Ferry "Wollochet" docked at the Skansie's Shipbuilding Co.'s dock on November 12, 1926. It had been built by the Gig Harbor firm the previous year. TPL-680; G37.1-171

Ferries--1920-1930; Skansies Shipbuilding Co. (Gig Harbor); Boat & ship industry--Gig Harbor; Piers & wharves--Gig Harbor;

In November of 1926, long before the advent of Tacoma's new light rail, the Tacoma Railway & Power Company streetcar tracks ran down the center of Pacific Avenue. The landmark Union Depot is on the right; Warren-Soule-Fairhurst Co. on the left. The drygoods firm occupied the Garretson-Woodruff-Pratt Bldg. at 1754 Pacific Avenue, formerly the location, at various times, of the Peoples Store, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. Store, Davis, Horton & Co. furniture store, and Commercial Truck Co. It is now part of the UW-Tacoma campus and the site of the school's bookstore. Tacoma torn out its streetcar rails in 1938. TPL-667

Street railroad tracks--Tacoma--1920-1930; Union Station (Tacoma); Warren-Soule-Fairhurst Co. (Tacoma); Streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Pacific Avenue looking north with Tacoma Railway & Power Co. streetcar tracks in the center of the street. This is a November, 1926, view of one of Tacoma's busiest streets in the downtown business district. Union Depot (Station) is on the right at 1717 Pacific. Puget Sound National Bank with spire is visible in the distance, also on the right. The future UW-Tacoma would be located on the left. TPL-631

Street railroad tracks--Tacoma--1920-1930; Union Station (Tacoma); Streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Front view of Tacoma Railway & Power Co.'s streetcar #55, taken on So. Cliff just past the corner of So. 8th and A St. on November 16, 1926. The Park Hotel, 802 A St., can be seen at the right rear behind another streetcar. An automobile runs on the brick road beside the streetcar. TPL-2373; G66.2-029 ("To Tacoma By Trolley" by Warren W. Wing; "Tacoma by Trolley" trolley schedule by McCormack Bros. Inc.)

Mass transit--Tacoma--1920-1930; Electric railroads--1920-1930; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma); Street railroad tracks--Tacoma--1920-1930; Park Hotel (Tacoma); Streets--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Construction is proceeding on the massive $500,000 Masonic Temple, designed by Tacoma architect A.J. Russell, located at South 2nd and Saint Helens Avenue during November of 1926. Masons from all over the state had attended the groundbreaking on January 16, 1926. The laying of the cornerstone had occurred on Saturday, June 12th, but it would take until December 1, 1927, before the building was formally dedicated. Calvin Heilig would lease a theater in the new building which would actually have its first showing in October of 1927. The Heilig Theater would later be renamed the Temple Theatre. G17.1-029; BU10,650 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 1-17-26, A-12-article on temple)

Masonic Temple (Tacoma); Building construction--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Major J.E. Mathews, one of the founders of the Woodbrook Hunt Club, was photographed in December of 1926 mounted on a horse at the Woodbrook Hunt Stables. Major Mathews, a native of Victoria B.C., came to Tacoma in 1924 and opened his first riding academy at that time. As the Academy grew, he purchased 15 acres on Pacific Highway just outside of the city limits, believed to be across the street from the current B&I location, where he and Capt. W.C. Proby operated the Mathews Riding Academy. In 1926, assisted by T.H. Bryan, the Irish manager of Thornewood Estates and a hunt fanatic, he helped form the Woodbrook Hunt Club. As the city grew around his acreage, he purchased property south of the Army reservation, now McChord Air Force Base, in 1929 and moved his riding stable there. He offered the Hunt Club a two room shack on the property, which became their first clubhouse. (TDL 5/9/1926; TSL 6/27/1938; TNT 6/6/1976) (WSHS)

Horses--Tacoma; Woodbrook Stables (Lakewood); Mathews, J.E.; Mathews Riding Academy (Lakewood);

Twenty-one men and nine women pose for a group portrait outside an ivy-covered building for the "Visiting Insurance Commissioners at Tacoma, Washington, 1926". Two more men are seen talking in the background on the right. (WSHS)

Group portraits--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Visiting Insurance Commissioners and Tacoma insurance men. (WSHS)

Group portraits--Tacoma--1920-1930; Insurance industry--1920-1930;

On December 3, 1926, a bevy of beautiful Rhodes sales girls swooped down on the annual Tacoma Poultry Show, selected their favorite prize winning poultry and literally took them for a ride. The ride was in a new Buick, provided by Mueller- Harkins Motor Co.; proving that the Buick's smooth ride would not ruffle the feathers of the favored fowl. Pictured left to right are Christine and Sallie Jean Collier (not associated with Rhodes), Zelma Metzker, Neva Reed, Evangeline (Vangie) Harrod, Sybil Lea, Grace Moore, Isabel Kearns, Irene Ratcliffe, Lucille Vosberg, Gladys Rodside and Florence Oberg. (TNT 12/5/1926, pg. G-3)

