Pre game military show featuring a formation of soldiers and sailors during the November 11, 1935 Armistice Day Navy-Army Football Game at Stadium Bowl. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum) (see D410 for more images of the same event.)

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Football players lined up for the kickoff during the November 11, 1935 Armistice Day charity game at the Stadium Bowl, pitting the Army against the Navy. The teams had trained diligently for weeks for this big event, the second annual of its kind locally. Many were experienced athletes who had played for West Point and Annapolis. The stands were packed with 8,000 soldiers, sailors and local fans, who sat in the cold and rain to watch the game. Hours of rain had turned the field into a sea of mud and slime through which both teams toiled valiantly. Navy won this contest 6-2 with a forward pass from Coombs to Singleterry in the game's closing minutes. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum) (see D410 for more pictures of the same event) (T.Times 11-8-35, p. 1-article & photograph of team members; T.Times 11-12-35, p. 11-article)

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Armistice Day Navy-Army Football Game, played to benefit charity on November 11, 1935 at the Stadium Bowl. The stands were packed with 8,000 soldiers, sailors and local fans, who sat in the rain to observe the game. The gothic spires of Stadium High School stand guard in the background over the football proceedings. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum)

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Armistice Day Navy-Army Football Game at Stadium Bowl. Over 8,000 people packed the stands on November 11, 1935 for a charity Army vs. Navy Armistice Day football game held at the Stadium Bowl. The Navy arrived from Bremerton on the ferry Kalakala and stayed to defeat the Army 6 to 2 on a field that resembled a sea of mud. For Bremerton Sun. (filed with Argentum) (see D410 for more pictures of the same event)

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ca. 1971. This is an aerial view of the Stadium district as photographed circa 1971. Stadium Bowl is in the center with Stadium High School on the right and the Washington State Historical Society Museum on the left. Stadium Bowl, built in 1909, has been renovated circa 1980 and been subjected to several damaging mudslides in 1932, 1949, and 1981. It now has a modern capacity of 15,000, downsized from its original seating capacity of 23,486. Stadium Bowl was originally designed by Tacoma architect Frederick Heath. BU-11652

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Tacoma's Stadium Bowl under construction in December of 1909. The building of Stadium Bowl adjacent to Stadium High School (then called Tacoma High School) continued during the winter months of 1909. It would be dedicated the following June of 1910. Stadium Bowl would suffer from multiple mudslides over the years which forced closure more then once. BU-11586

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Tacoma's Stadium Bowl was under construction in April of 1909. Designed by local architect Frederick Heath and built by Western Engineering Co., the bowl had an original seating capacity of 23,486. It was dedicated on June 10, 1910. Stadium Bowl has been damaged several times over the years by mudslides and was forced to close in 1949. It did not reopen until about 1960. After renovation and rededication in 1980, it suffered further mudslide damage in 1981. BU-11552

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All participants in the Tacoma Plymouth Aero League contest received t-shirts for participating in the exciting event. Left to right are Tacoma's model airplane Division winners holding up their trophies, Ray Welsh, Bob Turner, Gerald Thomas, Vic Lichtenberg and Bill Lloyd; Stadium High School in background. The Division winners will be traveling to Detroit, Michigan later this month for the international event (T. Times, 7/10 & 12/48, p. 1).

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More than 60 young men signed up to compete in Tacoma's Plymouth Aero League contest. The contest was scheduled for Sunday afternoon at The Stadium. Later this month, Plymouth Motor Corporation was sponsoring the 2nd Annual International Model Plane Aero League Contest in Detroit, Michigan; the five Tacoma Division winners would get to compete in that contest. View of participants with one of the judges (T. Times, 7/10 & 12/48, p. 1).

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In July of 1948 close to 100 model airplane enthusiasts took part in the Plymouth Aero League competition held in the Stadium Bowl. Sponsored by Tacoma's Plymouth dealers, the Tacoma contest was for "controlled type" planes; the models competed for speed, stunt flying and "scale model". Ray Welch (kneeling, 3rd from left) won 1st place in the junior scale models competition with his biplane. The young man standing behind Ray Welch holding a plane is probably William Lloyd, who placed first in the "D" junior speed contest. R.C. Sommerville, the general sales manager of the Plymouth corporation, made a special trip to Tacoma from Detroit to watch the contest; he personally handed out the trophies and prizes to the winners. (T. Times, 7/10 & 12/48, p. 1). TPL-10468

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Young men and boys throughout Tacoma entered their model airplanes, hoping to win one of the five Division titles. Speed Jobs, Club Ships, Gas Model Airplanes flying up to 140 miles per hour, A. J. Fireball gas model airplanes and a model jet plane with a 152 miles per hour record, were all entered in the Tacoma Plymouth Aero League contest. View of contest participants preparing their airplanes for the competition (T. Times, 7/10 & 12/48, p. 1).

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View of the awards and trophies the Tacoma Division winners received for their participation in the Plymouth Aero League contest. The trophies were given for, "High Point Winner", "1st A-Speed Sr.", "1st Stunt Sr.", "1st Stunt Jr.", "1st Speed Jr." and runner up trophies were also distributed to third place winners (T. Times, 7/10 & 12/48, p. 1).

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In July of 1948, Tacoma's Plymouth dealers sponsored the preliminary competition for the Second International Model Plane Contest. Gerald Thomas, shown with the three trophies that he won, was one of the big winners of the Tacoma Plymouth Aero League contest. The finals were held in Detroit in August. (T. Times, 7/10 & 12/48, p. 1).

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A student, taking part of her final driving test on June 2, 1948, maneuvered her car through an obstacle course set up by Driver's Education instructors Frank P. Jones and Lloyd C. Hague (two men at left) inside the Stadium Bowl next to Stadium H.S.. Driver's education started in September 1947 at Stadium High School and a year and a half earlier at Lincoln High School. A total of 45 students from both school had completed the driver's course by the end of the 1947-48 school year. (T. Times, 6/4/48, p. 2).

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Buildings, churches, schools, and parks made for special edition of Times, studio. Long shadows fall across Stadium Bowl this late February day. Standing tall at the opposite edge of the stadium is the Washington State Historical Society Building. The Washington State Historical Society Museum is a deceptive building. It doesn't look as large as it really is but there are five stories in the structure which is not apparent from the front elevation. Located at 315 North Stadium Way the museum was dedicated in 1911 and the northwest wing was completed in 1915. Puget Sound can be seen in the background. (T.Times, 2/24/1948, p.16)

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In September of 1947, the Tacoma Athletic Commission presented Stadium High School with their first modern electric scoreboard. It was dedicated at the September 19th Grid-Go-Round at the Bowl. Pictured were Dick Sallee, on the ladder and standing, L-R, Carl Caddey, secretary of the School Board; George Weller, South Tacoma Business Men's Club; Gerry Waechter, president of TAC; and Joe Fitzpatrick, South Tacoma Kiwanis. Recognition was given during the ceremony to Henry Sallee for his work in constructing the board, Al Davies for the donation of the steel and South Tacoma Business Men's Club and Kiwanis for their financial contributions. An electric scoreboard was also constructed for Lincoln High School, to be installed on the completion of their bowl. (T.Times, 9/16/1947, p.1)

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Stadium High School and Bellarmine High School were getting ready to battle it out for the 1947 City League Title. Both football teams had done exceptionally well during this first part of the season, a tough game was anticipated. The game would be played at Stadium Bowl in Tacoma, view of high school football players getting ready for their big game.

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