A Garford delivery truck constructed for W.D. Tucker & Co. Groceries stands outside the Garford Truck Co. at 313-15 Puyallup Ave (now 311 Puyallup Ave.) The grocery company was located at 1113 A Street. Their truck clearly claims "We want your business." Boland B7561 (Filed as BU-13385)

Garford Truck Co. (Tacoma); W.D. Tucker & Co. Groceries (Tacoma); Trucks--1920-1930;

ca. 1937. In June of 1937 John L. "Lee" Kress opened his first malt shop in Tacoma at the corner of 9th and Broadway in the Bostwick Building; he already had operated two ice cream shops in Olympia. Mr. Kress' new Tacoma shop could seat 40 customers at the counter and in booths. While a boy growing up in Tacoma, his father Paul B. Kress worked as a salesman for the Henningsen Creamery Company. Lee Kress died in 1959 at the age of 45.

Kress Malt Shop (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1948. Protesting the high price of beef, two women in sandwich boards entice a man to sign a petition while a third woman looks on. One sign takes a nostalgic look at steak under 50 cents a pound. A young boy wears a sign stating "I want to grow big."

Demonstrations; Pickets; Meat;

When vandals stole the Star of David and the Cross that were part of the display at the Living War Memorial Park at the foot of the Narrows Bridge, Leon Kleiner (center) joined forces with Earl Hanson (left) and Louis Crivelione (right) to return the religious symbols to the park. In March of 1961 a new plaque was installed at the park; the brass symbols were mounted on sandstone and attached to a block of concrete. Leon Kleiner got the material for the new monument and Louis Crivelione, a Tacoma Public Works Department employee, created the display. Earl Hanson was a gardener for Public Works. This park was demolished in 2003 to make room for the new Narrows Bridge; a new, larger War Memorial Park was dedicated in May of 2006. (TNT 3/28/1961 p.14)

Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Kleiner, Leon; Hanson, Earl; Crivelione, Louis; Magen David; Symbols; Crosses; Monuments & memorials--Tacoma;

Here is another view of the progress being made in the construction of a new unidentified suspension bridge in late 1957. Skilled workers are covering wooden slats with sheets of plywood. In the distance cranes and additional workmen are apparently involved in the construction of a bridge tower. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Bridge construction; Bridges; Suspension bridges; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

The head of a man peering through binoculars can barely been seen emerging from the rounded turret at the top of Mount Constitution Tower. The stone tower is located in Moran State Park on Orcas Island. The 4,803 acre park was donated to the state by famous ship builder, Robert Moran, who also served as mayor of Seattle for two terms. It is on the east peninsula of Orcas Island, in San Juan County. Photograph ordered by the Commerce & Economic Development Department.

Mount Constitution Tower (Orcas Island); Towers;

Republican candidate for Congress Tony Chase and his family marched down a corridor on June 28, 1968. His two daughters, dressed alike in daisy covered outfits, were wearing large sashes proclaiming them to be a "Tony Girl." The older child was also carrying a "Chase for Congress" campaign sign. Others in the background were also toting similar signs. Mr. Chase was a former cabinet-level state employee under Governor Dan Evans and served as federal-state coordinator. Governor Evans participated in the opening of separate campaign headquarters for himself and Mr. Chase on June 28, 1968, in Tacoma where he was met by assorted teenage "Tony Girl(s)." (TNT 6-29-68, p. 1) ALBUM 4.

Chase, Anthony G.; Chase, Anthony G.--Family; Political campaigns; Signs (Notices);

ca. 1935. Wedding of Edwin Griffin and Nancy Hunt. Bride in lace gown with train holding bouquet in front of marble fireplace. (photo filed with Argentum)

Griffin, Nancy; Brides--1930-1940; Weddings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955--Marriage;

ca. 1935. Wedding of Edwin Griffin and Nancy Hunt. Bride and Groom with Best Man in Army Officer's uniform and Maid of Honor in long print dress standing by fireplace. (photo filed with Argentum)

Griffin, Nancy; Brides--1930-1940; Weddings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955--Marriage; Grooms (Weddings)--1930-1940;

ca. 1913. The cornerstone for Lincoln Park High School in Tacoma was laid on Labor Day September 1, 1913, and it opened on August 31, 1914. The Patriotic Sons of America petitioned the school board to change the school's name, and in 1917 it officially became Lincoln High School. That same year the first edition of the school publication "The Lincolnian" was published; from 1914 through 1916 Stadium H.S. and Lincoln Park H.S. shared "The Tahoma" as a joint monthly journal and yearbook. Enrollment the first year was 850 students, of whom 100 were seniors.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma);

ca. 1950. The second Narrows Bridge nears completion. The bridge is up but there is no roadbed. Mount Rainier can be seen in the background, with Tacoma spread out on the plateau before.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridge construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Progress photographs; Suspension bridges--Tacoma;

Mrs. Emma Smith De Voe; leader of successful campaign for equal suffrage for women in 1912, organizer of the National Council of Women Voters and its president. Mrs. DeVoe was born in Roseville, Illinois in 1848. As a young girl, she moved to Washington, Ill., with her family and studied music. Hearing a lecture by Susan B. Anthony as a girl changed her life, and winning the ballot for women became her life's work. She joined the music staff at Eureka College and married in 1880. When she and her husband came to Tacoma in 1905, she continued her battle for women's suffrage. Washington women won the vote in 1910 and she spread her work to other states until women won the vote nationally in 1920. She died seven years later at the age of 79. ("Notable Women" by Marci Whitney) (image from "History of Tacoma, v.2", Herbert Hunt)

De Voe, Emma Smith; Women's suffrage--Tacoma; Women's rights; Civil rights leaders--Tacoma;

ca. 1978. Northwest Room staff, Tacoma Public Library. From L-R are: Ethel Dobiash, Mila Liwanag, Linda Hipp and Roy Ketcheson. Seated is Jean Ross. They are posed before some of the more than 8000 books, pamphlets and government reports on the Pacific Northwest that are housed in the renovated Northwest Room located in the Carnegie Annex (Library). Access to the Northwest Room is through a hallway from the business, science and technology area of the Main Library's first floor. The Carnegie Annex was closed to the public in 1952 when the new Main Library was completed. Only the Fireside Room and auditorium have been used until the Northwest Room was opened. (TNT 5-23-73 -article; TNT 2-20-75-article)

Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Public libraries--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma)--Employees; Dobiash, Ethel; Liwanag, Mila; Hipp, Linda; Ketcheson, Roy; Ross, Jean;

The tugboat "Henrietta Foss" at dock in Tacoma. Mount Rainier and the 11th Street Bridge can be seen in the background.

Tugboats--Tacoma; Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma);