Warren Y & Barbara Hull with their children Nancy and Kirk at Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. The mother, father, son and daughter pose on skis holding ski poles in front of the blindingly white snow. For more images of the same family, see D745-images 45, 47, 50. (T. Times).

Families--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skiing; Children skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Hull, Warren; Hull, Barbara; Hull, Nancy; Hull, Kirk;

Atlas Foundry furnace. Three men working near the furnace in this photograph from January of 1937. They are guiding a bucket of molten iron or steel suspended on a large pulley above an open grate in the floor.

Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Steel industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In January of 1937, a team of workmen at the Atlas Foundry, 3012 So. Wilkeson St. were photographed pouring molten metal into a small mold. In 1937 the Atlas Foundry employed 97 skilled workmen, and was the largest foundry on the Pacific Coast. Their three story pattern building housed over 50,000 wooden patterns, from which they could make castings varying in size from a 2-ounce bronze boat fitting to a 16-ton cast iron slag pot. Founded in 1899, the Atlas Foundry is now Atlas Casting & Technology. (TDL 3/28/1937)

Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Steel industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Atlas Foundry furnace. Six workmen observing glowing furnace and an open grate in the floor in January of 1937. Two of the men are twisting a metal rod near the furnace.

Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Steel industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Grant School 6A class in January of 1937. (filed with Argentum)

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

Stanley School 6A Class in January of 1937. The school was built in 1925 and named after renowned Northwest educator George A. Stanley. (filed with Argentum)

School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Group portraits; Stanley Elementary School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Education--Tacoma;

Group of girls from Annie Wright Seminary take a lesson during a ski trip to Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. (T. Times).

Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Workers at St. Regis Kraft Co. are in the process of wrapping and weighing stacks of pulp for shipment in this February 5, 1937, photograph. St. Regis' Tacoma plant had undergone a $1,000,000 modernization project in order to manufacture bleached pulp. New machinery was brought in and the plant was reopened in late December of 1936 to provide jobs for hundreds of Tacoma residents. G37.1-069

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Machinery;

Huge sheets of bleached pulp are being manufactured at the Tacoma St. Regis Kraft plant in February of 1937. The plant had recently reopened a few months ago after much remodeling and expansion. St. Regis was moving into the growing bleached pulp business. According to the Tacoma Times, five million board feet of giant hemlock logs were chewed into chips every month and converted into pulp to be used in the manufacture of paper. This meant that the Tacoma plant produced 150 tons of pulp daily; the whole process from sawing logs to chipping to cooking with chemicals, washed and dried and finally baling took about six hours. St. Regis Kraft was a wholly owned subsidiary of the St. Regis Paper Co. Pulp from Tacoma supplied the eastern paper mills of the St. Regis Paper Co. as well as being exported to foreign countries, including Japan. G37.1-061 (T.Times 1-27-37, p. 1, 5-articles on St. Regis)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Machinery;

Two St. Regis employees, wearing white uniforms, are pictured at the Tacoma Kraft pulp plant on February 5, 1937. Steam is rising from some of the large unidentified machinery. St. Regis had undergone a $1,000,000 remodeling project to expand into the bleached pulp field. St. Regis was one of two pulp mills (Shaffer Pulp was the other) who manufactured high grade bleached and unbleached craft pulp for domestic and export markets. The plant was able to produce 150 tons of pulp daily. TPL-6804; G37.1-023 (T.Times 1-27-37, p.1, 5-articles on St. Regis)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Machinery;

Some 75 Grunow refrigerator dealers and salesmen from Tacoma and Southwest Washington were invited to attend a dinner at the Tacoma Hotel on February 18, 1937 hosted by the F.B. Connelly Co. The 1937 Grunow model was on display , and "Miss Grunow," an attractive woman wearing a short dress and banner, danced on top of the tables for the delighted group. A banner in the background advertises: "There's a new Grunow refrigerator. Come see it today." (TNT 2/18 & 19/ 1937)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Grunow Co.; Advertising; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

