ca. 1926. Meat Market. Meat grinding equipment, hanging meat and fresh meat cases. (filed with Argentum)

Butcher shops--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Unidentified Meat Market interior. Fresh meat case, sausages and other cuts hanging up, including Carsten's Hams. Morell Pride Lard, Heinz and Snider's Ketchup bottles, ad for Red Rock Cheese on countertop. Sign for Swift's Premium Ham, meat hanging in locker. (filed with Argentum)

Butcher shops--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Unidentified Meat Market interior. Fresh meat case, scales, Carsten's Ham and Bacon hanging up and in case. Signs "Look - Beef is Cheape (sic) Today", "Look - Choice Steak 17 1/2 (cents per pound)", "Look - Pot Roast 10 (cents per pound)", etc. (filed with Argentum)

Butcher shops--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Interior of unidentified butcher shop. (WSHS)

Butcher shops--1920-1930; Meat cutting; Meat;

ca. 1926. Meat market. Glass fresh meat case with marble base, scales, hanging plants, banner "Sir Knights". For Neils Hansen Manufacturing Company. (filed with Argentum)

Butcher shops--1920-1930; Meat;

ca. 1926. "Mrs. Jones Afternoon Tea" presented by Three C Club. Women in costume on stage. (WSHS & 8x10 print)

Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1920-1930; Three C Club (Tacoma); Costumes;

ca. 1926. On July 24, 1926, Reginald Denny's newest comedy "Rolling Home" opened at the Colonial Theater, 916-18 Broadway. A crowd of young people gathered around the theater for the Reginald Denny Day festivities. Mr. Denny (1891-1967) was an actor who made 200 films between 1898 and 1966, but he was also a pioneer in the field of radio-controlled pilotless aviation. At the left foreground of the theater was a couple of barrels covered with cloths that sported a sign for Royal Ice Cream and its slogan "It's the Cream." Royal Ice Cream Co. was located in Tacoma on Pacific Avenue at 25th. It was a wholesale ice cream, milk and cream company. Boland B15392, BU-11146

Colonial Theater (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1920-1930; Motion picture industry--1920-1930;

Founded in Tacoma in 1924, the Pacific Match Company produced over 80 million wood stick matches per day at its peak production. White pine from Eastern Washington and Idaho was turned into brand name matches such as Sunset, Fire Chief, Lite King and Red Head in the factory at 3223 So. Union Avenue. Pacific Match closed in 1964, largely due to competition from the Diamond Match Company of Ohio. Bowen 2647.

These solemn youngsters belong to the Daniel Boone schooner Boy Pioneers, a group made up of boys mostly from the Oakland Children's Industrial Home, 3000 So. Washington St. In January of 1926, they are posing at the Y.M.C.A. in Tacoma. The "Y" truck brings them every Saturday afternoon to participate in activities. Top row, left to right, Garnald Roney, Wesley Fellows, Floyd Wells, August Kross and Harold Rinker. Bottom row- Raymond McMann, Moriss Lawrence, Fred Martin, Edward Mitchell, Victor Cappa and Wally Streeter, Pioneer executive. The Boy Pioneers were organized by Dan Beard (1850-1941), American illustrator and naturalist, two years before the Boy Scouts started in England. The Children's Industrial Home was located in the former Harry M. Ball mansion at 3000 South Washington St. and housed children in distress, ages infant to 14. The original structure was damaged in a 1944 explosion and was replaced by a new ranch rambler in 1950. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger 1/24/1926, pg. B-3)

ca. 1926. The lovely Ethel Haasarud, a Lincoln High School graduate, was the runner up in the hotly disputed Miss Tacoma contest July 5, 1926. Around that time, she worked for a Tacoma photographer, probably Chapin Bowen who took this timeless glamor photograph of her. By 1931, she was working in the box office at the Pantages Theater, whom she had represented in the Miss Tacoma contest. She was born March 24 in Minnesota. Her family came to Tacoma in 1919. (TNT 3/25/1931 p.3) For a more contemporary portrait, see image 3.

ca. 1926. The "Lincoln Letter Lassies." The 1925-26 school year at Lincoln High School saw the formation of this new organization composed of 24 girls, all of them the winners of one or more letters ("L"s) in athletics. The purpose of the group was to promote good sportsmanship and further interest in girls' athletics. The requirements for membership were the earning of at least one letter for sports and a passing grade in 3 out of 4 subjects. The girls performed community service work, as well as enjoying hikes, a tennis tournament and dances sponsored by the group. Senior Margaret Alleman was the president. Other officers included Lois Phenicie, Rosaline Koval, Jean Churchman and Mabel Bennett. (LHS yearbook "Lincolnian, 1926")

Lincoln High School (Tacoma);

Back of Photo:
Post Card
Auburn Hospital

ca. 1926. Architect's model of Masonic Home, Des Moines, WA. George Gove of Heath, Gove and Bell, Architect. At the turn of the century, state Masons acknowledged the need for a safe haven for aged Masons, wives, widows and widowed mothers. The first Masonic Home was located in Puyallup, but the need soon outgrew the facility. In 1924, 82 acres were purchased in Zenith (now Des Moines) for approximately $79,000. On June 21, 1927, the $750,000 facility was dedicated. The current address for the Home is 23660 Marine View Dr. S., Des Moines, WA. (TT 6/21/1927, pg. 5) (filed with Argentum)

Architectural models; Masonic Home (Des Moines); Heath, Gove and Bell (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations; Retirement communities- Des Moines;

ca. 1926. In 1926 a new Jubilee Moon 6-60 from the Bye Thompson Motor Sales Company located at 3320 South G Street took on the steep K Street hill. The K Street hill between Center Street and South 27th had such a steep grade that it was used as a testing ground for the power of new cars. The Jubilee Moon was produced to celebrate 20 years of manufacturing by the Moon Motor Co. (1905-1929) of St. Louis, MO. The car, which sold for under $1,000, was reported to be of European design adapted to American traffic needs. The Moon and Diana motor car agent in Tacoma was the Bye Thompson Motor Sales Company; Bye Thompson was president of the company which sold and serviced the vehicles. This steep, rugged portion of K St. closed about 1960. Holy Rosary Church can be seen in the background. (filed with Argentum) (information on the Moon Jubilee from an August 7, 1926 ad in the Saturday Evening Post)

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1920-1930; Bye Thompson Motor Sales Co. (Tacoma); Automobiles--Tacoma--1920-1930; Moon automobiles; Dirt roads--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Beutel Business College. Simulated tellers wickets, adding machines , stools. Beutel, founded in 1887, was the oldest commercial school in Tacoma. It offered classes in accounting, typing, shorthand, and other subjects needed to find placement in the business world. (filed with Argentum)

Beutel Business College (Tacoma); Business education;

ca. 1926. Wooden boat under construction. (WSHS)

Boat & ship industry--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Boat under construction. M1400 being launched. (WSHS)

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Launchings--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. This view of majestic Stadium High School and adjoining Stadium Bowl was taken looking up from Commencement Bay circa 1926. "Stadium" is spelled out in large letters on the grassy slope. There are logs lashed together floating in the peaceful bay. BU-11645, TPL-7926

Stadium High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Logs; Commencement Bay (Wash.);

ca. 1926. Judge William and Pauline Snell's residence. Large Dutch Colonial-style house designed in 1913 by Heath, Gove and Bell, Architects for Mrs. F. S. Blattner. Natural wood siding, awnings on second floor windows, landscaping. (Argentum)

Snell, William--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Judge William and Pauline Snell's residence. Large Dutch Colonial-style house designed in 1913 by Heath, Gove and Bell, Architects for Mrs. F.S. Blattner. Natural wood siding, awnings on second floor windows, landscaping. (Argentum)

Snell, William--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fletcher pose in happier days on the steps with their grandchildren Charles (in lap) and Muriel Mattson. On the evening of Dec. 27, 1936, ten year old Charles Mattson was kidnapped from the family's home. His parents received several ransom notes, but despite frantic attempts to contact the kidnappers, were unable to do so. On Jan. 10, 1937, the boy's battered body was found near a snowy road in Everett. The kidnapper has never been identified or caught. (filed with Argentum)

Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mattson, Charles; Mattson, Muriel; Fletcher, Charles;

ca. 1926. "This Belt 30" manufactured by Du Charme Belting Co." Du Charme Belt Manufacturing Co. was located at 501 E 34th. Max Du Charme was the president of the company. (WSHS)

Du Charme Belting Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1926. East Tacoma, IOOF (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) #89. "Degree Staff," lodge members in regalia, some holding shields. (filed with Argentum)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Clubs--Tacoma--1920-1930; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 89 (Tacoma);

ca. 1926. Geiger's Market. Night view into meat market. Glass fresh meat case with marble base, scales on counter, tile backsplash, hanging hams. (filed with Argentum)

Geigers Market (Tacoma); Butcher shops--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Everett Griggs Estate. Driveway with ornamental iron double gates and vine covered wooden fence. Originally owned by H. F. Alexander and named Inglewood. Griggs renamed the estate Lakewold and sold it to nephew Corydon Wagner and wife Eulalie. Address originally was 12221 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW. (filed with Argentum)

Griggs, Everett G.--Homes & haunts; Lakewold (Lakewood); Estates--Lakewood;

ca. 1926. Everett Griggs Estate, Lakewold, circa 1926. Path through trees, shrubs, lawn to building with cupola. Originally owned by H. F. Alexander and named Inglewood. Griggs renamed the estate "Lakewold" and sold it in 1938 to nephew Corydon Wagner and wife Eulalie. Address was originally 12221 Gravelly Lake Dr SW. (filed with Argentum)

Griggs, Everett G.--Homes & haunts; Lakewold (Lakewood); Estates--Lakewood;

ca. 1926. Grocery store interior. Canned goods on shelves, scale, Wrigleys and Beech Nut Gum, Karo Syrup, Leslie Salt, Snow Flake Crackers in display case. Flowers in vases on countertop. (filed in Argentum)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Holly Market, 3516 McKinley Ave, window display, circa 1926. The window is dressed with hanging beef, large package of bacon, lard package, bottles and other items. The center feature is several refrigeration coils. The meat market was owned and operated by Jalmer and William Wold. (filed with Argentum)

Holly Market (Tacoma); Butcher shops--Tacoma--1920-1930; Meat;