McChord Field Construction in February of 1939. The War Department was building a modern airbase on land deeded to them by Pierce County. The construction was valued at over two and one half million dollars and employed 2100 men. Ordered for Corky Maybin, T. Times. (filed with Argentum)

Building construction--McChord Field; McChord Field (Tacoma);

The new residence hall for women at the College of Puget Sound, circa March of 1939. The brick structure was erected in 1938, the school's fiftieth anniversary year. It was opened during the second semester January 30, 1939 and dedicated February 15, 1939. On the ground floor were a service room and large activity room, the main floor contained the lounge, office, dining room and kitchen, and the second and third floors were sleeping rooms for 40 students. The cost of the structure was $72,000. For Dick Smith, C.P.S. (filed with Argentum) (photo used in CPS ad in T. Times 2/8/1939, pg. 32; article same page)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings;

McChord Field under construction in February of 1939. The metal framework of a curved barrel vault roofed building is highlighted against the sky. On completion, this structure will be a hangar housing warplanes. The War Department was constructing a modern airbase on acreage that formerly held Tacoma Field, the city's municipal airport. The land was deeded to the War Department in March of 1938. Construction contracts totalled $2,649, 455.00 and employed 2100 men. Ordered for Corky Maybin, T. Times. (T. Times 2/8/1939, pg. 3) (filed with Argentum)

Building construction--McChord Field; McChord Field (Tacoma);

Interior of office at Griffin Fuel Company. In February of 1939, Griffin Fuel Co. was celebrating its 50th anniversary. The company was started in 1889 by Fred L. Griffin. Through the years, the Griffin family was noted for its amicable and long term relationship with company employees. Four men and two women are photographed working in the office. (T. Times 2/27/1939, pg. 2-3) The photo is marred by two black marks.

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

McChord Field construction in February of 1939. Two large brick buildings being erected; building in foreground appears to be the Administration Building. The airbase was being built where the Tacoma municipal airfield, Tacoma Field, was formerly located. The land was deeded to the War Department in March of 1938. (filed with Argentum)

Building construction--McChord Field; McChord Field (Tacoma);

Griffin Fuel Company. Man standing next to fuel truck. For Harmon Miller. In February of 1939, Griffin Fuel Co. celebrated its 50th anniversary. The company was founded in 1889 by Fred L. Griffin. Griffin started his business with one horse, one wagon and fuel logs, which he cut himself. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Interior of office at Griffin Fuel Company. Four men and two women working in office. Office equipment includes a scale, typewriter, and calculator or comptometer. In February of 1939, Griffin Fuel Co. was celebrating its 50th anniversary. The company was started in 1889 by Fred L. Griffin. Mr. Griffin had a single wagon and horse and delivered fuel in the form of wood that he cut himself. Fifty years later, the company had a fleet of modern trucks and oil tanks. Through the years, the Griffin family was noted for its amicable and long term relationship with company employees. (T. Times 2/27/1939, pg. 2-3)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

McChord Field construction in February of 1939. The War Department was busily constructing buildings, hangars, roads and runways on the land deeded to them by Pierce County. The land was formerly the site of Tacoma Field, Tacoma's Municipal Airport. Ordered for Corky Maybin, T. Times. (filed with Argentum)

Building construction--McChord Field; McChord Field (Tacoma);

The metal framework of a curved, barrel vault roofed building rises into the air as construction continues in February of 1939 on McChord Field. The modern airbase was being constructed on property deeded to the War Department by Pierce County in March of 1938. The cost of construction was topping 2 1/2 million dollars and creating jobs for over 2100 local workers. (T. Times 02/08/1939, pg. 3) Ordered for Corky Maybin, T. Times. (filed with Argentum)

Building construction--McChord Field; McChord Field (Tacoma);

On March 1, 1939 Diores Moore rose early, donned his Sunday clothes, started a fire in the wood-burning range, put on his wife's apron, and started cooking. He wanted to surprise his wife by making a special dinner for his 94th birthday. He did not want his wife to go to any extra effort. Eleven days later, on March 12, he and his wife, Caroline, celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Moore lived at 3423 So. Madison St.. They moved to Tacoma in 1903. Diores Moore died on March 10, 1945 at the age of 100. (T.Times, 3/1/1939, p. 1)

Moore, Diones; Cookery--Tacoma; Cooking utensils; Kitchens--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stoves--Tacoma; Aged persons--Tacoma;

