Aquinas Academy dance held at Winthrop Hotel. Young man and woman on dance floor request their favorite song from band leader Louie Grenier.

Aquinas Academy (Tacoma); Louie Grenier's Orchestra (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

After a close competition at the Northwest Archery Tournament, held August 5-6, 1939 at Jefferson Park, Mrs. Pat Chambers of Portland (left) won the Northwest women's title by 9 points over Mrs. Belvia "Billy" Carter of Seattle. Billy Carter was the current women's national champion. (TNT 8/7/1939, pg. 11)

Archery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Awards; Carter, Billie; Pacific Northwest Archery Association (Tacoma);

The 13th annual Pacific Northwest Archery Association Tournament was held August 5-6, 1939 at the Jefferson Park ranges in Tacoma. Tacoma was well represented in the Junior Division with Dorothy Axtelle, left, and Sonny Johns, second from left, winning the Northwest Junior titles. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Chambers, right, of Portland won the men's and women's titles. The couple were the defending title holders. Mr. Chambers was also the current men's national champion. The quartet posed behind a bench with arrows and trophies on display. (TNT 8/7/1939, pg. 11; TT 8/7/1939, pg. 10)

Archery--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bows (Archery); Awards; Johns, Sonny; Axtelle, Dorothy; Chambers, Pat; Chambers, Pat--Family; Pacific Northwest Archery Association (Tacoma);

Chamber of Commerce Gridiron Dinner at the Winthrop Hotel. Four men with false handlebar moustaches standing together and singing. (T.Times) (Also dated 04-30-1939)

Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Sam Jackson, center, helped make July 23, 1939 special for two unidentified polio victims by taking them to a Tacoma Tigers double header at Athletic Park, near So. 15th and Sprague. Samuel Jackson was president of the Tacoma General Hospital and chairman of the board of the National Bank of Washington. The "Golden Jubilee" was the Tacoma celebration of Washington's 50th anniversary of statehood.

Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Tigers (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Tacoma Athletic Park (Tacoma); Jackson, Samuel M.;

The Benston family gathers to celebrate the 93rd birthday of the family patriarch, Adam Benston. Large family group gathered in front of the home of Adam and Sarah Benston, near Spanaway, on November 26, 1939. Adam was born near Fort Nisqually in 1846, the son of a Scotsman who worked for the Hudson's Bay Co. and a native American woman from Nisqually. Sarah was born on the Nisqually Plains in 1855. Some sources indicate the pair had eleven children. When Adam Benston died on October 28, 1941 at the age of 94, he was survived by his wife and four sons: William Henry, Albert, Edward and Frank. The Tacoma Times obituary also lists 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren as survivors. (Winston: "Early Spanaway"; T.Times 11/27/1939, pg. 14; 10/30/1941, pg. 8)

Benston, Adam--Family; Pioneers--Pierce County; Birthday parties--Spanaway--1930-1940; Benston, Adam--Commemoration; Pioneers--Pierce County;

In August of 1939, Ralph and Barbara Jenks planned to ride their bicycles from Tacoma to San Francisco to see the World's Fair. The trip was a delayed honeymoon. They hoped to be in San Francisco within ten days, allowing time to visit several relatives along the way. They planned to carry 75 lbs. of equipment including bedding, cooking utensils, and fishing tackle. They were leaving Sally, their 5-month old terrier, with neighbors. (T.Times 08-04-1939 p.16)

Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dogs--Tacoma; Jenks, Ralph; Jenks, Barbara; Travel; Jenks, Ralph--Homes & haunts;

Although they are all smiles in this photograph from March of 1939, bowling was a serious matter to (l to r) Helen Blattler, Louise Wahlers and Dani Radonich. They were 3/5th of the Pacific Match Company women's team that had won the right to compete in the national women's congress to be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in April. The other two members of the team were Evelyn Olson of Everett and Helen Nelson of Vancouver, B.C. (T. Times, 3/28/1939, p. 15)

Blattler, Helen; Wahlers, Louise; Radonich, Dani; Broadway Bowling Alley (Tacoma); Bowling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bowlers; Bowling alleys--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bowling balls; Pacific Match Co. (Tacoma)--People;

Ship accident at Hylebos Bridge. The 2000 ton steamer "Point San Pablo," pictured, hit the east leaf of the new bridge on April 5, 1939 while it was still under construction. The bridge was repaired, completed and dedicated in May of 1939. (T. Times 4/6/1939)

Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hylebos Bridge (Tacoma); Marine accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Jennings Hardware Company truck parked in front of storefront. Large advertising banner promotes Jennings "Remodeling Sale". Safeway Store on right. Ordered by Titus Motor Company.

Business Enterprises - Hardware Stores - Tacoma - Jennings Hardware Company Automobile Dealers - New Automobile Dealers - Ford Dealers - Titus Motor CompanyVehicles - Trucks - Pick-Up Trucks

The Boys' Vested Choir at St. Luke's Episcopal Church was scheduled to sing for Easter Sunday in 1939, under the direction of Carolyn Byer Nelson. Thirteen young boys were photographed wearing choir robes and smiles. Two stained-glass windows in background. The singers were, left to right, front row: Charles Condos, Chester McKee, R. Demerest, Jimmy Baker, Billy Baker and Gordon Somerville. 2nd row: Henry Sandahl, Jack Waechter, Frank Willman, Dick Marker, Alex Condos, David Somerville and John Sandahl. (T. Times 4/8/1939, pg. 6)

Choirs (Music); St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma);

ca. 1939. Elevated view of downtown business district from the 900 block of Broadway including Puget Sound Bank Main and Broadway Branches, Pythian Temple, Rust and Fidelity Buildings. Photograph was taken circa 1939.

Cityscapes--1930-1940; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Rust Building (Tacoma); Fidelity Building (Tacoma); Pythian Temple (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1930-1940; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Andrienne, famous handwriting analyst and graphologist, is pictured with developer and civic leader Norton Clapp in his office. She is possibly offering him business advice based on his handwriting. She is a practitioner of the exact science of determining personality traits from an individual's handwriting. Andrienne has been recently hired by the Tacoma Times to advise readers of hidden traits within themselves. The reader need only fill out the form from the paper, enclose one thin dime and they would receive a personalized character analysis. Oh, in addition, they had to say whether or not they subscribed to the Times. (T. Times, 3/17/1939, p. 1). (T. Times, 4/4/1939, p. 1).

Clapp, Norton, 1906-1995; Andrienne;

In October of 1939, members of the Co-Ed Club planning committee were busy planning a hoe down to be held at the Dash Point Community House on the 28th of the month. The rustic barn dance gave the young women and their dates a chance to don harvest related costumes. Seven young women posed for this publicity shot, dressed appropriately for the farm in straw hats, overalls and gingham dresses. Pictured, left to right, are Louise Button, Susan McGoldrick, Barbara Rothermel (in wheelbarrow), Janice Plowden, Helen Jaeger, Donna Rue Teats (top of ladder), and Inez Cliff (bottom of ladder). (T. Times 10/21/1939, pg. 4)

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Button, Louise; Plowden, Janice; Cliff, Inez; Rothermel, Barbara; McGoldrick, Susan; Jaeger, Helen; Teats, Donna Rue;

Publicity shot for Co-Ed Club Committee planning barn dance with photograph taken on October 16, 1939. Seven young women pose by a white picket fence, one in a wheelbarrow, dressed in the theme appropriate straw hats, gingham dresses and overalls. Pictured, left to right, are Louise Button, Janice (Mrs. John) Plowden, Inez (Mrs. Virgil) Cliff (in wheelbarrow), Barbara Rothermel, Susan (Mrs. Donald) McGoldrick, Helen Jaeger and Donna Rue Teats. (T. Times 10/21/1939, pg. 4)

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Button, Louise; Plowden, Janice; Cliff, Inez; Rothermel, Barbara; McGoldrick, Susan; Jaeger, Helen; Teats, Donna Rue; Wheelbarrows;

Co-Ed Club dance at Hotel Winthrop. Two young couples pause in the hotel lounge to converse on April 21, 1939. Seated in a wicker chair is Bette Yancey. Next to her is Myron Johnson. Virginia Welker and John Piper are standing on the right. Club members and guests danced the night away in the hotel's Crystal Ballroom. (T. Times, 4/29/1939, p. 7)

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Yancey, Bette; Johnson, Myron; Welker, Virginia; Piper, John;

1939 Co-Ed Dance at Winthrop Hotel. Two couples wait on sidewalk for another couple arriving by Red Top Taxi for the Co-Ed Club dance. Two women are wearing fur coats--one a jacket, the other full-length. Gardenias are a favorite, worn as corsages and in hair. (T. Times, 4/29, p.6)

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Couples--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Taxicabs--Tacoma;

With suitcases packed and tickets purchased, Roberta Cohoon, left, and Jane Miller prepare for their trip East. They will leave on Sunday for Chicago, travelling with Mrs. W.E. Cowan, Mrs. Miller's mother, and continuing on to Flint, Michigan. There they will pick up a new automobile and motor through Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. Their return trip will take them through Salt Lake City and San Francisco, where they will visit the World's Fair. (T. Times, 4/29/1939, p. 6).

Cohoon, Roberta; Miller, Jane; Luggage; Travel;

Roberta Cohoon, left, and Mrs. Harry (Jane) Miller attempt to close a suitcase they have packed for their trip East. They will take the train part of the way, pick-up a new automobile, and drive the remaining distance. (T. Times, 4/29/1939, p. 6)

Cohoon, Roberta; Miller, Jane; Luggage; Travel;

Class registration, part of the activities during Freshman Week at the College of Puget Sound. Five students lounge on and around a wooden frame supporting the old fog bell from the Browns Point Lighthouse. The group has gone through preliminary registration and is resting a moment before getting in line for the final check at the bursar's office. Posed, left to right, are Bill Taylor (from Stadium), Virginia Judd (returning sophomore), Bob Almvig (Stadium), Anne Louise Greiwe (Aquinas Academy) and Richard Cummings (Stadium.) The bell was donated to the college by now retired lighthouse keeper Capt. Oscar V. Brown when the lighthouse was modernized and an automatic fog signal installed. (T. Time 9/20/1939, pg. 11; photograph is also found in the 1941 CPS yearbook Tamanawas)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Bells; Taylor, Bill; Judd, Virginia; Almvig, Bob; Greiwe, Anne Louise; Cummings, Richard;

College of Puget Sound 1939 graduation ceremonies. Large crowd gathered outside around fenced obelisk (T. Times)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Beginning of the whisker growing contest at the College of Puget Sound. Over 50 young men had signed up for the two week "Whisker Derby," with the coronation of the winner coinciding with Homecoming on October 26, 1939. Whisker styles were supposed to be in keeping with those popular 48 years prior, when the first class graduated from CPS. Pictured are Bill Moore and Jack Hungerford on the left registering with Gwen Roach. Janet Hatch is feeling the chins of Emery Watte and Neil Richardson, making sure they are completely clean shaven for the contest kick off. (T. Times 10/18/1939, pg. 18)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Contests--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moore, Bill; Hungerford, Jack; Roach, Gwen; Hatch, Janet; Watte, Emery; Richardson, Neil;

Commerce Street Business Men's Dog Parade, April 22, 1939. View of the dog parade moving down the 800 block of Commerce Street. The clock tower of (Old) City Hall is prominently in the background. A large crowd of delighted spectators, numbering in the thousands, line the sidewalk. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1)

Commerce Street Business Men's Club (Tacoma); Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children & animals; Spectators--Tacoma--1930-1940; Old City Hall (Tacoma);

Pacific Avenue showing improvements. Barricaded section south of South 15th Street. Automobiles and buses on newly paved street looking north to Northern Pacific Headquarters Building. Schoenfeld's and Sprague Buildings prominent.

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Continental Bakery employees in Western clothes and hats pose in front of the bakery. Two delivery trucks behind the employees have signs that read "Picnic days are here again." The tower at the top of the building proudly states that Continental is the home of "Wonder Bread." The employees are taking part in the city wide celebration of Washington State's Golden Jubilee July 16-23, 1939.

Continental Baking Co. (Tacoma); Cowboy hats; Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma;

The Continental Baking Company building at 703 So. Sprague Ave. dates to 1913 when it was built for the Matthaei Bread Co., the makers of Matthaei's Honey Bread. For this photograph, taken in 1939, the Continental Bakery employees are dressed in western clothes and hats as part of the Washington State Golden Jubilee celebration. Continental, "The Home of Wonder Bread", is still at 703 So. Sprague.

Continental Baking Co. (Tacoma); Cowboy hats; Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma;

Group portrait of members of the Tacoma Society for the Hard of Hearing who attended the organization's annual picnic held on August 6, 1939, at Point Defiance picnic grounds. TPL-6625

Deaf persons; Picnics; Tacoma Society for the Hard of Hearing (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Groups;

Al Dillon uses a excavator to dig up the streetcar tracks and old paving along Pacific Avenue from 7th to 17th Streets. Progress came to downtown Tacoma in June of 1939 when the city began the re-paving project that would eventually remove all the streetcar rails in downtown Tacoma. Coluccio & Frasca were paid $73,000 to rip up the old brick and asphalt, and pave the ten block section of Pacific. Work started June 8th and was completed by June 29th. (T. Times, 6/8/1939, p. 3).

Dillon, Al; Shovels; Excavation--Tacoma--1930-1940; Road construction--Tacoma--1930-1940

Stadium High School majorettes pose with two Troopers on State Patrol motorcycles at the Hylebos Bridge Opening Ceremonies on May 27, 1939. In 1939, the twirling and marching SHS drum majorettes got new white satin uniforms with high blue hats and matching boots. The seven majorettes (in no order) for 1939 were Bette Siegle, "Bert" Keely, Bettie Quinn, Mary Katherine Hager (head drum majoress,) Peggy Shaw, Billie Diederich and Dollie White. The same uniform was worn by Tigerannas leader Magery Meyer. TPL-8490

Drum majorettes--1930-1940; Motorcycles--1930-1940; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940;

Bustling Eighties dinner and dance at Winthrop Hotel. Two women dressed in elaborate long, satin dresses greet one another with a courtesy. Decorative stenciled panels and wall-candelabra adorn fireplace (T. Times, 4/22/1939, p. 9)

Entertaining - Dance Parties - Tacoma - Annie Wright Seminary Alumnae