Navy Day Parade held in Tacoma during Fleet Week. Sailors march down Broadway in front of buildings in the 900 block. A large crowd of spectators line the sidewalks. The parade route began at 15th and Pacific, continued north on Pacific to 9th, from 9th to Broadway and south to 17th. The parade was more than a mile long. (T. Times 7/24/1937, pg.1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Parade in Tacoma. A Marine unit stands at attention along a side street in Tacoma. They are in full dress uniform with gloves and rifles. They will soon be marching in the Fleet Week parade with soldiers from Fort Lewis and sailors from the US Navy as Tacoma welcomes back its Fleet. (T. Times 7/30/1936, pg. 1).

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Marines (Military personnel);

Army Day at Fort Lewis. 148th Field Artillery, Battery F trucks in formation. .

Military vehicles--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fort Lewis (Wash.); Soldiers;

ca. 1935. Mrs. Brady and young son in garden standing in front of flowering hydrangea. She is wearing a white long frock with matching hat; he is wearing a white knit shorts and top. (T.Times, Society).

Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

C.B.S. Radio coverage of the filming of "Thin Ice" at Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park. Sonja Henie, the actress with the lead role in the film, is second from left, her double Tacoma Skier Gretchen Kunigk (later Fraser) is at far right. The man at the far left is Jerry Geehan who was there to cover the story for KVI radio. He worked for KVI while going to school at the College of Puget Sound, and later became manager of KMO.

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Actresses--Tacoma; Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969; Skaters; Motion picture industry--Tacoma; Radio broadcasting--Tacoma; Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994;

The old Puget Sound Lumber Company office being prepared to be moved by barge to the Henry Mill Fuel Company site. The Fuel Co. will use the building as their office. Wood frame house with hip roof, supported with braces, being moved off its foundation onto a barge. The barge will be pushed by the tugboat "Fearless." (TNT 11/22/1935, pg. 1)

Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In November of 1935, the Henry Mill Fuel Company avoided building a new office for the company by purchasing the old Puget Sound Lumber Company office and moving it, by barge, to their site. The 45 ft. by 28 ft. structure, which weighed between 60 and 75 tons, was pushed to its new home by the tugboat "Fearless" after it was slid onto a barge by W.H. McCullough and his crew of men. (TNT 11/22/1935 p.1). TPL-8468

Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tugboats--1930-1940; Towing;

As planes from the 91st and 116th observation squadrons buzzed overhead, eight army mules pulled an equal number of mounted machine guns and ammunition boxes across an open field at Fort Lewis. On August 21, 1937 the Governors of Washington, Oregon, and Montana joined Major General George A. White on the viewing stand at Fort Lewis to watch 14,000 regular army and national guard troops pass in formal review. Troops from five Northwest states had poured into Fort Lewis and Camp Murray over the previous week to prepare for joint training with the Fourth Army. "War games" were scheduled to begin on Monday August 23rd. (T. Times, 8-21-37, 8-23-37)

Mules--Fort Lewis; Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis; Artillery (Weaponry)--Fort Lewis;

Sepia 1937 photograph of Tacoma City Officials at (Old) City Hall. L to R: Frank Callender - public safety commissioner, C. Val Fawcett - finance commissioner, Tom Swayze - city controller, Mayor George Smitley, Genevieve Martin - city clerk, Abner Bergersen - public works commissioner, Ira Davisson - public utilities commissioner, and Howard Carothers- corporation counsel. Group is seated at a glass-top table with two spittoons on floor. Furnishings, including wood floor, appear plain and utilitarian. ALBUM 11.

Municipal government--Tacoma; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Callender, Frank T.; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Swayze, Tom; Martin, Genevieve; Bergersen, Abner R.; Davisson, Ira; Carothers, Howard;

Tacoma City Council at (Old) City Hall. Photographed in April of 1937 for the Tacoma Times but apparently not used. (T. Times)

Municipal officials--Tacoma--1930-1940; Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Old City Hall (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. A nurse in the hospital nursery holds up Mr. Naccarato's new baby son, Stan, for the camera. The newborn babies lie in metal containers in bassinets. An oxygen tank can be seen beside the nurse.

Naccarato, Stan; Nurseries; Maternity hospitals--1930-1940; Infants--1930-1940;

Coast Artillery from Fort Worden were photographed landing from the Artillery cutter Chelan for tactical maneuvers at the Bremerton Navy Yards on March 23, 1936. The men are wearing heavy coats, ammunition belts, and helmets. The Navy Yard is in the background. (Bremerton Sun).

Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton; Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton); Military personnel--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Tacoma's Norwegian community hosted a trip to Mount Tacoma (Rainier) on August 9, 1936 for several hundred delegates to the Sons of Norway and Daughters of Norway Convention which had just concluded in Seattle. After the trip to The Mountain, the group came to Tacoma for a banquet at Normanna Hall. The group, which was comprised of Norwegian-Americans from all parts of the United States, is pictured on a rise at Paradise Valley with the Nisqually Glacier in the background. (T. Times 8/10/1936, pg. 10)

Norwegian Americans; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Sons of Norway (Tacoma); Daughters of Norway (Tacoma);

Norwegian Americans from the Eastern and Pacific Coasts on a sightseeing trip to Mount Rainier, after concluding their national convention in Seattle. Ten women standing and reading in a meadow with the mountain and trees framing the background. (T. Times 8/10/1936, pg.3)

Norwegian Americans; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Sons of Norway (Tacoma); Daughters of Norway (Tacoma);

Edith (Mrs. Reno) Odlin with her three children, Mary Lee, 6, Reno William, 4, and Richard Bingham, 2, at Easter time in 1937. The children have large, stuffed toy rabbits. Mrs. Odlin was Edith Murphy before her marriage; the daughter of Mrs. Anna Murphy and an alumnae of Annie Wright Seminary. Mr. Odlin was the president of Puget Sound National Bank. (T. Times, 3/27/1937 p. 7)

Odlin, Reno--Family; Odlin, Edith; Odlin, Mary Lee; Odlin, Reno William; Odlin, Richard; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979--Homes & haunts; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;

DeMolay Eleventh Annual Conclave, held in Tacoma in August of 1935. A parade was held on August 31st, participating in the parade were 7 DeMolay patrols, 25 floats, the Shrine Band and Patrol and the Tacoma Rainbow Girls. A band group was photographed marching up 13th Street, Tacoma. Buildings and smoke stacks visible on the left.

Order of DeMolay--Meetings--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940;