TNT 10/28/1956 p.A1 Old pamphlet points up Stadium controversy p.B5 AAUW against Stadium job
TNT 10/30/1956 School men oppose Bowl proposition
TNT 11/2/1956 p.B5 PTA opposes Stadium levy p.B9 25 cents a year tax for average family will rebuild our Stadium (il) p.B12 Bowl group still batttles for rebuilding
TNT 11/8/1956 p.A4 Thank you Stadium friends
TNT 12/13/1957 p.A1 School board hears plan to fix Stadium
TNT 2/14/1958 Group given assurance on Stadium lease
TNT 6/20/1958 p.1 Group proposes plan to revamp Stadium Bowl
TNT 7/9/1958 Stadium Bowl group to meet
TNT 7/11/1958 p.6 Stadium Bowl group formed; seek $500,000 (Stadium Bowl Memorial Assoc.)
TNT 8/5/1958 p.8 Stadium Drive opens Thursday with breakfast
TNT 8/7/1958 Stadium Bowl supporters to open office
TNT 8/15/1958 p.11 Stadium Bowl fans to start with fanfare (il of Boosters group)
TNT 8/22/1958 Promotion for Stadium furthered
TNT 8/23/1958 Coffee boosts Stadium drive
TNT 8/24/1958 Past glories of Tacoma Stadium recalled; impressive events staged in big bowl (il)
TNT 11/7/1958 p.40 Stadium Bowl group forms corporation
TNT 12/17/1958 p.A1 ... fund drive opens Jan. 16
TNT 12/31/1958 p.7 Support given Stadium plan by Mrs. Bethel
TNT 1/11/1959 p.A11 Memorial group urges Stadium Bowl renewal; outdoor civic auditorium visualized as goal ( sketch of proposed reconstruction plans by E.J. Bresemann, arch.)
TNT 1/13/1959 Stadium Bowl wins official civic backing
TNT 3/26/1959 p.B5 Stadium Assn. books concert by Montovani
TNT 4/5/1959 p.B7 Eager to carry the ball (local high school student body presidents support Stadium project)
TNT 4/7/1959 Stadium Bowl to open again backers say
TNT 4/30/1959 p.A13 Stadium Bowl cleanup set
TNT 5/5/1959 p.1 Student's can't clean Stadium
TNT 5/8/1959 Stadium group to meet with school board
TNT 5/15/1959 p.1 Board eases cleanup ban for Stadium
TNT 7/24/1959 p.1 Board favors repairs for Stadium Bowl
TNT 8/7/1959 Stadium Bowl supporters to open office
TNT 8/28/1959 p.A1 Schools to map policy for rebuilding Stadium
TNT 9/11/1959 p.A1 Board votes Stadium Bowl work start
TNT 10/15/1959 p.C17 Marine Band turnout cheers Stadium Assn.
TNT 10/23/1959 p.5 School board to meet with Stadium group
TNT 10/31/1959 p.5 Architect wants study of Stadium restoration (arch. Louis M. Pedersen hired as consultant)
TNT 11/13/1959 p.1 Go-ahead for Stadium work
TNT 11/29/1959 p.B15 Stadium Bowl Association issues stamps
TNT 1/26/1960 p.1 Ruling stands on Stadium's end section (removal of end sections of horseshoe required by the Tacoma Public Works Department)
TNT 2/28/1960 Stamps sold to restore Stadium Bowl
TNT 4/8/1960 p.A3 Stadium Bowl games held likely by fall
TNT 4/24/1960 Stadium design topic
TNT 5/27/1960 p.4 School board OKs Stadium Bowl plan
TNT 6/24/1960 p.7 School board lets contract for Stadium
TNT 6/30/1960 p.A1 $50,000 Stadium Bowl renovation job begins (Louis M. Pedersen, arch. and Jardeen Bros., contr.)
TNT 7/10/1960 p.B2 Tacoma's Stadium lives again ... ! (full page ad for the Stadium Memorial Assoc.) (il) p.B4 Stadium Assn. calls for rebuilding help (il of Stadium Memorial Assoc. members)
TNT 11/13/1960 p.A1 Gird game rededicates Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 2/22/1961 Stadium Bowl group elects
TNT 4/11/1961 p.3 Old ball park lights to go to Stadium (from the old Cheney Field / Tiger Park at 3130 So. 38th St.)
