Stadium High School Intermediate football team. Coached by William M. Jolliffe (third from left, back row), the Stadium team lost to Lincoln twice and tied the final scoreless game of the 1924 season. The team, with no players over 150 pounds, still exerted fine effort and perseverance despite playing a better team. G46.1-032 (1925 Tahoma yearbook, p. 91)

Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Jolliffe, William M.;

Stadium Tigers football team in formation at Stadium Bowl on November 20, 1924. This was the school's second-team who would have a season of victory with their 2-1 record over crosstown rival, Lincoln. Howard M. Carr was the team's coach. TPL-9715; G46.1-035 (1925 Tahoma yearbook, p. 90)

Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

Northwest pioneer Ezra Meeker is pictured on November 25, 1924, at the wheel of a White motor bus parked at the Ferry Museum, 315 North Stadium Way. Lettering on the bus promotes Nevada's Transcontinental Highways Exposition. Ezra Meeker had originally crossed the old Oregon Trail using oxen more than 50 years ago, quite a contrast to the modern convenience of land travel, a tour bus. Officials of the upcoming Transcontinental Highways Exposition in Reno had made a promotional stop in Tacoma, one of the many scheduled in their eleven state tour. G1.1-130 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-30-24, 6G)

Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928; Buses;

Bearded pioneer Ezra Meeker posed with a group of men and women outside the Ferry Museum, 315 North Stadium Way, on November 25, 1924. Behind them was parked a small White bus advertising Nevada's Transcontinental Highways Exposition to be held in Reno from June 1-October 1, 1926. Next to Mr. Meeker on the right were W.B. Gelatt and Joseph Hutchinson, officials for the Transcontinental Highways Exposition. The women are Mrs. Gelatt and Jean Taylor of Reno. The group was touring eleven western states on behalf of the exposition, to be held in Reno in 1926. TPL-5687; G1.1-132A (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 11-30-24, 6-G)

Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928; Ferry Museum (Tacoma); Buses; Gelatt, W.B.; Gelatt, W.B.--Family; Hutchinson, Joseph; Taylor, Jean;

Four members of Stadium High School's first team demonstrate football positions on their home field of Stadium Bowl a few days prior to the big November, 1924, inter-city clash with Lincoln High. Harold Pirret did double duty as a tackle and end. Samuel Hansen was selected to lead the Tigers into battle as their captain and played both halfback and on the line. Robert Warnick, according to the Tahoma yearbook, played aggressively and well. Frank Jurich, left end, also won praise from the school yearbook for his quick feet, fine tackling and blocking and secure pass catching. (From L-R Pirret, Hansen, Warnick, Jurich) . The Stadium season would come to an end with a 3-0 loss to Lincoln who took home the Mark L. Davis' trophy. G46.1-033 (1925 Tahoma yearbook, various pages)

Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Pirret, Harold; Hansen, Samuel; Warnick, Robert; Jurich, Frank;

Although the "first teams" of various sports seemed to get most of the attention, there were other teams worthy of mention as well. Athletes of these teams played just as hard and with as much enthusiasm as their brethren. The group pictured above on November 25, 1924, was the Midget team from Stadium High School. They were practicing within the confines of Stadium Bowl. G46.1-037

Football players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

On November 28, 1924, these 50 pulp stones were bound for Pacific Mills, Ltd., in Ocean Falls, B.C. The Wilkeson sandstone was provided by Walker Cut Stone and loaded onto Northern Pacific cars at the Terminal Dock. G75.1-206

Building materials; Railroad cars--Tacoma; Railroad tracks--Tacoma;

Stadium High School track team. Cold December weather in 1924 did not deter these Stadium High School athletes from posing inside Stadium Bowl in traditional running gear. Stadium would be defeated in the annual interscholastic meet with Lincoln by a 72.5 to 56.5 score. Jack Cavin (second from right, back row) would be the high point man with 16 points to his credit. G46.1-020

Track athletics--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Cavin, Jack;