On December 3, 1926, a quartet of salesgirls from the Rhodes Brothers department store departed from their usual duties to pose with four of the prize winning chickens from the 29th Annual Tacoma Poultry Show. The girls are, left to right, Isabel Kearns with a Rhode Island Red Cockerel, Irene (Iva) Ratcliffe with a Buff Orpington Cockerel, Evangeline (Vangie) Harrod with a white Wyandotte hen and Grace Rutchoe (identified as Grace Moore in same paper) with a Buff Plymouth pullet. The photographs from this publicity stunt were to be shown around the country to promote Tacoma. The 29th Annual Tacoma Poulty Show was held at South 10th Street and A from November 30th through December 5th. (TNT 12/5/1926, pg. G-8; group picture pg. G-3; TDL 12/5/1926, pg. G8- similar picture)

1926 exterior view of the Allen C. Mason Intermediate School. Named after a Tacoma pioneer, lawyer, real estate developer and former school principal, Mason Intermediate (later renamed Mason Junior High and Mason Middle School) opened for classes on February 1, 1926. It was also the opening day for the new Captain Robert Gray and Franklin B. Gault Intermediate Schools. Mason Intermediate was the fifth of the six intermediate schools built with funds from a 1923 bond issue. Students were drawn from several north end elementary schools including Washington, Jefferson, Lowell and Point Defiance. Portables were deemed necessary within four years of the school's opening due to the burgeoning enrollment. The school underwent additions and improvements over the years until a new Mason School was constructed in 2003 at 3901 N. 28th. G47.1-055; BU-11, 426 (Olsen: For The Record, p. 133-34)

Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

This is the Dash Point School located at 6546 Dash Point Blvd N.E. as pictured on December 18, 1926. Residents had finally after many years succeeded in having a permanent school built in 1924 at this location. It was a two-room stucco and tile building with a large basement and playroom for its elementary school children. A five-room addition was dedicated in November of 1958. In 1973-74 the school closed due to declining enrollment. Four years later it was reopened and remained open until 1993. It was added to the State Register on December 2, 1996. G46.1-071, TPL-3760, BU-12106 (Olsen: For the Record, p. 109-alt. photograph)

Dash Point School (Dash Point); Public schools--Dash Point;

1926 exterior of the Morton M. McCarver Intermediate School. McCarver was Tacoma's third intermediate school and opened its doors to 600 students in late 1925. It was named for Tacoma founder and one of the school district's first directors, General Morton Matthew McCarver. The Gothic-style building was designed by architects Hill & Mock who also designed the Allen C. Mason Intermediate School. It was renamed McCarver Junior High in 1928 and added elementary school classes in 1938 when Lincoln Elementary School closed. In 1968 McCarver became an elementary school entirely when the junior high classes were eliminated. G47.1-060; BU-11, 428 (Olsen: For The Record, p. 127-28) TPL-10454

McCarver Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930;

This is the winding Gig Harbor-Purdy Highway as pictured on December 26, 1926. There are trees and brush on both sides of the narrow roadway. Safety railings are intermittently placed along parts of the paved highway. G72.1-155

Roads--Washington;

This is how the Gig Harbor-Purdy highway looked like the day after Christmas in 1926. The narrow roadway was winding and drivers would need to keep alert. Although there are power or phone lines visible, there were probably no modern street lights. Thick woods are on both sides. G72.1-156

Roads--Washington;

Cars would need a little extra "oomph" to climb this portion of the Gig Harbor-Purdy highway in December of 1926. The narrow road is steep and does not appear to be paved. Remnants of snow cake the sides of the road. G72.1-147

Roads--Washington;

When approaching the Purdy Bridge in late December of 1926, a vehicle would need to travel on a gravel-like road carved out of thick woods. Log railings flank the roadway. TPL-1390; G72.1-150

Bridges--Purdy;

Mt. Tacoma (Rainier) is barely visible in the background as boats bob along the Gig Harbor waterfront during the Christmas season in 1926. Harbors in this area are protected making waters calm. TPL-690; G72.1-126

Harbors--Gig Harbor; Waterfronts--Gig Harbor; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

This view of fishing boats entering Gig Harbor's protected waters is very similar to a previous Boland photograph, B16128, and taken on the same December day in 1926. Mount Tacoma (Rainier) stands out clearer from the hovering gray clouds. The photograph has been damaged with white spots. TPL-874; G72.1-125B

Harbors--Gig Harbor; Waterfronts--Gig Harbor; Fishing boats--Gig Harbor--1920-1930; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

View of the Purdy Bridge as seen the day after Christmas in 1926. The bridge is empty of traffic as is the neighboring highway. G72.1-139 TPL-10294

Bridges--Purdy;

This is possibly a view of Bremeton's business district taken across the water from the Port Orchard side in late December of 1926. Power lines cross the narrow road leading down to the water. G72.1-057

Cityscapes; Electric lines;

Several fishing boats stream into the calm waters of Gig Harbor's protected waterfront on December 26, 1926. Mt. Tacoma (Rainier) blends with the cloudy skies beyond the darkened forests. TPL-691; G72.1-125A

Harbors--Gig Harbor; Waterfronts--Gig Harbor; Fishing boats--Gig Harbor--1920-1930; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1927. Portrait of a man by Tacoma artist and writer Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Portrait of a girl with blonde hair by Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Drawing of a man by Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Drawing of a girl with long hair by Thomas Handforth. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Drawing of a young man by Thomas Handforth.

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;

ca. 1927. Drawing of horse, cabin and trees by Thomas Handforth. The original image is among the large Handforth Collection owned by the Tacoma Public Library. (filed with Argentum)

Artists--Tacoma; Handforth, Thomas Schofield--Associated objects; Sketches;