ca. 1934. Repairing windstorm damage at Fisher's Department Store circa 1934. (filed with Argentum)

Fishers Department Store (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Row six wood-frame, one-and-one-half story houses which appear to have been built at the same time. All have center, covered entry porch, some have Dutch gabled roofs. (WSHS)

Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Seven young men wearing suits with ties, four seated at two tables covered with folded letters/forms and books. They are possibly associated with a school or fraternal organization. (WSHS)

Men--1930-1940; Men--Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. The lunch counter of the Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret, 1518 Pacific Avenue. Signboard menu offers sandwiches ranging from a dime hamburger to a fried oyster sandwich for a quarter. Men seated in front of counter; manager in tuxedo and waiters in white jackets behind the counter. All are reflected in the large mirror, which is surrounded by ornate columns.

Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret (Tacoma); Eating & drinking facilities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Eating & drinking--1930-1940; Nightclubs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Exterior view of the Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret located at 1518 Pacific Avenue. A neon lit marquee extends out from the building. Fabric draping and liquor bottles decorate the front picture windows.

Fifteen-Eighteen Cabaret (Tacoma); Eating & drinking facilities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Eating & drinking--1930-1940; Nightclubs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Mickey Mouse Club. A Tacoma police officer hands a speeding ticket to an unidentified boy in a go cart. The boy is surrounded by other boys and men in front of Virges Drug Store. Sign reads "On Our Way To The Mickey Mouse Club - Hamrick's Temple Theatre." Other signs point out for boys and girls to register to win a $250 go cart, details available at Thrifty Cut-Rate Drugs, 947 Broadway. (filed with Argentum)

Thrifty Cut-Rate Drugs (Tacoma); Drugstores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Coaster cars--Tacoma;

ca. 1934. Dorothy La Gasa, seated, and Barbara Bonnell pose in sophisticated, long gowns adorned with corsages, while the unidentified young man lounges in a tuxedo at the Nite Owls Club Dance in this circa 1934 photograph. Miss Bonnell leans on a Capehart orchestrope which is now called a jukebox. The Capehart orchestropes were made from 1928-1931. (T. Times, Society, Mrs. Brady) (Additional information provided by a reader)

Nite Owls (Tacoma); Dance; Bonnell, Barbara; La Gasa, Dorothy; Jukeboxes;

ca. 1934. "Harmon Miller- Little car- Eatonville stage." Men working inside a garage, circa 1934. The man in front is working on a midget car or luxury go cart. The man behind him is working on the "Eatonville-Tacoma-Kapowsin" bus. (filed with Argentum)

Coaster cars--Tacoma; Garages--Tacoma--1930-1940; Buses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. The Lauan Apartments. The Lauan was built in 1925 by John Buffelen, who served as builder and designer. Lundberg & Ekvall served as architects of the brick building. The building was built and furnished almost completely of Tacoma made products. The interiors of the elegant structure were of mahogany. TPL-10522

Lauan Apartments (Tacoma); Apartment houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Interior of Walt Sutter home. Ornately set table with Nordic ship decorations, curved china cabinet, bird cage and antique lamp. The table setting and room decorations seem to indicate a special occasion is about to take place. Flag banners of many countries hang over the table, with sailing ships used as table decorations. Each place setting has a photograph as a name card. (filed with Argentum)

Sutter, Walter H.--Homes & haunts; Table settings & decorations;

ca. 1934. Ken Fisher's beach house, unidentified location, circa 1934. Close-up of side and front of bungalow-style house with man and woman sitting on porch steps. (filed with Argentum)

Fisher, Ken--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1934. Henry Querrette demonstrates to writer Alfred L. Gehri how to sharpen a drawknife on a stone wheel. The pair are on the premises of Querrette's Hood Canal ranch. During the thirties, Gehri did a series of articles for Better Homes & Gardens featuring the down home builder "Chips," as Querrette was known. (Better Homes & Gardens, May 1935)

Grinding wheels; Sharpening & honing tools; Querrette, Henry; Gehri, Alfred L.;

ca. 1934. General view of Jason Lee Intermediate School, circa 1934, with trolley wire in foreground. The Gothic Revival school designed by Roland Borhek opened in 1924. It was the first and largest of six new intermediate schools built from the proceeds of a 1923 bond issue. As more education became essential, the high schools were overcrowded. In 1920, the 6-3-3 elementary, intermediate, high school plan was designed to relieve overcrowding and a 2.4 million bond issue passed to build the 6 new schools. Originally named West Intermediate school, the name was soon changed to Jason Lee to honor an early Northwest missionary pioneer. The school is built on the site of the old College of Puget Sound campus at Sixth and No. Sprague. In 1928, the name was changed to Jason Lee Junior High, and later to middle school. ("For the record" by Winnifred L. Olsen)

