Margaret "Peggy" Orr, daughter of Dwight and Margaret Orr, recites her prayers on Christmas Eve in 1937. The 5-year-old child is wearing her "Dr. Denton" pajamas and kneeling on a foot stool beside her chenille-covered bed. This photograph was created in the Richards Studio's darkroom. A winter scene was superimposed on the window behind Peggy to give the picture more of a "holiday" feel. Ironically, in 1937 Tacoma enjoyed its first truly "White" Christmas in many years. Temperatures in the 30s on Christmas Day helped the snow that fell beginning on Christmas Eve to stay around, becoming snowmen and ammunition for snow ball fights. (The same photo without the snow scene is D1039-3.) (T. Times, Society, 12/24/1937, p 7).

Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children praying--Tacoma; Sleepwear; Beds; Bedspreads; Orr, Margaret; Orr, Dwight--Family;

Tannis Girswaite, aged 3 1/2, helped Wayne Carlsteen, five, try on a new "Navy look" overcoat in one of Tacoma's department stores during the United Tacoma Days sale held October 7 -8-9, 1937. Tens of thousands of shoppers from Tacoma and the surrounding area flocked to downtown Tacoma to take part in the three day sale. Over 200 merchants put special bargain basement price tags on every line of merchandise. Shoppers could ride street cars and busses from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. for free, and out-of-towners could park without fearing parking tickets; no overtime parking tickets were issued to cars registered to cars owned by drivers from outside the city limits. (T.Times,10/8/37, p1)

Girswaite, Tannis; Carlsteen, Wayne; Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children shopping--Tacoma;

Sepia photograph of Governor Clarence D. Martin and other dignitaries at the head table at the Community Achievement Dinner held at the Masonic Temple on December 28, 1937. A large poster of President Roosevelt is the only decoration on the wall. City and political leaders packed the head table, including Puget Sound National Bank's Reno Odlin, Congressman John Coffee, U.S. Senator Homer T. Bone, and Mayor George Smitley. The dinner combined the annual Tacoma Chamber of Commerce banquet and the city's achievement dinner. Governor Martin spoke of a brighter future for our state and its inhabitants. (T. Times, 12-29-37, p. 1) ALBUM 10.

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Coffee, John; Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Posters;

Governor Clarence D. Martin shakes hands with F. Rodman Titcomb of Weyerhaeuser Company, in front of a large poster of President Roosevelt, at a Community Achievement Dinner at the Masonic Temple. Mr. Titcomb was the former General Manager of Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. and was married to Elizabeth Weyerhaeuser, oldest child of John Philip Weyerhaeuser. He was announced to the 1000+ diners as the 1938 president of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. The chamber's usual banquet was combined with the community dinner, hence the large crowd in attendance. (T. Times, 12-29-37, p. 1). ALBUM 10.

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Titcomb, F. Rodman; Posters;

As the membership drive of the P.T.A. (Parent-Teacher Association) drew to a close, Mrs. Earl C.Greenwood was photographed signing up Dr. Dan G. Bisson up as a member. Mrs. Greenwood was holding a P.T.A. magazine or pamphlet and watching the physician sign a document which was on the table in front of them. (Bremerton Sun 10/15/1935, pg. 1).

Greenwood, Earl C.--Family; Bisson, Dan G; Parent-Teacher Association (Bremerton);

Enjoying a spring walk are 9 month old "Monty," an English mastiff; Edward ("Ted") Irving Griffin, son of Tacoma businessman Edwin L. Griffin; and Edwin Griffin's sister-in-law, Bea (Mrs. Frederick) Griffin. The nine month old "puppy" is giving Mrs. Griffin a good tug by the leash. The Griffins were the first breeders of English Mastiffs in the Northwest. So far, their champion "Broomcourt Nell" had produced two litters of puppies. (T. Times 4/22/1938, pg. 14)

Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955--Family; Griffin, Edward Irving; Griffin, Bea; Dogs;

Several children watch a man dressed in a clown costume apply a face paint moustache to a boy dressed as a pirate at the North 26th & Proctor St. Business Men's Club 7th annual "safe and sane" Halloween party. Several thousand youngsters and their parents attended the function that began with a costume parade led by Mayor Smitley and the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. The event would end with a huge bonfire. In between, about 100 prizes would be awarded, including a cup to the north end school having the largest attendance. Record cold temperatures did not prevent Tacoma's petite witches and ghosts from taking part. (T.Times, 10/31/1935, p. 1).

