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A8110-1

Miscellaneous band shots taken in the Stadium Bowl on April 1, 1939. (filed with Argentum)


Students--Tacoma; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Marching bands;

A8044-4

Tacoma Dairy truck at the dairy's plant, 1802 E. 27th St. The structure was built in 1926. (filed with Argentum)


Tacoma Dairy (Tacoma); Dairy products industry--Tacoma;

A8511-3

Titus Motor Company staff and two troopers with fleet of new Washington State Patrol Fords in front of Patrol offices by old Interurban Terminal at So. 7th & A St. Leon Titus at far right. Western Auto Supply/North Pacific Bank Note Co. at rear. TPL-7997


Titus, Leon E.; Titus Motor Co. (Tacoma); Washington State Patrol (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A8507-1

Dinner honoring Nancy Hewitt at University Union Club on June 26, 1939. Party was probably in honor of her upcoming marriage on June 28, 1939. (filed with Argentum)


University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Hewitt, Nancy;

A8591-1

Group at Puget Sound National Bank with Golden Jubilee hats. Men in western wear and women in bonnets. Bank president Reno Odlin is standing wearing dark clothing without a hat to the right of the column, in the center of the group. All employees were required to wear Jubilee garb in celebration of Pioneer Days at Puget Sound Bank. The bankers wore beaver top hats with dignified frock coats and black ties. (T. Times 7/20/1939, pg. 20)


Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Banking--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979;

A8632-3

Miss Pierce County Margaret Franich, runner up for the Golden Jubilee Hostess Queen. The contest for the Hostess Queen was so close, that the girls ruled together. Both girls were sent to compete at the Miss Washington contest. Miss Franich wears a gown with stars on it and rope around the waist with cape and crown.


Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Franich, Margaret;

A8605-3

Golden Jubilee Pageant "Saga of the West." Searchlights from the Battleships of the US Pacific Fleet pierce the night sky over scenery in Stadium Bowl. The stage for the extravaganza was over 200 feet in length. The fleet had arrived on July 20, 1939 with six battleships and 8,000 men. In port were the flagship Pennsylvania, as well as the California, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho and Mississippi. Tours were conducted from 1-4 and searchlight displays each night at 10:15p.m.


Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Historical pageants--Tacoma; Searchlights--Tacoma;

A8103-A

On February 27, 1947 at 10:05a.m., a southbound Northern Pacific train plowed into a Medosweet milk delivery truck on a private road crossing three and one half miles south of the Tacoma city limits. The crumpled truck lies a distance from the tracks and delivery cartons are scattered about the area. The truck was carried over 150 feet down the tracks. One Medosweet employee, supervisor Alex McBeath Jr., was killed and another seriously injured. (T Times 2/28/1947, pg. 3 - picture, 2/27/1947, pg. 1- story)


Wrecks; Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1930-1941; Medosweet Dairies, Inc. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A8255-2

ca. 1939. Woman sitting in chair wearing dress with printed bodice and sleeves wearing glasses. Man standing beside her with book in left hand. (filed with Argentum)

C8283-1

ca. 1939. Copy negative for Cheney Lumber Company of train cars loaded with lumber.


Railroad cars; Lumber

C8451-1

ca. 1900. Copy negative of old postcard picture. Photograph was copied for Mrs. F. E. Washburn, 305 No. K., in June of 1939. TPL-7176


Houses--Tacoma--1890-1900;

C8580-2

ca. 1889. Copy of an old print, bird's eye view of Tacoma in 1889 issued by Geo. W. Traver, real estate & investment agent. In the center is the aerial view of 1889 Tacoma. It is surrounded by drawings of important Tacoma landmarks. Included are St. Peters Church, Jaeger Block, Holmes & Bull, Dickson Bro., Tacoma Lumber & Manufacturing, Puget Sound Ironworks, City Market, Central School, Hotel Fife, T.P. & B. Transfer Co. Stables, Duimette Building, Merchants National Bank, Mount "Tacoma" (Rainier) and Waters the Grocer. TPL-9665


Maps--1880-1890;

C8771-1

ca. 1890. Copy negative of photograph of old Puget Sound Savings Bank building. Photograph was "improved" by superimposing a sketch of a man on a bicycle and a drawn horse-drawn trolley car. Copy negative produced August 19, 1939.


