Charles H. Manley, 80, stands beside his cigar store Indian in front of his tobacco store at the corner of 9th and Pacific in January of 1937. Manley's cigar store had been in downtown Tacoma for 48 years. The statue was carved in 1883 from a solid piece of straight grained Southern pine by a Chicago firm that specialized in creating wooden Indian signs for cigar stores. He was painted with four coats of bright paint and then shipped by N.P.rail to Mr. Manley in Livingston, MT. Total cost was $350 plus $75 in shipping, a princely sum that soon paid off in increased business. Native Americans named the sculpture "Skookum" because he was so big and painted so brightly. He was on wheels so that he could be moved inside in inclement weather. Mr. Manley heard of the Tacoma boom and set out to make his fortune, transporting "Skookum" by freight car and setting up his business at Pacific & 9th St. where "Skookum" would remain for 58 years; he was sold in 1946 to Seattle businessmen for $900. (T. Times 1-11-1937, pg. 14; TNT 1/7/1979)

Manley, Charles H.; Charles H. Manley Tobacconist/Cigar Store (Tacoma); Cigar store Indians--Tacoma;

In January of 1937, Julius Twohy was photographed as he stood on a scaffold to create a mural across the 72 foot long dining room wall at the Cushman Hospital at 2002 East 28th Street. The young Ute Indian artist from Seattle paused in his work to explain the story in his "Indian writing" to Dr. John N. Alley, superintendent of the hospital. The art work was part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. The mural, photographed here after three months of work, was projected to take another three months to complete. It told the legend of the Thunder Bird, the Indian weather god, in the language of Twohy's ancestors. The figures were outlined in thick black and would be filled in with brilliant red, blue, yellow and reddish brown. The artist was a member of the Ute tribe from the Uintah Basin in eastern Utah. (WSHS) (T. Times 2/13/1937, pg. 9- picture & article, 7/8/1936, pg. 13)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cushman Indian Hospital (Tacoma); Indians of North America--Tacoma--1940-1950; Twohy, Julius; Alley, John N.;

Woman photographed with drawing from W.P.A. class. (WSHS)

Drawing;

In August of 1935, General James M. Ashton posed at the Ferry Museum, 315 North Stadium Way, with an old cavalry guidon with stars in a circle pattern. The flag was the one presented to Troop "B" by Clinton P. Ferry when the troop served as the guard of honor at the 1889 inaugural ceremonies of Elisha P. Ferry as the first Governor of Washington State. Elisha P. Ferry was Clinton P. Ferry's uncle. General Ashton had served as captain in Troop B nearly 50 years ago. Troop B is actually designated as the Headquarters Troop, 24th Cavalry Division, Washington National Guard and it is the oldest military group in the state. Clinton Ferry's large personal collection of antiques and historic artifacts was housed in the Ferry Museum until the whole collection was donated to the Washington State Historical Society in 1930. (T. Times 9-11-1935, pg. 3)

Ferry Museum (Tacoma); Flags; Washington National Guard, 24th Cavalry Division (Tacoma); Ashton, James M.;

This portrait was taken in August of 1935 of Henry F. Hunt, left, district assistant superintendent of Tacoma Public Schools, and Elmer L. Breckner, Superintendent of TPS 1931-1937. Mr. Breckner came to Tacoma after serving as superintendent for Olympia schools. He guided Tacoma through two difficult three year terms plagued by Depression Era financial problems. He was ousted from the superintendency by a Board vote of 4-to-1 one month before his contract was to expire. He returned to Olympia to serve in executive positions under the state school superintendent Pearl A. Wanamaker. He died in 1979 at the age of 91. Mr. Hunt was a Tacoma educator of 34 years. He was principal of Stadium for 16 years and District Assistant Superintendent for nearly 9 years when he died in February 1937 of pneumonia. Hunt Middle School, constructed in the late fifties, is named after Henry F. Hunt. ("For the Record, a history of the Tacoma Public Schools 1869-1984" by Winnifred L. Olsen; T. Times 9/4/1935, pg. 1)

