Jimmy Murphy raised his right arm in triumph as he passed the checkered flag waved by Fred Wagner, winning the July 4th 1922 Tacoma Speedway Classic and setting a new track record. Murphy finished the 250 mile race in 2:33:55, narrowly defeating Tommy Milton. Murphy's average speed was 97.6 mph. He was driving his own "Murphy Special." He was favored to win the Tacoma Classic, having won the 1922 Indy 500 on Memorial Day. He was also the first American to win the French Grand Prix, in 1921. His numerous wins entitled him to wear the crown of National Racing Champion in both 1922 and 1924. However, his racing career only spanned a short four years and nine months. He was killed in a crash at Syracuse, New York, in September of 1924. (TDL 7/5/1922, pg. 1) TPL-8797, Speedway-142
Racing automobiles--1920-1930; Tacoma Speedway (Lakewood); Racetracks--Lakewood--1920-1930; Automobile racing--Lakewood--1920-1930; Murphy, Jimmy;
1922 agricultural scenes in the Puyallup Valley. Crops are planted very closely to the farmhouses and barns on the left while there is much open grassy land on the right. A single car motors down the narrow one-lane road between the properties. G6.1-006
Rows of strawberry plants extend into the distance at this unidentified Puyallup Valley farm in August of 1922. Full of flavor, these delicious berries would soon grace the tables of local residents. G6.1-050
Seemingly endless rows of berries, believed to be raspberries, extend into the distance on this Puyallup Valley farm in August of 1922. There were still many farms in the valley in the 1920's when suburbs and urban development had not yet occurred. G6.1-051
Extended view of farm buildings and planted crops taken in August of 1922. This is believed to have been a farm in the Puyallup Valley. TPL-6474; G6.1-012
A man in overalls and horse are plowing a crop in this August of 1922 photograph. Another man, in a suit and tie, stands with one arm raised before the horse. Neither man nor the property was identified. Photograph has been damaged at left.
A small barefoot child sits quietly on top of a wooden "trough" as four men behind it work in the fields in this August, 1922, photograph. Farm houses and barns can be spotted in the distance. Marvin Boland had taken several photographs of agricultural scenes in Pierce County that year, a time when there was still much farming being done locally. G6.1-046
1922 agricultural scenes in the Puyallup Valley. View of berry fields taken on a sunny day in August of 1922. These are believed to be raspberry fields. Later, a front page article in the October 17, 1922, News Tribune called Puyallup the "Queen of Berry Growers." The valley's rich, fertile soil meant that red raspberries and Evergreen blackberries could grow abundantly. G6.1-049 (TNT 10-17-22, p. 1-article)
A young girl makes acquaintance with a nodding sunflower in this August, 1922, photograph. Before her is an enormous field with more plants and in the background, an unidentified farm and outlying buildings. This farm is believed to have been in the Puyallup Valley. G6.1-011
This field of berries is believed to have been located in the Puyallup Valley in 1922. It is an example of agriculture in Pierce County in the early 1920's when farms were bursting with planted crops of strawberries and raspberries. TPL-6473; G6.1-010
Rhubarb fields. This field is believed to have been located on a farm in the Puyallup Valley in 1922. The plants are thick and lush and nearly cover the individual standing amidst them. TPL-3225; G6.1-019
A small child is photographed at a distance in August of 1922 while on the porch of the elegant Tacoma Hotel, 913 A Street. She can also been seen in Boland B6533 along with an older gentleman in the hotel gardens. Guests at the hotel were able to enjoy outdoor dining, weather permitting, on the extended porch of the Tacoma Hotel. This photograph was used in an advertisement promoting the Tacoma Hotel site as the site that should be selected for the new hotel built by the Citizens Hotel Corporation. The ad emphatically noted the beautiful view from the hotel site of the Mountain (Mount Tacoma) and of Commencement Bay. Even little children could appreciate the flowers, birds and sunshine abundantly available at this location. Although the Tacoma Hotel site was among the top two vote-getters, it was not ultimately chosen as the location of the new hotel. The Tacoma Hotel was destroyed by fire in October of 1935. (TDL 10-7-22, p. 5-ad)
Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930; Children--Tacoma--1920-1930;
Blurred image of little girl standing next to the ivy-covered walls of the Tacoma Hotel. She is believed to be the same child as in Boland B6534 and B6533. This is the back porch and lawn of the famous Tacoma Hotel, the city's showpiece for many years. Photograph has been damaged on the right.
Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930; Children--Tacoma--1920-1930;
In August of 1922, an older woman was photographed sitting on her porch of a one-story wood frame home possibly in rural Pierce County. The yard is fenced with an arched gateway. The roadway in front of the house is not paved.
Unidentified two-story house, possibly in a rural community, is surrounded by small bushes/trees in August of 1922. A long water flume has been installed in front of the property. A wire fence is across the narrow roadway from the flume. Photograph ordered by McKenna Lumber Co.
An elderly gentleman holds the hand of a little girl as they stood in the gardens of the Tacoma Hotel in August of 1922. A circle of plants is directly behind them. Also shown is the hotel's gazebo which overlooked the city's waterfront. G41.1-008
Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Gardens--Tacoma; Gazebos--Tacoma;
Mr. Eiselen conducted a Bible seminar at the College of Puget Sound's Religious Education summer school in 1922. The students, mostly male, posed on the steps of the school, then located at 602 No. Sprague Ave. (now the site of Jason Lee Middle School) . The man in the top row, far left next to the column, has been identified as Tom Swayze who would become Tacoma's City Controller and later state Director of Licenses. TPL-6688; G67.1-020
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Swayze, Tom;
How to Teach Religion was one of the classes taught at the College of Puget Sound's summer session in 1922. Members of Professor Miller's class posed on August 2nd on the steps of the main building. The school had been established in 1888 by the Methodist Episcopal Church. G67.1-016
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;
A class in "Primary Methods" was taught by Mrs. Hayner during the 1922 summer session at the College of Puget Sound. There were several different classes in the Religious Education department being held at the college, then located at 602 No. Sprague Ave. The small class posed on the steps of the school on August 2, 1922. G67.1-019
College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;
The National Convention of the Order of Runeberg was held in Tacoma from August 10-12, 1922. Some of the officers and delegates, plus a small boy, posed for a group portrait in front of the First Church of the Evangelical Assocation, 1224 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (then "K" St.). There were 750 delegates and visiting members in attendance at the three-day convention. Alex Keoll of Seattle was elected the new president succeeding John Forsman of Duluth. The convention would reconvene in Superior, Wisconsin in 1926. The Order of Runeberg is an organization of Swedish-Finns and is named after Johan Ludvig Runeberg, a noted Finnish poet. His work was based on Swedish culture. (TDL 8-11-22, p. 8-article; Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 8-13-22, A-11)
Order of Runeberg (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma--1920-1930;
Members of the 13th Minnesota Society of Puget Sound are pictured at the new Duenwald's Delicatessen & Bakery, 915-17 Broadway, on August 13, 1922. They met to make arrangements for the reception of the Minnesota veterans of foreign wars who were expected in Tacoma on August 14th, on their way to Seattle for the national Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. The local group is composed of former members of the 13th Minnesota regiment of the Spanish-American War. G23.1-026 (TNT 8-12-22, p. 5-article)
13th Minnesota Society of Puget Sound (Tacoma); Veterans' organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930;
Waiters at the "Firs" stand at attention prior to the banquet honoring the Tacoma City Baseball Champions on August 23, 1922. Long rows of tables are set with a large trophy at the end of one table. The "Firs" was a rustic building located two miles south of the Roy "Y" on Mountain Highway. It was built in 1922 of vertical log construction and open beam ceilings and served as an inn, restaurant and caberet. 52 years later it would be destroyed by fire and not rebuilt. G45.1-024
