On October 30, 1941, the men of the 3rd Infantry, a division of Fort Lewis, march down the street in mass formation, suggesting the tremendous military power of the US. The line of marching men was over 6 miles long.

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950;

On April 6, 1942, the Army held its first wartime parade in downtown Tacoma. It was held on the anniversary of the US war declaration of World War I (4/6/1917). The parade included an whole infantry of soldiers, fully outfitted. They also demonstrated their current equipment, such as these light scout cars armed with automatic rifles. (T. Times 4/6/1942, pg.1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Soldiers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Marching--Tacoma--1940-1950; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--Tacoma;

Mrs. H.A. Anderson (left) and Mrs. J.L. M'Keenan posed at the home of Mrs. Espeland for a publicity picture for the Navy Wives Club. Mrs. Espeland is probably Elvira Espeland whose husband Berger was in the United States Navy. The two ladies pictured were co-chairmen of a card party to be given by the Club on June 30th at the Elks Club. The public was invited. (T. Times 6/27/1942, pg. 4)

Navy Wives Club (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma;

Publicity Picture- Red Cross nurses receive caps, Home Nursing Union Hall. These women are proud new additions to the Red Cross Volunteer Nurses' Aide Corps. They have completed 80 hours of preliminary training and will now give 150 hours of service assisting graduate nurses in the wards of local hospitals, after which certificates will be issued. On June 2, 1942, caps and pins were awarded to the ten graduates and a tea was held in their honor. Pictured in the seated row, left to right, are Ann Bradley, Jean Mohn, Mrs. A.D. Fay, Mrs. Charles R. Low (RN instructor), Mrs. G.W. Viert, Fay B. Shaw and Myrna Miller. Standing, L to R, Emery Asbury, Dorothea Schumacher, Katheryn Rankos, Adelina Innocenti, Anna Olson, Mary McLane, Mary Ann Hall and Milton J. Evans. Over 25, 000 nurses aides had been trained nationally in the past six months. Volunteers ranged in age from 18-50. (T. Times 6/3/1942, pg. 1)

Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950; American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma);

The new officers of the Pacific Lutheran Dormitory Auxiliary No. 2 pose in front of the College library. The group was formed as a fund raising body for the construction of a girl's dormitory at Pacific Lutheran College. The officers are, left to right, Thelma (Mrs. Stanley) Willis, Clarice (Mrs. R. L.) Renwick, Mrs.Gerhard Haakenson, Aileene (Mrs. E.W.) Wegner and Dorothy (Mrs. August F.) Gratzer. (T. Times 6/22/1942, pg. 6)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1940-1950; Willis, Thelma; Renwick, Clarice; Wegner, Aileene; Gratzer, Dorothy;

The Park Avenue Elementary School baseball team posed on June 1, 1942 on the school steps after winning the All City Grade School Championship. They defeated Rogers 15 to 2 to win the district title and Lowell 8 to 4 in the city finals. Pictured in the front row, left to right, are Mickey Selvy, George Chapin, Jack Cornelius, Joe Gangidino, and Russell Strasser. Middle row- Edward Munt, Ronald Elmore, Donald Yohe and Lennard Nelson. Back row- Coach Hopkins, Ronald Brewer, Kenneth Krebs, Kenneth Elmore and George Babcock. 1941-42 was a winning year for Park Ave.; they also won the All City Soccer title and caused a sensation at the all city track meet. (T. Times 6/6/1942, pg. 8-picture; T. Times 6/1/1942, pg. 1)

Park Avenue Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Awards; Baseball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Baseball players--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Two couples, dressed in the natty attire of the Gay Nineties, posed against colorful wallpaper of the Tacoma Country & Golf Club, on October 28, 1941. Each year club members and guests took part in a costume ball. (T. Times)

Parties--Lakewood; Costumes; Masquerades; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Wallpapers;

K Street business district looking south from the corner of So. 11th and K (Martin Luther King Jr. Way) as pictured on December 18, 1941. The store at the corner on the left is the Saratinos Brothers grocery and fish market, 1101 S. K. On the opposite corner is Paulson's radio and appliance store, 1102 So. K. Christmas decorations span the street providing a cheery look on an otherwise wet and cold winter day. (T. Times 12/19/1941 p.2)

Paulsons Radios & Appliances (Tacoma); Saratinos Brothers Market (Tacoma); Appliance stores--Tacoma; Christmas decorations; Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950;

On January 20, 1942, the nurses feed doughnuts to one of the hospital officials as they get ready to dedicate the new wing of the Pierce County Hospital. On the left is nurse Genevieve Houston.

Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Houston, Genevieve; Doughnuts; Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Eleanor Roosevelt, as assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense, came to Tacoma Saturday morning December 13, 1941 to meet with local civilian defense chiefs in Mayor Harry P. Cain's office. Mayor Cain arranged a meeting between Mrs. Roosevelt and a delegation of local, young, American-born Japanese who represented the Japanese American Joint Defense Corps. The delegation included (from l to r) Shigeko Tamaki, Shigeo Wakamatsu, Waichi Oyanagi, and Ted Nakamura. In her remarks to the defense chiefs she had said, " Give American born Japanese, and even Japanese nationals who lived in this country for years, who have children and grand children and who have bought defense bonds - give them every consideration." TPL-7964

Presidents' spouses; Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 1884-1962; Japanese Americans--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Tamaki, Shigeko; Wakamatsu, Shigeo; Oyanagi, Waichi; Nakamura, Ted;

Leaving a luncheon at University-Union Club are (L-R) John Boettiger (publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and son-in-law of the Roosevelts), First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Roosevelt Boettiger and Mayor Harry P. Cain. Automobile at curbside is a 1941 Plymouth. Mrs. Roosevelt is the head of the women's defense activities for the nation and was making several stops in the West Coast and Pacific Northwest to meet with state and local defense councils. (TNT 12-13-41, p. 1; TNT 12-15-41, p. 9) ALBUM 1.

Presidents' spouses; Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 1884-1962; Visits of state--Tacoma; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Boettiger, John; University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975;

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt receives a gift from Marjorie Cain during a luncheon at the University-Union Club on December 13, 1941. Mayor Harry P. Cain, holding a cigarette, is to the right of Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt was paying a short visit to Tacoma to speak to local civil defense leaders in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. She was accompanied by her daughter, Anna Eleanor Boettiger and Anna's husband, John. (TNT 12-13-41, p. 1, TNT 12-15-41, p. 9) ALBUM 1.

Presidents' spouses; Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 1884-1962; Visits of state--Tacoma; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Cain, Marjorie Dils, 1908-1994; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma;

Six days after Pearl Harbor, Eleanor (Mrs. Franklin D.) Roosevelt, Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, speaks to Tacoma Mayor Harry Cain and local Civilian Defense leaders about wartime issues in the Mayor's office at City Hall. Mayor Cain appears to be diligently taking notes on Mrs. Roosevelt's speech. After her stop in Tacoma, she went to another conference on civil defense in Seattle. (T.Times, 12-13-41, p. 1) ALBUM 1

Presidents' spouses; Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 1884-1962; Visits of state--Tacoma; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma;

Exterior of the new Puget Sound Plywood Inc. plant on the Tideflats. The plant was under construction in October of 1941. Photograph ordered by Timber Structures, Inc. of Portland. The plywood plant would open in 1942 as a cooperative.

Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound Plywood, Inc. (Tacoma); Plywood; Cooperatives--Tacoma;

Grant School students, three girls and three boys, with small Christmas tree and wrapped gifts.

Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Grant School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma; Holidays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Christmas trees; Christmas presents;

On December 6, 1941, the "Evergreen Bowl" football game, held in Tacoma at the Stadium Bowl, pitted the Washington State College Cougars against the Southwest Conference Champion Texas A & M Aggies. The WSC alumni association borrowed two cougars from the Washington state game farm near Steilacoom and paraded the streets of Tacoma with their mascots. The big "cats" were housed in a cage mounted on a gaudily-painted truck. A crowd estimated at 30,000 packed the Bowl for the afternoon game to see the Cougars put up a spirited fight before falling 7-0. WCS had a chance to transfer the game to the Cotton Bowl but did not let Tacoma down, giving the city a taste of big-time collegiate football. (T. Times 12/4/1941, pg. 13-alt. photo; T.Times 12-8-41, p. 15-article on game)

Pumas; Mascots; Football--Tacoma--1940-1950; Washington State College (Pullman)--Associated objects;

Seventeen entrants pose in the Puyallup High School auditorium during the annual judging of queen contestants for the 1942 Daffodil Festival. For the first time, the contest was open to girls from different locales. After much deliberation from the news photographers serving as judges and finally a coin toss, seventeen year old Shirley Nieman, sixth from left, a senior at Puyallup High School was chosen as the Daffodil Queen. Her attendants were Beverly Belfoy of Stadium High, Tacoma, and Elaine Steele, Sumner High senior. At the request of the Army, there was no parade in 1942 but all other events were held March 20-22. (TNT 2/25/1942, pg. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1942 : Puyallup); Nieman, Shirley;

Pop Reed at banquet held in his honor at Rau's Chicken Diner. Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.

Restaurants--Graham; Banquets--Graham--1940-1950; Rau's Club (Graham);

Christmas tree at C. F.Trendall and M. Evangeline Rowe residence. Rowe owned Tacoma Seed Company on Pacific Avenue.

Rowe, Charles Frederick Trendall--Homes & haunts; Holidays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Christmas trees; Christmas decorations;

Charles F. T. (Chen) Rowe stands next to Sanka, one of the horses that he boarded at the Point Defiance Riding Academy stables in October of 1941. Using the old barn and pasture that had been home to the park's herd of buffalo, the riding academy was founded in 1933. "Chen" Rowe was the owner of the Tacoma Seed Company, which was started by his father in 1919. Sanka was a direct descendent of the famed race horse, Man-o'-War. The 50 year old stable of the riding academy was destroyed by a fire in August of 1964. The 15 boarded horses huddled in the flaming structure, too frightened to move, until Sanka broke free of the knot and leapt over a Dutch door to safety. She led 12 more horses to safety; two perished in the flames. Sanka was feted as a hero. The 33 year old thoroughbred mare died approximately two months later of old age. (TNT 10/4/1964, pg. B-10)

Rowe, Charles Frederick Trendall; Horses--Tacoma; Point Defiance Riding Academy (Tacoma);

On December 9, 1941 Captain Fola Bolkcom of the Salvation Army served coffee and doughnuts to a group of air raid wardens, police officers and state patrolmen on the night after Tacoma's first wartime blackout. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, drawing the U.S. into World War II, the Pacific Northwest with its coastal location was considered a prime target for attack from the air. The Salvation Army's mobile canteen brought free hot coffee and doughnuts to Tacoma's air raid wardens, police, state patrolmen and coast guardsmen while they were on duty at night. Manning's donated the coffee; the doughnuts came from the U.S.O. - Salvation Army unit. (T.Times 12/10/1941 p.7)

Salvation Army (Tacoma); Canteens (Wartime, emergency, etc.)--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma;

View of port industrial area showing the Hylebos Waterway and property near the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation shipyards. Taken from hillside of Northeast Tacoma with trees in foreground.

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

Sea-Tac Shipyard. Large group watches flag ceremony enacted by three young women in Red Cross uniform during a Red Cross button sale. For Keel Magazine.

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma;

At 10 am on Thursday, October 23, 1941, 500 welders at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation walked out in sympathy with their striking Seattle brothers. Lake Washington workers had been locked out after joining an unaffiliated welders union; the conclusion to a 20 year fight with the American Federation of Labor for the right to form their own union. Welders were currently scattered among eight unions and were required to pay dues to two or more unions at the same time. By October 28th, picketers had effectively brought the shipyard to a standstill as welders and sympathizers refused to cross the picket lines. The Tacoma shipyard held 100 million in unfinished defense contracts. This photograph from October 28th demonstrates the peaceful, but loud, picketing. A truck has been halted by picketers at the shipyard entrance. The loud speakers at the left belonged to the welders, the ones to the right (over the truck) belonged to the AFL Metal Trades Council. A constant war of words had been raging for several days. (T. Times 10/23/1941, pg.1; 10/29/41, pg. 1 il)

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

In April of 1942, workers pour out of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. during rush hour bringing traffic on Alexander Ave. to a standstill.

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--War work--Tacoma; Automobiles--1940-1950; Traffic congestion--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Johnny Sheffield, "Boy" in the "Tarzan" films, grips the barrel of a 13 ton tank as Leon Titus, Pierce County War Bond Drive Chairman, addressed the waiting crowd. Johnny was on hand in Tacoma as part of his national "Buy Tanks for Yanks" tour for the Treasury Department. He was making his 14th appearance as a bond salesman for Uncle Sam. When told that Lana Turner, who had recently visited Tacoma on a similar bond drive, had bussed purchasers of large bonds, the sixth grader frowned and said "I wouldn't kiss anybody for anything. I might rassle them, though!" The young actor was personally chosen by Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller to play the part of "Boy." The son of British actor/director Reginald Sheffield, he appeared in eight Tarzan movies and went on to successfully star in a dozen Bomba the Jungle Boy films. (TNT 6-15-42, p. 15) ALBUM 5.

Sheffield, Johnny; Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; War bonds & funds--Tacoma--1940-1950; Titus, Leon E.; Tanks (Military science)--Tacoma;

Three young women enjoy the camaraderie at the Spinster Club's annual tea held at the University-Union Club on October 19, 1941. The tea was to honor prospective members. Among the decorations on the table is a large "S" made out of flowers. The color scheme was blue and silver. Lea Mills, Club president, and Virginia Austin, secretary, were acting as hostesses. (T.Times, 10-25-41, p. 3)

Spinster Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Flowers--Tacoma--1940-1950; University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma);

The newly married Mrs. Margaret (Strabala) Stockley speaks to wedding guests in front of St. Patricks Church following her wedding ceremony on July 4, 1942. To the left stands the groom, as well as attendants Charlotte and Elmer Watland. (TNT 7/5/1942, pg. B-7- announcement)

Strabala, Margaret--Marriage; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stockley, William F.; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950; Watland, Elmer; Watland, Charlotte; St. Patricks Catholic Church (Tacoma);

A water main burst on Ruston Way at 6:00 a.m. on April 2, 1942, washing out the road bed and leaving a hole that was 40 feet across and 8 feet at the deepest point. The damage occurred near the Leybold-Smith Shingle Company at 2902 Ruston Way. A crew from the City Works Department responded quickly to repair the damage, estimated at $400. (T. Times, 4/2/1942, p. 1, 4).

Street maintenance & repair; Streets--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Studio portrait of Arnold Snell, to show muscular development. Mr. Snell was a member of the Class of '40 from Clover Park High School, the first class to graduate from the new school. Besides wrestling professionally, he also reportedly collected artifacts in S. Mexico for Tulane.

Strong men; Snell, Arnold; Wrestlers--1940-1950;