ca. 1934. Advertising billboard for Community Chest, "A Light in the Darkness," Nov. 13-26. In front of billboard is real estate sign: "This Choice Property For Sale." Based on the success of the War Chest in World War I, the Community Chest plan was proposed to help individuals join their forces together to help those in need in their own communities. It was the precursor to United Way. (WSHS)

Billboards--Tacoma; Tacoma Community Chest (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Willis Meacham, photographer. Wrecked automobile on A Street at intersection with South 10th. Truck stacked high with lumber and touring sedan automobile with crunched rear fender and spoke wheel. Mason Block, Fairmont Hotel, and other buildings. The Fairmont Hotel was in the Mason Block, developed by Allen C. Mason in 1887. It was demolished and is now the site of the Weyerhaeuser Building. (WSHS)

Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940; Business districts--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fairmont Hotel (Tacoma);

ca. 1935. Washington State Liquor Board. Bottling Department interior.

Washington State Liquor Control Board (Wash.); Liquor stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;Alcoholic beverages; Government regulation--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bottling industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Beverage industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Washington State Liquor Board. Bottling Department interior.

Washington State Liquor Control Board (Wash.); Liquor stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;Alcoholic beverages; Government regulation--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bottling industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Beverage industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Washington State Liquor Board. Loading platform. Men load cases of liquor on dollies for truck transport to state run liquor stores.

Washington State Liquor Control Board (Wash.); Liquor stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;Alcoholic beverages; Government regulation--Tacoma--1930-1940; Warehouses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Ray Gamble at home with his collection of carved elephants arranged on a porch step. So large and so valuable was the collection that his home became known as "The Elephant House." At the height of his collection, it was comprised of around 3,000 elephants worth approximately $300,000, estimated to be the world's largest collection. They ranged in size from smaller than a man's hand to over 500 pounds; and from the dimestore variety to priceless works of art carved from stone, teak, ivory or jade and set with precious stones. Mr. Gamble collected them as good luck tokens. He believed in their ability to create luck due to an incident in his early days as a fish store owner when he traded a package of shrimp with a Chinese seaman for a tiny wooden elephant. Not more than a half hour later, a standing debt was paid by a prominent attorney with a $20 dollar gold piece. The next day, Mr. Gamble bought his second elephant and his collection was begun. Gamble also collected ancient and international ceramic tiles and dice carved from precious stones. (Seattle Times 2/18/1968)

Gamble, Ray, 1886-1972--Homes & haunts; Gamble, Ray, 1886-1972; Collectors--Tacoma; Elephants;

ca. 1935. Two men admire Ray Gamble's collection of carved elephants arranged around the Walker Cut Stone fireplace. So large and valuable was the collection that he expanded this room into other rooms and filled them with glass cases to house the collection. Photograph torn in upper right corner. By 1965, his collection was composed of over 3,000 elephants, the world's largest. The good luck charms covered most surfaces in his home. In addition to being a collector, Mr. Gamble was also known as a magician and a millionaire business entrepreneur. He parlayed collecting sawdust from the lumber mills into the world's largest "wood flour" business. He developed the wood flour industry, which was found to be valuable as a stabilizer for explosives, such as those manufactured in DuPont. After 20 years, he sold his business to Menasha Tacoma Corporation. (Seattle Times 2-18-1968, TNT 11-21-1965)

Gamble, Ray, 1886-1972--Homes & haunts; Gamble, Ray, 1886-1972; Collectors--Tacoma; Elephants;

ca. 1935. Advertisement for Pamudo Plywood: "The wise bird chooses Pamudo Douglas Fir plywood." Illustration painted on a sheet of plywood of an owl sitting on a tree branch. Pamudo Plywood was manufactured by Olympia Veneer Company and distributed by Pacific Mutual Door Company.

Plywood; Olympia Veneer Company (Olympia); Pacific Mutual Door Company (Tacoma); Advertisements; Logos;

ca. 1935. Advertisement for Pamudo Plywood. "The biggest name in plywood--Pamudo Douglas Fir plywood." Illustration painted on a sheet of plywood of an elephant. Manufactured by Olympia Veneer Company and distributed by Pacific Mutual Door Company. (WSHS)

Plywood; Olympia Veneer Company (Olympia); Pacific Mutual Door Company (Tacoma); Advertisements; Logos;

ca. 1935. Kids coasting. Children on sleds in snow in front yard of house. TPL-5467 (T. Times)

Sleds & sleighs--Tacoma; Snow--Tacoma; Children playing in snow--Tacoma;

ca. 1935. Snow scenes in Tacoma, 1935. A young boy in a cap pauses in the process of making a snowman to smile up at the camera.

Snow--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snowmen; Children playing in snow;

ca. 1935. Group of three unidentified young women sitting by tiled fireplace with wood surround and mantle. For Mrs. Brady, Tacoma Times, Society.

Women--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Skiers at entrance to Paradise Inn, Mt. Rainier National Park, at dusk in January of 1935. A snow tunnel leads into the Inn and skiers can be seen coming out of the tunnel.

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Skiers; Skiing; Winter sports; Snow; Paradise Inn (Wash.);

Young Mary Hooker, the daughter of Ellen and Albert H. Hooker, Jr., curled-up in a chair with her pet dog.

Dogs; Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hooker, Albert H.--Family; Hooker, Mary;

ca. 1935. Exterior view of Ray Gamble Building, circa 1935, ordered by Stanley Morrison. The structure was built in 1929 by Ray Gamble. Located at the right corner storefront is Nelson Drugs. The storefront to the left of the drugstore was the home of Ray Sowers Jewelry from 1929 until 1971. Much of the ground floor of the building is now occupied by Knapp's Restaurant. (filed with Argentum)

Gamble Building (Tacoma);

This night view taken at the corner of Commerce and 11th Street South shows the storefront of the Bone Dry Shoe Store which occupied two floors of the Rust Building for shoe sales and repairs. Motto: "Bone-Dry Shoes outwear them all." First United Mutual Savings Bank, right, another Rust Building tenant.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Commerce Street storefront window of Bone Dry Shoe Store, which occupied two floors of the Rust Building for shoe sales and repairs. Display features fishing creels and rods. Sign: "Campers and Outdoor Sportsmen Bone-Dry Shoes will keep your feet Warm and Dry in all Weather".

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Window displays;

Part of a series for Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company and Store. Display window of men's dress shoes with sign: "Pre-Showing of Smart Holiday Styles". Shoe signs: "The Clipper $3.85", "The Riverside $4.45", "The Century $4.45", and others.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Window displays;

ca. 1935. Bone-Dry shoes. A man with a pipe poses in a aura of blinding light, possibly for a catalog layout, circa 1935. He wears knee high, laced boots, shaped to fit his legs snugly. The boots are possibly Alpine hiking boots or hunting boots. Bone-Dry specialized in work and sport shoes and boots.

Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Boots; Fashion models--Tacoma--1930-1940; Posing; Men--Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Shoe maker cuts pattern for toe of boot as part of the assembly process in making leather high-top work shoes and hiking boots which the company specialized in. Several patterns and pieces of leather on table.

Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Factories--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Three shoe makers cutting patterns for leather high-top work shoes or hiking boots which the company specialized in. Three men cutting patterns at table which is well lit with large windows and overhead lights.

Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Factories--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Western Retail Lumbermen's Association Convention. Three women man the registration desk. They are, left to right, Pauline Winkler, Pacific States Lumber Co., Catherine O'Day, Pacific National Lumber Co., and Irene Jones, Red Shingle Bureau of Seattle. Over 600 members and their wives attended the three day convention held in Tacoma. (T. Times 2/21/1935, pg. 1)

Western Retail Lumbermen's Association (Wash.); Winkler, Pauline; O'Day, Catherine; Jones, Irene;

Officers of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association; in Tacoma for a 3 day convention. Left to right are C.W. Gamble, Boise Idaho, elected chairman of the district code committee, Roy S. Brown, Spokane, secretary-treasurer and Henry W. Trask, Missoula, Mt., president of Association. Members from six states (Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho and Montana) attended the convention. (T. Times 2/21/1935, pg. 1) (WSHS)

Western Retail Lumbermen's Association (Wash.); Gamble, C.W.; Brown, Roy S.; Trask, Henry;

The John Dower Lumber Co. float in the 1935 Daffodil Parade. This floral tribute was the first prize winner in Division IV, commercial entries. It displayed a miniature house, all constructed of daffodils, with real glass windows.

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Tacoma);

The viewing stand for the 1935 Daffodil Parade, a daffodil fountain erected in Broadway Square, at 9th and Broadway. The framework for the fountain was 25 feet square and 25 feet high and was constructed by carpenters on loan from the Fisher Co., Rhodes Department store and the Hotel Winthrop. Into its chicken wire framework were thrust 100,000 daffodil blossoms, giving it a fresh, sunny yellow glow. Over 175,000 blossoms were used to decorate Pacific Avenue and over a million were used on the floats. (filed with Argentum)

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Tacoma);

Queen Margaret Thomas, floral ruler of the 1935 Daffodil Festival, and her court wait on their float, built by Tacoma Distributors, for the parade to get started. Queen Margaret I rules from a throne graced with flower covered replicas of enormous daffodils. The weather for the Saturday parade was the expected brisk Spring morning. People gearing up to view the daffodil fields on Sunday were surprised by an unseasonable sprinkling of snow.

Thomas, Margaret; Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Tacoma);

Merrill Almanac's entry in the 1935 Daffodil Parade. Two people pose by a decorated basket with "Merrill Almanac" on its side by the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park. (filed with Argentum)

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Tacoma); Seymour Conservatory (Tacoma); Wright Park (Tacoma); Greenhouses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Flower bedecked automobile used as Tacoma Seed Company float in the 1935 Daffodil Parade, parked in front of the Seymour Conservatory at Wright's Park. Sign on float reads "Tacoma Seed Co. headquarters for Von Zonnevelt Farm Bulbs."

Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Tacoma); Seymour Conservatory (Tacoma); Wright Park (Tacoma); Greenhouses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Interior of H. Berger and Son's newest store at 8108 South Tacoma Way. Canned food display, woman in apron at center. This was the fourth retail store opened by Henry Berger and his four sons. (filed with Argentum)

H. Berger & Sons (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Members of the flute section of the Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra prepare for the third concert of the season. The flautists are, left to right, Ruth Clark, Lois May Morton and Patricia Langdon. (T. Times 3/23/1935, pg. 1)

Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra (Tacoma); Orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940;