TNT 5/28/1961 p.D10 Dance will benefit Stadium
TNT 7/1/1961 Stadium Bowl benefit dance ...
TNT 8/16/1961 p.A11 Stadium group calls for big push now
TNT 12/31/1961 p.B3 Light fixin'
TNT 4/2/1962 p.5 New Stadium drive opened
TNT 4/8/1962 Tacoma surges ahead and builds Stadium
TNT 5/16/1962 p.A2 Flare sale to aid Bowl drive
TNT 6/26/1962 Giants' ticket sale to aid Stadium Bowl
TNT 7/11/1962 Stadium Bowl night Friday at ball park
TNT 4/23/1963 p.16 Stadium High students plan bowl drive
TNT 5/28/1963 p.A5 Stadium Bowl program at game (fundraiser at Cheney Stadium)
TNT 12/4/1963 p.B6 Stadium Bowl session is optimistic
TNT 12/5/1963 p.C3 New face, name mulled for Stadium (proposal to rename the Stadium in honor of President John F. Kennedy) (new remodeling plans by Silas Nelsen, arch.)
TNT 4/26/1964 p.C20 Students spur efforts to light bowl
TNT 6/16/1964 p.9 For Stadium Bowl (il of 90 ft. cedars, to be used as light poles)
TNT 7/5/1964 p.A1 Tacomans pour into Stadium Bowl for glittering fireworks exhibition
TNT 7/10/1964 p.5 Stadium Bowl to be lighted by September; poles arrive
TNT 8/27/1964 p.B6 Many assist lighting of Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 8/30/1964 Powerful lift plants poles (il)
TNT 5/9/1965 p.A20 Old photos tell the Stadium story (il)
TNT 5/16/1965 Out of Tacoma's past
TNT 6/9/1965 p.B11 Group seeks federal aid for Stadium
TNT 1/19/1966 p.A1 Tacoma looks at Stadium Bowl for use by pro football team
TNT 1/21/1966 p.1 Stadium Bowl can be restored for pro team, association told
TNT 1/25/1966 p.1 Council takes pass on Stadium
TNT 10/9/1966 p.A8 Music proceeds go for Stadium (aerial il)
TNT 6/27/1969 p.59 Old Woman's Gulch made queen of Stadium, be she's slipped
TNT 4/23/1970 p.A5 Jackson sees no simple solutions (Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson speaks on the first Earth Day) (il)
TNT 5/14/1982 City, Schools nearing Stadium cleanup pact
TNT 5/28/1982 Schools, city near accord ...
TNT 8/26/1982 p.A1,A2 Restoration of Stadium continuing
TNT 11/13/1982 Stadium partially restored
TNT 11/17/1982 p.C12 Same time a year later (il)
TNT 12/10/1982 School district to go to court over repair cost of Stadium Bowl
TNT 8/10/1983 p.A7 ... field will be playable this fall
TNT 4/25/1984 Stadium Bowl suit goes to jury
TNT 4/27/1984 Contractor loses 1st phase in Stadium Bowl case
TNT 5/17/1984 Some issues in Stadium Bowl washout suit settled
TNT 6/19/1984 Hole in a pipe becomes crux of Bowl damage trial
TNT 6/20/1984 City blamed for washout
TNT 6/21/1984 Jury deliberates in ... washout suit
TNT 6/22/1984 p.A1 Firms not at fault for washout
TNT 6/23/1984 Stadium Bowl verdict: School District out $400,000, City $450,000
TNT 7/31/1985 Stadium facelift (il)
TNT 10/24/1985 p.C4 The wandering is over: Stadium Bowl reopens
TNT 10/26/1985 p.B3 Decatur rallies to beat Tigers in Bowl
TNT 9/13/1987 p.E7 Yesteryear: Stadium Bowl set stage for splendor for generations (il)
TNT 9/30/1999 p.C1 Stadium a shimmering emerald (il after remodeling)
TNT 8/24/2006 p.B1 It's the ultimate needle in a haystack (bronze plaque missing since 1914 resurfaces) (il of plaque)
TNT 9/9/2006 Tacoma's grand castle (Special Section) (il)
TNT 9/12/2006 p.B1 White CD key to Stadium history mystery (plaque missing since 1914 is returned) (il) T.Weekly 9/6/2007 p.B4 Stadium games relocated; sinkhole a maintenance issue ... (il)
