Reading a speech he prepared for the new Clover Park High School athletic field dedication is Walter J. Thompson, Tacoma and Gravelly Lake pioneer, for whom the field is named. Thompson donated $1,000 to the W.P.A. project. To the right of Mr. Thompson are Mrs. A. S. Black, A. G. Hudtloff and Ray Thompson. The new field is 400 by 900 feet and contains a full size baseball diamond, a football field and a 1/5 mile running track. (T. Times 5/12/1939, pg. 7)

Thompson, Walter J.; Hudtloff, A.G.; Thompson, Ray; Black, A.S.--Family; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Dedications--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Mrs. Frank (Charlotte) Naccarato, president, (at left), and Mrs. J. L. Young, secretary, of the newly formed Tacoma Sculpturing Club organized the creations of various club members for a May 1939 exhibition. The articles created by the club members were put on display at Frazer's Gift Shop, 912 Broadway. The club was organized by a group of budding sculptors who had been taking lessons in carving and sculpting from Carl Evers at Bryant School. (T. Times, 5/13/1939, p. 6)

Naccarato, Charlotte; Tacoma Sculpturing Club (Tacoma);

May 17, 1939 will be a Big Day at Clover Park High School. They will be dedicating their new athletic field as a memorial to Walter J. Thompson, second from left, Tacoma and Gravelly Lake pioneer. Pictured with Mr. Thompson are, left to right, School Superintendent A.G. Hudtloff, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. A.S. Black and Ray Thompson. Mr. Walter Thompson holds the speech that he will read at the dedication for the new Clover Park athletic field. The field is named after Mr. Thompson, who donated the initial $1,000 to get the project started. It was completed as a W.P.A. project. In a separate ceremony, the Garden Club will dedicate the pictured plaque, on the stone, in memory of Mr. Thompson's deceased wife Amarilla Thompson. (T. Times 5/12/1939, pg. 7)

Thompson, Walter J.; Hudtloff, A.G.; Thompson, Ray; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Dedications--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Doreen (Mrs. C. Galvin) Hopper shares a quiet moment with her children as she reads to them on May 11, 1939. Jerry (8), Joanne (9) and Clare (11) listen attentively. The Hopper family resided at 724 No. J St. Mr. Hopper was president of the Hopper-Kelly Co. and Mrs. Hopper was heavily involved with the Tacoma Drama League. (T. Times 5/13/1939, pg. 7)

Hopper, C. Galvin--Family; Hopper, Doreen; Hopper, Clare; Hopper, Joanne; Hopper, Jerry; Hopper, C. Galvin--Homes & haunts; Reading--Tacoma; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Mrs. C. Galvin (Doreen) Hopper plays the piano for her children in their home. Left to right: Joanne, Doreen, Jerry, and Clare Hopper. The children focus their attention on her as Mother's Day approaches on Sunday. (T. Times, 5/13/1939, p. 7).

Hopper, C. Galvin--Family; Hopper, Doreen; Hopper, Clare; Hopper, Joanne; Hopper, Jerry; Hopper, C. Galvin--Homes & haunts; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

1939 home portrait of the C. Galvin Hopper family. Mr. Hopper, not pictured, was the president of the Hopper-Kelly Co. in downtown Tacoma which sold household appliances and pianos. Doreen Hopper is seated along with her youngest son Jerry. Eleven-year-old Clare and nine-year-old Joanne stand next to their mother. The Hoppers resided at 724 No. J St. (T. Times 5/13/1939, pg. 7)

Hopper, C. Galvin--Family; Hopper, C. Galvin--Homes & haunts; Hopper, Doreen; Hopper, Clare; Hopper, Joanne; Hopper, Jerry; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Doreen (Mrs. C. Galvin) Hopper is ready for Mother's Day in 1939. Taking time out from her Tacoma Drama League activities, she reads a magazine to her children: Joanne, age 9, Jerry, age 8, and Clare, age 11. (T. Times, 5/13/1939, p. 7)

Hopper, C. Galvin--Family; Hopper, C. Galvin--Homes & haunts; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hopper, Doreen; Hopper, Clare; Hopper, Joanne; Hopper, Jerry; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Reading--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Logging pond at Port Piers. For R.E. Chase, 601 Tacoma Building. Two men standing on logs in log pond, pushing on logs with long poles. Industries to the right and in background. Photograph taken on May 11, 1939.

Logs; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma);

Diving on Narrows Bridge Project. One of the workers is pictured on the diving barge, the floor littered with cables and air hoses. There are currently four deep sea divers working on the bridge. They are only able to work at slack tide in the Sound, a period of 15- 45 minutes when the Sound's fierce currents are stilled. (T. Times 5/12/1939, pg 1)

Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Skin diving--1930-1940;

Diving on Narrows Bridge Project. Picture of the diving barge with the rigging for deep sea diver Johnny Bacon. Roy Shannon, tender for Bacon, with headphones, is pictured third from left. Diver Bacon is currently working about 90 feet under the surface, placing a cable around a broken anchor brick for the east caisson. He communicates with Shannon through the headphone, although speaking is difficult and tiring due to the pressure on his body and suit. Although the diver calls all the shots, even while underwater; his life is in the tender's hands. The tender controls the air hose. (T. Times, 5/12/1939, p. 1).

Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Skin diving--1930-1940; Shannon, Roy; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma);

Diver Johnny Bacon, with 15 years experience, including work on the Panama Canal and the Golden Gate Bridge, rests in his 200-pound suit before entering the water of the Narrows. Bacon and his tender, Roy Shannon, are working on the first Narrows Bridge to place a cable around a broken anchor block. Bacon will be working 90 feet below the water's surface and is waiting for a slack tide, 15 to 45 minutes, which is the only time it is safe for him to dive. (T. Times, 5/12/39, p. 1).

Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Divers; Bacon, Johnny;

Roy Shannon, in center, tender for diver Johnny Bacon, carefully guides the air hose attached to Bacon who is working 90 feet below the surface. The diver reduces the air in his suit to submerge and reinflates it to rise. His life is in the tender's hands; hands that control the air hose. The two communicate through the headphones. (T. Times, 5/12/39, p. 1).

Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Skin diving--1930-1940; Shannon, Roy;

Narrows Bridge Project. Tender Roy Shannon fastens diver Johnny Bacon's 45-pound helmet. Following the dive to place cable around a broken anchor block, Bacon will enter an on-site compression chamber to prevent "the bends." The entire diving suit weighs over 200 pounds, making movement above the water uncomfortable. Once in the water, the diver releases air from his suit to sink and reinflates it to rise. He can only dive during slack tide, a 15-45 minute period when the fierce currents of the Sound are stilled. (T. Times, 5/12/39, p. 1)

Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Skin diving--1930-1940; Diving suits--1930-1940; Oxygen masks--1930-1940; Shannon, Roy; Bacon, Johnny;

The community of Dash Point viewed from the water, circa 1939. Dock and pier are right foreground, just out of camera range. The homes are built up the hillside with sound views. The Dash Point water fountain is located at right center, up from the beach and left of the dock building. (Argentum) (T. Times 5/26/1939, pg. 1)

Neighborhoods--Dash Point; Piers & wharves--Dash Point;

The community of Dash Point viewed from the water, circa 1939. In the right foreground of the picture is the Dash Point water fountain. At this time, water for the community was supplied by two wells located near the beach, today the site of the park and its parking lot. (Argentum) (T. Times 5/26/1939, pg. 1)

Neighborhoods--Dash Point;

Hylebos Bridge Territory. View of bridge in raised position, most likely from the northwest corner. The new steel and concrete bridge was built at a cost of $380,000; $171,000 of that in the form of a WPA grant. It was 1,060 feet long. The double leaf bascule center span had a vertical lift of 135 feet and a horizontal clearance of 150 feet to permit passage of boats. The roadway deck was 24 feet wide with a sidewalk 5 feet wide. It replaced a single leaf bascule bridge with an 80 foot horizontal clearance. (T. Times 5/27/1939, pg. 5)

Hylebos Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Vertical lift bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Hylebos Bridge Territory. General view of north side of bridge from water level looking east. The new bridge would provide direct access to Tacoma for residents of Browns Point, Dash Point, and Caledonia Beach, as well as other northeast areas. It was the end of many years of struggle that took the project from the original condemned drawbridge, to a single bascule bridge in 1925, to this 1939 double bascule with 150 feet of horizontal clearance for the passage of ships. (T. Times 5/27/1939, pg. 5)

Hylebos Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Vertical lift bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Part of the membership of the Tacoma Amateur Astronomers poses on the College of Puget Sound campus. Their photograph will be exhibited in the planetarium at the New York World's Fair. The group organized in 1931and has built 30 telescopes of varying size and power. The membership has spread and now boasts members as far away as Yakima, Seattle, LaGrande and Wollochet Bay. The group currently meets at CPS, but has plans to build a clubhouse and observatory on McKinley Hill. Pictured, left to right, are W.H. Crump, George Imoe, L. Herbert Love, J.R. Wiborg, James Wiborg, Fred Myers, Earl Sowles, Walter Imme, Edward Imme, R.S. Seward, Evelyn Hazelton and Albert Morrison. (T. Times, 5/16/39, p. 16. Names listed)

Tacoma Amateur Astronomers (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Astronomers; Astronomical instruments; Telescopes; Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In May of 1939, the Tacoma Amateur Astronomers met on the campus of the College of Puget Sound to have their photograph taken for an exhibit at the New York Worlds Fair. In this picture, three of the club members are seen with one of the clubs larger telescopes. The young fellow looking through the telescope is Jimmy Wiborg, who was 14-years-old and the youngest member of the club. Jimmy had just recently finished building his own telescope. It had taken him two years to build, including 8 months to grind and polish the six-inch mirror. In this photograph Jimmy is flanked by (left) W.H. Crump, past-president of the club, and Fred Myers, meteorologist at the U.S. Weather Bureau. (T. Times, 5/16/1938, p. 16).

