Members of the 13th Minnesota Society of Puget Sound are pictured at the new Duenwald's Delicatessen & Bakery, 915-17 Broadway, on August 13, 1922. They met to make arrangements for the reception of the Minnesota veterans of foreign wars who were expected in Tacoma on August 14th, on their way to Seattle for the national Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. The local group is composed of former members of the 13th Minnesota regiment of the Spanish-American War. G23.1-026 (TNT 8-12-22, p. 5-article)

13th Minnesota Society of Puget Sound (Tacoma); Veterans' organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Waiters at the "Firs" stand at attention prior to the banquet honoring the Tacoma City Baseball Champions on August 23, 1922. Long rows of tables are set with a large trophy at the end of one table. The "Firs" was a rustic building located two miles south of the Roy "Y" on Mountain Highway. It was built in 1922 of vertical log construction and open beam ceilings and served as an inn, restaurant and caberet. 52 years later it would be destroyed by fire and not rebuilt. G45.1-024

Firs (Spanaway); Banquets--Spanaway--1920-1930; Waiters--Spanaway;

This was Consumers Central Heating Co.'s hogged fuel storage pile, located at the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. yards, in September of 1922. The mill's waste wood was transported to the heating company's plant where the waste (or "hogged") fuel was burned to supply heat for the city. (Nitrate negative has deteriorated)

Fuel trade--Tacoma--1920-1930; Consumers Central Heating Co. (Tacoma); St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930;