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BOLAND-B9382

Water pipes are being hoisted and laid into a pre-dug, relatively shallow ditch at Camp Lewis on February 7, 1924. The start for a permanent Camp Lewis began with the laying of 10-inch cast-iron pipe from the camp's water supply source, Lake Sequalichew. The cast-iron pipe replaced the wooden pipe initially laid when the camp was first built. G69.1-131 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 2-17-24, 4-A)


Pipes (Conduits);

BOLAND-B9385

On February 7, 1924, the Irvings Imperial Midgets energetically attacked the county's collection of confiscated stills in a free-for-all across the street from the Pierce County Courthouse. They were aided in their efforts by deputy sheriffs and jail trustees. The troupe had been invited by Sheriff Tom Desmond to the annual demolition of liquor stills collected by the county dry squad during the year. The European theatrical troupe was the main attraction for "Midget Week" at the Pantages Theater. The 25-member group, ranging in heights from 33 to 44 inches tall, was making its first visit to the United States and appeared in three shows daily during the week. The vaudeville style group, including two women, entertained crowds with musical comedy, acrobatics, boxing, wrestling, singing and dancing. Mayor Angelo Vance Fawcett presented the troupe with the key to the city. (TNT 2-6-24, p. 8, 2-7-24, p. 8, 2-8-24, p. 9; TDL 2-8-24, p.3-article) G24.1-079 TPL-10063


Dwarfs; Publicity; Irvings Imperial Midgets; Stills (Distilleries);

BOLAND-B9384

Pipes to carry water are being laid at Camp Lewis in early February of 1924. Several men with picks and shovels are standing in a deep ditch while two other men stand ground level next to sections of pipe. G69.1-132


Pipes (Conduits);

BOLAND-B9394

Firefighters W.C. Harbin (driver) and S.J. Pollard are aboard Engine Company # 6 engine in February of 1924. They staffed the headquarters for the Tacoma Fire Department, located at South 9th & A Streets in downtown Tacoma. Company # 6's pump motor had been built in city shops. In 1924 Tacoma had twelve fire stations and the Fire Department had a staff of 145 employees. (print has been torn) (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 2-17-24, G-1)


Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Fire stations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1920-1930; Pollard, S.J.; Harbin, W.C.;

BOLAND-B9403

Dredging operations on the City Waterway. View of clam shell dredging apparatus and log dump. The City Waterway (now Thea Foss Waterway) was being dredged in February of 1924 to make the waterway deeper so that industries located at the upper end of the channel would be accessible to ocean liners. One beneficiary of the deeper waterway would be the Wheeler-Osgood mill who would be able to load lumber directly onto the big liners from their own modern dock. Henry & McFee of Seattle had been awarded the $23,000 contract to remove about 78,000 cubic yards of material so that the new depth would be 19 feet at low tide. September 25th was the deadline to complete the work. G36.1-075 (TNT 1-21-24, p. 1-article; TNT 2-11-24, p. 5-alternate picture & article)


Dredging--Tacoma; Underwater drilling--Tacoma--1920-1930; City Waterway (Tacoma); Logs;

BOLAND-B9411

On February 12, 1924, the concrete work by contractors J.E. Bonnell & Sons on Jones Hall, the first building to be constructed on the new College of Puget Sound campus, was almost complete. The red tile roof was scheduled to be done next. The building was designed by the architecture firm of Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, as was the entire original campus. The school was patterned after the English educational institution of Cambridge. When completed, Jones Hall would represent an investment of $300,000. It was built completely of reinforced concrete with brick veneer, making the building fireproof. It was scheduled to be finished in early summer, in time for the college to transfer from 602 No. Sprague (now the site of Jason Lee) to this location and open for classes in the fall. (TNT 2/14/1924, pg. 10) BU -13585, G67.1-080


College of Puget Sound (Tacoma); Jones Hall (Tacoma)--Building construction; Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1920-1930; Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Sutton, Whitney & Dugan (Tacoma);

BOLAND-B9435

Circular tank located at Tacoma Gas & Fuel Co. property in the Tideflats on February 14, 1924. Standard Oil Co. plant in the distance. Construction had begun in late 1923 of a new $250,000 plant on 4 1/2 acres on South River Road. The above tank is a 250,000 cubic feet gas tank. The old Tacoma Gas & Fuel plant was to be abandoned next summer upon the connection of mains to the new plant. G35.1-046; TPL-258 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 10-7-23, 8-E-article; TNT 1-24-24, p. 6-article)


Tacoma Gas & Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Fuel tanks; Storage tanks--Tacoma;

BOLAND-B9461

On February 19, 1924, this giant 40-foot log was successfully loaded onto a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad freight car by employees of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. The log, measuring 72 inches in diameter, would be a prime exhibit when shown in the East and Midwest the following summer. The sheer size of the log would remind viewers that lumber from Tacoma mills came from logs similar to the one displayed. TPL-2375; G44.1-093


Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Logs; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Railroad freight cars--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. (Tacoma);

