Irving School 6A class in June of 1927. Irving, named after author Washington Irving, was one of three schools built around 1890, the result of a bond issue. It was declared unsafe 3 years after this picture and closed in 1930. The school was razed in 1934. (WSHS)

Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Irving School (Tacoma);

Hawthorne School 6A class photographed in June of 1927. The students are posed in front of their eastside school which was built in 1913 from a design by Heath and Gove. The school was named after author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It closed in 1963 and was later demolished. (WSHS)

Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hawthorne School (Tacoma);

Edison School 6a class in front of school. (WSHS)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Edison Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Washington School 6A class posed in front of their school in June of 1927. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the left is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal of the school from 1926-41. (WSHS) What appears to be the same image is also labelled A2326-0.

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Washington School (Tacoma);

Sherman School 6A class. Children posed in front of school with their teacher in June of 1927. (The teacher is possibly Professor Brown.) This northend school was built at this location in 1891 on land purchased from Allen C. Mason.The facility designed by Pickles and Sutton proved very useful and served the community for 63 years before it was demolished to provide a playground for the new Sherman School. (WSHS) Same group of students as A2333-0.

Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Group portraits; Education--Tacoma;

Lincoln School 6A class. Lincoln School was built in 1887 from a design by C.N. Daniels. The school was originally named West School, but underwent a name change to Lincoln in 1889. It was demolished in 1938. (WSHS)

Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Lincoln Elementary School (Tacoma);

This photograph of the intersection of 12th St. and North Yakima Avenue, looking north on Yakima, was taken on September 3, 1927, for court evidence involving an automobile accident. Further information on the case was not provided. Lowell (Elementary) School is on the left, just past the lamppost, at 1210 North Yakima Ave. It would be demolished after sustaining major damage in the 1949 earthquake and the school rebuilt at 810 North 13th St. G62.1-130

Streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma)--Buildings;

The young men and women representing the 201-member freshman class of the College of Puget Sound posed for a group portrait on campus grounds on September 16, 1927. Despite the large number "30" chalked on the boardwalk, this would be the Class of '31. By 1927 the private school had been settled into their new campus at 15th & North Warner for three years. G67.1-034 (1928 Tamanawas, p. 36-37-alternate photograph)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Matriculation exercise at College of Puget Sound, ca. 1927. Boy in cap and gown addressing a small group gathered around a stone obelisk with other stones piled up forming a crude low wall around it. (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Football, first team, circa 1927. Twenty-six players and two coaches sitting on bleachers. In 1927, the College of Puget Sound had only one athletic director and he coached all the sports teams. Clyde Wesley Hubbard was new, having arrived at the college in 1926, but he pushed his team to finish second in the conference. He was assisted by former Logger star Lynn Wright and A.A. Denman. Two team members were elected to the all-conference squad, Frank Gillihan and Dave Ferguson. (Photograph taken for, but not used in 1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas") (WSHS/Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Washington School cast for play. Many children in costume, some in blackface and some wearing large paper flowers. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Washington School (Tacoma); Costumes;

ca. 1927. Puget Sound Trail Staff. Robert Burrows- Editor in Chief. Russell Eirman- Business manager. Editorial Staff: Elverton B. Stark, Minard Fassett, Audrey-Dean Albert, Ada Annabel, Wilma Zimmerman, Dale Ginn, Tom Dodgson, Fred LePenske, Helen Jensen, Elva Belfoy, Clarence Anderson, Delia Dreher, Betty Walton and Margaret Swanson. Business staff: Harwood Tibbits, Margaret Fitzgerald, Hale Niman, Dorothy Gelty, Mary Crosby, Alice Gartrell and Robert Miles. (1927 CPS yearbook "Tamanawas," pg. 49) (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Americanization class. Students at desks and holding alphabet cards in First Grade classroom at McKinley School in 1927. (filed with Argentum)

McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Baseball Team, circa 1927. Seventeen players and Coach Clyde W. Hubbard, bats and mitts, gloves, arranged in foreground. The CPS baseball team had been a formidable opponent in 1926, but lost three of its players to graduation, including the pitcher. The team was rebuilding in 1927. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas" pg. 64) (WSHS/Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Baseball players--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Lettermen's Club, ca. 1927. Eighteen boys, seventeen in letter sweaters, in front of bleachers. The young men in this picture had earned letters in less publicized sports or as reserves to the major sports teams. This included tennis, wrestling and the football and basketball reserve teams. Top Row: Brear, Johnson, Bankhead, Norton, Gardner, Carruthers, Fassett, Smith, Darrow. Bottom Row: Coach Hubbard, Parker, Thorniley, Tatum, Miller, Wilson, Kepka, Garnero and Samuelson. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 68.) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound "Knights of the Log." Fourteen boys, eleven in white blazers with C.P.S. logo on breast, three in formals on steps of a campus building. Top row: Rumball, Mace. Middle row: Anderson, Stark, Dyment, Crosby, Wilson, Thomas. Bottom row: Gysin, Harding, Henry, King, Josselyn, Farmer. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," PG. 72) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & Colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Boy's Glee Club, ca. 1927. Twenty-one boys in formal attire in front of a scrim curtain. Top row: L. Durkee, Searing, Gardner, R.Brown, W. Anderson, W. Brown, Hague, Miles. Middle row: Armour, Johnson, Stark, G. Durkee, Lung, Wilson. Bottom row: Wright, C. Anderson, Naess, Hanscom, Helander, Henry, Jones. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 50) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Singers;

