Removing tracks after end of Tacoma streetcar service. Two men lift a heavy piece of rail. Truck, automobile, and buildings in the background. Scrap metal from former street railroads and other sources were sent to Japan as they entered war with China.

Street railroads--Tacoma; Street railroad tracks--Tacoma; Mass transit--Tacoma; Salvage--Tacoma;

Boys receiving instruction in self defense; offered by the Athletic Program at the WPA gym at So. 13th and Pacific Ave. The program was supervised by Frankie Britt who was assisted by Homer Amundsen (standing far right) and George Dixon. The boxing instruction program was offered every day at the gym to any boy who cared to participate. (T. Times 11/17/1938, pg. 20)

Boxing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Boxers (Sports); Amundsen, Homer;

Jane Hatfield, Washington Hardware Company employee, poses with four black-tailed deer, the first to be entered in the store's 1938 game bird and big game contest. All four are above average weight. The hunters were Richard Hofto, E.R. Howell, Emery Kiske and James Johnston Jr. of Orting. (T. Times, 10/4/1938, p. 11).

Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Deer; Deer hunting--1930-1940; Hunting trophies; Dead animals;

On Saturday afternoon October 15, 1938, the Danish ship "Nordhval" left port in Tacoma bound for Japan. The "Nordhval" carried 2,500 tons of scrap metal, made up mostly of old streetcar rails, from Tacoma and a similar amount of scrap loaded earlier in Portland. Tacoma's Shaffer Terminals, Dock No. 2, on the Milwaukee Waterway was the ships last stop before sailing to Japan. In 1938 Japan was at war with China. The Tacoma News Tribune ran an editorial on October 15th titled "A New Japanese Invasion."

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma);

Loading of Norwegian motorship "Nordhval" with scrap streetcar tracks for shipment to Japan. Man pushing tracks over rail into hold of ship. Japan, at war with China, would not say what the 2,500 tons of scrap metal in the shipment would be used for. Over 1/2 of the scrap came from the useless ties in the TR & P Bay street yards. The streetcars had been discontinued in Tacoma in June of 1938. (T.Times, 10/17/1938, p. 5).

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma);

In October of 1938 the Norwegian motorship "Nordhval," bound for Japan, was being loaded with old streetcar rails at the Shaffer Terminals, Dock No. 2 on Tacoma's waterfront. Two men operate cranes as another man watches the rails being loaded. Tacoma's last streetcar had been taken out of service in April of 1938 as the old method of travel was replaced with city buses. Street railroad tracks were only a portion of the 2,500 tons of scrap metal assembled from various parts of the Northwest that were being sent to Japan aboard the "Nordhval." (T.Times, 10/17/38, p.5)

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery;

Loading of Norwegian ship "Nordhval" with scrap streetcar tracks. Man watching as rails are lowered into ship's cargo hull through a hatch. The ship sailed on October 15, 1938 with 2,500 tons of scrap metal. Over 1/2 of that amount came from the rails of the discontinued Tacoma streetcars. (T.Times, 10/17/1938, p. 5).

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma);

Bellarmine Midget Football players, 1938 city wide champions. Twenty-five boys and coach Leo Eckstein pictured on the field. The Bells beat the Lincoln High School Railsplitters 14 to 7 in the Championship. Midget football was for boys classified as 132 pounds and under. The last city wide midget championship was played in 1940. (T. Times 11/22/1938, pg. 11) (filed with Argentum)

Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Private schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma)--Sports;

View of Puyallup Avenue at Bay Street. Puyallup River Bridge with traffic. Resurfacing of Puyallup Avenue was the first of the new series of P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) contracts in Tacoma and first completed at a cost of $54,710. (T. Times, 10/20 p. 4,10/21 p. 20).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridges--Tacoma; Puyallup Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Depressions--1929; Public Works Administration (Tacoma);

This was how Puyallup Avenue appeared on October 20, 1938, looking east along the newly resurfaced street from Pacific Avenue to Bay Street and the bridge to the Seattle Highway. A stretch of 2601 feet of road, from East "G" Street to Pacific Avenue, was all new, including sidewalks, curbs and street surface. To construct the level 100- feet-wide road, the old asphalt was broken up and new concrete laid up to 20 inches thick. It was the first of the new series of Public Works Administration (PWA) contracts to be finalized and the first finished. The job took 60 days from start to finish and a ceremony was scheduled for October 21st to mark the record time. The newly surfaced road would bring traffic from the Seattle Highway directly into the downtown Tacoma shopping district. Standard Service Station and Firestone Store on left, OK Bakery and McKenzie Drug on right. (T. Times, 10/20/1938, p. 4).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridges--Tacoma; Puyallup Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Depressions--1929; Public Works Administration (Tacoma);

In 1938, buses replaced streetcars in Tacoma and major thoroughfares were repaved in concrete. Contractor Ray A. Moisio's crew resurfaced Puyallup Avenue from Pacific Avenue to East G Street in 60 days. Concrete, up to 20 inches thick, paved a level, 100-feet-wide and 2,601-feet-long section including sidewalks. The $54,710 contract, funded by the Public Works Administration, extended to the Seattle Highway and stimulated business in the downtown district. (T. Times, 10/20/1938, p. 4).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridges--Tacoma; Puyallup Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Depressions--1929; Public Works Administration (Tacoma);