BOLAND-B9466

On February 19, 1924, workers at the St. Paul & Tacoma lumber mill were loading a giant log onto a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway car. The log was being sent on an exhibition tour. It would be shown at agricultural fairs and educational exhibits in the East and Midwest during the coming summer as a sample of the giant logs from which Tacoma mills got their lumber. The log was 72 inches in diameter and 40 feet long. (TNT 2/20/1924) G36.1-042


Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery;

BOLAND-B9480

Bare branches of a 30-foot weeping willow are silhouetted against gray February skies in the winter of 1924. The tree, located at 1115 North Oakes St., is related to a tree growing at the tomb of George Washington in Mount Vernon. The original tree at Washington's burial site is said to be grown from a cutting from a willow found near Napolean's grave at St. Helena. 1115 North Oakes was the home of Mrs. Ada Metsker. G60.1-122; G58.1-054 (TNT 2-22-24, p. 9)


Metsker, Ada--Homes & haunts; Willows--Tacoma; Trees--Tacoma;

BOLAND-B9488

Almost 1,000 individuals gathered to see the cornerstone laying ceremony on February 22, 1924 at Jones Hall, the first building to be constructed on the new campus of the College of Puget Sound at 1500 No. Warner St. At this time the college was located at 602 No. Sprague Ave. (now the site of Jason Lee Middle School.) To the extreme left is philanthropist Franke M. Tobey Jones, who was the donor of the building. It was dedicated to her late husband Charles H. Jones, one of the founders of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. To the left of the flag is D.D. Brown, presiding Elder at the time the first cornerstone was laid at the college's original location, and to the right is Dr.(Rev.) David G. LeSourd, one of the college's trustees and original planners. (TNT 2/23/1924, pg. 3) G67.1-035


College of Puget Sound (Tacoma); Jones Hall (Tacoma); Universities & colleges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cornerstone laying--Tacoma--1920-1930; Jones, Franke M. Tobey; LeSourd, David G.; Brown, D.D.;

G26.1-068

At around 9 a.m. on Saturday February 23, 1924, an explosion in the Stone-Fisher Co. machine shop or garage at 1115-17 Market Street sparked one of the largest fires that Tacoma had seen in years. Traffic was blocked and electric power was shut off as all of Tacoma's fire companies were called to battle the 3 alarm blaze. The five story brick building was occupied by the Greystone Hotel and a garage, machine shop and warehouse used by owner Stone-Fisher Co. The building was gutted, sustaining over $150,000 in damage and leaving the 60 guests at the hotel homeless. (TNT 2/23/1924, pg. 1) TPL-5510, BU-12618;


Greystone Hotel (Tacoma); Stone-Fisher Co. (Tacoma); Fires--Tacoma--1920-1930; Fire fighting--Tacoma--1920-1930;

BOLAND-B9495

Mask party at the R.C. Cunningham residence. Partygoers are dressed in a variety of costumes on February 23, 1924, while posing in the living room of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Cunningham, 2719 North 26th St. Mr. Cunningham was the secretary/treasurer of the Hickox Paint Co. Dinner and bridge were the evening's highlights for the 24 guests. G20.1-021 (TDL 2-25-24, p. 5-article)


Cunningham, R.C.--Homes & haunts; Masquerades--Tacoma--1920-1930; Costumes;

BOLAND G31.1-059

By March 1st, 1924, Tacoma's old Chamber of Commerce Building at 773 Broadway had been demolished and work had begun on the foundation of the future Hotel Winthrop. The eleven story hotel, built by the Citizen's Hotel Corporation, was dedicated in May of 1925. With the chamber building gone, and the new hotel not yet built, this photograph provides an excellent view of the Bostwick Block, 755-71 Saint Helens, as it looked in March of 1924. At that time it was undergoing extensive remodeling; in July the exterior was covered with Duralite.


Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma)--Construction; Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930;

BOLAND-B9561

In March of 1924, two young ladies at Stadium High School were breaking down the vocational barriers. Mary Fern Winfree (17), left, and Blanche Barnhart (18) were learning their way around a tool shop after enrolling in woodworking class. The educational pioneers had been warned that they would be expected to participate in shop clean up, help with heavy lifting and endure possibly condescending treatment by their male classmates. After one month in class, instructor E.A. Engebretsen had high praise for them; describing them as apt, independent and saying that they did not ask for favors. Outside of their one trade class, both girls were favoring a classical education, including English, French and music. (TNT 3/12/1924, pg. 11) TPL-5787; G47.1-030


Winfree, Mary Fern; Barnhart, Blanche; Woodworking; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

BOLAND-B9562

On March 12, 1924, Maj. General Edwin Burr Babbitt and his new bride, the former Miss Maud Ainsworth of Portland, returned from their two week honeymoon in Southern California to their newly remodeled home at Camp Lewis. Gen. Babbitt was Camp Commander and during his absence for his wedding and honeymoon, his grim and neglected bachelor quarters had been transformed into this neat, if unpretentious, home. The crowning glory was the bulb garden in front, planned by Gen. Babbitt for his new bride. (TNT 3/13/1924, pg. 11) G69.1-160 TPL-10313


