This couple sitting beside a large brick fireplace on September 30, 1939, is believed to be Ray and Kathleen Fischer. They had dined earlier with Jim and Helen Crowe. Both Mr. Fischer and Mr. Crowe were employed by the Tacoma Times newspaper. The Fischers, according to the 1939 City Directory, resided at 1322 So. 43rd St. in Tacoma. (filed with Argentum)

Older people--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fireplaces--Tacoma;

Former Lincoln automobile dealership, new home of Olympic Dairy at 9th and K Street in March of 1939. Photograph ordered by Corky Maybin at the Tacoma Times. The structure was built in 1925 from a design by C.F.W. Lundberg for Mutual Motors. It was home to Donoghue Chevrolet, American Motors Inc. and Tommy Burns Inc. before becoming the new plant for the Olympic Dairy in 1939. Remodeling the structure and adding modern equipment cost Olympic more than $75,000. The 30 year old firm did not move any of their old equipment to their new plant. (filed with Argentum) (T. Times 3/30/1939, pg. 7)

Olympic Dairy (Tacoma); Dairying--Tacoma--1930-1940;

National Lead Co. display of Dutch Boy paint and painter products. Panels illustrate drawings of room interiors. Several "Dutch Boy" images are used in display. The display was set up in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. (filed with Argentum)

Paint industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Paints & varnishes; Exhibitions; Merchandise displays; Showcases;

Rose's Hi-Way Inn grand opening. Modern in every way with indirect lighting, a white cellutex interior marbelized in blue, and chromium and bronze trim. A large banner hanging from the roof states the restaurant would open on June 30th of 1939. Manager Rose Wilcox was famous for her chicken and steak dinners. She sold the roadside dinner house in the 1970s with the condition that the once modern restaurant retain its old-fashioned appeal. (T.Times, 6/30/1939, p. 9) (filed with Argentum)

Rose's Hi-Way Inn (Des Moines); Restaurants--Des Moines;

Group portrait taken at the Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma for the Tacoma Times, circa April of 1939. The club was located in the Wright Building at 902-04 Pacific Ave. The Sportsmen's Association purchased the entire building in 1942. (filed with Argentum)

Sportsmens Club of Tacoma (Tacoma);

ca. 1939. Exterior of Armory, 715 So. 11th St., for I.F. Lauckes Inc., Seattle, Wa. The Armory was constructed in 1908 as a home for the local National Guard. The gothic Pierce County Courthouse, 1012 So. G St., can be seen in the right background. This structure was demolished in 1959 after the construction of the current County City building. Its site is now a parking lot. (filed with Argentum)

State Armory (Tacoma); Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma);

Lincoln High School Class of 1939 graduation at the Armory, held June 9th, 1939. Girl and boy at microphone, students seated, audience in foreground. Lincoln graduated 707 seniors, who listened to a total of 26 speakers at the ceremony. For Leonard Langlow, Tacoma Times. (T. Times 6/10/1939, pg. 11)

Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma);

ca. 1939. Townsend Club banquet - Old Town Hall filled with people after dinner, streamers above them. In 1933, at the height of the Depression, Dr. Francis E. Townsend proposed a $200 a month government sponsored old age pension for individuals over 60 years of age. Supporters banded together to support his ideas in Townsend Clubs. There were five thousand clubs in the US, boasting a membership that exceeded five million.

Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma);

Various delivery trucks and a motorcycle delivery vehicle parked outside the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park. Publicity for Titus Motor Company. (filed with Argentum)

Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Titus Motor Co. (Tacoma); Seymour Conservatory (Tacoma); Wright Park (Tacoma); Greenhouses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Joe Thomas, head of the state safety inspection station on South 38th Street, greets former race car driver Harry Hartz, at the wheel of his famous Chevrolet demonstration truck, in October of 1939. The truck has travelled over 73,000 miles, crisscrossing the country, including a trek up Pikes Peak to the 14,110-foot level, without adjustments or trouble of any kind. The truck's travels are under the watchful eye of the American Automobile Association (AAA) who certifies the truck's performance. Thomas, a former race car driver himself, taught Hartz racing in 1919. Hartz won the Indianapolis Speedway Classic twice before being seriously injured in a crash. Guy Sheehan, manager of the South Tacoma Motor Co., a Chevrolet dealer, had also come out to see the long running truck. He is believed to be the man on the left. (T. Times 11/1/1939, pg. 13) (filed with Argentum)

