G. L. Cornforth, left, of the Tacoma Racing Pigeon Club, holds the best hen and J. V. Fordan, right, the best cock racing pigeon. The two birds are the winners at the 44th Annual All-Northwest Winter Poultry Show held the Henry Mohr Hardware building, 1141-43 Broadway. This is the first time racing pigeons have been shown. Competitors come from Washington, Oregon and California. (T. Times, 12/14/38, p. 3)
Animal shows--Tacoma; Poultry; Tacoma Racing Pigeon Club (Tacoma); Pigeons;
Army Day at Fort Lewis. Staff Sergeant H. E. Etheridge, 91st Air Squadron, explains to Leona Schuck of Olympia how the 30-caliber rear flexible machine gun fires 1200 rounds of ammunition per minute. (T.Times, 4/6/1938, p.1).
Arms & armament--Tacoma--1930-1940; Artillery (Weaponry); Fort Lewis (Wash.); Etheridge, H.E.; Schuck, Leona; Fighter planes--1930-1940; Machine guns;
Artistic view of hanger, blimp and crew. Special hanger built at Fort Lewis to house the new 105 feet long airship.Men from across the United States make up the 125 member 3rd Balloon Company under Major M. E. McHugo. (T.Times, 3/11/1938, p.1).
Balloons (Aircraft)--Fort Lewis; Balloonists; Air pilots--Fort Lewis; Military personnel--Fort Lewis; Fort Lewis (Wash.);
Close-up of portrait of Army Air Corps blimp pilot Master Sergeant A. E. Miller seated in the two-man motorized undercarriage of the blimp. (T.Time, 3/11/1938, p. 1).
Balloons (Aircraft)--Fort Lewis; Balloonists; Air pilots--Fort Lewis; Military personnel--Fort Lewis; Fort Lewis (Wash.); Miller, A.E.;
International flavor Military Reserve Officers Ball, sponsored by the Tacoma chapter of the Reserve Officers Association February 18, 1939 at the Winthrop Hotel's Crystal Ballroom. Army, Navy and Marine officers from Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia, and nearby cities, as well as officers of the famed Seaforth Highlanders of British Columbia, dance with their partners under row of flags representing the two countries and their various regiments. Over 500 persons were expected to attend the dance. Canada was represented by officers of the Irish Fusiliers and British Columbia Hussars, as well as the Highlanders in their bright plaids. (T. Times, 2/20/1939, p 1)
Navy Ball held July 6, 1938 during Fleet Week in the Crystal Ballroom at the Winthrop Hotel. Rear Admiral A. E. Watson, left, and Navy Captain wearing military tuxedo with gold braid draped on left shoulder. (T. Times, 7/9/1938, p. 9).
Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Military officers--1930-1940; Watson, A.E.; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
International-style Military Ball held February 18, 1939 in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Winthrop. Military officers and wives or guests converse under the guard of three men in uniform, perhaps the Color Guard. Elaborate wallcoverings in background. Over 500 persons attended the ball hosted by the Tacoma chapter of the Reserve Officers Association. The officers represented every military branch in Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia and surrounding cities. Guests from Canada included 55 officers from the famed Seaforth Highlanders as well as the Irish Fusiliers and the British Columbia Hussars. The color guard was drawn from Ft. Lewis and the National Guard. (T. Times, 2/20/1939, p.1)
Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Military uniforms;
At the May 5, 1938 opener of the Tacoma Tigers season, Mayor George Smitley throws out the first ball. Over 6,000 fans turned out to watch the defending champion Tigers meet the team from Yakima. In 1937, organized baseball had returned to Tacoma after a 15 year absence.
Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Tigers (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Tacoma Athletic Park (Tacoma); Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940;
64-year-old Joseph H. Beidler, former Staff Sergeant of the State Champion 148th Field Artillery Band, studies his honorable discharge papers. He is being automatically discharged from the Washington Guard for age after 20 years of service. Staff Sgt. Beidler is the second man to remain in the enlisted ranks of the Washington Guard long enough to retire. Beidler, a bandsman all the way back to the Gay 90's, came to Tacoma 30 years ago and went to work for Carstens Packing Co. Exempt from military service, he joined the Service Battery of the 3rd Washington Infantry when it was organized in 1918. Its purpose was to provide local forces to replace those sent into federal service with the national army. Since that time, he has served continuously. (T. Times 11/28/1938, pg. 16)
Beidler, Joseph H.; Washington National Guard (Tacoma); Military personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Bellarmine Cadet Exercises. JROTC boys formed in ranks on field. Wooden, one-story buildings frame the background. These exercises occurred on May 5, 1938.
Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Military education--Tacoma; Military training--Tacoma; Cadets--Tacoma; Reserve Officer Training Corps (Tacoma);
The end of the First Annual "Bike Meet" and Parade held August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. At dusk, tired competitors lift their bikes over barriers at the Stadium Bowl and head for home.
