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BOWEN TPL-6918

ca. 1933. Retiring Northern Pacific Stationmaster at office Union Station with his hand on the lever of the switchboard. Photograph ordered by the News Tribune.

C157920-3

ca. 1933. Copy of publicity photo of "Tugboat Annie" motion picture cast ca. 1933. Filmed locally using the tug "Arthur Foss," it premiered in Tacoma on Oct. 18, 1933. Lead actors Wallace Beery (1885-1949) and Marie Dressler (1869-1934) are front row, 2nd and 3rd from left. Director Mervyn LeRoy sits next to Miss Dressler; next to him is writer Norman Reilly Raine. Peering over Miss Dressler's shoulder is cameraman, Gregg Toland. The character of "Tugboat Annie" Brennan was said to have been inspired by Thea Foss, who started Foss Launch & Tug with a $5 rowboat. ALBUM 6.


Motion pictures; Tugboats--Tacoma; Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma); Beery, Wallace, 1885-1949; Dressler, Marie, 1869-1934; Motion picture premieres--Tacoma--1930-1940; Actors--Tacoma--1930-1940; LeRoy, Mervyn, Raine, Norman Reilly; Toland, Gregg;

429-2

ca. 1933. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School, Baseball Team. Seventeen players, manager and coach in front of school.


Public schools--Tacoma; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Portraits; Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940;

511-5

ca. 1933. Nelsie (Mrs. Minot) Davis posed in the mid thirties for the Richards Studio photographer on her horse Flyaway. A small dog cavorted on the ground in front of the horse. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Woodbrook Hunt Club in Lakewood. (Tacoma Times 1933)


Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding--Tacoma; Davis, Nelsie;

627-41

ca. 1933. Brown and Haley. Harry Brown and and Martin Donohue, a Brown and Haley sale representative. Harry Brown is the man to the right. (filed with Argentum)


Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Brown, Harry;

633-2

ca. 1933. Interior of the "Happy Days Here Again" Beer Parlour. This is the "Gentleman's Service," a specific area of the bar where only men were admitted. The men would then be free to drink, smoke and make off color remarks and jokes without offending the ladies. Customers pose with one foot on the railing, while white coated bartenders line up behind the bar. Happy Days offered both gents and Ladies service. The tavern was managed by Albert D. Innocenti.


Happy Days Here Again (Tacoma); Bars--Tacoma--1930-1940; Eating & drinking facilities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Innocenti, Albert--Homes & haunts;

634-1

ca. 1933. Full Gospel Tabernacle and Rescue Mission, Evangelist Bertha Mitchell, Pastor in Charge. This is a rare view in the thirties; the church is fully integrated and the minister is a woman. The church group appears to be meeting in a rough basement with exposed beams and pipes and a light bulb hanging down from a wire.


Full Gospel Tabernacle & Rescue Mission (Tacoma); Churches--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tabernacles; Race relations--Tacoma--1930-1940;

635-2

ca. 1933. Washington Cleaners, Cleaning Plant, 1104 Sixth Ave., circa 1933. Man working at large tub-type washing machines. (filed with Argentum)


Washington Cleaners & Dyers (Tacoma); Cleaning establishments--Tacoma;

636-1

ca. 1933. Walker Chevrolet Company. View of showroom, three automobiles, advertising posters, auto parts display, fancy transom with Chevrolet logo over doorway. Ordered by Mr. Donahue. (WSHS)


Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Walker Chevrolet Co. (Tacoma); Chevrolet automobile;

638-4

ca. 1933. Crowds gather at Funland, an amusement park, located at Point Defiance and operated by the Point Defiance Amusement Co. One of the most crowded areas of Pt. Defiance Park on a weekend day in 1933 would be Funland, as families purchased tickets to experience the carnival rides. Spectators in the front are viewing the action on a circular track. While in the back is the tall steel structure spinning the Swing ride. Tall light standards each support two distinctive lights and bulb lights are strung between the standards for extra evening illumination.


