Exterior of Anderson Building showing Federal Insurance offices and sign. 10th and Pacific. Knapp Business College was located on the second floor.

Anderson Building (Tacoma); Knapp College (Tacoma); Storefronts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Federal Insurance Group (Tacoma);

Portrait of Florence Mackey Baker at home. Mrs. Baker was the wife of John S. Baker and resided at 11407 Gravelly Lake Dr. in Lakewood. Mrs. Baker was scheduled to head the residential division in the War Chest Campaign. The War Chest contained 27 Community Chest Agencies as well as relief agencies and the USO. The annual drive was its big fund raiser. Mr. Baker was the president of Fidelity Safe Deposit Co. (later known as Fidelity Trust), John S. Baker Investment Co. and IXL Gold Mining and Milling Co. For Community Chest publicity. (T. Times 7/15/1942, pg. 9; T.N.T., 7/13/1942).

Baker, Florence M.; Baker, John S.--Family; Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Interior of Bar-B-Q Inn at Tillicum. Made for Pabst salesman. Three men, one is a soldier or marine, sitting on bar stools. Woman behind bar. Bottles of Pabst beer displayed.

Bar-B-Q Inn (Lakewood); Beer--Eating & drinking; Diners (Restaurants)--Lakewood;

Tacoma got its first visit from America's new Girl Soldiers on September 25, 1942. Second Lieutenant Margaret Barth, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), center, is pictured with an unidentified woman and Bob Sonnen at the Winthrop Hotel. The WAAC had been formed in May of 1942, with its first members entering training in July of that year. The organization was replaced in September of 1943 by the Women's Army Corps (WAC,) making women actual members of the Army. Lt. Barth was stationed in Tacoma to push the recruitment of women. (T. Times 9/24/1942, pg. 1)

Barth, Margaret; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Tacoma);

Publicity for Renton 7-Up Ball Club. Full length portrait of unidentified baseball player preparing to pitch; photograph taken on July 23, 1942. Background is possibly Tacoma's industrial Tideflats.

Baseball players--Renton; Uniforms;

Elk's softball team at McKinley playfield. The Elks, runner up in the City League, came forward to defeat seven other teams for the right to represent Pierce County in the state softball playoff. Tacoma was home to the Pierce County Sectional State Playoff for the first time in July of 1942. Games were being played at Athletic Park. Pictured team members are, front row left to right, Al Fawcett, Lawrence Larson, Earl Mahnkey, Bill Ruehle, and Bill Wiecking. Back Row, same order, Dr. Charles W. Green (manager), Jack Nash, Bob Lovelace, Bill Jepsen, Bob Bennatts and Arne Brown (T. Times 7/22/1942, pg. 12)

Baseball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

Power Cranes putting up truss in Petrich Shipbuilding Corp., a new shipyard located on former Vermont Marble Company site, where the 11th Street Bridge crossed the City Waterway. This was the second of two plants operated by the Petrich family, headed by Martin Petrich Sr. The first was Western Boatbuilding on the Tideflats. The new yard had two parallel ways, capable of building ships up to 160 feet long. During the war, this yard would specialize in the mass production of wooden ships for the Army. They were used for Army South Seas and Alaska freight, passenger and supply transport. Note: Negative released to Michigan Power Shovel Company, Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Petrich Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Waterfront--Tacoma;

Seventy five members of the brewing and allied industries gathered in Tacoma October 24, 1942 to pay tribute to Otto Birkmaier. Mr. Birkmaier was celebrating his 25th anniversary as brewmaster at Columbia Brewery, a position he had held since 1917. He held the longest record of continuous service of any brewmaster in the district. Some of the guests are pictured at the Saturday afternoon luncheon at the Brewery.

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Committee of Philharmonic Orchestra seated on the steps of the Orchard Rd. residence of Mrs. Bertrand E. (Dorothy) Buckmaster. Mrs. Buckmaster is seated on the right in the white dress. The group was planning a Philharmonic bridge party on Aug. 18th, 1942. Standing, left to right, are Mrs. Mary Humphrey King and Mrs. Clarke Gable. Second row- Mrs. Stevens (Charlotte) Sanderson, Mrs. Clyde (Gertrude) Martin and Mrs. Ernest Wheeler. Seated in the first row- Mrs. Johnathan B. (Anne) Ward, Mrs. Ross D. (Kathryn) Wright and Mrs. Buckmaster. (TNT 8/8/1942 p.5)