ca. 1927. Furnace at St. Joseph's Hospital for Harre & Farrell, Engineers. (Argentum)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Furnaces--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound's Spurs, circa 1927, " Woman's National Pep Organization, Puget Sound Chapter." Eleven girls in sweaters with a spur logo and knee length skirts plus their sponsor pose on the steps of a campus building. Spurs, a non profit service club, had been on the campus since 1925. The organization's name was an acronym for Service, Patriotism, Understanding, Responsibility and Sacrifice. Top Row: F. Martin, Wilson, sponsor Helen Geiger, Jones, M. Martin. Bottom Row: Rosmond, Walton, Crail, Coffman, Day, Calahan, Jensen. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas, " pg. 72.) (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Spurs (Tacoma); Student Organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Furnace steam pipes at St. Joseph's Hospital for Harre & Farrell, Engineers. (Argentum)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Furnaces--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. College of Puget Sound Women's Quartet, 1927. Four young women wearing white dresses and dark ties stand on the right and another young woman accompanies them at a piano on the left. The 1927 yearbook Tamanawas lists the names of the quartet as Alice Rockhill, Frances Martin, Genevieve Bitney and Mary Van Sickle and their accompanist as Helen Ohlsen. (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Singers; Pianos;

ca. 1927. The cast of "Not So Fast, " the all college play, in front of a brick wall at the College of Puget Sound in 1927. The play was written by Charles Westervelt. Pictured left to right are Torrey Smith, Robert Leatherwood, Audrey-Dean Albert, Wendell Brown, Edith Jones, Elizabeth Welton, Sam Pugh, and Leonore Bloomfield. Although most of the College's play casts were members of the Drama Club, the all college play had open auditions. (1927 C.P.S. annual, "Tamanawas," pg. 47) (WSHS)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1920-1930; Drama clubs--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. In 1927, first grade scholars sit at their desks in McKinley School showing off their handmade alphabet cards. The walls behind are adorned with student art work, including images of "Mount Tacoma," the name preferred in the early years by most Tacomans for our beloved Mount Rainier. This eight room McKinley schoolhouse was erected in 1908 at 3702 McKinley. Additions were made in 1910 and then the school remained virtually the same until 1954. In 2005, the school is still one of several elementary schools serving the McKinley Hill neighborhood. TPL-8776 (Argentum and 8 x10 print)

McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Washington School, cast for play, circa 1927. Many children in costumes, some holding flags, on stage decorated with large paper flowers. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Washington School (Tacoma); Costumes;

1927 Stadium High School alumni reunion. Many people seated in auditorium. (Argentum)

Stadium High School (Tacoma); Alumni & alumnae--Tacoma; Reunions--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. The College of Puget Sound Track Team, circa 1927. The Maroon track team was small but scored well in competition. Top row: Van Patter, Wallace, Norton, Wilson, Darrow, Pugh and Smith. Bottom row: Fassett, Carruthers, Garnero, Captain Gordon Tatum and Hendel. (1927 CPS annual "Tamanawas," pg. 65) (WSHS)

Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Athletes--Tacoma--1920-1930; Runners (Sports)--1920-1930;

Seven small children stand in front of the massive Roosevelt Elementary School, 3550 E. Roosevelt Ave., on January 12, 1928. This was the second building on this site as the original structure, built in 1904, was sold and removed upon the construction of a new brick building in 1921. Roosevelt Elementary was named in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt. The second Roosevelt Elementary would be subsequently remodeled and added onto in later years. BU-11341

Roosevelt Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

This is Madison Elementary School, 3102 South 43rd St., as seen in January of 1928. The six-room school, designed by architects Hill & Mock, was completed in October of 1924 at a cost of approximately $35,000. It had replaced two portable buildings on the same site. The school doubled in size in 1957 and improvements made in 1967 and 1979. Madison is no longer an elementary school but currently houses Headstart and Early Childhood Education programs. BU-11,329 (Olsen: For the Record, p. 119)

Madison Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

These two small portable buildings made up Larchmont Elementary School in 1928. Parents in the Larchmont area had asked for a school in their neighborhood as far back as 1915 as they felt Fern Hill School was not within walking distance for small children. In 1920 the School Board authorized purchase of 2 1/2 acres of land near South 96th & B Streets for $2000 and placed one portable on the property. Another portable and a second teacher were added in 1924 due to increased enrollment. Larchmont was closed in 1932 during the Great Depression and reopened in 1935 only as a primary school, serving grades one through three. It closed again in 1939 and structures removed. The school opened once again in 1953, again in portables, but it was not until 1969 when a new "one-room" school was built at 8601 East B. G46.1-095 (Olsen: For the Record, p. 117-118-article)

Larchmont Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Grant School. Overcrowded almost as soon as it opened, the wood framed Grant School, 1018 North Prospect, opened in 1900. It was named in honor of Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and President of the United States. In 1920 a brick building was erected at the same site with the intention of removing the 1900 portion. It was not until 1955, when the present Grant School was constructed, that the oldest section of the school was removed. (Olsen: For the Record, p. 79-80)

Grant School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;