Group of unidentified construction crew members cheering the building progress of the first Narrows Bridge in March of 1940.

Bridge construction--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridges--Tacoma; First Narrows Bridge; Galloping Gertie;

Artistic view of two-lane road on Narrows Bridge with automobile driving across new span as workmen do last minute cleanup.

Bridges - Suspension Bridges - Washington - Tacoma - Tacoma Narrows Bridge (first) "Galloping Gertie" - 1936-40

Buildings at McChord Field. Three-story brick building with basement; two wings with two stories and three stories at core. Road has been graded but not paved.

Building construction--McChord Field; McChord Field (Tacoma);

This is Main Street in Sumner as it appeared in January, 1940. Buildings on either side of the street include the Three Little Pigs Tavern, the Riviera Theater, Putman's Hardware, and the Sumner Safeway among others. Sumner, which can trace its history to the 1870s, was named after Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. (T. Times, Special Edition)

Business districts--Sumner; Three Little Pigs Tavern (Sumner); Putman's Hardware (Sumner); Riviera Theater (Sumner)

Sunshine Service, new General Petroleum Company Mobilgas service station at So. 48th and Park. Night time view with several automobiles receiving service. For Smith and Drum, J.J. Miller.

Business Enterprises - Automobile Service Stations - Mobil Oil Dealers - Tacoma - Sunshine Service Station

Four McKenzie Fuel Company trucks and employees parked in fuel yard at Dolge Mill. Ordered by Titus Motor Company.

Business Enterprises - Fuel Trade - Tacoma - McKenzie Fuel Company

Mayor-elect Harry P. Cain (at right) and Public Utilities Commissioner-elect R.D. "Bob" O'Neil shake hands after their victory in the March, 1940, general elections. With 131 precincts reporting, Mr. Cain had an 1800+ lead over former mayor Melvin G. Tennent while Mr. O'Neil had a nearly 2-1 margin over longtime Utilities Commissioner Ira S. Davisson. Looking on is Tacoma School Board member Lyle Lemley, who easily won re-election to a three-year term. (T.Times 3-13-40, p. 1) ALBUM 12.

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; O'Neil, Robert D.; Lemley, Lyle; Political elections--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shaking hands--Tacoma;

The American freighter Wildwood unloading cargo originally consigned for Russia. The Wildwood had turned back mid Pacific and returned to Tacoma to unload her cargo, fearing a British blockade and confiscation. The cargo consisted of 7,000 tons of copper, brass and machinery intended for the USSR. (T. Times 4/8/1940, pg. 1)

Cargo ships; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Carpenters' reunion. Five men in organization's kitchen ready to prepare hot dogs for group. Photograph was taken on January 6, 1940.

Carpenters Union Local No. 470 (Tacoma); Frankfurters--Tacoma--1940-1950;

On November 16, 1939, Bruno (photography) Studios played host at a free dance at the Century Ballroom in Fife. The entertainment included a style show by Grayson's Ladies Apparel Shop, with several of the dresses being offered as prizes. An unidentified young woman was pictured modeling a satin gown from Grayson's. In the background was the featured band, Dale Fitzsimmons and his Royalty of Rhythm Orchestra. (TNT 11/15/1939- Ad, pg. 4)

Century Ballroom (Fife); Ballrooms--Fife--1930-1940; Musicians--Fife--1930-1940; Fashion shows--Fife; Fashion models--Fife--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--1930-1940; Dale Fitzsimmons and his Royalty of Rhythm (Fife);

Co-Ed Club barn dance at Dash Point Community House. (T. Times).

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma)

Beginning immediately after the final edition of the Tacoma Times was "put to bed" on Saturday afternoon February 10, 1940, several hundred tons of heavy machinery, equipment and furniture were moved from the newspaper's building at 819 Pacific Avenue to their new base of operations at 919 Market Street. Four Cooney Transfer & Storage Company trucks, and a crew of fifteen experienced movers, accomplished the transfer in 17 hours. Most of the heavy equipment was located on the second floor of the old building, and it needed to be loaded at the ground floor where the trucks were located. A giant ramp, made of heavy timbers, was constructed from the second floor to the level of the trucks' bed. A triangular "sled" was also constructed of heavy timbers. The machinery was placed on wheels, rolled to the sled on the ramp and slid into the motorized vehicles. When one truck was full, it proceeded to the paper's new home for unloading and an empty truck parked in its place. (T. Times 2/27/1940, pg. 14)

Cooney Transfer & Storage Co. (Tacoma); Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma); Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dollies (Moving equipment); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Home portrait of Angelo Costagno family taken on April 28, 1940. Large group of adults and children on front porch of house. Even the family dog is present in the center of the portrait near the matriarch.

Costagno, Angelo--Family; Dogs--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Mud Mountain. View of large complex showing lumber yard, houses in background, automobiles parked in parking lot, railroad tracks. This was the construction camp looking northeast from the top of the concrete mixing plant at the site of the Mud Mountain Dam in April of 1940. The Mud Mountain Dam, dubbed by the Tacoma Times as the world's highest earth-filled dam, is located seven miles southeast of Eatonville in the White River canyon. 600 men were working 24-hour days in three shifts to build the $6,000,000 dam to provide the Puyallup and White River valleys and the Tacoma tideflats with flood protection. For Harold Shaw. (T.Times 4-15-1940, p. 1, 16)

Dam construction; Dams--Mud Mountain;

Snow Queen Wyona Diemer, center, poses with her attendants Patricia Anderson, left, and Joan Bonnell, right. Miss Diemer will rule over the 9th annual Winter Sports Carnival at Paradise Valley, January 27-28th, 1940. The Queen is a skier and a student at the College of Puget Sound. She was selected from ten candidates, all nominated by the ski clubs of local schools. Miss Bonnell is a senior at Stadium High School and Miss Anderson is a student at Pacific Lutheran College. The attendants wear matching sweaters, contrasting with that of the Queen. (T. Times 1/18/1940, pg. 1)

Diemer, Wyona; Anderson, Patricia; Bonnell, Joan; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.);

German Drahthaar dog owned by W. F. Kerr. "Max von Lowenberge," a German Drahthaar pointer, would be exhibited at the Tacoma Kennel Club show at the Greenwich Coliseum on March 30-31, 1940. The Tacoma Times noted that he was the only one of his breed on the Pacific Coast. Drahthaars are the leading hunting and pointing dogs of Germany and are also good on big game. This rare dog was born in March of 1939 in Nebraska. (T.Times 3-29-1940, p 15)

Dogs--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Dick Bevington pours a mug from the Triple XXX root beer barrel dispenser at his new drive-in restaurant in this photograph dated May 29, 1940. The franchise offered round the clock service, carhops and root beer on draft.

Drive-in restaurants--Tacoma; Bevington's Triple XXX Root Beer Restaurant (Tacoma); Bevington, Dick;

Dick Bevington's new Triple XXX Barrel drive-in restaurant. Six waitresses and six carhops lined up on May 29, 1940 in front of the building with neon trim and giant barrels on the roof.The service department included Bea Joyce, Grayce Bailey, Marialyce Johnson, Lola Emerson, Della Reghitto, Betty Emerson, Winnie Cunningham, Lucille Bartholet, Anne Bullard, Irving Fleming and Kenneth Lilly. (T. Times 6/4/1940, pg. 7)

Drive-in restaurants--Tacoma; Bevington's Triple XXX Root Beer Restaurant (Tacoma); Waitresses--Tacoma--1940-1950;

New house at Five Mile Lake to be raffled off by Kit Russell. Exterior of minimal traditional house with shingle siding.

Dwellings - Houses - King County - Federal Way

Portable welding center on deck of Hull #1 at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation. Row of portable Lincoln Welders connected to high voltage panel.

Equipment - Welding Equipment

Ladies from the Lakewood Community Club shake hands with dignitaries awaiting the opening of the Narrows Bridge, July 1, 1940. Because there were ribbon cutting ceremonies on both ends of the bridge, platforms were set up with folding chairs for honored guests. These women, wearing Celebration Hats, were prepared to cross the bridge on bicycles once the bridge was open to traffic shortly after noon on July 1, 1940. They, and the assorted dignitaries, were situated on the West end of the bridge, and would view Adm. E.B. Fenner of the Puget Sound Naval Station cut the official ribbons.

