Mrs. Margaret Graffin, 77, of 3114 No. Mullen St., holds the rolling pin that was once greatly feared by a young Abraham Lincoln. At 15, Mrs. Graffin married the son of Judge Herndon, the brother of Lincoln's law partner William Herndon, in Springfield, Illinois. When the Herndon home was remodeled, some of the Lincoln memorabilia and their accompanying stories were sent to her home for storage. The rolling pin was used by Lydia, the Herndon family cook, to protect her freshly baked gingersnaps from a young Abe and his friends. (T. Times, 2/12/1938, p. 1).

Graffin, Margaret; Lincoln, Abraham--Associated objects;

Griffin Fuel Company. Man standing next to fuel truck. Snoqualmie Falls Power Company Transfer House, 250 So. 19th St., in background. For Harmon Miller. In February of 1939, Griffin Fuel Co. celebrated its 50th anniversary. The company was founded in 1889 by Fred L. Griffin. Griffin started his business with one horse, one wagon and fuel logs, which he cut himself. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Transfer House (Tacoma);

Totem Market, 25th and Alder. Apple and flour window display for apple dumplings. Market with glass block framing plate glass windows. Ordered by H.L. Moreman, for Washington State Apple Advertising Commission. Tacoma Food Stores, in conjunction with Sperry Milling Co., were offering special prizes for the solving of "Applegrams," special anagrams. Winners would receive a book on apples and a NO. 5 bag of "Gold Medal" flour. (filed with Argentum)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fruit; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Apples--Tacoma; Advertising--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Highway Truck Equipment Company; interior of machine shop. Phillip Bechtholt and his brother John (L-R) stand behind a flatbed trailer for a large truck. The company was owned by John P. Bechtholt and was listed in the 1938 City Directory as an auto wrecking company. They were located at 3224 South Tacoma Way. It is possible that the company also rebuilt wrecked trucks, however their advertisement in the 9/30/1938 Tacoma Times identified them as manufacturers of hoists and bodies for dump trucks, trailers of all types, alterations of trucks and brake installations.

Highway Truck Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bechtholt, Phillip; Bechtholt, John;

Eddie Marino brought his protege Seattle boxer Al "Savage Slav" Hostak to Marino's former Commence St. location of his Olympic Athletic Club on June 25, 1938. Hostak, 22, would defeat Tacoma native and champion Freddie Steele the following month in Seattle for the U.S. and National Boxing Association middleweight title. Al Hostak would conclude his stellar career in 1949 as a two-time champion.

Hostak, Al; Marino, Eddie; Boxers (Sports)--Seattle--1930-1940; Olympic Athletic Club (Tacoma); Stairways--Tacoma;

ca. 1939. The view down Pacific Ave from the intersection of around 17th Street, after the streetcar tracks were removed and street was repaved. This is almost the same exact same view as A7875 image 1 after the paving was complete. Most prominent are the Hotel Lewis, on the left, at 1522 Pacific Ave and Hotel Croft, on the right, at 1519 Pacific Ave. The Hotel Croft was owned by Lee Croft who would later become Pierce County Sheriff. Also on the right hand side can be seen Schoenfelds on Pacific at 15th and the Puget Sound Bank building at 1119 Pacific Ave. (original photograph was unnumbered, number was assigned for cataloging purposes)

Hotel Lewis (Tacoma); Hotel Croft (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Shirley Hughes (left), 5 years old, and her seven year old sister Ida Mae regularly made the deposits for their father's drugstore at the Central Bank on the corner of 6th and Pine. Their father, L. Clarke Hughes, owned the Monarch Drug Company store at 3123 North 26th Street. The girls thought it great fun to do the banking. Their mother parked the car outside and waited for the girls as they made the deposit, amid much good natured kidding from staff and customers. The girls were photographed with a money bag on April 20, 1938. (T.Times, 4/20/1938, p. 11).

Hughes, Shirley; Hughes, Ida Mae; Hughes, L. Clarke--Family; Children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Central Bank (Tacoma); Banking--Tacoma;

ca. 1938. Langendorf Bakery exterior with seven trucks in front. Langendorf opened their new bakery at this location, 756-58 Fawcett Ave., in June of 1938. The structure was formerly a garage and the site of Manley Motor Co. In 1954, the bakery built a new modern plant at 2202 So. 38th St. (filed with Argentum)

Langendorf United Bakeries (Tacoma); Bakeries--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On August 8, 1938, several men and women sorted bulbs by hand as they passed by on a conveyor belt in a shed at the George Lawler bulb farm in Gardenville, near Fife. The bulbs were cleaned by hand, old husks and dirt removed, and daughter bulbs separated. Diseased bulbs were discarded. After this process was completed, the bulbs went to a grading machine, where they were sorted by size. In 1910, George Lawler bought five muddy acres near Fife and began experimenting with flowers as a crop. At first he sold the cut flowers, but he quickly began to view the bulbs as the money crop. The area around his home was renamed Gardenville in honor of his flowers, and George Lawler became one of the founders of the Northwest bulb industry.