Banks--Tacoma--1890-1900; Puget Sound Savings Bank (Tacoma)

D9334-7

In this aerial photograph from January 1940, two white Navy transport ships sit at dock in Slip No. One of the Port Industrial Waterway waiting to take on soldiers from Fort Lewis. On Friday January 13th, 7,500 soldiers boarded three transport ships to be carried to California to take part in the largest Army-Navy "war games" exercise ever held on U.S. soil, to that date. When the ships pulled out Saturday morning, Fort Lewis was virtually deserted; only a maintenance staff of a few hundred men stayed behind. (T. Times 1/11/1940, pg. 1)


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

D9975-5

Student fliers from College of Puget Sound at Mueller-Harkins Airport. Group gathered around airplane listening to man discuss flying. (T.Times 7/10/1940 p.1,18)


Air pilots; Flight training--Tacoma--1940-1950; Biplanes; Mueller-Harkins Airport (Lakewood); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Students;

D9161-A

Harold D. Hayward, in the center of the front row, holds the autographed bottle of 1917 Hennessey Five Star cognac that will go to the survivor of the Last Man Club. The members of the Club were World War I veterans and past Commanders of the American Legion, Edward B. Rhodes Post No.2, since its organization in 1919. The second annual meeting, pictured, was held Dec. 4th, 1939 and following meetings scheduled for the first Monday of December each successive year. The flag draped chairs represent deceased members of the Last Man Club. Dr. John C. Siegle, Mayor of Tacoma, was the first to pass on after the club was formed in December of 1938 and the other flag was for Dr. E. A. Rich, who died before the club's inception. Present at the meeting are, back row, left to right: Earl Clifford, A.C. Bjornstad, George A. Allen, Dr. Henry Minton, Charles F. Davidson and Howard Carothers. Middle row: Robert Goldberg, Lee Carter, Robert B. Abel, Leo Barton and Herbert Ward. Seated: Dr. Hinton D. Jonez, Frank T. Callender, Hayward, L.E. Wilkeson and Albert R. Whitman. Capt. Chester Chastek (not pictured) became the sole survivor on Feb. 16, 1992 after the death of Tacoma resident Paul O. Brown. He was 92. He later died Feb. 23, 1997 at the age of 97. He retrieved the bottle from its safe deposit box at Puget Sound Bank, but abstained from the farewell toast. He was a teetotaler. (T. Times 12/5/1939, pg. 10; TNT 2/18/1992, pg. 1)


American Legion Club (Tacoma); Patriotic societies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flags--United States; Jonez, Hinton D.; Last Man Club (Tacoma);

D9151-1

Photographers capturing on film the grand champion rooster, a Rhode Island Red, with his winning ribbons at the poultry show. Turner Richards and his crew pose with large format cameras and new camera equipment surrounding the cock. (See D9151-1a for the finished photo.) The 45th annual show, sponsored by the Tacoma Poultry Association and the Rhode Island Red Club of America, had 500 entries, 265 of them Rhode Island Reds. The birds were judged by type, shape, color, undercolor and stance, as well as other standards. The owner of the winning cockerel was Mrs. Charles F. Cummings of Rancho de Las Plumas Coloradas of La Canada, California. (T. Times 12/1/39, pg. 5; 11/27/1939, pg. 5).


Animal shows--Tacoma; Roosters; Poultry; Cameras; Richards, Turner;

D9872-3

The 45th Annual convention of the Washington Bankers Association was held June 13th and 14th, 1940 at the Hotel Winthrop. Harry Cain, newly elected Tacoma Mayor on right, is presenting a loving cup to an unidentified man. On the left is Robert M. Hanes, president of the American Bankers Association.


Bankers; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Washington Bankers Association (Tacoma); Hanes, Robert M.;

D9872-7

The money men are singing a chorus at the Tacoma Club dinner hosted by S.M. Jackson on June 12, 1940. The dinner is the kick off for the 45th Annual convention of the Washington Bankers Association, held June 13th and 14th, 1940 at the Hotel Winthrop. Over 400 bankers from Washington state and national affiliates were in attendance. Third from left in the picture is J.H. Miner of Seattle, president of the state Bankers Association. To the far right are Robert M. Hanes of Winston-Salem, S.C., president of the American Bankers Association and S.M. Jackson, chairman of the board of National Bank. The major business of the convention, beyond election of officers, was to pass a resolution urging "active material aid to the Allied cause" and calling for an "aggressive program of preparedness" at home. (T. Times 6/13/1940, pg. 1)


Bankers; Singing; Jackson, Samuel M.; Washington Bankers Association (Tacoma); Miner, J.H.; Hanes, Robert M.; Tacoma Club (Tacoma);

D9691-3

These five bowlers were the Tacoma Tigers baseball club's entry in the Northwestern International Bowling Congress. Wearing these Tiger uniforms, they would be knocking down pins on April 30, 1940. From left to right are: Dick McNerthney, Doc Mazen, Bus Anderson, Dr. R. Pennington and Mike Berry. Team average was a not-too-shabby 957. (T.Times 4-29-1940, p. 11- alt. photograph)


