Sam Perkins, right, receives a toast from an unidentified friend on his 73rd birthday at a party given in his honor at the Tacoma Club.

Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Perkins, S.A.--Commemoration; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Horatio N. Dryer of Yakima, pictured here, was installed May 10, 1938 as the Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Washington. His installation was part of the 51st annual conclave of that group, held at the Masonic Temple. (T. Times 5/11/1938, pg. 3)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Knights Templar (Tacoma); Dryer, Horatio N.;

Tacoma was treated to an afternoon parade when Knights Templar from all over the state gathered here for the 51st Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Washington. Men in the traditional plumed hats with a large group of flag bearers behind them. The Roxy Theatre is in the background. The Roxy later became the Pantages. (T. Times 5/9/1938)

Roxy Theatre (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Knights Templar (Tacoma);

The Knights Templar band in their traditional plumed hats marched past the Roxy Theatre (later known again as the Pantages) on May 9, 1938. Tacoma was treated to a colorful afternoon parade when Knights Templar from all over the state gathered here for the 51st Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Washington. This parade of bands followed the marching companies. (T. Times 5/9/1938, pg. 1-article; TNT 5-9-38, p. 1-article on conclave)

Roxy Theatre (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Knights Templar (Tacoma); Marching bands--Tacoma--1930-1940; Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940;

148th Field Artillery Band with instruments. Group will play at Military Ball on May 20. Under director, Warrant Officer Louis G. Werson, the band won the state championship at Camp Murray encampment in 1938. The 148th F.A. was headquartered in Tacoma. (T. Times 5/12/1939, p. 20).

Washington National Guard, 148th F.A. Band (Tacoma); Camp Murray (Wash.); Military uniforms; Military personnel; Military bands;

Wide angle portrait of the 110 students at Gault Junior High School representing the cast and chorus of the Hawaiian operetta "Tahita," which will be presented at the school on May 13, 1938. The plot was written by the girls in Miss Betty Harding's Glee Club. It is set in Hawaii, where Tahita, the heroine, was shipwrecked as a young child and raised by a native chieftain. She is found by an American aunt who wants to return her to the States to school. However, romance interferes in the person of the captain of the boat and a young bashful Southern sailor. (T. Times 5/13/1938, pg. 8- see caption of photograph for all names.)

Public schools--Tacoma; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Child actors; Costumes;

Mason middle school heavy brass. Two young men play the trombone and one the tuba. The seated boy playing the trombone is Joe Heitman, Jr. The trombonist on the right is Arthur Warren Jr. The boy encoiled in the tuba and sporting a shiner is Bob Cole. (T. Times 5/13/1938, pg. 22)

Public Schools--Tacoma; Youth orchestras; Students; Musicians; Brass instruments; Trombones; Tubas; Heitman, Joe; Warren, Arthur; Cole, Bob;

Seven of the saxophone players in the Gault Intermediate School band and orchestra practise their parts for the May 1938 school production of the operetta "Tahiti." The young musicians are, front row (l to r), Jack Potter, Marjorie Melvin and Eugene Lombardi. Back row (l to r), Dick Norton, Earl Duncanson, Francis Smith and Arthur Bailey. The plot of the operetta was written by the girls in Miss Betty Harding's Glee Club at Gault. The 15 cast members, and the musicians, were supported by dancers and other performers.(T. Times 5/13/1938, pg. 22)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Saxophones; Potter, Jack; Melvin, Marjorie; Lombardi, Eugene; Norton, Dick; Duncanson, Earl; Smith, Francis; Bailey, Arthur;

Water wheel at Woodbrook Hunt Club. A couple sits in the shade of the oak trees on the lawn beside the rippling creek and water wheel. Stock photograph taken on May 15, 1938.

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Waterwheels;

Water wheel at Woodbrook Hunt Club. Artistic view of water wheel framed under the branches of an oak tree with Mount Rainier in the distance.

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Waterwheels;

Exterior view of Pucci Inn, a roadside restaurant owned by Guido Pucci. The two-story wooden building features a steep roof with projecting bay on the second floor .

Business Enterprises - Food Enterprises - Restaurants - Roadside Restaurants - Pierce County - Lakewood - Pucci Inn

S.S. Wildwood, full side view of American Shipping Company freighter, loaded with lumber, in Commencement Bay.

