ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Football, first team, circa 1927. Twenty-six players and two coaches sitting on bleachers. In 1927, the College of Puget Sound had only one athletic director and he coached all the sports teams. Clyde Wesley Hubbard was new, having arrived at the college in 1926, but he pushed his team to finish second in the conference. He was assisted by former Logger star Lynn Wright and A.A. Denman. Two team members were elected to the all-conference squad, Frank Gillihan and Dave Ferguson. (Photograph taken for, but not used in 1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas") (WSHS/Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound's Spurs, circa 1927, " Woman's National Pep Organization, Puget Sound Chapter." Eleven girls in sweaters with a spur logo and knee length skirts plus their sponsor pose on the steps of a campus building. Spurs, a non profit service club, had been on the campus since 1925. The organization's name was an acronym for Service, Patriotism, Understanding, Responsibility and Sacrifice. Top Row: F. Martin, Wilson, sponsor Helen Geiger, Jones, M. Martin. Bottom Row: Rosmond, Walton, Crail, Coffman, Day, Calahan, Jensen. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas, " pg. 72.) (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Spurs (Tacoma); Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Baseball Team, circa 1927. Seventeen players and Coach Clyde W. Hubbard, bats and mitts, gloves, arranged in foreground. The CPS baseball team had been a formidable opponent in 1926, but lost three of its players to graduation, including the pitcher. The team was rebuilding in 1927. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas" pg. 64) (WSHS/Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Baseball players--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Lettermen's Club, ca. 1927. Eighteen boys, seventeen in letter sweaters, in front of bleachers. The young men in this picture had earned letters in less publicized sports or as reserves to the major sports teams. This included tennis, wrestling and the football and basketball reserve teams. Top Row: Brear, Johnson, Bankhead, Norton, Gardner, Carruthers, Fassett, Smith, Darrow. Bottom Row: Coach Hubbard, Parker, Thorniley, Tatum, Miller, Wilson, Kepka, Garnero and Samuelson. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 68.) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound "Knights of the Log." Fourteen boys, eleven in white blazers with C.P.S. logo on breast, three in formals on steps of a campus building. Top row: Rumball, Mace. Middle row: Anderson, Stark, Dyment, Crosby, Wilson, Thomas. Bottom row: Gysin, Harding, Henry, King, Josselyn, Farmer. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," PG. 72) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & Colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Boy's Glee Club, ca. 1927. Twenty-one boys in formal attire in front of a scrim curtain. Top row: L. Durkee, Searing, Gardner, R.Brown, W. Anderson, W. Brown, Hague, Miles. Middle row: Armour, Johnson, Stark, G. Durkee, Lung, Wilson. Bottom row: Wright, C. Anderson, Naess, Hanscom, Helander, Henry, Jones. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 50) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Singers;

ca. 1927. Furnace at St. Joseph's Hospital for Harre & Farrell, Engineers. (Argentum)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Furnaces--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. The cast of "Not So Fast, " the all college play, in front of a brick wall at the College of Puget Sound in 1927. The play was written by Charles Westervelt. Pictured left to right are Torrey Smith, Robert Leatherwood, Audrey-Dean Albert, Wendell Brown, Edith Jones, Elizabeth Welton, Sam Pugh, and Leonore Bloomfield. Although most of the College's play casts were members of the Drama Club, the all college play had open auditions. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 47) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1920-1930; Drama clubs--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. In 1927, first grade scholars sit at their desks in McKinley School showing off their handmade alphabet cards. The walls behind are adorned with student art work, including images of "Mount Tacoma," the name preferred in the early years by most Tacomans for our beloved Mount Rainier. This eight room McKinley schoolhouse was erected in 1908 at 3702 McKinley. Additions were made in 1910 and then the school remained virtually the same until 1954. In 2005, the school is still one of several elementary schools serving the McKinley Hill neighborhood. TPL-8776 (Argentum and 8 x10 print)

McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Furnace steam pipes at St. Joseph's Hospital for Harre & Farrell, Engineers. (Argentum)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Furnaces--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Women's Quartet, 1927. Four young women wearing white dresses and dark ties stand on the right and another young woman accompanies them at a piano on the left. The 1927 yearbook Tamanawas lists the names of the quartet as Alice Rockhill, Frances Martin, Genevieve Bitney and Mary Van Sickle and their accompanist as Helen Ohlsen. (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Singers; Pianos;

ca. 1927. Washington School, cast for play, circa 1927. Many children in costumes, some holding flags, on stage decorated with large paper flowers. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Washington School (Tacoma); Costumes;