Hunt, Henry F.; Breckner, E.L.; Tacoma Public Schools (Tacoma);

Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Stevens of Tillicum posed outdoors on their 55th wedding anniversary. The couple married September 23, 1880 in New Hampshire. They came west in 1917 to visit their son in Portland and stayed in the northwest. Mrs. Stevens is 80 years old and Mr. Stevens is 77. (T. Times 9/20/35, pg. 11)

Stevens, E.F.; Stevens, E.F.--Family; Aged persons; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Commemoration--Tacoma; Wedding anniversaries--Tacoma;

In October of 1935, all of Tacoma's firemen were given special training in the proper use of gas masks when confronted with toxic air. The four firemen in the front row remove their masks from their boxes as the instructor to the right demonstrates its proper use. For more pictures of the same event, see D613. (T. Times 10/30/1935 p.12)

Gas masks; Fire fighters--Tacoma; Fire prevention; Safety; Vocational education;

In the fall of 1935 Norman Lang, left, and Fred E. Lockwood, right, found new uses for the cedar shavings that were rapidly accumulating in their shingle mill at 2421 Bay St. The two men, eager to escape the unemployment of the Depression, had opened their own small shingle factory. They soon found that they were manufacturing almost as many shavings as shingles. The entrepreneurs installed a bailing machine which packs the shavings into 100 lb. bales and they marketed them as a substitute for bedding straw. Tacoma's poultry population was soon much happier and drier, as the cedar kept out insects, was softer and attracted less moisture. The two men were soon so busy filling orders for the shavings that they didn't have time to paint a sign for their new business. (T. Times 10/23/1935, pg. 2)

Agricultural machinery & implements--1930-1940; Lang, Norman; Lockwood, Fred E.;

W.E.R.A. (Washington Emergency Relief Administration) truck at Pacific and 98th Sts. wrecked. (filed with Argentum)

Washington Emergency Relief Administration (Tacoma);

W.E.R.A. (Washington Emergency Relief Administration) truck at Pacific and 98th Sts. wrecked. (filed with Argentum)

Washington Emergency Relief Administration (Tacoma);

Jessie (Mrs. Frank) Stephens stands beside the 200 pound deer she shot in Mason County in October of 1935. It has been tied to the running board and fender of her automobile. Mrs. Stephens, of 3916 No. 32nd St., had a successful hunting season each of the three years since she started hunting. (T. Times 11/2/1935, pg. 11) (For more pictures from this series, see D619 images 1 & 2)

Deer hunting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Deer; Antlers; Stephens, Jessie;

Miss Bertha Winifred Chesney, teacher at Lincoln High School. Miss Chesney taught 6 classes in English per day; primarily literature and composition for juniors. By 1936, she had taught every grade in both primary and high school. Miss Chesney resided at 3601 No. 7th in a house that she designed and built herself. She came to Lincoln in 1931. (T. Times 12/11/1935, pg. 6)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Chesney, Winifred;

In December of 1935, the staff of Western State Hospital at Steilacoom worked closely with the families and friends of the patients to insure that everyone at the hospital had a merry Christmas. Miss Frances Burkey, nurse, Frank M. Lamborn, in charge of hospital commissary, and his assistant P.F. Chadwick filled large baskets with bags of candy, fruit and nuts. The baskets were distributed to the hospitals 36 wards, and every one of the 2,330 patients received their own bag of treats. The hospital also received over 20,000 gifts sent by family, friends and Tacoma merchants which were distributed on Christmas morning. (T. Times, 12-25-1935, p. 7)

Mental institutions--Lakewood; Asylums--Lakewood; Institutional care--Lakewood; Western State Hospital (Lakewood); Christmas presents; Christmas decorations; Burkey, Frances; Lamborn, Frank; Chadwick, P.F.;

On January 7, 1936, the City Fireboat and four Foss tugs were called in to fight the blaze at the old London Dock and the Waterside Milling Co. A passenger steamer, reported to be the Virginia V, was tied up at the adjacent Tacoma Municipal Dock. The Milling Co.'s wheat warehouse was gutted due to a spontaneous dust explosion. Flames shot 150 feet into the air and caused damages totaling $260,000. The fireboat and tugs kept the blaze under control with powerful streams of water, but the damage was too extensive and the structure could not be saved. (T. Times, 100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 94-95, T.Times 1-7-36, p. 1, TDL 1-8-36, p. 1) For additional images of this event, see series D638 images 1,4,8 & 9.

