Stadium High School drum majors posed in front of their school in January of 1938. The baton wielders were scheduled for an exhibition performance to be given at Clover Park High School. They are, left to right, Mary Katherine Hager, Venette Maybin, Bob Lennon, Mary Jean McMorris and Margery Mayer. (T. Times 01/07/1938, pg. 4) (filed with Argentum)

Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Drum majors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hager, Mary Katherine; Maybin, Venette; Lennon, Bob; McMorris, Mary Jean; Mayer, Margery;

8th Annual Convention, Washington State Federation Employees Union. Large group of people in front of Steilacoom Town Hall. Building by Emanuel J. Bresemann, Architect, 1933. (filed with Argentum)

Steilacoom Town Hall (Steilacoom); Washington State Federation Employees Union (Wash.); Meetings--Steilacoom; Labor unions;

View of Pacific Avenue Highway at 56th Street for Bill Turner to show scene of accident. Concrete roadway. Sign advertises McClosky Addition with homes sites starting at $200. Several houses in background. (filed with Argentum)

Streets;

View of Pacific Avenue Highway at 56th Street for Bill Turner to show scene of accident. Pacific Avenue is paved in concrete while 56th Street remains a graveled road. One-story brick house with basement garage on left in background. (filed with Argentum)

Streets;

Society pictures from a tea honoring graduating seniors and hosted by Miss Louise Purdy at the Woman's Clubhouse. Group of four girls pictured at table, one girl is pouring tea, three others watching her. The girls are, left to right, Lucille Decker, Louise Purdy, Irene Doten and Dorothy Purdy. Miss Doten and Miss Decker presided at the tea service. (T. Times 6/4/1938, pg. 9) (filed with Argentum)

Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Decker, Lucille; Purdy, Louise; Doten, Irene; Purdy, Dorothy;

Lincoln High School Class of 1938 graduation at the Armory. Audience, band and graduates seated under Lincoln banner. (filed with Argentum)

Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma);

Society pictures from a tea honoring graduating seniors hosted by Miss Louise Purdy at the Woman's Clubhouse. Three graduating seniors standing around a woman who is seated and is writing in school yearbook. The girls are holding 1938 Tahoma yearbooks, the yearbook for Stadium High School. They are, left to right, Miss Jean Osborne, Lillian LeBid, Bette Jane Graham and Jean Ray. (T. Times 6/4/1938, pg. 9) (filed with Argentum)

Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Osborne, Jean; LeBid, Lillian; Graham, Bette Jane; Ray, Jean;

Photograph caption reads "Northwest Grotto Association Ceremonial. Tacobat Grotto Hosts- Tacoma, Nov. 5, 1938. Wm. B. Nicoll, Secy.- B.P. Eckler, Monarch, 1938." (filed with Argentum)

Tacobat Grotto (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tacoma Beauty Supply, 1135 Commerce. Man fixing woman's hair while beauticians and patrons watch. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Beauty Supply (Tacoma);

Dinner at Tacoma Club for 73rd birthday of Sydney Albert "Sam" Perkins, local tycoon and former newspaper editor. The dinner was attended by over 100 of Mr. Perkins's friends and business associates. During his 50 years in Tacoma, he had served as the partner of W.P. Bonney in a wholesale and retail drug business, in Washington D.C. as the secretary of Mark Hanna and as owner of the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the News.

Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Perkins, S.A.--Commemoration; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Faded April, 1938, photograph of the Decoration Committee for Tacoma Day Nursery. Four women making paper cut-outs. Toy duck perched on table. Scenic wallpaper with small houses and flowers in background.

Tacoma Day Nursery (Tacoma); Toys; Cut-paper works;

Remodeled facade of Tacoma Glass Company Building, taken for builder Anton Ohlson. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Glass Co. (Tacoma);

Lumbermen's Banquet. Tacoma Hotel. "New" Tacoma Hotel Dining Room with seventeen men seated and standing behind dining table. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Linden playing concert on stage at Temple Theatre. The orchestra disbanded from 1938-1939 due to financial losses incurred in the movement of the concert series from the Jason Lee auditorium to the Temple Theatre. Late in 1939, the orchestra was once again rehearsing for a concert series, this time in the Jason Lee auditorium. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra (Tacoma); Orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Concerts--Tacoma--1930-1940; Temple Theatre (Tacoma);

Tacoma Times Carriers' Banquet at the Firs. Room packed with tables, boys and men representing the newspaper. Decorations hang from ceiling. A paper route was often the answer for boys and young men in need of spending money. The Times sponsored fun activities for its valued carriers throughout the year.

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

Exterior of telephone offices at Lakewood and Crestview in December of 1938. (filed with Argentum)

Telephone companies--Lakewood;

From 1938 to 1949, Lloyd Suiter owned and operated Lloyd Suiter Inc., at 2302 Pacific Ave. It was the authorized dealership for U.S. Tires and the largest tire recapping plant in Tacoma. In March of 1938, shortly after they opened for business, Lloyd Suiter Inc. joined with Morford-Blangy Motors in a car give-a-way contest. The winner was to receive a free Ford V8 sedan.

