Hogan's Fine Foods store exterior at night with active neon signage. Sign in window reads "open every Sunday 11am till 9pm." There are two registers, a meat counter and produce section visible.

Hogan's Fine Foods store exterior at night with active neon signage. Sign in window reads "open every Sunday 11am till 9pm." There are two registers, a meat counter and produce section visible.

Laborers building a boat frame.

Distant view of laborers on a shipyard. Spiked exterior wall can be seen on the left with mountains faintly in the distance.

Dockside shipyard materials with an ad for Drifted Snow "Home Perfected" Flour on the side of a building. There also appears to be some industrial architecture from the Port of Tacoma in the distance.

"Candid shots of Samuel Crippen (Tacoma Café)

"Extra pictures of crane wreck on Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation."

View of the waterfront to Younglove Grocery Co. Industrial buildings on the Port of Tacoma can be seen in the distance.

Turner Towing company façade with four vehicles, two antiquated tow trucks and a mechanic walking out from the garage area.

Interior of El Rancho Grocery Store, whose mascot appears to be an Aladdin inspired character wearing a turban on a flying carpet. The Store's slogan is "There is Magic in Savings." There is Van De Kamp's bakery display and a store directory in the back.

Damaged photo of the Pacific Boat Building Company fire with onlookers outside and firemen entering the building on a ladder.

Owner of the Sprouse Rite store in Lakewood, WA.

Baker products at a market displaying various brands from the mid-fifties.

Grocery display of the "World's Largest Fig Bar."

Produce display for the Washington State Fruit Commission at a grocery store with scales and low level frozen food coolers.

Totem Market, 25th and Alder. Apple and flour window display for apple dumplings. Market with glass block framing plate glass windows. Ordered by H.L. Moreman, for Washington State Apple Advertising Commission. Tacoma Food Stores, in conjunction with Sperry Milling Co., were offering special prizes for the solving of "Applegrams," special anagrams. Winners would receive a book on apples and a NO. 5 bag of "Gold Medal" flour. (filed with Argentum)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fruit; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Apples--Tacoma; Advertising--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Highway Truck Equipment Company; interior of machine shop. Phillip Bechtholt and his brother John (L-R) stand behind a flatbed trailer for a large truck. The company was owned by John P. Bechtholt and was listed in the 1938 City Directory as an auto wrecking company. They were located at 3224 South Tacoma Way. It is possible that the company also rebuilt wrecked trucks, however their advertisement in the 9/30/1938 Tacoma Times identified them as manufacturers of hoists and bodies for dump trucks, trailers of all types, alterations of trucks and brake installations.

Highway Truck Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bechtholt, Phillip; Bechtholt, John;

ca. 1939. The view down Pacific Ave from the intersection of around 17th Street, after the streetcar tracks were removed and street was repaved. This is almost the same exact same view as A7875 image 1 after the paving was complete. Most prominent are the Hotel Lewis, on the left, at 1522 Pacific Ave and Hotel Croft, on the right, at 1519 Pacific Ave. The Hotel Croft was owned by Lee Croft who would later become Pierce County Sheriff. Also on the right hand side can be seen Schoenfelds on Pacific at 15th and the Puget Sound Bank building at 1119 Pacific Ave. (original photograph was unnumbered, number was assigned for cataloging purposes)

Hotel Lewis (Tacoma); Hotel Croft (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Langendorf Bakery exterior with seven trucks in front. Langendorf opened their new bakery at this location, 756-58 Fawcett Ave., in June of 1938. The structure was formerly a garage and the site of Manley Motor Co. In 1954, the bakery built a new modern plant at 2202 So. 38th St. (filed with Argentum)

Langendorf United Bakeries (Tacoma); Bakeries--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Model Bakery trucks photographed for International Harvester in February of 1939. The delivery trucks have signs advertising the bakery's Star Loaf bread. (filed with Argentum)

Model Bakery (Tacoma)--Associated objects; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Peoples Department Store, display of mattresses and bed springs. Area rugs are hung from racks on the level above. A sign announces bargains on used furniture.