Fires--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1930-1940;

US Congressman Wesley Lloyd's funeral at the First Baptist Church. Casket draped with flag, stage covered with flowers. The Church is adorned with 150-200 separate floral displays. Representative Lloyd died of a heart attack in his apartment in Washington, D.C. The Tacoma attorney was serving his second consecutive term as the Democratic representative for the new 6th Congressional District. The district was composed of Tacoma, Pierce County and most of King County, outside of Seattle. The criminal lawyer was the partner of Leo McGavick. He and his family resided at 3919 No. 34th. (T. Times 1/16/1936, pg. 5)

First Baptist Church (Tacoma); Lloyd, Wesley--Death & burial; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lying in state--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Waller Road School Baseball Team, circa May of 1936. 1936 was the first year that the team had played together and as a team against other schools. The Waller Roaders were racking up the victories, with six wins and no defeats. The victories were pretty one sided too, with teams hardly scoring against them. Pictured are, front row- seated- left to right: Harvey Weeks, Dean Sullivan, Robert Kemp, Robert Fox, Norman Sturm, Fred Wepfer, Joseph Schaefer. Standing, back row: Pat Rooney, George Metcalf, Ted Infer, Herman Weeks, Bob Infer, Arnold Shonborg and George L. Conquist, Principal and coach. Star shortstop Pat Rooney was a cousin of Jimmy Mosolf, former major leaguer. All of the boys were heavy hitters at the books as well, scoring in academics as well as athletics. (T. Times 5/13/1936, pg. 13) see T98 image 1 for same lineup, except coach is wearing a cap

Waller Road School (Pierce County); Baseball players--1930-1940; School children--Pierce County--1930-1940;

Awarding of silver beaver medal to Superior Court Judge Ernest M. Card by Tacoma Boy Scout council. Left to right, Bill Reynolds, Eagle Scout; U. E. Harmon, president Tacoma area council; Judge Card, president of Tacoma Boy Scouts; and Robert Mitchell, Sea Scout. Judge Card received the award on February 19, 1936, for outstanding long service to youth. (T. Times, 2/20/1936, p. 18).

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Card, Ernest M.; Reynolds, Bill; Harmon, U.E.; Mitchell, Robert; Awards; Judges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flags--United States;

Ralph Lougheed, wearing raincoat, rainhat and fishing waders with rod in hand, stands by pole holding six Steelhead trout, in front of Washington Hardware. Mr. Lougheed is a salesman at Washington Hardware. The large trout in the center, almost 15 pounds, was taken by Sgt. S.M. Ice from the Nisqually River at the mouth of Muck Creek. The others were caught in the Nisqually and Puyallup Rivers. All were taken on light tackle and entered in the All Tacoma Steelhead Derby, sponsored by local sporting goods stores. For Elliott Metcalf. (T. Times 2/12/1936, pg. 11)

Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Fishing--1930-1940; Trout; Lougheed, Ralph;

In April of 1936, three model airplane builders from the Lincoln High School Aviation Club each won a free ride in one of the airplanes housed at the Mueller-Harkins Airport. Donald C. Emmons (far left), a flight instructor, looks at the model held by Earl Witt. The others in this photograph are (l to r) Charles Hollinger, James Pattin and Bob Wilson, the president of the aviation club. Mueller-Harkins Airport was located at 4400 Steilacoom Blvd. S.W. in Lakewood at what is now Clover Park Vocational Center. (T. Times 4/6/1938, pg. 14)

