1938 Daffodil Parade. The Rotary Club, Tacoma #8, float took fourth place in the Civic Club Division. It was one of 23 floats entered in the 5th annual daffodil parade. Adams Brake Service building in background. The morning of the parade dawned clear and cloudless, and blessed with the appearance of that rarest of Northwest spring visitors, the sun. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p.1).

Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Rotary Club of Tacoma (Tacoma);

Daffodil Pageant. Young Mens Business Club float. Young woman standing on top of a floral fountain with four children surrounding her. The float was one of 23 entered in the Tacoma parade. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p. 1).

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Young Mens Business Club (Tacoma);

The second annual Tacoma Yacht Club Daffodil Festival Regatta. Several wooden power motored yachts, including the "Blanche D," gather on Puget Sound. The day of the regatta, April 3rd 1938, proved to be an exciting one. It opened with a morning fire on one of the yachts, continued on with a collision during the power boat race and ended with a small cabin cruiser capsizing, spilling 5 people into the frigid Puget Sound. They were rescued by a Foss tug. (T. Times 4/4/1938, pg. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma; Regattas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma);

Tacoma Yacht Club Daffodil Festival Regatta race. Wooden motor boat number 30C333 pulls into the yacht harbor after the annual festival race. This boat is most probably the "Bo-Peep," owned by Bennett O. Swain, which was damaged on the bow after a collision with Norton Clapp's "Carmelita" during the race. Swain & "Bo-Peep" continued on to win the race with no errors. (T. Times 4/4/1938, pg. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma; Regattas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma);

Daffodil Yacht Club Regatta race. Several boats on Commencement Bay appear in the distant view from above a wooden motored yacht decorated with marine flags.

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma; Regattas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma);

Daffodil Yacht Club Regatta race. Several boats on Commencement Bay with hill east of Browns Point in background.

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma; Regattas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma);

The Second Annual Tacoma Yacht Club Daffodil Festival Regatta was held on Sunday April 3, 1938. Daffodil Queen Bliss Lundrigan, wearing a captain's hat and cape, is shown at the helm of I.J. Leonard's cruiser "Gadget" with her attendants Bernice Daniel (seated on the helm) and Agnes Kucemba. Eighteen sail boats and forty power boats took part in the procession before a day of races.

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma; Regattas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma); Lundrigan, Bliss; Daniel, Bernice; Kucemba, Agnes;

Two unidentified men observe the damage done to a power boat during the 2nd Annual Tacoma Yacht Club Daffodil Festival Regatta held on April 3, 1938. The boat is most likely the "Bo-Peep," captained by Bennett O. Swain, which was damaged in a collision during the 24 vessel race. Rain, wind and tide contributed to the accident which resulted when Capt. Norton Clapp's "Carmelita" passed the "Bo-Peep." The passing was close and the "Bo-Peep" was drawn into the "Carmelita's" wake, smacking the "Carmelita's" stern. The "Bo-Peep" was damaged on the bow above the water line, but continued on, and eventually won the race. (T. Times 4/4/1938, pg 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma; Regattas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma);

Army Day at Fort Lewis. Staff Sergeant H. E. Etheridge, 91st Air Squadron, explains to Leona Schuck of Olympia how the 30-caliber rear flexible machine gun fires 1200 rounds of ammunition per minute. (T.Times, 4/6/1938, p.1).

Arms & armament--Tacoma--1930-1940; Artillery (Weaponry); Fort Lewis (Wash.); Etheridge, H.E.; Schuck, Leona; Fighter planes--1930-1940; Machine guns;

Army Day at Fort Lewis. Rear Admiral E. B. Fenner, Naval Commander at Bremerton, Brigadier General T. E. Merrill, Fort Lewis Commander, Colonel Francis W. Clark, and the commanders' aides return salutes to the 13 guns honoring the naval visitor.

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Fenner, E.B.; Merrill, T.E.; Clark, Francis W.; Saluting;

While attending Army Day at Fort Lewis on April 6, 1938, Emery Alling, Bill Clark, and Bob and Pete Burnell listened to Sergeant Edward B. Green explain how this field artillery piece was used in France, during World War I, to quell a German advance. Green was the only member of the gun crew who survived. Wounded twice, he was decorated with the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross and Victory medals. (T. Times, 4/6/1938, p. 1).

Alling, Emery; Clark, Bill; Burnell, Bob; Burnell, Pete; Green, Edward B.; Arms & armament--Tacoma--1930-1940; Artillery (Weaponry); Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940; Howitzers; Cannons; Fort Lewis (Wash.);

1938 Army Day at Fort Lewis. A soldier demonstrates the use of a rifle to several people attending the World War I anniversary event. Once a year, the army base threw open its doors to show their current state of national preparedness to defend the country. (T. Times 4/6/1938, pg. 1)

Arms & armament--Tacoma--1930-1940; Artillery (Weaponry); Fort Lewis (Wash.);

Army Day at Fort Lewis marks the 21st anniversary of the United States entry into the World war. Corporal Gerald Roeder, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, explains how the theodolite instrument determines wind velocity. (T.Times, 4/6/1938, p.1).

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Meteorology; Meteorological instruments--1930-1940;

Army Day at Fort Lewis. A member of the 91st Air Squadron discusses the military apparel worn by pilots during winter flying with a couple and their daughter. The leather pilot's suit hangs on a pole inside a tent where exhibits are displayed .

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Military air pilots--1930-1940; Military uniforms;

Lois Jo Strong, 2nd from right, Wenatchee's 19th Apple Blossom Festival queen, and her two princesses. Susan Hilt and Doris Ames, visit with Bliss Lundrigan, 2nd from left, Daffodil Festival queen. (T.Times, 4/13/1938, p. 10.).

