ca. 1925. The Washington Building under construction. Construction on the modern American skyscraper in downtown Tacoma began in 1919 for the Scandinavian American bank, but halted a couple of years later when the bank closed. The steel structure sat deserted until it was completed in 1925 for the Washington-California Co. and dedicated on June 29, 1925. At 17 stories, it was the second tallest building in the Northwest. (WSHS)

Washington Building (Tacoma); Office buildings--Tacoma--1920-1930; Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Washington Building at 1019 Pacific Ave. and on the left, the Rust building at 950 Pacific Ave.The Washington Building was finished in 1925. At 17 stories, it was the second tallest building in the Northwest. The Rust building measures in at 12 stories. It is named after its builder William R. Rust. (WSHS-negative A695-0)

Washington Building (Tacoma); Rust Building (Tacoma);

Members of the Western Retail Lumbermens' Association pose in February of 1927 in front of a little bungalow erected on the roof of the Winthrop Hotel in honor of the group's annual convention. The bungalow was made entirely of local wood and demonstrated its use in construction. When the 24th annual convention concluded February 26, 1927, new leaders had been elected for the coming year. Pictured leaders are, back row, left to right: George A. Heilman (Wyo.), H.J. Sawtelle (Mt.), W.B. Hussman (Idaho), I.G. Kjosness (Idaho), and R.O. Bushong (Ore.) Front row, left to right, F.C. Kendall (Spokane), J.W. Burt (Mt.), Robt M. Graham (Mt.), R.M. Cross (Utah) and E.J. Ostrander (Idaho.) (TDL 2/27/1927, pg. A-5; TNT 2/23/1927, pg. 7) (WSHS- negative A893-0)

Washington Lumber Dealers Association (Tacoma); Business people--Tacoma--1920-1930; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

ca. 1926. Automobile involved in accident in front of Western Auto Supply Company circa 1926. Large crowd gathered at scene. An overturned vehicle is pictured on the left, while a damaged vehicle is pictured to the right. Western Auto Supply opened a store in the Cornell House in 1922. (filed with Argentum)

Western Auto Supply Co. (Tacoma); Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1920-1930; Automobiles--Tacoma--1920-1930; Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Raudenbush Motor Co. Mrs. DesLys with Whippet. Raudenbush Motor Co. was an automobile dealer located at 314 Puyallup Ave. Mrs. Norah DesLys was the vice president of the Bon-Des-Lys Candy Makers, 2407 Pacific Ave. The Whippet automobile was manufactured from 1926-1931 by Willys Overland. On June 4, 1927, 25 year old actress and entertainer Norah Elizabeth Deslys married Tacoma candy manufacturer John T. Bond. She gave up the stage, after 18 years, to work with her husband in their recently incorporated Bon-Des-Lys (invented from the compound of both last names) candy company. Both Norah and her performance partner, her sister Essie, would maintain a home in Tacoma as well as Hollywood. (TNT 6/6/1927, pg.5) (WSHS)

Whippet automobile; Deslys, Norah;

Seven first graders at Whitman School became thespians in February of 1926 when they re-enacted the story of America's first flag for their school's PTA. The little play was so popular that the cast travelled to American Lake Hospital to perform for the war veterans on the 22nd, the first of several repeat performances. Pictured in their classroom are, left to right, Annell Hewitt, Mariette Gearhardt, Robert Haglund (as George Washington), Patsey Armour (as Betsy Ross), James Paulsen, Richard Stidman and Elva Eikenberry (seated.) (WSHS) (TNT 2/19/1926, pg. 8)

Whitman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Costumes; Children playing adults; Historical dramas;

ca. 1929. J. Clifford and M. Mae Haley house. View of ivy covered entry and steps leading to house. George W. Bullard, architect, 1906. (WSHS)

Haley, J.C.--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1931. Mrs. Alice Rector Watson's gardens. The property was originally owned by her grandfather, Augustus Walters, who built the house shown here in 1888 from a design by architect K. Lockwood Squire. The home has since been demolished. Dense, mature landscape. Street view of property. (WSHS)

Gardens--Tacoma; Watson, Alice--Homes & haunts; Walters, Augustus--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1931. Mrs. Alice Rector Watson's gardens. A young boy plays by the lily pond on property originally developed by Mrs. Watson's grandfather, Augustus Walters, in the 1880s. A glimpse of neighboring houses can be seen in the background. (WSHS)

Gardens--Tacoma; Watson, Alice--Homes & haunts; Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1931. Alice Watson's gardens. Birdbath in garden. (Argentum, filed with H)

