5 days while it was being moved down the street by house movers from 14th and Cushman to 911 So. K Street. George and Mabel Littooy loved their two story, ten room house, but wanted to be closer to the business district; so they decided to move the home to an empty lot that they owned on 9th and K. Having nowhere else to stay, they decided to remain in the house as it was moved. They spent the time brewing coffee on their wood stove, with water borrowed from passing lawn faucets, and writing letters. (T.Times, 10/23/37, p.9). TPL-8814
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Littooy, George; Littooy, Mabel; Tea--Tacoma--1930-1940;
The cornerstone laying for the new library structure at Pacific Lutheran College on October 23, 1937. A group of 20 notables pose for a portrait beside the building on the speakers' platform. Building design by Emanuel J. Bresemann, Architect, and the architectural firm of Heath, Gove and Bell. It was built for $104,000 debt free and was dedicated in 1939. Soon outgrown by the expanding student body, the building was remodeled and is now known as Xavier Hall. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3, see photograph caption in paper for names.)
Evelyn B. (Mrs. Bryson Ross) Gardner wears overalls to the Hallowen barn dance held at the Country Club in 1937. Cornstalks are used for decoration next to a timely, old grandfather's clock. (T.Times 11-03-1937, Society, p.11).
Gardner, Evelyn B.; Gardner, Bryson Ross--Family; Longcase clocks; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Halloween; Costumes;
On October 30, 1937, a Halloween barn dance was held at the Tacoma Country & Golf Club. Among the partygoers gathered around the bar were Caroll Carstens (second from left), Ed Griffin (fourth man from left), Tom Carstens (in cowboy hat), and Bud Doherty (second from right). The walls of the bar are papered with stock certificates. This decorating idea was the brainchild of Club president Harry K. Todd. The walls are papered with about 8 million dollars worth of stock certificates from businesses and ventures that did not work out. (T.Times, 11-30-1937, Society, p. 11).
Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Halloween; Costumes; Carstens, Caroll; Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955; Carstens, Tom; Doherty, Bud;
Two students in Natalie Blix's first grade class at McKinley School play house in the miniature home built by the class. Creative teacher Miss Blix used the construction to teach the children vocabulary. While they constructed the small building, they learned the names of tools and construction methods and how to recognize them in print. (T.Times,10-16-1937, p. 1].
McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children's playhouses;
In October of 1937, Lorraine Maben swept the floor of the new playhouse built by the six-year-old students in Miss Natalie Blix' first grade classroom at McKinley School, 3702 McKinley Ave., as Arlene Skaugset watched. The young students built and decorated the playhouse themselves, with their teacher using the project as an innovative technique to introduce them to new vocabulary such as "hammer", "wall paper", and "drapes". They were so pleased with their work on the playhouse that they asked to build the "library" to Arlene's right, made from old crates. The students also made most of the books in their library, using pictures and drawings clipped out of magazines and papers, pasted into volumes under different headings. (T. Times,10-16-1937, p.1].
Maben, Lorraine; Skaugset, Arlene; McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children's playhouses;
Students in innovative teacher Natalie Blix's first grade classroom at McKinley School in 1937 were proud of the playhouse and library built by the class as a vocabulary lesson. The six year old students learned vocabulary with hammers, saws and nails rather than books. While they constructed the small building at the back of their classroom, they learned the names of the various objects used in its construction and how to recognize them in print. The small "handymen" painted, wallpapered, sewed drapes and built furniture. After completing the playhouse, the children decided to build their own library complete with shelves and books they created themselves. (T.Times, 10-16-1937, p. 1].
McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children's playhouses;
In October of 1937, Pierce County Treasurer Paul Newman, left, handed Pierce County Auditor S. Clifford Davis a check for $105,000 to cover the final payment on the bonds that were issued to purchase the land that became Fort Lewis. In 1917 the voters of Pierce County had approved a $2 million bond issue to purchase property to be turned over to the Federal Government for an army post. It took the tax payers of the county 20 years to pay off the bonds, with interest. (T.Times,10/21/37,p.1)
Newman, Paul; Davis, S. Clifford; County government--Tacoma;
Lorraine Maben, with broom, assisted by Arlene Skaugset, sweeps the floor of the new playhouse built by the six-year-old students of Natalie Blix's first grade classroom at McKinley School. The children also built what they call the "library" to the right of the picture. Teacher Blix used the construction as an opportunity to introduce the children to vocabulary words and also how to recognize them in print. cropped version of D844- image 2 (T. Times,10-16-1937, p.1].
Maben, Lorraine; Skaugset, Arlene; McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children's playhouses;
Lt. Herman G. Wallace of the Tacoma Police Department photographed, booked and fingerprinted "Jocko," a mischievous Capuchin monkey, while "Jocko" was perched on his owner's, David Bales, shoulder on November 1, 1937. "Jocko" was charged with one count of "monkey business" and a second count of "monkey shines." The six-year-old defendant had a past record of "crimes" including stealing candy, ogling pretty girls and taking baths in full view of startled citizens. He was generally docile but lacked a sense of humor, hating to be laughed at or laughed with. Lt. Wallace was in charge of the Bureau of Records. (T.Times, 11/1/37, p.2).
Wallace, Herman G.; Bales, David; Monkeys; Fingerprints--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma);
In November of 1937, Jocko, the six year old Capuchin monkey owned by Dave Bales, left, was brought to Tacoma's police headquarters to be photographed and fingerprinted by Herman G. Wallace, right, Lieutenant in charge of the Bureau of Records. Jocko was not guilty of any simian crimes against humanity. The exercise was done to show that his prints fell into many of the same classifications as those of humans. Smile for the camera, Jocko! (T.Times, 11/1/37, p.2).
Wallace, Herman G.; Bales, David; Monkeys; Fingerprints--Tacoma--1930-1940; Photography--Tacoma--1930-1940;
In November of 1937 Lewis Law, 1610 North 6th Street in Tacoma, finished work on the violin that he had started making around 1931. The head utility man at the Pierce County Courthouse, and a musician, he had always wanted a violin of his own. He purchased a small supply of California sugar-pine, and when not repairing courthouse equipment or playing the organ, he was busy in his workshop with chisels and saw. He worked all of the pieces with the exception of the scroll, tail piece and strings. An accomplished organist, Mr. Law installed the 5,000 pipe organ at the First Presbyterian Church, 20 Tacoma Avenue South. (T. Times 11/4/1937, p.8)
Captain E.F. Leo (right) stands next to a newly rebuilt Tacoma Fire Department pumper truck in this photograph from November 1937. The truck had been almost completely destroyed by a collision with a streetcar on January 20, 1935. Working during his spare time over a two year period, George Perry, a maintenance man with the fire department, completely rebuilt the truck. Fireman L. C. Russell is at the wheel. (for photographs of the accident, see series 929, images 1 & 2) (T.Times, 11/04/37, p.5)
Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Leo, E. F.;
Lewis Law, a maintenance worker at the Pierce County Courthouse, holds a delicate violin he carved. Made of California sugar-pine, the instrument took him six years to make. (T. Times, 11/4/37, p.8) .
