The second day of preliminaries for the Tacoma Times/Metropolitan Parks bicycle races was held on Friday, July 29, 1938 at Wright Park, South 5th and I streets. District No. 2 included Wright, Central, and Ferry playgrounds. Sideline crowds of children cheer as boy lifts bicycle over wooden hurdle.

Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wright Park (Tacoma); Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma; Children riding bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma;

Man with small bird, said to be a penguin, in a damp basement. Studio stock photograph.

Penguins;

In a effort to gain Governor Martin's support to rehabilitate the County Hospital, State Senator Monty Percival showed a corroded metal warming pan used at the hospital to a shocked Governor. (T. Times, 1/18/1939, p. 1)

Percival, Monty; Cooking utensils; Pots & pans; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In January of 1935, a Pierce County grand jury was convened to crack down on vice, gambling, and money slot machines in Tacoma. All Tacomans were called on to step foreward and testify so that "vice, graft and corruption" could be driven from the city. In this picture, taken for the Tacoma Times, Police Sergeant Sherman Lyons and Officer Clarence Rolfson, with slot machines, watch as a jail trustee splinters a pinball machine with a sled hammer. (T. Times, 1/9/1935, p. 5)

Pinball machines--Tacoma; Slot machines--Tacoma; Police--Tacoma; Grand juries; Gambling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Police raids--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Zoo workers prepare to open the sturdy wooden crate containing the Yellowstone Park grizzly bear. The crate has been moved as close to the cave opening as possible to allow safe release of the wild bear. The 2 year old female cub was intended to replace the bear that escaped in 1937 and was never recovered. (T. Times 6/27/1838, pg. 3)

Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Grizzly bears; Zoos--Tacoma--1930-1940; Zoo animals; Zoo keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Attempted robbery at Hunt and Mottet Company. Office interior. Police officer, or security guard, pointing out something to inspector who is taking notes. (T. Times)

Police--Tacoma--1930-1940; Robberies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hunt & Mottet Co. (Tacoma);

Staff of the Lincoln High School weekly publication "The News." A group of young men and faculty advisor Homer A. Post, standing 2nd from left, are gathered around a desk. A standard Remington typewriter and wire baskets facilitate the budding editors' work. The group has just received word that for the 5th time in 6 years, the paper had been given the Pacemaker All American award by the National Scholastic Press Association. Out of 967 entered high school publications, 218 were named All American and only 10 were named Pacemakers. Ralph Spencer is the editor of the paper. His associates are Bill Duncan, Leonard Anderson and George Bailey. Dorothy Cox is business manager and Harold Berndt is sports editor. (T. Times 4/29/1938, pg. 18)

Post, Homer; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Lincoln News (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Journalists--1930-1940; Newspapers--Tacoma;

On Memorial Day in 1938, W.P. Bonney, regional director in Washington for the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, presents a newly designed Pony Express flag to Capt. Edmund Clarence (E.C.) Weaver, center. Capt. Weaver was the last known living postal rider. The 99-year-old Weaver, who lived in Tacoma, rode between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming along the Oregon Trail. Scouts Herbert and Don Jensen observe the event held at Camp Kilworth, north of Dash Point. The new flag is white with a dark blue pony rider in an action pose with diagonal bars of red, white and blue. (T.Times, 5/31/1938, p.1)

Postal service--Tacoma; Postal service employees--Tacoma; Pony Express;Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Camp Kilworth; Weaver, E.C.; Jensen, Herbert; Jensen, Don; Bonney, William P.; Flags;

Annie Wright Seminary Parents' and Founders' Day in 1939. (left to right) Mrs. Frank S. Hinsdale, daughter of Bishop Paddock, seminary founder, Rt. Rev. S. Arthur Huston, current Bishop, and Mrs. S. D. Fratt, member of first graduating class. (T. Times, 1/21/39, p. 5)

Private schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Founders' Day commemorations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Huston, S. Arthur; Hinsdale, Frank S.--Family; Fratt, S.D.--Family; Bishops; Clergy--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The second annual Tacoma Yacht Club Daffodil Festival Regatta. Several wooden power motored yachts, including the "Blanche D," gather on Puget Sound. The day of the regatta, April 3rd 1938, proved to be an exciting one. It opened with a morning fire on one of the yachts, continued on with a collision during the power boat race and ended with a small cabin cruiser capsizing, spilling 5 people into the frigid Puget Sound. They were rescued by a Foss tug. (T. Times 4/4/1938, pg. 1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma; Regattas--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma);

And they're off! During the Cooks, Waiters and Bartenders Tray Derby in March of 1938, restaurant workers carrying serving trays scurry along downtown streets on their way to the finish line at Fife's Century Ballroom, 1406 54th Ave. E. Nineteen women and 25 men competed carrying trays loaded with a ham sandwich, a can of beer, a bottle of milk and a piece of pie. The "race track" began at 9th and Broadway and ended at the Ballroom in Fife. The winning time for the men was 55 minutes, 17 seconds. The winning waitress crossed the line in 56 minutes, 15 seconds. The waiter in light clothing and hat on the right in the above photograph has been identified as Clayton S. Smethurst. He was the representative from Jack's Griddle, located at 912-14 Commerce St. (T. Times, 3/18/1938, p. 18).

Racing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Walking races; Waiters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Restaurant workers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cooks & Waiters Derby (Tacoma); Cooks, Waiters, Waitresses & Bartenders Union Local No. 61 (Tacoma); Smethurst, Clayton S.;

Haskett (or Hackett) family; ordered by Mrs. Minnie Haskett. A woman sits tuning a radio, young men stand on either side of it. All are well dressed. This photograph was taken in November of 1938.

