Park Lodge School- 5th Grade class, 1933. Building by Woodroofe and Constable, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925. The school building was demolished in 1994, after 82 years of service.

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

Mrs. C.E. Taylor, holding roses, poses with a group of unidentified women during the July 15, 1943 launching of the USS Sunset. Mrs. Taylor was acting as sponsor for the vessel, which was launched at the Tacoma yard of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. Standing in front of Mrs. Taylor is a child believed to be her daughter. Mrs. Taylor was the wife of Commander C.E. Taylor, ordnance officer 13th Naval District. (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol. II, No. II, pg. 6, July 24, 1943 issue; wikipedia.org; names of those in sponsor's party listed in article TNT 7/16/1943, pg. 7)

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School, 9A Class portrait taken in front of school. Gault opened for classes in 1926. It was designed by Hill & Mock, architects. The school was named in honor of Dr. Franklin B. Gault, superintendent of Tacoma public schools from 1888- 1892. It is still in use today, with additions made in 1942, 1953, 1974 and 1979.

Public schools--Tacoma; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Portraits;

ca. 1933. The 1933 Park Lodge School Boy Scout Troop # 53 with troop leader Norton Clapp posed in front of the Park Lodge School in Lakewood. The boys, dressed in Scout uniforms some with chest bands with merit badges, are tentatively identified as: front row, Bob Doten, ? Doten, ?, Jim Fowler; 2nd row- ?, Bill Walt, Bob Barlow, ?, Larry Bonneville; 3rd row- ?,?, Howard Stine, Jack Sturley, Ken Verner; 4th row- ?,?,?, Marvin Peterson; Back row- ?, ? Morton, ?, Don Verner. Norton Clapp was a Tacoma/Seattle area civic leader and industry giant. He came to Tacoma as a lawyer in 1929. In 1937, he developed "Clapp's Folly," the first shopping center west of the Mississippi River. Known as the Lakewood Colonial Center, it became the center of development in Lakewood for 50 years. He served as the national president of the Boys Scouts of America and received their Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo Awards. He was a trustee for the University of Puget Sound for 62 years and served as president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser. He died April 22, 1995 at the age of 89. (TNT 4-25-1995, pg. A-1)

Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940; Boy Scouts (Lakewood)--1930-1940; Boy Scouts of America, Troop 53 (Lakewood); Clapp, Norton, 1906-1995;

Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention at Tacoma. Drum and Bugle Corps from Post 51, Spokane, on pier beside Navy Frigate U.S.S. Constitution, the historic "Old Ironsides." The wooden frigate was towed into Commencement Bay for a week long stay in Tacoma on June 15, 1933. (filed with Argentum)

U.S.S. Constitution; Battleships--United States--1790-1800; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cruisers (Warships)--United States--1790-1800; Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 51 (Spokane); Veterans; organizations--Spokane--1930-1940;

ca. 1931. Attendees of a Pacific Coast Gas Association meeting in the garden of the original Tacoma Hotel.

Pacific Coast Gas Association (Tacoma); Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma);

ca. 1931. Moose Lodge Drill Team. Sixteen member group in uniforms, mostly women. (Argentum)

Loyal Order of Moose (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940;

During one of Helen McAnally's famous beach parties, held Sept. 4th-6th 1931 at her Magnolia Beach summer home on Vashon Island, Mrs. McAnally (believed to be seated front left) and some of her guests posed for this picture. Mrs. McAnally's large cottage was located on Lot 3, Magnolia Beach. She was the widow of Tacoma attorney Sam McAnally and a nationally recognized hostess. The rich, artistic and famous in those preflight days would travel by train from New York to Seattle or Tacoma and then by boat to the island. She continued to hold parties, usually lasting several days, until she was in the eighties. ("Magnolia Beach Memories" by Bob Gordon Sr.)

McAnally, Helen; Entertaining--Vashon Island;

Silver Wedding Anniversary celebration for Mr. & Mrs. Grusczynski. There are no first names attached to this picture. The happy event occurred on November 7, 1931. Many friends and family have gathered to celebrate the couple's anniversary in Seattle at the Polish Hall. Standing at the rear of the picture appear to be the anniversary couple and their children. Flowers and a silver wedding bell are the most prominent decorations.