First District Bicycle Contest Race. Kids and bicycles lined up at the edge of the street with a Medosweet special delivery truck and group of adults behind them. The first annual "bike meet" was co-sponsored by the Tacoma Times and the Metropolitan Parks Recreation Department on August 5, 1938. It was preceded by preliminary races throughout Tacoma's Playgrounds. The city was divided into 5 Districts for the prelims, with winners proceeding to finals in August. Thousands of area kids participated and local businesses, such as Medosweet, rewarded them with treats. (T. Times 7/25/1938, pg. 1 plus succeeding days)
Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma; Children riding bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma;
W.P. Bonney, Washington State Historical Society, holds double-barreled shotgun used by Lyman Cutler to kill a British neighbor's pig on San Juan Island, beginning what came to be called the "Pig War." In the 1850's, the San Juan Islands were at the center of a territorial dispute between the US and England. Lyman Cutler, failed Frasier Valley gold prospector, settled on San Juan Island and started a farm next to British citizen John Griffin, who raised livestock. One morning Cutler went out to dig new potatoes for breakfast only to find Griffin's pig happily rooting and chewing them. The angry Cutler grabbed his gun, shot the pig and delivered it to Griffin. Tempers rose, both governments were contacted and soon troops and battleships of both countries were massed for attack. The two governments wisely decided not to battle over such a small matter and presented the argument to the German Kaiser for arbitration. The area was eventually given to the US. (T. Times 10/22/1938, pg. 5)
Celebration of the 1939 National Boy Scout Week. Sea Scout Willard Hoveland of Ship 110 is illustrating to Cub Scout Kenny Johnston of Cub Pack 6 how rope knots are tied. Knot tying instruction was one of the planned activities for the weekend celebration of Scout Week. Scouting was founded in 1907 in Britain by Robert Baden-Powell. It was established in America in 1910. (T.Times, 2/14/1939, p. 1)
Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Sea Scouts (Tacoma); Hoveland, Willard; Johnston, Kenny;
Boy boxers. Boxing coach or referee instructs to two young boxers to "punch it out" at the gym in June of 1938. The boys, perhaps twins, outfitted in boxing trunks and gloves, are the sons of Ray M. Smith.
Boys--1930-1940; Boxers (Sports); Boxing; Referees; Smith, Ray M.--Family;
Columbia Brewery truck with Indiana cab. Trailer being loaded with hops or grain from flue inside building. Man on top of truck bed loading grains. Ordered by Tom Jones Perry.
Brewing industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;
In February of 1939, three of the officers responsible for the construction of McChord field were photographed standing under the "Field Office C.Q.M. McChord Field" sign. They were identified in the Tacoma Times as, left to right, James B. True (chief engineer), Lt. Col. Frank W. Wright (commanding officer) and Capt. E.P. Antonovich (construction quartermaster). The modern airbase was being constructed on land formerly occupied by Tacoma Field, the municipal air field. (T. Times 2/8/1939, pg. 3)
Building construction--McChord Field; McChord Field (Tacoma); True, James B.; Wright, Frank W.; Antonovich, E.P.;
Exterior view of Pucci Inn, a roadside restaurant owned by Guido Pucci. The two-story wooden building features a steep roof with projecting bay on the second floor .
Business Enterprises - Food Enterprises - Restaurants - Roadside Restaurants - Pierce County - Lakewood - Pucci Inn
On Saturday afternoon October 15, 1938, the Danish ship "Nordhval" left port in Tacoma bound for Japan. The "Nordhval" carried 2,500 tons of scrap metal, made up mostly of old streetcar rails, from Tacoma and a similar amount of scrap loaded earlier in Portland. Tacoma's Shaffer Terminals, Dock No. 2, on the Milwaukee Waterway was the ships last stop before sailing to Japan. In 1938 Japan was at war with China. The Tacoma News Tribune ran an editorial on October 15th titled "A New Japanese Invasion."
Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma);
While ashore during Fleet Week, July 5th-11th, 1938, two unidentified Marines seem to have lost their hats, if not their heads as well, over two young Misses, also unidentified. During Fleet Week, the military landed with force in Tacoma, bringing four battleships and their 5200 officers and men into the city. The week long celebration included parties, a parade, tours of the ships and nightly searchlight drills. TPL-9149
Narrows Bridge celebration at the Stadium Bowl. Bremerton Mayor Jesse A. Knabb, center, and two other men take part in the festivities surrounding a $2,700,000 Progress Works Administration grant to build a bridge across the Narrows. A crowd of over 5,000 attended the celebration. (T. Times 7/1/1938, pg. 1).
Donald Langbridge and Kathleen McElwain show off the new Schwinn "World" bicycles to be awarded as prizes in the upcoming First Annual Bike Meet. The meet would be composed of a bicycle parade and races. It was held on August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. The "World" bicycles featuring the newest accessories were the coveted prizes. (T.Times 7/25/1938, p. 1).
Children riding bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma; Parks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Wright Park (Tacoma); McElwain, Kathleen; Langbridge, Donald;
The Deering children, wrapped in warm flannel robes, were preparing for Santa's visit on Christmas Eve in 1938. Harriet Sue's bare foot is proof that her stocking is already hanging on the fireplace mantel. William Seymour is making a valiant attempt to remove his sock so it can join his big sister's. Harriet and William are the children of Harold and Jane Deering of American Lake. (T.Times 12-24-38, p. 7-alt. photo)
William Seymour Deering looks in anguish at the camera as he attempts to pull the sock from his foot in time to hang it up for Santa's visit. His sister Harriet Sue has already hung up her sock, but William's is stuck on his foot. The children of Harold and Jane Deering are dressed in flannel robes as they prepare for bed. (T. Times, 12-24-38 pg. 7)