George C. Cabell, Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, raised the American flag on Alta Vista in Mount Tacoma's Rainier National Park on August 30, 1922. Founded in 1864, the Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter from the United States Congress. Col. Cabell, of Norfolk, Virginia, was the national head of the organization. He had been making a tour of the West and was the guest of the Tacoma Pythians on August 29-30th. The Tacoma Lodge held their annual sunrise services on Alta Vista where 25 Pythians plus Col. Cabell were present. Col. Cabell also officiated at the dedication of a permanent steel flagpole and flag raising at that time. (TDL 8-29-22, p. 3-article; TDL 8-30-22, p. 5-article)
Cabell, George C.; Knights of Pythias; Flags--United States; Flagpoles; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);
This is one of Tacoma's shipyards in the Tideflats in a photograph taken on September 8, 1922. A crane and stacks of lumber are visible across from the large building in this deteriorated print. G36.1-011
These are believed to be buildings in an unidentified Tacoma shipyard. This September, 1922, photograph also shows the nearness of railroad tracks to the buildings to make it easier for lumber to be transported. G36.1-085 (print has deteriorated)
Picnic on Benbow Inn property. There are mounds of dirty dishes and wash basins spread out on picnic tables on September 9, 1922, on the grounds of the Benbow Inn (Benbow Lakes Resort). The men and women grouped together under the towering firs were believed to be staff assisting at a picnic. The Pierce County property contained five small lakes and attracted much of its clientele from Seattle. TPL-478;
Berry and chicken farm. This unidentified farm was located in the Puyallup Valley in September of 1922. A large and well-ventilated wood chicken coop has a roof with an overhang to provide shade for its inhabitants. The coop was located next to a wire fence separating it from unidentified foliage, possibly berry bushes. The owner of this farm probably had two good sources of income: berries and poultry. Over $500,000 worth of eggs had been shipped out during the past season from local farms possibly like these and red raspberries and blackberries were profitable as well. (TNT 10-17-22, p. 1-article on Puyallup's products)
Lettering on the building adjacent to the farmhouse indicates that this may be the "Just-Man-Farm" as viewed on September 13, 1922. A wire fence separates the wood framed home with dormer from the barn-like structure and outlying croplands. This farm may have been located in the Puyallup Valley. G6.1-014
This is E.N. Dugan's, of the architectural firm Sutton & Whitney, 1922 drawing of the proposed hotel on the Donnelly Hotel site. The Donnelly location, on Pacific at South 9th & Commerce, was one of the 18 sites to be voted upon by the stockholders in the Citizens Hotel Corporation. One site would be chosen to have a long-desired hotel constructed upon it and competition was fierce. The proposed plan by the Sutton & Whitney firm envisioned a 12-floor building with main lobby (44' X 60') entered directly from Pacific Avenue. There would be a ballroom and seven private dining rooms. Various shops would be located at lobby level. To make the site more enticing, Hugh G. Wallace, owner of the Donnelly Hotel site, agreed to purchase the adjoining property from the Loyal Order of Moose. This would add 50 feet on Pacific and Commerce to the site and Mr. Wallace would lease it to the Hotel Corporation. After two votes, the Donnelly site came in third after the Tacoma Hotel and Rhodes sites. The Donnelly Hotel would be demolished in 1925 to make room for the Motoramp Garage. (TNT 9-19-22, p. 22; TNT 9-30-22, p. 1-article; TDL 10-4-22, p. 1-article)
Tommy's Produce Stand, run by the Inouye family, was one of several businesses located in the Sanitary Public Market, 1108-14 Market St., in 1922. The Sanitary Public Market, designed by architects Heath & Gove, was constructed in 1917 for $20,000. There downtown residents could shop for fish, local produce, coffee, and baked goods. Tommy's Produce Stand had fresh corn, celery, cauliflower, home-grown tomatoes and melons on sale on this particular September day in 1922. TPL-1375; G39.1-138; BU-12209;
Tommy's Produce Stand (Tacoma); Sanitary Public Market (Tacoma); Japanese American families--Tacoma; Japanese Americans--Tacoma;
