The Tacoma merchants on Broadway and Pacific Avenues sponsored the second annual Fairyland and Christmas Parade for Children which was held on the day after Thanksgiving, 1935. The first float in the parade carried Santa in a well packed sleigh pulled by two snow white reindeer. Starting near the Elks Temple at 565 South Broadway, the parade traveled down Broadway, turned east at South 13th Street and then proceeded north on Pacific. The parade signalled the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Reindeer; Elks Temple (Tacoma);

The Fairyland and Christmas Parade for children, November 29, 1935. Stadium High School's Marching band on Broadway in front of the Elks' Temple, 565 Broadway. Union Club of Tacoma, 539 Broadway, in the background. The Stadium marching band led the third quadrant of the parade, followed by the Humpty Dumpty float, the Old Lady who lived in a shoe and clowns and the paraders wearing grotesque heads. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Marching bands; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Elks Temple (Tacoma);

1937 Daffodil Parade. City of Sumner float on Ninth Street at the corner of Pacific Avenue. Capacity crowds fill the sidewalks. Buildings in background. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1937 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

1937 Daffodil Parade. Flag bearers from the Wild West Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars lead the way for the parade down Ninth Street to Pacific Avenue. They are followed by a marching band and a horseback unit. The bands represented in the 1937 parade were the Musicians Union, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) band, Lincoln High School and Stadium High School. The Motoramp Garage can be seen on the right. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1937 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Marching bands--Tacoma--1930-1940;

1937 Daffodil Parade. Lincoln Citizen's Club float carrying Lincoln Business District's special Queen and her court. Six young women wearing daffodil crowns. The float, decorated with 30,000 daffodils, won Division II honors. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p.1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1937 : Tacoma); Floats (Parades); Daffodils--Tacoma; Neighborhoods--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma; Lincoln Citizens Club (Tacoma);

Dorothy Hill, 12, and her sister Jean, 10, display their Indian bead loom work. The older girl holds a bracelet that she has made, while the younger girl works on the loom. The girls are participating in a summer craft program at McKinley Playfield sponsored by Metropolitan Parks and the WPA Recreation Dept. (T. Times 8/19/1936, pg. 1)

Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; McKinley Playfield (Tacoma); Dogs; Handicraft--Tacoma--1930-1940; Arts & crafts; Hill, Dorothy; Hill, Jean;

Surrounded by an enthusiastic group of boys and girls, Jack Svendsen was one of the artists who took part in Tacoma's city wide art and handicraft program sponsored by the Metropolitan Park Board and the WPA Recreation Department during the summer of 1936. Mr. Svendsen, a Norwegian born architect and artist, was teaching the young people at McKinley Park how to make silhouette cut-outs. (T. Times 8/19/1936, pg. 1- see newspaper article for childrens' names.)

Parks--Tacoma--1930-1940; McKinley Playfield (Tacoma); Dogs; Handicraft--Tacoma--1930-1940; Arts & crafts; Svendson, Jack;

People gathered on the rocky beach at Point Defiance Park. Numerous boats on Puget Sound are visible in the background. (T. Times).

Parks--Tacoma; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Beaches--Tacoma; Boats--Tacoma;

Two men loading a Diamond T truck with wood at Aaberg's Fuel and Transfer Co. at 1415 Puyallup Ave. Aaberg's delivered wood and coal fuel to its customers.

Aaberg's Fuel Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Coal--Tacoma; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;

ca. ,1937. Stevens and Vetter Garage Inc., 501 Puyallup Ave. Anton J. Vetter was president of the company. (WSHS)

Stevens & Vetter Garage Inc. (Tacoma);

Cammarano Beverages "Special Delivery" truck in front of Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store. For Davis Motor Company, Diamond T Trucks. (date on photograph may be 03-12-1937) (filed with Argentum)

Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma); Firestone Auto Supply & Service Store (Tacoma); Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;

ca. 1938. This is the mission-style, reinforced concrete building containing the Firestone Auto Supply & Service Store circa 1938. It was located at 101 Puyallup Ave. in downtown Tacoma. Built in 1929 as a tire supplier, it was remodeled in 1938 by contractor Herbert Conway, Jr.