Serious motion picture production came to Tacoma- Pierce County near the end of 1924. The administration building, in front, and main building of the H.C. Weaver Productions, Inc. motion picture studio were nearing completion on December 4, 1924. Located on 5.5 acres at the end of Sixth Avenue near Titlow Beach, the H.C. Weaver Productions, Inc., studio had the northwest's largest floor space without supporting pillars. Construction began in early October, 1924, and was completed in late December of that year at a cost of $50,000. The administration bldg. contained executive offices, a projection room, 15 star dressing rooms and dressing rooms for extras. Furnace rooms were built at each end of the main building to make the stage evenly heated. There were no windows in the main building; the studio decided to make use of artificial lightning when filming inside. An elaborate formal dedication, open to the public, was held on December 14, 1924. (TDL 11-9-24, E-8, 12-14-24, B-1) Boland B11464

H.C. Weaver Productions, Inc. (Tacoma); Motion picture studios--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma--1920-1930;

H.C. Weaver Productions motion picture studio under construction on December 4, 1924. One car is parked on the grounds of the construction site; studio was located on 5.5 acres near Titlow Beach. The formal dedication of the first motion picture studio in the Northwest was scheduled for December 14th, ten days after this photograph was taken. The $50,000 studio, constructed by the firm of Albertson, Cornell Bros. & Walsh, was not yet completed. Scaffolding is still in place on the walls of the main building which would be built sans windows. The lower structure in front of the main building would be the administration unit, containing executive offices, projection room, dressing rooms for the stars and extras. The studio would be 105 ft by 180 ft with a 52 foot ceiling. It would have the largest floor in the Northwest without supporting pillars. Only two larger floors were available, both in Hollywood. Weaver was one of a handful of independent studios capable of handling all aspects of film production, including developing and titling. The studio closed after only four years of operation in 1928; the building was converted into a dance hall in 1932 but was destroyed by fire on August 24, 1932. (TDL 11-9-24, E-8, 12-14-24, B-1) Boland-B11465, BU-13758, TPL-8181

H.C. Weaver Productions, Inc. (Tacoma); Motion picture studios--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Copy of advertisement for the Condon-Milne, Inc., photographed on December 5, 1924. The ad states that "The Best Food is made still better when you make it into Toast!" Only large lettering is used without any pictures. G32.1-029

Advertisements; Advertising--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Inexperienced safecrackers failed to blow open the massive safe at Bye Thompson Motor Sales, 3320 South G Street, on early Friday morning, December 5, 1924. The thieves abandoned their efforts when the explosives they used broke the windows in front of the safe and threw the office into disarray, but only succeeded in blowing off the combination dial on the safe's door, not in releasing the bars holding the door in place. This was the second time in less than a year that Bye Thompson Motors had been robbed; on December 18, 1923, thieves somehow carried away the company's 1000 pound safe and blew it open several blocks away. That robbery netted the thieves $362. This photograph was taken at the scene of the crime on December 5, 1924. G24.1-056 (TNT 12-5-24, p. 1)

Safes; Robberies--Tacoma; Bye Thompson Motor Sales Co. (Tacoma);

Drama League rehearsals at the Tacoma Theater. "The Torch Bearers" was chosen as the designated 1924 mid-winter play of the Tacoma Drama League. Cast members included Mrs. Llewellyn J.W. Jones, Miss Catherine Hurley and Mrs. Rex Roudebush. "The Torch Bearers" was performed on December 16, 1924. G22.1-011 (TNT 12-6-24, p. 9-article)

Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Interior of Port of Tacoma warehouse as viewed on December 18, 1924. Piles of large sacks and lumber on the right; rows of box shooks on the left. TPL-9719; G49.1-178

Warehouses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Tightly compacted box shooks are amassed in this Port of Tacoma warehouse in December of 1924. Shooks were bundles of parts ready to be put together. G36.1-078