Halloween--Rites & ceremonies; Costumes; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cosmetics & soap;

Lyman Burke of Washington School and John Hughes of Jefferson School, togged out as pirates for the Proctor area Halloween costume parade in October of 1935, are ready to do battle for the Attendance Trophy Cup to be awarded to the school having the largest representation in the parade. In back row are Marilyn Wagnild of Jefferson and Betty Jean Woley and Edward Miller of Point Defiance School. Several thousand children and their parents joined in the parade and party sponsored by the 26th & Proctor St. Business Men's Club.(T. Times, 10/31/1935, p. 1)

Halloween; Manners & customs; Awards; Costumes; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wagnild, Marilyn; Woley, Betty Jean; Miller, Edward; Burke, Lyman; Hughes, John;

This faded sepia photograph is one taken of a luncheon held in honor of Anna Roosevelt Boettiger at the Hotel Winthrop in May, 1937. Mrs. Boettiger was the wife of Seattle Times publisher John Boettiger and the daughter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She is seated in the center next to the microphone, wearing a small striped dark hat and suit of "Eleanor Blue" with large corsage of roses and lilies. She is gazing downward at small notes in her hand in preparation for her speech to the Junior Women's Club. Seated next to Mrs. Boettiger is Sally Sicade, general chairman and toastmistress of the club. This was Mrs. Boettiger's first visit to Tacoma and she spoke highly of the northwest while addressing the 300 women in attendance. (T.Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, 9) ALBUM 1.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public speaking--Tacoma; Sicade, Sally;

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, daughter of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, addresses a Junior Women's Club luncheon held in her honor on "Developing and Encouraging One's Hobbies and Talents." Sally Sicade, general chairman and toastmistress, is to her right. The luncheon was held on the roof garden at the Hotel Winthrop on May 18, 1937. (T. Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, 9). ALBUM 1.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Public speaking--Tacoma; Sicade, Sally;

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, only daughter of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, admires a large bouquet of sweetpeas and snapdragons she received from Mr. C.H. Schartow during a Junior Women's Club luncheon in her honor at the Hotel Winthrop on May 18, 1937. Mr. Schartow, then Executive Secretary to Mayor George A. Smitley, relayed a message of greetings from Mayor Smitley and the City of Tacoma. Mrs. Boettiger addressed the 300 women present and spoke highly of the Northwest, relating interesting incidents of her mother's recent trip to Seattle. This was Mrs. Boettiger's first visit to Tacoma. (T.Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, 9). ALBUM 1. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Schartow, C.H.; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A portrait taken in May of 1936 of Bud Hand, a handy man at the Kitsap Dairy where he bottled, capped and inspected every bottle of milk, cream and buttermilk leaving the dairy. In the course of a day, he bottled by machine around 6500 bottles of milk and orange juice. If a bottle was chipped or cracked, it was quickly whipped from the assembly line where the liquid poured out of the capper at the rate of 50 per minute. Even the milk came in several varieties, including homogenized and vitamin D enriched. Mr. Hand lived at 935 Highland Ave and had worked at the Kitsap Dairy for about a year. (Bremerton Sun June 6, 1936, pg. 1)

Hand, Bud; Kitsap Dairy (Bremerton); Dairying--Bremerton; Bottling industry--Bremerton;

Mrs. Genevieve (William) Hartle rests in her hospital bed after giving birth to triplets, a girl and two boys, born during the midnight hours of November 13 and 14, 1937, at Tacoma General Hospital, the first set in many years. Waunita Marie, 3 lb. 7 oz., was the first born, shortly before midnight on November 14th. William Henry, the heaviest at 4 lb. 7 oz., arrived a few minutes after midnight on the 15th followed by his brother, Warren Edward weighing in at 4 lb. 2 oz. The two lightest siblings were placed in incubators. Mr. and Mrs. Hartle were apparently shocked at the multiple births; they already had one daughter, age 3. William Hartle was a truck driver; the Hartles lived in a rural part of Tacoma. First pictures of the triplets were released on November 18, 1937, and appeared on the Tacoma Times front page. (T.Times, 11-15-37, p. 1, 11-18-37, p. 1).

