Four young fellows wait for Washington Elementary School, at 3701 No. 26th St., to open on the first day of school for the 1935-36 school term. Three boys (l to r) Richard Hilton, Gene Desel and Jack Field sit on the curb. Curtis Hilton sits in a wagon. Will Curtis be allowed in class with those bare feet? (T.Times, 9/4/1935, p. 1).

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hilton, Richard; Desel, Gene; Field, Jack; Hilton, Curtis; Books; Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Taken for the News Tribune; three young women walking toward the camera with trees on either side at the Tacoma Lawn & Tennis Club. This picture was not used in the August 1935 News Tribune, but was probably taken in conjunction with their large tennis tournament early in August and its accompanying parties and social events.

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Women--Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

Camille Pessemier, of Pessemier's Bootery at 927 Broadway, shows formal shoe styles to Betty Martin (Baker.) Miss Martin (later Baker) tries on a shiny, strappy evening shoe. Studio records indicate photographs taken for the Junior League at Fisher's Department Store. The Junior League would be running the Tacoma department store on September 9, 1935 in exchange for a portion of the day's proceeds to benefit their charitable ventures. Both Miss Martin and Mr. Pessemier's wife were participating Junior League members. (T. Times 8/20/1935)

Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing stores--Tacoma; Department stores--Tacoma; Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fisher's Department Store (Tacoma); Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baker, Betye M.; Pessemier, Camille;

Junior League members Mrs. J. Arthur Thompson (L) and Mrs. L. Donald Fisher (R) assist public health nurse Alva Tuve in weighing a baby during a well baby check at the County Hospital at 3572 Pacific Avenue in August of 1935. This child welfare clinic was one of the programs financially supported by the Junior League in Tacoma. Over 3,000 children were seen at League sponsored clinics during the previous year. The Junior League was dedicated to quality medical care for all local children and were later instrumental in the founding of Mary Bridge Hospital. (filed with Argentum) (T.Times 8-27-35, p. 5-article & alternate photograph)

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Thompson, J. Arthur--Family; Fisher, L. Donald--Family; Tuve, Alva; Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma);

Eleventh Annual Conclave of the Order of DeMolay, held in Tacoma in August of 1935. Over 800 members of the organization assembled for the convention. One of the highlights was the parade held on August 31st. A group of young men wearing white uniforms was photographed parading up 13th Street in Tacoma. From the appearance of the uniforms, this appears to be the Bremerton chapter of DeMolay. The Mecca restaurant and tavern and Knapp College are in buildings on left.

Order of DeMolay (Bremerton); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940;

School Opening Day, trio of friends of George Weyerhaeuser, Jr.: Alice Walker, 11, of Lowell School, Jean Sanders,11, and Sabine Phelps, 12, of Mason Junior High. One girl with school books, another pouring drinks from a pitcher. (T. Times, 9/4/1935, p. 1)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Walker, Alice; Sanders, Jean; Phelps, Sabine;

Graham Ring shaves as Tommy Vitos holds a mirror, in August of 1935, after the two returned to civilization after eight days of a "Tarzan" like survival existence in the Olympic Mountain region. The two young men had lost a bet with druggist William Rast that they could survive for 30 days in the wild mountain region dressed only in shorts and tennis shoes and equipped with nothing but a knife, a fishing line and an automatic lighter. The boys paid for their loss by moving 15 tons of bricks to the site of Rast's new home at Dash Point. The 23 year old Vitos lived at 3101 So. Monroe in Tacoma, and Ring, 19, hailed from Fircrest. (TDL 8/8/1935, pg. 3; TDL 8/16/1935) TPL-8686

Ring, Graham; Vitos, Tom; Wagers; Shaving;

Swimming area at lake resort divided into shallow water and deep water. A double slide and diving platform accommodate swimmers. People are gathered around watching the activities.

Facilities - Parks - Pierce County - Swimming PlatformsRecreation Sports - Water Sports - Swimming

Townsend picnic at Spanaway Park in September of 1935. Appears to be Tom Brown speaking over microphone with arm raised. Large crowd responds with raised arms. An estimated 10,000 people attended the Labor Day picnic. Park buildings in background. Advertisement: "Large ice cream sandwich 5 c[ents]". (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).

Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Brown, Tom; Public speaking; Crowds;

An estimated 10,000 people attended tha Labor Day Townsend Club picnic at Spanaway Park in 1935. Portrait of three men: Roy L. Allen, member of the 6th congressional district advisory board; Tom Brown, 6th district organizer; and E. J. Young, Puyallup, state board member. Dr. Francis E. Townsend proposed a $200 per month pension for all persons over 60. Supporters, five million of them at the height of the movement, banded together into Townsend Clubs. (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).

Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Allen, Roy L; Brown, Tom; Young, E.J.;

Otto Case, state treasurer, addresses Townsend Club picnic at Spanaway Park. With hand raised, Case is standing before the microphone, a round object with star center and twisted wire cord. In 1933, Dr. Francis E. Townsend proposed a government old age pension plan for everyone over the age of 60. This struck a common chord in the elderly who suffered greatly during the Depression. "Townsend Clubs" sprang up all over America, boasting 5 million members at the height of its popularity. (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).

