Mountain Lumber Co. Stacks of lumber with large crane in between them.

Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The Mountain Lumber Company, February 1939. The Mountain Lumber Company, at 919 East F. Street, was built in 1924 and began cutting lumber in February of 1925. The main mill building was destroyed by fire in July of 1931. The company re-opened before the end of the year, and they were part of Tacoma's busy waterfront until the mid-1940s.

Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A workman at the Mountain Lumber Company stands on a stack of boards as a crane swings them through the air in this photograph from February 1939. The Mountain Lumber Company, at 919 East F. Street, was built in 1924 and began cutting lumber in February of 1925. The main mill building was destroyed by fire in July of 1931. The company re-opened before the end of the year, and they were part of Tacoma's busy waterfront until the mid-1940s.

Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Mountain Lumber Co. Paull Billings - Manager. Small building in front with trestle and lumber piles around it.

Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Exterior of Mountain Lumber Company with piles of lumber. Paul Billings, Manager.

Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In February of 1939, three of the officers responsible for the construction of McChord field were photographed standing under the "Field Office C.Q.M. McChord Field" sign. They were identified in the Tacoma Times as, left to right, James B. True (chief engineer), Lt. Col. Frank W. Wright (commanding officer) and Capt. E.P. Antonovich (construction quartermaster). The modern airbase was being constructed on land formerly occupied by Tacoma Field, the municipal air field. (T. Times 2/8/1939, pg. 3)

Building construction--McChord Field; McChord Field (Tacoma); True, James B.; Wright, Frank W.; Antonovich, E.P.;

Looking down on Pacific Avenue at 11th Street from upper floors of old Pacific First Federal Building. Rust Building at left where two buses have stopped to pick-up passengers. Automobiles. People crossing street at intersection. (T. Times, 2/8/1939).

City Views - Tacoma - Pacific Avenue Buildings - Commercial BuildingsTransportation - Buses - City Buses

Looking down on Pacific Avenue at 11th Street from upper floors of old Pacific First Federal Building. The Rust Building is at the left, buses and automobiles; people on sidewalk. (T. Times, 2/8/1939).

Business districts--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Buses--Tacoma; Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Pacific Avenue at 11th Street. Rust Building at left, Bank of California at right. People cross the intersection and head toward one of 95 buses operated by Tacoma Railway and Power Company. (T. Times, 2/8/1939, p. 21)

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Looking up 11th street hill with its large high rise buildings--Tacoma Building (Weyerhaeuser), Washington, Rust and Fidelity Buildings. The street is void of activity and traffic. (T. Times, 2/8/1939.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

View from Court C down 11th Street toward bridge. Fisher's Department Store on right, Rhodes Department Store, Fidelity, Rust, Washington, and Tacoma Buildings on left. Pedestrian and vehicle traffic downtown business district. (T. Times, 2/8/1939)

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Looking down on Pacific Avenue at 11th Street from upper floors of Pacific First Federal Building. One of 95 Tacoma Railway & Power Company's buses stops at bus stop for passengers. Buses replaced Tacoma streetcars in 1939. (T. Times, 2/8/1939).

Vehicles - Automobiles, Buses Transportation - Mass TransitTraffic CongestionBus StopsStreets - Commercial Streets

Two buses are stopped at the corner of 11th and Pacific in front of Peoples Store to pick up passengers in early February of 1939. Modern bus transportation had replaced the old streetcar system in mid-1938. There were now 95 up-to-date buses operated by the Tacoma Rail & Power system in the city. Routes operated over 76 miles of Tacoma streets carrying 35,000 passengers daily. A group of people dressed in suits and coats prepare to cross Pacific where the old streetcar tracks and brick pavers are visible. (T. Times, 2/8/1939, p. 21-alt. photograph, p. 22-article).

