ca. 1937. Zoo keeper George R. Jones poses with Jocko, a spider monkey from the wilds of South America, at the Point Defiance Zoo. Jocko is an excellent mimic and is sure to delight guests this summer at the zoo. (T. Times 4/13/1937, pg. 1)

Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Zoos--Tacoma--1930-1940; Zoo animals; Monkeys; Jones, George R.; Zoo keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Zoo Keeper George Jones feeding Point Defiance Zoo's new attraction, "Jocko" the spider monkey. (T. Times 4/13/1937, pg. 1)

Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Zoos--Tacoma--1930-1940; Zoo animals; Monkeys; Jones, George R.; Zoo keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Townsend Club meeting at the Eagles Hall. Capacity crowd of older citizens seated in meeting hall. The building's elaborate balcony is visible in the background. In 1933, Dr. Francis E. Townsend proposed a government sponsored old age pension plan for every American over 60. Seniors suffered greatly during the Depression with their savings wiped out and no employment available. Townsend Clubs popped up all over the country to support his Plan. Although never adopted in its entirety, it is the ancestor of today's Social Security. (T. Times).

Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Older people;

Group of archery people, side view.

4 women lined up and ready to shoot bow and arrow.

ca. 1937. Tacoma Times columnist E.T. Short with daughter Mary standing on landing of stairs at her wedding. (filed with Argentum)

Short, Edgar T.--Family; Weddings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brides--1930-1940; Short, Mary--Marriage;

ca. 1937. Men from the Young Men's Business Club planning Air Circus scheduled for Sunday, June 13, 1937. It is a luncheon meeting and appears to be in a restaurant with blackboard in background listing last names and "Customers Only" sign. Announcement posters on wall. The three men seated in the center of the picture are, left to right, Al Oswald, YMBC aviation committee, Arthur Cook, secretary of the YMBC, and an unidentified man. (filed with Argentum)

Air shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Events--Tacoma--1930-1940; Young Mens Business Club (Tacoma);

Miss Norma McDermott of Odessa, WA poses with the Black Minorca cock owned by O. R. Winters of Dundee, OR. at the annual Tacoma Poultry Show which opened December 28, 1937. Mr. Winter's big black, Grand Champion the previous two years, was named the champion cock of the show. The poultry show ran from Tuesday through Saturday. On Saturday evening the traditional poultrymen's banquet, a home-cooked chicken dinner, was held at the Odd Fellows Hall at 6th and Fawcett. (T.Times, 12/31/1937, p. 14).

Animal shows--Tacoma; Roosters; McDermott, Norma; Poultry;

ca. 1937. Tacoma Swiss Society Wrestlers, circa 1937. 23 men photographed with trophy in center and Swiss Wrestling Association flags. When the Swiss Society was formed in 1889, there were about 200 Swiss living in and around Tacoma. The Society grew steadily and in 1913, Swiss Hall was built. Affiliate organizations formed like the Swiss Singing Society Edelweiss, the Swiss Ladies Society, 1908; Swiss Wrestling Club; Swiss Aid Society, 1924; and, the Swiss Drill Team, a youth group organized in 1937. (filed with Argentum)

Wrestling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swiss Americans--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma; Tacoma Swiss Society (Tacoma); Swiss Wrestling Club (Tacoma);

Gloria (Mrs. Danilo N.) Ribolla and her two small sons, Robert age 2 and Peter age 4, dressed in sailor suits. Mrs. Ribolla is the former Gloria Fogg and is in Tacoma to spend Christmas with her mother Mrs. Lyle Abrahamson. The Ribollas have recently come from New York and will eventually make their home in Olympia. (T. Times 12/18/1937, pg. 7)

Boys--1930-1940; Ribolla, Gloria; Ribolla, Robert; Ribolla, Peter; Ribolla, Danilo--Family;

ca. 1937. Portrait of Mrs. James W. Bryan Jr. standing in front of a cabinet in which there are several pieces of pottery, glassware, and silverware. She is wearing a dark, sheer dress with a large scalloped collar. Her hair is marcelled. Mrs. Bryan's picture ran on the society page of the Bremerton Sun on May 8, 1937, when she was co-hostessing one of the annual Mother's Day luncheons planned by the chapters of the P.E.O. (philanthropic educational organization.) She belonged to the CG chapter. PEO was a women's organization that celebrated the achievements of women and promoted their educational advancement. (Bremerton Sun 5-8-1937, pg. 2)

Bryan, James W.--Family; P.E.O. (Bremerton); Women--Clothing & dress--1930-1940; Hairstyles;

ca. 1937. Youth hostels bicycle pilgrimage. A group of young people with bicycles and backpacks gathered outside the Winthrop Hotel. (T. Times).

Cycling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cyclists; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. The puppies of Ed Griffin's champion English Mastiff "Broomcourt Nell." In the beginning of September of 1936, there was only one mastiff in the Northwest. By Sept. 9, 1936, there were 11 with the addition of 10 puppies. The father was Roxbury Boy. Seven of the pups were female and 3 were male.