TNT 9/7/2007 p.B1 Sinkhole blitzes three sports events at Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 4/4/2010 p.B1 Did Babe hit a long one from Stadium into Bay? In reporter's dreams Ranger 4/22/2010 Soldiers get dirty to help preserve iconic Stadium (il)
TNT 7/4/2010 p.B1 For decades, Independence Day meant Stadium Bowl
TNT 9/14/2010 p.A1 The Bowl's turn for a party; Tacoma's Stadium Bowl celebrates its centennial ... look back at the icon's rich history and fascinating trivia (includes timeline) (il)
TNT 9/19/2010 p.B1 Fill the Bowl hits record for food (Guinness World Record for 24-hour food drive, collected 515,067 pounds of food, filling 15 tractor-trailers)
101 images. The Stadium / Stadium Bowl Frederick Heath, arch. Western Engineering Co., contr. L.A. Nicholson, eng. -original seating capacity of 23,486 -architect Heath stated that the Stadium "seats 32,000 adults and children" (TDN 5/24/1914) -overflow crowds of over 40,000 reported -some reports list crowds as high as 60,000 (including the walls, fences, hillsides, etc.) -modern capacity of 15,000 -dedicated 6/10/1910 -damage from mudslides in 1932 and 1949 forced closure of the Stadium, reopened c.1960, -renovated c.1980 (partial plans at TPL -rededicated 9/12/1980 -further mudslide damage in 1981 -reopened 10/25/1985 SEE ALSO: 111 NO. E ST. (Stadium High School) SEE ALSO: 51 NO. STADIUM WAY (Stadium Cottage) SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
TDL 1/14/1906 p.21 Nature offers Tacoma great athletic field (sketch, proposal of Frederick Heath) TDN 4/27/1907 What might be done with high school gulch
TDL 9/20/1908 p.20 Alumni approve and boost stadium
TDL 9/21/1908 Some advance dates at the high school stadium (cartoon) TDN 9/21/1908 School board stops the Stadium work T.Times 9/21/1908 Boost Tacoma and build Stadium T.Times 9/22/1908 Stadium now in hands of citizens T.Times 9/23/1908 School board will discuss Stadium project today T.Times 9/24/1908 Stadium project in hands of committee
TDL 10/4/1908 p.3 Tacoma purposes to have stadium second to none in United States (sketch)
TDL 10/6/1908 p.1 (mention)
TDL 10/7/1908 Students all enthusiastic for Stadium
TDL 10/9/1908 It can't get away (il)
TDL 10/11/1908 p.3 Boosting for the Stadium T.Times 10/16/1908 Tacoma will have finest Stadium
TDL 11/1/1908 p.3 Stadium fund keeps climbing
TDL 11/29/1908 p.5 Stadium fund is now near $45,000
TDL 12/13/1908 p.19 Christmas music festival (benefit for Stadium fund)
TDL 12/27/1908 p.10 Stadium bids run too high
TDL 1/13/1909 Commercial Club Edition p.15 (sketch)
TDL 2/28/1909 p.7 Stadium stamp is the thing
TDL 3/14/1909 p.17 Permit is isssued for the Stadium
TDL 4/25/1909 p.37 Piles driven; banks sluiced
TDL 5/9/1909 p.42 Work progressing well on Stadium
TDL 5/16/1909 p.43 Night and day work on the big Stadium
TDL 5/30/1909 p.38 Stadium is making excellent progress
TDL 6/6/1909 p.37 Good showing in Stadium building
TDL 6/20/1909 Work on Stadium
TDL 6/27/1909 p.37 Good progress on Stadium
TDL 7/4/1909 p.34 Complete Stadium on time, they say
TDL 7/11/1909 p.36 Stadium building continues lively
TDL 7/18/1909 p.4 Good week work building Stadium
TDL 7/25/1909 p.30 (progress)
TDL 8/1/1909 p.39 (progress)
TDL 9/26/1909 p.4 Tacoma Stadium is worth seeing
TDL 10/3/1909 p.43 Stadium wall a strong rampart
TDL 3/13/1910 p.42 Stadium work goes with rush
TDL 6/5/1910 p.11 (progress))