1927 Stadium High School alumni reunion. Many people seated in auditorium. (Argentum)

Stadium High School (Tacoma); Alumni & alumnae--Tacoma; Reunions--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. The College of Puget Sound Track Team, circa 1927. The Maroon track team was small but scored well in competition. Top row: Van Patter, Wallace, Norton, Wilson, Darrow, Pugh and Smith. Bottom row: Fassett, Carruthers, Garnero, Captain Gordon Tatum and Hendel. (1927 CPS annual "Tamanawas," pg. 65) (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Athletes--Tacoma--1920-1930; Runners (Sports)--1920-1930;

Matriculation exercise at College of Puget Sound, ca. 1927. Boy in cap and gown addressing a small group gathered around a stone obelisk with other stones piled up forming a crude low wall around it. (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

The young men and women representing the 201-member freshman class of the College of Puget Sound posed for a group portrait on campus grounds on September 16, 1927. Despite the large number "30" chalked on the boardwalk, this would be the Class of '31. By 1927 the private school had been settled into their new campus at 15th & North Warner for three years. G67.1-034 (1928 Tamanawas, p. 36-37-alternate photograph)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

This photograph of the intersection of 12th St. and North Yakima Avenue, looking north on Yakima, was taken on September 3, 1927, for court evidence involving an automobile accident. Further information on the case was not provided. Lowell (Elementary) School is on the left, just past the lamppost, at 1210 North Yakima Ave. It would be demolished after sustaining major damage in the 1949 earthquake and the school rebuilt at 810 North 13th St. G62.1-130

Streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma)--Buildings;

Sheridan School 6A Class in June of 1927. (same group as A2335 image 0) Sheridan was built in 1908 following a design by Frederick Heath, architect. It replaced an earlier school at this location, and has since been demolished. (WSHS)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Sheridan School (Tacoma); Education--Tacoma; Group portraits;

Washington School 6A class, photographed beside the school in June of 1927. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the left is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, longtime principal of Washington School. (WSHS) (what appears to be the same photograph is also labelled A2329-0)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Washington School (Tacoma);

Franklin B. Gault Intermediate School 9A Class. (WSHS)

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

McKinley School 6A Class in June of 1927. A large group of 6th grade students poses in front of their eastside school built in 1908. The school is named in honor of President William McKinley. (WSHS)

McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Education--Tacoma; Group portraits;

Gault Junior High Class 9A in front of school. (WSHS)

Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Sherman School 6A class. Children in front of school with teacher, possibly Professor Brown, in June of 1927. Sherman was built at this location in 1891 and was named in honor of Civil War Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman. It was razed in 1953. (WSHS)

Sherman Elementary (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Group portraits; Education--Tacoma;

6A class and teachers on porch of Horace Mann School in January of 1927. This Horace Mann School was built in 1901 in the southend of Tacoma from a design by C.A. Darmer, architect. It was demolished after the new school was built in 1953. (WSHS)

Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Irving School 6A class in June of 1927. Irving, named after author Washington Irving, was one of three schools built around 1890, the result of a bond issue. It was declared unsafe 3 years after this picture and closed in 1930. The school was razed in 1934. (WSHS)

Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Irving School (Tacoma);

Sheridan School 6A Class in June of 1927. The children pose in front of 1908 school structure designed by Frederick Heath. The school was named after Civil War general Philip H. Sheridan. This structure was demolished in the 1990's. (WSHS)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Sheridan School (Tacoma); Education--Tacoma; Group portraits;

Hawthorne School 6A class photographed in June of 1927. The students are posed in front of their eastside school which was built in 1913 from a design by Heath and Gove. The school was named after author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It closed in 1963 and was later demolished. (WSHS)

Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hawthorne School (Tacoma);

Edison School 6a class in front of school. (WSHS)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Edison Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Washington School 6A class posed in front of their school in June of 1927. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the left is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal of the school from 1926-41. (WSHS) What appears to be the same image is also labelled A2326-0.

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Washington School (Tacoma);

Sherman School 6A class. Children posed in front of school with their teacher in June of 1927. (The teacher is possibly Professor Brown.) This northend school was built at this location in 1891 on land purchased from Allen C. Mason.The facility designed by Pickles and Sutton proved very useful and served the community for 63 years before it was demolished to provide a playground for the new Sherman School. (WSHS) Same group of students as A2333-0.

Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Group portraits; Education--Tacoma;