ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Photograph of an unidentified young boy and girl standing on pile of Houston Fabricated Street Gutters; used for advertising. The "Houston Fabricated Street Gutters" were manufactured by the Houston Treated Wood Co., owned by Tacoman Ross Houston, and were patented in the US and Canada.(filed with Argentum)

Residential streets--Tacoma; 4L Wood Promotion Committee (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gutters (Streets)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Houston Fabricated Street Gutters (Tacoma); Houston Treated Wood Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Buckley-King Funeral Church, circa 1932. When the Romanesque-Italian structure was built in 1927, it was one of only two funeral churches in the US. The brick building, designed by Hill & Mock architects, became a model for facilities of its kind. In 1987, the church was purchased by the adjacent First Presbyterian Church and became part of its church and school. (filed with Argentum)

Buckley-King Funeral Service (Tacoma); Churches;

Ship "Phoenix" in Tacoma. Large cargo vessel with small superstructure amidships, another with funnel at the stern. Wooden warehouses on pier, lumber mills and Tacoma skyline in background, pod of logs floating in foreground. (filed with Argentum)

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Logs;

ca. 1935. Mrs. Hazel Kenworthy poses in English riding clothes, standing beside her horse, for the Woodbrook Hunt Club. Mrs. Kenworthy was the wife of J. Fred Kenworthy, president of Kenworthy Grain & Milling Co., and she herself was vice-president of the company. The company was located at 5440-48 S. Washington, at the corner of So. 56th. The Kenworthys resided at 605 No. 8th. The Kenworthys married in 1918. Mrs. Kenworthy was formerly Miss Hazel W. Augustine and a graduate of Lincoln High School. On January 26, 1940, Mrs. Kenworthy died suddenly at her home after failing to rally from an operation two weeks prior. She was on the board of the Tacoma Garden Club and the State Arboretum at the University of Washington. ( T. times 1/27/1940, pg 3)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Kenworthy, Hazel;

ca. 1933. Brown & Haley. Mixed candy in cellophane bags. Each bag of candy sold for 10 cents. (WSHS)

Candy--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brown & Haley (Tacoma);

Brown and Haley Candy Co. Mr. Brown & Mr. Haley with a group of salesmen. Harry L. Brown is in the center of the front row. J.C. Haley is third from left in the front row. Brown & Haley is one of the largest and oldest candy companies in the United States. Harry Brown learned the candy making art in 1902 at Tacoma confectionery Josslyn's. He opened his own retail candy shop on Broadway in 1907. It became a business partnership when his friend Jonathan Clifford Haley began selling Harry's "Oriole Chocolates." By 1914, the partnership was formal with the organization of Brown & Haley. Mr. Haley was president and chief salesman and Mr. Brown was general manager, chief candy formulator and head of manufacturing. The company owes its success to loyal and hardworking employees, a committment to producing high quality candy and the invention of the unique "English toffee" in 1923 that is now named Almond Roca. It is one of the largest selling gift confections in the US and is marketed in 30 countries on 6 continents. The company is still a family owned and run business. ("South on the Sound" by Murray Morgan)

Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Brown, Harry;

ca. 1932. Eight women skiers in room. The women appear to be in a clothing store and are perhaps modeling what the best dressed female skiers will be wearing in 1932. The women are all wearing two piece sweater outfits and perky berets on top.

Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Interior view of the "Happy Days Here Again" Beer Parlour. This is the "Ladies' Service." In this area, women were allowed to enter and sip drinks. One woman and three men sit at the front bar counter. The white shirted and aproned waiters stand beside the rear tables where most of the ladies are seated. This would be a more genteel area of the tavern, where couples could enter together or a pair of ladies could enter without male companions. The tavern was managed by Albert H. Innocenti.

Happy Days Here Again (Tacoma); Bars--Tacoma--1930-1940; Eating & drinking facilities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Innocenti, Albert--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1933. Washington Cleaners, Finishing Department, 1104 Sixth Ave., circa 1933. Two women and a man working at steam tables, pressers. (filed with Argentum)

Washington Cleaners & Dyers (Tacoma); Cleaning establishments--Tacoma;

ca. 1935. Tacoma Garden Club flower show. Photograph ordered by Mrs. Hazel Kenworthy. Arrangements of flowers from large to tiny nosegays dot the table waiting for the judge's viewing. All flowers needed to be grown in the member's garden.