Events - Festivals - Washington State - Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival, Daffodil Festival - Queens and Princesses

Inlaid flooring. Dr. Hoover's house, looking into hallway. Ordered by Mr. Houston. (probably referring to Tacoman Ross Houston of Houston Treated Wood Co.) Residence is possibly that of Harold V. Hoover, Osteopath, at 3314 No. 31st St. (filed with Argentum)

Floors;

Inlaid flooring. Dr. Hoover's house, bedroom with two metal-frame beds. Ordered by Mr. Houston. Perhaps, Harold V. Hoover, Osteopath, at 3314 No. 31st St. (filed with Argentum)

Floors; Bedrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Inlaid flooring. Dr. Hoover's house. Ordered by Mr. Houston. Perhaps, Harold V. Hoover, Osteopath, at 3314 No. 31st St. (filed with Argentum)

Floors;

Inlaid flooring. Dr. Hoover's house, bedroom. Ordered by Mr. Houston. Perhaps, Harold V. Hoover, Osteopath, at 3314 No. 31st St. (filed with Argentum)

Floors; Bedrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Excited young men swarm Tacoma's last streetcar in April of 1938. One smiling man, bolstered on the shoulders of another, is pictured yanking down the rolling signage of the various stops. Tacoma Railway & Power Co. personnel within the streetcar calmly stands by. TPL-041

Mass transit--Tacoma--1930-1940; Street railroads--Tacoma--1930-1940; Men--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma);

Al Meyers removes the grips from the last cable car that ran on Tacoma streets--circling South 11th, South K, South 13th , and A streets. After working with the grips at T.R.&P. for more than 40 years, Meyers' cable service ends. (T.Times, 4/8/1938).

Mass transit--Tacoma; Cable railroads--Tacoma; Street railroads--Tacoma; Street railroad employees--Tacoma; Myers, Al; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma);

Just after midnight on Thursday April 7, 1938, the last cable car in Tacoma took its last circular trip from A St. up 11th St. to K St. (Martin Luther King, Jr. St.), and back down 13th St. to A. After the cable car reached Tacoma Railway and Power Company's car barn, Charles W. Schrum, standing beside the cable drive system, turned off the power and ended an era in Tacoma's transportation history. (T.Times, 4/8/1938, p.1).

Mass transit--Tacoma; Cable railroads--Tacoma; Street railroads--Tacoma; Street railroad employees--Tacoma; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma); Schrum, Charles W.;

Early in the morning on Friday April 8, 1938 Al Meyers (left) and Roy Arnold guided cable car No. 87 into the car barn at 13th and A Streets. At 1 a.m. the last cable car in Tacoma had made its last loop run up 11th Street to K Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) and down 13th to A. For 47 years Tacoma's cable cars had carried hill weary Tacomans up 11th Street to the County Court House, the Tacoma Public Library, and the K Street shopping district. (T.Times, 4/8/1938, p.1).

Mass transit--Tacoma; Cable railroads--Tacoma; Street railroads--Tacoma; Street railroad employees--Tacoma; Myers, Al; Arnold, Roy; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma);

Tacoma Railway and Power Company cable car crew stand beside the last cable car taken to the car barn. The evening scene gives a glimpse of the buildings and huge power lines that ran the city's streetcar system. (T.Times, 4/8/1938, p.1).

Mass transit--Tacoma; Cable railroads--Tacoma; Street railroads--Tacoma; Street railroad employees--Tacoma; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma);

Fireboat on Puget Sound. Artistic view of five men on upper level of boat by waterjets.

Vessels - Boats - Fireboats - Tacoma

Fireboat on Puget Sound. Four men ride on the railing of the fireboat.

Vessels - Boats - Fireboats - Tacoma

Fireboat on Puget Sound. Artistic view of four men watching a firefighter demonstrate the maneuverability of a large water jet mounted on the fireboat. Tideflat industry in the background.

Vessels - Boats - Fireboats - Tacoma

Fireboat on Puget Sound. Firefighters spray water from equipment mounted on the stern of the fireboat.

Vessels - Boats - Fireboats - Tacoma

Truck with extension. Peterman Manufacturing Company. Parked beside building with shed roofs with clerestory windows. The door and veneer manufacturing company was owned by Theodore A. Peterman. This is the first "Peterbuilt" truck ever built by the Peterman Manufacturing Co. It was headed toward Al Peterman's Morton logging operations. The truck carried a spare set of traction tires. Mr. Peterman had first experimented on an older fleet of White trucks before building this prototype in 1938. He then bought the Fageol truck plant in Oakland, which had gone out of business during the Depression years, and started manufacturing Peterbuilt trucks there. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Peterman Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Stadium High School's tennis team posed on campus on April 14, 1938. The school had won numerous city championships in the sport and 1938 was expected to be no exception. From L-R were: Darrell "Righty" Eden, Don "Lefty" Eden, Bill Taylor, Bill Guyles and Richard Meyer. The Tacoma Times noted that because of the boys' "all-around strength" tennis observers believed that the Stadium team should be ranked best in state. All except Richard Meyer were seniors and graduated in June of 1938. By age 18, "Righty" Eden was ranked 10th nationally in the Boys Scholastic Division at the same time (tennis great) Jack Kramer was ranked #1. "Righty" would attend the University of Washington along with his twin brother and would letter in all four years. The Eden brothers would continue playing tennis after college and never lost in doubles in their age division from the 35s through the 55s. "Righty" Eden was inducted in the 2001 USTA Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame. (T. Times, 4-21-38, p. 20; 1938 Tahoma yearbook; www.pnw.usta.com/hall_of_fame)

Tennis players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Eden, Darrell; Eden, Don; Taylor, Bill; Guyles, Bill; Meyer, Richard; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;