Klopfenstein Clothiers, Spring models at Ferry Museum. Left to right: Malpherson Klopfenstein, Jeanne Comfort, and Don Baker pose in front of west portico of classical revival building designed by architect George Bullard. (T. Times, 3/7/1939, p. 18).

Ferry Museum (Tacoma); Klopfenstein, Malpherson; Comfort, Jeanne; Baker, Don; Klopfensteins (Tacoma); Fashion models--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Good weather drew 600 attendees to the 12th annual Dash Point Dock Dinner Dance. Activities during the day included: swimming, diving, rowboat races, log rolling, and the greased pole event. Here a group of boys are moving a log along the beach in the surf. (T.Times, 7/21/1938, p. 3).

Festivals--Dash Point; Dance parties--Dash Point; Children playing in water--Dash Point;

Y.M.B.C. (Young Men's Business Club) Water Carnival at Point Defiance. On April 24, 1938, the first water carnival was held as a farewell ceremony for the Tacoma built fishing vessel "Western Explorer." The event was planned by the Y.M.B.C. to promote Tacoma's shipbuilding industry, but it was so immensely popular that it became an annual event. An unidentified large yacht is anchored in the bay for the Carnival. (T.Times, 4/25/1938, p. 1).

Festivals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Boats--Tacoma; Yachts--Tacoma;

Y.M.B.C. (Young Men's Business Club) Water Carnival at Point Defiance. The April 1938 event attracted 25,000 spectators. The decking around the Pavilion was filled with people. Traffic and parking were bottlenecked. The carnival was so popular that it became an annual event. (T.Times, 4/25/1938, p.1).

Festivals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Point Defiance Boat House (Tacoma);

Cooney Tranfer & Storage Company fire. Seven firemen spraying water from truck and ground level. (T. Times).

Fires--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cooney Transfer & Storage Co. (Tacoma);

Fourth of July celebration 1938 at Stadium Bowl. Japanese family and others in crowded bleachers look skyward to see the bursting fireworks display presented by the Hitt Fireworks Company. Over 15,000 people attended the evening's entertainments, including a band concert, drill teams, mounted teams and the pyrotechnic display celebrating the 162nd anniversary of America's declaring independence. TPL-4488 (T. Times, 7/5/1938, p. 3).

Fireworks--1930-1940; Holidays--1930-1940; Fourth of July celebrations; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

Fishing Derby in Bremerton. Two men holding large fish, possibly the winners in the Derby.

Fishermen--Bremerton; Salmon; Fishing--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Steelhead Trout weighing 21-1/2 pounds caught by Sam Rabstoff in Clearwater River, Quinault district. Rabstoff poses with catch in front of Tapp's Tackle Store. (T.Times, 2/24/1938, p. 15).)

Fishermen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fishing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rabstoff, Sam; Tapp's Tackle Store (Tacoma); Fishing & hunting gear; Trout;

1938 Daffodil Parade. Large crowds gathered around the Daffodil Queen Bliss I and her attendants in an elaborate reviewing stand constructed at 10th and Pacific. Bliss Lundrigan, a 17 year old senior at Puyallup High School, is the reigning Queen, attended by Bernice Daniel of Tacoma, left, and Agnes Kucemba of Sumner. The trio appear in their official robes, a first for Daffodil royalty. An estimated 30,000 people attended the parade in Tacoma which continued on into the valley.

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Lundrigan, Bliss; Daniel, Bernice; Kucemba, Agnes;

In October of 1938, the "Red Pig" on the Tacoma-Seattle highway one-half-mile past Fife, a "smart dining spot," was under the new management of Joe Fox and his sister-in-law Bernice Fox. Bernice and Joe were photographed working behind the lunch counter. The restaurant had been refitted and redecorated, and the menu had undergone an overhaul, emphasizing variety and quality.The roadside diner featured steak, chicken, and hamburgers. Previous owner Earl Smith had opened the restaurant in May of 1937. (T. Times, 10/26/1938, p. 7). (Corrected identification provided by a reader)

Fox, Bernice; Fox, Joe; Red Pig Restaurant (Fife); Restaurants--Fife--1930-1940;

George G. Franklin, owner of Franklin Food Stores, stands in the snow in his front yard on January 31, 1938. His home, a large, elegant brick structure with Gothic detail in sandstone around doorway and around 12-over-12 leaded windows, was the former Weyerhauser estate known as "Haddaway Hall." Mr. Franklin purchased the house from the Weyerhaeuser estate after the death of J.P. Weyerhaeuser. He renamed it "Seamont." (T. Times)

Franklin, George G.; Franklin, George G.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snow;