Lawler Bulbs (Fife); Crops; Lawler, George--Homes & haunts; Agricultural laborers--Fife--1930-1940;

A man and and a woman working in large warehouse filled with wooden crates full of flower bulbs at the George Lawler bulb farm at Gardenville. The bulbs have been crated for shipment by train or truck. Bulbs were originally shipped in vented railroad cars, but were subject to damage by severe weather conditions. The advent of refrigerated railroad cars and trucks greatly benefited the bulb industry.

Lawler Bulbs (Fife); Crops; Lawler, George--Homes & haunts; Agricultural laborers--Fife--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Vacant area in the Lincoln district circa 1938. A road leads through the area north of Lincoln High School. In the background can be seen the spire of the school and Mount Rainier.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Land; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

The storefront in the Sprague Block, 1511-41 Pacific Ave., housing the Lutheran Welfare Society Mission and store. The address for the Mission was 1525-27 Pacific Ave. Later in the early 1940's, it became the Lutheran Service Club for soldiers. The Sprague Block was demolished in the late 1960's. The extension of the block at 1501-09 Pacific Ave. is now known as the Sprague Building. (filed with Argentum)

Lutheran Welfare Society Mission (Tacoma);

Ladies' musical group around piano at home of Mrs. Harry R. (Etta M.) Maybin. Standing: Mrs. J.P. Cowan, Mrs. Wade H. (Nellie R.) Crump, Mrs. George H. (M. Evangeline) Hastings. Seated: Etta Maybin and Mrs. C. Mighell L. Bundy. (T. Times, 2/11/1938) (filed with Argentum)

Maybin, Courtland--Family; Maybin, Harry R.--Homes & haunts; Crump, Nellie; Hastings, Evangeline; Maybin, Etta; Pianos;

W. H. McCormick, left, president of the Washington State Historical Society, and W.P. Bonney, right, secretary of the Society, deposit five hundred specially minted Oregon Trail memorial half dollars with Guy T. Pierce, Vice president of the National Bank of Washington, for safe keeping on April 19, 1938. The coins were given to the Society by Oregon Trail Memorial Association. The only condition is that the Society sell the coins and use the proceeds to erect a tribute on the grave of Ezra Meeker in Puyallup. The Memorial Association is indebted to Meeker for his popularization of the trail with his 1906 recreation of the 2200 mile pioneer journey to the west and his many writings on the subject. The first 100 coins will be sold at $1.50 each and the remainder at $2.00. (T. Times 4/20/1938, pg. 10)

McCormick, W.H.; Bonney, William P.; Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Pierce, Guy T.; Coins;

Five hundred of the specially minted memorial half dollars celebrating the Oregon Trail, given to the Washington State Historical Society by the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, are being deposited for safe keeping in the National Bank of Washington on April 19, 1938. Pictured left to right are W.H. McCormick, president of the Society, Guy T. Pierce, vice president of the bank, and W.P. Bonney, secretary of the Society. The coins will be sold and the proceeds used to erect a tribute at the grave of Northwest pioneer and author Ezra Meeker. (T. Times 4/20/1938, pg. 10) (filed with Argentum)

McCormick, W.H.; Bonney, William P.; Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Pierce, Guy T.; Coins;

The 19th century melodrama "United by Love" was being presented on August 23, 1938, on a Works Progress Administration (WPA) travelling stage to an appreciative outdoor audience in South Park. The "Theater on Wheels," a joint enterprise of the WPA and the Metropolitan Parks Board, had presented five complete shows a week since June 13th, playing six times around a circuit of ten Tacoma parks and playgrounds. Members of the Asbury Methodist Church WPA-coached drama club on stage were, left to right, Ruth Bristow, Milo Ernst, Pat O'Conner, Georgia "George" Kisor and Cyril Hansen. More than 100 performers presented shows featuring music by the 6-piece professional WPA orchestra, singing, dancing, dramatic sketches and sound movies. They played to more than 20,000 appreciative theater goers in June and July with August audiences slightly higher. Their season ended on August 31st, retiring the only travelling theater on the Pacific Coast for the year. (T. Times 8/24/1938, pg. 16)

Melodramas; Open-air theatrical productions; Depressions--1929; Bristow, Ruth; Ernst, Milo; O'Conner, Pat; Hansen, Cyril; Asbury United Methodist Church (Tacoma) --People;

Model Bakery trucks photographed for International Harvester in February of 1939. The delivery trucks have signs advertising the bakery's Star Loaf bread. (filed with Argentum)

