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;

Rodella Hockom placed the crown on Snow Queen Maurita Shank's head on January 30, 1937 during the 6th Annual Tacoma Winter Sports Carnival at Paradise, Mt. Rainier Park. Standing with Queen Maurita are her ladies in waiting Mary Brockhoff (L) and Billie Woodruff. Snow fell all day on the 30th, hampering attendance at the Carnival, but delighting the Queen and her Court who only paused in their skiing long enough for this informal crowning. The official coronation never took place. The 133 inches of snow on the ground at Paradise made for great skiing, but hazardous driving and festival participants only numbered about 2500. (T.Times 2/1/1937, pg. 1)

Skiers; Shank, Maurita; Hockom, Rodella; Brockhoff, Mary; Woodruff, Billie; Events--Tacoma; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.);

Winter skiing at Mount Rainier Park. View of mountain, trees, skiers, and glimpse of Paradise Lodge. (T.Times 1/28/1937)

Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.);

Two girls in ski rental shop at Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. (T.Times).

Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.);

Mayor George A. Smitley with Rhododendron Queen Myrtle Olson at the mayor's office in (Old) City Hall. Photograph ordered by the Seattle Star. Queen Myrtle is the emissary for Rhododendron Days, to be held on the Olympic Peninsula May 22-23, 1936. She is delivering an invitation from Port Townsend Mayor Bangerter to Tacoma Mayor George Smitley for all Tacomans to attend the festivities. (T. Times 5/15/1936, pg. 1)

Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Olson, Myrtle; Rhododendrons; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Festivals--Port Townsend--1930-1940;

Heavy equipment in the street after a snow storm.

Snow--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Two children put the finishing touches on a large snowman built after a heavy snow fall in the winter of 1936. Cropped version of D851- image 1. (T. Times).

Snow--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snowmen; Children playing in snow;

Look out Ma Bell! Two Bremerton women devise their own way to call their husbands. Mrs. Ted Pruitt, right, and Mrs. George Hall have their hands cupped around their mouths and are calling loudly, practicing for the husband-calling contest to be held at the V.F.W. picnic August 11, 1935 on Horshoe Lake. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun. The annual V.F.W. picnic will be the site of the contest, featuring wives of vets from Bremerton, Gig Harbor and Shelton posts. (Bremerton Sun, 8/10/1935, pg. 1)

Spouses--Bremerton--1930-1940; Shouting; Clothing & dress--1930-1940; Pruitt, Ted--Family; Hall, George--Family;

In March of 1937, the Stadium High School orchestra was tuning up and practicing for the upcoming premier of the original opera "Masquerade," written by their instructor Clayton Johnson, shown here conducting. Mr. Johnson graduated from the College of Puget Sound and after further studies, returned to Tacoma to take the post of Director of Music at Stadium High School. He held that position for 30 years, counting among his students Janis Paige, star of stage and screen, and Metropolitan Opera performers Roald Reitan and Hugh Thompson. "Masquerade" was one of two operas Mr. Johnson wrote during his tenure at Stadium. He died in June of 1982 at the age of 83. (T. Times, 04-01-1937, p.1; TNT 06-21-1982, pg. C-12)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Johnson, Clayton; Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Javanese Art Exhibit opening, in the Tacoma Art Association gallery at the College of Puget Sound. Ellen (Mrs. Albert H.) Hooker, Jr., member of the Junior League, standing beside a Javanese hand-made puppet. Ellen Hooker, an artist, is widely recognized for her miniature portrait paintings. (T. Times, 2/22/1936, p. 7).

Tacoma Art Association (Tacoma); Aloha Club (Tacoma); Hooker, Ellen; Art objects; Art exhibitions;

Tacoma delegates to the P.T.A. Congress, 26th annual convention. Over 500 delegates from all parts of the state of Washington and British Columbia gathered in Tacoma to discuss education. Five women, some wear delegate ribbons, all wear "hostess" ribbons. The women are, left to right, Mrs. R.C. Wilson, Florence (Mrs. Walter) Espeland, Mrs. John Hunt, Mrs. James Lennon and (seated) Florence (Mrs. Harry) Rinker. All of the women pictured are from Tacoma. (T. Times 5/4/1936, pg. 1) For more pictures of the same event, see T95 image 2.

Tacoma Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (Tacoma); Espeland, Florence; Rinker, Florence; Parent-Teacher Association (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Delegations;

Pre-school children from the Tacoma Day Nursery wave American flags on a vacant lot in downtown Tacoma in June of 1937. Several wooden structures are on the lot. Photograph is publicity for the annual Flag Day fundraiser for the Day Nursery Association. (T. Times 6/11/1937, pg. 3)

Tacoma Day Nursery (Tacoma); Day care--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In July of 1937, Tacoma Humane Society officer John P. Smith posed with a homeless cocker spaniel dog, that he named Buddy, and two kittens. He was dressed in a uniform with a star badge and high gaiters, possibly to protect his calves. J.P. Smith found Buddy a week prior at No. 37th and Verde. After this picture ran in the Tacoma Times, fifteen people offered to adopt Buddy. According to the 1935 City Directory, Mr. Smith resided at 3617 S. Proctor.The articles of incorporation establishing the Tacoma Humane Society were signed on October 5, 1888. Its purpose was to "promote humanity, and kindness, and to prevent cruelty to both man and the lower animals." A shelter was built in 1928 in a home on South 29th and Proctor Street, 2817 So. Proctor. For many years, one officer handled the duties in the field while a couple served as caretakers for the sheltered animals. (T. Times 8/6/1935, pg. 3)

Tacoma-Pierce County Humane Society (Tacoma); Smith, John P.; Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cats--Tacoma--1930-1940;