ca. 1935. 711 So. Cedar St., the home of Capt. Allen D. & Ethel Rendel. Capt. Rendel is listed in the 1935 City Directory as a salesman for C.S. Barlow & Sons. The house was built around 1928.
ca. 1935. Sea Scouts Bands. One bass drum marked "Wild West Post V.F.W. Sea Scouts- 91 Tacoma," the other "Sea Scouts Ship - No. 110 Tacoma." Sea Scouts is a special division of the Boy Scouts of America, aimed at older scouts 14 and over who are interested in seamanship. It was founded in the US in 1912 and began a cooperation with the Navy in 1913. In 1930, the group had a national membership of 8,043. Sea Scout units are called "ships." Photograph of Sea Scouts, Ship 110 ordered by Charles Mann. (Argentum)
ca. 1935. Redondo Beach Amusement Park, showing the merry-go-round and ferris wheel, circa 1935. In the early 1900's, the beachfront community of Redondo Beach redesigned itself as a resort. In 1910, Charles Betts brought in a ferris wheel, a merry-go-round and slides, creating a carnival atmosphere. Washington's largest skating rink, complete with Wurlitzer organ, was added in 1930, when the dance hall was converted to a rink. The area was a favorite with youngsters until the skating rink burned down in 1951. The amusement equipment was sold to Seattle's Woodland Park and the Redondo Beach area eventually became residential, except for its beachfront boardwalk. It is now a part of Des Moines. (Argentum)
Redondo Beach Amusement Park (Redondo Beach); Merry-go-rounds; Amusement rides--Redondo Beach;
ca. 1935. Superior Dairy's baseball team, City League Champions 1935. The team posed with their bat boy. Their uniforms had the emblem of a milk bottle filled with the initials S.D. (WSHS)
Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Superior Dairy (Tacoma);
ca. 1935. Woolen Cleaners and Dyers, interior view of clothes on racks, people working with pressing machines. Woolen Cleaners had been at their "K" St. (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) location since 1922. (Argentum)
ca. 1935. Grocery Store interior. Sign: "For Your Convenience Please Take a Basket and Serve Yourself." Studio records give address as "12th and No. L Sts.," likely Thomas E. Boze Grocery, on No. 11th and L. (Argentum)
ca. 1935. Rowen's Lake City Store, exterior view of two story brick store with flat above. Photograph taken for Younglove Grocery Company. Banner sign above the awning states that Rowen's is a member of the I.G.A. chain of stores. The store was a family owned affair and the Rowens also lived upstairs.
Rowen's Lake City Store (Lakewood); Grocery stores--Lakewood--1930-1940;
ca. 1935. Jason Lee Orchestra. Students with instruments and conductor in front of school. (11/7/1935, pg. 14- see newspaper caption for names)
Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brass instruments; Wind instruments; Children playing musical instruments--Tacoma; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Stringed instruments; Orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1935. Mason Jr. High Orchestra, senior group. About 40 students with instruments in this circa 1935 photograph. Woman in the second row is probably the music teacher. (WSHS)
Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mason Junior High School (Tacoma); Stringed instruments; Music education--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1935. Tollefseon-Haydon Wedding. The bride poses in a lace gown with her new husband beside her and the wedding party posed behind them in front of the church. (filed with Argentum)
ca. 1935. Waiter serving dinner to a group of men. The waiter is working off an elaborate silver chafing dish on a pedestal. The event is the Chicago, Great Western Railway Club dinner in 1935.
ca. 1935. Chicago, Great Western Railway Club Dinner, ca. 1935. Waiter serving dinner to a group of men. The waiter is working off an elaborate silver chafing dish on a pedestal.
ca. 1935. Mrs. Ray Gamble coaxing her dog to sit up and beg. Addie Gamble and her husband Ray resided in Tacoma's north end at 3915 North 30th St. Mr. Gamble was a well-known industrialist, world traveler and collector of carved elephants, ceramic tiles and dice carved from precious stones. The Gambles also had friends in the entertainment business including magicians, a field in which Mr. Gamble held a great interest.
ca. 1935. Mr. Ross Houston standing by wooden flume at Yelm. A local farmer and man with young child are inspecting flume. Farm buildings in background. .
ca. 1935. Mr. Houston's flume at Yelm. Close-up of underside and wooden supports of flume. Ross Houston had the contract to build this flume to irrigate farm land in Yelm. At the same time, he was installing prefabricated wooden gutters in Tacoma.
