ca. 1927. Furnace at St. Joseph's Hospital for Harre & Farrell, Engineers. (Argentum)

St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Furnaces--Tacoma--1920-1930;

On Saturday March 11, 1939, the Bachelor Club hosted a large ball and style show in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. The backdrop for the show as an elegant cityscape with outlines of skyscrapers, a large bridge and a late model sedan. (filed with Argentum) (T.Times 3/18/1939, pg. 9)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor Club (Tacoma); Fashion shows;

On March 11, 1939, the Bachelor Club of Tacoma hosted a large ball and style show in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Several guests were photographed seated at a long banquet table watching the fashion show. More guests are seated on a landing above and to the right. (filed with Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor Club (Tacoma); Fashion shows;

Convention of Mayors banquet at Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Winthrop. View of officals on rostrum.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mayors--1930-1940; Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Convention of Mayors banquet at Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Winthrop. General view of room with people seated at tables.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mayors--1930-1940; Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In preparation for Mother's Day in May of 1938, Louise Hunter arranges lilacs in a vase with the help of her young son, Dana Joseph Hunter. Her husband, Charles D. Hunter, Jr., was an attorney with the Tacoma law firm of Eisenhower & Carlson, and was a law partner with Edgar Eisenhower, the brother of future President, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mr. Hunter was a champion amateur golfer; he won the Tacoma city championship 10 times between 1931 and 1945. Mrs. Hunter, the former Louise Fox Huggins of Philadelphia, arrived in Tacoma on November 1, 1930. She had married Mr. Hunter on August 2, 1930. Her grandfather, Edwin Huggins, had ties with the Hudson's Bay Co. in the territory now occupied by the City of Tacoma. (T.Times, 5/7/1938, p. 9; TNT 11-1-30, p. 1-article on the Hunters).

Hunter, Charles D.--Family; Hunter, Louise; Hunter, Dana Joseph; Lilacs; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Eight fire companies responded to the blaze at the J. E. Berkheimer Manufacturing Co. on July 7, 1938. The fire started in the afternoon, causing $100,000 damage to roofing materials and the asphalt products company. The photograph shows large stills where crude asphalt was distilled. The blaze was caused by an explosion of molten asphalt in the "saturator," a large machine used for soaking roofing paper in asphalt. (T. Times 7/8/1938, p. 1).

J. E. Berkheimer Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Fire fighting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fires--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smoke;

Thirteen year old Sonny Johns won the title of Washington Junior Archery Champion on June 19, 1938 by shooting 1,286 in the Double Junior Round at the state archery competition. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Johns, 4911 North 27th Street, he also won the flight shoot by sending an arrow 179 feet, just 21 feet short of two blocks. One month later, at the northwest competition held in Portland, Oregon, he won the Northwest Junior Championship with the astonishing total score of 2,869 points; he shot three "perfects," a feat which experts at that time contended had never been accomplished in any world competition before. Sonny is pictured here with his bow, arrows, a target and a few of his many trophies. (T. Times, 6/25/1938, p. 12).

Johns, Sonny; Archery; Bows (Archery); Targets (Sports); Awards;

Junior League Thrift Shop. Mrs. John Gregg, Cornelia Marie Cardin, and Mrs. John Bates Roberts are shown readying the refurbished shop for re-opening in late January of 1939. Funds raised are used for league's Well Baby Clinic. The woman in the photograph identified by the Tacoma Times as Cornelia Marie Cardin was known to her family as "Connie Rie." She married Paul Sheppard Savidge, Jr. of Tacoma on December 7, 1940 according to her daughter. (T. Times, 1/24/1939, p. 9)

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Thrift shops--Tacoma; Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Junior League Thrift Shop (Tacoma); Showcases; Cardin, Cornelia Marie; Gregg, John--Family; Roberts, John Bates--Family;

After repainting in green and blue, the Junior League Thrift Store is ready to reopen in early 1939. Members established the thrift store in 1930 to support their Well Baby Clinic. At counter: Mrs. John Gregg, Cornelia Marie Cardin, Mrs. John Bates Roberts. The woman identified by the Tacoma Times as Cornelia Marie Cardin was known to her family as "Connie Rie;" and, according to her daughter, she married Paul Sheppard Savidge, Jr. of Tacoma on December 7, 1940. (T. Times 1/24/1939, pg. 9)