TDL 6/10/1910 - 6/12/1910 (dedication,il)
TDL 7/24/1910 Military Tournament Edition (il)
TDL 7/29/1910 Test Stadium's acoustic values
TDL 7/31/1910 p.28 (il)
TDL 10/9/1910 p.8 Stadium drainage will be considered Engineering Record 10/29/1910 p.498 TDN 4/6/1911 (visit of President Theodore Roosevelt) T.Times 4/17/1911 Stadium, now completed, stands monument to Tacoma industry
TDL 6/4/1911 p.21 Public school tournament (il)
TDL 8/6/1911 p.9 Stadium scene true to history Independent Magazine 8/10/1911 p.310
TDL 8/13/1911 p.29 42 great arcs to light field
TDL 8/27/1911 p.21 Rome and Seven Hills rising in Tacoma Stadium
TDL 9/4/1911 & 9/5/1911 ("Burning of Rome" show in the Stadium)
TDL 2/6/1912 Tiger selected as Festo emblem
TDL 11/24/1912 p.21 Yale writes here for Stadium plans
TDL 12/1/1912 p.19 Princeton professor eulogizes Stadium
TDL 6/8/1913 p.1 Tacoma boy sets world mark (Alfred Crane sets high school high jump record)
TDL 1/25/1914 Suppl. p.40 (il)
TDL 2/1/1914 p.19 Sage Foundation to advertise Stadium
TDL 5/4/1914 p.1 8,000 join in feast of song (1st Annual Community Sing) TDN 5/24/1914 Stadium seats 32,000 adults and children, says Heath & Gove
TDL 3/14/1915 p.28 Junk man believed to have Stadium tablet (stolen) TDN 5/27/1915 Designer tells inside story of Stadium
TDL 7/28/1915 p.4 In Stadium, Sousa shatters record
TDL 8/1/1915 p.1 Largest crowd that ever witnessed a baseball game on Pacific Coast T.Times 11/6/1916 p.1
TDL 5/25/1919 p.C13 (ad for 1st Annual Music Festival) (sketch)
TDL 9/13/1919 p.1 Tacoma greets America's leader today (visit of President Woodrow Wilson)
TDL 9/14/1919 p.A1 President pleads for cause of humanity
TDL 7/6/1920 p.5 (il of evangelist Billy Sunday speaking in Stadium)
TDL 9/12/1920 p.1 Cox's visit is brief and wet (presidential candidate)
TDL 10/24/1920 p.B5 Advocate greater use of Stadium; approximately a million persons have entered gates since construction; history related
TNT 5/27/1921 Stadium Day (first Stadium Day since 1916)
TNT 12/16/1921 Do you remember?
TDL 3/31/1923 p.12 Broken water main is cause of near disaster (il)
TDL 6/5/1923 p.1 Stadium show best in history; crowd estimated at more than 40,000 packs huge bowl to witness annual exercises of children
TDL 7/5/1923 p.1 Crowds throng city to hear Harding (appearance of President Warren G. Harding)
TDL 8/19/1923 p.A1 May buy Stadium speaker: Rutherford to speak tonight p.D7 (ad)
TDL 10/27/1923 p.1 Logger and Husky elevens to clash at Stadium today
TDL 4/20/1924 p.A13 View of the throng that packed Stadium to hear oratory contest (il)
TDL 10/19/1924 p.C1 Ruth shows before big crowd here (Babe Ruth plays in exhibition baseball game at Stadium)
TDL 7/5/1925 p.A1 Program in Stadium is big climax
TDL 7/27/1925 p.1 Stadium filled for concert of famous band (appearance >of Millionaires' Band of Siloam Commandery, Knights Templar)
TNT 12/17/1925 p.1 Would convert Stadiuim into greatest auditorium (sketch)
TDL 12/20/1925 p.E8 Architect would enclose Stadium (proposal by architect E. Taylor Gardner)
TDL 5/9/1926 p.A6 "World's greatest" taffy pull at Stadium (il)
TDL 6/26/1926 p.1 Elks circus thrills audience at Stadium
TDL 7/30/1927 p.1 Thousands attend first Saengerfest concert ... (il)
TNT 9/29/1927 Tacoma Stadium showing signs of wear
TDL 10/9/1927 p.A1 "Huskies" beat C.P.S. 40-0
TDL 4/22/1928 p.B1 Glass in bay end, roof Stadium ...
