ca. 1924. Tacoma Biscuit and Candy Company. Boxes of Skookum, Graham, and Snowflake crackers. The company was located at the corner of East F and 25th. Charles Hotchkiss was the president and J.G. Bassett was the manager. (WSHS)

Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Co. (Tacoma); Crackers;

Robert Bye Thompson and partner Charles Dyer constructed a new building at 3320 So. G Street for their automobile dealership. Bye Thompson Motor Sales carried Ford, Hudson, Essex and Moon automobiles. Central Motors, Commercial Motors and the Allen Motor Co. later occupied the building. It has been home to Cartozian Fine Carpets & Rugs since 1946. Boland, B10272.

ca. 1924. Pierce County pioneer William P. Bonney, and 21 other original subscribers, were honored in 1924 by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company as part of its 40th anniversary celebration. Bonney had installed one of the first telephones in his Pacific Avenue drugstore when Washington Territory's second telephone exchange opened in Tacoma in 1884.

ca. 1924. Sutter's Orchestra on a stage, eight men and one woman, with hats off. Dragon or lizard on curtain, cards with oriental letters hanging above, board labeled "Dance Program" with sheet music attached at left, card bearing numeral "7" at right. Same group as A637 image 1. (filed with Argentum)

Sutter's Orchestra (Tacoma); Musicians--Tacoma--1920-1930; Music ensembles--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1924. Sahassa Club. (WSHS)

Sahassa Club (Tacoma);

Includes photo of C. Alexander in canoe powered by a Johnson outboard motor, 1924.

The Ingleside Orchestra performed in January of 1924 at the Ingleside Sunken Gardens in Lakewood. The club was built in 1921 as an upper end party place for the Society Set. In the background can be seen the lattice work entwined with artificial flowers and the French windows that gave the building its yearlong feeling of spring. The structure was modeled after the Green Mill Gardens of Chicago and contained 28 sets of French doors and 18 miles of lattice work. The Ingleside Sunken Gardens was destroyed by fire in 1936 and the Ingleside Cafe built on the site in 1940. B10370.

Ingleside Orchestra (Lakewood); Ingleside Sunken Gardens (Lakewood); Dance halls--Lakewood; Taverns (Inns)--Lakewood;

ca. 1924. Progress photograph - State Legislative (Capitol) Building. Although construction on the Legislative Building in Olympia had begun in 1923, it was not the first attempt at the creation of a new state capitol building. Ernest Flagg of New York City had won a national competition in 1894 to become the project's architect. His design called for a compact structure facing south with "rusticated" ground floor, two main floors and an attic. The dome would have a "Gilded Age" appearance. Excavation and construction of foundations and basement, of brick and exterior gray Tenino stone, followed. However, a change of administration delayed the construction of a permanent state capitol building and the legislature instead moved into the Thurston County Courthouse in downtown Olympia until 1927. The lack of space in the courthouse instigated a call for the resumption of plans to build a new state capitol building. A richer, larger scale plan was sought which would include the Temple of Justice and future buildings grouped as necessary. Only 30 entries were submitted in 1911 with another New York City twosome, Walter Robb Wilder and Harry Keith White, emerging as the winners. The Temple of Justice and Insurance Building would be completed first, in 1920 and 1921 respectively. The Legislative Building would be constructed on the site of the Flagg foundations. Pictured above ca. 1924 are the foundations and monumental steps. The stone facing is of Wilkeson stone from quarries in Pierce County; lighter in color than Tenino or Chuckanut stone, it was felt that the off-white tones with cream and pink hints would provide a warmer appearance on cold, rainy days. Durable, Wilkeson stone was available in vast quantities and would be used during the years of construction. (Johnston: Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders)

Building construction--Olympia--1920-1930; Legislative Building (Olympia);

ca. 1924. Sutter's Orchestra on a stage, eight men and one woman, with hats on. Dragon or lizard on curtain, cards with oriental letters hanging above, board labeled "Dance Program" with sheet music attached at left, card bearing numeral "7" at right. Same group as A636. (WSHS)

Sutter's Orchestra (Tacoma); Musicians--Tacoma--1920-1930; Music ensembles--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1924. Advertising for products from the Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Co. On the left is a bag of "Eat-Mor Mammy's Sugar Cookies" and on the right is a container of "Everybody's Cracker Meal." The Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Co. was located at the corner of East F and 25th. Charles Hotchkiss was president and J.G. Bassett was manager. (WSHS)

Tacoma Biscuit & Candy Co. (Tacoma); Baked products;

ca. 1924. This portrait of a young Ben Cheney was taken a short time after 1924, when he arrived in Tacoma from South Bend at the age of 19. In 1936, he bought his first lumber mill and began aggressively marketing eight foot, two by four "shorts". Ben's "Cheney Studs", sporting a horse logo and painted, red wax ends, set the standard for the eight-foot residential ceiling height in the United States. Cheney shared the wealth of business success. He lived out his benevolent life in the Tacoma area and died in 1971. (Nicholson, Med. "Ben Cheney", manuscript, 3/22/2000). TPL-6328.

Portraits; Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971; Automobiles--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1924. One golfer is attempting to blast out of a bunker at the Fircrest Golf Course while his two companions remain safely out of the way. This photograph was believed to have been taken not long after the private golf course's opening in 1924. This site has been identified as the original hole design and bunker configuration of the 17th green at the Fircrest Golf Course. The course designer, Arthur V. Macan, created the hole to mirror the glaciers of Mount Rainier. Golfers soon called it "The Volcano Hole." (Additional information provided by a reader)

ca. 1924. Persons interested in purchasing this small cottage home in June of 1924 were asked to contact the M.W.F. Wallace Co. located in the Fidelity Building. The newly built house was found in the Central Park addition of Tacoma. There appears to be a storage unit or garage in the backyard. Landscaping has yet to be completed in the front. The new bungalow was listed at $2750 and was close to carline and a school. The actual address was not given in the News Tribune ad of May 30, 1924. G29.1-060 (TNT 5-30-24, p. 23-ad)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Stadium High School basketball team. This is part of Stadium's first team in basketball for the 1923-24 season. There were two captains that year: Cliff Bergman and Neil Yingling. From L-R (top row): Walter Dow, Lon Crosthwaite, Neil McDougall, Ed Dow. The Dow brothers were newcomers from Montana. On the bottom row, L-R: Bayard Mosher, Neil Yingling, Clifford Bergman, Herman Brix. Coached by Will Duggan, the Tigers went down to defeat three times at the hands of Lincoln High School. (1924 Tahoma- various pages; TNT 1-14-24, p. 24) G46.1-017

Basketball players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930; Dow, Walter; Crosthwaite, Lon; McDougall, Neil; Dow, Ed; Mosher, Bayard; Yingling, Neil; Bergman, Clifford; Brix, Herman;