Radios; Families--1930-1940;

Attempted robbery at Hunt and Mottet Company. Man examining switch box on control panel. (T.Times)

Robberies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hunt & Mottet Co. (Tacoma);

Club of Hearts annual yuletide dance, December 26, 1938. Couples converse at event, left to right: Norman Runions, Maurita Shank (later Runions), Thomas G. Taylor, Mrs. Bill Wingard, Eleanor Davies, Thornton Babbitt, Bill Wingard, Mary Adelaide Raybould. (T. Times, 12/3l/38, p. 4)

Runions, Norman; Shank, Maurita; Taylor, Thomas; Wingard, Bill; Davies, Eleanor; Babbitt, Thornton; Raybould, Mary Adelaide; Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Lena S. Running, former Stanley pupil, and John Paul Bennett, Director, Conservatory of Music, College of Puget Sound, greet Douglas Stanley (right), a voice culture scientist from New York on March 15, 1938. Stanley will lecture at C.P.S. (T.Times, 3/15/38, p. 3).

Running, Lena S.; Bennett, John Paul; Stanley, Douglas; Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940;

ca. 1939. Rhodes Department Store, advertising for three day sale. Two young women carrying packages are receiving assistance from two sales clerks in the knit (sweater) department of the store.

Sales personnel--Tacoma; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma);

Mike Shea marathon. People crowd around Mike Shea to congratulate him at the original Poodle Dog Cafe in Fife. He had just concluded a fast walk from the Olympus Hotel in downtown Tacoma to Fife's Century Ballroom in just short of an hour. Mike looks barely winded after his 4.6 mile journey. 20 carloads of supporters in addition to police traveled with him in the late night escapade. He won a $10 bet for his efforts.

Shea, Mike; Men--Social life--1930-1940; Events--Fife--1930-1940; Walking races; Marathons; Men--Clothing & dress--Fife--1930-1940; Restaurants--Fife; Poodle Dog (Fife);

Horse performing a trick at the Annual Horse Show held in the new Woodbrook Hunt Club stables October 28-29, 1938. A man is holding a rope attached to the horse's bridle; the horse is sitting on the floor of the arena. (T. Times, 11/5/1938, p. 9).

Show horses; Woodbrook Stables (Lakewood); Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);

ca. 1939. Three female skiers at Mount Rainier, possibly Annie Wright students. They are tentatively identified as, left to right, Anne Chapman of Tacoma, Marie Eckstrom of Tacoma and an unidentified skier.

Skiers--1930-1940; Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1930-1940;

ca. 1939. Three female skiers at Mount Rainier, possibly Annie Wright students. They are tentatively identified as, left to right, Anne Chapman of Tacoma, Marie Eckstrom of Tacoma and an unidentified skier.

Skiers--1930-1940; Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing. View of classroom. In 1933, Tacoma General offered a three year course of study; on completion, students would be registered nurses (R.N.) The school was established in 1895, and closed in 1980. The school graduated 2200 nurses during its years of operation. (WSHS)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Classrooms;

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing. Woman pouring coffee for three nurses seated around a table. The coffee urn has an electric cord plugged into it. (WSHS)

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

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital; Laboratory circa 1933. Beakers and tubes on shelves and counters on laboratory cabinets. (WSHS)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Laboratories--1930-1940;

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing. Six nurses gathered around upright piano in living quarters. (WSHS)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pianos;

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital. Nurses preparing food trays in kitchen area. (WSHS)

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

ca. 1930. Jack's Griddle, popular cafe in downtown Tacoma owned by Jack Staley and his son. This is probably the restaurant's original location at 913 Commerce. In 1937, Staley moved his eatery to larger quarters at 912-14 Commerce. Lighted sign advertises hamburgers for ten cents. Below the sign is a AAA (American Automobile Association) sign of approval. Menu posted. Regan's Cabinet Shop sign on upper level. In 1939, the restaurant had been in business for 22 years and employed a staff of 27.

Jack's Griddle (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1930. Jack's Griddle, popular cafe in downtown Tacoma owned by Jack Staley and his son. This is most likely the restaurant's original location at 913 Commerce St. In 1937, the eatery moved to larger quarters at 912-914 Commerce, a space that included banquet rooms. Awning covered entrance and storefront. AAA (American Automobile Association) sign of approval. Menu posted. Regan's Cabinet Shop sign. By 1939, Staley's eatery had been in business for 22 years. (WSHS)

Jack's Griddle (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. American Manufacturing Co., "Elevators for every lifting requirement." This looks like it might be located in the factory itself. A lift is being used to transport lifting equipment. American Manufacturing was located at 2123 Pacific Ave. Thomas M. Gepford was president of the company. TPL-8277

American Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery; Elevators;

ca. 1936. Scenes from a plywood factory, featuring lift equipment designed by American Manufacturing Co., "Elevators for every lifting requirement."

American Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting equipment; Elevators; Plywood industry--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. A lift designed by American Manufacturing being used in the timber industry. It appears that the platform is loaded with boards while in the ground level position. It is then lifted up to where the boards can travel down the conveyer belt. American Manufacturing designed elevator equipment for every lifting requirement. American Manufacturing was located at 2123 Pacific Ave. Thomas M. Gepford was president of the company. TPL-8276

American Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Elevators;