Stanley School 6A Class in January of 1934. The school had been opened 9 years previously, in 1925, and was named after local educator George A. Stanley. (Argentum)
School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Group portraits; Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Education--Tacoma;
ca. 1934. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School class play "Mother Carey's Chickens." Seven boys and seven girls in costume on stage. They wear heavy theatrical makeup, especially the youngsters that have been aged theatrically.
Public schools--Tacoma; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Child actors; Costumes;
Jason Lee School 9A class. The ninth grade class poses in the school gymnasium under a basketball hoop with a torn net. Jason Lee opened in 1924, the first and biggest of the six intermediate schools built with proceeds from a $2.4 million bond issue passed in 1923. By the end of its first year, the school was already overcrowded with 1600 students in a school built to accomodate 1200. It was added on to in 1968 and remodeled in 1966 and 1972. The school reopened in 2002 after extensive remodeling.
Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Trumbly's 52-foot Windance, Raft Island, shaft boring jig in action, seen from below keel (shaft boring view from top of keel; Trumbly measuring with calipers)
Trumbly's 52-foot Windance, Raft Island, shaft boring jig in action, seen from below keel (shaft boring view from top of keel; Trumbly measuring with calipers)
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);
Sherman School 1st Grade class, posed inside their classroom in February of 1934. The school building was built in 1891 and designed by Pickles & Sutton. It was demolished in 1953 after a new elementary school was built. (Argentum)
Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Group portraits; Education--Tacoma; Classrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Sherman School 1st Grade Class. The young students pose inside their classroom in March of 1934 with their teacher. The school was built in 1891. It was used by north end students for 63 years until a new school was built in 1953 at 4502 No. 39th St. (Argentum)
Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Group portraits; Education--Tacoma; Classrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1934. Portrait of the 148th Field Artillery band on the famous Spanish Steps of the Elks Temple in Tacoma. The 148th was attached to the Washington National Guard. (WSHS)
Elks Temple (Tacoma); Stairways--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington National Guard, 148th F.A. Band (Tacoma); Military uniforms; Military bands;
Washington State Bottlers Association Banquet at the Tacoma Hotel on February 22, 1934. Many people seated at long tables in room with columns decorated with Viking ship capitols.
Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Washington State Bottler's Association (Tacoma);
Trumbly sailing Osage from Raft Island to Tacoma Yacht Club, with me and Patrick Chapman. Trumbly has sold Osage to pay for Windance; delivering to TYC.
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;
Trumbly sailing Osage from Raft Island to Tacoma Yacht Club, with me and Patrick Chapman. Trumbly has sold Osage to pay for Windance; delivering to TYC.