Puyallup Avenue and Pacific Avenue intersection with Standard service station on left and MacKenzie Drug on right. To construct a level 100- feet-wide and 2,601 feet long road, old asphalt was broken up and new concrete laid up to 20 inches thick on Puyallup Ave.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Standard Service Station (Tacoma); Vehicles--Tacoma; MacKenzie's Pharmacy (Tacoma);

View in October of 1938 of the newly resurfaced Puyallup Avenue, looking east from Pacific Avenue. In 1938, Tacoma also retired her streetcars and replaced them with modern busses. A recently completed PWA contract called for the resurfacing of Puyallup Ave. from E. "G" St. to Pacific Ave. The contract, valued at $54, 710 called for the replacement of of sidewalk, curbs and street surface. (T.Times, 10/20/1938, p. 4)

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridges--Tacoma; Puyallup Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Depressions--1929; Public Works Administration (Tacoma);

Celebrating J.C. Penney's 11th anniversary at its downtown Tacoma store with a huge cake are, left to right: Ella York, M. J. Keeley, Esther Sahlin, Frank Walsh, Myrtle Hodge, Louise Kretchmann, and Verona Howard. Six of the seven employees pictured above have been with the store since its opening in 1927. Mrs. York is in alterations, Mr. Keeley is the assistant manager, Miss Sahlin of the silk department, Mr. Walsh is a janitor, Mrs. Hodge of the boys department, Mrs. Kretchmann of coats, and Mrs. Howard is the personnel director. An employees party was held at The Firs to celebrate the event. (T. Times 10/20/1938, p. 9).

J.C. Penney Co. (Tacoma); Anniversaries--Tacoma; Cakes--Tacoma;

Puyallup Avenue at Bay Street. Puyallup River Bridge with traffic. Contractor Ray A. Moisio completed Puyallup Avenue resurfacing in 60 days. The 2,601-feet-long street was 100 feet wide and up to 20 inches thick. (T. Times, p. 4, 10/21 p. 20).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridges--Tacoma; Puyallup Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Depressions--1929; Public Works Administration (Tacoma);

Puyallup and Pacific Avenues intersection. Repaving Puyallup Avenue in asphalt concrete, a Public Works Administration project, brought traffic from the Seattle Highway to Pacific Ave. and into the downtown Tacoma business core.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridges--Tacoma; Puyallup Avenue Bridge (Tacoma); Depressions--1929; Public Works Administration (Tacoma);

View of intersection at Puyallup Avenue and Bay Street. Puyallup River bridge and traffic, Model Lumber Company on right. Resurfacing of Puyallup Ave., from E. "G" St. to Pacific Ave., extended the Seattle Highway into the downtown Tacoma business district. (T.Times, 10/20, p 4, 10/21, p.20).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Model Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Formal opening of resurfaced Puyallup Avenue from East G Street to Pacific Avenue slated for October 21, 1938. Standard Service Station and Firestone Store on left, OK Bakery on right. (T.Times, 10/20/1938, p. 4 and 10/21/1938, p. 20).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Telephone lines--Tacoma; Utility poles--Tacoma--1930-1940; OK Bakery (Tacoma); Standard Service Station (Tacoma); Firestone Store (Tacoma);

W.P. Bonney, Washington State Historical Society, holds double-barreled shotgun used by Lyman Cutler to kill a British neighbor's pig on San Juan Island, beginning what came to be called the "Pig War." In the 1850's, the San Juan Islands were at the center of a territorial dispute between the US and England. Lyman Cutler, failed Frasier Valley gold prospector, settled on San Juan Island and started a farm next to British citizen John Griffin, who raised livestock. One morning Cutler went out to dig new potatoes for breakfast only to find Griffin's pig happily rooting and chewing them. The angry Cutler grabbed his gun, shot the pig and delivered it to Griffin. Tempers rose, both governments were contacted and soon troops and battleships of both countries were massed for attack. The two governments wisely decided not to battle over such a small matter and presented the argument to the German Kaiser for arbitration. The area was eventually given to the US. (T. Times 10/22/1938, pg. 5)

Bonney, William P.; Guns; Firearms;

Joe Paglia, St. Martins College grid coach, explains how to hold a football in the art of kicking to three unidentified teenage boys in October of 1938. Noting the lack of powerful kickers in college football, Coach Paglia is seeking to bring back the "foot" in football. A series of football kicking classes, sponsored by the Tacoma Times and Washington Hardware, were given by Coach Paglia at Jefferson playfield over five Saturdays. Mr. Paglia, a great kicker at Santa Clara University, was known as "Coffin Corner Joe" for his extremely accurate placement of the football at the corners of the football field between the end zone and the five-yard line at each end of the field. (T. Times 10-20-38, p. 14-article; T.Times 10-21-38, p. 14-photograph of Mr. Paglia)

