The second annual Tacoma Fairyland and Christmas Parade was held on November 29, 1935. This tall Mother Goose figure with her billowing blue hoop skirt was actually a float. She was so tall that she could nod to the spectators in the second floor windows of the buildings she passed. Several clown characters stand to one side, one wearing a huge "grotesque" head mask. Behind the clowns is a float with Humpty Dumpty and some of the Kings Men. This parade was the kick off for the Christmas toy shopping season. Thousands of bright eyed Tacoma youngsters turned out to see their favorite Fairy Tale characters. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)
The second annual Fairyland and Christmas Parade, November 29, 1935. Float with Santa in sleigh pulled by pure white reindeer in front of Brandes-Madsen Co. on Broadway. Santa will be preceded by two boys carrying a sign proclaiming "Santa from the North Pole." Santa's float is flanked by dancing letter blocks that spell TOYS. Following Santa is the float with the Three Wise Men on camels. The parade took place on the day after Thanksgiving on a route that covered Broadway and Pacific Ave. from 7th - 13th streets. The parade signalled the beginning of Christmas toy shopping season. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)
Riding in a white, toy filled sleigh pulled by two snow white reindeer, Santa Claus rode on the first float in the second annual Fairyland and Christmas Parade, November 29, 1935. Sponsored by merchants on Broadway and Pacific Avenues, the parade took place the day after Thanksgiving and kicked off the Christmas shopping season in Tacoma. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)
Fairyland and Christmas parade, November 29, 1935. Marching band in front of the Elks' Temple on Broadway. Three marching bands were scheduled in the parade, the Musicians' Union band, Stadium High School and Lincoln High School. This is most probably the Musicians' Union Band that was scheduled to start off the parade, accompanying Santa Claus. The Mother Goose float can be seen behind the band, followed by another marching band. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)
The Tacoma merchants on Broadway and Pacific Avenues sponsored the second annual Fairyland and Christmas Parade for Children which was held on the day after Thanksgiving, 1935. The first float in the parade carried Santa in a well packed sleigh pulled by two snow white reindeer. Starting near the Elks Temple at 565 South Broadway, the parade traveled down Broadway, turned east at South 13th Street and then proceeded north on Pacific. The parade signalled the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)
The Fairyland and Christmas Parade for children, November 29, 1935. Stadium High School's Marching band on Broadway in front of the Elks' Temple, 565 Broadway. Union Club of Tacoma, 539 Broadway, in the background. The Stadium marching band led the third quadrant of the parade, followed by the Humpty Dumpty float, the Old Lady who lived in a shoe and clowns and the paraders wearing grotesque heads. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)
Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Marching bands; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Elks Temple (Tacoma);
Fairyland and Christmas parade for children, the day after Thanksgiving, November 29, 1935. Four clowns ride on a float with the sign " Merry Christmas, Happy New Year." This is possibly the "mechanical clown" float referred to in the news stories. Crowd of spectators stand at 9th and Broadway watching the float pass by. The Bostwick block is on the right with the Medical Arts Building across the street. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)
Fairyland and Christmas parade for children, November 29, 1935. Marching band at corner of 9th and Broadway. This large band is unidentified, it is one of three in the parade. The bands hailed from the Musicians' Union, Stadium and Lincoln High Schools. The Bostwick Block can be seen at the right, the Bostwick Hotel on the upper floors with the "Credit Dentist" Walter Whetstone below. On the left hand side is the Caswell Optical Co., followed by the Medical Arts Building. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)
The old Puget Sound Lumber Company office being prepared to be moved by barge to the Henry Mill Fuel Company site. The Fuel Co. will use the building as their office. Wood frame house with hip roof, supported with braces, being moved off its foundation onto a barge. The barge will be pushed by the tugboat "Fearless." (TNT 11/22/1935, pg. 1)
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;
In November of 1935, the Henry Mill Fuel Company avoided building a new office for the company by purchasing the old Puget Sound Lumber Company office and moving it, by barge, to their site. The 45 ft. by 28 ft. structure, which weighed between 60 and 75 tons, was pushed to its new home by the tugboat "Fearless" after it was slid onto a barge by W.H. McCullough and his crew of men. (TNT 11/22/1935 p.1). TPL-8468
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tugboats--1930-1940; Towing;
Tugboat "Fearless" moving house across bay. The tugboat is pressed against the barge that is holding the house as it precariously moves across the water. The house was formerly the office for the Puget Sound Lumber Company. The Henry Mill Fuel Co. avoided building a new structure by moving the building from its old site to their location. (TNT 11/22/1935, pg. 1)
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tugboats--1930-1940; Towing;
In November of 1935, accomplished musicians Virginia Wepfer, left, and Alice Stockton posed for the Tacoma Times with their violins. Virginia was eight years old in this photograph and Alice, who doesn't appear too much older, was beginning her 10th year of study on the violin. The girls were students of Bernard Aus who taught violin in Tacoma for over 30 years. Misses Wepfer and Stockton performed during the first program of the Ladies' Musical Club. Virginia played "Mazurka" and "Bolero." Alice played the "Viennese Popular Song" and "On the Wings of Song." (photo previously labelled G40.1-064) (T. Times 11/19/1935, pg. 3)