Anniversaries--Seattle--1930-1940;

Washington School 6A Class photographed outside the school in January of 1932. (Argentum)

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

Lowell School 6A class and teacher on school steps. (Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The students attending Custer School, 7700 Steilacoom Blvd. S.W., Lakewood, posed for a school picture with their teacher Mabel Justin in front of their one-year-old building in October of 1933. The first Custer School, named after Lesour Custer, was built in the early 1890s on land donated by the Knoxhum family. In 1932, the old school was torn down and this new, two room school house was built. As the Clover Park School District grew, another newer, and bigger Custer school was built in 1953; this 1932 building, also called the "Little Red School House," was not demolished and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The young lad with the tie in front of Mrs. Justin is her son. According to Mrs. Justin's grandson, she made her son wear the tie for this occasion,

Custer School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; Students--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Bryant School 6A class in front of school. (Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bryant Elementary School (Tacoma);

To honor fathers and sons of University Place and Day Island communities, the University Place School sponsored a banquet on March 2, 1934. The program included: music by Fred May's orchestra, Boy Scout demonstrations and motion pictures on scouting, boxing and songs.

University Place School (University Place); Banquets (University Place); Fathers & children (University Place);

Dash Point School, first through third grades; taken in April of 1934. Dash Point closed as a public school in 1993. It was added to the state's registry of historic buildings in 1996. (Argentum)

Dash Point School (Dash Point); Public schools--Dash Point; School children--Dash Point;

ca. 1934. "The World's Children." Miss Hawthorne in kimono and little boy in classroom at Bryant School with several boxes holding student art projects. (Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bryant Elementary School (Tacoma); Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Classrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Brown's Point School, Grades 1, 2 and 3 with their teacher in April of 1934. Browns Point School was opened in a portable in 1918 with one teacher, Martha Floberg, teaching grades one through eight. The exact address is unknown, visitors were advised to take the steamer Veronica at the Municipal Dock in order to get to the school. After much controversy, the school was closed in 1938, with Browns Point residents holding a solemn funeral service in its honor. Students attended school in other areas until their new school was built in 1952. (Argentum) (Olsen: For the Record, p. 113)

Browns Point School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Park Lodge School 2nd and 3rd grades. Building by Woodroofe and Constible, 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;

Park Lodge School 6th grade. (filed with Argentum)

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

F. B. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School 9A class portrait taken in front of school.

Public Schools--Tacoma; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Students; Portraits;

ca. 1934. Aberdeen High School Orchestra. Many students with instruments sitting in a plush room, likely at the Winthrop Hotel. Sign reads "Ist District Conference, Rotary International".

Youth orchestras--Aberdeen;

University Place School, grades 1A, 2B, 2A. (Filed with Argentum)

University Place School (University Place); Public schools--University Place--1930-1940; School children--University Place--1930-1940;

University Place School, grades 6B, 6A, 7B. (filed with Argentum)

University Place School (University Place); Public schools--University Place--1930-1940; School children--University Place--1930-1940;

Unidentified equipment and building under construction. (filed with Argentum)

ca. 1934. Miss Iris Bryan on horseback, ordered by the Woodbrook Hunt Club. Miss Bryan wears an English riding outfit. In addition to being a proficient horse woman, Miss Bryan lists her occupation in the 1934 City Directory as stenographer at Pacific Savings & Loan and her address as Thornewood. She was the only daughter of Thomas H. Bryan of Thornewood Lodge, who was master of the hounds. This was a position that Mr. Bryan had previously held with hunt clubs in Ireland.

Bryan, Iris; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding--Tacoma;

Tacoma Drama League "After the Show Party", October 20, 1937. Harry P. Cain, future Tacoma Mayor and U.S. Senator, is third from right, seated on floor.

Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma);Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical Productions--Tacoma; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979;

The Tacoma Drama League had a full program of plays scheduled for the 1934-35 season. The first production was a revival of the old fashioned melodrama "The Streets of New York". In their effort to recreate the true atmosphere of an old time play, special scenery, costuming and lighting had to be designed and constructed. From 1933 through 1939 the Tacoma Little Theater productions were presented on the stage of the Slavonian Hall at 2306 No. 30th St. In 1940 they moved to their current home at 210-12 No. I St.

Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma);Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical Productions--Tacoma;

ca. 1934. "Dine and Dance group at Rausch's Road House". Group of men and women in front of log building with sign reading " Jay's Log Cabin" on the roof ridge. (filed with Argentum)

Rausch's Roadhouse; Jay's Log Cabin; Nightclubs--1930-1940;

Members of the Tacoma Country and Golf Club reveled at a masquerade ball at the clubhouse on Halloween, 1934. In the center in kilts with wig askew was future Mayor of Tacoma Harry P. Cain. To the far left was his wife, Marjorie Cain, dressed as a Russian cossack. Cain was holding the leg of an unidentified French maid, as an unidentified aviator held that of his wife in this interesting picture. The unidentified cross dressing couple to the right smiled merrily at the camera.

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Masquerades--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Scotland--Clothing & dress; Cain, Marjorie Dils, 1908-1994