Funland (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Amusement parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Amusement rides--Tacoma--1930-1940; Crowds;

647-11

ca. 1933. Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing empty classroom, circa 1933. The Tacoma General school of nursing was established in 1895, and closed 85 years later in 1980. (WSHS)


Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

649-1

ca. 1933. Gunderson Jeweler owned by Arthur N. Gunderson. Elegant jewelry store located in storefront of Bostwick Building. They remained at this location until the mid-1980s. (WSHS)


Gunderson (Tacoma); Gift shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

682-2

ca. 1933. Men in unidentified pool hall. House of cards, "The house that Al built," in background right. (filed with Argentum)


Cards; Playing cards; Building models; Billiard parlors;

695-2

ca. 1933. Uniformed service station attendants, in spotless white, standing outside of the Standard Station at 624 Puyallup Avenue. One of the men shakes hands with a man in a suit, center. Standard Grocery Co. at 614 Puyallup Ave. in the background. For Standard Stations Inc. (filed with Argentum)


Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Standard Grocery Co. (Tacoma); Gasoline pumps--Tacoma;

701-1

ca. 1933. Griffin Fuel Company. Ed Griffin, left, and unidentified man, possibly brother Fredric, holding piece of paper. The two are standing in front of door of Griffin Fuel office, 1910 Commerce with Griffin logo on glass panel door. (WSHS)


Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955; Business people--Tacoma--1930-1940;

735-3

ca. 1933. Guido F. Cinelli came to Tacoma from Italy in 1902 at the age of 18 and opened the G. Cinelli Company food importing business in 1913 in a building at 1549 South C. In 1926 he moved his business to this building at 2132-34 Pacific Avenue. The company specialized in imported Italian food, and they manufactured their own macaroni on the third floor of the building. Guido Cinelli died in 1952 at the age of 68. The G. Cinelli Co. went out of business at this address in 1957.


G. Cinelli Co. (Tacoma); Food industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Facades--Tacoma--1930-1940;

2672-4

ca. 1933. Dorothy Neyhart models a knitted dress and cardigan sweater for Mr. Atkins knitted garments. She is seated facing the camera with feet crossed.


Neyhart, Dorothy; Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

H19-4

ca. 1933. John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Exterior, front showing entry and accentuating the slate roof. Manicured shrubs along entry walkway have conical and mushroom topiary shapes. (WSHS, filed as 19-4)


Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Gardens--Tacoma;

H19-6

ca. 1933. John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Exterior view of back of house and landscape. Upper patio has brick surface, lower patio is covered with canvas canopy. (WSHS, filed as 19-6)


Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Mottau Building

One of eight technical drawings for the Mottau Building, created by Gaston C. Lance and Ambrose J. Russell on June 20, 1933. Mrs. Robert Mottau was the builder of this structure, whose occupants included the Totem Food Store, K Street Pharmacy and Paulson's Radio and Appliances. The building was demolished in 2000.

G50.1-148

ca. 1933. A Foss tug is seen pulling a load along the City Waterway (Thea Foss Waterway) in 1933. The old 15th Street railroad bridge is open to allow passage of the barge which carried a heat-treating cylinder for a creosote plant. TPL-1791


Tugboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Railroad bridges--Tacoma;

H19-1

ca. 1933. Entry to John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Gabled roof at first floor on each side of entry and gabled dormer above entry porch. Fireplace stack to left of entry. (photograph also labelled as HG 19 image 1) (filed with WSHS as 19-1)


Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

H19-5

ca. 1933. John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Exterior view, seen through tree branches, of section of house. (WSHS, filed as 19-5)


Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

H19-7

ca. 1933. John J. and Hazel B. Hewitt house. Close view of canvas patio canopy which covers a rattan table and chairs. (WSHS, filed as 19-7)


Hewitt, John J.--Homes & haunts; Estates--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

2673-6A

ca. 1933. Original of advertising copy photograph for Mr. Atkins Knitted Garments. Mrs. Ruth Tabor and her daughter Gloria knitting on PikLooms. (see 2673-6B for altered photo) Both Mrs. Tabor and her daughter are wearing knitted outfits as they pull yarn through the looms from the large stack between them. Gloria has a scrape or bruise on her knee, which is edited out in the altered photo.


Tabor, Ruth; Tabor, Gloria; Knitting; Yarn; Looms; Mr. Atkins Knitted Garments (Tacoma);

418-2

Washington School 6A Class, photographed in front of their school in January of 1933. Building by Frederick Heath, Architect, 1906. The woman on the left is believed to be Mrs. Jennie French, principal of Washington from 1926-1941.


School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington School (Tacoma);

428-1

ca. 1933. Gault Intermediate (Junior High) School orchestra. Group portrait of thirty students with instruments taken in front of school circa 1933.


Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;

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