College of Puget Sound's Adelphian Chorus. Photograph taken on December 7, 1938. Ordered by the Tacoma Times. (T. Times 12-10-1938, pg. 5-names in caption) (filed with Argentum)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Choirs (Music); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Adelphian Choral Society (Tacoma);

The unidentified young women in this photograph from June, 1938 are probably the drill team from the Knute Rockne Lodge, Daughters of Norway. Over 1,000 members of the Sons of Norway and the Daughters of Norway, representing lodges in Washington, Oregon,California, Idaho, Alaska, and British Columbia, attended the four day convention in Tacoma from June 23 - 28. The drill team members, and their little "mascot," are attired in jodhpurs and holding what appear to be polo mallets. The male team leader in the center is wearing a United States Marines uniform. (T. Times 6/23/1938, pg. 9)

Daughters of Norway (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma;

Hatasu Dancers, June of 1938. Large group of women in hall, attired in matching costumes. The Hatasu Temple was a group name used by Daughters of the Nile. Queen Hatasu was an Egyptian monarch. The Daughters of the Nile are the female offshoot of the Shriners, or Masons. The group was founded in 1913 in Seattle. The Hatasu #1 Temple still meets in Seattle. The annual session of the Supreme Temple of the Daughters of the Nile was held in Tacoma June 6-10, 1938. It was the first convention of this group to be held in Tacoma since 1925. (filed with Argentum)

Daughters of the Nile (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Studio portrait of Pierce County Auditor S. Clifford Davis

Davis, S. Clifford;

Schoenfeld's Furniture. Studio display of toys. Automobile service station model toy. (filed with Argentum)

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

ca. 1938. Little Theatre of Old Tacoma. Shown are Miss Marion Seymour; and Mrs. Robert Weller, Mrs. George Downing, Mrs. Donald Dilts, and Mrs. Abner Bergersen. (filed with Argentum)

Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma); Seymour, Marion;

ca. 1939. Photograph taken at the Elks Temple, 565 Broadway, showing attendance. (filed with Argentum)

Elks Temple (Tacoma); Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Dinner at the Elks Temple, circa 1938. Men being served by waitress, fireplace with head of an elk above it. (filed with Argentum)

Elks Temple (Tacoma); Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Dining rooms--Tacoma; Fraternal lodges--Tacoma;

ca. 1939. Stock footage of Tacoma's Federal Building, 1102 A St., home to the main branch of the US Post Office and, until 1992, also home to the federal courts. (filed with Argentum) (negative originally given a duplicate number of A7979 image 1)

Federal Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. First Methodist Church quartet. Group of four men and one woman. (filed with Argentum)

First Methodist Church (Tacoma); Protestant churches--Tacoma--1930-1940; Methodist churches--Tacoma--1930-1940; Singers;

Sam Rabstoff poses with his prize catch, a 21 1/2 lb. steelhead trout caught in the Clearwater River in the Quinault district. The fish is three pounds shy of the record fish caught by Archie Mondeau in the same area. The fish is on display at Tapp's Tackle Shop. (T.Times, 2/24/1938, p. 15) see also D7100 image #1

Fishermen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fishing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rabstoff, Sam; Trout; Hunting & fishing gear;

Gretchen Kunigk (later Fraser) and Herb Clark pose in front of crouching football players at the College of Puget Sound in a September, 1938, fall fashion advertisement for Klopfenstein's. Both Gretchen and Herb are C.P.S. students. In 1948 Gretchen Fraser would become the first American to medal in Olympic Skiing. ALBUM 9.

Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994; Clark, Herb; Fashion models--Tacoma; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1939. Studio portrait of Nepean C. Garrison, noted model shipbuilder, ca. 1939, when he was applying for citizenship. Mr. Garrison had been building ship models since 1929 when the Great Depression struck and carpentry and roadwork opportunities dried up. He was a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and went to sea at an early age, becoming the master of a fishing schooner when he was just 15. Later he served aboard deep water square-riggers. He left the sea and came to Tacoma ca. 1903. He had not forgotten about his younger days in Halifax and his time at sea, however, and now having more time on his hands began carving and whittling models of ships he had known in the past. His reproductions of the clippers, schooners, barks and full-rigged ships, numbering about 30, became well-known and exhibited many times. One of his best known works was a model of the "Flying Cloud," the clipper that had set a record for the passage around the Horn on her maiden voyage. Mr. Garrison worked as a rigger during WWll and died in 1953.

Garrison, N.C.; Hobbyists--Tacoma;

New GMC Truck for Ohanapecosh Hot Springs, Mt. Rainier National Park, at Packwood. Probably taken behind Tacoma General Motors Truck Company, 307 Puyallup Ave. In 1924, N.D. Towers and Dr. A.W. Bridge constructed a small hotel and two bathhouses at a U.S. Forest Service campsite known as Ohanapecosh. The resort continued to develop and expand through the administration of the Ohanapecosh Hot Springs Co. until the contract was terminated in the early 1960s. By 1967, all of the resort facilities had been dismantled and the hot springs were allowed to return to their natural, pre-excavation condition.

General Motors trucks--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ohanapecosh Hot Springs Co. (Packwood);

Elizabeth (Mrs. Melvin H. Jr.) Voorhees, left, and Mrs. Lawrence Worth admire antique silver and glassware at the home of Mrs. Edward Howell in April of 1937. Mrs. Voorhees was the chairman for the antique exhibit being held April 20, 1937 in the Stone Room of the First Presbyterian Church. The Circle B Planning Committee of the church was arranging the exhibit. Mrs. Howell was one of the exhibitors. Mel Voorhees was a wire editor at the Tacoma Times. (photograph also numbered T1038-1 and A4032-1) (Tacoma Times 4/19/1937, pg. 9)

Glassware; Teapots; Pitchers; Voorhees, Elizabeth; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma);

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;