Tacoma baseball player in dugout. (T. Times).

Sports - Ball Games - Baseball - Players

ca. 1935. Naubert's baseball team. Eleven baseball players and bat boy posed for team portrait at baseball field.

Sports - Ball Games - Baseball - Team Portraits

Golf tournament at the Tacoma Country Club. Spectators surround a golfer on the golf course. (T. Times).

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Golf tournament at the Tacoma Country Club. Golfer on putting green taps golf ball toward hole. A crowd of spectators watch the event near a grove of trees. A water tower is visible through the trees. (T. Times).

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Tacom Lawn Tennis tournament. Young man on courts with tennis racket ready to hit a backhand shot. (T. Times).

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Tacoma Lawn Tennis tournament. Young women ready to swing tennis racket at on-coming ball. She is on tennis courts near score keeper's stand. (T. Times).

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As part of the Fire College held in Tacoma June 17-20, 1936, a three hour fire fighting demonstration was held at the Stadium Bowl on June 19th. The finale was the setting fire of a 1 1/2 story structure. The fire was allowed to engulf the building; the Tacoma Fire Department then extinguished the flame. Here one man stands on a ladder at the second story window holding a can of gasoline; another man poses inside the window. They are getting the building ready to be sent up in flames.

Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Fire fighters--1930-1940; Fire fighting--1930-1940; Ladders; Northwest Fire College (Tacoma);

The Spokane Washington Fire Department demonstrates the use of ladders during the Firefighting demonstration on June 19, 1936 that capped off the first ever Northwest Fire College. Paid and volunteer fire departments from Washington, Montana, Idaho and British Columbia met in Tacoma June 17-20, 1936 to share fire fighting techniques and information.

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The Firefighters' Convention was held June 17-20, 1936 in Tacoma. The highlight was a nighttime firefighting demonstration at Stadium Bowl on June 19th. An audience of 25,000 crowded into the Bowl to watch the 3 hour free show, which included a display of 50 years of fire fighting equipment. An early fire fighting vehicle and current fire engine are parked on the field. A large crowd of spectators pack the concrete bleachers. Stadium High School and other buildings in background. (T. Times 6/18/1936, pg. 1)

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Firefighter's Convention demonstration of fire fighting techniques held June 19, 1936 at the Stadium Bowl. The three hour show went on into the evening. In this night scene, you can see the five story sample structure used by the Tacoma Fire Department to demonstrate techniques on tall buildings. A 1 1/2 story house was hauled onto the field and burned as a demonstration. Pictured are structures, fire trucks, ambulance, medical personnel and firefighters in mock demonstrations. (T. Times 6/18/1936, pg. 1; 6/19/1936, pg. 1)

Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Fire fighters--1930-1940; Fire fighting--1930-1940; Fire engines & equipment--1930-1940; Northwest Fire College (Tacoma);

The highlight of the June 17-20, 1936, Firefighters College was the three hour demonstration at the Stadium Bowl. A 1 1/2 story house was hauled out to the field and torched so that Tacoma firefighters could extinguish the blaze. A shiver went through the crowd as the fire raced through the building, almost getting away from the firemen. (T. Times 6/19/1936, pg. 1)

Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Fire fighters--1930-1940; Fire fighting--1930-1940; Fire engines & equipment--1930-1940; Northwest Fire College (Tacoma);

Six unidentified firemen from the combined Fire Departments of Puyallup and Auburn performed a life line drill at the firefighting demonstration held at the Stadium Bowl on June 19, 1936. The dramatic "rescue" from a specially built five story structure was one of the highlights of the three hour public performance of firefighting techniques presented during the First Northwest Fire College held from June 17-20. In this photograph the upper men are hooked to the life line and are sliding downward while holding the other men in a hand to hand grip. The audience for the presentation was estimated at 25,000.

Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Fire fighters--1930-1940; Fire fighting--1930-1940; Fire engines & equipment--1930-1940; Northwest Fire College (Tacoma);

Tacoma Fire Department Truck Company 2 performs a life saving drill in this photograph taken during the 3 hour firefighting demonstration at the Stadium Bowl on June 19, 1936. The demonstration was held for the public to enjoy the daring exploits of the Northwest firefighters at the conclusion of the Fire College held in Tacoma June 17-20. In this photograph, ladders are being used to access the interior of this mock up five story building. A dummy is being lowered on a platform; the platform is attached to and controlled by the aerial ladder on the fire truck.

Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Fire fighters--1930-1940; Fire fighting--1930-1940; Fire engines & equipment--1930-1940; Northwest Fire College (Tacoma);

As a part of the firefighting technique demonstration at the Stadium Bowl on June 19, 1936, the combined fire departments of Puyallup and Auburn performed a drill with Pompier Ladders. The scaling ladders were invented in the late 1800s when tenements bloomed to house incoming immigrants. The tenement buildings were so tall that they were beyond the reach of conventional ladder companies. The Pompier Ladder was invented to save lives in these cases. It had a saw tooth hook on one end and rungs on the long end. The hook part was plunged through a window and hooked onto the sill. The firefighter could then climb up and into the window and the procedure could be repeated to access even higher windows.

Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Fire fighters--1930-1940; Fire fighting--1930-1940; Ladders; Northwest Fire College (Tacoma);

Providing a little comic relief at the June 19th, 1936 Firefighting demonstration at the Stadium Bowl was the Skagit County fire department with their "day in the life of a fire fighter." In this photograph, the fire alarm siren has just sounded and the firemen rise from their bunks in their mock up station, preparing to respond to the call.

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Stadium High School opera group and director Clayton Johnson assembled inside a log building. (T. Times)

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These two society gals were photographed in September of 1935 knitting, before departing Bremerton to winter in the south. Mrs. Edgar Dale Stoll (seated) and her sister Margaret Hokenstad were spending the winter in Beverly Hills, Ca. (Bremerton Sun 9/25/35 pg. 2).

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McKinley Playfield. Handicrafts instructor, Jack Svendsen, observes a recreation director working with a large group of children on a craft project. A dog relaxes in the shade of the table covered with an array of crafts. (T. Times 8/19/1936, pg. 1)

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Swiss dance, August of 1937. Nine men standing in a semi-circle around a spitoon. They appear to be singing.

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Swiss dance. A large group of couples on dance floor. Most men have shed their coats for a more relaxed atmosphere.

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Pre-school children at Tacoma Day Nursery. Five small friends embrace for group portrait in June of 1937. Glimpse of house and wire fence in background. This is one of a series of publicity photos for the annual sale of Flag Day flags by the Day Nursery Association with proceeds going to the support of the two nurseries operated by the group. (T. Times 6/11/1937, pg. 3) (filed with Argentum)

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In June of 1937, Roy Scruton (left), Irene Fortana and Morris Matteson organized three mugs and a pitcher for "afternoon tea" at the day nursery at 1113 South I Street. The nursery was one of two day care operations run by the Tacoma Day Nursery Association. Each June the association raised badly needed funds by selling small flags for Flag Day. (T. Times 6/11/1937, pg. 3)

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Swiss dance. Men and women seated at tables with streamers above. An array of beer mugs are on the table, coats and hats hang from hooks on the wall, framed pictures, a clock and trophy decorate the dining room. The dance is believed to have taken place at Swiss Hall, a multi-story building erected by the area's Swiss Society.

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Bremerton tailor A.R. (Bob) Robb paused in his work long enough for the photographer to snap this photo for the Bremerton Sun's "Around the Clock" feature on April 25, 1936. Mr. Robb was a tailor at Paul Mehner's shop at 209 Washington Ave. in Bremerton, where he worked all day seated at a row of windows smoking his pipe and plying his needle. His pipe was covered with an "overcoat" that kept the ashes from falling on the fabric. Originally from Scotland, Mr. Robb had apprenticed in the tailor business there and emerged as a journeyman at the age of 18 to travel through Scotland, England, Canada and the United States. After forty years, he still enjoyed sewing, especially in his favorite material- fur. He recounted his finest hour as sewing a new suit for the Canadian Prime Minister, who then referred the other Cabinet members to Robb. (Bremerton Sun 4/25/1936, pg. 1)

Tailors--Bremerton--1930-1940; Tailor shops--Bremerton--1930-1940; Clothing industry--Bremerton--1930-1940; Sewing; Robb, A.R.;

Students at Washington School have gathered food for needy families during the school's Thanksgiving basket drive. Juanita Evans, Janice Johnson, Richard Howson, Raymond Demorest, and Robert Sinclair, from left to right, are creating a festive arrangement of produce and home canned, as well as commercially canned, foods on tables decorated with crepe paper. Scarecrows guard the table from the right hand side of photo. Similar drives were in progress at every school in the city. Needy families were instructed to contact the schools directly. It is estimated that schoolchildren in Tacoma will feed 200 families this year. (T.Times,11/23/37, p.16).

Thanksgiving Day; Food; Community service--Tacoma--1930-1940; Charity--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma); Evans, Juanita; Johnson, Janice; Howson, Richard; Demorest, Raymond; Sinclair, Robert;

In September of 1937, Stadium High School's Coach Christie posed with his team in front of a Gothic arch at the school. Later they would represent their school at the state track meet in Pullman in May. Pictured in the back row, left to right, are McCord, Londos, Reynolds, Bennatts & Coach Christy. In the front row are Smith, Watts, Long & Johns. (T.Times 5/19/1937, pg. 3)

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Mrs. Isaac P. Hoopes (seated,) county chairman for the annual Anti-Tuberculosis League's Christmas seal drive, was photographed in November of 1935 selling the season's first seal to Peggy Campbell. Pictured in the background is an enlargement of the Christmas seal design for 1935; a full skirted young woman posting a Christmas card. Proceeds from the sale of Christmas seals helped fund education and prevention of the deadly disease. (Bremerton Sun 11/29/1935, pg.1)

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Visitation Villa Academy, May Day fete. Queen Muriel Mullen and her court seated among a grove of fir trees. People are seated on wooden chairs watching the ceremony.

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African-American porter or waiter beside President Roosevelt's train upon arrival at Union Depot at 7:35 PM for a 15 minute whistle stop. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p.9).

Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad employees;

Twenty three year old Tom Vitos poses for the camera after losing a bet that he and fellow adventurer nineteen year old Graham Ring could survive for 30 days in the Olympic Mountain region dressed only in trunks and tennis shoes and armed with knives, fishing line and an automatic lighter. Vitos had long toyed with the idea of living like a savage and was discussing the idea with Ring in the Oakland Drug Store, located at 3852 Center St. The proprietor and druggist William Rast overheard and wagered Vitos $200 against 100 days as a laborer on Rast's new house that the pair could not survive until September 7th in the wild. The two left August 7th for the Olympic region and returned cold and hungry after eight days in the wilderness to admit defeat. Although not Tarzans, both men were adventurers. Vitos had travelled all over the world on tramp steamers and Ring had ridden all over the US on freight cars. (TDL 8/8/1935, pg. 3; TDL 8/16/1935)

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