Hartle, Genevieve; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Charles H. Manley seated at a workbench looking at his collection of African weapons. Manley owned a tobacco store at 9th and Pacific for over 50 years. (T. Times)

Hobbies - Collectibles - Weapons - African WeaponsPeople - Men

This photograph of Anne Rowland was taken for the December 25, 1937 Tacoma Times. Anne and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Rowland, lived at 2509 No. Starr. Mischievously peeking downstairs, Anne looks as if she might be hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa. Anne will turn three years old on New Year's Eve. (T.Times, 12/25/1937, p. 8).

Holidays--Tacoma; Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rowland, Anne; Rowland, Dewitt R.--Homes & haunts; Stairways--Tacoma; Candles; Sleepwear;

Two women assembling rare plants at Hollycroft Gardens in Gig Harbor. (Bremerton Sun).

Hollycroft Gardens (Gig Harbor); Gardens--Gig Harbor--1930-1940; Plants--Bremerton;

Ice hockey at Hoodlum Lake near So. 12th St. and So. Puget Sound. Six young boy with sticks in hand, including Franklin Elementary School students Milton and Kenneth Parkhurst, are ready for a game of "shinny," the "grandpappy" of hockey, on the frozen lake. The lake, a favorite hangout for youngsters, served as the old swimmin' hole in the summer, the frog catchin' place in the spring and the ice rink in the winter. The lake was filled in when Franklin Park was developed on the site. (T. Times 1/21/1937, pg. 15)

Hoodlum Lake (Tacoma); Ice hockey--Tacoma--1930-1940; Winter sports; Children playing outdoors--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Harry L. Hopkins, in chair, Federal Relief Administrator and aide to President Franklin Roosevelt with brothers John and Lewis during an extended visit to Tacoma. Lewis Hopkins was a Tacoma Physician. John Hopkins was a treasury department employee from Portland. Harry L. Hopkins was born in Sioux City, Iowa, August 17, 1890. He worked for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration 1933-35, the Works Project Administration 1935-1938, as Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal assistant 1942-45 and Secretary of Commerce 1938-1940. He resigned from the Truman Administration in 1945 and died in January of 1946. TPL-5113 (T.Times 9/14/1936, pg. 1)

Hopkins, Harry L., 1890-1946; Hopkins, Lewis; Hopkins, John; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Mrs. Lorraine W. Pike, 6-A teacher at Horace Mann school, 5234 South J Street, worked with Gordon Brunswick (left) and Stanley Nelson on the model German village that their class was building in April of 1937. The highly detailed model, with thatched-roofed buildings and tiny villagers was built by the class to help them visualize what life was like in Germany in 410 A.D. (T. Times, 4/1/1937 p.3).

Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pike, Lorraine; Nelson, Stanley; Brunswick, Gordon; Models; Miniature cities & towns; Model ships;

A white horse performing a trick with his front legs and head on ground at the first horse show of the season, November 29, 1937, at the Armory. The show was sponsored by the Headquarters Troop, 24th Cavalry Division, Washington National Guard. The troop was also known locally as Troop B. (T. Times, 11/30/1937, p. 5).

Horse shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Show horses; Washington National Guard, 24th Cavalry Division (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Trick riding;

The members of the Washington National Guard who created this human pyramid were just six of the more than 50 riders who thrilled a capacity crowd on November 29, 1937 at the first horse show of the season, held at the Armory.The show was sponsored by the Headquarters Troop, 24th Cavalry Division, Washington National Guard, known locally as "Troop B." The six soldiers who created the pyramid formation on the backs of three horses were: (l to r) mounted, Sgt. Orville Johns, Sgt. Ed Lewellyn, Corp. Art Weisfield; two abreast are, Pvt. L. Peterson, left, and Pvt. C. Denton; top Pvt. Jack Mills. (T. Times 11/30/1937, pg. 5)

Horse shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Show horses; Washington National Guard, 24th Cavalry Division (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Trick riding;

ca. 1935. Mr. Ross Houston and others standing beside the wooden flume at Yelm. Unpaved road and rural landscape in background.

