A girl and woman pose on ice skates, for the Tacoma Times winter issue.

Skaters;

ca. 1935. Tacoma Times carriers' banquet at the Firs, circa 1935. Many boys seated at long banquet tables. The Tacoma Times held an annual chicken dinner at the Firs to honor their carriers. A newspaper route was the favored way for young boys (and sometimes girls) to make some cash and the Times treated their valued carriers to special events throughout the year. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma); Newspaper carriers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Firs (Spanaway);

Mayor George Smitley with the head of the Maccabees Lodge. Mayor Smitley (L) and C.L. Briggs, supreme record-keeper of the national order of Maccabees exchange handshakes in this February, 1935, sepia photograph. The Order of Maccabees was headquartered in Detroit and was a fraternal benefit society that provided life, health and accident insurance for its members. Mr. Briggs had visited Tacoma over the weekend as he was making a national tour of inspection. He had addressed a state field conference preparing for a state membership drive and planned to later speak in Seattle at the Maccabees temple. ALBUM 11. (T.Times 2-5-35, p. 4)

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Order of Maccabees; Briggs, C.L.;

Large group of young women skiers, perhaps from Annie Wright Seminary, at Mount Rainier. Mountain in background.

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Private schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Skiers; Skiing; Winter sports; Snow;

Women skiing, mountain in background. Mount Rainier National Park, January of 1935. TPL-5825

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Skiers; Skiing; Winter sports; Snow;

Ellen (Mrs. Albert H. Jr.) Hooker, her daughter Mary and guest. Mrs. Hooker and Mary sitting on a couch while artist does portrait of the child. Albert H. Hooker Jr. was the Western Sales Manager of Hooker Electrochemical Co. at this time. Mrs. Hooker was herself a recognized miniature portrait artist.

Hooker, Ellen; Drawing; Hooker, Albert H.--Family; Hooker, Mary;

ca. 1934. Mrs. Curtis and her daughter in a hospital bed at the County hospital, circa 1934, with woman sitting on chair next to them. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum)

Mothers; Infants; Birth;

In this photograph from February 1935, an unidentified shoemaker pounds nails into the sole of a leather high-top work shoe or hiking boot at his workbench in the Bone Dry Manufacturing Company building at 2115 Pacific Avenue. Bone Dry manufactured top quality boots in Tacoma for nearly 40 years. Built in 1919, the Bone Dry building, now occupied by McGranahan Architects, still reveals its history in the paths wore in its wooden floors by several generations of cobblers and pattern cutters.

Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Factories--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In February of 1935 an unidentified shoemaker at the Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company, 2115 Pacific Avenue, used a sharp blade attached to his index finger to cut the leather for a high-top work shoe or boot. The blade is attached to the index finger of his right hand with a leather band. Bone Dry manufactured top quality boots in Tacoma for nearly 40 years. In 1943 their Paul Bunyan Pack Boot, which was "waterproof as a glass jar and warm as a fur-lined overcoat" sold at Abercrombie & Fitch for $25 per pair. Built in 1919, the Bone Dry building became the home to McGranahan Architects in 2000.

Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Factories--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Shoe maker at stamping machine places iron sole mold on piece of leather between press. Other molds sit on shelf below "Master Wood Welded Brand" maple block.

Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Factories--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Leather pieces for high-top work shoes or hiking boots are stitched by women and men shoe makers at industrial sewing machines in large room of factory. TPL-1687

Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Factories--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Bone Dry Shoe Manufacturing Company. Shoe maker working at machinery with vise and handles to hold leather high-top work shoes or hiking boots which the company specialized in. He is affixing side leather onto the sole.

Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoemakers; Shoe industry--Tacoma; Shoemaking--Tacoma; Factories--Tacoma--1930-1940;

L. C. Wilson, of Grandview Ranch in Colville Washington, hitches his cross bred "catalo" to his covered wagon for a 4,000 mile tour. "Jumbo," the catalo- also sometimes called a beefalo, was produced by breeding an American buffalo with a domestic cow. Jumbo and Mr. Wilson toured over 4,000 miles in a covered wagon to publicize and raise funds to hybridize the new animal species. "Jumbo" had the distinction of being the only existing male of his species. (T. Times 3/7/1935, pg. 10)

Livestock; Meat industry; Wilson, L. C.;

Diminutive Robert Dykeman was caught in the act of fishing for votes by Patrolman Bill Herbst, left, and Sgt. Bill Christilaw, right. Dykeman was running for Park Commissioner in the March 12, 1935 election. Four foot four inch Robert Dykeman, never one to let his size deter his committment to the city and county, ran for a number of political offices. He served as County Clerk for 16 years. He died in 1969 at the age of 63. (T. Times 3/5/1935, pg. 1)

Political campaigns; Dwarfs--Tacoma; People associated with politics & government; Dykeman, Robert; Herbst, Bill; Christilaw, Bill; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma);

The crowning of Margaret Thomas as Queen Margaret I kicks off the celebrations of the 1935 Daffodil Festival. The queen is being crowned in Sumner, the city that she represents. Queen Margaret is pictured on her throne surrounded by, left to right, Frank Chervenka, Billie Barto, Irma Jane Janig, flower girl Nancy Zech, Olive Chervenka, Evelyn Mellinger and Stewart Brown. The throne is liberally decorated with daffodils. The 1935 festival was the second annual floral tribute. (TNT 3/23/1935, pg. 1) (filed with Argentum)

