ca. 1936. Man standing in front of crated appliances delivered to the President Apartments, an old Classical-style wooden building, by Smarts Auto Freight Co., Inc. Worker moves crates from truck tailgate into front door of building, fire escape railing above. The crates contain new gas stoves for the apartments. Smarts Auto Freight was owned by L.V. Smart and located at 1536 Commerce. Photograph used as advertising by the Washington Gas Co. (Argentum)

Smarts Auto Freight Co. (Tacoma); President Apartments (Tacoma); Stoves; Appliances; Trucks--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Man standing in front of appliance crates delivered to the President Apartments, an old Classical-style wooden building, by Smarts Auto Freight Co., Inc. Worker moves crates from truck tailgate into front door of building, fire escape railing above. The crates contain new gas stoves for the apartments. Smarts Auto Freight was owned by L.V. Smart and located at 1536 Commerce. Photograph used as advertising by the Washington Gas Co. (WSHS)

Smarts Auto Freight Co. (Tacoma); President Apartments (Tacoma); Stoves; Appliances; Trucks--1930-1940;

ca. 1926. A group of children are pictured in a park; they are holding up strings.

Children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Parks--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. The Motoramp Garage, 745 Commerce, under construction in the foreground. Construction began in April of 1925. The large building located behind the construction is the Winthrop Hotel, 773 Broadway, which had its Grand Opening on May 16, 1925. The Motoramp Garage was built as a multi-story parking garage with a 325 car capacity. Designed by architect A.J. Russell and constructed by the Hurley-Mason Co., it was built on the site of the Fife Hotel/Hotel Donnelly. (filed under Argentum)

Construction--Tacoma--1920-1930; Motoramp Garage (Tacoma); Parking garages--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Darland's Orange Bower, 1023 Pacific Ave, circa 1926. Photograph is of a small storefront with a curved tile bar with decorative insets of oranges on the tree. A sign on wall suggests that orange juice is "The Healthful Drink - Take Home a Pint or Quart..." The cost of a pint was 20 cents, a quart 35. A man and woman, possibly owners William and Winnifred Darland, are pictured behind the counter. What appears to be a very large juicing machine is behind them. The orange mill's specialty was fresh squeezed orange juice, that you could watch being processed by the machine. (filed with Argentum)

Darland's Orange Bower (Tacoma); Confectioneries--Tacoma--1920-1930; Beverage industry--1920-1930;

This group portrait was taken in August of 1925 of the annual National Bank of Tacoma picnic at DeKoven Inn in Lakewood. DeKoven Inn was located on the east side of Lake Steilacoom, about 30 minutes from Tacoma. The photograph is of a large group of people seated at three picnic tables placed among fir trees, with a house, tent, outbuilding, and water tower in background. The Inn itself, which was formerly a boys' school, burned down on August 2, 1925. The dance and banquet hall was saved and became the new center of operation, catering primarily to day parties. Much of the land previously occupied by the Inn was subdivided and sold as lots for summer homes. (WSHS) (TNT 8/13/1925, pg. 23)

DeKoven Inn (Lakewood); Picnics--Lakewood--1920-1930; National Bank of Tacoma--People;

ca. 1926. Vancouver Knights of Pythias Drill Team, Troop A, greeting Supreme Chancellor Wilte, Tacoma. The people to the right are believed to be from Commencement Lodge #7 in downtown Tacoma. The uniformed drill team is from Vancouver. (WSHS)

Drill teams; Knights of Pythias, Commencement Lodge #7 (Tacoma);

ca. 1926. First Presbyterian Church, general view of interior of the main auditorium. Cram and Ferguson with Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects; 1920-24. The lights, hung from heavy chains, were constructed of antique iron. All of the interior features, including the carved wooden pieces and stained glass windows, were designed by Ralph Adams Cram. In 1926, the church's membership exceeded 2200, making it the largest Protestant church in Tacoma and the 33rd largest Presbyterian church in the country. (WSHS, Argentum)

First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma);

Fleharty Meat Market, Seattle, circa 1926. View through windows into meat market. Man and woman, likely Mr. and Mrs. George Fleharty, behind counter, fresh meat case, scale, flowers and plants, calendars on back wall . (filed with Argentum)

Fleharty Meat Market (Seattle); Butcher shops--Seattle--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. A view into a carefully landscaped garden from a latticed porch. Same home as A-1484 (WSHS)

Gardens;

ca. 1926. Grocery store interior. Dairy case, canned goods on shelves, coffee grinder, scale, adding machine, Tree Tea display on counter.(filed with Argentum)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1920-1930;

A group of thirteen men and two women pose on the front steps of a building for a group portrait, "Conference Presidents and Office Staff, Northwestern States Mission, Tacoma, Wash., December 19, 1925." The Northwestern States Mission was organized in July of 1897 by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons, for the purpose of locating lost members who had migrated to the Northwest. (WSHS) (www.mission.net/oregon)

Group portraits--Tacoma--1920-1930; Northwestern States Mission (Tacoma); Mormon churches--Tacoma; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Tacoma); Church membership--Tacoma;

Interior of the sunroom at the Weyerhaeuser mansion. The home that John Philip Weyerhaeuser built for his wife Anna at 4301 No. Stevens was completed in 1922. It was designed by Meade & Hamilton of Cleveland. The Weyerhaeusers called it "Haddaway Hall," in honor of the fact that in matters concerning the house, Mrs. Weyerhaeuser always "Had her way." (WSHS)