Interior view of redecorated Spellman's Buster Brown Shoe Store, 1122-28 Broadway, circa 1939. Walls lined with shelves filled with shoe boxes, chairs running down the center for customers to sit and try on shoes. Buster Brown Shoes had opened their store in the David Gross Block building in 1924. In 1933, it became Spellman's, owned and managed by William and J. B. Spellman. In 1934, brother J. A. Spellman also joined the company. By 1939, the brothers owned and operated four other shoe stores in the Northwest. Spellman's Shoe Store closed on Broadway around 1966.(filed with Argentum) (TT 3/7/1939, pg.7)

Spellman's Buster Brown Shoe Store (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Dolores Klaiber, as Gretel, Charlotte Sands, as the witch, and Harry Lue Aldrich, as Hansel, appeared in an operetta version of Humperdinck's opera "Hansel and Gretel" in March of 1939. Many of the original solos were transposed into prose to shorten the performance, and make it easier for the young singers. All three of the performers were elementary students. The operetta was presented by the Tacoma Schools' combined music departments for the entertainment of delegates to the Northwest Music Educator's conference in Tacoma. The young people gave four performances to capacity crowds at the Jason Lee auditorium. The conference was held March 28 through April 1, 1939. (T. Times 3/3/1939, p. 13)

Operas & operettas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Klaiber, Dolores; Sands, Charlotte; Aldrich, Harry;

These three children were the principals in an operetta version of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" performed before large crowds at the Northwest Music Educators' March, 1939 conference in Tacoma. Harry Lue Aldrich (Hansel) has been lassoed by the wicked witch Charlotte Sands as Dolores Klaiber (Gretel) stands aghast. All three were elementary school students.

Operas & operettas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Klaiber, Dolores; Sands, Charlotte; Aldrich, Harry; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Klopfenstein Clothiers, Spring models at Ferry Museum. Left to right: Malpherson Klopfenstein, Jeanne Comfort, and Don Baker pose in front of west portico of classical revival building designed by architect George Bullard. (T. Times, 3/7/1939, p. 18).

Ferry Museum (Tacoma); Klopfenstein, Malpherson; Comfort, Jeanne; Baker, Don; Klopfensteins (Tacoma); Fashion models--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Klopfensteins Clothiers' Spring models at the Ferry Museum. Don Baker and Jean Comfort examine a military sword as William P. Bonney, secretary-curator of the museum, explains the artifact's significance. Photograph was taken on March 4, 1939. (T. Times, 3/17/1939, p. 18)

Baker, Don; Comfort, Jean; Bonney, William P.; Washington State Historical Building (Tacoma); Ferry Museum (Tacoma); Daggers & swords; Arms & armament; Klopfensteins (Tacoma); Fashion models--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In this photograph from March of 1939, James F. (Jimmy) O'Brien stands beside the library of law books in his office in the Perkins Building at 1103 A St. Mr. O'Brien was born in Canada in 1871. After earning a law degree in Toronto, he moved to Tacoma in 1889. He was admitted to the Washington Bar in 1891, and began practice in Tacoma in 1895. He died in August 1942 at the age of 71. (T. Times, 3/7/1939).

O'Brien, James F.; Lawyers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Law offices--Tacoma;

James F. (Jimmy) O'Brien, lawyer, seated at desk in his law office in the Perkins Building, Room 520. O'Brien, an Irish lad, came to Tacoma in 1889 from law school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He joined his older brother Steve in Tacoma. He arrived during the "Tacoma boom," begun with the arrival of the first Northern Pacific transcontinental train in 1887, when most of America felt that Tacoma would become the stellar city in the west. On arrival, he was too young to test for the Bar. He was admitted to the Bar in 1892. (T. Times, 3/7/1939)

O'Brien, James F.; Lawyers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Law offices--Tacoma;

Dorothy Read, wife of Dr. Jess W. Read poses for a home portrait as publicity for Pierce County Medical Association Auxiliary. She is chairperson for an upcoming dinner party. Desk lamp is knight-in-armor sculpture. (T. Times, 3/11/1939, p. 8)

Pierce County Medical Association (Tacoma); Women--Tacoma--1930-1940; Read, Dorothy;

Dorothy Read, wife of Dr. Jess W. Read, poses for a home portrait near French doors on March 9, 1939. She was the chairperson for an upcoming dinner party for the Pierce County Medical Association Auxiliary. The March 14, 1939, party in the Hotel Winthrop's Crystal Ballroom would honor the county medical society members and wives. The Reads resided at 1515 No. Prospect. Dr. Read shared an office in the Rust Bldg. with Drs. Wilmot and Robert Read. (T.Times, 3-11-39, p. 8)

