Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain shakes hands with an Army officer in his office at (Old) City Hall in preparation for CCC Day, March 29, 1941, when selected CCC boys would take over the running of city government for a day. The officer may be Lt. Col. Lester A. Dougherty who commanded the five CCC camps in the Fort Lewis district. The mayor had issued an official proclamation that Saturday, March 29th, be "CCC Day in Tacoma." He urged Tacomans to visit the five nearest camps--Camps Electron, Lower Cispus, Quilcene, Moran and Glacier, the following week when open houses would be held to celebrate the CCC's eighth anniversary. Mayor Cain wears a button promoting the 1941 Daffodil Festival. ALBUM 12. (T.Times 3-28-41, p. 3)

Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Shaking hands--Tacoma; Civilian Conservation Corps (Tacoma);

The largest collection of military might since World War I was paraded on May 9, 1941 for the benefit of Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt. Gen. DeWitt was the commanding officer of the 4th Army and the West's only three star General. In a parade that lasted over three hours, 45,000 troops passed in review with the 41st Division in the lead, followed by the 3rd Division, IX Corps, tanks, a blimp, and the always amusing Field Pack Artillery mules. Officers accompanied their units on horseback and the Cavalry brought up the rear of the parade. (T. Times 5/6/1941, pg. 2; 5/9/41, pg.1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis; Mules; Fort Lewis (Wash.); 98th Field Artillery (Pack) Battalion (Ft. Lewis);

The student body of Stadium High School assembled in front of their school as a squad of R.O.T.C. cadets from Bellarmine High School fired three volleys with their rifles at the Memorial Day service held in May of 1941. During the solemn ceremony, special tribute was paid to the 11 Stadium alumni who lost their lives in WWI. (T. Times 5/30/1941 p.1)

Military training--Tacoma; Cadets--Tacoma; Reserve Officers Training Corps--Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Memorial Day; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Tacoma; Commemoration--Tacoma;

ca. 1941. Mother standing at small stovetop cooking as she holds young boy in her arms in this circa 1941 photograph. The child's highchair is close by. This is possibly part of the Westpark Addition series taken in Bremerton during the spring of 1941.

Mothers; Children; Cookery;

Group portrait at the National Bank of Washington annual company picnic held at Benbow Lake on Sunday August 17, 1941. Benbow Lakes Resort was located on Tanwax Lake, about 20 miles from Tacoma.

National Bank of Washington (Tacoma)--People; Picnics--1940-1950; Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin);

Joanne Oakes daringly walks on a stone ledge modelling her casual outfit from Oakes Ready to Wear for the Tacoma Times 1941 Fall Fashion edition. The black waistcoat banded in plaid is matched with a plaid pleated skirt. Her black felt hat and black spectator pumps complete the outfit. (T. Times 9/10/1941, pg. 5)

Oakes, Joanne; Clothing & dress--1940-1950;

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph women employees bowling team.

Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma); Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Painting crew from Sears and Antonson that worked on Peoples Store building. For General Paint Corporation. Also dated 03-29-1941

Painting--Tacoma; Sears & Antonson (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Peoples (Tacoma);

High stepping drum majorettes posed next to the Brown and Haley float in the March 29, 1941 Daffodil Festival parade. A tin of their signature Almond Roca candy floated above a red, white and blue floral shield. Two unidentified young girls rode on the float. In the front, left to right, were Billie Diedrich, Betty Siegle, Betty Gunstrom, Joyce Siegle, Alice Cross and Joan Hoyt. (T. Times 3/29/1941, pg. 1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Festivals--Tacoma; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1941 : Tacoma); Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Drum majorettes;Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Party given by Al Peterman at Hotel Winthrop on August 1, 1941. A young woman is having her fortune told by a most unique "swami" at the party. The man in the turban is believed to be Al Peterman. Mr. Peterman was the owner of Peterman Manufacturing Co.

Parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Peterman, Al; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

On June 11, 1941, Rev. Vern D. Poole, the pastor of the East Side Chapel, gave Rodney Larson the bill of sale for the trombone he played in the chapel's orchestra. The East Side Chapel at 314 East 26th Street had a very innovative program to encourage the young people in the church community to play music. They maintained an orchestra open to area boys and girls. Instruments were provided through donations. The young musicians were required to study and attend rehearsals regularly. At the end of the year, those with good records were given the instrument to keep, complete with a bill of sale. The six members who earned ownership of their instruments in 1941 were: (front row, l to r) Bonnie Jean Cater, violin; Rodney Larson, trombone; and Bruce Gorse, snare drum. Back row, l to r: Jimmy Johnson, baritone horn; Marjorie Gorse, violin; and Serafin Malfatti, cornet. (T. Times 6/14/1941, pg. 14)

Poole, Vern D.; East Side Chapel (Tacoma); Larson, Rodney; Cater, Bonnie Jean; Gorse, Bruce; Johnson, Jimmy; Gorse, Marjorie; Malfatti, Serafin; Brass instruments; Stringed instruments; Youth orchestras;

Mrs. Herbert Hoover, center, is captured in a conversation with Dorothy Buckmaster, left, and Mrs. Paul Rittenhouse on May 4, 1941. Dorothy (Mrs. B.E.) Buckmaster was the Tacoma Girl Scout Commissioner and Mrs. Rittenhouse, the national Girl Scout president. Lou Henry Hoover served as the honorary vice-president of the Girl Scouts. Mrs. Hoover had arrived in Tacoma for a short visit before attending the Northwest conference of Girl Scouts in Seattle. She had visited the northwest several times in the past. (Tacoma Times, 5-5-41, p. 1) ALBUM 1

Presidents' spouses; Hoover, Lou Henry, 1875-1944; Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Buckmaster, Dorothy G.;

In July of 1941, James A. Pryde was promoted by Governor Arthur Langlie to Assistant Chief of the Washington State Patrol. Although only 34 years old, the ex-marine had already worked his way up through the ranks to Captain. A graduate of the police academy at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, for a number of years he made his home on McKinley Hill in Tacoma. When he died in 1955, at the age of 47, he was Chief of the Washington State Patrol. (T. Times 7/14/1941 p.1; 7/12/41, p. 1)

Pryde, James A.; Law enforcement officers--Tacoma; Uniforms; Law enforcement--Tacoma; Washington State Patrol (Tacoma);

The Gault "Nonettes" were one of the vocal ensembles that performed at the Gault Junior High School annual spring music festival held on May 7, 1941. The girls in the "Nonettes were, beginning at the top row and working down: (l to r) Agnes Valor, Bernice Hassler and Virginia Meyer; second row (l to r) Bonita Olson and Bonnie Sheerin; third row (l to r) Violet Powers and Vedajean McCoy; bottom row (l to r) Leola Webster and Iris DeRocher. The festival was an all-school presentation in celebration of National Music Week. (T. Times, 5/7/1941, p. 20)

Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Choirs (Music); Music festivals--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

By July of 1941, real progress was finally being made on the new athletic amphitheater being built to the northwest of Lincoln High School, some ten years after civic groups on the south end of Tacoma started campaigning for a bowl to rival the Stadium Bowl next to Stadium H.S. It was expected that the field would be completed by September of 1941, for the beginning of the school year, but WWII stopped most work on the Lincoln Bowl, and after the war funds for further construction were hard to find. The new sports stadium was finally dedicated on Friday evening September 24, 1948 over seven years after construction began. (T. Times 7/3/1941 p.7)

Public schools--Tacoma; Athletic fields--Tacoma; Progress photographs; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Lincoln Bowl (Tacoma); Aerial photographs; Aerial views;

In July of 1941 long lines of license applicants formed at temporary driver's license centers throughout Tacoma. Legislation passed by the state legislature required that every driver in Washington apply for a new driver's license and pay a $2 fee before August 1st. Some 750,000 state residents were affected. To speed the process, experienced drivers could get a "temporary" license, and come back later to take the required driving tests. All new drivers had to take a written test, a driving test, and pass a physical. (TDL 6/15/1941)

Queues; Licenses--Tacoma--1940-1950;

This array of piles is the beginning of a trestle viaduct that will span Pacific Highway, connecting Fort Lewis with the new 41st Division Cantonment. The WPA construction project is estimated to be completed in three months. The purpose of the viaduct is to eliminate "traffic bottlenecks" on Pacific Highway where it borders Fort Lewis and Camp Murray. (T. Times 4/3/1941, pg. 7)

Road construction--1940-1950; Fort Lewis (Wash.);

In response to Tacoma's growing rate of traffic related injuries, the Tacoma Times in December of 1941 started a series of articles on how to render aid in case of accidents. In this photograph, State Patrolman L.J. Roberts demonstrates on "victim" Margery Roscoe the proper treatment for shock. The Times considered being up to speed on first aid a "civic duty." (T. Times 12/5/1941, pg. 22)

Roberts, L.J.; Roscoe, Margery; First aid; Washington State Patrol (Tacoma); Law enforcement officers--Tacoma;

1941 Bird's eye view of Sea-Tac Shipyard, from Northeast Tacoma looking toward city. The Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard's Tacoma yard was established in 1939 and immediately set to work to build cargo ships, freighters and government vessels.

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Aerial views; Aerial photographs;

Crew of the Cape Alava before final departure from Tacoma. On completion, the cargo ship was assigned to the American Mail Line for the Northwest-Orient trade route. The first to be completed of five identical cargo ships, the Alava had accommodations for 8 passengers and a crew of 40.

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

Photograph taken for the U.S. Maritime Commission of Hull # M.C. 121- C 1 B Cargo. The hull, numbered locally as Hull #3 and launched in November 1940 as the Cape Cleare, is shown at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. outfitting berth. Photograph is taken looking forward from midships. TPL-1871

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

Sea-Tac Shipyard, general view of facilities. Docks, buildings, equipment and water.

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

Launching of the U.S. Army transport Frederick Funston at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard on September 27, 1941. An incomplete hull assisted by tugboats is riding easy in the water. A worker is pictured with his wife and child in the foreground..

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

Preparations were being made to launch the U.S. Army transport Frederick Funston at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation on Tacoma's tideflats in late September of 1941. The ship is shown on the ways at right. On the left, another hull takes shape. The $3,000,000 steamship was named in honor of the late Major General Frederick Funston. His daughter, Barbara Funston of San Francisco, served as the ship's sponsor. Governor Arthur B. Langlie and Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain were among the dignitaries in attendance. (T. Times 9/29/1941/ pg. 1-alt. photograph; T.Times 9-27-41, p. 1+ -article)

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

By October of 1941, the Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) Shipbuilding Corporation on Tacoma's Tideflats employed 3,000 workers, most of whom drove back and forth to work. The workers' cars filled a large lot at the end of Alexander Avenue, just north of the Hooker Chemical plant (which is in the background). When the workday was over, there was only one way back into the city, down Alexander Avenue, onto East 11th Street and across the 11th street (now Murray Morgan) Bridge, creating a massive traffic jam. The shipyard was planning to add 5,000 more workers in the next few months and the city was working on a traffic flow solution. (T. Times, 10/07/1941]

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

Ellen Bell, wife of Rev. Arthur Bell, poses with stones from Westminster Abbey. The stones will be built into the reconstructed St. Lukes Memorial Episcopal Church. They were taken from part of a wall at the Abbey torn out during World War II air raids. The Westminster stones, as well as a piece of jasper from Jerusalem, believed to be from the site of David's temple, and a piece of sandstone from the Cathedral at Washington, D.C., will be placed in an inside wall of the sanctuary. When the original St. Lukes Church at 6th and Broadway was wrecked, the congregation plus that of the St. Marks Church at 36th and Gove had the stones numbered and dismantled to use in the construction of a new church at the Gove location. (T. Times 4/9/1941, pg. 3))

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal Churches--Tacoma; Bell, Ellen;

On the morning of September 2, 1941, guests wait outside of St. Patrick's Catholic Church for the newly wedded couple Anne Louise Greiwe and Lt. John William Winship to exit the church on their way to the reception at the bride's parents' home. The couple had been married that morning by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor William J. Noonan before 200 friends and family. A week later, September 9th, the McChord Douglas B-18 bomber that the bridegroom was co-piloting crashed into the side of Mount Constance on the Olympic Peninsula on a night training flight. Everyone on board was killed instantly. (T. Times 9/2/1941, pg. 7)

St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Tacoma); Catholic churches--Tacoma; Greiwe, Anne Louise--Marriage; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

On September 25, 1941, new recruits for Tacoma's units of Washington State Guard are pictured at the State Armory, lined up for drilling. Tacoma had about 80 volunteers, drawn mostly from the ranks of those ineligible for active military service. They came from all walks of life, professions and trades. Tacoma's units needed about 100 additional volunteers to replace those Guardsmen now serving on active duty. (T. Times 9/26/1941, pg. 1)

State Armory (Tacoma); Washington State Guard (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma;

This photograph appears to be a wood framed church with steeple, taken in April of 1941, believed to be in the town of Buckley. Denomination not provided. (T. Times)

Steeples; Churches--Buckley;

Rock wall with wire gate, Mount Rainier visible in distance beyond gate. Photograph was taken on July 9, 1941 but location not specified.

Stone walls; Gates; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);