Virginia Bowden (Boden) (second from right), skiing with the Washington Ski Club of Seattle, won the Rhodes Brothers Trophy at the 7th Annual Tacoma Winter Sports Carnival held in February of 1938 on Mt. Rainier. Ms. Bowden appears to be talking to Gretchen Kunigk (far right) of Tacoma who came in with the 5th best time. Also pictured are: (l to r) Ellis-Ayr Smith of Tacoma, who came in 3rd; Shirley McDonald of Tacoma, who came in 4th; Ethlynne "Skit" Smith Babson of Portland, who came in 2nd; and an unidentified announcer with KVI radio. The new 20" perpetual trophy, with "spun-ray" finish, was donated by the Rhodes Bros. Department Store to the winner of the women's open slalom race held in Paradise Valley on February 13, 1938. The 1938 winner's name was engraved on the trophy and she was awarded a gold sports bracelet courtesy of the store. Ten years later Gretchen Kunigk Fraser won a gold medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. (T.Times 2-9-38, p. 7, 2-14-38, p. 1, 11) ALBUM 9.

Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994; Skiers; Awards; Smith, Ellis-Ayr; Babson, Ethlynne; Smith, Ethlynne;

Shriners of the Afifi temple. Floyd Kinnear, Robert P. Allen, W.H.Mierow, Walter Sutter, Clinton Hull, and E.M. Densmore are on the committee in charge of Tacoma's Temple's Golden Jubilee ceremony and ball. Framed photographs show Tacoma in 1888 including a view of Pacific Avenue looking north and cargo ships docked near a lumber company. (T.Times, 12/1/1938, p. 18).

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Afifi Temple (Tacoma); Kinnear, Floyd; Allen, Robert P.; Mierow, W.H.; Sutter, Walter H.; Hull, Clinton C.; Densmore, E.M.;

The 23rd Annual convention of the Northwest Loyal Order of Moose was held in Tacoma in July of 1938. Over 2500 members of 32 lodges from all parts of the Northwest, covering Alaska to the California border and east to Montana, descended on the Winthrop Hotel, convention headquarters. Over 1000 participated in the parade held on July 22nd, from its formation at 7th & Pacific to its conclusion at the Winthrop. Here women in white uniforms are pictured marching down a Tacoma street. (T. Times 7/21/1938, pg. 1 plus succeeding dates)

Fraternal organizations; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Loyal Order of Moose (Tacoma);

From left to right, Dick Williver, Bill Barlow, Bernice Johnson and Marnie Keller were four of the young teens invited to the informal dance party held on September 3, 1938 at Lakewood Terrace to celebrate the end of summer. Five young hosts, including Dick Williver, sponsored the party; one of the last social affairs before the beginning of the new school term. (T.Times 9-3-38, p. 9) This is a cropped photograph of D7444-3

Gates--Lakewood; Teenagers; Williver, Dick; Barlow, Bill; Johnson, Bernice; Keller, Marnie;

Pictured are six of the seven Tacoma senior Girl Scouts who last year took a "gypsy trip" from Camp Wildwood in Portland, Oregon, to Camp Merriweather in Tillamook. Left to right: Mary McDonald, Marian Hartwich, Peggy Shaw, Jane Loren, Jane Lund, Julia Schwalen. Not picture is Betty Lou Card. The previous summer's trip took them from the Portland Girl Scout camp to Eugene Oregon and on to the coed Tillamook Camp, where they were the guests of the Boy Scouts. A similar trip is planned for August this year from local Camp St. Albans. The trip, as well as other St Albans innovations, will be financed by the "Cookie Crunch," Jan. 23-Feb. 6th, when the girls take advance orders for Girl Scout cookies. New to St. Albans this year will be a Pioneer Unit for senior girls, sailing trips for the Mariner division and the first time admission of Brownies to camp. Camp St. Albans is featured in the framed sketch in the background. (T. Times 1/25/1939, pg. 9; 1/28/1939, pg. 4)

Girl Scouts (Tacoma); McDonald, Mary; Hartwich, Marian; Shaw, Peggy; Loren, Jane; Lund, Jane; Schwalen, Julia;

Martha Graham gracefully lifted her arms in an interpretive dance during a April 1, 1937, appearance sponsored by the Tacoma Junior League. Miss Graham, born on May 11, 1894, was already a major force in modern dance by 1937 having already performed in sixty concerts in New York alone. Accompanied by musical director Louis Horst, Miss Graham and her troupe of twelve American girls were received by an enthusiastic audience in the Jason Lee Auditorium; her dance "Lamentation, " created in 1930, being perhaps the most popular. Proceeds from Miss Graham's performance were earmarked for the Well Baby Clinic at the County Hospital, a project of the Tacoma Junior League. Miss Graham would dance and choreograph for over 70 years and received many honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976. She died on April 1, 1991, exactly 54 years after her Tacoma appearance. TPL-5108. ALBUM 8. (T.Times 4-1-37, p. 3, 4-2-37, p. 8)

Graham, Martha, 1893-1991; Dancers--Tacoma;

Stack cleaners and workmen at Fisher Flouring Mills. Two men are barely visible at the top of one of two tall smokestacks at the flour mill. Wooden mill building with advertising sign "Fisher's Blend Flour". (T. Times).

Grain industry--Tacoma; Flour & meal industry--Tacoma; Fisher Flouring Mills (Tacoma);

Two men are barely visible, at the stop of the Fisher Flour Mills smoke stacks, in a photograph taken on January 7, 1937. Ordered by the Fisher Flour Mills.

Grain industry--Tacoma; Flour & meal industry--Tacoma; Fisher Flouring Mills (Tacoma); Smokestacks--Tacoma;

Two women peer cautiously through the bars on a shipping crate that was just delivered to the Point Defiance Zoo. The June 27, 1938 News Tribune announced the arrival in Tacoma of a two year old female grizzly bear. She had come from Yellowstone National Park, and was to join the zoo's male grizzly already on exhibit. Unfortunately, her new male companion was not waiting for her. He had escaped from his cage on June 14th, and was loose on the north end of Tacoma. He was not captured until July 3rd. (T. Times 6/27/1938, pg. 3)

Grizzly Bears; Zoo--Tacoma--1930-1940; Zoo keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940

Miss Peggy Grumbling, in the standing row in "Devil" costume, played hostess to several of her friends at this pre-Halloween costume party, held at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfeus Grumbling. Second from left in the standing row is Betty Wilbur. Seated in the front, beginning at second from the left, are Charlotte Dowling, Betty Magnuson and Elnor Deimer. The girls had a buffet dinner and played Halloween games. (T. Times 10/31/1838, pg. 11)

Halloween; Costumes; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Grumbling, Peggy; Wilbur, Betty; Dowling, Charlotte; Magnuson, Betty; Deimer, Elnor;

Lincoln High School Basketball coach Bill Hardie takes on all comers. He is running drills, preparing the team for its game against arch rival Stadium High School Tigers. (T. Times, 1/19/1939, p. 15).

Hardie, Bill; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Basketball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Basketball--Tacoma; Gymnasiums--Tacoma;

Highway Truck Equipment Company, truck wreckers. Interior of auto shop; truck chassis, bench, tools, sink.

Highway Truck Co. (Tacoma);

Margaret and Michael Orr, children of Dwight and Margaret Orr, seated at small, carved table playing Chinese checkers; Dwight Jr. and large Christmas tree behind them in this photograph dated January 4, 1939.

Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940; Christmas decorations; Christmas trees--Tacoma; Orr, Dwight--Family; Orr, Michael; Orr, Margaret; Orr, Dwright; Children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Checkers;

ca. 1938. Interior of murder scenes taken for lawyer Steve O'Brien. Wood-sided room appears to be a speakeasy or brothel. Two men wearing suits and fedora hats stand beside a counter; door at rear contains several bolts and locks and has a slide-open viewing cut-out.

Homicides;

Portrait of Al Hostak, sensational Seattle middleweight boxer. Referred to as Al "Homicide" Hostak, bitter-fisted "killer" in Tacoma Times article of 10/14/1937. Hostak would go on to defeat Tacoma native and champion Freddie Steele later during the summer of 1938 to become the U.S. and National Boxing Association middleweight champion. (T. Times, 6/25/1938, p. 13).

Hostak, Al; Boxers (Sports)--Seattle--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Henry Querrette, affectionately known as "Chips," prepares pancakes on the beach near Hood Canal. His tent is held up by a large piece of driftwood and weighted down with stones. Chips has been a sailor, cowboy, lumberjack and home builder. He has retired to this beautiful and wild corner of Western Washington, backed by the Olympic Mountain range. (filed with Argentum)

Querrette, Henry; Tents; Outdoor cookery--1930-1940; Campfires;

ca. 1925. An elevated view of Defiance Lumber Company shows part of the facilities with a ship docked along Commencement Bay. The company was started in 1905 when L.L. Doud and others acquired a quarter of a mile of waterfront along the bay and installed the sawmill. In 1927 L.L. Doud was president of the company, Lee L. Doud served as secretary-treasurer and manager, and Donald H. Doud, sales manager. (TNT 8/10/1927) (filed with Argentum)

Defiance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Military men in field, some looking through scopes; Washington National Guard encampment "Camp Draper." (filed with Argentum)

Washington National Guard (Wash.); Camp Murray (Wash.); Military uniforms; Military personnel;

The military man in the center is speaking on a field telephone, while the man on the left operates the unit, during the June 1934 Washington National Guard training encampment at Camp Murray. The other men in the photograph have additional rolls of wire and a shovel and pick for laying the wire.

Camp Murray (Wash.); Military personnel; Washington National Guard (Wash.); Communication devices--1930-1940;