ca. 1936. Unidentified older man sitting on steps of front porch. He is wearing a pointed felt hat with brim, suit and tie, and knitted sweater vest. (WSHS)
ca. 1936. Comptometer for Mr. Strang. Counting election votes. An announcer for KVI radio sits at a desk next to three people working on election ballots.
ca. 1936. Tacoma Fire Company, Fireboat No. 1. Firefighters at stations on fire boat directing far-reaching sprays of water into Commencement Bay. Industries in background.
ca. 1936. Andrew Holt, shoe repairer at Bone-Dry Shoe Store, standing at counter piled with many pairs of worn boots. Machinery behind him. Location 11th and Commerce Streets.
Holt, Andrew; Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Bone Dry Shoe Store (Tacoma);
New one-and-one-half story cottage by Cavanaugh Lumber Company, with sign "For Sale Robert A. Walker and Co." in front window. Located at about 7000 A Street.
ca. 1936. George Lawler bulb farm at Roy, Washington. A young girl holds a bouquet of tulips in the flower field where tulips have grown as tall the child.
ca. 1936. George Lawler bulb farm at Roy, Washington. A small girl wearing a sun bonnet holds a bouquet of tulips. She is standing in the tulip field where tulips grow as tall as the child.
ca. 1936. Thorne and Nancy Corse, the grandchildren of Chester Thorne, on horseback in front of the family mansion "Thornewood" in Lakewood. Thornewood was a hundred acre estate in Lakewood built for Thorne. In 1935, Anna Thorne, Chester's widow, deeded the property to her daughter Anita Thorne Corse.
ca. 1936. This brick home at 3013 No. 13th St. was built in 1935 from materials from Cavanaugh Limber Co. The home was built for Parker and Alice Buck. Mr. Buck was the president-Manager of Buck & Bowers Oil and Tire Co. Inc. (WSHS)
ca. 1936. Mrs. Anita Thorne Corse's son and daughter, Thorne and Nancy Corse, on horses. "Thornewood" estate in the background. The Kirtland Cutter designed Gothic Tudor was built for the younger Corse's grandfather, Chester Thorne. Front of ivy-covered mansion, showing four double-stack fireplace chimney. Anita Thorne Corse later married General David L. Stone and the couple renovated the mansion in the 1940s. TPL-534
ca. 1936. Nancy (Mrs. Edwin) Griffin with two large dogs. The dogs are believed to be "Broomcourt Nell" and "Roxbury Boy." In 1936, the Griffins owned the only English mastiff in the Northwest. Their mastiff "Nell" was bred with "Roxbury Boy" resulting in a litter of 10 puppies. Edwin Griffin was the president-manager of Griffin Fuel Co. and the Griffins' home address was listed as Caledonia Beach.
ca. 1936. Exhibiting a little sleight of hand, magician Clarence Slyter appeared to pull a tiny man out of his hat. Photograph ordered by Slyter's Theatrical Services Company, a booking agency. (Argentum)
ca. 1936. Dr. Huston, Temperance Campaign speaker. Man in dark suit, white shirt, stripe pattern tie, round glasses, wave in hair, pointing finger. For Mr. Waters. (Argentum)
ca. 1936. Major Albert H. Hooker of Hooker Chemical Company in uniform serving as president of the State Reserve Officers' Association. Mr. Hooker retired from the Army as a Colonel and served in both World Wars. He was also a civic leader who was elected as a Tacoma city councilman and served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Puget Sound. A son of one of the four founders of Hooker Chemical, he occupied the post of the company's western Sales Manager. He died at the age of 76 in May of 1971. At the time of his death, he and his wife Ellen resided at 4755 So 48th St. (TNT 5/24/1971, pg. 1)
World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--Tacoma; Hooker, Albert H.;
ca. 1936. John Rea in suit, wearing white hat, sitting with hands on arms of chair. Mr. Rea was the last surviving member of Cornell's first graduating class, the class of 1869. He was recognized at the annual reunion, held in June of 1936. (Argentum) (T. Times 12/7/1936, pg. 10; 6/1/1936, pg. 1; T. Times 2/20/1941, pg. 1)
Rea, John A.; Alumni & alumnae--Cornell University--1930-1940;
ca. 1936. Portrait of Madeline Merrill, daughter of photographer Lee Merrill, about 1936. The bright-eyed little girl is sitting on a stool wearing a bow in her curly hair and holding a block. Stuffed toy and alphabet blocks are scattered on the floor near her high topped shoes. (Argentum)
ca. 1936. Agnes (Mrs. Matthew) Fischer standing by brick arch over porch, panel window and front door in background. Mr. Fischer was Executive Secretary of Sunbeam Gold Mines and Secretary-Treasurer of Golden West Mining Company.
ca. 1936. Agnes (Mrs. Matthew) Fischer and children in yard of home. Mrs. Fischer and one daughter sit on stool, second daughter and son standing beside them. (Argentum)
ca. 1936. Julian Street, in suit, seated at dinner table with wine glass in hand in this circa 1936 photograph. Nice place settings, silver tray and candelabra on sideboard behind. (Argentum)
ca. 1936. Estelle (Mrs. J.C.) Gould in jacket with striped scarf and hat, daughter Jedell standing on left side wearing coat and cap. Mother and daughter are leaving Tacoma to make a new home in Santa Clara. Mr. Gould is with the military science department at the Santa Clara University. Mrs. Gould's sister Blanche Yorktheimer, noted local musician, will be making San Francisco her new quarters. (T. Times 10/3/1936, pg. 6)
ca. 1936. Estelle (Mrs. J.C.) Gould and daughter Jedell sitting on padded bench under arched window surrounded by wood spool design and holding a book. Background appears to possibly be the Yorktheimer mansion at 27 Broadway. Mrs. Gould's maiden name was Yorktheimer. (When the Yorktheimer home was demolished, Steve Pease bought much of the interior woodwork and installed it in his Gay Nineties restaurant. To see the spool woodwork in Steve's, see A123741 image 11 & 12.)
ca. 1936. George W. and Francis Duncan and family at home. Elderly woman in lace dress in chair, middle aged couple, two young men, one in Naval uniform (George C. Duncan is also listed at this address in the city directory) and one young woman.
Duncan, George W.--Family; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1936. T. Paul Strong, in tweed suit, polka dot tie and hat. Strong ran a grocery store at 247 Broadway and worked as a clerk at Rhodes Brothers Department Store. (Argentum)