Paglia, Joe; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Coaches (Athletics); Coaching (Athletics);

Frankie Hansler, left, and Bill Tokarczyk look perplexed at Russ Moody's entry in the Washington Hardware Company's 1938 game bird and big game contest. Mr. Moody, Pacific Ave. cigar dealer, exhibits his trophy animal, bagged on his first hunting trip, the rare "albino deer," also known as a white rabbit. Mr. Hansler is posed next to his prize-winning 214-pound buck. (T. Times 10/25/1938, pg. 3)

Hansler, Frank; Tokarczyk, Bill; Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Deer hunting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Deer; Rabbits;

In this photograph from October, 1938, Mr. Thomas Jacobsen, of 1007 So. Tyler St., sits next to the wooden replica of the Reims cathedral that he had just finished carving. Working 3 to 4 hours a day, and all day on Sundays, it had taken Mr. Jacobsen three years to create his beautiful 3 foot tall model. He used three kinds of wood - alder, birch, and walnut. Working from a photograph in National Geographic Magazine, his carving included 250 separate statues.(T. Times 10/25/1938, p.1)

Cathedrals--France; Reims Cathedral (France); Wood Carving--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wood carvings; Jacobsen, Thomas

The wood replica of the Reims Cathedral at Notre-Dame, France, carved by Thomas Jacobsen, of 1007 So. Tyler St. It took Mr. Jacobsen three years to create his beautiful 3 foot tall model, which includes 250 separate statues. He used three kinds of wood - alder, birch, and walnut and worked from a photograph in National Geographic Magazine. (T. Times 10/26/1938, p.1)

Cathedrals--France; Reims Cathedral (France); Wood Carving--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wood carvings; Jacobsen, Thomas--Associated objects;

In October of 1938, the "Red Pig" on the Tacoma-Seattle highway one-half-mile past Fife, a "smart dining spot," was under the new management of Joe Fox and his sister-in-law Bernice Fox. Bernice and Joe were photographed working behind the lunch counter. The restaurant had been refitted and redecorated, and the menu had undergone an overhaul, emphasizing variety and quality.The roadside diner featured steak, chicken, and hamburgers. Previous owner Earl Smith had opened the restaurant in May of 1937. (T. Times, 10/26/1938, p. 7). (Corrected identification provided by a reader)

Fox, Bernice; Fox, Joe; Red Pig Restaurant (Fife); Restaurants--Fife--1930-1940;

Patricia Nordi sits on a small wicker chair in the family yard with her pet Chow dog, 7-month-old "Lupo." Patricia's father, Gabe, who enjoys hunting game birds but lacked a hunting dog, trained the young pup to flush out the birds. Lupo proved to be excellent at this. The pair just returned from their first hunting trip to the Yakima district for Opening Day with their limit of game birds. (T. Times, 10/28/1938, p.14)

Nordi, Patricia; Chow chows (Dogs); Children & animals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pets; Hunting dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Horse performing a trick at the Annual Horse Show held in the new Woodbrook Hunt Club stables October 28-29, 1938. A man is holding a rope attached to the horse's bridle; the horse is sitting on the floor of the arena. (T. Times, 11/5/1938, p. 9).

Show horses; Woodbrook Stables (Lakewood); Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);

Miss Peggy Grumbling, in the standing row in "Devil" costume, played hostess to several of her friends at this pre-Halloween costume party, held at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfeus Grumbling. Second from left in the standing row is Betty Wilbur. Seated in the front, beginning at second from the left, are Charlotte Dowling, Betty Magnuson and Elnor Deimer. The girls had a buffet dinner and played Halloween games. (T. Times 10/31/1838, pg. 11)

Halloween; Costumes; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Grumbling, Peggy; Wilbur, Betty; Dowling, Charlotte; Magnuson, Betty; Deimer, Elnor;

Lumbermen's Banquet. Tacoma Hotel. "New" Tacoma Hotel Dining Room with seventeen men seated and standing behind dining table. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The Jackson Brothers Meat Market was one of two meat markets located within Mannings Market at 1102 Commerce Street in 1938. They were located on the north side of the market and had been there since the market was founded in 1920. Brothers Elmer, Walter, unidentified associate and Edwin Jackson (from left) are pictured behind the refrigerated showcases which are filled with sausages, weiners, and assorted cold cuts. Jackson Brothers was an authorized distributor of Swift's branded beef, whose hams are prominently displayed. The meat market remained at the same location until 1972 when the building was razed. (TNT 11-17-38, p. 8-article)

Jackson Brothers Meat Market (Tacoma); Butcher shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Merchadise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Showcases; Meat; Jackson, Elmer; Jackson, Walter; Jackson, Edwin;

Marian Crossen, of the Boulevard Academy of Seattle, holds her trophy in one hand and the bridle of her blaze horse "Sweetheart" in the other hand at the new Woodbrook Hunt Club stables. The pair won top honors at the annual horse show held October 28 and 29, 1938. (T. Times, 11/5/1938, p 9).

Crossen, Marian; Show horses; Woodbrook Stables (Lakewood); Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);