ca. 1922. YWCA residence located at 610 Broadway. This structure was built in 1889 from a design by Pickles & Sutton, architects, for Theodore Hosmer. It was used as a residence for the YWCA from 1922-1928. In 1946, the home was razed to construct a parking lot. Boland B3466, BU-13177, TPL-1780

Young Womens Christian Association (Tacoma);

ca. 1922. This is Harstad Hall, familarly known as "Old Main," in a photograph taken circa 1922. "Old Main" was the first building on the Pacific Lutheran College (later University) campus located at 12180 Park Ave. So., Parkland. Its cornerstone was laid in October of 1891. The building was renamed for the school's first president, Rev. Bjug Harstad, in 1960. It had a myriad of uses over the years including classrooms, administration offices, chapel, library, dining hall and dormitories. G40.1-142, TPL-474, BU-12762

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--Buildings--1920-1930; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1920-1930;

ca. 1922. An orchard and picket fence are seen around a two-story clapboard house. (possibly same location as A-1420a and A-1421) WSHS

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Orchards--Tacoma;

ca. 1922. At 19 years old, Harlan Fengler was already an experienced "mechanician" on the Harry Hartz team. He rode with Mr. Hartz to a second place finish at the 1922 Indianapolis 500. He journeyed to Tacoma to compete with Mr. Hartz in the 1922 250-mile Tacoma Speedway race which would be the last major event in the Speedway's short history. The race was won by speed king Jimmy Murphy with Mr. Hartz's team finishing sixth. Harlan Fengler became a race car driver himself shortly after. Although his career as a driver was not long, he eventually became the Chief Steward at the Indianapolis Speedway, a post he held for sixteen years. TPL-3172

Fengler, Harlan; Automobile racing--Lakewood--1920-1930; Tacoma Speedway (Lakewood);

ca. 1922. This freckled-face young man is Harlan Fengler. He was Harry Hartz's "mechanician" or riding mechanic at the 1922 Tacoma Speedway 250-mile race. Mr. Fengler had been Mr. Hartz's riding mechanic at the 1922 Indy 500 where the pair finished second. 1922 was the last year that the Tacoma Speedway was open for business and Mr. Hartz finished sixth in his #12 Duesenberg Special with a time of 2:47:11, averaging 89.9 mph. It was a disappointing finish for the team as Mr. Hartz had qualified second, behind eventual winner Jimmy Murphy, with a 107 mph average. Later Mr. Fengler became a race driver himself. At 20 years of age, he raced at Indy in 1923, finishing 16th. Future attempts at Indy were not successful. Although active on board tracks, Mr. Fengler retired from racing in 1927. After pursuing a variety of careers, he ended up as the Chief Steward at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1958, a position he held for 16 years. (Dorson: The Indy Five Hundred: An American Institution Under Fire, p. 63-article)

Fengler, Harlan; Automobile racing--Lakewood--1920-1930; Tacoma Speedway (Lakewood);

ca. 1922. Western Washington Fair. Buckley girls holding flags. B---22, TPL-6338

Fairs--Puyallup--1920-1930; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Flags--United States;

Arriving from Yokohama, the Japanese ship, the "Katori Maru," is in town in mid-January of 1922 to take on a shipment of flour from the Tacoma Grain Co. warehouse on the waterfront. The company produced Pyramid Flour, "The Great Bread Maker." The "Katori Maru" set sail for the Orient on the evening of January 12th. G49.1-154 (TDL 1-11-22, p. 7-article)

Shipping--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cargo ships--Japanese; Tacoma Grain Co. (Tacoma); Flour & meal industry--Tacoma--1920-1930;

The vessel "Alvarado" (in foreground) is berthed at the Osgood & Wheeler dock on January 25, 1922. She was in Tacoma to load lumber for her return trip to San Pedro. The "Alvarado" was just one of 20 deep-sea vessels were lined up at Tacoma wharves on January 25th. That particular week Tacoma led all coast ports in tonnage with 124,410. G49.1-070 (TDL 1-26-22, p. 1-article; TNT 2-2-22, p. 1-article)