Case, Otto; Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma);

Townsend picnic at Spanaway Park, 1935. The huge Labor Day crowd stood in the shade of fir trees on this warm, sunny day to listen to Otto Case, at microphone. He was speaking about the old age pension plan proposed by Dr. Francis E. Townsend, commonly called the Townsend Plan. The ground support for this plan was so great that it led to the adoption of the Social Security Act. (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).

Case, Otto; Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Crowds; Public speaking;

People enjoying activities at lake resort, perhaps Spanaway Park. Tall, open, wooden structure for swimmers is adjacent to a one-story building.

Facilities - Parks - Pierce County - Swimming PlatformsRecreation Sports - Water Sports - Swimming

An estimated 10,000 people attended the Townsend Club picnic held at Spanaway Park on Labor Day in 1935. In 1933, Francis E. Townsend had begun a personal campaign to fight the poverty that plagued the senior citizens of the United States. Supporters of his cause began Townsend Clubs. At its peak the Townsend Club movement claimed over five million members. (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).

Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Haynes, Ruby; Wiilliams, Sarah;

Townsend picnic at Spanaway Park, Labor Day 1935. Ruby Haynes, left, enrolling her grandmother, Sarah H. Williams, 87, of Midland, on the Townsend roster. At the height of the Depression, 1933, Dr. Francis E. Townsend proposed a government old age pension. Its purpose was two fold, to help end the Depression by stimulating the economy and to aid the elderly, one of the groups hardest hit. Over 10,000 people attended this Labor Day picnic to hear more about the plan. (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).

Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Haynes, Ruby; Williams, Sarah;

The coaching staff for the 1935 Bremerton High School Wildcats reviewed plays on September 4, 1935, preparing for the opening game on the 21st. Pictured left to right are Assistant Coaches Leonard Kelly, Lloyd Critser and Charles Jones, while Head Coach Harold Shidler maps out a play in the loose dirt. (filed with Argentum) (Bremerton Sun 09-20-1935, pg. 1)

Football players--Bremerton--1930-1940; Athletes--Bremerton--1930-1940; Kelly, Leonard; Critser, Lloyd; Jones, Charles; Shidler, Harold;

Group picture of the 1935 Bremerton High School Wildcats, the local football team. The team was getting ready for the opening game on September 21, 1935. (filed with Argentum)

Football players--Bremerton--1930-1940; Athletes--Bremerton--1930-1940; Bremerton High School (Bremerton);

Hall-? Wedding. Woman in dark suit, white blouse and hat holding man's arm. He's wearing suit with striped tie and has curly hair. (filed with Argentum)

Weddings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brides--1930-1940; Grooms (Weddings)--1930-1940;

Little Harlem Rondivoo, Ray Simpson/Al Trustee Group of people, mostly African-american, inside a tavern. A man at the far left is sitting at an upright piano.

On September 9, 1935, Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Elliot were photographed in the act of paying their water bill to George Nutter, assistant city treasurer. The photograph was taken at the Water Department pay window at Bremerton City Hall. Mrs. Elliot wears a light suit and coat, with the brim of a white hat pulled down over one eye. (Bremerton 10/15/1935, pg. 1)

Sailors--Bremerton--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--1930-1940; Elliot, C.F.; Nutter, George; City Hall (Bremerton);

Safety patrol crossing guards assisted elementary school children crossing the street by holding "Stop" flags on September 9, 1935. Buildings, automobiles, and the Park Avenue Bus are in the background. The young guards took their job seriously, even their ability to "arrest" violators. (Bremerton Sun).

School patrol--Bremerton; School children--Bremerton;

Large group of P.T.A. ladies in front of a school doorway in Bremerton. The women are part of a group of Bremerton Parent Teacher Council officers and committee chairmen planning a School on Instruction to be held at the First Baptist Church on October 4, 1935. Pictured back row, left to right, are Mrs. H.K. Vockrodt, Mrs. E.R. Weller, Mrs. Wade Bristol, Mrs. O.H. Force, Mrs. H.C. Maston, Mrs. O.H. Schultheis. Second row-Mrs. LE. Reeser, Mrs. E. Sprout, Mrs. F.J. Carr, Mrs. H. Prichard, Mrs. W.W. Millikin, Mrs. E.F. Pursell, Mrs. C. Allison. Front row- Mrs. E.C. Greenwood, Mrs. C.I. Johnson, Mrs C.F. Agar, Mrs. A.W. Nelson, Mrs. Fred DeLong, Mrs. J.A. Watson. (For Bremerton Sun 10/03/1935. pg. 1) (filed with Argentum)

Educational organizations--Bremerton; Parent-Teacher Association (Bremerton);

In preparation for the start of Bremerton's 1935 school year , the young members of the Smith School patrol received instruction from Highway Patrolman Ted Cole, left, and City Patrolman Art Morken, right, on September 9, 1935. The boys, left to right, are Herbert Wheeler, Johnny Gray, Jack Cohen, Allen Johnson, Robert Conn and Lesley Eathorne. (filed with Argentum) (Bremerton Sun 9/11/1935, pg. 1)

School safety patrols--Bremerton--1930-1940; School children--Bremerton--1930-1940; Public schools--Bremerton--1930-1940; Cole, Ted; Morken, Art;

These two society gals were photographed in September of 1935 knitting, before departing Bremerton to winter in the south. Mrs. Edgar Dale Stoll (seated) and her sister Margaret Hokenstad were spending the winter in Beverly Hills, Ca. (Bremerton Sun 9/25/35 pg. 2).