Vehicle Safety Inspection Station (Tacoma); Chevrolet trucks; Thomas, Joe; Hartz, Harry;

Chevrolet Safety Truck going through test at State Vehicle Safety Inspection Station. Joe Thomas, right, head of the safety inspection station, documents the truck's approval rating for former race car driver Harry Hartz, left. The Chevrolet demonstration truck has travelled over 73,000 miles, criss crossing America. Thomas, a former automobile racer himself, introduced Hartz to the world of racing in 1919. Hartz twice won the Indianapolis Speedway Classic before being seriously injured in a crash. (T. Times 11/1 1939, pg. 13) (filed with Argentum)

Vehicle Safety Inspection Station (Tacoma); Chevrolet trucks; Thomas, Joe; Hartz, Harry;

House and farm buildings. Residence of Edward D. (Ed) and Carrie A. Walstad. Small bungalow with shed dormer, man and woman in front standing by a 1930s sedan automobile. For Mr. and Mrs. E. Wallace. (filed with Argentum)

Walstad, Edward--Homes & haunts;

Pittsburgh Paint Company neon sign above Commerce Street entrance (921-23 Commerce St.) of Washington Hardware Company. (filed with Argentum)

Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Hardware stores--Tacoma; Electric signs;

Windows of Tacoma Savings and Loan in Bowes Building being cleaned by Universal Window Contractors. Three men standing in front of steam cleaning vehicles, scaffold lowered from roof. Renaissance style building by Heath and Twichell, Architects, 1909. There were seven banks in Tacoma in 1899 but no savings and loan association until Tacoma Savings and Loan opened on June 28, 1899 in an office in the Vanderbilt building on the southwest corner of 13th and Pacific Avenue. George R. Whitty became the organization's first president. Tacoma's population at that time was 40,000. In 1939 Alfred Lister was president of the association and had served in that capacity for 35 years. (TNT, 4/30/1940)

Window cleaning--Tacoma--1930-1940; Universal Window Contractors (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Tacoma Savings & Loan Association (Tacoma);

Copy negative of card with signatures collected at a Ted Shawn performance.

Autographs;

75 members of the Washington State Constitutional Convention, which met at Olympia during July and August of 1889, commencing July 4th. Each delegate was identified by a small number placed in the corner of the portrait. The assembled delegates chose James P. Hoyt of King County as their convention president. As can be seen, all the delegates were men. Only one of the seventy five delegates was born in Washington Territory. Several came from Europe, one from Canada, and eighteen different states were claimed as birth places. The convention remained in session until August 22, 1889. The constitution it framed was ratified on October 1, 1889, and President Harrison proclaimed Washington a state on November 11, 1889. Copied for the Tacoma Times newspaper but not used, 7-17-1939, fifty years after the first "Congress" met. ALBUM 4. (Washington: the Evergreen State p. 118-120; An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, p. 188) TPL-8244

Constitutional conventions--Olympia;

ca. 1882. Copy negative of drawing. Caption on negative titled "Execution of three murderers in Seattle, January 18, 1882." On Wednesday, January 18, 1882, three men were hung from a timber that was suspended from the forks of two trees on Occidental Square. Two of the men, James Sullivan and William Howard had been convicted by a local judge moments before they were hung of a murder that had occurred the night before. The third man, Benjamin Payne, had been arrested for the murder of a police officer. The three facial drawings across the top are labelled, left to right, Howard, Payne and Sullivan. The complete story is published in the Washington Standard, Olympia, Jan.20, 1882 Copy made for the Tacoma Times.

