An automobile crashed into the Central Bank, at 2816 6th Ave., early in the morning on Friday August 24, 1934 tearing a hole in the brick wall. Ellis Ayr Smith and Frances Urch, employees of the bank, examine the damage. The car driven by 20 year old Charles Arwood skidded 40 feet on a slippery street, slammed into the wall of the bank and introduced "drive through" banking to Tacoma. Arwood and his passenger Dorothy Roberts both escaped without serious injury. (T. Times 8/31/1934)
Central Bank (Tacoma); Smith, Ellis-Ayr; Urch, Frances; Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940; Accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Interior of a Franklin Food Store, circa 1934. The 1934 City Directory lists Franklin Food Stores at 121 No. G St., 602 So. 38th and the Crystal Palace Public Market. View from above shoppers in the grocery store. Long lines are qued up, going out of the frame of the camera; probably lined up at the check out stands. (filed with Argentum)
Franklin Food Stores (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Interior of a Franklin Food Store, circa 1934. The 1934 City Directory lists Franklin Food Stores at 121 No. G St., 602 So. 38th and the Crystal Palace Public Market. View from above shoppers in the grocery store. Long lines wait patiently for the checker. (filed with Argentum)
Franklin Food Stores (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Interior of the Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret at 1518 Pacific Avenue. The club was owned by Louie DiDent and featured "wine and dine" and "entertainment that is different." Photograph pictures a crowd of people drinking beer at tables and a woman entertainer on stage at the front of room. Waiters in white jackets serve the tables.
ca. 1934. The lunch counter of the Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret, 1518 Pacific Avenue. Signboard menu offers sandwiches ranging from a dime hamburger to a fried oyster sandwich for a quarter. Men seated in front of counter; manager in tuxedo and waiters in white jackets behind the counter. All are reflected in the large mirror, which is surrounded by ornate columns.
ca. 1934. Interior shot of the Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret bar. Men raise a toast with glasses in hand. Man in tuxedo and white jacketed servers behind the bar. Men at bar wear overcoats and hats. The room's decorative accents are in the art deco style.
ca. 1934. Exterior view of the Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret located at 1518 Pacific Avenue. A neon lit marquee extends out from the building. Fabric draping and liquor bottles decorate the front picture windows.
A brightly colored studio close up of a Brown & Haley Easter Egg candy was taken in December, 1955, possibly for use in advertising. The candy was photographed against a rosy tinted carpet-like backdrop. The Easter Egg bar had a smiling cartoon rabbit on the cover and cost a mere nickel. Brown & Haley was noted for their chocolate and Almond Roca products; they also made specialty candies like these as well. Photograph ordered by Brown & Haley.
In this photograph from February 1935, an unidentified shoemaker pounds nails into the sole of a leather high-top work shoe or hiking boot at his workbench in the Bone Dry Manufacturing Company building at 2115 Pacific Avenue. Bone Dry manufactured top quality boots in Tacoma for nearly 40 years. Built in 1919, the Bone Dry building, now occupied by McGranahan Architects, still reveals its history in the paths wore in its wooden floors by several generations of cobblers and pattern cutters.
In February of 1935 an unidentified shoemaker at the Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company, 2115 Pacific Avenue, used a sharp blade attached to his index finger to cut the leather for a high-top work shoe or boot. The blade is attached to the index finger of his right hand with a leather band. Bone Dry manufactured top quality boots in Tacoma for nearly 40 years. In 1943 their Paul Bunyan Pack Boot, which was "waterproof as a glass jar and warm as a fur-lined overcoat" sold at Abercrombie & Fitch for $25 per pair. Built in 1919, the Bone Dry building became the home to McGranahan Architects in 2000.
Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. One of three shoe makers stops for photographer in cutting room. He is wearing an apron and leaning over a workbench. A leather wrapped finger contains cutting blade. (Also see images #7 and 10).
George Miller, Jr, a shoemaker at the Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company factory in Tacoma, 2115 Pacific Ave., used a heavy duty industrial sewing machine in February, 1935, to sew the welt and insole to the upper of a boot. For nearly 40 years, craftsmen and craftswomen at Bone-Dry produced "corks", the standard footwear for loggers, and various other styles of boots and shoes. The Bone-Dry factory building is now home to McGranahan Architects. TPL-8549
ca. 1935. A drawing of a Bone-Dry manufactured work boot, used for advertising copy. Bone-Dry Shoes in Tacoma manufactured high quality work boots and sport boots. In the thirties, much of the shoe making was still done by hand by skilled artisans.
Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Two men working beside window at shoe crafting machines surrounded by racks of leather work shoes, boots which the company specialized in.
Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Shoe maker at stamping machine places iron sole mold on piece of leather between press. Other molds sit on shelf below "Master Wood Welded Brand" maple block.
ca. 1935. Bone-Dry shoes. A man with a pipe poses in a aura of blinding light, possibly for a catalog layout, circa 1935. He wears knee high, laced boots, shaped to fit his legs snugly. The boots are possibly Alpine hiking boots or hunting boots. Bone-Dry specialized in work and sport shoes and boots.
Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Individual assembly process of making leather high-top work shoe and hiking boots which the company specialized in. Four men working at shoe crafting machines.
Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Shoe maker cuts pattern for toe of boot as part of the assembly process in making leather high-top work shoes and hiking boots which the company specialized in. Several patterns and pieces of leather on table.
Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Three shoe makers cutting patterns for leather high-top work shoes or hiking boots which the company specialized in. Three men cutting patterns at table which is well lit with large windows and overhead lights.
Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Leather pieces for high-top work shoes or hiking boots are stitched by women and men shoe makers at industrial sewing machines in large room of factory. TPL-1687
Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Shoe maker working at machinery with vise and handles to hold leather high-top work shoes or hiking boots which the company specialized in. He is affixing side leather onto the sole.
April 6, 1935 saw the Grand Opening of the newest H. Berger & Sons grocery store at 8108 South Tacoma Way. In this photograph, the meat market is featured with an unidentified butcher behind the meat counter, beef and hams hanging behind him and flowers adorning the counter. During the opening sale, steak was available at 18 cents a pound and ground beef at 10 cents. The Tacoma based chain of stores got its start at the turn of the century with Henry Berger's butcher shop. In the old days, Mr. Berger made his own deliveries door to door from his Fern Hill shop with a pushcart. By 1935, this local Tacoma family owned business owned four retail grocery stores plus feed warehouses and its own slaughterhouse. (T. Times 4/5/1935)
H. Berger & Sons (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Butchers--Tacoma;
Interior of H. Berger and Son's newest store at 8108 South Tacoma Way. Canned food display, woman in apron at center. This was the fourth retail store opened by Henry Berger and his four sons. (filed with Argentum)
H. Berger & Sons (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1935. Two men shaking hands, with another watching, by streamlined aerodynamic Texaco oil truck in front of Davis Motor Truck Company. Davis Motor Co. handled Diamond T trucks. (filed with Argentum)
Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;
ca. 1935. Three men pose by a streamlined aerodynamic Texaco oil truck in front of Davis Motor Truck Company. Davis Motor Truck Co. manufactured Diamond T trucks. (filed with Argentum)
Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;
ca. 1935. Two men standing beside a "Diamond T" W.D. Wade contract carrier truck in front of Davis Motor Truck Company. W.D. Wade was based out of Westport Washington. Davis Motor Co. manufactured Diamond T trucks. (filed with Argentum)
Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;
ca. 1924. Advertising for products from the Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Co. On the left is a bag of "Eat-Mor Mammy's Sugar Cookies" and on the right is a container of "Everybody's Cracker Meal." The Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Co. was located at the corner of East F and 25th. Charles Hotchkiss was president and J.G. Bassett was manager. (WSHS)
ca. 1940. Employees of Miller & Miller Co., commercial printers, pose next to their office building at 4006 Pacific Ave. The company moved to this building in June of 1938, occupying a building originally leased to Piggly-Wiggly. The store front was built in 1931 by Ernest Otto as a market.
Miller & Miller Co. (Tacoma); Miller & Miller Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Printers; Printing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950
The owners and staff of Miller and Miller, Inc. posed for a group portrait in front of their building at 4006 Pacific Avenue in July of 1940. The company, founded by Frank, Harmon, and Russell Miller, designed and printed labels of every size and description as well as display banners, and counter and window displays. The firm had several artists on its staff who could create original drawings and designs to meet the needs of the firm's many customers. The firm moved into this building in 1938 and continued to occupy this site until they moved to 1912 Center Street in 1958. The young man fourth from the left in the front row has been identified as William C. Stromberg.
Miller & Miller Co. (Tacoma); Printers; Printing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950