Camp Lewis (Wash.); Fort Lewis (Wash.); Military camps--Tacoma--1920-1930; Babbitt, Edwin Burr--Homes & haunts;

BOLAND-B9565

Foss Launch crew involved in the raising of the sunken 80-ton steamer, "Rubaiyat," which had foundered on September 29, 1923. The 65-foot vessel had left Municipal Dock at 6 p.m. on her way to Seattle. She was heavily loaded with hundreds of cases of canned goods and capsized in Commencement Bay. Four persons died including one woman. The "Rubaiyat" sank within 30 seconds of capsizing and lay in 35 fathoms of water. Foss Launch immediately came to the rescue, putting five boats in the water, and reached the area at the same time as the lifeboat launched by the steamer "Fulton." Previous attempts in 1923 to raise the "Rubaiyat" had failed and the vessel was thought unsalvagable. The men pictured above on March 12, 1924, were successful in raising the ship from Commencement Bay's bottom: (L-R) Walter McCray, diver; H.F. (Fred) Berg of Foss Launch & Tug; Otto Kraus; William McDaniels; George Westerman, engineer; and O.F. Currey. McCray and Berg had obtained title to the hull since the sinking. G50.1-138 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 9-30-23, p. 1-article); TDL 3-13-24, p. 10)


Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma)--employees; Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma); Tugboats--Tacoma--1920-1930; McCray, Walter; Berg, H.F.; Kraus, Otto; McDaniels, William; Westerman, George; Currey, O.F.;

BOLAND-B9568

Knights of the Log. Organized at the College of Puget Sound in the fall of 1923, the group resembled the national honorary fraternity, the Intercollegiate Knights. They worked to promote good fellowship and school pride by boosting student activities and leading pep rallies. The Knights sought to make C.P.S. "the best school in the West." This photograph was used in the 1924 school yearbook, the Tamanawas, and listed the last names only of the men. (1924 Tamanawas, p. 115) G67.1-031


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

BOLAND-B9566

Powerful winch used by Foss Launch & Tug Co. to raise the sunken steamer, "Rubaiyat," in March of 1924. The ship had sunk the previous year as she headed for Seattle. Four people aboard the vessel drowned. The tug, "Andrew Foss," is in the background. The winch, from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, had a six-foot in diameter drum with a two-inch steel cable. The winch enabled the hull, not seen since the September 30th sinking, to be visible . Four tugs towed the "Rubaiyat" toward the shore on March 12, 1924, and allowed her to rest just south of the Sperry Dock in about 60 feet of water. G50.1-147 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 9-30-23, p. 1-article on capsizing; TDL 3-13-24, p. 10)


Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma); Tugboats--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hoisting machinery;

BOLAND-B9578

The cast of the Stadium High School opera, the "Sultan of Sulu," on stage. The opera, an annual presentation at Stadium High School, was the largest and according to the school yearbook "Tahoma," the "most important musical event of the year." In 1924, the musical comedy production of the "Sultan of Sulu" ran three nights from March 13-15, in order to accommodate the always large crowds. Although there was officially no leading role, good notices were received by Kearney Walton who played Kiram the Sultan and foreshadowing later roles in Hollywood, Herman Brix as Col. Jefferson Budd. After graduation, Herman Brix would become an Olympian and actor, later known as Bruce Bennett. (1924 Tahoma, p. 164-67) G64.1-073


Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Actors--Tacoma--1920-1930; Operas & operettas--Tacoma--1920-1930; Walton, Kearney; Brix, Herman;

BOLAND-B9617

Exterior view of the Water Power Furniture Manufacturing Co., located on Steilacoom Lake, as pictured in March of 1924. The plant was situated on what is approximately 8700 Edgewater Dr. S.W., Lakewood. The firm was listed in the 1917-22 City Directories but not in the following 1923 or 1924 years. Edward C. Hill, president of the manufacturing company, had apparently moved on to the South Tacoma Mill Co. as its secretary/treasurer, per the 1923 City Directory. TPL-2700; G35.1-004


Water Power Furniture Co. (Lakewood); Furniture industry--Lakewood;

BOLAND-B9618

Water Power Furniture Manufacturing Co. Situated on the banks of Steilacoom Lake was the Water Power Furniture Manufacturing Co. facility per this March, 1924, photograph. Its approximate address was 8700 Edgewater Dr. S.W., Lakewood. G35.1-012


Water Power Furniture Co. (Lakewood); Furniture industry--Lakewood; Lake Steilacoom (Wash.);

BOLAND-B9619

Raising the sunken ship "Rubaiyat." Hart Construction Co. rig used in the raising of the sunken steamer "Rubaiyat" which went down with the loss of four hands on September 29, 1923. The ship, which sank within 30 seconds of capsizing in Commencement Bay, lay in 35 fathoms of water, or more than 200 feet, and was thought initially not able to be salvaged. The "Rubaiyat" was valued at $20,000. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 9-30-23, p. 1-article) G49.1-017


Hart Construction Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery;

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