Lynchings--Seattle--1880-1890; Sullivan, James; Howard, William; Payne, Benjamin;

Many woodcutters at their camp in woods

Aerial view of Port Piers on January 13, 1940, showing transport ships. Log booms in background. The three larger vessels are the military transport ships, the Hunter Liggett, Leonard Wood and St. Mihiel. They will be boarding 7500 soldiers from Fort Lewis and taking them to join the 3rd Division Black Army at sea. During the upcoming war games, the Black Army will invade the coast of California from the sea. The games are the largest in US history and involve both the Army and Navy. In 1940, the military was looking ahead to possible involvement in the European conflict which would become World War II. (T. Times 1/11/1940, pg. 1)

Aerial photographs; Bays--Washington (State); Commencement Bay (Wash.); Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Logs; Ships;

Student fliers from College of Puget Sound at Mueller-Harkins Airport. Groups standing in front of prop airplane, from wing to wing. Three women students among numerous male classmates. (T.Times 7/10/1940 p.1,18)

Air pilots; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Flight training--Tacoma--1940-1950; Biplanes; Mueller-Harkins Airport (Lakewood); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Students;

Three young women, believed to be (l to r) Jane Grondahl and Evelynne Detty sitting in the twin cockpits of a biplane and Joyce Sorenson leaning against the plane's fuselage, chat with an unidentified flight instructor at Mueller-Harkin airfield in July of 1940. The three were the only women among the fifty College of Puget Sound summer school students who signed up to study commercial aviation that summer under a program sponsored by the Federal Civil Aeronautics Authority.The course of study was primarily ground instruction with classes on the history of aviation, the theory of flight, civil air regulations, air navigation and the uses of radio in flying. The Civil Aeronautics Authority hoped to train 45,000 commercial aviators in 1940 from which the ranks of army and navy fliers could be recruited. (T.Times 7/10/1940 p.1,18)

Air pilots; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Flight training--Tacoma--1940-1950; Biplanes; Mueller-Harkins Airport (Lakewood); Grondahl, Jane; Detty; Evelynne; Sorenson, Joyce; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Students;

Surrounded by a sea of cameras this Rhode Island Red posed regally with his winning ribbons at the poultry show held on November 30, 1939 after being declared the Grand Champion of All Breeds. The 45th annual show, sponsored by the Tacoma Poultry Association and the Rhode Island Red Club of America, was primarily for the Rhode Island Reds, although other breeds were also shown. As winner of the club's national show, the 9 month old cockerel was considered the finest of the breed in all of the US and Canada. The winning fowl's owner, Mrs. Charles F. Cummings of La Canada, California, was not present when the Grand Champion was announced; not expecting to win, she had gone shopping. (T. Times 12/1/1939, pg. 5; 11/27/1939, pg. 5)

Animal shows--Tacoma; Roosters; Poultry; Cameras;

These five novice skiers from Annie Wright Seminary are learning that most valuable lesson for all beginning skiers- how to fall. They are practicing on Mount Rainier in front of the Paradise Lodge. On January 26- 27, 1940, the AWS co-eds and chaperones made their annual trek to the mountain, staying two days at the Lodge.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Private schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Skiers; Skiing; Winter sports; Snow; Ski lodges;

Annie Wright Seminary Kindergarten class boarding train at Union Station. Children dressed in warm winter clothes hand their train tickets to two railroad employees. The kindergartners were studying transportation and had already built a locomotive out of blocks of wood. On Thursday, February 15, 1940 they got to ride the real thing - a Northern Pacific train to Sumner. After spending some time there, they rode home on an alternate mode of transportation: the bus. (T.Times 2-16-1940, p. 7-article)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroad stations--Tacoma;

On February 15, 1940, as the culmination of their study of transportation, students from a kindergarten class at Annie Wright Seminary made a tour of the Northern Pacific train station at 1717 Pacific Avenue and purchased tickets for a train ride to Sumner. Turning away from the window with her ticket firmly in hand was Nancy Mackle. Patricia Pinches stood on a box to buy her ticket from NP agent George H. Miller. Other students in line, listed right to left, were Mary Thies, Janet Schimke, Marilyn Olson and Carol Johnson. (T. Times 2/16/1940 p.7)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroad stations--Tacoma; Mackle, Nancy; Pinches, Patricia; Miller, George H.; Thies, Mary; Schimke, Janet; Olson, Marilyn; Johnson, Carol;