Tacoma Amateur Astronomers (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Astronomers; Astronomical instruments; Telescopes; Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wiborg, Jimmy; Crump, W.H.; Myers, Fred;

Fourteen year old Jimmy Wiborg gazes through a telescope on the campus of the College of Puget Sound in May of 1939. He is the youngest member of the Tacoma Amateur Astronomers. Other members pictured are, left to right, Fred Myers (meteorologist with the US Weather Bureau) and W.H. Crump (past president of the organization.) The group was posing for a series of pictures scheduled to be exhibited at the New York World's Fair. The group had constructed over 30 telescopes of varying sizes and power. The one pictured was built by Mr. Crump. The club was currently meeting on the campus of CPS, but had purchased property at 968 McKinley Road on McKinley Hill, with the intention of building a clubhouse and observatory. (T. Times, 5/16/1938, p. 16)

Tacoma Amateur Astronomers (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Astronomers; Astronomical instruments; Telescopes; Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wiborg, Jimmy; Crump, W.H.; Myers, Fred;

One of the beach front communities northeast of Tacoma, circa 1939. These areas, including Browns Point, Dash Point, Lakota, Caledonia Beach, Toddhaven and Crescent Heights, had cause to celebrate May 27, 1939 when the new Hylebos Bridge was dedicated, the culmination of a nine year battle by the residents for a convenient means to travel to the city of Tacoma. (Argentum)

Neighborhoods--Northeast Tacoma;

Dock and pier at Dash Point, circa 1939. (Argentum)

Piers & wharves--Dash Point;

The community of Lakota Beach viewed from the water, circa 1939. Residents had cause to celebrate on May 27, 1939 at the dedication of the new $380,000 Hylebos Bridge, which connected the Sound view settlements northeast of Tacoma with the city. The settlements included Browns Point, Dash Point, Lakota, Caledonia Beach, Toddhaven, Crescent Heights, Northeast Tacoma and the Harding Improvement district. (T. Times 5/26/1939, pg. 1) (Argentum)

Neighborhoods--Lakota Beach;

This image is of the community of Dash Point as viewed from the water in 1939. Dash Point, as well as Browns Point, Lakota, Caledonia Beach, Toddhaven, Crescent Heights, Northeast Tacoma and the Harding Improvement District celebrated that May the end of a nine-year battle by those communities in northeast Tacoma to establish a suitable connection with downtown Tacoma. The new $380,000 Hylebos Bridge, scheduled to open May 27, 1939, would provide year-round highway access to Tacoma for the 3,500 or so residents northeast of the city and encourage development of those communities. The Dash Point dock and pier are prominent in the foreground. The Dash Point water fountain is located left of center, between the beach and the houses, to the left of the dock. (Argentum) (T.Times 5/26/1939, pg. 1, 12)

Neighborhoods--Dash Point; Piers & wharves--Dash Point; Houses--Dash Point;

One of the beachfront communities across Commencement Bay from downtown Tacoma, circa 1939. (Argentum)

Neighborhoods--Northeast Tacoma;

Dash Point School, circa 1939. Dash Point was founded around the turn of the century and is located on the bluffs across Commencement Bay from downtown Tacoma. (Argentum)

Public schools--Dash Point;

Hylebos Bridge Territory. Aerial view of south side of bridge. Pile driving barge and Foss barge close to far side of bridge. Floating and stacked logs, cabins on Marine View Drive in near background. Brown's Point in far background. The construction of the $380,000 Hylebos Bridge ended a nine year battle with residents north of Tacoma seeking a suitable connection to the city. The bridge would provide access to Tacoma to residents of Browns Point, Dash Point, Lakota, Caledonia Beach, Toddhaven, Crescent Heights and Northeast Tacoma. (T. Times 5/26/1939, pg. 1)

Hylebos Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Vertical lift bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Hylebos Bridge Territory. Aerial view of south side of bridge. Cabins on Marine View Drive in near background. Brown's Point in far background. The completion of the bridge provided much needed access to Tacoma for these communities and really opened them up for development. At this time in 1939, approximately 3,500 residents lived in the areas served by the bridge. (T. Times 5/26/1939, pg. 1)

Hylebos Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Vertical lift bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The community of Lakota Beach viewed from the beach, circa 1939. The opening of the new Hylebos Bridge on May 27, 1939 opened the Sound view settlements northeast of Tacoma for large scale settlement. (T. Times 5/26/1939, pg. 1) (Argentum)

Neighborhoods--Lakota Beach;

Logging pond at Port Piers. For R. E. Chase, 601 Tacoma Building. Log pond in foreground, several boats in bay in midground, logging yard and lumber mills in distant background.