Gardening--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma; Exhibitions--Tacoma; Tacoma Garden Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Du Lac Auto Body Company built delivery truck for Northwestern Bakery, 1912 Center St. The Du Lac Co. was located at 3619-23 So. 54th St. and owned by Oliver J. DuLac. The company designed and built delivery trucks for companies. The vehicles were specially designed for the material that they would be delivering. (WSHS)

Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Truck industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Du Lac Auto Body Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital, ca. 1933; therapeutic pool inside the hospital. In August of 1929, the physiotherapy department opened a swimming pool for children suffering from infantile paralysis (polio.) The tiled pool was 10 foot by 9 foot and thirty to forty inches deep. Water temperature was maintained between 92 and 94 degrees. The overhead track had ropes and springs that supported the children while in the water. Nurses and assistants were photographed helping children with treatment in the pool. Physical therapy was often performed in a warm water pool to reduce the strain on muscles. (WSHS) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Physical therapy--Tacoma;

ca. 1926. Wilkeson Service Station interior showing Western Dri-Kure Vulcanizing Manufacturing tire machine. Should be A1815-1.

Wilkeson Garage & Service Station (Tacoma); Tires; Tire industry--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Willard School "May Fete". Children performing around May pole on school lawn. (filed with Argentum)

Willard School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; May Day--Tacoma; Rites & Ceremonies--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma;

ca. 1925. Winthrop Motor Company, REO automobile dealership, general view of building from northwest. Brick structure with overhanging shed roof and exposed beam ends. Garage doors on both elevations, automobile visible in showroom window. (WSHS)

Winthrop Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950;

ca. 1910. Studio copy photograph of Stanley Ketchel, Middleweight Boxing Champion, American, 1908-1910. Ketchel is wearing his elaborate championship belt. Ketchel (born Stanislaus Kiecal) was known as the "Michigan Assassin," reflecting his birthplace and hard hitting style of fighting. He fought middleweights, light heavyweights and heavyweights during his short career, including heavyweight champ Jack Johnson. Ketchel was the first two-time middleweight champion. He died at age 24, shot in Missouri by an allegedly jealous ranch hand named Walter Dipley. The legendary fighter was part of the inaugural class of inductees in 1990 into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. (T. Times, 11/15/1938, p. 12; boxrec.com). (Argentum)

Ketchel, Stanley; Boxers (Sports)--1900-1910;

ca. 1935. Copy of advertising board for Cole Ad Service. Clock surrounded by advertisements for: Hotel Croft, Roy's Shamrock, Blatt's Range Exchange, Ernie's Fish Market, Davis Apts., Hotel Holly, Loggers Club, Carlton Hotel, Cleman's and others. (WSHS)

Advertising; Publicity; Signs (Notices);

Copy of marriage certificate. Elaborate certificate with portraits of groom and bride. W. G. Converse and Laura _uerch of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, March 21, 1888. (WSHS)

Converse, W.G.--Marriage; Converse, Laura--Marriage;

ca. 1935. Cushman Hydroelectric Power House No. 2. power plant near the Hood Canal. Power House No. 2 gets its power from the Cushman reservoir on the Skokomish River. Cushman No. 1, which greatly enlarged the original Lake Cushman, was built in 1924, and Cushman No. 2, which created Lake Kokanee, followed in 1930. Together, the two dams produce an average of 360 million kilowatt-hours a year, enough to power 24,000 average Tacoma homes. Copy negative. (Argentum) (www.fwee.org)

Hydroelectric power--Tacoma; Cushman Hydroelectric Power House No. 2 (Mason County);

Copy photograph of early 20th Century wedding. For, or of, H.D. Nicewanger. Group of people on lawn beside frame house.