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1920-1930; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Tacoma's wharves were crowded in late January of 1922 with many ships taking on and discharging cargo. A large steel sailing ship, the "William T. Lewis," was photographed berthed at Terminal Dock. The four-masted vessel was discharging a shipment of nitrates from South America. The thirty-year-old bark was under the command of Capt. N.P. Carlson and had survived an attack by a German submarine during the Great War. G50.1-099; TPL-2306 (TDL 1-26-22, p. 1-article; Tacoma Sunday Ledger 1-29-22, 6A-alternate picture; 10E-article)

Sailing ships; Cargo ships--1920-1930; Shipping--Tacoma--1920-1930; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1920-1930;

This is an elevated view of the Western Washington Experiment Station barns as seen on January 25, 1922. The large grassy land is neatly partitioned by fences. This was the dairy plant section of the Experiment Station which contained a calf & bull barn, a two-story storage barn with open sheds and a milking barn with milkroom and milkers' quarters. The Station was located about seven miles from Tacoma near Pioneer Avenue West and Fruitland Avenue in Puyallup. The Western Washington Experiment Station was created in 1893 and opened on July 1, 1895. It was involved in research regarding agriculture in this area. The Experiment Station also offered winter school for farmers; in January of 1922, the largest class in the history of the winter school had 110 members from nearly all counties enrolled in the poultry class. After passing final examinations, students were deemed fit to be involved in poultry raising. (TDL 1-25-22, p. 9-article on winter school; Tacoma Sunday Ledger 2-26-22, H-1 -part of panoramic view)

Western Washington Experiment Station (Puyallup); Barns--Puyallup;

St. Ann's Orphanage. In 1921, St. Ann's Home relocated to the former Byrd estate at 8040 So. J St. Their original location at 1220 So. 13th St. was so small that they had to turn away many homeless children. In comparison, the Byrd estate included an eleven room house along with ample grounds and fruit trees. By 1922, St. Ann's was home to 66 children, most of them boys, and an addition had been added to supply needed room, including two school rooms. Seven sisters under the guidance of Sister Aquinata conducted the institution. In 1938, the Home burned to the ground. BU-14395 (TDL 2/5/1922, pg. E-8 photo, TDL 5/2/1920, pg. E-6)

St. Ann's Home (Tacoma); Orphanages--Tacoma;

The Seamen's Church Institute, in its various existences, has served thousands of sailors with both spiritual and material needs. This photograph, believed to have been taken in February of 1922, shows some of the visiting sailors enjoying some recreational downtime with a bit of piano music. The same men can be seen in Boland B5339. The clergyman in the rear is believed to be Rev. Harry Ferneyhough who had been the guiding force at the Institute for sixteen years. He was born in England and was a former sailor himself. Rev. Ferneyhough went daily to the harbor to greet ships and distribute handbills inviting sailors to visit the Institute. There would be no charge for food or any hospitality offered. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 3-12-22, 10-E; TDL 3-14-22, p. 5-article)

Sailors; Seamen's Church Institute (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Pianos;

Visiting sailors at the Seamen's Institute are shown relaxing in a small room in February of 1922 . There are many books on shelves and newspapers and magazines are piled up on a long table. Two young seamen are playing checkers while others smoke and read. Rev. Harry Ferneyhough, a former sailor, is pictured overseeing the activities. Rev. Ferneyhough had offered a friendly hand to mariners in Tacoma for sixteen years. By 1922, the Seamen's Institute had moved from the old St. Luke's parish house to rent-free quarters at the Tacoma Municipal Dock. Here the hungry were fed, the penniless helped, the dying buried, and guidance provided, all without charge. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 3-12-22, 10-E-article on the Institute; Tacoma Sunday Ledger, Community Chest special pictorial supplement, 3-19-22 )

Sailors; Seamen's Church Institute (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Newspapers--Tacoma; Books; Smoking--Tacoma; Clergy--Tacoma; Ferneyhough, Harry;

This unidentified elderly lady and her parrot appeared in an article in the Tacoma Daily Ledger in February of 1922. The pair resided at the Ladies of the Grand Army (of the Republic) Home in Puyallup, 321 Pioneer Avenue East, the former mansion of Ezra Meeker. Twenty older women, several of them in their nineties, lived in the G.A.R. Widows Home. The home had opened in 1915 and was a refuge for the wives, daughters, nieces or sisters of any Grand Army veteran where the women could live out their twilight years in dignity. It was one of 27 social welfare institutions eligible for Community Chest assistance. A drive to raise funds for the Community Chest was staged March 18-28. In 1948 the association sold the home to the first of a series of doctors who used the building for a nursing home. In 1970, the old mansion was donated to the Meeker Historical Society. (TDL 2/11/22, pg. 7)

Ladies of the Grand Army Home (Puyallup); Older people; Parrots;

In February of 1922, three Swiss mountaineers became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mt. Rainier in midwinter. The ascent had previously been thought to be impossible during the winter season. Jacques Bergues, Jacques and Jean Landry (l to r, on right, front row) along with movie cameraman Chas. Perryman (not pictured) climbed the icy slopes from Anvil Rock to the summit in 15 .5 hours on February 14th. At the far left in this photograph taken before the climb are four soldiers from Camp Lewis, (names listed in newspaper articles) who were led by Capt. Louis Cansler, left center. The soldiers were there to lay wire to connect Camp Muir to Tacoma by telephone so that news reports could be transmitted promptly. The man in center is W.H. Peters, Park Superintendent. Standing behind the Swiss climbers are three newspaper reporters from Tacoma: Lester Hunt, TDL; John Stoddard, T. Times; and George Miller, TNT. TPL-6477; G76.1-092 (TDL 1-31-22, p. 1; TNT 2-2-22, p. 1; TDL 2-3-22, p. 1; TDL 2-14-22, p. 1)

Mountaineering--Washington--1920-1930; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Bergues, Jacques; Landry, Jean; Landry, Jacques; Peters, W.H.; Cansler, Louis; Linck, Julius; Wood, Edgar; Erickson, C.R.; Bradford, D.L.; Hunt, Lester; Stoddard, John; Miller, George;

White Shield Home as pictured in February of 1922. Designed by architects Bullard & Hill and built by C. F. Meeler, the colonial-styled White Shield Home was dedicated on August 11, 1916, in ceremonies attended by Governor Ernest Lister. It was located at 5210 South State St. and served as a maternity home where girls could receive medical care and a sympathetic atmosphere not always provided at the time. In 1921 the White Shield Home cared for 54 girls. There was a $40 charge for those able to pay but most cases were handled free of charge. The building was maintained, owned and managed by the Western Washington Women's Temperance Union. The matron in charge in 1922 was Mrs. Libby Beach Brown. In the later '50s, it became the Laurelhurst Nursing & Convalescent Home and in December of 1961, became the Faith Home for unwed mothers. TPL-2164; G21.1-191; BU-12,212 (TDL 2-25-22, p. 4-article on White Shield Home. The Home was asking for support from the Community Chest.)

White Shield Home (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

This is the view that one would see in February of 1922 of St. Helens Avenue near 7th St. looking south. The YMCA is the tall building on the right at 7th & Market. Streetcar tracks ran down the middle of the road which was not paved with smooth asphalt but more of a brick-like substance. On the left (or east) side of the street was the building housing the News Tribune and Tacoma Daily Ledger newspapers. The papers were published independently and seemed to exist harmoniously. The Daily Ledger would go out of business 15 years later. G61.1-170 TPL-10213

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma News Tribune Publishing Co. (Tacoma); Street railroad tracks--Tacoma--1920-1930; Young Men's Christian Association (Tacoma);

A new Dodge coupe, with Tacoma businessman H.J. Salmela at the wheel, is parked on the brick roadway outside the Griffith Motor Co., 728-30 Broadway, on February 11, 1922. Griffith Motors was the authorized dealer for Dodge Brothers motor cars. A new car was still a relative rarity back in the early 20s and local newspapers often ran photographs of happy customers with their new purchases. Mr. Salmela was already the owner of three six-cylinder cars but chose the Dodge coupe for a practical purpose, as best suited for a motor trip to San Diego and a tour of the entire state of California. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 2-26-22, 4-C)

Salmela, H.J.; Dodge automobile; Griffith Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1920-1930;

The hotel at 1407 Pacific Avenue was known as "Hotel Goodwill" in the early 1920s. The Salvation Army had a marked presence there as this photograph from February, 1922, shows. A Salvation Army officer sits with several men for some pleasant conversation. Books and newspapers were provided as well as spittoons for tobacco chawers. The Salvation Army operated the hotel where several hundred men were given free lodging and board in 1921. In 1922 the Army received their entire support from the Tacoma Community Chest. (TDL 3-7-22, p. 10-article)

Salvation Army (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hotel Goodwill (Tacoma);

This is South "J" Street near 8th St. looking north as viewed on a wet February day in 1922. Trees in the foreground are bare and the roadway is void of traffic. Decorative street lamps are spaced evenly down the block. G60.1-061

Residential streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Street lights--Tacoma;

The crew and possibly guests aboard the cold storage ship, "Glory of the Seas," are silhouetted against the white background and appear miniscule when compared to the large vessel. The ship is moored at the Glacier Fish Co. dock in February of 1922; among the items visible on the dock are pipes and oddly, what appears to be a bathtub. The "Glory of the Seas" was one of the largest cold storage plants afloat and was being dismantled after being in service for 53 years. This photograph was used in an advertisement in The News Tribune's March 22, 1922, edition. Maingault & Graham were the sellers involved in the dismantling process. G50.1-114 (TNT 3-22-22, p. 26-Ad)

Ships--Tacoma--1920-1930; Glacier Fish Co. (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1920-1930;

This stray dog eyes the new 1922 Dodge sedan driven by Griffith Motor Co. president, Walter Havelock Campbell Griffith, as it is parked by the City Pound Office at South 27th & "D" on February 18, 1922. The man holding onto the excited dog is unidentified. The Community Chest was gearing up for its annual fund raiser in support of 28 relief agencies including the Tacoma Humane Society. Mr. Griffith had donated the use of several of his new Dodges to transport photographers and writers in order that the need for animal care could be better publicized. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 2-26-22, 1-C)

Griffith, Walter Havelock Campbell; Dodge automobile; Dogs--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

By February of 1922, the well-known "Glory of the Seas," a large cold storage floating plant, had been moored at the Glacier Fish Co. dock for some time. At 53 years of age, she was being broken up and scrapped. The "Glory of the Seas" was the last product of prolific master clipper ship builder Donald Mackay. He had built a total of 82 ships. The carved figurehead of a woman that had graced the prow of the "Glory of the Seas'" had already been removed and sold to a collector back East. G34.1-072 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 2-22-22, p. A6-article)

Ships--Tacoma--1920-1930; Glacier Fish Co. (Tacoma);

Parked outside the City Pound's office at So. 27th & D on February 18, 1922, is a new 1922 Dodge closed-car sedan with Walter Havelock Campbell Griffith, president of Griffith Motor Co., standing nearby. A sign fastened to the rather decrepit building warns of a "vicious dog" inside. Mr. Griffith had graciously donated use of his Dodge cars for photographers and writers to use that month in documenting animal care in Tacoma, focusing on the Tacoma Humane Society, a Tacoma Community Chest agency. G10.1-064 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 2-26-22, 1-C)

Griffith, Walter Havelock Campbell; Dodge automobile; Tacoma City Pound (Tacoma); Signs (Notices); Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Summit View Farms. This agricultural scene photographed in February of 1922 featured a view of a farmhouse and outlying buildings including a barn located in the Summit View neighborhood. Owner of the property was not identified. TPL-536; G6.1-105

Farmhouses; Barns;

Summit View Farms. General view of a farm in the Summit View area of Pierce County, photographed by Marvin Boland on February 22, 1922. Wooden farmhouse, unidentified man with horse, tree stumps and misc. buildings.

Farmhouses; Barns; Horses;

On February 24, 1922, ten Army personnel stood in front of a large truck which contained a wireless telephone and radio system with Magnavox speakers. A sign on the truck indicates that it belongs to the "Rock of the Marne Division," a nickname for the famed 3rd Infantry Division. The men and vehicle were at Camp Lewis. Army officers had planned back in November of 1921 to obtain a receiver and amplifier for radio concerts and were testing this process through Magnavox. By early February of 1922 Camp Lewis was able to hear music and daily news from San Francisco and weather reports from ships far out at sea. Arrangements would be made to transmit the music of the Camp Lewis military bands through space to areas far away. G69.1-164 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-31-21, A-12-article; TNT 2-1-22, p. 1-article) TPL-10311

Military personnel--Camp Lewis; Trucks--Camp Lewis; Signs (Notices);