ca. 1938. Two unidentified drivers stand next to two Edwards Fuel Company oil trucks parked outside the company's service station circa 1938. Company owner Leon Edwards is the man next to the automobile at the far right. His station was located in the 700 block of East 11th St., across the 11th Street Bridge. (T. Times)

Edwards Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Edwards, Leon; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Dinner at the Elks Temple circa 1938. Men being seated in dining room. (filed with Argentum) (photo damage upper left corner?)

Elks Temple (Tacoma); Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dining rooms--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fraternal lodges--Tacoma;

ca. 1938. Group of women; four sitting on lawn swing, one sitting in director's chair, one standing, and one sitting on lawn. The girl seated in the center on the swing is Gretchen Kunigk (later Fraser). (filed with Argentum)

Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994;

ca. 1938. Marianna Van Rooy, daughter of Clemens Van Rooy, accountant and secretary of Allenmore Golf Club. Head and shoulders of young girl with long curls, bow in hair, sleeveless dress.

Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Van Rooy, Marianna Catherine;

ca. 1938. Family portrait for Lieutenant H. T. Hamilton, Lake Steilacoom.

Hamilton, H.T.--Family;

ca. 1938. "Hooverville" shacks with laundry and rubbish outside. Tacoma Tideflats. Known as "Hollywood-on-the-tideflats." (filed with Argentum)

Hollywood-on-the-Tideflats (Tacoma); Slums--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Overview of "Hooverville" shacks to be wrecked. Known as "Hollywood-on-the-tideflats".

Hollywood-on-the-Tideflats (Tacoma); Slums--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building deterioration--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Residences for Stoker-Lad Inc, #113. One-and-one-half story house, address unknown, with brick post on porch, bay window on left side. Stoker-Lad sold furnaces and mechanical systems equipment. (filed with Argentum)

Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. For Stoker-Lad. Large barn-shaped house. Two story home, address unknown, with bay window on right rear and small windowed dormer above it. (filed with Argentum)

Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Lincoln Park area, circa 1938. Street scene (So. Thompson Ave.) with houses on left; Lincoln Park with trees and lawn on right, automobiles on street. In Sept. of 1938, plans were introduced to build an athletic stadium, "bowl," at Lincoln High School and make adjustments to Lincoln Park. Photograph ordered by Comfort and Davis. (filed with Argentum)

Lincoln Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma; Residential streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. The dark exterior of Columbia Breweries has the name Alt Heidelberg beer painted on the north edge of the top of the main brewery. West Coast Grocery's Coffee Department is seen on the right at 2114 South C Street. West Coast Grocery was at this location from 1928 through 1945. Copies of old prints ordered by Heidelberg Brewing Company in December 1954.

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Ben's Economy Groceteria and Mosier's Meat, 764 So. 56th St., Tacoma. The store was built around 1937. In 1951, it became Fagerholm's Associated Grocers (AG) Market.

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ben's Economy Groceteria (Tacoma); Mosier's Meat Market (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Dickman Lumber, 2423 Ruston Way. This aerial view, taken circa 1938, shows vast stacks of lumber ready to be loaded onto ships. Dickman Lumber was located just south of the present Old Town dock. It was purchased in 1922 by Leonard Howarth and Ralph L. Dickman, Sr. Dickman Lumber was closed in September of 1977 and its mill destroyed by fire in January of 1979.

Aerial photographs; Dickman Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. 1938 Daffodil Festival Queen. 17-year-old Bliss Lundrigan of Puyallup was chosen the 1938 Daffodil Festival Queen. She was accompanied by princesses Bernice Daniel of Tacoma and Agnes Kucemba of Sumner. Miss Lundrigan is shown seated in a chair hidden by a mass of daffodils. A robe of royal purple is fastened at the collar; 1938 was the first year that Royalty wore official robes. A crown of daffodils adorns her dark hair.

Lundrigan, Bliss; Beauty contestants--Puyallup; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Puyallup);

ca. 1938. Jackson Brothers Meat Market in the newly modernized Manning's store. Left to right, Elmer Jackson, Mike (last name not identified), Walter Jackson and Edwin Jackson. The meat market at Manning's had been in operation several years before 1926 when Edwin Jackson and Aug Fauss became partners and proprietors of the New Tacoma Meat Market. Edwin's brother Walter was working for them at the time and a few years later, Elmer Jackson was also cutting meat at 1102 Commerce. In the 1930s, it became Jackson Brothers Meat Market; they specialized in quality meat and sold Swift Co., Carsten's and Rath's meat products over the years. The Jackson Meat Market remained here until the building was razed in 1972.

ca. 1938. House at 809 No. C St., Tacoma. Photograph taken for A. E. Grafton. The Colonial style home was built in 1926 for Andrew H. Cochran. A.E. Anderson was the contractor. In 1938, the home was purchased by John W. Prins.

ca. 1938. Machine made by American Manufacturing Company, 2119 Pacific Ave. Edna Wilson. (Argentum)

American Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Aerial view of North End Tacoma showing Annie Wright Seminary, surrounding neighborhood and Commencement Bay. The Tudor Gothic building was built in 1924 on a design by Sutton, Whitney & Dugan.

Aerial photographs; Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Aerial view of North End Tacoma showing Annie Wright Seminary, surrounding neighborhood and Commencement Bay.

Aerial photographs; Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1938. "S.S. Wildwood," American Shipping Company freighter. Three men leaning on rail at side of ship's bridge. The men are, left to right, F.R. Clark, president of American Foreign Steamship Co., Skipper Walter Arntz and M.K. Matthewson.

Arntz, Walter; Cargo ships; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clark, F. R.; Matthewson, M.K.;

P.M. Chapman of 214 South 55th Street poses for his portrait with an array of trophies and medals.

Awards Medals

ca. 1938. This is the mission-style, reinforced concrete building containing the Firestone Auto Supply & Service Store circa 1938. It was located at 101 Puyallup Ave. in downtown Tacoma. Built in 1929 as a tire supplier, it was remodeled in 1938 by contractor Herbert Conway, Jr.

Firestone Auto Supply & Service Store (Tacoma); Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; Facades--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Mayor George Smitley, center, with two unidentified men in the Cascade Range where a sign jokingly reads "Tacoma City Limits." The sign itself is hand printed in large letters and has a small ribbon on it with the city's name hanging from a nail. Mayor Smitley has a stub of a cigar between the fingers of his left hand while one of the men is smoking a pipe. This sepia photograph was apparently taken in the late 1930's. ALBUM 11.

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Signs (Notices);

Joseph Quinta, retiring fire department captain.

Men - Fire Fighters - Captains - Joseph Quinta - Tacoma

Ed Mayher, TacomaTimes reporter, poses for a portrait beside a heater in the Turner Richards' studio..

Men - Newspaper Men - Reporters