Stoll, Edgar Dale--Family; Hokenstad, Margaret; Knitting--Bremerton; Yarn;

Mrs. E.W. Schweer, left, and Mrs. E.C. Jack pose in the garden of the Schweer home in Manette in September of 1935. The pair had just returned from the national convention of the P.E.O. (philanthropic educational organization), held at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone Park. Big home with low pitched gable in background. The garden path is edged with rock, also used for accents, and backed by an arbor. For Bremerton Sun. TPL-8554 (Bremerton sun 9/21/1935, pg. 2)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; Gardens--Bremerton; Clothing & dress--Bremerton--1930-1940; P.E.O. (Bremerton); Schweer, E.W.--Family; Jack, E.C.--Family;

Five women looking at book "Piano Jazz" on front porch of a house. Taken for the Bremerton Sun newspaper on September 24, 1935. The women were the committee completing the final arrangements for the annual Grand Ball sponsored by the Olympic Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star in Bremerton. The Ball was held at the Masonic Temple on October 4, 1935. The women are, left to right, Mrs. Sadye Dunlap; Mrs. Gertrude Reynolds, Mrs. Beth Young, worthy matron, Mrs. Alice Duckwiler and Bertha Tappe. (Bremerton Sun 10/3/1935, pg. 2)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; Sheet music covers; Order of the Eastern Star, Olympic Chapter (Bremerton); Dunlap, Sadye; Reynolds, Gertrude; Young, Beth; Duckwiler, Alice; Tappe, Bertha;

In honor of her 95th birthday, Susanna Doyle (first name also listed at times as Suzanne) posed for the Bremerton Sun outside her home at 1510 Sixth St., Bremerton, on September 25, 1935. Pictured with her is her pet canary "Dick Dilver." Unusually alert, her favorite topics for discussion were government, politics and the growth of the Puget Sound Naval Yard. The same picture ran in 1936, when "Grandma Doyle" swore she was celebrating her 97th birthday. Mrs. Doyle was born around 1840 on Prince Edward Island and was of Irish descent. She was raised in Canada. After being widowed by her first husband, Capt. John Robert Bruce, she married again to Owen Doyle. They had a farm in Montana. She had 5 children, 20 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Doyle died in June of 1937 at the reported age of 97 years. She had lived in Bremerton for 33 years and died at the home where she lived with her daughter Mrs. Susie Leonhardt. (Bremerton Sun 9-26-1935, pg. 1; 9-26-1936, pg. 1; 6-21-1937, pg. 1)

Aged persons--Bremerton; Birds; Birdcages; Pets; Doyle, Susanna;

A young woman in a tweed coat reaches to pet her dog's head. The dog rests its front paws on her coat and stands at full length on his hind legs. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun.

Dogs; Pets--Bremerton--1930-1940;

On October 15, 1935, the Bremerton Sun ran a pictorial of the "goings on" at City Hall. One of the featured pictures was of Chief Petty Officer P. E. Hines, Navy patrol officer. He was photographed at his desk where he dispatched sailors detailed for shore patrol duty. He was posed beside a telephone; the phone had a speaker on one piece and the receiver attached to it by a cord. He has a large "SP" on his sleeve, for shore patrol. He gazes at the camera as he takes notes with pen and paper. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun. (Bremerton sun 10/15/1935, pg. 1)

Telephones--1930-1940; Hines, P.E.; City Hall (Bremerton);

Girl representing the Disabled American Veterans pins a Forget-Me-Not or "Buddy Poppy" on Mayor George A. Smitley at his office in (Old) City Hall. Miss Viola Wilson is holding a handful of paper poppies as she fastens the Forget-Me-Not to Mr. Smitley's lapel. Mr. Smitley helped to kick off the annual Forget-Me-Not sale by purchasing the first flower from Miss Wilson, who is the daughter of state disabled veterans commander Virgil Wilson. It was noted in the Tacoma Times article attached to the sepia September 25, 1935, photograph, that Mr. Wilson was seriously ill in a Seattle hospital suffering from the effects of wounds received in the war. ALBUM 11. (T. Times, 9-26-35, p. 5)

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Fund raising--Tacoma--1930-1940; Patriotic societies--Tacoma; Veterans' organizations--Tacoma; Wilson, Viola;