In April of 1935, Paradise at Mount Rainier was home to the national downhill and slalom championships. It was the first time that this contest had ever been held in the west. This photograph, taken during the tournament held April 13-14, showed the Paradise Lodge and the Paradise Inn surrounded by deep snow despite the spring date. Skiers and spectators dot the snow. Stock negative.

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

On April 13-14, 1935, Paradise at Mount Rainier was host to the biggest sporting event ever held in the Northwest. It was the site of the national downhill and slalom championships with positions on the US ski team for the 1936 Olympics also at stake. Skiers and spectators were photographed lined up on either side of a ski run watching tournament skier number 20 maneuver down the slopes. This was most likely a portion of the slalom course that ran down the east side of Alta Vista, a zig zag descent of 1500 feet. Spectators had to hike two miles one way from Narada Falls to the slalom course. Stock negative.

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

Close-up portrait of unidentified teen skier wearing the number 63 during the 1935 National Women's Downhill and Slalom championship held at Paradise, Mount Rainier. This was the first national championship for women in these two events. Varying newspaper sources number the female entrants from 11-14, including the Smith sisters from Tacoma and Grace Carter from Seattle, who placed second in the combined. Stock negative.

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

Over 7,000 spectators turned out April 13-14, 1935 to view the national downhill and slalom championships held at Paradise, Mount Rainier. This was the first time this event had been held in the west. Fifty-nine male skiers were registered to race, along with eleven women. The downhill started at Sugar Loaf, 8,500 feet above sea level, and dropped to Panorama Point and then to Edith Creek Basin, a 3,000 foot drop (35%) downward to the finish. On the day of the race, mist and fog shrouded the course in the morning. The top part of the course was icy and the lower part fast and treacherous. As the sun came out, the snow at the bottom of the course began to melt making it soft. Winner Hannes Schroll ran the course at an estimated speed of 75 mph.

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

Winning skiers claim their trophy at the Paradise Winter Sports Carnival on Sunday, February 13, 1938. First place winner in the Service Club downhill race is Orville Stewart, center, representing the Junior Chamber of Commerce. On the left is Leonard Berglund of the Young Men's Business Club. The woman is unidentified. (photo is misnumbered) (TNT 2/14/1938, pg. 1)

Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Winter sports--1930-1940; Skiing--Tournaments--1930-1940; Stewart, Orville; Berglund, Leonard;

On April 13-14, 1935, the nation's premier alpine event was held at Paradise, Mount Rainier. The Northwest slopes were the site of the national downhill and slalom championships. Also at stake were positions on the 1936 US Olympic team. This was the first time that a major US skiing event had been held in the west. Skier number 59 was photographed maneuvering through the competition course. Over 70 skiers, 59 men and 11 women, threw their hats into the ring for a chance at the national title. Hannes Schroll of Austria won the men's downhill, slalom and combined. Ellis-Ayr Smith of Tacoma won the women's downhill and combined with her sister Ethlynne (Skit) taking the prize in the slalom. Stock negative.

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

Tacoma's best hope for a medal in the Men's National Championships in downhill and slalom in 1935 was Carlton Wiegel. The competition was held April 13-14, 1935 at Mount Rainier. The contest also served as the finals in the US Olympic trials and it was the greatest sporting event ever held in the Northwest. Wiegel was a native Norwegian who inherited his love of the sport. At the time of the competition however, he was hampered by an old ankle injury and finished 13th in the Downhill and failed to finish in the first 20 of the slalom. (TT, TNT, TDL 4/12-15, 1935)

Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Athletes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skiing--Tournaments--1930-1940; Wiegel, Carlton;

Hannes Schroll, the Austrian daredevil on skis, came to the Northwest in April of 1935 to compete in the US national men's downhill and slalom competition. He finished the competition by winning both events as well as the combined. A member of the European ski racing elite, he was the holder of 87 European titles when he came to the US. He remained to become the director of the Badger Pass resort in Yosemite. In 1937, he and an Austrian copatriot purchased 696 acres at Donner Summit in California. The pair, with a group of investors including Walt Disney, developed the Sugar Bowl resort and ski area. But Tacoma will always remember him best as the Wild Man who yodeled as he hurtled down the mountain at 75 mph. (TT, TNT, TDL 4/12-15, 1935)

Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skiing--Tournaments--1930-1940; Schroll, Hannes;

ca. 1936. View of Mount Rainier between the wing and tail of a small airplane in a hangar. Stock negative.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.);Biplanes;

Sumner High School girls pose in some of the more than 500 acres of sunshine yellow daffodils in the Puyallup Valley. They are promoting the 1936 Daffodil Festival to be held in April of 1936. This photo was used as stock footage by the Richards studio. In 1953, they superimposed a mountain range and Mount Rainier in the background of the photo. See Series A76735 image 1 for the altered image.