Haddaway Hall (Tacoma); Weyerhaeuser, John Philip Weyerhaeuser--Homes & haunts; Sunspaces;

ca. 1927. Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. The business is listed in the 1927 City Directory as being at 507-09 Puyallup Ave. The company manufactured saws, machine knives, files, steel, grinding wheels and repaired saws. Their ad in the directory lists them as the "largest manufacturers of saws in the world" with other factories in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Vancouver, B.C. (WSHS)

Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. (Tacoma);

ca. 1926. Interior of Hill Shoe Shop, 781 Broadway, in the Winthrop Hotel. The store was owned by Edwin F. Hill. Rattan chairs and tables are available for customers, as well foot stools for salesmen to use for trying shoes on customers. Several baskets of flowers decorate the room, this might indicate a Grand Opening. (WSHS)

Hill Shoe Shop (Tacoma); Shoes;

Entrance gate at Home of Peace Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery located at 5421 Steilacoom Blvd. SW. The cemetary began in 1890 when the First Hebrew Benevolent Society was formed and the land for the cemetary was purchased. Photograph ordered by Western Iron & Wire Works. (WSHS)

Home of Peace Cemetary (Lakewood); Cemeteries--Lakewood;

ca. 1926. American Lake Veterans Hospital. Large Prairie-style building with columned front porch. Original structures built in 1923. (filed with Argentum)

Hospitals--Lakewood--1920-1930; American Lake Veterans Hospital (Lakewood); Military hospitals--Lakewood;

ca. 1926. Winthrop Hotel, circa 1926, same sitting room as in A1301 image 1, the sitting room of the Presidential Suite. Writing desk that folds up into cabinet against wall right. The suite was finished in mahogany with paneled plastered walls.(filed with Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Over 300 telephones scheduled to be installed at the new Hotel Winthrop posed around the two person switchboard. A desk telephone will stand on a table in each guest room. The Winthrop is the first hotel in Tacoma to have this type of instrument furnished throughout. The installation will require over 71 miles of lines, running through a 2 ft x 4 ft shaft extending perpendicularly from the basement to the private branch switchboard on the roof garden floor. These phones will bring the total number of phones in Tacoma to over 23,000. TPL-460 (TNT 5/16/1925, pg 3) print filed under A 1003

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Telephones--1920-1930; Telephone switchboards;

ca. 1926. Exterior view of the Winthrop Hotel from the southwest, circa 1926. Building designed by W.E. Stoddard and Roland Borhek, Associated Architects, in 1924. On the right is the Pantages Theater and on the left is the Bostwick Building. (filed under Argentum)

Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930; Pantages Theater (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Ladies Travelers Society at Tacoma Hotel. Sixteen women pose for the camera; most of them wearing wide brimmed hats that shield their faces. (WSHS)

Hotels--Tacoma; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Ladies Travelers Society (Tacoma);

ca. 1925. View of front of two story house at 4302 So. Bell. The house was built in 1925 by builder William T. Post. In November of 1926, the Tacoma Daily Ledger called Mr. Post the "champion builder of the state." In the previous eight years, he had constructed 300 houses and three apartment buildings. His specialty was housing developments, rather than single homes. He built 60 houses on Pacific Ave. between 43rd & 48th and was consulted by the School Board and city regarding the site for Stewart Middle School. (WSHS) (TDL 11/7/1926, PG. 11-E article on Wm. T. Post)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Three homes offered for sale by Central Realty. Three one-story houses, likely new, with fireplaces, no landscaping and a new unpaved road. (filed with Argentum)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Three homes under construction offered for sale by Central Realty. Large two-story house on left side. Central Realty was located at 1207 So. K St., in Tacoma's Hilltop area. (filed with Argentum)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Two new houses, 2404 and 2408 No. Alder, are featured along the quiet North End street. They are both two-story homes. The one on the left, 2404, has a porch supported by wooden pillars on top of a brick lower wall, brick chimney and large gable with four windows over the porch. It was occupied by Mrs. Alta Scott. The house on the right, 2408, has a porch extending across the front with wooden pillars supported on brick pillars. An extension on the second floor with four windows is over the porch. It was occupied by John G. Heinz. (WSHS)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Side view of the home of John J. Hewitt. The English cottage style home was designed by Delano & Aldrich, with local architects Sutton, Whitney & Dugan serving as associate architects. Mr. Hewitt was the president of the Hewitt Land Co. and the secretary-treasurer of Hewitt-Lea-Funck Co. (WSHS- negative A652-0)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. Side view of the home of John J. Hewitt. The English cottage style home was designed by Delano & Aldrich, with local architects Sutton, Whitney & Dugan serving as associate architects. Mr. Hewitt was the president of the Hewitt Land Co. and the secretary-treasurer of Hewitt-Lea-Funck Co. (WSHS- negative A653-0)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. View of the home of John J. Hewitt. The English cottage style home was designed by Delano & Aldrich, with local architects Sutton, Whitney & Dugan serving as associate architects. Mr. Hewitt was the president of the Hewitt Land Co. and the secretary-treasurer of Hewitt-Lea-Funck Co. (WSHS- negative A654-0)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. In 1922, John E. McGuire, an architect with Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, had this English country cottage constructed for his family from his own design. The home is at 4109 No. 33rd and is built from whitewashed brick. (WSHS)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; McGuire, John E.--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1926. General view of Jason Lee Intermediate School, circa 1926. Jason Lee was built in 1924 from a design by architect Roland Borhek. The school was the first and largest of six new "intermediate" schools built after the 1923 bond issue. It was originally named West Intermediate, but the name was changed to honor Northwest missionary Jason Lee. (filed with Argentum)

Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;