Dogs;

ca. 1937. Coffin of Miss Holm with 15 floral arrangements. (Argentum)

Coffins; Dead persons; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Mutual Fuel Company, fleet of trucks with drivers in front of building. The fuel company sold wood and coal. (filed with Argentum)

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

ca. 1937. Front view of two buses for Chehalis to Astoria route in front of White Motor Truck Company. (filed with Argentum)

Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; White trucks; Tacoma White Trucks, Inc. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Tacoma Police Department, new patrol automobile. Three patrol wagons, a new Mack Jr.and two older, parked in front of a concrete garage with brick detailing on the cornice. Officer between first and second vehicles. For Richard Rodius, TPD driver. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Automobiles--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. For Edwin Griffin. Exterior - loaded trucks in front of office. Three men standing next to loaded trucks in front of Griffin Fuel Company office building. Snoqualmie Falls Power Company Transfer House, 250 So. 19th St., in background. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Transfer House (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. A barn stands reflected in the surrounding water during the 1937 Puyallup Valley flood.

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

ca. 1937. Soldiers on horses pulling covered wagon with "Just Married" banner and carrying wedding couple. Low wooden building and Fort Lewis Chapel in background. Reviving an old artillery custom, the newly married couple is paraded on the battalion's equipment. The equipment is usually a gun carriage. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum)

Fort Lewis (Wash.);

ca. 1937. Professor Mason instructing three music students. A boy with a trumpet and a girl with a violin watch another girl playing a baritone. Sheet music on stand titled "The Moore Band Course."

Music education--1930-1940; Children playing musical instruments; Brass instruments; Violins;

ca. 1937. Members of the Swiss Singing Society Edelweiss of Tacoma photographed in July of 1937 at the Swiss Hall. The group was scheduled to perform at the festival of the United States Swiss Singers of the Pacific Coast in Portland mid month. Pictured are, front row left to right, Frederick E. Gysin, Joseph Burgi, Gotleib Ribary (yodeler,) Egon Schmidt (conductor,) Werner Schmid, Charles Bishofberger, Albert Ley. 2nd Row: Rudolf Burgerber, Ernest Lehman, Rudolph Larberg, Herman Eigenman, John Meyer, Albert Bacher, Otto Kueffer. Top row: M. Zehner, Fritz Roth, Carl Svedberg (Accompanist,) Theo. Dravis, Barth Fritch, Victor Lorman, Adolph Kuenzi (T. Times 7/9/1937, p. 7). (also numbered A6043 image 1)

Swiss Hall (Tacoma); Music ensembles; Folk singers; Murals; Ethnic groups; Edelweiss Swiss Singing Society (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. Photograph of Mrs. H.R. Baker speaking on the telephone in April of 1937. In honor of National Want Ad Week, the Tacoma Times ran a full page promotion using pictures of satisfied Times Want Ad customers. (WSHS) (T.Times 4/21/1937, pg. 13)

Telephones--1930-1940; Telephone directories; Baker, H.R.--Family;

ca. 1937. Helen Matthews with telephone operator's equipment, April of 1937, in a promotional photograph for National Want Ad Week. Miss Matthews was an employee of the Tacoma Times advertising department, answering phone calls for the want ads. She was featured in a full page ad in the April 21, 1937 Tacoma Times, extolling the virtues of want ads. (WSHS) (T. Times 4/21/1937, pg. 13)

Telephones--1930-1940; Telephone operators--1930-1940; Matthews, Helen;

ca. 1937. Mrs. A.E. Cromwell (Nettie) tending flower bushes next to a wooden fence. Her husband was the Deputy County Auditor & Recorder. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma News Tribune. (filed with Argentum)

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

ca. 1937. Group of eight Grand Chiefs, Improved Order of Redmen, ca. 1937. Group of men in suits, some wearing Indian headdresses. The Order of Red Men trace their origins to certain secret Patriotic Societies founded before the American Revolution. It is the nation's oldest patriotic fraternal organization of American, not European, origin. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum)

Improved Order of Redmen (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. National Guard Dinner at the Union Club. Military men at head table placed in front of stone fireplace.

Union Club (Tacoma); Washington National Guard (Tacoma); Military personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Uniforms--Washington National Guard--1930-1940;

Lea and Margaret Bronson home. Living room with fireplace and Christmas tree. (T. Times)

Bronson, Lea--Homes & haunts; Christmas decorations; Christmas trees--1930-1940; Fireplaces;

ca. 1937. Sales Grange baseball team in front of their sponsor's storefront, Saxton Lumber Co., 6030 South Tacoma Way. The team is believed to be from Parkland and competed in the City League Baseball group. Saxton Lumber Co. was owned by Malcolm N. Saxton. (filed with Argentum)

Baseball players--Parkland--1930-1940; Saxton Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Loading milled lumber from the dock 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;