Peoples (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Buses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mass transit--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Pacific Avenue at 11th Street. Bank of California and adjacent structures. In Tacoma's busy commercial center, shoppers stand-in-line to board one of the city's 95 buses operated by Tacoma Railway & Power (T.R.& P.) system.(T.Times 2/8/39, p. 21)

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Business districts--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bus stops--Tacoma; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma); Buses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

This view of Tacoma from Court C looking down 11th Street toward the Murray Morgan Bridge (11th St. Bridge) dates from February 1939. A corner-mounted sign for Fisher's Department Store hangs over the sidewalk at the right. On the left, descending the hill, are the Rhodes Department Store, the Fidelity Building, the Rust Building, the Washington Building, Kegel's Inc. and the Tacoma Building. The Fidelity Building was torn down in 1949 to make way for the F.W. Woolworth Co. Building. The bus coming up the hill is one of the new busses that replaced the 11th Street cable car after it went out of service in 1938. For Corky Mabin. (T. Times, 2/8/1939, p. 29).

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

View from Court C down 11th Street toward bridge. Fisher's Department Store on right, Rhodes Department Store, Fidelity, Rust, Washington, and Tacoma Buildings on left. Four new buses traverse the streets replacing city streetcars. (T. Times, 2/8/1939)

Streets - Tacoma - South 11th StreetBuildings - Commercial BuildingsVehicles

Knights of Pythias Hall, located at 52nd & So. Tacoma Way. Congregation photographed at bible lecture. The lodge was built in 1926 to serve members in South Tacoma. The building was sold in January of 1937. Photograph ordered by Mr. Bentz. (filed with Argentum)

Knights of Pythias, Lodge #59 (Tacoma);

Sibelian Male Chorus. Sixteen men dressed in tuxedos. Artistic camera view from above of men lying on floor head-to-head in two circles. This type of choreographing was popularized in motion picture musicals of this period. (T. Times).

Singing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sibelian Male Chorus (Tacoma); Singers; Choirs (Music);

At the tender age of 18-months, Ronald "Ronnie" Ferch was already roller skating across the hardwood floors in his parent's home. The Tacoma Times ran a photograph of Ronnie on his skates on the front page of the February 8, 1939 paper. The toddler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin L. Ferch of 3907 No. 24th, probably qualified as Tacoma's youngest skater. In December, Ronnie had been visited by his older cousins who brought their special gifts from Santa Claus, new roller skates. Unobserved by his mother, they taught Ronnie to skate. After having to wrench their skates from him on their departure, Ronnie's dad went out and bought him his own skates. Once supplied with skates, the tyke used his home as a regular rink. (T. Times, 2/8/1939, p. 1).

Ferch, Ronnie; Roller skating--Tacoma;

This striking photograph of sixteen tuxedo-dressed men was taken for the Tacoma Times by the Richards photographers on February 8, 1939. Unfortunately, it was not published at that time. The men are identified in the studio records as the Sibelian Male Chorus. The photograph mimics the high angle views made popular in the Busby Berkeley musicals of the 1930s. (T. Times).

Singing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sibelian Male Chorus (Tacoma); Singers; Choirs (Music);

Margaret Suiter (Mrs. Lloyd Suiter), Mrs. John Kaufman, and Mrs. Frank Graham (L-R), dressed in leather jackets, ties, and riding pants, posed with their prize-winning hunting dogs in February of 1939. All three dogs had competed at the West Coast Field Trails where the women performed as the as dogs' handlers. Mrs. Suiter, with her "Suiter's Lady Deluxe," won the all-age group at the West Coast Field Trials. Mrs. Kaufman's "Jodowah" placed second in the trials' puppy event while the "Golden Calodine" of Mrs. Graham won the puppy event. (T. Times, 2/9/1939, p. 15-alternate photograph).

Suiter, Lloyd--Family; Kaufman, John--Family; Graham, Frank--Family; Hunting dogs--Tacoma; Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Celebration of the 1939 National Boy Scout Week. Sea Scout Willard Hoveland of Ship 110 is illustrating to Cub Scout Kenny Johnston of Cub Pack 6 how rope knots are tied. Knot tying instruction was one of the planned activities for the weekend celebration of Scout Week. Scouting was founded in 1907 in Britain by Robert Baden-Powell. It was established in America in 1910. (T.Times, 2/14/1939, p. 1)

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Sea Scouts (Tacoma); Hoveland, Willard; Johnston, Kenny;

National Boy Scout Week. Boys gather around Scout Commissioner W.W. Glenn at the First United Presbyterian Church. The church serves as sponsor for the troop. Boys are Lawrence Myers, Jack Thompson, Howard Perkins, Bryce Jensen, Ross Everett, Bob Barnett and Duane Dennis. (T. Times, 2/14/1939, p. 1)