"Miss Grunow" provided a little cheesecake as the company introduced their new refrigerator at the Southwest Washington Grunow Dealers banquet at the new Tacoma Hotel, formerly known as the Tacoma Hotel Annex, on February 18, 1937. The "Pur-Aire" refrigerator featured the "econo-phase vacuum unit" for fast freezing and low cost, a Grunow aerator to keep food fresher and safer and a super size evaporator. (See D5216 image 1 for another picture of the same event.) (TNT 2/18 & 19/ 1937) (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Grunow Co.; Advertising; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Southwest Washington Grunow Dealers banquet at the new Tacoma Hotel, formerly known as the Tacoma Hotel Annex. The annex served as the Tacoma Hotel after the main historic building at 913 A St. was destroyed by fire in October of 1935. The annex opened as the Tacoma Hotel in January of 1936, after extensive remodeling. Grunow manufactured appliances and this banquet was intended to introduce their new refrigerator. (see D5216 image 1 for another picture of the same event.) (TNT 2/18 & 19/ 1937)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Grunow Co.; Advertising; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On February 26, 1937, nearly 300 guests crowded into the American Legion Hall, home of the West Bremerton Post No. 149, for their monthly social. The program included recognition for local teachers and junior high graduates. Selected for recognition on a basis of scholarship, honor, leadership, service and courage were four mid-year graduates from junior high. Pictured receiving their certificates of recognition are, left to right, Patricia Castle, Post Commander Pat Mulvany, Harold Worland, Joan Tatham and Wayne Kirkland. Their bronze plaques, medals and pins were posed on the podium. (Bremerton Sun 2/27/1937, pg. 1).

American Legion, Post 149 (Bremerton); American Legion Hall (Bremerton); Castle, Patricia; Mulvany, Pat; Worland, Harold; Tatham, Joan; Kirkland, Wayne; Awards;

Woman working in an accounting office on an early, automatic billing machine with a comptometer keyboard attached to a statement printer. (Bremerton Sun).

Equipment - Office Equipment - Calculators - Comptometers

On February 20, 1937, members of the Le Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chavaux (aka 40 et 8) of Washington and Oregon gathered in Tacoma for their fifth annual "interstate wreck." The 40 et 8 was a fun recreational branch of the American Legion, whose members were selected because of their exceptional service to the Legion. They were known for their outlandish costumes and propensity to parade; preparing for just such a exhibition were, left to right, an unidentified minuteman, Arnold Leverenz (Tacoma organist) dressed as a clown, Frank Callender (former Police Chief) in a smock, an unidentified officer and an unidentified person from Port Angeles group #29 "La Belle de Armentiers." The wreck was attended by 1,200 members from Washington and Oregon. (T. Times 2/19/1937, pg. 1; 2/22/1937, pg. 12)

American Legion (Tacoma); Veteran's organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; 40 et 8 auxiliary (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Leverenz, Arnold; Callender, Frank T.;

In February of 1937, the planning committee for the Bremerton Ski Cruisers dance, to be held on the 26th of the month, posed for the Bremerton Sun newspaper in front of a large brick fireplace. The women are dressed in ski gear and two of the women are wearing jackets with the Club's emblem. Pictured left to right seated are Miss Florence Laing, Mrs. Leonard Faull, Mrs. Lincoln Morse and standing, Mrs. Charles Maurer. (Bremerton Sun 02-26-1937, pg. 3) see also N38-17

Bremerton Ski Cruisers (Bremerton); Skiers--Bremerton--1930-1940; Laing, Florence; Faull, Leonard--Family; Morse, Lincoln--Family; Maurer, Charles--Family;

Burnett Brothers Jewelers, new store at 924 Broadway. View of the long narrow interior from the rear of the store to the front door. Large glass display cases set on marble stands on either side of the center aisle. The new location will have its Grand Opening February 12, 1937 in the evening. The store was formerly located at 932 Broadway. Also cataloged as A4035 image 2. (T. Times, 2/11/1937, p. 8)

Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Merchandise displays--1930-1940;

After a quarter of a century of service, the Burnett Brothers clock was moved from its old location at 932 Broadway to 924 Broadway in front of the new store in February of 1937. The move was personally supervised by owner L.H. (Louie) Burnett (standing on the truck bed), with watch repair specialist Fred E. Beckwith lending technical support. The clock weighed 5 tons and requires a large crew and a derrick to move it. The Burnett Brothers neon sign glows blue above the store's entrance. A sign in an upstairs window identifies that space as the Knights of Pythias club room. (T. Times, 2/11/1937, p. 8)

Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clocks & watches;

A little cheesecake livened up the publicity for the March 1937 Victory Dinner scheduled by the Kitsap County Democrats. Olga McGilvray, left, and Mrs. Robert Waugh, right, cast an appreciative eye at the technical prowess of Mrs. W.E. Shafer as she nails a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the wall. The dinner was a fund raiser marking the fourth anniversary of the first inauguration of Pres. Roosevelt. Proceeds from the dinner were used to restock the Democratic war chest depleted in the 1936 elections. The Democrats, led by returning incumbent President F.D. Roosevelt, swept the local elections. (Bremerton Sun 3-1-1937, pg. 1).