Buckmaster, Dorothy G.--Homes & haunts; Buckmaster, Dorothy G.; Tacoma Philharmonic Association (Tacoma); Committees--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ward, Anne; King, Mary Humphrey; Martin, Gertrude; Sanderson, Charlotte; Wright, Kathryn D.;

Members of the Tacoma Philharmonic Association are seated under an awning in the back yard at the residence of Mrs. Bertrand E. (Dorothy) Buckmaster. Mrs. Buckmaster is seated to the left in the white dress. The Association was planning both a full season culturally with the orchestra and socially. Pictured are the committee heads for an upcoming bridge tea at Weyerhaeuser Hall. Left to right: Mrs. Buckmaster, Mrs. Jonathan B. (Anne) Ward, Mrs. Mary Humphrey King; Mrs. Ernest C. Wheeler, Mrs. Clarke Gabel, Mrs. Clyde (Gertrude) Martin, Mrs. Stevens (Charlotte) Sanderson and Mrs. Ross D. (Kathryn) Wright. (T.Times 8/8/1942 p.4)

Buckmaster, Dorothy G.--Homes & haunts; Buckmaster, Dorothy G.; Tacoma Philharmonic Association (Tacoma); Ward, Anne; King, Mary Humphrey; Martin, Gertrude; Sanderson, Charlotte; Wright, Kathryn D.;

Entrance to lobby of Washington Building. Clow's Grill to the left at 1017 Pacific, The Camera Shop to the right at 1021. For Safeway Stores, whose regional office was in Suite 920 of the Washington Building.

Buildings - Office Buildings - Tacoma - Washington Building Business Enterprises - Grocery Stores - Chain Stores - Safeway Stores

On Sunday November 1, 1942, all of Tacoma turned in their scrap metal for the Salvage for Victory drive. One of the larger pieces was a 4,000 pound safe donated by Burnett Brothers Jewelers. The safe had been in the Burnett family for 40 years. Union volunteers solved the problem of how to get it on the truck by using a crane and pulley mounted on a second truck. Pictured to the right of the truck are L.H. Burnett (in the suit), president of the jewelery company, and Harry Satterlee (far right), secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Warehouseman's Union. For the drive, local businesses loaned the trucks and the unions supplied the muscle. Over 2,000 tons was collected, three times the expected collection. (TNT 11/4/1942, pg. 15)

Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Burnett, Louis H.; Satterlee, Harry; World War, 1939-1945--Scrap drives; Safes;

On October 1, 1942, union leaders met with Tacoma Mayor Harry Cain in his office to map out plans for their involvement in the upcoming salvage drive. Seated are, left to right, John Jacobs, Teamsters #313 and collection chairman, and Mayor Harry Cain. Standing are Harry Saterlee, left, Teamsters, and Norman Shut, Building Service Employees Union. The plan that evolved was that the Teamsters would supply vehicles and drivers, and the Service Employees labor. On Sunday, November 1, this group would collect scrap from every parking strip in the city. (T. Times 10/2/1942, pg. 4)

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Jacobs, John; Saterlee, Harry; Shut, Norman; World War, 1939-1945--Scrap drives; Labor unions--Tacoma;

Mayor Cain congratulates A.E. Albrecht on his promising group of thirteen Naval recruits on August 17,1942. Albrecht runs the local recruiting station with the assistance of D.M. Kelley (in uniform at right.) The group is standing on the steps of the City Hall Annex (formerly the Northern Pacific Headquarters Building). The recruits are Harold Robert Gillam, Roland L. LaClair, Charles J. McQueen, William L. Viafore, Peter J. Marzano, Chester M. Christopherson, Milton O. Windh, Ellsworth M. Evje, Bernard W. Erdahl, William J. Green, Gilbert P. Bloom, James B. Atkins Jr. and Varrel L. Smith. (T. Times 8/18/1942 p.3)

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Albrecht, A.E.; Kelley, D.M.; World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma;

October 15-30, 1942 was the fund raising campaign for Tacoma's War Chest. The War Chest was a branch of the Community Chest that specifically funded wartime charities, such as the USO and refugee relief groups. Part of the publicity for the upcoming drive was a play that emphasized that volunteers would be going to homes and businesses to collect donations and pledges for the drive.The campaign was very successful, it went over the top of the goal at $369,822, two days before the end of the drive.

Charitable organizations--Tacoma; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Publicity for Community Chest, photograph taken at the Tacoma Community Chest office, Room 409, Provident Building. A new committee of educators had recently been formed to introduce Tacoma public school students to the War Chest and its aims. Frank Gorow, director of the Department of Visual Education in Tacoma Public Schools, displays one of the War Chest posters at a committee meeting on August 12, 1942. Pictured, left to right, are Gorow, Miss Mary T. Pakenham, Mrs. Myrtle MacLennan, Miss Lola E. Friars and Mrs. M.D. (Blanche) Wilkinson. (T.Times 8/13/1942 p.4)

Charitable organizations--Tacoma; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Teachers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gorow, Frank; Pakenham, Mary; MacLennan, Myrtle; Friars, Lola; Wilkinson, Blanche;

View looking south on Pacific Avenue from north of South 9th Street. Major buildings on left are Drury, Provident, Anderson, Washington and Puget Sound Bank. For Safeway Stores.

City Views - Tacoma - Pacific Avenue

View looking south on Pacific Avenue from north of South 9th Street. Major buildings on left are Drury, Provident, Anderson, Washington and Puget Sound Bank. For Safeway Stores.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Mickey (Mrs. J.E.) Colyar smiles at the camera on September 4, 1942 after being arrested on charges of sugar hoarding by employees of the Office of Price Administration (OPA.) Mrs. Colyar had obtained 1,100 pounds of sugar on the black market after the imposition of sugar rationing. Penalties could include up to $10,000 in fines and one year in prison. Mrs. Colyar stated that she was aware that she had acquired the sugar by illegal means, but she needed it to make her "home brew." The sugar was confiscated, but the paper did not state what happened to the brew. (T. Times 9/4/1942, pg. 1)

Colyar, Mickey; Consumer rationing--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects of war--Tacoma;

This photograph of the modern, Art-deco style Mottau Building was taken for Safeway Stores one year after the building opened. At its opening, the Tacoma News Tribune wrote: "The K street district may well be proud of this new addition to the several modern buildings erected there in the past two or three years." Russell & Lance, architects, designed the aluminum- and Virolite-clad (polished green and black glass) building for Pauline Mottau. It replaced an early 1880s structure, a two-story, Queen Anne-style wooden building with five stores on the first floor and apartments above. Mottau's husband, Robert, built two of Tacoma's first hotels in the early 1880s--the St. Charles and the Villard--and later built several apartment buildings in Tacoma. In 2000, the Mottau Building was razed for construction of another new building in the district where other older structures are being replaced with new additions. (T.N.T., 10/6/1933, p. 13).

Commercial buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business districts--Tacoma; Grocery stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Appliance stores--Tacoma; Paulson's Radios & Appliances (Tacoma); Mottau Building (Tacoma); Safeway Stores, Inc. (Tacoma);

Interior of Broadway Branch, Puget Sound National Bank General View. Wooden counter with glass partitions, fancy wall covering and light fixtures, terrazzo flooring and countertops. Fueled by the wartime economy and the able leadership of bank president Reno Odlin, Puget Sound Bank began to grow dramatically. With the increased business, the bank needed additional help as well as replacements for those men serving in the war. The bank could not find enough employees to cover both the Broadway and the Lincoln branches, as well as the main branch. The Broadway branch was closed and the main branch remodeled in 1942.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;

Interior of Broadway Branch, Puget Sound National Bank. Wooden counter from customer's side. Glass partitions, fancy wall covering and light fixtures, terrazzo flooring and countertops. Fueled by the wartime economy and the able leadership of bank president Reno Odlin, Puget Sound Bank began to grow dramatically. With the increased business, the bank needed additional help as well as replacements for those men serving in the war. The bank could not find enough employees to cover both the Broadway and the Lincoln branches, as well as the main branch. The Broadway branch was closed and the main branch remodeled in 1942.

Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;

Publicity for Community Chest; volunteer war workers gathered around a table. 4 young women seated around table, one woman talking on telephone, 9 women standing and observing work. Office equipment and calendar in background.

Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma;

An unidentified woman is pictured with "War Chest," a very live and voluble duck used in the October 1942 fund raising campaign to help the participants work a little harder. "War Chest" was awarded to the individual raising the least amount of money. He was required to feed and care for the duck until he improved his financial position and then pass the duck on to the next low man. Most workers spent the two weeks of the campaign trying to "duck the duck."

Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; Charitable organizations--Tacoma; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ducks;

Frank Taylor, center, one of the leaders in the payroll division of Tacoma's War Chest Campaign cheerfully accepts $66,000 worth of pledges collected at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard. They were collected by John Wyckoff, right, and Homer "Chips" Ferris, left, and presented to Mr. Taylor at the October 22, 1942 "report luncheon" at the Elks Lodge. Mr. Wyckoff was an engineer in the hull department but he also served as the editor of the yard's paper "The Rudder" and the recreational director at the yard. Mr. Ferris was a foreman in the maintenance department. (TNT 10/23/1942, pg. 1)

Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; Charitable organizations--Tacoma; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma)--People; Taylor, Frank; Wyckoff, John; Ferris, Homer;

Determined to live up to their slogan "Keep 'em rolling on the road," the members of the Women's Emergency Motor Corps in Tacoma were instructed in the fundamentals of automobile motors by Tony Falsetta (pointing at engine), the shop superintendent at Titus Motor Co. in December 1942. Capt. Iris Bryan, the head of the Corps, is to the right of the instructor; Leon Titus is kneeling at the right. The women are studying a cut-away chassis donated by the Ford Motor Co. In case of an emergency, the members of the Corps would drive the city's ambulances and emergency vehicles. They also needed to know how to repair them. Classes were held at the Titus shop on Thursday evenings. Members of the Corps were given an intensive 8 week course in mechanics, designed to enable them to make minor repairs on the road. (TNT 12/30/1942, pg. 9- picture; T. Times 12/30/1942, pg. 3)

Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mechanics (persons)--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; Women's Emergency Motor Corps (Tacoma); Bryan, Iris; Falsetta, Tony; Titus, Leon E.;

Tacoma's own, Bing Crosby (center), arrives at Union Depot. Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby in Tacoma on May 3, 1903. He lived in Tacoma until his family relocated to Spokane around 1906. He would be headlining at a War Bond show at Tacoma's Liberty Center on August 6, 1942 with comedians Phil Silvers and Rags Ragland. He would also be entertaining the troops at Fort Lewis. Tacoma is noted for her numerous celebrities including: singer and actress Janis Paige, actress Dyan Cannon and flying ace Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington.

Crosby, Bing; Singers; Entertainers; Celebrities--Tacoma; War bonds & funds; World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

Young sailor Vernon Stewart Cunningham tries a change of hats following his repatriation ceremony in the office of Federal Court judge Charles H. Leavy. He was one of 22 foreign born soldiers to take the oath of allegiance to the US. Mr. Cunningham was born in Canada in 1910 of American parents. He grew up in this area, graduating from Stadium High School. He gained fame locally as an artist and sculptor. He had served for a year with the Royal Canadian Navy as a British subject. They had utilized his art talent, assigning him to illustrating books, pamphlets and decorating the naval chapel. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he decided to return to the US, hoping to see some action with the US Navy. He was given an honorable discharge from the Canadian Navy with the understanding that he would enlist in the US Navy. He did see action with the Navy, losing the sight in one eye and the practical use of his left hand to enemy fire in the Solomons. (T. Times 1/7/1943 p.1)

Cunningham, Vernon S.; Sailors;

Guests at the newest U.S.O. in Tacoma line up for refreshments during the center's formal opening on September 4, 1942. The facility on Commerce St. was the first of the U.S.O. centers in Tacoma designated for servicemen of color. Ray C. Vaughn, director, expressed his appreciation for the creation of a U.S.O. club to meet the recreational needs of soldiers of color. It would especially be necessary due to the fact that a growing Fort Lewis would mean more soldiers of all races. (TNT 9-1-42, p. 4, TNT 9-6-42, A-12).

Dedications--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Military life--Tacoma; African American soldiers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Eating & drinking--Tacoma--1940-1950; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

On September 4, 1942, as part of the dedication of Tacoma's newest U.S.O., "topfight jitterbuggists" Pvt. Harold Williams and Elizabeth Brown demonstrated their fancy footwork for an appreciative audience. The facility was packed with members of the Armed Forces and their guests. Also in attendance were Governor Arthur B. Langlie and Mayor Harry P. Cain, who were both involved in the dedication ceremonies. Because the U.S. military services were still segregated in 1942, a separate U.S.O. was opened to serve servicemen of color. (TNT 9-1-42, p. 4, TNT 9-6-42, p. A-12)

Dedications--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Military life--Tacoma; African American soldiers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Jitterbug dancing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Williams, Harold; Brown, Elizabeth; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950;