Irrigation canals & flumes--Yelm; Farms--Yelm; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building materials;
American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO), Tacoma. Worker handling a steel plate on machinery, above which hangs a load of bricks suspended by a heavy chain. For J. Gius, reporter. (WSHS)
William P. Bonney, left, Northwest pioneer and officer of the Washington State Historical Society, poses with William Woolery of Sumner, the first white child born at Steilacoom. Woolery is also one of the few surviving members of the first immigrant party to bring a wagon train across the Cascade Mountains. The train crossed at Naches Pass in 1853, completing their journey from Missouri to the Puget Sound. The photograph ran with an article discussing the proposed route of the "Immigrant Trail" road from Eastern to Western Washington. (T. Times 1/10/1935, pg. 6; T. Times 4/16/1935, pg. 14)
Bonney, William P.; Woolery, William; Pioneers--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1935. Washington State Liquor Board; warehouse man with clipboard looking at boxes in warehouse. In March of 1934, the Washington State Liquor Control Board took over the supervision of beer and wine establishments and the sale of hard liquor. The man is checking the supplies of hard liquor available for sale. (TDL 3/20/1934, pg. 1)
Washington State Liquor Control Board (Wash.); Liquor stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;Alcoholic beverages; Government regulation--Tacoma--1930-1940; Warehouses--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1935. Washington State Liquor Board. Loading platform. Liquor is being loaded on trucks for shipment to state run liquor stores.
Washington State Liquor Control Board (Wash.); Liquor stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;Alcoholic beverages; Government regulation--Tacoma--1930-1940; Warehouses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Loading docks--Tacoma--1930-1940;
ca. 1935. Ray Gamble performing a magic trick as he prepares to enclose a young woman in turkish dress in an elaborate "magic box". Gamble with sword in hand will inject it into the embodied case. The trick he is about to perform is known to magicians as "The Disembodied Princess" or "The Girl Without a Middle." Mr. Gamble was known around the world as a traveler, collector, millionaire businessman and amateur magician. He collected elephants, dice and ceramic tiles, as well as developing the world's largest "wood flour" business- sawdust used a a stabilizer in the production of explosives. His greatest love however was magic. He served as an officer in both the Tacoma ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and as president of the Pacific Coast Magicians' Association. He once proposed that magic, especially card tricks, be taught in Tacoma public schools, to sharpen the student's intellects and put them on guard against card sharks.
ca. 1935. Ray Gamble at home with his collection of carved elephants, arranged around the Walker Cut Stone fireplace for his two visitors. So large and so valuable was the collection that his home became known as "The Elephant House." During his lifetime, Mr. Gamble amassed the world's largest elephant collection. It was comprised of over 3,000 elephants that paraded through all the rooms of his house. They were carved from stone, teak, ivory, jade and quartz and set with precious stones. Some were rare works of art that had taken years to create that stood side by side with plastic ones from the dimestore. They varied in size from smaller than a man's hand to 500 pound bronze giants. In additions to elephants, Gamble also collected dice and ceramic tiles. (Seattle Times 2/18/1968; TNT 11/21/1965)
ca. 1935. Snow scene in the city. Snow has blanketed Tacoma in the winter of 1935. Most people chose to stay indoors but a hardy few ventured to Wright Park for ice skating and strolls around the park.
ca. 1935. Miss Betye Martin (later Baker), on the left, serves tea to an an unidentified woman on the right. The pair are posed in front of a bold patterned wall paper.
Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baker, Betye M.;