Thomas, Margaret; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Sumner); Daffodils; Coronations--1930-1940; Chervenka, Frank; Barto, Billie; Janig, Irma Jane; Zech, Nancy; Chervenka, Olive; Mellinger, Evelyn; Brown, Stewart;

The 6th Avenue Business Men's Club entry in the 1935 Daffodil Parade and the winner of the $25 Sweepstakes prize for best float. The float features a flora replica of the Narrows Bridge. Disaster was narrowly averted the night before the parade when decorators ran out of flowers at midnight with the float unfinished. A delegation of volunteers journeyed out to pick 3,000 daffodils by moonlight at the Fox Island fields of Arthur Wright. The float was finished and declared the best of the fifty entered floats. It has over 18,000 blooms. (T. Times 3/25/1935, pg. 16) (filed with Argentum)

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Tacoma);

ca. 1935. And the hip bone's connected to the thigh bone. Two College of Puget Sound students studying bone structure using a skeleton hanging in louvered closet. Their bony friend will be useful in the study of anatomy.

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Skeletons; Bones; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Anatomy;

Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra Bass Viol players. The musicians are, left to right, Joe St. Jean, Aubrey L. Atkins, Kenneth Keigley and Robert McQuarrie. The orchestra was rehearsing for its third concert of the season. (T. Times 3/23/1935, pg. 1)

Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra (Tacoma); Orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stringed instruments;

ca. 1935. Copy of an oil portrait of Mrs. Brewster Morgan, formerly Mina Quevli, in a long dress with a German shepherd sitting next to her. Mrs. Morgan was born Wilhelmina Quevli in London, England, in 1909. She was a talented artist, who in 1934, exhibited her oil paintings in Seattle. (T. Times)

Oil paintings; Dogs; Quevli, Mina--Portraits; Quevli, Christen--Family;

On April 6, 1935, in honor of its annual celebration of Army Day, Fort Lewis threw open its gates to the community, showing off the latest in military might. Thousands attended as guests of Brig. Gen. Otho B. Rosenbaum and the garrison. This photograph was taken of an unidentified officer showing a group of boys a Howitzer. The boys sat on and stood around the artillery piece as its workings were explained. (T. Times 4/8/1935, pg. 1) (filed with Argentum)

Arms & armament--Tacoma--1930-1940; Artillery (Weaponry); Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940; Howitzers; Cannons; Fort Lewis (Wash.);

ca. 1935. Group of skiers sitting and standing on hillside with mountain range in background.

Skiers--1930-1940; Skiing--1930-1940; Winter sports--1930-1940; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Snow;

ca. 1935. Two men shaking hands, with another watching, by streamlined aerodynamic Texaco oil truck in front of Davis Motor Truck Company. Davis Motor Co. handled Diamond T trucks. (filed with Argentum)

Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;

ca. 1935. Two men standing beside a "Diamond T" W.D. Wade contract carrier truck in front of Davis Motor Truck Company. W.D. Wade was based out of Westport Washington. Davis Motor Co. manufactured Diamond T trucks. (filed with Argentum)

Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;

The second annual May Day Festival, May 1, 1935, at Pacific Lutheran College. In the foreground of the picture are eight ribbon bearers, dressed in blue, pink, peach and green, and carrying streamers of gold and white. The children in the center row are Richard Svare, crown bearer, Helen Ramstad, flower girl, and train bearers Barbara Peterson and Marilyn Pflueger. The back standing row consists of an unidentified court member, Louise Jackson, Virginia Davis, Governor Clarence D. Martin, Queen of May Thelma Daniels, Mildred Monson, John VanLeuven, president of Associated students, Eleanor Hauke and another court member. The names of the two unidentified court members are Amy Gilbert and Margaret Craft. (T. Times 5/2/1935, pg. 1)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland); Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Governors; Daniels, Thelma; May Day--Tacoma; Rites & Ceremonies--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma;

May Day, Pacific Lutheran College. Girls holding ribbons from the May Pole and dancing around it. May 1, 1935 marked the second May Day festival held at PLC. (filed with Argentum)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland); May Day--Tacoma; Rites & Ceremonies--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Ferry boat leaving dock. Beach in foreground, islands/peninsulas in background.

Ferries--Tacoma; Marine terminals--Tacoma; Beaches--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. View of beach north of Old Tacoma with a series of wood pilings and bulkheads. Barges along the waterway with industries and Mt. Rainier in background.

Waterfronts--Tacoma; Beaches--Tacoma; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1935. An unidentified man dressed in a Colonial costume rings a bell and hands out pamphlets entitled "Town Crier" to people in downtown Tacoma in this circa 1935 photograph. A man behind him is holding a Tacoma Times newspaper with headlines: "Warship Rams Liner." Ordered by Lee Merrill.

Publicity; Costumes; Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma);

On April 13-14, 1935, Paradise at Mount Rainier was home to the greatest sporting event ever held in the Northwest. It was the location for the national downhill and slalom championships. Also at stake were positions on the 1936 US Olympic ski team. Parking for spectators, and the final stop for mass transit, was located at Narada Falls. 7,000 spectators then hiked to Paradise in 12 - 20 foot deep snow to view the matches. It was about 2 miles one way to the slalom course and 1 mile to the downhill course. By the mid 1930's alpine skiing had exploded in growth as a US leisure sport, boasting almost a million skiers across the country. Radio broadcasters carried reports of the tournament and the ski conditions of the Northwest to ski enthusiasts all across the US. Stock negative.

Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skiing--Tournaments--1930-1940;