Events--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dedications; Lakewood Community Club (Lakewood); Bicycles & tricycles; Cycling; Shaking hands;

Ladies from the Lakewood Community Club wait on the west side of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge with assorted dignitaries on July 1, 1940. These women were prepared to cross the bridge on bicycles once the bridge was open to traffic shortly following the ribbon cutting and dedication at 12:00 noon.

Events--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dedications; Lakewood Community Club (Lakewood); Bicycles & tricycles; Cycling; Shaking hands;

Robinson family reunion at Titlow Beach Lodge. Robinson, Red Top Cabs. Large family group portrait taken in the summer of 1940.

Families--Tacoma; Titlow Beach (Tacoma);

1940 Y.M.B.C. Water Carnival at Point Defiance. Committee officials and award winners with plaques on Richfield wharf. Among the many winners were participants in the Sea Scout 12-man cutter race, Seine skiff 4-man race, inboard motor race and Seattle-Tacoma outboard utility marathon. (T.Times, 7-1-40, p. 12)

Festivals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Organizations--Tacoma; Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Awards;

1940 Y.M.B.C. Water Carnival at Point Defiance Park. Group of boats tied together offshore. A very modern water craft is anchored next to "Key West." The "Wanderer" and "Del Mar" are to the right of "Key West" and tugboats to left. (T. Times)

Festivals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Organizations--Tacoma; Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tugboats--Tacoma--1940-1950;

1940 Y.M.B.C. Water Carnival at Point Defiance. Top hatted man in costume standing next to a CBS microphone is believed to be Arnold Andreason, Carnival chairman. Over 50,000 spectators were expected at the Saturday afternoon carnival, which promised a four hour program of races, water skiing, thrills and spills. (T.Times, 7-1-40, p. 12)

Festivals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Organizations--Tacoma; Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Point Defiance Boat House (Tacoma);

Champion 1940 Fife High School Trojan basketball team with Coach Bill Vinson on far right. In 1940, the team won its second successive Pierce County League hoop title. They had won 22 consecutive games since January 13, 1939, 11 of them in 1940. In 1939, the Fife basketball team had its first title win since 1931. The team won 13 of 14 league games to win the title. This also made Bill Vinson the most winning coach in the league, bringing home the titles in football, basketball, baseball and track in 1939. Pictured are, front row left to right, Morden Robbins, Frank Evancich, Mascot Richard Spear, Minoru Uchida and Jimmy Kubo. Back row, left to right, Pete Mello, Frank Spear, Mel Rowe, Fred Bisig, Wendell Keyes and Coach Vinson. Mello was the league's highest scorer. (T. Times 2/15/1940, pg. 14-picture, T. Times 12/29/1939; 1/2/1940, pg. 11)

Fife High School (Fife); Vinson, Bill; Basketball players--Fife--1930-1940;

Photographs from auto wreck on Seattle-Tacoma Highway were taken on June 11, 1940. Ford owner was listed as Gene but no last name provided. The vehicle, license plate B-42849, has sustained obvious damage to the windshield, hood, fender and tires. See D9847, image 4 for a photograph of other vehicle involved in accident which also had major front end damage.

Ford automobile; Traffic accidents--1940-1950;

Mrs. L.L. Thompson, seated, evaluates the fabric of a dress being modeled by Gaynel McClain in the Franke Tobey Jones Home benefit fashion show. The Jones Home Circles were hostessing a benefit card party and style show on April 2, 1940 at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Winthrop. Over 100 card tables were in play for the benefit. Rhodes Brothers department store arranged the fashion show. (T. Times 4/1/1940, pg. 3)

Franke Tobey Jones Home (Tacoma); McClain, Gaynel; Thompson, L.L.--Family; Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fashion shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950;

New Fuel Oil Service Corporation truck parked on street in front of house with large wooden arbor extending from side of house. For Mr. Dalliver.

Fuel Oil Service (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;