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Glenn, W.W.;

National Boy Scout Week. Donald Fowler, left, and John Hewitt of Troop 53 are talking over a tree problem in Wright Park. Over 2,200 Tacoma area Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts and Cub Scouts, representing the 110 organized scouting units in Tacoma, gathered during the weekend to celebrate National Boy Scout Week. (T. Times, 2/14/1939, p. 1)

Trees--Tacoma; Boy Scouts (Lakewood)--1930-1940; Boy Scouts of America, Troop 53 (Lakewood); Fowler, Donald; Hewitt, John;

In February of 1939 in honor of National Boy Scout Week, (l-r) David Rees, Troop 21, Frank Taylor, Troop 99, and Jim Myers, Troop 59, were busy learning map making. Over 2,200 Tacoma scouts representing Boys Scouts, Sea Scouts and Cub Scouts gathered over the weekend to share knowledge and celebrate the Scout event. Boy Scouting was established in America in 1910. President Woodrow Wilson declared the first National Boy Scout Week in 1919, in recognition of the Scout's service during the first World War. (T. Times, 2/14/1939, p. 1)

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Rees, David; Taylor, Frank; Myers, Jim;

Three scouts (l to r) Jim Myers, Troop 59, David Rees, Troop 2 and Frank Taylor, Troop 99, illustrated the correct way to give the Scout Sign during National Boy Scout Week in 1939. The three middle fingers of the right hand are held upward, representing the three parts of the Scout oath, and the thumb and the little finger touch, representing the bond that unites Scouts throughout the world. Over 2,200 Tacoma area Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts and Cub Scouts from the 110 organized scout units in Tacoma joined together for a full weekend of scout activities in February of 1939. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson declared the first National Boy Scout Week, in recognition of their service during the first World War. (T. Times, 2/14/1939, p. 1)

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Taylor, Frank; Myers, Jim; Rees, David;

Group taken at Prairie Owl. C/O Mrs. H. I. Wold, 3819 So. G. The name of the group is unknown, but to the right of the picture, seated at the table, is John Bjorklund, Pierce County Sheriff. Standing to the left of Bjorklund is Thor Tollefson, recently elected Pierce County Prosecutor. Both men have an insignia hanging from their suit lapels.

Group portraits--1930-1940;

National Boy Scout Week. Three scouts observe growth rings on a tree stump in Wright Park on February 11, 1939. Scouts worked on projects during a weekend assembly of 2,200 Tacoma area Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts and Cub Packs from 110 local units. (T. Times, 2/14/39, p. 1-montage of scout pictures, this image not printed in newspaper).

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wright Park (Tacoma); Tree stumps--Tacoma;

Eighth annual Tacoma Winter Sports Carnival at Mount Rainier. Trophy winners and Snow Queen and court in Paradise Inn lobby. L to r: Dorothy Hoyt, of New York state, winner of the women's race, attendant Jane Carlson, men's race winner Don Amick, Snow Queen Peggy Mason, attendant Mary Meinert and Eugene Farr, 16 year old Seattle youth who won the Junior event. (T. Times 2/13/1939, p. 1).

Tacoma Winter Carnival (Tacoma); Mason, Peggy; Meinert, Mary; Carlson, Jane; Hoyt, Dorothy; Amick, Don; Farr, Eugene; Awards; Paradise Inn (Wash.);

Presenting the award to the top skier at the eighth annual Winter Sports Carnival are, left to right, Don Cooney, member Junior Chamber of Commerce committee for Tacoma Day, Ed Meagher, Times ski writer, champion skier Don Amick and E.F. (Pat) Cardin, general chairman for the Winter Carnival. Amick holds the Times Cup Trophy and wristwatch awarded to the winner of the men's Slalom. The race had a large turnout. It was one of only two open events in Paradise Valley in 1939, the other being the Silver Skis in the spring. (T. Times, 2/13/1939, p.1)

Tacoma Winter Carnival (Tacoma); Paradise Inn (Wash.); Meagher, Ed; Cardin, E.F. (Pat); Cooney, Don; Amick, Don;