Warehouses--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Seated at the Rialto Theater's baby grand piano on December 19, 1924, was Miss Esther Stayner. Dressed in a lovely sleeveless sequined gown and wearing fashionably bobbed hair, the pianist had her foot on the pedal and hands gently atop the keyboard. Miss Stayner was the organist at the Rialto and a pupil of noted organist Clarence Eddy of Chicago. (TDL 10-31-24, p. 5-article)

Pianists--Tacoma; Pianos; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1920-1930; Stayner, Esther;

Having changed her dress to another stylish outfit, Miss Esther Stayner resumed her performance on the Rialto Theater's baby grand piano on December 19, 1924. A freestanding fringe-topped lamp provided lighting for the pianist. Miss Stayner had been named organist at the Rialto in October of 1924, succeeding Alice Piercy on the Wurlitzer. She had spent the previous three years at the Clemmer Theater in Spokane. G40.1-052A (TDL 10-31-24, p. 5-article; TNT 10-31-24, p. 8-article)

Stayner, Esther; Pianists--Tacoma; Pianos; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1920-1930; Lamps;

Dressed in an elegant sequined gown, Miss Esther Stayner is pictured in this late December, 1924 print as she prepares to play the baby grand piano at the Rialto Theater. Miss Stayner had been named organist at the Rialto and had given her first concert on November 1, 1924. She succeeded Alice Piercy in the job. Miss Stayner was photographed on the stage with massive curtains as the backdrop. A framed "window" with accompanying foliage is also part of the decor. She had spent the three previous years at the Clemmer Theater in Spokane. G40.1-052B (TDL 10-31-24, p. 5-article)

Pianists--Tacoma; Pianos; Stayner, Esther; Rialto Theatre (Tacoma); Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Christmas tree at the Carlton Hotel. This tall Christmas tree, heavily draped with tinsel and decorated with glass balls and glimmering chains, stood in the lobby of the Carlton Hotel, 1552 Jefferson Avenue, during the 1924 holiday season. Beneath the tree are small figures of a Santa surrounded by children and animals. G20.1-103

Christmas trees--Tacoma--1920-1930; Carlton Hotel (Tacoma);

A group of 21 Sperry Flour salesmen posed for an outdoor photograph near the end of December, 1924. All were professionally dressed in top coats and hats.

Flour & meal industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Sperry Flour Milling Co. (Tacoma); Sales personnel--Tacoma--1920-1930;

On December 30, 1924, a crowd of last minute "shoppers" filled the office of Pierce County Auditor Freemont Campbell Jr. in a last minute attempt to get their 1925 automobile license applications filed before the January 1 deadline. By the 30th, scarcely half of the county's automobile owners had applied for their new licenses. Tacoma and Pierce County drivers who belonged to the Automobile Club of Western Washington could avoid the lines at the auditor's office in the Pierce County courthouse,1012 South G Street, by going to the automobile club's Tacoma office at 119 South 9th Street. (TNT 1/1/1925, pg. 11) (WSHS- negative A644-0)

Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930; Pierce County Auditor (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Recording & registration--Pierce County--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. Creso Apartments, built in 1913 by Peter Creso. In June of 1925, the building sold and became the Irvington Apartments. (WSHS)

Apartment houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Creso Apartments (Tacoma); Irvington Apartments (Tacoma);

Graduating class at Horace Mann School. The graduating class included 28 students, 10 boys and 18 girls. The class is posed in front of the entrance of the school, which was constructed in 1901. C.A. Darmer was the architect. This structure was demolished when the new school was built in 1953. (WSHS)

Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1925. A large two-story house with a balcony along its entirety, with a climbing vine growing up each column. A veranda leads out into the landscaped grounds. Location of the home was not provided. (WSHS)

Houses--1920-1930; Balconies; Porches;

ca. 1925. Same broken down truck parked by a street sign as A-1419. Now the residential intersection can be seen as well as houses alongside the inclined roadway. Another automobile progresses up the incline. (WSHS)

Houses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Residential streets--Tacoma; Automobiles--Tacoma--1920-1930;