Four students in Mrs. Elizabeth Dufour's fourth grade class at Washington School, 3701 No. 26th Street, stood at the blackboard in September of 1946 while she went over the list of supplies that they will need to start the 1946-47 school year. Standing to the right of Mrs. Dufour are: (l to r) Nancy Jean Reen, Billy Wingard, Sondra Eckman, and Mary Louise Brady. The other students in the room are unidentified. (T.Times, 9/4/1946, p.1) TPL-8329
School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Washington School (Tacoma); Dufour, Elizabeth; Reen, Nancy Jean; Wingard, Billy; Eckman, Sondra; Brady, Mary Louise;
Stadium High School marching band and the Tigerannas, the girls marching club, perform during half-time at the annual football game between Stadium and Lincoln High Schools. They have formed into the shape of a clock.
Football--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadiums--Tacoma--1940-1950; Marching bands; Marching percussion--Tacoma--1940-1950; Drum majorettes--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Over 16,000 rabid football fans left their turkey dinners on November 28, 1946 to attend the 25th Annual Stadium-Lincoln Thanksgiving Day game. The Stadium Tigers won 21 - 6, giving the Tigers an undefeated season, and winning for them both the Cross-State and City League Championships. (T.Times, 11/29/46, p.1; 11/30/1946, p.2)
Football; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sports spectators--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadiums--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Ray Ridge Motors. A rear view of a new 1947 Lincoln Continental including the driver's side. The rear wheel wells are skirted and the spare tire is encased in a special cover at the rear of the automobile. The rear bumper is highly reflective and a rear lamp is seen just behind the spare tire. The automobile is parked outside Annie Wright Seminary.
Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln Continental automobile; Private schools--Tacoma;
CPS annual. A view of the Loggers baseball team in the dug out. Coaching CPS baseball in its second post war season was Luther "Red" Harvel, a local business man. Harvel was formerly with the Tacoma Tigers. One young man is reviewing materials from a notebook. Some of the players talk to each other but mostly they watch the game and wait for their turn on the field. A few people sit in the stands. (CPS Tamanawas 1948 Yearbook) Format 7' x 11'.
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Baseball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Baseball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Athletic fields--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sports spectators--Tacoma;
Sigma Nu Fraternity. The 101st Sigma Nu fraternity chapter was installed April 24, 1948. It was the Zeta Alpha chapter on the College of Puget Sound campus. On the left is Arthur A. Barlow, First Vice Regent of Sigma Nu. The local chapter president, Clarence Nelson, is in the middle. The man on the right may be Malcolm C. Sewell, General Secretary of the national organization, who arrived April 23rd from Indianapolis for the ceremony at the Corinthian Room, Masonic Temple. A dinner and dance was held at the Top of the Ocean April 22nd to open the two days of activities that were planned. (T.Times, 4/23/1948, p.16; TNT, 4/26/1948, p.4)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sigma Nu (Tacoma); Nelson, Clarence; Barlow, Arthur A.; Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Manitou School group. A group portrait of the third grade class at Manitou School in 1948. There are seven girls and fifteen boys. Economic pressures of World War I caused building of a new school in the Manitou neighborhood to be postponed. After approval of a bond issue a four-room tile structure was erected in 1919 at the new Manitou site. Additions and remodeling were done in 1924 and 1957. (For the Record, a History of Tacoma Public Schools, 1869-1984, by Winnifred L. Olsen) Format 5" x 8" TPL-9843
Manitou Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950;
May Day celebration. Twelve young women in Norwegian costumes perform a folk dance for Queen Ardys Bredvold, her attendants and guests at the coronation celebration for the May festival at Pacific Lutheran college.
Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Parkland--1940-1950; Rites & ceremonies--Parkland--1940-1950; Celebrations--Parkland--1940-1950; Folk dancing--Parkland--1940-1950; Costumes--Norwegian;
Forty-one students are shown in the Visitation School 1951 graduating class. Ordered by Sister Rosevitha.
Church schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Church of the Visitation (Tacoma); School of the Visitation (Tacoma);
College of Puget Sound 1951 graduating class. 285 graduates received degrees June 3, 1951, during the ceremony in the field house. Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the college conferred the degrees. Dr. Robert E. Burns spoke to the granduates on "World Unity, But How?". The class of 1951 was the second largest graduating group in the history of the college. Ordered by the Tribune, Ernie Knight. (TNT, 5/27/1951, p.A-9)
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1950-1960; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950;
The 1951 graduation class from Tacoma-Vocational Technical school. The apprentices, who studied courses ranging from bookbinding to sign painting, were awarded certificates indicating they had completed a course in their particular field. The Master of Ceremonies was Al Bradley and the principal speaker was Dr. Alden H. Blankenship, superintendent of Tacoma Public Schools. Ordered by Winthrop Motors, Arvold Reading. (TNT, 6/3/1951, p.C-11)
Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma); Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Lincoln High School fielded a large football team in 1951. Coached by Norm Mayer and led by right tackle and captain, Frank Paige, the Abes were runner-ups in the 9th annual Grid-Go-Round held in September, 1951. The Stadium Tigers defended their title when they defeated Lincoln 6-0. Although the varsity only won three games during the season, the highlight probably came as they tied the perenniel powerhouse Stadium team 6-6 on a foggy Thanksgiving day. According to the Lincolnian yearbook, post-season honors were awarded to Frank Paige as all-city tackle and Warren Billingsley, guard, first team all Cross-State. (TNT 9-9-51, C-12, TNT 9-15-51, p.8)
Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Football players--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paige, Frank; Billingsley, Warren;
The Reverend Canon Arthur Bell, Chaplain, (left) and The Right Reverend Stephen Fielding Bayne, Jr., President of Annie Wright Seminary's Board of Trustees are photographed outside the chapel at Annie Wright Seminary on March 18, 1952. Annie Wright is a private school, established in 1884. ("The Shield," school yearbook, 1952)
A group from Highline School is visiting the Ferry Museum. Hundreds of students visited the museum on school field trips each year to learn about the history of Washington Territory and State. Ordered by the Washington State Historical Society, Mr. Foster.