Mueller-Harkins Airport (Lakewood); Airplanes; Model airplanes; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Emmons, Donald; Witt, Earl; Hollinger, Charles; Pattin, James; Wilson, Bob;

Mrs. Sunya Pratt, leader of the Tacoma Buddhist Center, is ordained as the first female Buddhist Priest in the United States. Born in England, the daughter of a philosopher, she was acquainted with Buddhism as a young teen. She began her active study in 1934 with Rev. Robert Clifton and dropped her given name Gladys to adopt the name of Sunya. On April 23, 1936 she was ordained as a Upasika Bhikuni and given the name Rev. Tei-un. (T Times 4/22/1936 p.1; 4/24/1936, pg. 18) TPL6622

Pratt, Sunya; Buddhism--Tacoma; Clergy; Tacoma Buddhist Center (Tacoma); Priests--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Pacific Lutheran College May Day festivities. Queen Novelle Nagel, seated on a silver throne backed by a floral display, and Senior Maids of Honor Margaret Craft and Evelyn Monson flanked by the Queen's Court, made up of lower class representatives. Many people on right attending activities which included a musical and dance performance and a May pole dance. (T. Times 5/2/1936, pg.9)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1930-1940; Nagel, Novelle; Craft, Margaret; Monson, Evelyn; Universities & colleges--Parkland--1930-1940; Holidays--Parkland--1930-1940;

ca. 1890. Built in a modified Queen Anne style, the Annie Wright Seminary took its name from the daughter of Northern Pacific Railway president Charles B. Wright who came to Tacoma in the 1880's. The school was designed by Boone & Meeker, architects, and built by F.W. Lewis in 1883. It opened in September, 1884, with 94 girls as students. Annie Wright Seminary moved to new quarters at 827 Tacoma Avenue No. in 1924; the stately old school with its sharp gables and turrets was then demolished. Only the gymnasium and a remaining building remained to be leased to the Tacoma Drama League in 1925. G10.1-091

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1880-1890;

woodfired 'steam dummy'

ca. 1925. Tacoma Railway & Motor Co. Power House. This building was built in 1889 and was designed by architect J.H. Cummings. It began life as a streetcar facility, housing the huge wheels that ran the cable car drive and the machine shops that kept the cars in running order. When the streetcars were retired in 1938, the facility became the Tacoma Transit Co. Garage for the new buses. It was razed in 1959 and the area became a parking lot. It is now the site of the Columbia Bank Center.

Mass transit--Tacoma; Cable railroads--Tacoma; Street railroads--Tacoma; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma);

Four Japanese-American Boy Scouts, (l to r) Nobukazu Oyanagi, August Nakagawa, Jimmy Miyazaki, and Tetsuo Tamaki, performed as the color guard at a special party held on October 29, 1941 honoring the "Nisei" soldiers in the United States Army stationed at Fort Lewis. Several hundred soldiers, civilians and guests attended the dinner and dance sponsored by the Japanese-American Citizens League, and held at the Odd Fellows Hall. (T.Times 10/31/1941 p.3)

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Flags--United States; Oyanagi, Nobukazu; Nakagawa, August; Miyazaki, Jimmy; Tamaki, Tetsuo; Japanese Americans;

On November 7, 1940, a large portion of the center roadbed of the Narrows Bridge came to rest permanently on the bottom of the Sound when it collapsed in high winds. The cause of the collapse was determined to be the design, which was structurally unsound.

Bridges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Suspension Bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma);

ca. 1890. This house was built in 1889 for Henry Hewitt Jr., one of the founders of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. Designed by Andrew J. Smith, it was considered to be one of the finest houses in Tacoma. The three story "castle" was occupied by several Hewitts, as well as Edgar T. Short and E. E. Rhodes. It was demolished in 1957 to make way for a parking lot for the Central Lutheran Church.

Hewitt, Henry J.--Homes & haunts;