Two postal employees handle large mail sacks and boxes delivered by the Christmas mail truck at Post Office. (T. Times)

Postal service--Tacoma--1930-1940; Postal service employees--1930-1940; Holidays; Christmas gifts; Mail trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On December 22, 1937, Tacoma Postmaster George P. Fishburne (right) personally helped unload a truck stuffed with bags of Christmas mail. The feet sticking out of the sack he is holding with his right hand indicate that someone in Tacoma was receiving their Christmas turkey by first class mail. Hopefully it hadn't traveled too far, for too many days. (T. Times)

Postal service--Tacoma--1930-1940; Postal service employees--1930-1940; Holidays; Christmas gifts; Mail trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fishburne, George P.; Postmasters--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tacoma Mayor George Smitley arrives to visit President Roosevelt on his train at Union Depot. Along the motorcade and at the depot, the popular president attracted crowds estimated at over 50,000. (T.Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9)

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945;

Tacoma Mayor George Smitley with President Roosevelt on his train at Union Depot. Posed on the platform with the President were, left to right, Senator Homer T. Bone, Tacoman Harold Allen, granddaughter Anna Eleanor (called Sistie) Dall (at the railing), Roosevelt's son James, the President's bodyguard (wearing hat) on his left side, and Tacoma Mayor George Smitley. The President's next stop was the Grand Coulee Dam project. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9). ALBUM 1.

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Roosevelt, James; Dall, Anna Eleanor;

Group picture at the Annie Wright Seminary Junior Prom, held Saturday April 17th 1937 at the school. Several couples photographed seated on stairs. They are eating dessert and socializing.

Private schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Dance parties--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stairways--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary Field Day. Archery, girls shooting at target. School building in background.

Private Schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Events--Tacoma--1930-1940; Archery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary Christmas Doll Bazaar. Group of young women with dolls arranged in a village scene. The girls are all wearing the same uniform-type dress. The doll bazaar was an annual event at the school, with proceeds going to benefit the Bishop Huston Missionary Society. The bazaar opened with a doll buggy parade by the school's littlest girls. The event on December 4, 1937 drew 400 parents and friends of students. (T. Times, Society, 12/11/1937, p. 7)

Private Schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma; Bazaars--Tacoma; Dolls; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary Christmas Doll Bazaar. The traditional event was held December 4, 1937. Each class of students was responsible for arranging their dolls in their own unique manner. Here three young women arrange dolls displayed in a circus tent; "under the big top." In addition to the doll display, there was a candy sale and puppet show. (T.Times Society, 12/11/1937, p. 7)

Private Schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma; Bazaars--Tacoma; Dolls; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary Christmas Doll Bazaar. Two older women examine the "dolls of all nations" displayed on a table in the school library. Over 400 parents and guests of the students attended the Bazaar on December 4, 1937. All proceeds went to the Bishop Huston Missionary Society. (T.Times Society. 12/11/1937, p. 7)

Private Schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma; Bazaars--Tacoma; Dolls; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary annual May Day activities. Procession, little girls in long gowns lead May Queen Burdette Craig and her Court between rows of little girls in short dresses. Neighborhood houses in background. (T. Times 5/18/1936, pg. 1)

Private Schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day. Procession, seen through trees with school building in the background.

Private Schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Group of girls from Annie Wright Seminary during a ski trip to Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. Front row, far right Ann or Amy Lou Murray. Fifty six girls and eight faculty members enjoyed a mid-winter vacation at Paradise Valley. (T.Times).

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Group of girls from Annie Wright Seminary pose in the falling snow during a ski trip to Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. Fifty six students and eight faculty members spent the weekend at Paradise Valley, enjoying a mid-winter vacation. (T.Times).

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Group of girls from Annie Wright Seminary during a ski trip to Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. (T.Times).

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary. Snow storm brings out students with skiis and sled. Neighborhood houses in the background beyond the snow-covered tennis courts.

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Snow--Tacoma; Skiing--Tacoma; Sleds & sleighs--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Stadium High "bench warmers." Boys sit on a concrete platform in front of school on opening day in 1935. (T. Times, 9/4/1935, p. 1)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Opening day of school. Washington School boys with mixed expressions walking in front of the school building. The front page story focused on how most students, even the boys, were happy to be going back to school. (T. Times, 9/4/1935, p. 1).

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

On October 29, 1935, Mary E. Ketell was photographed adjusting the stage arrangement for the Maryell Puppeteers. The group was presenting the tale of "Snow White and Rose Red," under her direction, at the Elks' Fair and Merchants' Exposition at the Elks Temple in Bremerton. The group of players was made up of Patricia Eickland, Wilma Spaeth, Eileen Connelly and Betty Crawford. The Exposition featured amateur entertainers, games of chance, a carnival, a country store and drawings for prizes. (Bremerton Sun 11/1/1935, pg. 1)

Puppet shows--Bremerton--1930-1940; Ketell, Mary; Maryell Puppeteers (Bremerton);

Humpback salmon returning to the Puyallup River hatchery on Voight Creek, near Orting. Eight thousand salmon are collected in the gate during the two-week run. The salmon get their name "humpback" because a hump rises in the middle of their backs as they progress from salt water to fresh water. The longer they are out of salt water, the more pronounced the hump. Ordered by Duncan and Mueller. (T. Times, 10/21/1937, p. 20).

Puyallup River (Wash.); Voight Creek (Wash.); Fish hatcheries--Orting; Salmon;

Power cruisers compete in the 8th annual power boat race, the"Capital to Capital yacht race," in July 1935. The 1935 race covered 150 nautical miles from Tacoma to Nanaimo, BC through the San Juan and British Columbia Islands. The boats would leave on Friday, 7/26, and reach BC late on 7/27. The Tacoma Yacht Club sponsored 24 entries, one of which the "Irvinetta," won second place overall. (T. Times 7/25-27, 1935; 7/29/1935, pg. 1)

Regattas--1935; Yacht racing--1935;

Captain I.C. Rowland (right), skipper of the Tacoma Yacht Club entry "Irvinetta" in the annual international cruiser race, the "Capital to Capital," and Matt Manay, of Olympia, prepare a code flag in connection with the start of the race. The 8th annual cruiser race would start Friday, July 26, 1935 in Tacoma and end Saturday afternoon in Nanaimo, B.C., a distance of 150 nautical miles through the Puget Sound and San Juan and British Columbia Islands. Rowland and the Irvinetta finished 2nd overall by a fraction of percentage and first in their division, craft over 38 feet in length. (T. Times 7/25-27, 1935 and 7/29/1935, pg. 1)

Regattas--1935; Yacht racing--1935; Rowland, I.C.; Manay, Matt;

Margaret McGinnis and Martha Turner's roller skating party for Betty Doud. Douglas Gonyea, Turner, McGinnis and Robert Prins sip bottled sodas in front of the check room. (T.Times,7/10/1937, p 10.).

Roller Skating--Tacoma--1930-1940; Teenagers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skating rinks--Tacoma--1930-1940; McGinnis, Margaret; Turner, Martha; Gonyea, Douglas; Prins, Robert; King Roller Skating Rink (Tacoma);

Margaret McGinnis and Martha Turner's Roller skating party for Betty Doud. Gretchen Kunigk, future Olympic skiing medalist, skates arm in arm with a boy wearing a tie. Robert Prins, in striped shirt with cigarette, sits with other boys. (T.Times)

Roller Skating--Tacoma--1930-1940; Teenagers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skating rinks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994; Prins, Robert; King Roller Skating Rink (Tacoma);

Druggist Ed R. Rowe was featured in the July 11, 1936 Bremerton Sun column "Around the Clock." He was the pharmacist and manager of Rowe's Pharmacy on Sixth St. and High Ave. in Bremerton. He was also a jack-of-all-trades at the corner drugstore, dividing his time between the cash register, preparing milk shakes and sodas at the soda fountain and mixing chemicals for prescriptions in the backroom. He was pictured standing at the soda fountain of his drug store, pouring liquid into a chemist's beaker. Soda fountain equipment, the drug store window, and neighborhood houses are visible. Pharmacist Rowe came to Bremerton in 1917 and had partnered in the Park Ave. Drug Co. with Henry Paulson. In 1932, he opened his own pharmacy and had recently moved to the pictured location. (Bremerton Sun 07-11-1936, pg. 1).

Rowe, Ed R.; Rowe's Pharmacy (Bremerton); Pharmacists--Bremerton; Drugstores--Bremerton;

On September 9, 1935, Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Elliot were photographed in the act of paying their water bill to George Nutter, assistant city treasurer. The photograph was taken at the Water Department pay window at Bremerton City Hall. Mrs. Elliot wears a light suit and coat, with the brim of a white hat pulled down over one eye. (Bremerton 10/15/1935, pg. 1)

Sailors--Bremerton--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--1930-1940; Elliot, C.F.; Nutter, George; City Hall (Bremerton);

Communication crew from the U.S.S. San Francisco. Unidentified teletype operator and two other sailors in radio room. (T. Times).

Sailors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Military personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Communication devices; Radiophones; Telegraph;

On the afternoon of October 10, 1937, hundreds gathered at the Bremerton Elks Temple to hear the announcement of the winners in the first Bremerton Community Salmon Derby. A man is standing at a microphone ready to make the announcement on a balcony above a panel truck that has two loud speakers on its roof. The entire block between Fourth and Fifth St. on Pacific Ave. was roped off for the crowd. Over 50 prizes were awarded to the top anglers, with the first two prizes being new Ford V8 sedans. (Bremerton Sun 10-11-1937, pg. 1).

Salmon; Bremerton Community Salmon Derby (Bremerton); Fishing--Bremerton; Elks Temple (Bremerton);

Searchlights from military vessels dance across the sky over Commencement Bay. As a part of the celebration of Fleet Week, evening search light displays were performed most evenings at 10 p.m. (T. Times 7-30-1936, pg. 1)

Searchlights--Tacoma--1930-1940; Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Two hundred retail businesses in downtown Tacoma took part in a special fall United Tacoma Days sale from October 7 through 9, 1937. During the three day sale free bus and streetcar transporation was available in the downtown shopping area from 9:30 to 11 each morning.This little girl could be selecting a new book at the Book Nook in the Rhodes Brothers Department Store, at Sharman's Bookstore, or at one of the other five booksellers that could be found in the retail center of Tacoma in 1937. (T.Times, 10/8/37, p.1)

Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children shopping--Tacoma; Bookstores--Tacoma; Books; Globes; Mothers & children--Tacoma;

Party at Ed Short's home. Several unidentified guests pose by elaborately framed painting in Mr. Short's home in June of 1937. Mr. Short was a longtime employee of the Tacoma Times newspaper. (T.Times, Society).

Short, Edgar T.--Homes & haunts;