Wepfer, Virginia; Stockton, Alice; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children playing musical instruments--Tacoma--1930-1940; Violins;
These young girls were accomplished musicians on the violin at an early age. Virginia Wepfer (left) and Alice Stockton posed with their instruments in November of 1935. They were both students of longtime teacher, Bernard Aus, who installed the love of music into hundreds of children. Virginia and Alice performed for the Ladies' Musical Club that month with each having two solos. See T39, image 1, for a similar portrait of the musicians. (T.Times 11-19-35, p. 3)
Gilbert McLean, tree surgeon, and Doris Cook, a nurse at Tacoma General Hospital, examining a wind damaged tree in Wright Park. The tree has been sealed and braced with iron rods. McLean, one of the few skilled practitioners of arboriculture in Tacoma, is employed by the Metropolitan Parks District to take care of its ailing trees. He was hired shortly after the disastrous windstorm of October 21, 1934 which destroyed 34 trees in Wright Park alone. McLean has now nursed 12 of them back to health. He is also responsible, along with Superintendent Sherman Ingels, for scientifically labelling the 1200 trees in the Wright Park Arboretum. In his spare time, he also prunes, sprays and trims the trees. (T. Times 11/6/1935, pg. 8)
Wright Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trees--Tacoma; McLean, Gilbert; Cook, Doris;
In November of 1935, Gilbert McLean, tree surgeon, and Doris Cook, a nurse at Tacoma General Hospital, compare surgical methods while examining a wind damaged tree in Wright Park. McLean, an arboriculturist with the Metropolitan Park District, worked from 1928- 1932 with the Davey Tree Expert Co. He has treated the damaged tree's cavities with the "Davey System." First, he carefully cleaned the wood around the wound. Then he packed the hole with cement to keep the water out and coated the filling with emulsified asphalt as a preservative. Miss Cook stated that thankfully cement and asphalt were never used in the operating room at TG. (T. Times 11/6/1935, pg. 8)
Wright Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trees--Tacoma; McLean, Gilbert; Cook, Doris;
By November of 1935 Tacoma's merchants were demanding that something be done about "parking hogs." Even with diagonal parking there was little room on the streets for shoppers to park their cars. All the available space in front of the stores was being taken by business employees. As the streets like Commerce, in this photograph, became jammed with cars, some merchants started demanding parking meters to force cars off the streets. After years of fighting in city hall, 1,200 meters were installed during the summer of 1941. (For Corky Maybin, T.Times).
Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parking--Tacoma--1930-1940; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Old City Hall (Tacoma);
Tugboat "Fearless" preparing to move a house to its new site. The one-and-one-half story wood frame house is resting on skids on top of the barge. Tugboat "Fearless" rigged to barge preparing to pull it away from shoreline. The house was formerly the old Puget Sound Lumber Co. office and after its move, it will fulfill the same purpose at the Henry Mill Fuel Co. (TNT 11/22/1935, pg. 1)
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tugboats--1930-1940; Towing;
Guy M. Nick of the Tacoma Fire Department sat aboard a fire engine surrounded by a trio of Tacoma cuties in this publicity photo for the Firemen's Ball, held Nov. 20, 1935 in the Century Ballroom. The women are: (l to r) Neah Price, Elizabeth Thomas and Blanche Cerino. This was the first Ball held in several years and the proceeds went to fund the Firemen's College held in Tacoma in 1936. At the "college", officers and firemen from Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Canada gathered to exchange ideas and receive instruction in the newest methods of fire fighting. (T. Times 11/13/1935, pg. 3)
Nick, Guy; Price, Neah; Thomas, Elizabeth; Cerino, Blanche; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Photographed in November of 1935, William A. Bull, the volunteer record keeper for Tacoma's weather, posed with old and new instruments used to record weather data. Mr. Bull was employed as the chief draftsman for the Department of Public Works, but in his spare time he kept the official weather records for the city. The instrument high in the center is an old British make of aneroid barometer. Directly below is a simple glass barometer, such as used aboard ship on the first clippers. On the lower right is a recording barometer or barograph, atop the barograph is a thermograph that records temperature and to the barograph's left is the rain recording instrument. Mr. Bull maintained the equipment and took daily readings at 8a.m. and 4 p.m. Mr. Bull died February 6, 1940 at the age of 70, ending a long career in public service. He came to Tacoma in 1889 from Hartford, Connecticut. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg. 3; 2/7/1940, pg. 1)
Bull, William A.; Barometers; Meteorological instruments--1930-1940;
Tugboat moving house. Close view of tugboat "Fearless" as it pulls a barge carrying a house across the Sound. The Henry Mill Fuel Co. avoided building a new office by moving this structure from the Puget Sound Lumber Co. to their location. The house will serve as their office. (TNT 11/22/1935, pg. 1)
Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tugboats--1930-1940; Towing;
Interior of Little Theatre showing stage set of living room with sofa and chairs, fireplace, draped window, and accessories. Photograph was taken in November of 1935.
Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma); Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940;
On December 3, 1935, Bishop Lemuel H. Wells helped to shovel the first bit of concrete for the foundation of the reconstructed St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church. It was the bishop's 94th birthday. Assisting the seated Bishop Wells is the current rector of St. Luke's, Rev. Arthur Bell. Bishop Wells was the rector of St. Luke's when it was built a half-century ago at Sixth and Broadway. The church was razed in 1934 and its stone removed to 36th & No. Gove. (TNT 12-4-35, p. 3-alt. photograph)
Wells, Lemuel H.; Bell, Arthur; Clergy--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal churches--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Concrete forms for relocation of St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church to North Tacoma. Group of nine men and three women standing in front of forms at the simple reconstruction ceremony held on December 3, 1935. Bishop Lemuel H. Wells, seated, tossed in the first shovelful of concrete. It also happened to be the bishop's 94th birthday. Bishop Wells was the first rector at St. Luke's in the early 1880's. The current rector, Rev. Arthur Bell, is posed fourth from right. After a half century at its original location at Sixth and Broadway, St. Luke's was being moved brick by brick to a new location at 3601 North Gove. (Argentum) (TNT 12-4-35, p. 3-alt. photograph)
Wells, Lemuel H.; Bell, Arthur; Clergy--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal churches--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Home portrait of an unidentified older German sea captain. Dressed in his uniform, he is smiling while clutching his pipe. Notable are his dashing handlebar mustache and whiskers. Photograph taken on December 6, 1935. (T. Times)
Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like ... Mary Dolores Connolly of Bremerton smiles mischievously over her shoulder as she mails her letter to Santa at a street mailbox in December of 1935. The five year old girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Connolly, 1744 Fourth St. She was eagerly looking forward to Christmas. The Bremerton Sun, who ordered the picture, wanted to thank the citizens, firemen and organizations of the city for their cooperation in making the holiday brighter for the city's less fortunate youngsters as well. (Bremerton Sun 12/21/1935, pg. 1)
Letters to Santa Claus; Holidays--Bremerton--1930-1940; Mailboxes--Bremerton--1930-1940; Girls--Bremerton--1930-1940; Connolly, Mary Dolores;
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow can stop the delivery of those Christmas cards, but a poorly written address can. Bremerton mail carrier R.O. Rouen was photographed puzzling over a carelessly addressed envelope in December of 1935. According to the Bremerton Sun, in 1934 2,000 letters and packages were sent to the dead letter office, unable to be delivered due to unintelligible addresses. For Bremerton Sun. (Bremerton Sun 12/20/1935, pg. 1)
Holidays--Bremerton; Christmas cards; Postal service employees--Bremerton; Letter carriers--Bremerton; Rouen, R.O.;
This portrait of Mrs. Betty Grosse was made in December of 1935. She posed in a long formal white dress next to a buffet holding crystal. Mrs. Grosse was an active member of the Olympic Chapter, NO. 216, Order of the Eastern Star. She held the office of noble grand in the Mystic Rebekah Lodge, No. 168. (Bremerton Sun 12/28/1935, pg. 4)
Julius Gius at his desk in the Bremerton Sun office. His desk is littered with the latest issues of the paper, as well as rough drafts of new stories. His phone is mounted on a strange accordion contraption that allows him to pull it closer to him and a pair of headphones hang on the accordion "arm."
Gius, Julius; Bremerton Sun (Bremerton); Newspaper editors--Bremerton; Journalists--Bremerton;