Firestone Auto Supply & Service Store (Tacoma); Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; Facades--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The Foss #17 is shown carefully maneuvering a crane mounted on a Foss barge down the Puyallup Waterway in December of 1936. The Diamond B tug is in the lead. The crane is probably being delivered to the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co. In the background is what appears to be St. Regis Paper Co. (Copy of photograph labelled & filed as D3015 image 4)

Hoisting machinery; Towing--Tacoma; Tugboats--Tacoma--1930-1940; Foss Launch & Tug Co. (Tacoma);

South 38th and Pacific, showing gas station at 3800 Pacific Ave. with two boys on bicycles at pumps. The 1937 City Directory lists this location as vacant; in 1938, it is listed as Bert & Ray Service Station, owned by Bert Nielson & Rayfield Pierantozzi. Light snow on ground, large Victorian house and smaller one. Directional signs put up by AAA point to "National Park 54" (Mount Rainier Nat'l. Park 54 miles) and Tacoma "City Center 2."

Bert & Ray Service Station (Tacoma); Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Gasoline pumps--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;

ca. 1937. The Stationers, interior. In the typewriter repair shop, three men are working on manual typewriters. (filed with Argentum)

Stationers, Inc. (Tacoma); Office equipment & supplies; Typewriters;

ca. 1937. St. Regis Kraft Co.; filtering plant circa 1937. (WSHS)

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

Antique vases for Mrs. Lee Bronson. Three vases in front of a small painting or print. (filed with Argentum)

Antiques; Vases; Urns; Art objects; Bronson, Lee--Associated objects;

Rex Theater, exterior view at night showing new marquee and neon sign by Cliff Sign Company. Building built in 1919, S.H. McKowan, Contractor. Martin Steffen opened the Rex Theater at 3809-11 Yakima Avenue South in 1919. In 1958, the Rex was remodeled and dedicated as the Tacoma Calvary Temple. Today it is home to the New Restoration Church and Restoration Christian Ministries. (filed with Argentum)

Rex Theater (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Electric signs;

Saxton Lumber Company. Interior view showing hardware department. Gardening tools and supplies in shelves, tires in background. (filed with Argentum)

Appliance stores--Tacoma; Appliances; Saxton Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Hardware stores--Tacoma; Hardware;

Man feeding parking meter outside Turner Richards Studio. Plymouth sedan at curb. The charge for metered parking was 5 cents for 30 minutes with the first 5 minutes free. For Red Spot Electric Company. (filed with Argentum)

Parking--Tacoma--1930-1940; Turner Richards Studio (Tacoma); Photographers--Tacoma; Photographic studios--Tacoma--1930-1940; Richards Commercial Photo Service (Tacoma); Plymouth automobile;

Associated Oil Company meeting at the Tacoma Hotel. Men in chairs and on platform with radio. "Flying A" logo displays of football players, placards "Play Ball with Associated Go to the Games with A" and "We Hope You Enjoy Our Football Sportscasts." (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940; Associated Oil Co. (Tacoma); Business people;

Lundquist- Lilly Clothiers, window display with Christmas wreath and signs "Celebrating Our 24th Anniversary, Suits and Overcoats $24." Display of shirts, ties and socks set off by mannequin attired in men's dressing gown. For J. R. Thompson.

Lundquist-Lilly Clothiers (Tacoma); Clothing stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Window displays;

View up Saint Helens Avenue from about Market Street. Tacoma News Tribune building in right foreground, Webster Apartments beyond. Allen Motor Company, Studebaker garage a block up on left, Walker Apartments beyond that. (filed with Argentum)

Business districts--Tacoma--1930-1940; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Walker Apartments (Tacoma); Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940;