Daffodils--Puyallup; Meadows--Puyallup; Girls--Puyallup--1930-1940; Croplands;

Eight young women wearing matching dresses with large white collars and two other young women kneel in a daffodil field to pick bouquets of flowers. These are Sumner High School girls posed in some of Puyallup Valley's 500 acres of sunshine yellow daffodil blossoms. The girls in the matching dresses are identified as Mary Thompson, Betty Tompkins, Betty Leslie, Calista Fawcett, Marjorie Setter, Jean Elliott, Connie Crest and Mildred McGuire. Stock negative. (T. Times 4/16/1936, pg. 1)

Daffodils--Puyallup; Meadows--Puyallup; Girls--Puyallup--1930-1940; Croplands;

A flower bedecked car representing the Tacoma Seed Company passes in front of the reviewing stand for the 1936 Daffodil Parade. The 35 foot tower made of 200,000 daffodils was erected at South 10th and Pacific Avenue. Queen Helen Edgerton and her court viewed the parade from this vantage point after the passage of their own float. 35 floats with hundreds of thousands of blooms thrilled the parade watchers. (T. Times 4-17-36, p. 1-article; T. Times 4-18-36, p. 1-article; T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Reviewing stands; Daffodils; Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Like flower fairies, Mary Frances Cavanaugh, left, and Weda Claire Dykeman peek and smile from the inside of giant daffodil blossoms during the 1936 Daffodil Parade. Mary Frances is the daughter of Cecil Cavanaugh, of Cavanaugh Lumber Co., and Weda Claire is the daughter of Doug Dykeman. The 1936 Daffodil Parade was the third annual parade, and the first held in April. The first two parades were held in March. (T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cavanaugh, Mary Frances; Dykeman, Weda Claire;

A small flower-covered float moves along Pacific Avenue during the 1936 Daffodil Parade and over the street car tracks. It passes in front of the reviewing stand at Tenth Street, presided over by the Daffodil Queen and her Court. (T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The 35-feet-high, four-tiered reviewing stand for the 1936 Daffodil Parade on So. 10th Street & Pacific. The stand is covered with 200,000 bright yellow daffodils. The Stationers Inc. at 926 Pacific Avenue can be seen in the background. The picture windows have been cleared of displays to set up chairs for viewing the parade. Children dangle their feet from open third story windows as they wait for the parade to start. Those not having these lofty perches to view the parade have lined up several people deep on the ground. (T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Reviewing stands;

On April 18, 1936, Queen Helen Edgerton enjoys the parade from her throne in the base of the 35 foot daffodil "tower" that served as a reviewing stand for the Daffodil Parade. On either side of her are members of her court. At this time, the princesses did not wear matching dresses, so each member of the court is dressed differently with the wide brimmed hats being the only unifying element. The Princesses are, left to right, Esther Kaufman of Puyallup, Alice Margaret Woods of Tacoma, Helen Rockway of Sumner and Joy Lundrigan of Puyallup.

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Reviewing stands; Edgerton, Helen; Kaufman, Esther; Woods, Alice Margaret; Rockway, Helen; Lundrigan, Joy;

Easter Sunday in 1936 at First Lutheran Church. Members of the congregation gather on the sidewalk and steps of the church for Easter services. Building by Heath, Gove and Bell, Architects.

Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lutheran churches--Tacoma--1930-1940; First Lutheran Church (Tacoma);

ca. 1936. Construction of new bridge, location not provided, circa 1936. Materials and debris in foreground, river in midground, pier or barge, small boat and pile driver in background.

Bridge construction; Bridges; Pile drivers;

Port Industrial area taken from Northeast Tacoma looking, southwest toward Mount Rainier. Large expanse of undeveloped tideflats and bay water in foreground with industries and mountain in background. Richards Studio stock negative.

City Views - Tacoma - Port Industrial

ca. 1929. J. Clifford and M. Mae Haley house. View of ivy covered entry and steps leading to house. George W. Bullard, architect, 1906. (WSHS)

Haley, J.C.--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1931. Mrs. Alice Rector Watson's gardens. The property was originally owned by her grandfather, Augustus Walters, who built the house shown here in 1888 from a design by architect K. Lockwood Squire. The home has since been demolished. Dense, mature landscape. Street view of property. (WSHS)

Gardens--Tacoma; Watson, Alice--Homes & haunts; Walters, Augustus--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1931. Mrs. Alice Rector Watson's gardens. A young boy plays by the lily pond on property originally developed by Mrs. Watson's grandfather, Augustus Walters, in the 1880s. A glimpse of neighboring houses can be seen in the background. (WSHS)

Gardens--Tacoma; Watson, Alice--Homes & haunts; Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1931. Alice Watson's gardens. Birdbath in garden. (Argentum, filed with H)

Gardens--Tacoma; Watson, Alice--Homes & haunts; Walters, Augustus--Homes & haunts; Birdbaths--Tacoma;

ca. 1931. Mrs. Alexander Baillie gardens at "Waloma" on American Lake in Lakewood. A gravel path in the natural landscape of rocks, cascading waterfall, lawn, shrubs and trees lead up to the home on the Baillie estate. Balustraded walls divide the garden from the mansion. (WSHS)