Politics & government--Bremerton--1930-1940; McGilvray, Olga; Waugh, Robert--Family; Shafer, W.E.--Family; Fund raising--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Flower arrangements cover the counters at the new location of Burnett Brothers Jewelers, in honor of their Grand Opening February 12, 1937. For a quarter of a century, the family owned business had sold jewelry from their old location at 932 Broadway. Their new store was narrow with large glass display cases resting on marble stands on either side. (store photos also cataloged as M67) (T.Times, 2/15/1937, pg. 12- picture; 2/11/1937, p. 8)

Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Merchandise displays--1930-1940;

In February of 1937, Frank J. Lewis spent some quality time with some of his fuzzy little brood of 10,000. The chicks were recently hatched in the incubators at his Kitsap County Hatchery, located at 6th St. & Callow Ave. in Bremerton. Mr. Lewis had been hatching chickens for 18 years and thought he had probably been "father" to a million and a half of the squeaking little fluff balls. Business was so good that he quit his job at the Navy Yard and went into the hatchery business full time in 1921, building at his present location in 1930. When the business was operating full time during breeding season, the hatchery could turn out 16,000 chicks a week. Mr. Lewis was born in Portland in 1889 and had previously followed several trades before entering the chicken business. (Bremerton Sun 03-25-1937, pg. 1).

Lewis, Frank J.; Kitsap County Hatchery (Bremerton); Chickens; Chicken industry--Bremerton;

One of the most anticipated society events for the younger set in Bremerton was the Rainbow Girl-DeMolay ball held at the end of March. The Masonic Temple was slated to be the site of the Spring 1937 ball. On the committee for the decorations, which would carry out the ball's theme of Springtime, were Margaret Lindstedt, left, and Joy Watkins, right. (Bremerton Sun 03-27-1937, pg. 2).

Lindstedt, Margaret; Watkins, Joy; Rainbow Girls (Bremerton); Fraternal organizations--Bremerton--1930-1940; Teenagers--1930-1940;

Burnett Brothers Jewelry's new location at 924 Broadway. Interior view of new store, glass display cases in walnut finish rest on marble bases down both sides. Clocks and silver are on display, counter in background. The ceiling is white with blue and tan shades and cardinal red accents and similar shades are on the walls. The jewelry store had served Tacoma from its old location, 932 Broadway, for over a quarter of a century. Also cataloged as A4035 image 3. (T. Times, 2/11/1937, p. 8)

Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Burnett Brothers Jewelers, new location at 924 Broadway, exterior view at night. Recessed entrance with the latest in plate glass display windows. Neon signs light up the name in blue and "Clocks" and "Diamonds" in red. (T.Times, 2/11/1937, p. 8). also cataloged as A4035 image 1

Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Merchandise displays--1930-1940; Show windows;

The 40 et 8 holds its fifth and largest interstate "wreck" in Tacoma Feb 20, 1937. The Le Societe des 40 Hommes et 3 Chavaux is the fun division of the American Legion. Its members are selected because of their exceptional service to the Legion. The "wreck" was attended by 1200 members from Washington and Oregon. (T. Times 2/10/1937; 2/19/937, pg. 1; 2/22/1937, pg. 12)

American Legion (Tacoma); Veteran's organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; 40 et 8 auxiliary (Tacoma); Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Burnett Brothers Jewelry, new location at 924 Broadway. The Tacoma store had served the community for over a quarter of a century. It was run by L. H. (Louie) Burnett, his brother Abe Burnett and Louie's oldest son Louis S. Burnett. Interior view of store; glass display cases trimmed in walnut sit on marble bases down both sides. The store had both direct and indirect lighting. (T. Times, 2/11/1937, p. 8).

Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Merchandise displays--1930-1940;

In February of 1937, four members of the Bremerton Ski Cruisers responsible for planning the upcoming dance posed for this publicity shot in front of a huge fireplace. Formal wear would be replacing their ski clothes and equipment for the dance. Pictured, left to right, are (seated) Miss Florence Laing, Mrs. Leonard Faull, Mrs. Lincoln Morse and (standing) Mrs. Charles Maurer. (Bremerton Sun 2/26/1937, pg. 3) see also D437-23

Bremerton Ski Cruisers (Bremerton); Skiers--Bremerton--1930-1940; Laing, Florence; Faull, Leonard--Family; Morse, Lincoln--Family; Maurer, Charles--Family;