Bellarmine basketball stars. Group portrait of five team members holding basketballs. The player in the second row, to the right, is reported to be Robert A. O'Connell. The player at the top is believed to be team captain Richard "Dick" Smith. Wearing uniform #4 is Clare Normile, center for the team. In 1940 there were only three teams that vied for the City championship--Stadium, Lincoln and Bellarmine. That March the season ended in a three-way tie with all teams sporting a 4-4 record. Bellarmine, once thought out of the race, had beaten Stadium 30-28 in two overtimes to force a two-game playoffs. On March 11th Bellarmine defeated Lincoln on Lincoln's home court 25-23. The following evening saw Stadium thump Bellarmine 31-20 to send the Tigers to the state championships. (T. Times; TNT- various articles on team incl. 3-9-40, p. 10; 3-10-40, p. 13-A; 3-12-40, p. 12; 3-13-40, p. 18)

Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Private schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Normile, Clare;

The game Bingo was invented in 1929. This Bingo party was held at the home of Lowell and Helen Murray in 1940 for the friends of their daughter Amy Lou. The party was in honor of Nelson Davis and his fiance Virginia Gilbert of Portland, Oregon. The Murrays lived at 11211 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW in Lakewood in a Spanish style house that was built in 1919 for Joseph Carman. Known as "Villa Carman" the home sat on an estate of 18 acres and was considered one of the most beautiful homes in the Tacoma area. The Murrays bought it in 1939, and while they owned it, it was known as "Madera". In 1987 Linda Evans purchased the house for a reported $1.15 million. (T. Times, Society 6/1/1940, pg. 5)

Bingo--Tacoma; Murray, Amy Lou--Homes & haunts; Entertaining--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The team representing Reliance Trailers, of Oakland, California, dominated play in all open bowling events of the Northwest International Bowling Congress, concluding Sunday May 5, 1940 in Tacoma at the Broadway Alleys. The men won the team championship with a total score of 2951. In the front are F. McGee (575), and M. Karolac (614). In the back are R. Waag (592), J. Whetstone (581) and G. Danielson (589). Mickey Karolac won the all events open title, with a grand total of 1858, 30 pins ahead of his closest competitor. Whetstone and Danielson won the open doubles. (T. Times 5/6/1940, pg. 11)

Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Reliance Trailers--Oakland, Ca.; Karolac, Mickey; Northwest International Bowling Congress;

The five members of the Sherman Tackle Co. bowling team, Tacoma's Class B women's bowling champions for 1940, will be competing along with 127 other teams in the annual Western Women's Bowling Congress at the Play Mor alleys April 24- May 5th, 1940. The teams will come from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California and British Columbia. Pictured are, left to right, Delores Coleman, captain, Winnifred Rowe, Nell Bowman, Sigrid Anderson and Cecelia Rowe. (T. Times 4/25/1940, pg. 17)

Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sherman Tackle Co. (Tacoma)--People; Coleman, Delores; Rowe, Winnifred; Bowman, Nell; Anderson, Sigrid; Rowe, Cecelia;

ΓÇ£It's beginning to look like a real bridge.ΓÇ¥ This remark was almost universal Wednesday, January 10, 1940 morning among the twoscore or more prominent Tacoma business men who attended the first cable spinning operations on the east anchor site. Those in the photograph, who took official part in the ceremony, were, left to right, Everett Smith, president of the chamber of commerce; Commissioner John Schlarb, Mayor J. J. Kaufman, Admiral Luther Gregory of the state liquor board; C. E. Andrew, consulting engineer on the Narrows and Lake Washington bridges, and Cliff Yelle, state auditor and member of the toll bridge authority, and far left, an unidentified construction crew member. The only woman on the platform was Mrs. Doc Weathers, who was added to the party to give it a feminine touch. (TNT 01/10/1940 A1)

Bridge construction--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridges--Tacoma; First Narrows Bridge; Galloping Gertie;