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Thrift shops--Tacoma; Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Junior League Thrift Shop (Tacoma); Showcases; Cardin, Cornelia Marie; Gregg, John--Family; Roberts, John Bates--Family;

Washington State Patrol officers review Charles Mattson kidnapping crime scene photographs with an unidentified man. Ten year old Charles Mattson was kidnapped for ransom on December 27, 1936. His battered body was recovered January 10, 1937. His murder was never solved. Frank Olson, a mental patient at Medical Lake Asylum, confessed to kidnapping the Mattson boy. After two days of questioning by the State Patrol at the Winthrop Hotel, Olson, also known as Lester Mead and Charles Thorp, was found harmless and was returned to the Asylum. He was in residence at the Asylum at the time of the kidnapping. (T. Times 7/13/1938, pg. 1; TNT 7/13/1938, pg.1)

Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington State Patrol (Tacoma); Mattson, Charles--Kidnappings;

Bremerton Library under construction. Scaffolding on left side of building where recent application of cement plaster has been applied. Art Deco style. (Bremerton Sun).

Libraries--Bremerton; Bremerton Public Library (Bremerton);

Lincoln High School pirate play developed by the Boys Glee Club as part of the music department program on May 20, 1938. Dean McPhaden and Elton Ramage sword fight after McPhaden finds Ramage trying to plunder his treasure chest. (T. Times 5/19/1938, pg. 18)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--Performances; Pirates; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musical revues & comedies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Costumes; McPhaden, Dean; Ramage, Elton; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Lincoln High School Hoopmen. Basketball players demonstrate skills. Identified, back row: No. 8, Ben Ishioka, forward; No. 10, Ray Spurgeon, guard; No. 8, Eugene Harrison, guard; kneeling, No. 11, Gene Clark, center. (T. Times, 1/19/1939, p. 15).

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Basketball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Basketball--Tacoma; Gymnasiums--Tacoma; Ishioka, Ben; Spurgeon, Ray; Harrison, Eugene; Clark, Gene; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tacoma Girl Scouts enjoyed summers at day camps held three times a week at Puget Park and Lincoln Park. Often accompanying the girls were tag-alongs, sons and younger children of adult volunteers. A group of youngsters sunbathe on the lawn next to the pool at Lincoln Park. Parents bask in the afternoon sun as chaperones. The camps would supply summer fun for hundreds of children in the Tacoma area. (T. Times, 7/12/1938, p. 1)

Lincoln Park (Tacoma); Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Camps--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Charles H. Manley stands next to the hand carved, wooden advertising Indian, known as "Chief Skookum", that stood outside his shop in this photograph from June, 1938. Manley owned a tobacco store at 9th and Pacific for over 50 years. He saw the first horse-drawn streetcar run on Pacific Avenue in 1888. Chief Skookum was a reminder of an earlier time when a proper cigar store was required to have an Indian. The Indian was a symbol of Sir Walter Raleigh and the legend of his first smoke in this country with the Indians. Chief Skookum stood guard on Manley's corner for 58 years. He was sold in 1946 to Seattle collectors for $900. Manley himself died in 1947 at the age of 90.(T. Times 6/10/38, p.15; TNT 1/7/1979)

Manley, Charles H.; Skookum; Charles H. Manley Tobacconist/Cigar Store (Tacoma); Cigar store Indians--Tacoma;

Marine Corps reservists pose at attention for the camera. They will be travelling by train to San Diego on June 17th or 18th, 1939, to report for active duty. In San Diego, they will meet up with units from Aberdeen and Seattle. The trio will become part of the 6th Regiment. The training will be for a period of 15 days and will contain intense drilling, pistol range training and trips aboard Navy vessels. The pictured troops are, left to right back row, Sgt. Honan, Pvt. Meek, Sgt. M. Hostetler, Pvt. C. Smith, Corp. Gerritzen and Lt. James Cushion. Kneeling, Pvt. M. Farmer, Corp S. Huntington, Corp. Jones, Pvt. D. Brewsaugh. (T. Times 3/4/1939, p. 1)