Irrigation canals & flumes--Yelm; Farms--Yelm; Houston, Ross; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building materials;

ca. 1935. Mr. Ross Houston and others standing by wooden flume at Yelm. An unpaved road and rural landscape are in the background.

Irrigation canals & flumes--Yelm; Farms--Yelm; Houston, Ross; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building materials;

ca. 1935. Mr. Houston's flume at Yelm. Very long wooden flume extending across the rural landscape of Yelm. Ross Houston had the contract to install this device to irrigate farm land in Yelm. Much of the irrigation work in Yelm in the mid 30's was funded by the Works Progress Administration (WPA.)

Irrigation canals & flumes--Yelm; Farms--Yelm; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building materials;

A young Japanese-American couple dance in the Fife High School gymnasium during a Japanese bazaar. He wears a letterman's sweater. (T. Times).

Japanese Americans--Fife--1930-1940; Bazaars--Fife--1930-1940; Dance parties--Fife--1930-1940; Ethnic groups--Fife--1930-1940;

Three young Japanese-American girls and their mothers enjoy the food served at a Japanese bazaar held in the Fife High School gymnasium. One girl clutches her bottle of soda, while another girl holds a small purse. (T. Times).

Japanese Americans--Fife--1930-1940; Bazaars--Fife--1930-1940; Ethnic groups--Fife--1930-1940; Mothers & children--1930-1940;

Four Japanese women arrange several pumpkin pies on a table for a Japanese bazaar in Fife. (T. Times).

Japanese Americans--Fife--1930-1940; Bazaars--Fife--1930-1940; Ethnic groups--Fife--1930-1940; Pies; Baked products;

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Tacoma in October of 1937 he was greeted at the Tacoma Union Depot by 11 year old Lorraine July. Miss July, a fellow victim of infantile paralysis, came to the station with her aunt, Mrs. E.F. Brown to present the President a large bouquet of flowers. She was stricken with polio at the age of four, and had twice received letters of encouragement from the President. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9).

July, Lorraine; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma);

Walter E. Holman, vice-president of the national Junior Chamber of Commerce, received quite a Tacoma welcome when he arrived via plane on March 12, 1936. Three motorcycle policemen greeted him with an "arrest" for exceeding the air speed limit and "released "him to the custody of the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce who was expecting delivery of its national charter. Mr. Holman, center in dark topcoat, took it with aplomb, and presented the charter to the local group, making them official members of the US Junior Chamber of Commerce. From left to right are: Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce vice-president William J. Gantz, Officer Earl Corneilson, Secretary Stanley Bekins, Mr. Holman, Portland Junior Chamber president Worth W. Caldwell, Officer O.C. Stitsworth, and Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce member Donald Sloan. (T.Times 3-12-36, p. 5)

Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Holman, Walter E.; Ganz, William; Corneilson, Earl; Bekins, Stanley; Caldwell, Worth; Stitsworth, O.C.; Sloan, Donald; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma);

Walter E. Holman, center, vice-president of the US Junior Chamber of Commerce is detained as he steps off a plane bearing the national charter for the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce. It is all in good fun, however. The Tacoma Jr. Chamber, organized two years ago, became an official member of the US Jr. Chamber of Commerce when the charter was presented by Holman, a resident of Portland, Oregon, to the group. Pictured left to right are William J. Ganz, Tacoma's vice- president, Officer Earl Corneilson, Holman, Officer O.C. Stitsworth and Stanley Bekins, Tacoma's secretary. (T. Times 3/12/1936, pg. 5)

Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Holman, Walter E.; Ganz, William; Corneilson, Earl; Bekins, Stanley; Stitsworth, O.C.; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma);