Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 1, 1935. Girls in ethnic (?) costumes on lawn behind building. Loudspeaker above their heads. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary May Day activities, May 01, 1935. Barefoot girls in long dresses dancing on lawn. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day --Tacoma;

The culmination of the festivities on May day at Annie Wright School, located at 827 Tacoma Avenue North, is the winding of the May Pole. In this photograph from 1935 the school's younger pupils dance around the pole to the approving gaze of upper classmen, friends and relatives. Originally known as Field Day, the May Day celebration included music, dance, sports and the crowning of the May Queen; it is one of the most treasured traditions of the school. In 1935 Marian Guyles was crowned May Queen.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; May Day--Tacoma; May poles--Tacoma;

Annie Wright Seminary Field Day, also known as May Day, May 1, 1935. Girls playing Field Hockey. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Field hockey--Tacoma;Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary Field Day, also known as May Day, Mary 1, 1935. Girls playing Field Hockey. (filed with Argentum)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Field hockey--Tacoma;Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Annie Wright Seminary Field Day, also known as May Day, 5/1/1935. Girls leaving pitch after playing Field Hockey.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Field hockey; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Mr. Leonard Langlow, editor of the Tacoma Times, poses with his wife Jennie and their children in front of a cozily glowing fireplace at their home at 701 No. Cedar.

Langlow, Leonard; Newspaper editors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

ca. 1935. Mr. Leonard Langlow, editor of the Tacoma Times, poses with his wife Jennie and their five children at their home at 701 No. Cedar. (Argentum)

Langlow, Leonard; Newspaper editors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

A wind-whipped fire swept through Fife Corners on May 9th, 1935 destroying eight buildings including the Fife Drug Store operated by Ernest Sowders (far right). A lack of water and fire-fighting equipment handicapped the efforts of volunteer firefighters to control the flames. This photograph was taken looking south across Milton Avenue (20th St. E.) at the corner of West Side Dairy Rd. (54th Ave. E.) The brick building at the far left is still standing although it was moved one block east from this location. This second disastrous fire in Fife in three years started when a stove overheated in a small residence on the McAleer garden property and spread rapidly. (T. Times 5/10/1935, pg. 1)

Fires--Fife--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Fife--1930-1940; Kibe Produce Co. (Fife); Disasters--Fife--1930-1940;

Men passing buckets of water up to roof of the M. Kibe house in Fife, which was saved from a disastrous fire at Fife Corners. Fire is visible behind house. Photograph was taken near Milton Avenue (20th St. E.) and West Side Dairy Rd. (54th Ave. E.) near the site of present Fife Swimming Pool; at the time of the fire, Fife Corners was located a half mile south of Andre's Market and the Century Ballroom. A property loss of $25,000 was attributed to the wide ranging fire. Fire fighting efforts were hampered by a lack of water and fire fighting equipment. (T. Times 5/10/1935, pg. 1) (filed with Argentum)

Fires--Fife--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Fife--1930-1940; Kibe, M.--Homes & haunts; Disasters--Fife--1930-1940;

Looking north along West Side Dairy Road (54th Avenue East) at Milton Avenue (20th Street East). The photograph is likely taken from the Fife Fountain. It is now located 1/2 block east, in front of the Fife Pool. The fire in this photograph was covered in a front page article in the Tacoma Times. A disasterous windborne fire damaged and destroyed many homes and businesses in Fife Corners on May 9, 1935. Residents and volunteers did what they could to try to curtail the flames but the lack of fire fighting equipment and ready supply of water meant that over $20,000 of damage was incurred. (T.Times 5/10/1935 p.1)

Fires--Fife--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Fife--1930-1940; Kibe Produce Co. (Fife); Disasters--Fife--1930-1940; Crowds; Fife Drug Store (Fife);

Mr. and Mrs. O.L. Murrey render first-aid to an unidentified young man who helped save some of their furnishings from the devastating fire that swept through Fife Corners on May 9, 1935. The 30 mph winds from the southwest carried burning shingles from one building to another in the small community, damaging nearly twenty homes and businesses. Residents fought the fires with old-fashioned bucket brigades and soaked gunny sacks as fire fighting equipment and a ready water supply were not available. There was more than $20,000 damage including the Murrey's home which was leveled. (TDL 5-10-35, p. 1-article; T.Times 5-10-35, p. 1-photograph & article)

Fires--Fife--1930-1940; Disasters--Fife--1930-1940; Murrey, O.L.; Murrey, O.L.--Family; First aid--Fife;

Smoke fills the air as part of Fife Corners burned down in May of 1935. Strong southwest winds spread burning shingles from building to building, causing damages of over $20,000. Residents and volunteers fought heroically with buckets of water and soaked gunny sacks but at least eight buildings were destroyed and many others damaged. The lack of fire fighting equipment and enough water hampered efforts to put out the fires. (T.Times 5-10-35, p. 1-article & various photographs; TDL 5-10-35, p. 1-article)

Fires--Fife--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Fife--1930-1940; Disasters--Fife--1930-1940; Smoke--Fife;

Weary and stunned residents of Fife Corners check out the remnants of homes and businesses demolished by fire on May 9, 1935. The air is still thick with smoke as eight buildings were destroyed and many others damaged by the fire which was carried by strong winds. Although residents and volunteers tried their best, and managed to save or minimize damage to some buildings, their efforts were hampered by lack of water and fire fighting equipment. (T.Times 5-10-35, p. 1-article & various photographs; TDL 5-10-35, p. 1-article)

Fires--Fife; Fire fighting--Fife--1930-1940; Disasters--Fife--1930-1940; Smoke--Fife;

ca. 1935. The Tacoma Totem Pole at the foot of South 10th Street, near the south side of the original Tacoma Hotel, circa 1935. A painter is suspended from ropes halfway up the pole. Building by McKim, Mead and White, Architects, New York City. The Totem Pole was commissioned by W.F. Sheard and Chester Thorne and presented to the city in 1903. It was carved by two Alaskan carvers in the Haida tribal style. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Totem Pole (Tacoma); Totem poles--Tacoma; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma);

ca. 1935. Close up of unidentified painter as he restores the Tacoma Totem Pole at the foot of South 10th Street, near the south side of the original Tacoma Hotel (building in the background.) Photograph taken around 1935.The Totem Pole was commissioned by W.F. Sheard and Chester Thorne and presented to the city in 1903. It was carved by two Alaskan carvers in the Haida tribal style. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Totem Pole (Tacoma); Totem poles--Tacoma; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma);

ca. 1935. Copy of a customer's photograph: Miss Mytinger with a painting of Mrs. Brewster Morgan, formerly Mina Quevli, and a German Shepherd dog. (For the painting itself, see also 984-1) (filed with Argentum)

Quevli, Mina--Portraits; Dogs;

When photographed in May of 1935, Mr. William Watson, Jr. (at right) was said to have been on the operating end of the flour business longer than any other man in Washington. He and his brother John Watson helped their father William Watson Sr. start the Watson and Bradley flour mill in Tacoma in 1885, the first roller process flour mill on the Puget Sound. After the mill was sold and dismantled, William Watson, Jr. went to work as the miller at the Kenworthy Grain and Milling Company, 5440-48 South Washington Street. He had already worked at the Kenworthy mill for 27 years when this photograph was taken. Standing next to Mr. Watson is J. Fred Kenworthy, the president of the Kenworthy Grain and Milling Co. Photograph ordered by E.T. Short, T. Times columnist. (T. Times 5/14/1935, pg. 14)

Kenworthy Grain & Milling Co. (Tacoma); Kenworthy Grain & Milling Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Millers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Grain industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Watson, William; Kenworthy, J. Fred;

Mr. William Watson Jr., old time miller, at the Kenworthy Milling Company posing in his work overalls next to the machinery. Mr. Watson and his brother John helped start the Watson & Bradley flour mill with their father William Watson Sr., later Watson, Olds & Co., at 2310 East "D" Street. The Watson's plant was the first roller processed flour mill on the Puget Sound and their flour sold under the names "White Swan" & "Gold Dust." The plant sold in 1908, was dismantled & moved to Seattle. Mr. Watson went to work as miller for Kenworthy and has been there 27 years. He has been in the operating end of the flour business longer than any man in the Northwest. Photograph ordered by E.T. Short, columnist for the Tacoma Times. (T. Times 5/14/1935, pg. 14)

Kenworthy Grain & Milling Co. (Tacoma); Kenworthy Grain & Milling Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Millers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Grain industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Watson, William;

ca. 1935. Clarence Slyter, right, holds an oversized deck of cards behind the head of an unidentified magician, who is pulling a live rabbit from a hat. Photograph was taken circa 1935.

Slyter, Clarence; Magicians; Rabbits; Hats--1930-1940; Playing cards;

Men standing around steer being roasted outside on a spit at the Pacific Northwest Shrine Council picnic in May of 1935. (filed with Argentum)

Pacific Northwest Shrine Association (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Barbecues--Tacoma;

ca. 1935. Two Diamond T trucks loaded with bales of hay parked in front of Davis Motor Truck Company.

Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Diamond T trucks;

ca. 1935. Diamond T trucks, Mutual Fuel Company. Diamond T Truck parked in front of Mutual Fuel Co., circa 1935. The fuel company sold wood and coal. (filed with Argentum)

Mutual Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trucks--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;

ca. 1935. Davis Motor Truck Company with Diamond T truck parked out front.

Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Diamond T trucks;

ca. 1935. Two unidentified men standing beside a Diamond T truck outside Davis Motor Truck Company. (filed with Argentum)

Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Diamond T trucks;

ca. 1935. Exterior view of Winthrop Hotel from the southwest. Building by W.E. Stoddard and Roland Borhek, Associated Architects, 1924. (filed with Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. This 1935 neon sign for the Hopper-Kelly Company appliance store features a logo of a wringer washing machine and the words "washers" and "radios." The 1935 City Directory lists the company at 764 Broadway and 761 St. Helens Ave. The store sold household appliances, radios and pianos.

Hopper-Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Electric signs--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Hopper-Kelly Company, Electrical Appliance Dealers. View along sidewalk in front of store, showing neon sign with firm name and washing machine, and the words "Washers" and "Radios." Hopper-Kelly had 2 locations, 764 Broadway and 761 St. Helens Ave. The store sold household appliances, radios and pianos. (see image 1 for the sign at night)

Hopper-Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Electric signs--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Farm auction; photographs ordered by Mr. Hofstetter, president of Tacoma Ave Auction House Inc. A circle of people have gathered around to bid on farm equipment. The farm is probably being auctioned off to pay for depression era bills. A piece of horse drawn equipment can be seen in the foreground of the picture and the barn in the background.

Auctions--1930-1940; Animal auctions; Tacoma Ave. Auction House Inc. (Tacoma);

ca. 1935. Farm auction; photographs ordered by Mr. Hofstetter, president of Tacoma Ave Auction House Inc. A group of people gather around the dairy herd that is being auctioned off.

Auctions--1930-1940; Animal auctions; Tacoma Ave. Auction House Inc. (Tacoma); Cows;