Baillie, Alexander, 1859-1949--Homes & haunts; Gardens--Lakewood; Rock gardens--Lakewood; Trees--Lakewood;

ca. 1931. Among the images of the Alexander Baillie gardens is this early house with hip roof, hidden behind dense landscape and welded-wire fence. View from street, across median strip and sidewalk to steps leading to entry. (WSHS)

Houses--Lakewood;

ca. 1935. John Philip and Anna Weyerhaeuser estate "Haddaway Hall", F.B. Meade and James Hamilton, of Cleveland, Ohio, Architects; Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Charles Olmsted & T.B. Morrow, Landscape Architects, 1922. View of tree lined drive and neighboring house. The drive enters the estate from Stevens Street and curves past the greenhouses, walled garden and English garden. The landscape design by the Olmsted brothers is probably the most notable design element about the home. The structure was also built at the peak of the big house period, when the Pacific Northwest saw most of the affluent construction in its cities. Shortly thereafter, homes of this magnitude were considered ostentatious, and as the Depression loomed, impossible for an individual family to maintain. (TNT 5/30/1923; Landmarks Vol.2. No. 4 "Tacoma's Weyerhaeuser residence: its various historical significances" by William Collins)

Weyerhaeuser, John Philip--Homes & haunts; Haddaway Hall (Tacoma); Estates--Tacoma; Gardens--Tacoma;

ca. 1935. John Philip and Anna Weyerhaeuser estate "Haddaway Hall", F.B. Meade and James Hamilton, of Cleveland, Ohio, Architects. View of the carriage house and what appears to be a greenhouse to the left of the picture. The carriage house is detailed similarly to the great house, with parking for automobiles beneath and the chauffer's quarters on the second floor. Heat is provided to the main house and greenhouse from a boiler in the basement of the carriage house. (TNT 5/30/1923; Landmarks Vol.2. No. 4 "Tacoma's Weyerhaeuser residence: its various historical significances" by William Collins)

Weyerhaeuser, John Philip--Homes & haunts; Haddaway Hall (Tacoma); Estates--Tacoma; Garages--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. John Philip and Anna Weyerhaeuser estate "Haddaway Hall", F.B. Meade and James Hamilton, of Cleveland, Ohio, Architects; Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., Charles Olmstead and T.B. Morrow, Landscape Architects, 1922. Full front view of English Tudor house and gardens. The residence is built of brick with wood accent on the exterior. The exterior is accented by six and eight foot high buttresses edged and capped with sandstone blocks. Wood accents each window and each dormer is inlaid with wood. Dogwood patterns are found as accents both on the exterior and interior. Gabled dormers and crenelated parapeted projections adorn the south facing entry. Most of the parapets are capped with lead sheets. The main house is 120 feet long and 55 feet wide at its widest point. It consists of three floors and a full basement, with an outlying carriage house and greenhouses. The main house had 16 principal rooms, lighted with tall lead glass windows. (TNT 5/30/1923; Landmarks Vol.2. No. 4 "Tacoma's Weyerhaeuser residence: its various historical significances" by William Collins) TPL-9770

Weyerhaeuser, John Philip--Homes & haunts; Haddaway Hall (Tacoma); Estates--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Relocation of St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church to North Tacoma, circa 1936. Five men and Rev. Arthur Bell, holding gavel, in front of huge stone pile. The historic stone church was disassembled from its original location at 6th and Broadway and each stone marked for reconstruction at new site at 36th and No. Gove. For Lee Merrill Advertising. (Argentum)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal churches--Tacoma; Bell, Arthur;

Dedication ceremony for cornerstone being laid at new location for St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church. Photograph ordered by Lee Merrill Advertising. The dedication is being held in front of what was known, until the reconstruction of St. Luke's began a few months prior, as St. Mark's Episcopal Church. The historic St. Luke's had stood at the corner of 6th & Broadway for over half a century. It was being dismantled stone by stone and reconstructed at this site at No. 36th and Gove St. Officiating at the cornerstone ceremony were Bishop S. Arthur Huston, of the diocese of Olympia, and Rev. Arthur Bell, formerly rector of St. Mark's and now rector of the new St. Luke's. Mayor George Smitley, second from left front row, gave a short address. The Rev. R.A. Walmsley brought a stone from Jerusalem to be placed in the wall of the new church and also addressed the crowd of approximately 300. The old St Mark's would be moved in 1937 to 3615 No. Gove and later renamed St. Mark's House and used as church offices. Its stained glass windows, originally from the Fannie Paddock Hospital Chapel, as well as stones from the burned and demolished Tacoma Hotel would be used in the reconstruction of St. Luke's. The reconstruction was funded completely by donations and completed in 1947 without incurring debt. (TDL 4/27/1936, pg.1)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal Churches--Tacoma; Cornerstone laying--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956;