ca. 1937. Military unit on parade grounds in front of officers' quarters at Fort Lewis in this circa 1937 photograph. Truck with four loudspeakers on roof parked by street. Also see D795 series.

Military personnel--Fort Lewis; Trucks--Fort Lewis--1930-1940; Officers' quarters--Fort Lewis;

Edward Olson, resident of Manette, was photographed in November of 1936 hard at work on his hobby, building a 66 inch model ship. The hull of the sailing vessel was painstakingly carved from a single block of wood. The figurehead was a intricately carved sea serpent and all of the reproductions of deck gear were carved by hand. He also carved miniatures of famous individuals to "man" his boat, such as Abraham Lincoln and Uncle Sam. Mr. Olson was retired after 24 years of service in the Puget Sound Navy yards. He was born in 1867 in Sweden. He begin working aboard ships at the age of sixteenth, signing on as a common seaman aboard the Swedish windjammers. (Bremerton Sun 1/30/1937, pg. 1).

Model ships; Olson, Edward;

The Navy's mooring mast at Fort Lewis constructed in 1924 for the visit of the dirigible Shenandoah. Close-up view of structural elements of tower, looking up toward platform. The $60,000 mooring mast has been maintained for 12 years but never used again. It will soon be dismantled at the request of the Army. The Shenandoah, the first rigid airship built in America, was one of group of dirigibles built by the military during the 20's and 30's. Of the four, the Shenandoah, Akron, Macon and Los Angeles; only the Los Angeles did not come to a tragic end. (T. Times 10/1936, pg. 7)

Mooring masts; Fort Lewis (Wash.); Airships--Associated objects;

Gus T. Hendricks, US Aviation Mechanic First Class, perched precariously on the Navy's mooring mast at Fort Lewis checking the instruments that control the lights used to warn airplane pilots. He is the sole guard at the Navy's inland post. The mooring mast was built in 1924 for the visit of the US rigid airship, the Shenandoah. Hendricks has been the lone keeper of the 165 foot post for the past three years, a job similar to that of a lighthouse keeper. He has made approximately 9,000 trips to the top to check the acetylene light and to paint. It takes 25 gallons of paint for the tower and it is repainted every 2-3 months. (T. Times 10/17/1936, pg. 7)

Mooring masts; Fort Lewis (Wash.); Airships--Associated objects; Hendricks, Gus T.;

Mrs. Ernest Brownell was photographed in November of 1935 with her three year old son Larry at their home on McKenzie St. in Bremerton. Mrs. Brownell was the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. L. O. Froling. (Bremerton Sun 12/16/1935, pg. 2)

Mothers--Bremerton; Boys--Bremerton; Brownell, Ernest--Family; Brownell, Larry;

Fleet week events. A shore patrol unit from the U.S.S. San Francisco greets visitors as they board a military motorboat. The boat is outfitted with decorative fringe and tassels. The motorboats are used to transport visitors from the Municipal Dock to the battleships for tours. (T. Times 7/30/1936, pg. 1)

Motorboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sailors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Military personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tyrone Power and Sonja Henie had plenty of extra time on their hands between takes during the filming of "Thin Ice" in April of 1937. On location in Paradise Valley on Mount Rainier, intermittent snow squalls and gray skies made things difficult for the visiting stars from Hollywood. The 20th Century-Fox crew was on the mountain for three days before they were able to shoot a single foot of usable film.

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Actresses--Tacoma; Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969; Skaters; Actors--Tacoma; Power, Tyrone; Motion picture industry--Tacoma;

Actors Sonja Henie (left) and Tyrone Power pose on skis at Paradise Lodge, Mount Rainier National Park, during filming of the motion picture "Thin Ice". Shot on location at Mount Rainier in 1937, the film was Scandinavian skating star Henie's second movie. Heavy snow fall made production difficult. Tacoma skier Gretchen Kunigk Fraser served as Henie's double. (T.Times, 4/6/1937, with Power cropped out)

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Actresses--Tacoma; Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969; Skaters; Actors--Tacoma; Power, Tyrone; Motion picture industry--Tacoma;

Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power on skis at Paradise Lodge, Mount Rainier National Park, during filming of "Thin Ice". (T.Times, 4/6/1937).

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Actresses--Tacoma; Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969; Skaters; Actors--Tacoma; Power, Tyrone; Motion picture industry--Tacoma;

Members of the production crew for "Thin Ice" with camera at Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park. Two men are playing cards while others stand beside the motion picture camera. (T.Times).

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Motion picture industry--Tacoma;

Tugboat "Fearless" moving house across bay. The tugboat is pressed against the barge that is holding the house as it precariously moves across the water. The house was formerly the office for the Puget Sound Lumber Company. The Henry Mill Fuel Co. avoided building a new structure by moving the building from its old site to their location. (TNT 11/22/1935, pg. 1)

Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tugboats--1930-1940; Towing;

City officials join Safety Council. Mayor George Smitley was the chairman of Safety Week, held March 1-7, 1937, bolstered with a free exposition at the Armory to promote better driving. All the city officials pictured above bought memberships to the Safety Council and were given ornaments with a red reflector which served as an auxiliary taillight. Mrs. Walter M. Snell, president of the Junior Women's Club and chairman of the committee to sell memberships, is shown putting a button on the Mayor's lapel. Gazing at her are L-R Howard Carothers, corporation counsel, C. Val Fawcett, finance commissioner, Ira S. Davisson, utilities commissioner, Mayor George A. Smitley, Abner R. Bergersen, public works commissioner, Frank Callender, public safety commissioner and Tom Swayze, city controller. Tacoma in the 1930's did not have a city council which was broken up into districts. The men listed above ran the City of Tacoma. ALBUM 11. (TNT 3-3-1937, p. 5)

Municipal government--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Carothers, Howard; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Davisson, Ira; Bergersen, Abner R.; Callender, Frank T.; Swayze, Tom; Snell, Walter M.--Family;

The whaleboat crew of the USS Salt Lake City posed, holding oars straight up, on October 27, 1936 before the starter's gun sent them to victory in the Navy Day boat race. The pictured crew finished a length and a half ahead of the crews from the USS Colorado and Texas, winning the Bremerton Sun trophy. (Bremerton Sun 10/28/1936, pg. 1)

Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton; Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton); Boat racing; Rowboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rowing races--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rowers;

In honor of Navy Day, October 27, 1936, the crews of the USS Salt Lake City, Colorado and Texas competed in a whaleboat race in the waters of the Puget Sound at the Bremerton Naval Yard. The Salt Lake City finished a length and one half before its nearest competitor, clinching the Bremerton Sun trophy. (Bremerton Sun 10/28/1936, pg. 1).

Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton; Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton); Boat racing; Rowboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rowing races--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rowers;

Paradise Lodge with the ridge in the background. Photograph taken in conjunction with tour of the area by Norwegian Americans in Seattle for a convention in August of 1936. (T. Times 8/10/1936, pg. 3)

Norwegian Americans; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Sons of Norway (Tacoma); Daughters of Norway (Tacoma); Paradise Lodge (Wash.);

Townsend picnic at Spanaway Park in September of 1935. Appears to be Tom Brown speaking over microphone with arm raised. Large crowd responds with raised arms. An estimated 10,000 people attended the Labor Day picnic. Park buildings in background. Advertisement: "Large ice cream sandwich 5 c[ents]". (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).

Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Brown, Tom; Public speaking; Crowds;

Eleventh Annual Conclave of the Order of DeMolay, held in August of 1935 in Tacoma. One of the highlights was the downtown parade held on the 31st. The route was down St. Helens Ave. to Pacific, to 13th and up Broadway. A parade of young men were photographed marching along Broadway, 1100 block, toward the Elk's Temple, Tacoma. Buildings and signage visible.

Order of DeMolay--Meetings--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Father's Day. A. Dwight Orr and his three children: Dwight Junior, Margaret and Michael. The family is sitting on a braided rug in a room with coved windows and playing with wooden blocks. (T.Times 6/20/1936, pg. 11)

Orr, Dwight--Family; Orr, Dwight; Orr, Margaret; Orr, Michael; Fathers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A. Dwight Orr and his three children (left to right): Dwight Junior, Margaret and Michael, pose at home for the Tacoma Times Fathers' Day issue. The family is sitting on a braided rug in front of windows with open drapes and playing with wooden blocks. Mr. Orr was an officer with the Weyerhaeuser Co. (T.Times 6/20/1936, pg. 11)

Orr, Dwight--Family; Orr, Dwight; Orr, Margaret; Orr, Michael; Fathers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Orr, Dwight--Homes & haunts;

The cornerstone laying ceremony of the new library building at Pacific Lutheran College occurred on October 23, 1937. A crowd gathers near the partially constructed building to listen to a public address. Other college and town buildings are visible in the background. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1930-1940; Cornerstone laying--Parkland--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Parkland; Rites & ceremonies--Parkland--1930-1940;

In July of 1935, Mrs. F.D. Snyder, brush in hand, painted an artistic scene at the Naval Ammunition Depot while a guest from Kansas, Miss Pearl Snyder, looked on. Mrs. Snyder, wife of a pharmacist stationed at the depot, was painting her vision of the officers' quarters at the new Naval Ammunition Depot entrance on the Kitsap Lake Highway. The buildings were constructed by CCC workers in 1934 and were made of highly polished fir, inside and out. Mrs. Snyder, formerly a professional artist, now paints as a hobby only, devoting herself to raising her children "correctly." (Bremerton Sun, 08-08-1935, pg. 1)

Painting--Bremerton--1930-1940; Artists--Bremerton--1930-1940; Snyder, F.D.--Family; Snyder, Rose;

On August 29, 1936, the Bremerton Retail Merchants' Association sponsored a Childrens' Pet Parade. Parade participants are captured in the act of parading down the street, toward the water, in Bremerton's business district. Many children have entry numbers on their backs. Sidewalks are lined with spectators. The Piggly Wiggly market and the Pantorium are on the right. (Bremerton Sun 08-31-1936, pg. 1)

Parades & processions--Bremerton; Children--Bremerton--1930-1940; Commercial streets--Bremerton; Piggly Wiggly (Bremerton); Pantorium (Bremerton);

On August 29, 1936, the Retail Merchants' Association of Bremerton, sponsored a Children's Pet Parade. Over 264 children responded to the call, marching with family pets, favorite dolls or dressed as their favorite characters. The youngest entrant was six month old Georgia Gay Scott, gaily smiling in her ruffled bonnet and dress, and seated in a flower-decorated wagon pulled by her dog. Posed beside her is Bill Isbell, #117, scowling slightly at the camera and jauntily attired in a sailor suit, his black and white dog held by a leash. (Bremerton Sun 10-31-1936, pg.1).

Parades & processions--Bremerton; Children--Bremerton--1930-1940; Pets; Scott, Georgia Gay; Isbell, Bill;

Make way for the Buckingham Apartments version of the 1937 Daffodil Parade! Eight children from the apartment building at 1001 North Yakima Avenue donned costumes and held their own parade on April 8, with dandelions filling in for daffodils. Sharon Lloyd Detlofsen leads off the parade on a tricycle, followed by drum major Roberta Powell, Robert Hagstrom, Queen Marilyn Powell, Delores Detlofsen on her scooter, Press agent Jacqueline Brown, Cowboy Bruce Bowman and clown Roy Howell. Sonny Gange, left on grass, provided what every parade needs, an enthusiastic spectator. (T. Times 4/9/1937, pg. 18-article & alternate photograph)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bowman, Bruce; Detlofsen, Dolores; Detlofsen, Sharon Lloyd; Gange, Sonny; Powell, Marilyn; Brown, Jacqueline; Powell, Marilyn; Howell, Roy; Buckingham Apartments (Tacoma);

The Tacoma Safety Council's "Horror Parade," also called the Safety Show parade. The parade was intended as a macabre reminder of the fruits of careless and reckless driving. The first prize winner was this wrecked automobile in tow with a person portraying an accident victim laying across seat with a sign saying, "Oh Why ! Didn't I Get My Brakes Repaired Yesterday?" (T. Times 2/26/1937, pg. 1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Safety Council (Tacoma);

The Tacoma Safety Council "Safety Show Parade", also called the "Horror Parade," wound through the streets of Tacoma on Saturday, February 27, 1937. The float sponsored by the Tacoma General Hospital featured two nurses attending a man in traction on the back of a flatbed truck. This group of children watched the parade from the sidewalk across the street from an unidentified Tacoma school. The parade travelled through the major streets of Tacoma for two hours warning parade viewers about the horrors of reckless driving. Another float in the parade showed a body hanging out of the passenger side of a badly damaged car. (T. Times 2/26/1937, pg. 1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Safety Council (Tacoma); Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

The second annual Tacoma Fairyland and Christmas Parade was held on November 29, 1935. This tall Mother Goose figure with her billowing blue hoop skirt was actually a float. She was so tall that she could nod to the spectators in the second floor windows of the buildings she passed. Several clown characters stand to one side, one wearing a huge "grotesque" head mask. Behind the clowns is a float with Humpty Dumpty and some of the Kings Men. This parade was the kick off for the Christmas toy shopping season. Thousands of bright eyed Tacoma youngsters turned out to see their favorite Fairy Tale characters. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The 1936 Toyland Parade kicks off the day after Thanksgiving in a dense fog. The parade celebrates the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. It is made up of 10 elaborate Mother Goose floats, three marching bands and 75 costumed characters, such as these clowns. This is a cropped version of D733 image 3. (Tacoma Times 11/28/1936, pg. 11)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The second annual Fairyland and Christmas Parade, November 29, 1935. Float with Santa in sleigh pulled by pure white reindeer in front of Brandes-Madsen Co. on Broadway. Santa will be preceded by two boys carrying a sign proclaiming "Santa from the North Pole." Santa's float is flanked by dancing letter blocks that spell TOYS. Following Santa is the float with the Three Wise Men on camels. The parade took place on the day after Thanksgiving on a route that covered Broadway and Pacific Ave. from 7th - 13th streets. The parade signalled the beginning of Christmas toy shopping season. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brandes-Madsen Co. (Tacoma); Reindeer;

Riding in a white, toy filled sleigh pulled by two snow white reindeer, Santa Claus rode on the first float in the second annual Fairyland and Christmas Parade, November 29, 1935. Sponsored by merchants on Broadway and Pacific Avenues, the parade took place the day after Thanksgiving and kicked off the Christmas shopping season in Tacoma. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Reindeer;