TDL 8/25/1928 p.1 Pageant is presented at Stadium
TDL 9/2/1928 p.B6 (ad for "Fire God, a spectacle of Japan")
TDL 11/14/1929 Discuss plans for seats in Stadium; favor plaque idea
TDL 11/20/1929 p.1 Stadium seat plan approved
TDL 1/24/1930 p.1 Stadium ice rink is plan
TDL 8/1/1931 p.1 Thousands see Stadium show (start of Fleet Week)
TDL 9/11/1931 p.1 4,600 watch Dempsey in exhibition (appearance of boxer Jack Dempsey)
TDL 1/3/1932 Another slide above Stadium
TDL 1/4/1932 p.1 Fresh slides endangering city stadium
TNT 1/4/1932 p.1 New slides menace Stadium
TDL 1/5/1932 p.1 Rush flume to save Stadium
TNT 1/5/1932 p.1 Grave situation threatens in Stadium (il)
TDL 1/6/1932 p.1 City planning new sewer to save Stadium
TNT 1/6/1932 Hunt sewer break that caused slides
TDL 1/7/1932 p.1 New sewer to dodge Stadium
TNT 1/8/1932 Stadium sewer work rushed
TNT 1/11/1932 More dirt slides at Stadium
TDL 1/12/1932 p.3 Work on new sewer rushed
TDL 2/9/1932 Gravure Sec. p.2 (il of flood-lighting system installed for night events)
TNT 2/10/1932 Council to talk over repairs to Stadium
TDL 2/11/1932 p.1.4 Stadium fill hearing today
TDL 2/12/1932 p.1 No Stadium use during year looms
TNT 2/12/1932 Stadium survey will start Saturday
TNT 2/13/1932 Stadium light balance $1,901
TNT 2/15/1932 Stadium survey ordinance read
TDL 2/20/1932 p.1 Stadium slide claim is filed (Northern Pacific Railroad sues for damages)
TNT 2/20/1932 Asks $7,884 in Stadium slide
TDL 2/27/1932 p.10 O-W files claim in Stadium slide
TDL 2/28/1932 p.A2 School district files claim in Stadium slides
TDL 3/11/1932 p.1 Repair of Stadium by June is aim
TDL 3/17/1932 p.1 Stadium repairs hit snag
TDL 4/15/1932 p.1 School board asked by Tennent to share Stadium repair bill
TNT 4/15/1932 Asks school board help fix Stadium
TDL 4/29/1932 p.1 City's plan for Stadium is rejected; school board balks ...
TNT 4/29/1932 Quick repair of Stadium unlikely
TDL 5/7/1932 p.8 Subscription plan is suggested for repairing Stadium
TDL 6/6/1932 Stadium measure has first reading
TDL 6/24/1932 p.3 Present plan to fix Stadium
TDL 7/5/1932 p.1 Thousands celebrate Fourth; Stadium scene of band concert, rodeo and fireworks display
TDL 8/3/1932 p.1 Jobless may get Stadium repair work
TDL 8/12/1932 p.1 City agrees on Stadium repair work
TDL 8/26/1932 p.1 School board to fix Stadium
TDL 8/28/1932 p.A7 Award contract for Stadium fill
TDL 11/5/1932 p.1 Stadium slide suit started
TDL 1/11/1933 p.1 Wild steer case goes to jurors
TDL 10/6/1933 p.14 Huge cracks in Stadium Bowl
TDL 1/27/1934 p.3 Agreement on Stadium O.K.'d
TDL 2/21/1934 p.3 Stadium slide case settled T.Times 5/24/1934 After many years
TDL 7/9/1935 p.1 5,000 hear EPIC head in Stadium (appearance of author >Upton Sinclair)
TDL 7/21/1935 p.B7 Stadium Bowl repair starts
TDL 8/13/1935 p.1 10,000 hear prophet in Stadium (appearance of Dr. Francis E. Townsend)
TDL 8/17/1935 p.1 20,000 see Legion show at Stadium
TNT 10/25/1935 Paint numerals on seats
TNT 12/13/1935 $28,330 fund to repair Stadium
TDL 6/19/1936 p.1 Big show today ... action at "Fire College" T.Times 9/16/1936 T.Times 10/9/1937 After many years
TNT 7/1/1938 12,000 at bridge fete
TNT 7/16/1939 p.B1 N.W. saga in Stadium; 2,000 actors to depict history of Northwest T.Times 6/19/1939
TNT 7/5/1940 p.1 Huge crowd at Stadium T.Times 9/13/1941
TNT 9/27/1941 p.1 Easy win for Flying Circus; 22,000 fans ... (Pacific Lutheran College vs. Gonzaga football game)
TNT 10/19/1941 p.A12 PLC club trounces Loggers T.Times 11/14/1941
TNT 12/6/1941 p.1 All set for football classic (Washington State vs. Texas, A.&M.)
TNT 8/5/1942 p.1 Tacoma to have real bomb show in Stadium; miniature city will be built and destroyed ... as methods of fighting attacks are shown
TNT 8/10/1942 10,000 will see bomb show
TNT 8/19/1942 p.1 Tacomans will see simulated enemy raid
TNT 8/20/1942 p.1 10,000 see bomb show T.Times 10/9/1943 Night football games to return to Stadium as dimout is relaxed
TNT 4/13/1945 p.18 To inspect Stadium T.Times 4/13/1945 Study supports 051 P119P Oct. 1910 p.383 (il) 071 F779F 12/24/1910 Description of the Stadium by its architect 379.797 T11 May 1909, June 1909, April 1910, June 1910 (il under construction) 711.55 W58F 917.9778 V679V (il) 979 C723C Fall 2006 p.26 The Brown Castle (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.246-48 979.778 R955C (il)
CPS Tamanawas. College of Puget Sound football game against British Columbia. They are playing in the stadium at Stadium High School.
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Football--Tacoma--1940-1950; Football players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadiums--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadium High School (Tacoma);
The Drum Majorettes always accompanied the band and the Tigerannas. The head majorette for this school year was Alice Edwards. The Yell Team introduced their new theme this year, which also became Stadium's fight song, "Fight, Stadium Tigers!" View of Stadium High School's Drum Majorettes and the Yell Team at a Stadium football game. Photo taken for the Tahoma, Stadium's yearbook.
Cheerleading--Tacoma; Drum majorettes--Tacoma; Athletic fields--Tacoma; Football--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadium High School (Tacoma);
The Stadium High School varsity football team had an undefeated season during the 1946-1947 school year when they wore the Cross-State and City crowns.The varsity football captains were Bruce Andreasen and Wells Anderson. Coach Heinrick was both the football coach and a guidance counselor. View of a Stadium football game, photo taken for the Tahoma, Stadium's yearbook.
Athletic fields--Tacoma; Football--Tacoma--1940-1950; Football players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadium High School (Tacoma);
Dodge rolling stock, Tacoma Police Department, photograph ordered by Irwin Jones. Several Tacoma Police Department vehicles, Dodges, are lined up in the foreground at the Stadium Bowl, including a panel van labeled "City Pound" and two trucks, one of which reads "Traffic." Miscellaneous vehicles and men in the background. The Richards vehicle is parked nearest to the stadium seating. Irwin Jones Motor Co. was owned by Pleasant Irwin and Melvin Jones and was located downtown at 728 Broadway. TPL-7115
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dodge automobile;
1935 Armistice Day Navy vs. Army football game at Stadium Bowl. Tacoma Mayor George Smitley (center) with Rear Admiral T. T. Craven and Brig. General C.H. Conrad Jr., commanding officer at Fort Lewis. (Bremerton Sun)
Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Craven, T.T.; Admirals--Tacoma; Conrad, C.H.;
Golden Jubilee Pageant "Saga of the West." Searchlights from the Battleships of the US Pacific Fleet pierce the night sky over scenery in Stadium Bowl. The stage for the extravaganza was over 200 feet in length. The fleet had arrived on July 20, 1939 with six battleships and 8,000 men. In port were the flagship Pennsylvania, as well as the California, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho and Mississippi. Tours were conducted from 1-4 and searchlight displays each night at 10:15p.m.
Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Historical pageants--Tacoma; Searchlights--Tacoma;
Tacoma's Golden Jubilee celebration of Washington's statehood reached its climax at 8:45 p.m. on July 20, 1939 in the Stadium Bowl with the presentation of the theatrical extravaganza "Saga of the West." A cast of 2,000 depicted historic events from the previous fifty years of Washington's history. At 10:15 p.m. with search lights from the U.S Navy's Pacific fleet lighting up the sky, Queen Amy Lou Murray was carried in on her throne by a group of young men painted glistening gold and placed at the center of the field. The finale cast included princesses representing all of Washington's 39 counties, 100 beautiful women in long evening gowns and an honor guard of men in military uniforms. (T. Times 7/20/1939, pg. 1)
Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Historical pageants--Tacoma; Searchlights--Tacoma;
Police vehicles parked in formation at the Stadium Bowl, including motorcycles with side cars, automobiles and patrol vans. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum)
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;
On January 31, 1940, twenty three unidentified officers with the Tacoma Police Department posed with their fleet of vehicles on the grass inside the Stadium Bowl. The fleet included motorcycles with side cars, sedans and patrol vans. Tacoma's Chief of Police in 1940 was Einar Langseth, who was first hired as a temporary "Special Officer" in 1917 and had served on the "Dry Squad" during Prohibition. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum)
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;
4th of July celebration at Stadium Bowl. 35,000 jammed into Stadium Bowl in 1924 to celebrate Independence Day with pageants and fireworks. Mounted horsemen from Troop F, 11th U.S. Calvary, bands, sailors and school children stood in the center of the vast bowl with the imposing Stadium High School to the left. The American Legion sponsored the festivities. G55.1-036; BU-11,612 (TNT 7-5-24, p. 1-article)
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Stadium High School (Tacoma); Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930; Spectators--Tacoma--1920-1930; Celebrations--Tacoma--1920-1930;
4-man color guard awaits entry to the Stadium Bowl 4th of July celebration in 1924. They would join some 5000 soldiers, sailors and marines inside. Thousands would fill the massive bowl to view parades and fireworks at the American Legion-sponsored event. G67.1-121 (TNT 7-5-24, p. 1-article; Tacoma Sunday Ledger 6-8-24, p. 1-article; Tacoma Sunday Ledger 6-15-24, A-3 article)
Flag bearers--Tacoma--1920-1930; Flags--United States; Celebrations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);
4th of July 1924. These rows of fireworks lined up against a fence will soon be exploding into Tacoma skies at the 4th of July celebration held at Stadium Bowl in 1924. An estimated 35,000 people crammed into Stadium Bowl to watch the pyrotechnic display. G20.1-013
This display of fireworks at the 1924 4th of July celebration held in Tacoma's Stadium Bowl fully expressed what the people of Tacoma thought the correct name should be for our mountain. Tacomans waged an ultimately fruitless battle against the name "Mount Rainier" for Pierce County's majestic mountain. Residents insisted that the original Native American name, "Tacoma," be reinstated and references in local newspapers always referred to "Mt. Tacoma." TPL-308; G20.1-032
Stadium Tigers football team in formation at Stadium Bowl on November 20, 1924. This was the school's second-team who would have a season of victory with their 2-1 record over crosstown rival, Lincoln. Howard M. Carr was the team's coach. TPL-9715; G46.1-035 (1925 Tahoma yearbook, p. 90)
Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);
Stadium High School Intermediate football team. Coached by William M. Jolliffe (third from left, back row), the Stadium team lost to Lincoln twice and tied the final scoreless game of the 1924 season. The team, with no players over 150 pounds, still exerted fine effort and perseverance despite playing a better team. G46.1-032 (1925 Tahoma yearbook, p. 91)
Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Jolliffe, William M.;
Four members of Stadium High School's first team demonstrate football positions on their home field of Stadium Bowl a few days prior to the big November, 1924, inter-city clash with Lincoln High. Harold Pirret did double duty as a tackle and end. Samuel Hansen was selected to lead the Tigers into battle as their captain and played both halfback and on the line. Robert Warnick, according to the Tahoma yearbook, played aggressively and well. Frank Jurich, left end, also won praise from the school yearbook for his quick feet, fine tackling and blocking and secure pass catching. (From L-R Pirret, Hansen, Warnick, Jurich) . The Stadium season would come to an end with a 3-0 loss to Lincoln who took home the Mark L. Davis' trophy. G46.1-033 (1925 Tahoma yearbook, various pages)
Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Pirret, Harold; Hansen, Samuel; Warnick, Robert; Jurich, Frank;
Although the "first teams" of various sports seemed to get most of the attention, there were other teams worthy of mention as well. Athletes of these teams played just as hard and with as much enthusiasm as their brethren. The group pictured above on November 25, 1924, was the Midget team from Stadium High School. They were practicing within the confines of Stadium Bowl. G46.1-037
Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);
Stadium High School track team. Cold December weather in 1924 did not deter these Stadium High School athletes from posing inside Stadium Bowl in traditional running gear. Stadium would be defeated in the annual interscholastic meet with Lincoln by a 72.5 to 56.5 score. Jack Cavin (second from right, back row) would be the high point man with 16 points to his credit. G46.1-020
Track athletics--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Cavin, Jack;
13 National Park buses parked compactly inside Stadium Bowl in June of 1925, just in time for the 26th opening season of Mount Tacoma and Rainier National Park. Each vehicle had four rows of seats where passengers could get plenty of fresh air and unrestricted views of The Mountain. The park buses were equipped with General Tires. Photograph ordered by General Tires. TPL-6199; G70.1-130
Every nook-and-cranny in Stadium Bowl is jam-packed for 1926's 4th of July festivities. 40,000 witnessed the celebration of the 150th anniversary of American independence. Participants in the night's celebration included marines from the battleships in Commencement Bay and the guns of battery B, 10th Field Artillery from Camp Lewis. The program was sponsored by the American Legion and was held on Monday, July 5th. Stadium High School overlooks the Bowl on the left. BU11,616 (TDL 7-6-26, p. 1+) TPL-10131
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Stadium High School (Tacoma); Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930; Spectators--Tacoma--1920-1930; Celebrations--Tacoma--1920-1930;
Miss Tacoma at Stadium Bowl. "Miss Tacoma's" face is not clear due to this double exposure where a young sailor's image has been blended with her own. She posed standing in a late-model automobile with a number of sailors surrounding her during the 1926 4th of July celebration at Stadium Bowl. Dorothy Rothermel was chosen as 1926's Miss Tacoma. TPL-2054; G42.1-136
Stadium Bowl's stands are packed with students and adults in this circa 1920 photograph. Lines of young boys and girls occupy the field while the school band plays on the outdoor stage. This is believed to be "Stadium Day," held each year in May. The "Castle," the massive turreted brick structure otherwise known as Stadium High School, overlooks the Bowl. G55.1-093
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Stadium High School (Tacoma); Celebrations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930;
Dr. Hinton D. Jonez (left), prominent Tacoma physician and civic leader, catches a ride aboard a police sidecar during the 1927 4th of July festivities. Dr. Jonez directed the American Legion Stadium program. It was the ninth year that the American Legion put on the 4th of July Stadium celebration. The other civilian passenger was tentatively identified as a Mr. Hayward. Names of the two police officers were not given. A uniformed band is gathered behind the men and motorcycles. G42.1-013 (TNT 7-2-27, p. 1-article)
Jonez, Hinton D.; Motorcycles--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Musicians--Tacoma--1920-1930;
Tacoma's first known night baseball games were played in the Stadium Bowl on April 25, 1930. The Tacoma Teamsters Local # 313 team, pictured above with coaches and ball boy, shut out the City Lumber team 6-0 in the second half of a doubleheader. In the first game of the evening, the Firemen defeated Northern Pacific 5-1. These games opened the 1930 Industrial Baseball League season. With 18 teams in the circuit, there were undoubtedly other games played under the gigantic floodlights at the Stadium Bowl later in the season. (TDL 4-25-30, p. 10, 4-26-30, p. 8) TPL-875; G53.1-003
President Warren G. Harding and his wife visited Tacoma on July 5, 1923. A crowd estimated at 25,000 in the Stadium Bowl braved drizzling rain to give President Warren G. Harding and his wife a very warm welcome. Those in attendance had been asked to bring small American flags to wave upon the President's arrival in the Stadium. Thousands more had stood for hours on Pacific Avenue awaiting the Presidential special at Union Station. The Presidential party, including Cabinet Secretaries Herbert Hoover and Henry C. Wallace, motored to the Tacoma Hotel for a public reception after which President and Mrs. Harding visited the disabled veterans at Cushman Hospital prior to the Stadium appearance. The Hardings left Tacoma via the transport USS Henderson, which circled the bay close to Stadium, so that the crowds could give one last cheer. (TDL 7-5-23, p. 1) B8286; G68.1-074; TPL-901