Gardens--Tacoma; Watson, Alice--Homes & haunts; Walters, Augustus--Homes & haunts; Birdbaths--Tacoma;

ca. 1931. Mrs. Alexander Baillie gardens at "Waloma" on American Lake in Lakewood. A gravel path in the natural landscape of rocks, cascading waterfall, lawn, shrubs and trees lead up to the home on the Baillie estate. Balustraded walls divide the garden from the mansion. (WSHS)

Baillie, Alexander, 1859-1949--Homes & haunts; Gardens--Lakewood; Rock gardens--Lakewood; Trees--Lakewood;

ca. 1931. Among the images of the Alexander Baillie gardens is this early house with hip roof, hidden behind dense landscape and welded-wire fence. View from street, across median strip and sidewalk to steps leading to entry. (WSHS)

Houses--Lakewood;

ca. 1935. John Philip and Anna Weyerhaeuser estate "Haddaway Hall", F.B. Meade and James Hamilton, of Cleveland, Ohio, Architects; Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Charles Olmsted & T.B. Morrow, Landscape Architects, 1922. View of tree lined drive and neighboring house. The drive enters the estate from Stevens Street and curves past the greenhouses, walled garden and English garden. The landscape design by the Olmsted brothers is probably the most notable design element about the home. The structure was also built at the peak of the big house period, when the Pacific Northwest saw most of the affluent construction in its cities. Shortly thereafter, homes of this magnitude were considered ostentatious, and as the Depression loomed, impossible for an individual family to maintain. (TNT 5/30/1923; Landmarks Vol.2. No. 4 "Tacoma's Weyerhaeuser residence: its various historical significances" by William Collins)

Weyerhaeuser, John Philip--Homes & haunts; Haddaway Hall (Tacoma); Estates--Tacoma; Gardens--Tacoma;

ca. 1935. John Philip and Anna Weyerhaeuser estate "Haddaway Hall", F.B. Meade and James Hamilton, of Cleveland, Ohio, Architects. View of the carriage house and what appears to be a greenhouse to the left of the picture. The carriage house is detailed similarly to the great house, with parking for automobiles beneath and the chauffer's quarters on the second floor. Heat is provided to the main house and greenhouse from a boiler in the basement of the carriage house. (TNT 5/30/1923; Landmarks Vol.2. No. 4 "Tacoma's Weyerhaeuser residence: its various historical significances" by William Collins)

Weyerhaeuser, John Philip--Homes & haunts; Haddaway Hall (Tacoma); Estates--Tacoma; Garages--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. John Philip and Anna Weyerhaeuser estate "Haddaway Hall", F.B. Meade and James Hamilton, of Cleveland, Ohio, Architects; Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., Charles Olmstead and T.B. Morrow, Landscape Architects, 1922. Full front view of English Tudor house and gardens. The residence is built of brick with wood accent on the exterior. The exterior is accented by six and eight foot high buttresses edged and capped with sandstone blocks. Wood accents each window and each dormer is inlaid with wood. Dogwood patterns are found as accents both on the exterior and interior. Gabled dormers and crenelated parapeted projections adorn the south facing entry. Most of the parapets are capped with lead sheets. The main house is 120 feet long and 55 feet wide at its widest point. It consists of three floors and a full basement, with an outlying carriage house and greenhouses. The main house had 16 principal rooms, lighted with tall lead glass windows. (TNT 5/30/1923; Landmarks Vol.2. No. 4 "Tacoma's Weyerhaeuser residence: its various historical significances" by William Collins) TPL-9770

Weyerhaeuser, John Philip--Homes & haunts; Haddaway Hall (Tacoma); Estates--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Relocation of St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church to North Tacoma, circa 1936. Five men and Rev. Arthur Bell, holding gavel, in front of huge stone pile. The historic stone church was disassembled from its original location at 6th and Broadway and each stone marked for reconstruction at new site at 36th and No. Gove. For Lee Merrill Advertising. (Argentum)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal churches--Tacoma; Bell, Arthur;

