Mrs. Fay G. Cooley of Spanaway had six of "her boys" in the service in January of 1944. This photograph of Mrs. Cooley sitting next to photographs of five of her six boys was taken for the 4th War Loan drive. The photographs on her piano are: (top l to r) her sons Robert D. Cooley and Earl L. Cooley, (lower row, l to r) Fern M. Cooley, her third son, and her two foster sons, Arthur Skaar and John Skaar, who lived with the Cooleys for the previous 15 years. Mrs. Cooley's other "boy", her son-in-law, is not shown. Arthur Skaar, Robert and Fern Cooley all left to report for service on the same day. (T.Times, 2/4/1944 p.1)
Lincoln Heights War Housing. The exterior of one of the buildings with several automobiles and a delivery truck with signs for Lucky Lager, Rainier Beer and Double Cola signs parked in the parking lot. A sign for a barber shop hangs on the side of one of the doorways.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
St. Joseph's nurses. Nine young women received nurses' diplomas from St. Joseph's Hospital. They will soon be on their way to new duties, possibly Army hospitals in Europe and the South Pacific. Front row, L-R, Dicksie Mapes, Esther Weaver, Muriel Daun and Bonnie Martin. Back row, L-R, Margaret Rhyner, June Seymour, Beverly Adams, Ardis Hojem and Margaret Good. (T.Times, 1/20/1944, p.10)
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Lincoln Heights War Housing. The exterior of a one story building with automobiles and a delivery truck with signs for Lucky Lager, Rainier Beer and Double Cola on it are parked in the parking lot. A sign for a barber's shop is hung in one of the doorways.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Buildings; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. Single family residences just around the corner from Arney's Saveway Grocery Store. Newly planted shrubs line the new streets and curbs. TPL-6419
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
In 1943, C.F. "Cliff" Arney and Dick Perkins opened Arney's Saveway No.3 grocery and market at 2225 So. 38th St. near the Lincoln Heights housing project. The store was superbly stocked with every imaginable item in the way of groceries, fresh meats, produce, and fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables. They advertised that even though there was rationing, because of the war, they had a wide selection of "hard to get merchandise". This building stood close to what is now the 38th Street exit for I-5. (TNT 6/10/1943 p.6)
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Grocery stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. This photograph from January of 1944 shows the interior of a large room with a stage at one end. Windows are at the ceiling level among the rafters. The main part of the floor is empty and benches along the walls block two of the doors leading outside.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. The interior of one of the rooms. This appears to be part of the same room shown in D16749-17. Tables and chairs, sitting chairs and couches are seen and several magazines are shown on the bookcase at the far corner. Large double doors lead to the outside.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. The interior of one of the rooms. Letters painted on the door indicate Management Office, Hours 9-5. A picture of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at Lincoln's Memorial is hung over a couch. Several side chairs and tables are arranged around the edges of the room.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. The interior of a small bedroom with a single bed against one wall, a dresser with photographs of two women and a travel alarm clock on top of it, Christmas cards pinned to the wall and what looks like a duffle bag in a closet on the left.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. A large, commercial size kitchen (a painted sign on the door also says "KITCHEN") in one of the buildings. A refrigerator, large sink, counters, a two-burner electric stove and a chair are all we see.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Kitchens--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. The interior room of one of the buildings set up as a school for pre-school or kindergarten children. Several girls and boys sit around two large tables working. One child talks with the teacher at her desk. Paper chains decorate the windows.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. The interior of one of the buildings showing tables and chairs in the middle of the room, single sleeping platforms along one wall and shelves along the back wall.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Lincoln Heights War Housing. The exterior of several single story buildings. The ends of the closest building are wider at the top than the bottom and the windows along the long side are in a row towards the top. Lincoln Heights project includes 400 units, 120 acres. There is a community building, grocery store. It is between Lincoln and South Tacoma, near business districts. All units are permanent. (TNT 4/27/1943)
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Buildings; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Heights Housing Project (Tacoma);
Knights of Columbus. Eleven men stand around a plaque showing names of members who have joined the armed forces. This interior view of the lodge shows open beams and a wooden floor.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Knights of Columbus (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Salishan - Interiors and Exteriors. The new Baptist Church, the Portland Avenue Chapel, in Salishan had its first services February 13, 1944. The building was converted from the office of the construction company. Classrooms have been added for Sunday school. (T.Times, 2/12/1944, p.7) TPL-6418
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Salishan Housing Project (Tacoma); Baptist churches--Tacoma; Portland Avenue Chapel (Tacoma);