Students--Tacoma; School field trips--Tacoma; Galleries & museums--Tacoma; Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma);
Marlene Crawford, class of 1950, and Donna Horton, class of 1951 were the Key Girls for Annie Wright's 1951 May Day celevration. Ordered by Annie Wright Seminary. (The Shield, 1951)
Group of boys from Charles Wright School playing in snow at Annie Wright Seminary.
Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Charles Wright Academy (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boys--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children playing in snow--Tacoma;
In February of 1952 Franklin School at 3202 South 12th Street was full to over flowing as the post war "baby boom" generation filled Tacoma's schools. Tacoma found a temporary solution to its student space problem by building temporary classrooms, the first of which were built at Franklin in the summer of 1949. In an appeal to voters in 1952 to vote "Yes" on school propositions, it was announced that 50 portables were in operation in Tacoma. A new permanent addition was completed at Franklin School in 1953; by then it had an enrollment of some 800 children. A completely new Franklin School opened in 1998. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen; TNT, 2/21/1952, p.A-3)
Public schools--Tacoma; Franklin School (Tacoma); Baby boom generation--Tacoma; School overcrowding--Tacoma;
Students are seated in chairs with writing arms on risers in of one of the classrooms in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. The instructor stands near the opening of the semi-circular steps up into the seating area.
ca. 1952. Interior exposure in Pacific Lutheran College music department's new music building, circa 1952. Room with tile floor, oriental carpet, chair by door and grand piano with cover.
Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Pianos; Rugs;
Pacific Lutheran College was proud of the new combination chapel/music/speech building that would be the religious and cultural center of the campus. At a cost of $625,000, it contained a 1,238 seat auditorium, music facilities, and a radio studio. A small devotional chapel, seating 75 people, was on the third floor.
Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960;
A student reads from a podium on a practice stage in the new chapel-music-speech building at Pacific Lutheran College. Another student sits on the edge of the stage while several more students sit on the floor below on folding chairs. Two more students follow the progress of the reading from a sound room behind glass on the left. The Campus Radio Workshop Theater was recorded here since the facilities had been expanded with electronic equipment. (1952 SAGA yearbook)
Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Lecture halls--Parkland;
The choir at Pacific Lutheran College, directed by Gunnar J. Malmin, would be giving its annual pre-tour Tacoma concert at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. This was the choir's principal program before leaving for its Washington, Oregon and California tour. Ordered by Milton Nesvig, public relations manager at the college. (TNT, 1/14/1951, p.D-11)
Choirs (Music); Universities & colleges--Parkland; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1950-1960; Choir of the West (Parkland); Malmin, Gunnar J.; Conductors;
Annie Wright Seminary dinner house. Young women seated at tables in dining room. A group of teachers or mothers are seated at a long table in background. For Mrs. Russell. Photograph was taken on November 19, 1951.
The Junior Class (Class of 1953) are seen at Annie Wright Seminary. The junior class with 29 students was the largest junior class in the history of Annie Wright. They presented "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" for honorable mention at Halloween and "The Mikado" operetta. Names are listed in the school yearbook for 1952, The Shield.
Jefferson Elementary School, detail view of end wall. Brick building with double doors and a small curved roof above. Ordered by Washington Stove Works.
Jefferson Elementary School (Tacoma)--Buildings; Jefferson Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Washington Stove Works (Everett);
The 12-room Lowell Elementary School at 810 North 13th Street, built to replace the original Lowell School, was completed in February 1951. This view of the exterior of the school shows the concrete steps up to the entrance of the two-story school. Lowell School can trace its history back to the first school in Tacoma, a cabin built at North 28th and Starr streets. The school shown replaced the Lowell school built in 1892; that building had to be torn down after being damaged by the great 1949 earthquake. (Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington.)
Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma)--Buildings; Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960;
The Seminary Athletic Council at Annie Wright Seminary were shown in the 1952 yearbook, The Shield. They were responsible for planning the games and sports for Dads' Day and the May Day Banquet. Back row: Kathleen Maguire, Betty Lou Ervin, Virginia Richmond, Jean Jenkins, Blenda Enkema, Louise Schafer, and Wendy McLallan. Front row: Toni de la Vargne, Ann Conklin, Beverly Bissell, and Merrill Wagner. (1952 Shield)