Weddings--Tacoma--1900-1910; Nicewanger, H.D.--Family; Brides--1900-1910; Grooms (Weddings)--1900-1910; Wedding clothing & dress--1900-1910;

ca. 1936. Drawing of character "the jolly boy, " later known as Alfred E. Neuman, with caption "Me Worry?" Copy photograph from the 1930s for Chauncey Griggs. MAD Magazine popularized the image, and named it, in the 1950s. When MAD was sued for copyright infringement concerning the image, one of the arguments that they used was that it had appeared on documents dating back to 1911. (Argentum)

Cartoons (Commentary); Fictitious characters;

ca. 1880. Copy of a photograph of the interior of the Canadian Pacific Railroad office, circa 1880s. Signs for Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company on counter, four men behind. Pictures of ships and posters for Cunard and Beaver Lines on walls. Copy for Mr. Short, Tacoma Times. (Argentum)

Canadian Pacific Railway (Tacoma); Railroad companies--1880-1890; Railroads; Railroad facilities;

ca. 1898. Copy of an 1898 photograph of the R.E. Anderson Insurance and Real Estate office. The office was then located on the first floor of the Berlin Building, 1021-23 Pacific Ave. Its street address was 117 So. 11th St. Mr. Anderson, the founder of the company, was seated in the private office on the left. The remaining group consisted of, left to right, an unidentified Western Union messenger boy, an unidentified female secretary, W.H. Van Horn, William H. Miller (later president of the company) and A.Gehri, contractor and head of a roofing firm. Originally Anderson & Co. handled mortgage loans and insurance; they got into the real estate business in the aftermath of the panic of 1893. The room decor featured a wood stove with its pipe running across the ceiling, unshaded light globes, marble paneling and art glass. Copy made for Mr. Short, columnist for the Tacoma Times. (Argentum) (T. Times 4/23/1937, pg. 11)

R.E. Anderson & Co. Inc. (Tacoma); Anderson, R.E.; Van Horn, W.H.; Miller, William H.; Gehri, A.;

ca. 1935. Scenic views - mountains covered with trees, valley on right. (filed with Argentum)

Scenic overlooks;

ca. 1925. Artist's rendering of design that would later become the Winthrop Hotel, 773 Broadway, designed by architect W.L. Stoddard and associate architect Roland E. Borhek. The hotel opened in May of 1925. The image appears to be reversed, since "New Tacoma Hotel" is printed backwards near the bottom of the drawing. (filed with Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

At 6:50 p.m. on October 18, 1934, the Clear Fir Lumber Company on South 19th at the Day Island waterway was destroyed in a spectacular $250,000 fire. Flames shot 70 feet in the air before the alarm was ever received. The flames spread rapidly through the historic mill, built in 1912. When the fire was finally put out, the dock platform, mill and 2 million board feet of lumber were a complete loss. ("100 Years of Firefighting")

Fires--Day Island; Clear Fir Lumber Co. (Day Island); Lumber industry--Day Island--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Detail view of entrance to the Tacoma Building, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company headquarters. Building by Potter and Merrill, Architects, 1910. For Racine Institute. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Building (Tacoma); Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Exterior elevation of the Rust Building, a multi-story office building, at So. 11th Street and Pacific Avenue. The Rust Building is named for its builder William R. Rust. It was designed by the architectural firm of Sutton, Whitney and Dugan. The twelve story building opened in 1920. Since 1986, it has been known as the Seafirst Center. For Johnson-Cox, printers, for school annuals. (Image also numbered 8A3 image 2 in Argentum)

Business districts--Tacoma; Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. Full view of the Rust Building on 11th Street between Commerce and Pacific Avenue. Sandstone clad steel frame 12-story business block for William R. Rust by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects, 1920. It was known as the Townsend building from 1929- 1931. It was remodeled by Seafirst bank in 1986 and renamed the Seafirst Center.

Business districts--Tacoma; Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1935. Elevated night view of Tacoma Business District, looking south from high in the Winthrop Hotel. Rust Building, Pappy's Cabin Tavern, Bank of California, Perkins Building, Washington Building, Peoples Department Store, Puget Sound Bank Building. TPL-9483

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;