Marines (Military personnel)--1930-1940; Military uniforms--1930-1940; Marines (Military personnel);

Tacoma Mayor John Siegle, standing, in the grandstand for the "Mayor's Handicap Race" during Tacoma Day at the Western Washington Fair, Puyallup. Public Safety Commissioner Holmes Eastwood is seated center, with tobacco tin. (T. Times, 9/22/38, p. 1)

Mayors - Tacoma - 1938-39 - Dr. John C. Siegle (1885-1939) - Washington StateEvents - Fairs - Washington State - Puyallup - Western Washington Fair

Jewelers Convention held at the Winthrop Hotel. (filed with Argentum)

Clothing & dress--1930-1940; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

ca. 1937. Photograph ordered by Al Gehri for "Better Homes and Gardens" article on building modern homes. A workman is busy at his temporary workstation with a rotor or motor. Two men stand in the background watching. A framed in house is also in the background.

Construction--1930-1940; Building construction; Houses--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Ordered by writer Al Gehri for a Better Homes and Gardens article on building modern homes. A worker is wheeling a wheelbarrow filled with dirt away from the foundation of an almost completed brick home.

Construction--1930-1940; Construction industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. John and Rose Dower Estate. "Dower Dell." The estate was built in 1927 for John Dower, president of the John Dower Lumber Co. View of a foot path and bridge over a creek. Gazebo type structure center. (filed with Argentum)

Dower, John--Homes & haunts; Estates--Lakewood;

ca. 1937. John and Rose Dower Estate. "Dower Dell." The estate was built in 1927 for John Dower, president of the John Dower Lumber Co. Photograph of a garden path or road through lush vegetation. (filed with Argentum)

Dower, John--Homes & haunts; Estates--Lakewood;

ca. 1937. John and Rose Dower Estate. "Dower Dell." The estate was built in 1927 for John Dower, president of the John Dower Lumber Co. Photograph of a foot bridge over a raging creek. (filed with Argentum)

Dower, John--Homes & haunts; Estates--Lakewood;

ca. 1937. John and Rose Dower Estate. "Dower Dell." The estate was built in 1927 for John Dower, president of the John Dower Lumber Co. View of a foot bridge over a creek. Gazebo type structure on right. (filed with Argentum)

Dower, John--Homes & haunts; Estates--Lakewood;

Interior view of Edward Bright's Beauty Parlor, 2617 No. Proctor St. Two operators by customer stations, curling machine, desk with phone, display cards on high shelf.

Edward Bright's Beauty Parlor (Tacoma); Beauty shops--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Nepean C. (N.C.) Garrison poses with an old chest, perhaps used to hold his wood working tools. In 1937, Mr. Garrison resided at 6414 Pacific Ave. and listed his occupation as deckhand at Cascade Timber Co.; but his real love was building model ships. His artistic models were on display at many locations and were given as gifts to the Hollywood crowd during the filming of Tugboat Annie.

Garrison, N.C.; Chests;

Hopper-Kelly Company of Tacoma, Musical Instrument Department. Baby Grand and two smaller pianos on display. Hopper Kelly had always been known as a piano house, carrying the finest in Wurlitzer and Kurtzman instruments.

Hopper Kelly Co. (Tacoma); Music stores--Tacoma; Appliance stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pianos;

ca. 1937. Model hop farm in Roy. Pictures ordered by Tacoma National Bank. The 41 acre hop farm was owned by James E. & J.W. Feak. People relaxing in front of A frame shelters. The shelters are possibly intended to house migrant workers that pick the hops. Farm also pictured in series D5210.

Hops--Roy--1930-1940; Farming--Roy--1930-1940;

Jerry Eaton's Service Station at Sixth Avenue and J Street. L-shaped stucco building with bracketed tile false shed roofs. Man standing near pumps, four service bays, two automobiles. Mobilgas, Mobiloil, General Petroleum Company and U.S.Tire signs

Jerry Eaton's Service (Tacoma); Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940;