Cargo ships--Tacoma; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Peoples Department Store Building, Carl August Darmer, Architect, 1895. Photograph of store front with scaffolding and steam cleaner, circa May of 1938. Sign reads "This building is being steamed cleaned by Universal Cleaning Contractors." For Ocky Williams, Universal Cleaning Contractors. The structure was built for and occupied by the Peoples Store from 1895-1983 when the store closed its doors. It is now the Puget Sound Plaza. (filed with Argentum)

Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Peoples (Tacoma); Cleaning--Tacoma; Scaffolding--Tacoma;

Lincoln High School pirate play developed by the Boys Glee Club as part of the music department program on May 20, 1938. Dean McPhaden and Elton Ramage sword fight after McPhaden finds Ramage trying to plunder his treasure chest. (T. Times 5/19/1938, pg. 18)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--Performances; Pirates; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musical revues & comedies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Costumes; McPhaden, Dean; Ramage, Elton; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Lincoln High School is being overrun by pirates. Actually they are part of the annual Music Department performance on May 20, 1938. The Boys Glee Club developed the pirate scene entirely by themselves, complete with realistic sword play and sea chanties. In this scene, Dean McPhaden and his crew of pirates discover Elton Ramage attempting to break into the treasure chest. McPhaden hits Ramage across the back with his rapier and a duel ensues. (T. Times 5/19/1938, pg. 18)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--Performances; Pirates; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Costumes; McPhaden, Dean; Ramage, Elton;

Peoples Department Store Building, Carl August Darmer, Architect, 1895. Photograph of front and side of Peoples Store with man on scaffolding near top corner of store, circa May of 1938. The exterior of the store was being steam cleaned by Universal Cleaning Contractors. The building was occupied by the Peoples Store from 1895-1983. For Ocky Williams, Universal Cleaning Contractors. (filed with Argentum)

Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Peoples (Tacoma); Cleaning--Tacoma; Scaffolding--Tacoma;

Lincoln High School musical revue, "Brides & Pirates, " circa May of 1938. Large cast of girls and boys in costume on stage. (filed with Argentum)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Musical revues & comedies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Lincoln High School cast members gather on stage in late May of 1938 as they prepare for their upcoming musical revue. The stage is filled with Boys Glee Club "pirates" as they practice in costume in a scene developed by the club members themselves.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--Performances; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musical revues & comedies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Costumes;

Visitation Villa Academy 1938 May Day exercises. Six girls dressed in formal attire holding umbrellas (parasols), and balloons. The afternoon was reserved for drills and dances performed by Visitation students for parents and guests. (T. Times 5/28/1938, p. 9).

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Holidays--Lakewood--1930-1940; Festivals--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Visitation Villa Academy 1938 May Day exercises. Young women, grouped in pairs, walking in the traditional procession from the Main building after the coronation of the May Queen. The coronation would be held on the north lawn. They pass a two-story building with balcony and covered porch as they proceed into a crowd of visitors seated in chairs under large fir trees.

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Holidays--Lakewood--1930-1940; Festivals--Lakewood--1930-1940;

This photograph taken in 1938 shows Mayor George A. Smitley buying a "Buddy Poppy" from Mary Lee Burrows (left) and Elizabeth Armstrong, the youngest members of the American Legion Rhodes Post Auxiliary, at his office in (Old) City Hall. Mayor Smitley was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1872, and although his formal education was limited to four years in a country school, he went on to be a successful businessman and Mayor of Tacoma from 1934 through 1938. Buddy poppies date to the early 1920s. They were inspired after WWI by the poem "In Flanders Fields" and are sold by the VFW to raise funds for disabled and needy veterans and their dependents.

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Patriotic societies--Tacoma; American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma); Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Burrows, Mary Lee; Armstrong, Elizabeth;

On May 25, 1938, Mayor George A. Smitley, in his office at (old) City Hall, bought a "Buddy Poppy" from Mary Lee Burrows (L) and Elizabeth Armstrong, the youngest members of the American Legion Rhodes Post Auxiliary. Buddy Poppies were assembled by disabled and/or needy veterans and proceeds used for veterans welfare. (T.Times).