Tire industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tires; Contests--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lloyd Suiter Tire Co. (Tacoma);

Schoenfeld's Furniture. Studio display of toys. "Gilbert Fun with Electricity Set", Badminton Set. (filed with Argentum)

Toys; Furniture stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Two charter members of the Union Club, John S. Baker (left) and Alexander Baillie, toast one another on the Golden Anniversary of the Union Club, September 22, 1938. The Club was founded in the summer of 1888, when a need was recognized for an organization to further the fledgling Tacoma's growing business interests and for a place to entertain distinguished guests. It was organized by the late George Browne, who met with 30 local business men to form the first club. Soon the club had 100 members, paying dues of $250 each. Proceeds were used to build the Clubhouse. (T. Times 9/23/1938, pg. 18)

Union Club (Tacoma); Baker, John S.; Baillie, Alexander, 1859-1949;

ca. 1938. National Guard review. 148th Field Artillery Rifle team. (filed with Argentum)

Washington National Guard, 148th F.A. (Tacoma); Military personnel--1930-1940; Rifles;

Construction of Tacoma Municipal Water Works Building. I.F. Laukes (Pacific Banknote Company). Two men on scaffolding painting wall. Three men at ground level working by large doorway. (filed with Argentum)

Waterworks--Tacoma; Municipal services--Tacoma; Painting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public utility companies--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma);

Tacoma Municipal Water Works Building. I.F. Laukes (Pacific Banknote Company). General view showing two sides of building being painted. (filed with Argentum)

Waterworks--Tacoma; Municipal services--Tacoma; Painting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public utility companies--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Tacoma Municipal Water Works building with piles of logs outside. This building was built in 1938 as a warehouse for the Water Department. (filed with Argentum)

Waterworks--Tacoma; Municipal services--Tacoma; Public utility companies--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma);

Pearl Britton Lees demonstrates hand-weaving on her loom for the Weaver's Guild. Lees teaches the recently revived craft in her home at 3520 So. 10th St., where she operates the Wayside Arts and Craft School. One of the techniques demonstrated was the purely American "Summer and Winter" weave in an eight harness technique. (T. Times, 11/11/1938, p. 4).

Wayside Arts and Craft School (Tacoma); Weaving--Tacoma--1930-1940; Looms; Lees, Pearl Britton;

Eight Mack trucks parked in row outside White Truck Co. F.S. Harmon & Co. in background. Richards Studio notes list the address as 2202 A St. (filed with Argentum)

White trucks--Tacoma;

ca. 1939. Associated Oil Company aerial view of west side cement plant for first Narrows Bridge construction. Ordered by George Martinac, North Pacific Bank Note.

Aerial photographs; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma;

View of cracked fuselage. On March 18, 1939, people living near Alder, 30 miles southeast of Tacoma, looked-up to see this Boeing Stratoliner fall to earth in a fatal tailspin. The four-engine aircraft, designed to revolutionize cross-country transportation, broke apart as it fell and crashed into Nisqually Canyon. All ten men on-board the test flight were killed. The Air Safety Board of the Civil Aeronautics Authority immediately ventured to the scene to investigate the tragedy. (T. Times, 3-18-39, p. 1, 3-20-39, p. 1)

Aircraft accidents--Alder--1930-1940; Boeing Stratoliner;

Stratoliner crash at Alder, Washington, March 18, 1939. Close-up of wrecked airplane debris from the Boeing experimental craft. The ten member crew was killed, possibly instantly, when the 20-ton aircraft plunged two miles into the rural hillside. The crew was composed of experienced test pilots, Boeing employees, and two representatives from the Netherlands. The plane, preparing to be licensed for commercial flying, was to be tested on Monday, March 20, 1939, on a governmental inspection flight. Instead, both wingtips and part of its tail broke off while in the air. The Air Safety Board of the C.A.A. would be investigating the accident which occurred under excellent flying conditions with clear visibility. (T.Times, 3-18-39, p. 1, 3-20-39, p. 1)

Aircraft accidents--Alder--1930-1940; Boeing Stratoliner;

Stratoliner crash near Alder, March 18, 1939. Four men have the grim task of carrying a body on a stretcher to a road near the wooded accident site. Killed were: test pilots Harlan Hull, Julius Barr, Earl Ferguson and William Doyle; Boeing staff John Kylstra, Harry West, Ralph Cram and Benjamin Pearson, as well as Dutch representatives Peter Guilonard and A.G. Von Baumhauer. Escaping death was Bob Bush, Boeing engineer, who had been scheduled to be on the flight but was left off because there was no more room. (T. Times, 3-18-39, p. 1, 3-20-39, p. 1)

Aircraft accidents--Alder--1930-1940; Boeing Stratoliner; Litters;

On October 3, 1939, Beulah Eskildsen (left) and Janet Hatch received instruction from Ben Barry about the instruments in a small mono-plane. Mr. Barry was a commercial pilot at the Mueller-Harkins Airport where the students of the federal government pilot training program, the Civilian Pilot Training Program, received their in-flight instruction. Imitating European countries, America had instituted the Civilian Pilot Training Program (1938-44) to increase the number of civilian pilots and our military preparedness. The program provided new opportunities in aviation for women and Afro-Americans. Women were trained under the program at a ratio of about 1 woman to 10 men, until war preparation demanded that all graduates enlist. At that time, women were excluded from the program because they were not allowed to fly in the military. But by mid 1941, the program had already trained around 2,500 women, many who became Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs.) (T.Times 10-05-1939 p.12; www.nationmuseum.af.mil)

Airplanes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flight training--Tacoma--1930-1940; Monoplanes; Eskildsen, Beulah; Hatch, Janet; Barry, Ben; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Mueller-Harkins Airport (Lakewood);