Salishan - Interiors and Exteriors. Hogan's will open another grocery store at the government housing project at Salishan on the corner of South 38th and Yakima Avenue. The ground is newly graded and a few automobiles are parked outside the new grocery store.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Salishan Housing Project (Tacoma); Hogan's Fine Foods (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Salishan - Interiors and Exteriors. An office interior with a man behind a desk talking on the telephone and a woman at the end of the desk reviewing ledger cards. A map of site locations hangs on the right wall. 22,000 war workers have moved to Tacoma since Pearl Harbor needing housing. The 2,000 homes in Salishan (400 permanent and 1,600 with temporary construction) form a new city nearly the size of Puyallup with 465 acres. It includes a large community building, management and maintenance building and a shopping center. (TNT, 4/27/1943)
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Salishan Housing Project (Tacoma);
Winthrop Christmas Party. A large group of young adults gather near the Christmas tree in this photograph from December of 1943. Most of the young men are wearing uniforms.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Christmas trees--Tacoma--1940-1950;
During WWII, Mrs. William Wiley kept her most treasured mementos of her husbands service in Iran in a leather-bound folder. The clipping from the U.S. Army Dispatch that she received in December of 1943 went right into the folder the day she received it. The clipping showed her husband, Pvt. William Wiley, meeting the Commander in Chief of the American Military Forces, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Pvt. Wiley had fractured his leg while on duty with the Persian Gulf Service Command. The President visited the hospital in which he was recuperating. (T.Times, 12/22/1943, p.1)
Mrs. William Wiley kept her most treasured mementos of her husbands service in Iran during WWII in a leather-bound folder. The clipping from the U.S. Army Dispatch that she received in December of 1943 went right into the folder. The clipping showed her husband, Pvt. William Wiley, meeting the Commander in Chief of the American Military Forces, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Pvt. Wiley had fractured his leg while on duty with the Persian Gulf Service Command; The President the hospital in which he was recuperating. (T.Times, 12/22/1943, p.1)
Tel, Christmas Party, Mr. Pavey. An enlisted woman pours coffee for one of the telephone operators while two sailors, the telephone manager and another man look on at the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. Christmas Party. Apples, peanuts, doughnuts and candy are also available.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma);
Tel, Christmas Party, Mr. Pavey. Two enlisted women pour coffee for a sailor at the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. Christmas Party. Apples, peanuts, doughnuts and candy are also available.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma);
Illegal whiskey. The newspaper reported that six were arrested in Tacoma in raids for liquor operators of downtown bootlegging establishments. No whiskey had been distilled since October 8, 1942, because the distilling facilities were being used to produce alcohol for war purposes: smokeless powder, chemical warfare materials, synthetic rubber and medical supplies. Each distiller has been rationing their stock of wiskey for almost a year. (T.Times 12/7/1943, p.3, p.4)
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;
Four fraternal organizations at "Scrap Iron Acres." Men and women from four fraternal organization pose at "Scrap Iron Acres" where they have been searching for scrap metal that can be reused for the war effort.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Group portraits--1940-1950; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Chicago Milwaukee Service Club Christmas Party at USO, 13th and Pacific. Four women members of the Chicago Milwaukee Service Club serve tea, coffee and cookies to servicemen near a Christmas tree in this photograph dated December 16, 1943. The table is decorated for the holiday season as well.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Chicago Milwaukee Service Club (Tacoma); USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Christmas trees;
The students of Oakland grade school, 3702 South Wright Avenue, gathered in front of their school in December of 1943 for a group picture. Buried under all those children, with their hands held high forming a "V" for Victory, is an army jeep from Fort Lewis. The students had taken on a special project at the beginning of the school year. They set a goal for themselves to buy enough war bonds and war stamps to buy a jeep for the U.S. Army. By December they had bought over $1,369 in stamps and bonds, more then enough to buy a jeep. If you look very carefully, you can find the head of a soldier near the center of the photo. He is sitting behind the steering wheel of the jeep. (T.Times, 12/9/1943, p.20)
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Tacoma; War bonds & funds; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Oakland Grade School (Tacoma);
Private telephones in Salishan homes in 1943 were a luxury and lines for the public telephone booths in the new war-time housing project were long. Florence Hargen couldn't wait for the phone booth so she is wig-wagging her message to a friend a few blocks away. (T.Times, 11/10/1943, p.1). TPL-1995.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Housing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Salishan Housing Project (Tacoma); Telephones; Hargen, Florence;
On November 10, 1943, the U.S. Navy was the guest of honor at a formal dance held at the USO Center at 13th & Fawcett. The Lady Lions hosted the event as a belated Navy Day celebration. Table decorations were supplied by Walt Sutter and they represented a miniature Guadalcanal, complete with boats, sand and water. In this photograph, an unidentified sailor pointed out places of interest on the "replica of a Solomon Island Coral Reef Naval repair station," while other unidentified military men and junior hostesses looked on. The location of the repair station was a "Military Secret." The Solomon Island Campaign took place from January of 1942 to August of 1945, with much of the fighting taking place on Guadalcanal and surrounding islands. (T.Times 11/8/1943, pg. 8- info. only)
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950;
