Mason School graduation class 9A on stage of school. (filed with Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Graduating class of Mason Junior High in front of school. (filed with Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Performers in the spring music festival at Jason Lee. A series of gypsy, Spanish and Mexican musical numbers were performed under the title "Say It with Music," planned and staged by music teacher Kathryn Bruner. The concert included several hundred student performers from the boys and girls glee clubs, band, orchestra, choir and general music classes. Here the performers are attired in Mexican costumes. They performed folk and dance tunes from Mexico. (T. Times 5/10/1940, pg. 20)

Public schools--Tacoma; Music festivals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Dancers--Tacoma; Costumes;

This was how the old St. Joseph's Hospital, located at 1812 South I Street, appeared in February of 1940. The hospital was designed and built by the Seattle architect and building contractor Philip A. Baillargeon. It was built for a cost of $400,000 and dedicated in 1915. A north wing was added in 1927. The hospital was demolished in 1982 after the completion of the new 14 million dollar St. Joseph's Hospital nearby. (filed with Argentum)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950;

St. Joseph's Hospital, general view of building by P.A. Baillargeon, Architect and Contractor, 1914. This building has been demolished. (filed with Argentum)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Stadium High School Class of 1940 graduation at the Armory. 649 students (318 boys and 331 girls) received their diplomas on June 6, 1940 as the third largest Stadium High School graduating class. It was the school's 57th graduation exercises. Graduates marched in to the tune of "Pomp and Circumstance" while proud family members and friends cheered and applauded. Shirley Nyman was the school's valedictorian and Mills College scholarship winner and four students shared the honor of being salutatorians: Dorothy Selden, David Glenn, Jr., Ruthi Crain and Patricia Russell. (TNT 6-7-1940, p. 1, p. 15-article & photographs of winners)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1940-1950; State Armory (Tacoma); Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound drama class plays out a scene in "The Fool" in honor of the college's 50th Anniversary. (filed with Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Actresses; Theatrical productions--Tacoma; Actors;

Park Lodge School; 4th & 5th grades, June 1938.

Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Capps' Baseball Team from Stanley School. Large group of boys holding baseball bats, baseball gloves, and balls. Coach is in the center of the group with team mascot dog in front of him. Photograph taken in March of 1938. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Group portraits; Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma); Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Society pictures from a tea honoring graduating seniors and hosted by Miss Louise Purdy at the Woman's Clubhouse. Group of four girls pictured at table, one girl is pouring tea, three others watching her. The girls are, left to right, Lucille Decker, Louise Purdy, Irene Doten and Dorothy Purdy. Miss Doten and Miss Decker presided at the tea service. (T. Times 6/4/1938, pg. 9)

Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Decker, Lucille; Purdy, Louise; Doten, Irene; Purdy, Dorothy;

Lincoln High School Class of 1938 graduation at the Armory. A girl is standing at the microphone in front of graduates delivering a speech. (filed with Argentum)

Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma);

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;

Annie Wright Seminary 1940 May Day activities. Mary Kent Hewitt, Queen in bamboo chair, surrounded by her Royal Court. Flag bearer at far left. The Queen's Court included maid of honor Elizabeth Ann Love, pages Anne Mueller and Patricia Davis, heralds Dick Pessemier and Patricia Pinches, flower girls Madeline Merrill and Judith Ann Whitney, scepter bearer George Bianchi, crown bearer Janit Schimke and train bearers Sharon Connor and Ann Rowland. (T. Times, 5/11/1940, p. 5-article).

Private schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Holidays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hewitt, Mary Kent;

The orchestra at Jason Lee Middle School boasted two sets of identical twins in 1940. Anthony and Albert Mazzuca, age 15, on clarinet, and Fay and Fern Tschan on Mellophone. Both sets of twins went on to Stadium High School. Anthony and Albert continued to play in the band, and graduated in 1943. Fay and Fern took up other pursuits including the Rifle Club; they were both on the senior honor roll when they graduated in 1945. (T. Times 2/2/1940 p.11)

Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brass instruments; Wind instruments; Children playing musical instruments--Tacoma; Twins; Mazzuca, Anthony; Mazzuca, Albert; Tschan, Fay; Tschan, Fern; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma);

On May 25-26, 1939, Lincoln High School's music department presented the Gilbert and Sullivan comic one act opera "Trial by Jury." The focus of the plot line of this witty satire on the legal system is a breach of promise suit brought by a jilted bride against a bridegroom who loves another. The judge settles the case by announcing his intention to marry the bride himself. The opera's featured performers were Robert Stabbert (playing the usher), Willard Norman (defendant), Wilton Ramage (judge), Helen Breummer (plaintiff), Leonard Tessier (counsel for the defense) and Tom Galloway (foreman of the jury.) Also pictured is the chorus of bridesmaids and the jury. (T. Times 5/19/1939, pg. 3)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Operas & operettas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Singing;

A French horn quartet from Lincoln High School band sits on the steps in front of the school and reviews their music, in this photograph from June of 1939.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bands--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brass instruments; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;