Aerial view of Tacoma General Hospital with Wright Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

Aerial photographs; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Wright Park (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Dogs were apparently welcome at this eating establishment as a large black Cocker Spaniel gets a treat from a man stting on a soda fountain stool. Begging on his hind legs appeared to have paid off for the pooch in a 1938 stock photograph. Although a touch of elegance is present with the rattan counter stools which slope back, hamburgers were still an affordable 10 cents each.

Dogs; Eating & drinking;

ca. 1938. Interior of murder scenes taken for lawyer Steve O'Brien. Wood-sided room appears to be a speakeasy or brothel. Two men wearing suits and fedora hats stand beside a counter; door at rear contains several bolts and locks and has a slide-open viewing cut-out.

Homicides;

ca. 1938. Man working on electrical equipment, has "Willard" patch on jacket. Some of the equipment appear to be radios. This stock 1938 photograph is believed to be that of Ernest Little who had a radio repair shop at 728 Pacific Avenue near Turner Richards' photographic studio. Mr. Little opened his "Little Radio Shop" in 1937. See D53025-1 for a picture of the store and Mr. Little taken in 1950.

Radios; Radio industry--Tacoma;

ca. 1938. Beacon Service Station at 84th Street and South Tacoma Way. For Richfield Oil Corporation of California. (T. Times)

Beacon Service Station (Tacoma); Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gasoline pumps--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Frank M. Beecher, florist, at Leopold Koropp's floral shop. Man standing beside vase filled with a tall spray of flowers. (filed with Argentum)

Beecher, Frank M.; Flowers;

ca. 1938. Nathan's Clothes, new clothing store located at 1120 Pacific Ave., circa 1938. Exterior view showing neon sign, window display of suits, shirts, hats, and other merchandise. (filed with Argentum)

Nathan's (Tacoma); Clothing stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Neff & Co. Flooring Store, interior view of rolls of linoleum flooring. The company was owned and operated by Arthur L. Neff, a local amateur boxing supporter. They sold retail furnishings, including a complete line of carpets, rugs, linoleum, washing machines and homes products. They also sold the Johns-Manville line of asbestos siding & roofing. The company recently bought the stock of floor coverings previously owned by Pacific Floor Covering Co. (T. Times 10/19/1938, pg. 2) (filed with Argentum)

Neff & Co. (Tacoma); Floor coverings; Rugs;

ca. 1938. The Rigney twins, Lucia Rose Rigney O'Donnell and Marcella Catherine Rigney Henly, pose with grandchildren at a family reunion in Steilacoom. The sisters were born to John and Elizabeth Rigney in 1862, two of 9 children and the second set of twins. Rose married Judge William O'Donnell. They had no children. Marcella married Neil Henly. They had seven children. After the twins were widowed, they lived together at the Rigney home in Steilacoom and kept statistics for Western States Hospital until 1950. Marcella died in August of 1950 and Rose died March of 1951 after the pair celebrated their 89th birthday.

O'Donnell, Rose Rigney; Henly, Marcella Rigney; Twins; Aged persons--Tacoma; Grandparents;

ca. 1938. Plant Super Service Station, Richfield Dealer on Puyallup Avenue. The station attendant cleans the windshields while gassing up the vehicle. For Richfield Oil Corporation of California. (T. Times)

Plant Super Service Station (Tacoma); Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gasoline pumps--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Annie Wright Seminary, circa 1938. Luncheon in honor of seniors given by Joan Burnmister at the Tacoma Club. Approximately 30 women and girls seated around luncheon table. (filed with Argentum)

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Stadium High School drum majors posed in front of their school in January of 1938. The baton wielders were scheduled for an exhibition performance to be given at Clover Park High School. They are, left to right, Mary Katherine Hager, Venette Maybin, Bob Lennon, Mary Jean McMorris and Margery Mayer. (T. Times 01/07/1938, pg. 4) (filed with Argentum)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Drum majors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hager, Mary Katherine; Maybin, Venette; Lennon, Bob; McMorris, Mary Jean; Mayer, Margery;

ca. 1938. National Guard review. 148th Field Artillery Rifle team. (filed with Argentum)

Washington National Guard, 148th F.A. (Tacoma); Military personnel--1930-1940; Rifles;

ca. 1938. Tacoma Municipal Water Works building with piles of logs outside. This building was built in 1938 as a warehouse for the Water Department. (filed with Argentum)

Waterworks--Tacoma; Municipal services--Tacoma; Public utility companies--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Two unidentified drivers stand next to two Edwards Fuel Company oil trucks parked outside the company's service station circa 1938. Company owner Leon Edwards is the man next to the automobile at the far right. His station was located in the 700 block of East 11th St., across the 11th Street Bridge. (T. Times)

Edwards Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Edwards, Leon; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Dinner at the Elks Temple circa 1938. Men being seated in dining room. (filed with Argentum) (photo damage upper left corner?)

Elks Temple (Tacoma); Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dining rooms--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fraternal lodges--Tacoma;

ca. 1938. Group of women; four sitting on lawn swing, one sitting in director's chair, one standing, and one sitting on lawn. The girl seated in the center on the swing is Gretchen Kunigk (later Fraser). (filed with Argentum)

Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994;

ca. 1938. Marianna Van Rooy, daughter of Clemens Van Rooy, accountant and secretary of Allenmore Golf Club. Head and shoulders of young girl with long curls, bow in hair, sleeveless dress.

Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Van Rooy, Marianna Catherine;

ca. 1938. Family portrait for Lieutenant H. T. Hamilton, Lake Steilacoom.

Hamilton, H.T.--Family;

ca. 1938. "Hooverville" shacks with laundry and rubbish outside. Tacoma Tideflats. Known as "Hollywood-on-the-tideflats." (filed with Argentum)

Hollywood-on-the-Tideflats (Tacoma); Slums--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Overview of "Hooverville" shacks to be wrecked. Known as "Hollywood-on-the-tideflats".

Hollywood-on-the-Tideflats (Tacoma); Slums--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Residences for Stoker-Lad Inc, #113. One-and-one-half story house, address unknown, with brick post on porch, bay window on left side. Stoker-Lad sold furnaces and mechanical systems equipment. (filed with Argentum)

Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. For Stoker-Lad. Large barn-shaped house. Two story home, address unknown, with bay window on right rear and small windowed dormer above it. (filed with Argentum)

Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Lincoln Park area, circa 1938. Street scene (So. Thompson Ave.) with houses on left; Lincoln Park with trees and lawn on right, automobiles on street. In Sept. of 1938, plans were introduced to build an athletic stadium, "bowl," at Lincoln High School and make adjustments to Lincoln Park. Photograph ordered by Comfort and Davis. (filed with Argentum)

Lincoln Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma; Residential streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. The dark exterior of Columbia Breweries has the name Alt Heidelberg beer painted on the north edge of the top of the main brewery. West Coast Grocery's Coffee Department is seen on the right at 2114 South C Street. West Coast Grocery was at this location from 1928 through 1945. Copies of old prints ordered by Heidelberg Brewing Company in December 1954.

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Ben's Economy Groceteria and Mosier's Meat, 764 So. 56th St., Tacoma. The store was built around 1937. In 1951, it became Fagerholm's Associated Grocers (AG) Market.

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ben's Economy Groceteria (Tacoma); Mosier's Meat Market (Tacoma);