Public Schools--Tacoma; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma);

ca. 1934. The ivy covered castle-like battlements of the Lincoln High School entry, circa 1934. The school was designed by Heath and Gove, Architects, and opened in August of 1914 to serve the south side of Tacoma. It recently underwent a 62 million dollar facelift and reopened in September of 2007, glorious again. (filed with Argentum)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1934. The domed Century Ballroom, on the "Seattle-Tacoma Hi Way" (U.S. 99) at Fife, was constructed by Rocco "Mac" Manza and James Zarelli and patterned after the Washington State Pavilion at the 1933 "Century of Progress" Exposition in Chicago. Bert Smyser was the architect and Bonnie MacDonald was the contractor. The Ballroom opened December 29, 1934. It had 20,000 feet of floor space and was built for $28,000, which the owners Manza and Zarelli paid back a little at a time. All of the big names played there; Tommy Dorsey and Kay Kyser were the top draws. In 1935, the Lombardo brothers, Guy, Carmen, Lebert and Victor, drew a crowd of 2,600 while the Tideflats was under martial law; Governor Clarence D. Martin had called out the National Guard to help with a sawmill workers' strike just a stone throw away. During the war, the ballroom ran two shifts of dancing with the second starting at 1:30a.m. for the swing shift workers at the defense plants. During the 1950's, music tastes were turning to rock and roll and people lost their interest in ballroom dancing. The Century closed in 1956, to be converted to a shopping mall. It burned in 1964. (TNT 3/23/1980, pg. D9)

Century Ballroom (Fife); Ballrooms--Fife--1930-1940; Musicians--Fife--1930-1940;

ca. 1934. Scottish Rite Cathedral. As early as 1911, interest was keen in the building of a Masonic Temple. The Scottish Rite Temple's cornerstone was laid in 1921 and construction was completed in 1922. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Sutton, Whitney and Dugan. Its style was to "follow closely the ancient architecture of King Solomon." The Independent Bible Church was formed when the Rev. Roy T. Brumbaugh split from the First Presbyterian Church, taking part of the congregation with him in 1935. They purchased the Scottish Rite Temple in 1937 and remodeled it as their church. In 1943, the congregation became the Tacoma Bible Church.

Independent Bible Church (Tacoma); Scottish Rite Cathedral (Tacoma);

ca. 1934. Washington Building. 17 story steel framed office building started by Scandinavian-American Bank in 1919, left unfinished when bank failed. Completed in 1925. Frederick Webber, Original Architect; Doyle and Merriam, Architects for Completion. (filed with Argentum)

Washington Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1934. "Dedication" - multiple exposures of nude man walking right to left across frame. According to the book "A Turbulent Lens," Haffer posed her husband, Norman Randall, in her studio with neutral backdrop and backlighting. A Graflex revolving magazine holder was used to take multiple exposures on several films and those resulting images were then sandwiched together. "Dedication" was used as the front and back inside covers for "Abundant Wild Oats," a book combining the poetry of Elizabeth ("Bettie") Sale and Haffer's photography. The book was never published although a prototype was made. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 21, 126. 138, 117)

ca. 1934. Two couples enjoy a tender dance within the Tacoma Hotel while a young lady provides the music on a piano in this circa 1934 photograph. Others enjoy dining at small tables placed nearby. The Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma's showpiece, opened in August of 1884 and underwent several renovations before being destroyed by fire in October of 1935. TPL-346

Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Dancers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pianos;

ca. 1934. Eleven men in business suits stand at the end of a railroad car. The car is No. 10500. This is a GE manufactured electric locomotive. It was owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad. It served on the Coast Division. This locomotive was renumbered to 10500 in September 1932. In the front row are unidentified, (Mayor) George Smitley, ?,?, (Sheriff) John Bjorklund, ?,?. Second row- Frank Calendar and Ira Davisson. 3rd row- unidentified, unidentified.

Railroad locomotives--Tacoma--1930-1940; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma)

Headstones for Col. William H. Wallace and his wife in the old Fort Steilacoom Post cemetery. Cemetery is on the grounds of Western Washington State Hospital but is not the hospital cemetery. Located between hospital buildings, it predates the hospital. Photograph was taken in January of 1934. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, pastor of the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles and founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, paid a one-day visit to Tacoma on January 21, 1934, as part of a debating tour of the west. She was pictured gesturing while holding an open book and accompanied by fellow debater, Dr. Charles Lee Smith, president of the American Association for Advancement of Atheism. Dr. Smith and Mrs. McPherson debated on the subject, "There is No God." More than 1,000 people were in attendance at the Greenwich Coliseum at 407 South 13th Street to hear the debate. (TDL 1-21-34, A-2-article; TDL 1-22-34, p. 2-article)