Baseball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Tigers (Tacoma); Bowling; McNerthney, Dick; Pennington, R.; Berry, Mike;

D9145-2

College of Puget Sound Basketball team. Referee going over rules of game with team members. (T. Times)


Basketball players--Tacoma; Basketball--Tacoma; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940;

D9526-2

St. Leo's basketball team were the 1940 parochial champions and also winners of the Knights of Columbus trophy. They had a 8-1 record in the six-team league with Holy Rosary coming in second at 7-2. The boys are standing in a room with photographs and banners denoting championships awarded to Bellarmine High School. From left to right are: George Strobel, Ted Garritone (captain), Jack Hersmsen, Jack Kellly, James Nordi, Grant Carbone, Bill Cassedy and Rocky Minnitti. (T.Times 3-21-1940, p. 19)


Basketball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Awards; St. Leo's Parochial School (Tacoma);

D9354-2

An exuberant Frankie Walker, age 4, sits proudly on the small, two-wheel bicycle that he received for Christmas in 1939. He successfully rode his bike the second time he tried. Frankie, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Walker of 4608 So. "K" St., liked to ride as fast as he could, but he usually had to run into something in order to stop because he was not heavy enough to work the brakes. He would ride up and down the sidewalk in front of his home, weather permitting, much to the enjoyment of the patients residing at a local convalescent home nearby. (T. Times 1-29-1940 p.3)


Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Walker, Frankie; Boys--Tacoma--1940-1950; Children--Tacoma--1940-1950;

D9412-5

ca. 1940. Three people on small wooden vessel docked in marina. Names of individuals and location not provided for this circa 1940 photograph. (T. Times).


Boats--1940-1950;

D9315-13

This photograph from January 1940 shows the Buckley High School in Buckley, which was built in 1910 at a cost of $33,000. As the population in the area increased, an auditorium and a separate vocational education building (structure to the far right) were added to the school. The Buckley School District changed its name to the White River School District in 1953. A new high school was built in 1963, and the old Buckley High School is now the administration building for the White River School District.(T. Times)


Buckley High School (Buckley); White River School (Buckley); Public schools--Buckley;

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Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. Artistic view, looking up, at workers riviting a steel frame structure, with clouds as backdrop. This striking view was taken on January 31, 1940. (T. Times)


Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

D9780-1

On May 20, 1940, Lillian (Mrs. Wilfred) Burrows presented checks to some creative Tacoma students for their prize winning Poppy Posters. The American Legion sponsored the annual poster contest in conjunction with their street sale of poppies, with the proceeds from the sales going to assist disabled veterans and their families. The winners were, left to right, Ray Herness (age 17) from Lincoln High School, Gerrie Lough (15) from Mason Jr. High, and Norman Ryker (13) from Stewart Jr. High. First place winners Herness and Lough received three dollars each. (T.Times 5/22/1940, pg. 13)


Burrows, Lillian; Herness, Ray; Lough, Gerrie; Ryker, Norman; Patriotic societies--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma; American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma); Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Posters;

D9315-4

Main Street, Sumner, Washington. View of commercial buildings along Main Street including: Leverene Building, Klontz Market, Beaver's Thrifty Drugs, Usher's Bakery, The Mint Club, Schafer's Variety Store, and other businesses. (T. Times)


Business districts--Sumner; Klontz Market (Sumner); Beaver's Thrifty Drugs (Sumner); Usher's Bakery (Sumner); The Mint Club (Sumner); Schafer's Variety Store (Sumner);

D9336-5

Sidewalk view from 800 block of Pacific Avenue showing underneath of bay on Johnson-Cox building and fire escapes projecting above sidewalk. Olympus Hotel to Washington Building on left. View of street light standards, automobiles and pedestrians.


Business districts--Tacoma--1930-1940; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

D9520-1

Successful candidates. Mayor-Elect Harry P. Cain, wife Marjorie and son Harry II (Buzzy) at home the morning after Mr. Cain's 1800+ vote-victory over former mayor Melvin G. Tennent. Mr. Cain's name was ordered placed on the ballot replacing the recently deceased Bert Kerstetter who had defeated Mr. Cain in the primary. Defeated candidate Tennent vowed to appeal; Mr. Cain indicated he would ignore the attack on his eligibility and take an automobile tour to California and the south and planned to study municipal government along the way. (T. Times, 3-13-40, p. 1). ALBUM 12.


Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Cain, Marjorie Dils, 1908-1994; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979--Family; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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