Read, Dorothy;

On March 11, 1939, the Bachelor Club of Tacoma hosted a large ball and style show at the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Shannon Smith, center, modeled a wedding gown. (T.Times 3/18/1939, pg. 9)

Smith, Shannon; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor Club (Tacoma); Fashion shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Messiah Lutheran Church Junior choir. Thirty youngsters were photographed wearing robes in church. The choir performed under the direction of Margaret Rorem. Building built as First Norwegian Lutheran in 1891, C.S. Torkelson, Architect. Building is now home to Shiloh Baptist Church. (filed with Argentum) (T. Times 3/23/1939, pg. 2)

Messiah Lutheran Church (Tacoma); Lutheran churches--Tacoma--1930-1940; Choirs (Music)--1930-1940; Children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On Saturday March 11, 1939, the Bachelor Club hosted a large ball and style show in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. The backdrop for the show as an elegant cityscape with outlines of skyscrapers, a large bridge and a late model sedan. (filed with Argentum) (T.Times 3/18/1939, pg. 9)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor Club (Tacoma); Fashion shows;

On March 11, 1939, the Bachelor Club of Tacoma hosted a large ball and style show in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Several guests were photographed seated at a long banquet table watching the fashion show. More guests are seated on a landing above and to the right. (filed with Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor Club (Tacoma); Fashion shows;

On March 11, 1939, the Bachelor Club of Tacoma hosted a large ball and style show in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Several guests were photographed seated around small round tables at the event. (filed with Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor Club (Tacoma); Fashion shows;

St. Leo's Basketball Team, 1939 Parochial School League Champions. Nine players in uniform with Knights of Columbus trophy, banner and basketball. On their way to the championship, the team ran up an average of 50 points a game. They played each rival school, Holy Rosary, Visitation, Sacred Heart and St. Patricks, three times and won every time. Team members are, left to right, Bob Hines, Charles Paplow, Jack Hermsen, Larry Rash, Bob Hutt, Orville Zander, James O'Brien, Ted Garitone and Albert Buhr. Ordered by Father Joseph A. Lynch.

St. Leo's Parochial School (Tacoma); Church schools--Tacoma; Basketball--Tacoma; Basketball players--Tacoma;

Interior exposure of James H. Davis, better known as Jimmy, at his desk at his insurance company in office 607 of the Perkins Building. Davis came to Tacoma in 1889, when Washington became a state. He left home in Albany Illinois at the age of 11 to seek his fortune in Louisville, Ky. He signed on as a cabin boy of the "Belle of Memphis," a steamer plying the Mississippi between Louisville and New Orleans. Entreated by the captain to continue his education, he enrolled at the university founded by his grandfather Indiana Asbury University (later renamed Depauw.) He attended until he got restless in his sophomore year and ventured west, to Grenada, Colorado, where he was elected mayor before he was 21. His next bout of restlessness took him as far west as he could go, Tacoma, where he blew into town on March 10, 1889. He started out wiping down street railway cars and ended up as the manager, personally selected by owner Henry Villard. He later focused on insurance and politics, serving as state representative 12 consecutive sessions. (T. Times, 3/13/1939, p. 1).

Davis, James H.; Politicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Mrs. Kate Stevens Bates, youngest daughter and only survivor of Washington Territory's first governor, Isaac Stevens, sits at the piano at her home in Olympia on March 14, 1939. She was only a few months old when the family arrived in Olympia. Brother Hazard Stevens built Bates' home. She is the wife of James H.S. Bates. (T. Times 3/14/1939, p. 1)

Governors; Stevens, Isaac Ingalls--Family; Bates, Kate Stevens; Pianos;

Mrs. Kate Stevens Bates, youngest daughter of Washington Territory's first governor, Isaac Stevens, sits in her home in Olympia reading "Readers Digest." Home was built by her brother Hazard Stevens and is filled with antiques, art, and photographs.(T. Times 3/14/1939, p.1)

Governors; Stevens, Isaac Ingalls--Family; Bates, Kate Stevens; Bates, Kate Stevens--Homes & haunts;

Judge James H.S. Bates at home in Olympia. The Judge is seated on antique sofa below a collection of framed art. Judge Bates is the husband of Kate Stevens Bates, the youngest daughter of Washington Territory's first governor Isaac Stevens. (T. Times, 3/14/1939, p. 1)

Judges; Bates, James;

Basketball team on court. Number 12 jumps for basket with ball as player Number 4 blocks shot.