Dedication ceremony for cornerstone being laid at new location for St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church. Photograph ordered by Lee Merrill Advertising. The dedication is being held in front of what was known, until the reconstruction of St. Luke's began a few months prior, as St. Mark's Episcopal Church. The historic St. Luke's had stood at the corner of 6th & Broadway for over half a century. It was being dismantled stone by stone and reconstructed at this site at No. 36th and Gove St. Officiating at the cornerstone ceremony were Bishop S. Arthur Huston, of the diocese of Olympia, and Rev. Arthur Bell, formerly rector of St. Mark's and now rector of the new St. Luke's. Mayor George Smitley, second from left front row, gave a short address. The Rev. R.A. Walmsley brought a stone from Jerusalem to be placed in the wall of the new church and also addressed the crowd of approximately 300. The old St Mark's would be moved in 1937 to 3615 No. Gove and later renamed St. Mark's House and used as church offices. Its stained glass windows, originally from the Fannie Paddock Hospital Chapel, as well as stones from the burned and demolished Tacoma Hotel would be used in the reconstruction of St. Luke's. The reconstruction was funded completely by donations and completed in 1947 without incurring debt. (TDL 4/27/1936, pg.1)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal Churches--Tacoma; Cornerstone laying--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956;

Relocation of St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church. Two stone masons laying numbered stones in place for rebuilding of dismantled church on new site. For Lee Merrill Advertising. For over half a century, St. Luke's had stood at the corner of 6th and Broadway. The historic church was being dismantled brick by brick and being rebuilt at No. 36th & Gove Streets, formerly the location of St. Mark's. St. Mark's became the new St. Luke's as construction proceeded and was moved to 3615 No. Gove in 1937 to make room for the rebuilt structure. (WSHS)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal Churches--Tacoma;

Tacoma Mayor George Smitley, Bishop S. Arthur Huston of the Olympia diocese, Rev. Arthur Bell, rector of St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church, and Rev. R.A. Walmsley, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian Church (from left) participated in the cornerstone laying at the new location of St. Luke's, 3601 North Gove, on April 26, 1936. The church building at that location, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, would be moved nearby to 3615 No. Gove to make way for the reconstruction of the original St. Luke's. St. Luke's had been downtown at Sixth & Broadway for over fifty years before its razing in 1934. The stones were saved and were to be used at the new Gove St. site. Rev. Walmsley, a Presbyterian minister, had brought a stone from Jerusalem to be included in the church's new stone walls.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal churches--Tacoma; Cornerstone laying--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Clergy--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bell, Arthur;

ca. 1934. The Lauan Apartments. The Lauan was built in 1925 by John Buffelen, who served as builder and designer. Lundberg & Ekvall served as architects of the brick building. The building was built and furnished almost completely of Tacoma made products. The interiors of the elegant structure were of mahogany.

Lauan Apartments (Tacoma); Apartment houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Exterior of Associated Oil service station. Station located at Sixth & Sprague, circa 1936. One island, three pumps, "Flying A" emblem. Automobile on lube rack. For Miller & Miller Advertising. (WSHS)

Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Associated Oil Service Stations (Tacoma); Gasoline pumps--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Exterior of Hemrich Wineries building, producers or distributors of Gold Seal Brands, wine and beer. Company was owned by Elmer & Nina Hemrich. Elmer was the son of Seattle Brewer Alvin Hemrich. For Miller & Miller Advertising. (WSHS)

Hemrich Wineries (Tacoma); Brewing industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Washington School 6A class, photographed outside the school in June of 1932. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the right is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal of Washington School from 1926-41. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);

Sherman School 6A class. Children in front of school with Professor Brown in June of 1929. The school was built in the north end of Tacoma in 1891 and was very quickly overcrowded. It continued to serve as the area's elementary school for 63 years until it was demolished in 1953. (filed with Argentum)

Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Education--Tacoma;

Kindergarten class at Margaret K. Gould School. A private school for boys and girls offering pre-school tutoring, music and dance. The school was located in a twelve room house built in 1890 at 223 No. J St. (filed with Argentum)

Margaret K. Gould School (Tacoma); Private schools--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Group of men in Afifi costumes inside the Masonic Temple; photograph taken in June of 1932. This is possibly the same group of men as images 1 & 1A. (filed with Argentum).

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Masonic Temple (Tacoma); Afifi Arab Patrol (Tacoma);

Woodbrook Hunt Club members on horseback, circa 1932. (filed with Argentum)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding;

ca. 1933. View of several couples at Alt Heidelberg Gardens, perhaps celebrating the repeal of Prohibition. The Alt Heidelberg Gardens had its grand opening in April, 1933, in a location formerly occupied by the "Alhambra."

Alt Heidelberg Gardens (Lakewood); Nightclubs--Lakewood;

Stanley School 6A Class in June of 1933. The spacious school was built in 1925 and was large enough to accomodate the student body for 30 years; additions were added in 1955, 1967 and 1973. In 1983, the main portion of the school was closed, declared unsafe in case of earthquake. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Group portraits; Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Education--Tacoma;

Park Lodge School- 1st Grade class 1933. Building by Woodroofe and Constable, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925. (filed with Argentum)

Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;