Model Bakery (Tacoma)--Associated objects; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Model of the Canadian Pacific Liner "Empress of Britain" built by Ed Mason on display in window of Canadian Pacific Railroad and Steamship Line office. The real ship was lost in the Second World War. (filed with Argentum)

Model ships; Canadian Pacific Railway and Steamship Ltd.; Mason, Ed--Associated objects;

Twenty-one members of the Normanna Male Chorus, wearing the group's distinctive white pants, dark blazers and nautical hats, posed for a formal portrait on the steps of the Masonic Temple in 1938. The Chorus was to be very busy in September of 1938 as they were celebrating their Golden Jubilee. Norwegian singing societies from across the Northwest were coming to Tacoma to help the group celebrate their 50th anniversary at Normanna Hall, 47 Saint Helens Avenue, on September 10-11th. The singing society had organized in 1888 with John Soquest as the director. They originally met in the old school house between I and J streets; their publicity was handled by the publishers of the Norwegian newspaper "Tacoma Tidende." The group reorganized in 1895 and has been active since that date. The singers were led by Carlo A. Sperati, churchman and musician, until 1904; he was succeeded by George Johnson, still the director in 1938. (T. Times 9/9/1938, pg. 3) TPL-9519

Normanna Male Chorus (Tacoma); Choirs (Music); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma; Sons of Norway (Tacoma); Music ensembles--Tacoma; Singers;

Young girls in costumes pose with their decorated bicycles for the judges to decide on the best decorated and funniest at the August 5, 1938 1st Annual Bicycle Race Meet & Parade. The parade of decorated bikes and their riders started downtown and ended at the Stadium Bowl. The days fun was sponsored by the Tacoma Times and the Park Recreation Department of the Metropolitan Park District. The races and parade had over 1500 participants. (T. Times 7/25/1938, pg. 1 - 8/6/1938)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bicycles & tricycles--1930-1940; Children riding bicycles & tricycles--1930-1940; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

Park Lodge School 2nd and 3rd grades. Building by Woodroofe and Constible, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925.

Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Park Lodge School, 4th and 5th grades. Building by Woodroofe and Constible, Architects, 1912. Addition by Frederick and Stanley Shaw, Architects, 1925. (filed with Argentum)

Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1930-1940; School children--Lakewood--1930-1940;

Peoples Department Store, display of mattresses and bed springs. Area rugs are hung from racks on the level above. A sign announces bargains on used furniture.

Peoples (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma;

Lincoln High School Baseball Team. 15 players, two managers and coach pose with crossed bats. (filed with Argentum)

Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lincoln High School (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. "Red Pig." Scenes taken under new management in 1938. New manager Bernice Fox is fixing two cups of coffee behind counter. The counter is empty, a stark contrast to the packed area pictured in A7529-1 just a few minutes before. The Red Pig restaurant was located on busy Tacoma-Seattle Highway (Highway 99) just beyond Fife. (T. Times 10/26/1938, pg. 7) (filed with Argentum)

Red Pig Restaurant (Fife); Restaurants--Fife--1930-1940; Restaurant workers; Fox, Bernice;

In March of 1938 the Red Top Cab Company added this state-of-the-art Packard ambulance to its fleet of vehicles. The new ambulance was considered a "hospital on wheels" that could provide complete care to patients while en route to the hospital. It is parked in front of the Tacoma General Hospital. (T. Times, 3/9/1938, p. 11).

Red Top Cab Co. (Tacoma); Ambulances; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

William B. and Gertrude Reed gather by the fireplace with their four children. Barbara Ann sits on the arm of a chair by her father and Bill stands beside his mother. The two younger children are Steven and Nancy. The 1938 City Directory lists Mr. Reed as the secretary of the Scottish Rite Masons, Tacoma Lodge of Perfection. (T. Times, 11/25/1938, p. 16). Photograph very similar to D7627 image 4.

Reed, William B.--Family; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;

View of Ernest C. and Hattie M. Richards house, decorated for the 1937 holiday season. Owner was president of Hunt and Mottet Hardware Company. Home was constructed in 1914, George W. Bullard and Irwin Hill, Architects. See H48, images 1 and 2 for additional photographs of house. (T. Times)

Richards, E.C.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Richfield Dealers Meeting. Large group of men crowded into a small room on March 1, 1938. Display of Richlube oil products.

Richfield Oil Corp. (Tacoma); Group portraits--Tacoma--1930-1940; Meetings--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Descendents of James and Ann Burrows Rigney pose in front of the Steilacoom Town Hall. James and his wife Anne moved west in 1857 to join James' brother John Rigney in Tacoma. They brought their children Mary, John and James with them. They settled on a farm on the prairie which is now part of McChord Air Force Base.

Rigney, James--Family; Steilacoom Town Hall (Steilacoom)