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Patriotic societies--Tacoma; American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma); Burrows, Mary Lee; Armstrong, Elizabeth;

On August 27, 1938, Capt. Edmund Clarence Weaver, one of Tacoma's more colorful characters, celebrated his 100th birthday. Born in Minneapolis, Minn, he left home at 13 and, until a few years before this picture was taken, adventured through every continent and most countries. The retired sea captain made many flamboyant career choices, including time spent as a fighter, explorer and soldier of fortune. The loss of his right arm in a train wreck directly after the Civil War did not hamper Capt. Weaver. He was the only surviving Pony Express Rider, came across Stanley and Livingston in Africa and was acquainted with Trader Horn. Relaxing at his home prior to his special day, he recounted that he was good for another 50 years. Unfortunately, Capt. Weaver was killed by a city bus near his East Side Drive home on September 15, 1938. Although much more vigorous than a man many years his junior, he became confused and misjudged the direction of the oncoming bus. (T. Times 8/26/1938, pg. 10; T. Times 9/15/1938, pg. 1)

Postal service employees--Tacoma; Pony Express; Weaver, E.C.; Centenarians--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Visitation Villa Academy, 1938 May Day exercises. A group of young women dressed in formal attire gather on the front steps of a two-story brick building. Mary Jane Haniger reigned as Queen of the May Day festivities. (T. Times, 5/28/38, p.9).

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Holidays--Lakewood--1930-1940; Festivals--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Visitation Villa Academy, 1938 May Day festivities. The royal court poses surrounded by baskets of flowers. Mary Jane Haniger reigned as May Day Queen. Standing in the back row are the Maids of Honor, left to right, Marie Eskstein, Muriel Mullin, Phebe Pierce, Susan Manley and Paula Haniger. Standing by Queen Mary Jane is Jerome Rosenberger. The front row, left to right, is composed of Sharon Ann Mazza, Leslie Haniger, Margaret Haniger and Nadine Lee Gillis. (T.Times, 5/28/1938, p. 9).

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Holidays--Lakewood--1930-1940; Festivals--Lakewood--1930-1940; Haniger, Mary Jane;

Visitation Villa Academy,1938 May Day exercises. Young women dressed in formal attire holding maypole streamers. The coronation of the May Day Queen was followed by an afternoon program of drills and dances, including the traditional May pole dance, performed by Visitation students. (T. Times, 5/28/1938, p. 9).

Visitation Villa Academy (Lakewood); Private schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; May Day--Lakewood; Holidays--Lakewood--1930-1940; Festivals--Lakewood--1930-1940; May poles;

Max Frolic's, a distinctively modern "Dreamhouse" diner opened on May 26, 1938, on old Highway 99 in Lakewood. Max Frolic and William Thornburg, owners of the popular Art-deco-style roadside restaurant, provided service 24-hours a day. Frolic, a violinist and orchestra/band leader, decorated the interior with autographed photographs of show business and sports stars. Current owners call the place "Maxie's". Ordered by Johnson Cox Company. (TNT, 5/25/1938, p. 9). (filed with Argentum)

Restaurants--Lakewood--1930-1940; Max Frolic's Restaurant (Lakewood);

W.P. Bonney, left, of the Washington State Historical Society, and Harvey Scofield, expert rifleman and small arms authority, examine an old, American-made "Kentucky Rifle" used by Levant Frederick Thompson in the Indian War of 1855. Mr. Thompson was the youngest member of the first territorial legislature and the oldest member of the first state legislature. (T. Times, 5/26/38, p. 2).

Bonney, William P.; Guns; Firearms; Scofield, Harvey;

On May 28, 1938, George L. Freestone stood in front of the Milwaukee Railroad ticket window where he had sold tickets for the past 26 years. Mr. Freestone was retiring and being replaced by Glen T. Russell, former baggage agent. The 76-year-old Steilacoom Lake resident had sold railroad tickets for a total of 44 years, the first 18 in Chicago for the Chicago, Western and Indiana Railroad. (T. Times 5/31/1938, p. 2-alt. photograph).

Freestone, George L.; Railroad stations--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma); Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co.--Retirements;

Glen T. Russell holds a strip of Milwaukee Railroad tickets as he learns about his new job from best friend and retiring ticket agent George L. Freestone (at right) in late May of 1938. Mr. Freestone had sold tickets at the Milwaukee station since June 1, 1911, some 26 years. At age 76, the Steilacoom Lake resident was ready to retire. He had accumulated a total of 44 years in selling railroad tickets, the first 18 in Chicago. His successor, Mr. Russell, was promoted from baggage agent to ticket agent. (T. Times, 5/31/1938, p. 2).

Freestone, George L.; Russell, Glen T.; Railroad stations--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma); Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co.--Retirements;