Peoples (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma;

ca. 1938. "Red Pig." Scenes taken under new management in 1938. New manager Bernice Fox is fixing two cups of coffee behind counter. The counter is empty, a stark contrast to the packed area pictured in A7529-1 just a few minutes before. The Red Pig restaurant was located on busy Tacoma-Seattle Highway (Highway 99) just beyond Fife. (T. Times 10/26/1938, pg. 7) (filed with Argentum)

Red Pig Restaurant (Fife); Restaurants--Fife--1930-1940; Restaurant workers; Fox, Bernice;

The Savemore Super Market was packed with customers at its grand opening in April of 1938. The new public market at Sixth & Proctor was owned and operated by local businessmen H. Howard Normo and Lee C. Clark. It was unique in that the entire front of 50 feet could be opened up which gave a clear and unobstructed view of the entire interior and store merchandise. Shoppers eager for bargains were able to purchase a dozen large eggs for 18 cents, tins of milk at a nickel, butter for 24 cents, cans of peas for 3/25 cents. Spring chickens on sale 3 for $1, bananas for 5 cents a pound, and a one-pound can of MJB coffee for 25 cents were other attractions. In addition, bouquets of narcissi for the ladies and "Crackle Jacks" for kids were given away. (TNT 4-15-38, p. 4, 5-article)

Savemore Super Market (Tacoma); Supermarkets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Staff at Western Auto Supply Company. The men are, standing left to right, H. F. Sturtridge, Cecil Albers, William McCallum and Arnold Blatt. Kneeling are, left to right, John Davis and Willis Peters. (T. Times, 7/13/1938, pg. 2).

Western Auto Supply Co. (Tacoma)--People; Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Automobile equipment & supplies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

This was how the Western Auto Supply Co., located at 715-17 Pacific Ave., appeared on July 11, 1938. Western Auto had operated at this same location near 8th and Pacific for about twenty years. They started out with a small storeroom on the corner and expanded steadily. Their newest business venture was a service department that worked on customers' cars. The entrance was located to the left in the photo. Personnel at the downtown store included manager H.F. Sturtridge, William McCallum, John Davis, Cecil Albers, Arnold Blatt and Willis Peters. (T. Times 7/13/1938, pg. 2)

Western Auto Supply Co. (Tacoma); Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Automobile equipment & supplies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The new Broadway Food Stores opened at 84th and South Tacoma Way on Friday August 11, 1939. The modern Art Deco building was built 38 feet back from the highway so that ample parking could be provided. General Manager Ormond Hoyt (far right) stated, "Our price policy is to check our competitors' advertised prices and make them our own... We will not be under sold". Mr. Hoyt and several of his employees stand among displays of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Business Enterprises - Grocery Stores - Tacoma - Broadway Food Stores

ca. 1939. The Tacoma Times began publication in 1903, and eventually grew into a general circulation daily. This photograph taken in 1939 shows two employees at the Times, identified as Jen (Jean Hudson) on left and Bev (Beverly Thompson), as they joke with each other over desks stacked high with paperwork and photographs. The women worked on the Society section of the paper. The Society Department and women's page features were handled by a staff of three women, the only women writers on the paper. Jean Hudson was the Society Editor. The Tacoma Times ceased publication on March 31, 1949.

Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Thompson, Beverly; Hudson, Jean;

Exterior of a new building at 3101 South Tacoma Way, constructed for B. Wingard and Sons. In the 1950's the structure became the home of Johnson Paint Co. (filed with Argentum)

B. Wingard and Sons (Tacoma);

Sunshine Service, new General Petroleum Company Mobilgas station at So. 48th and Park. Night time view of quartet singing in the doorway of the MobiLubrication garage. For Smith and Drum, J.J. Miller.

Business Enterprises - Automobile Service Stations - Mobil Oil Dealers - Tacoma - Sunshine Service Station Music Ensembles - QuartetsMusic - SingingPeople - Men - Singers

Dick Bevington's new Triple XXX Barrel drive-in restaurant. Six waitresses and six carhops lined up in front of building with neon trim and giant barrels on roof. The restaurant offered booths, counter service, car side service and XXX root beer on draft. TPL-1514 (T. Times 6/4/1940, pg. 7)

Drive-in restaurants--Tacoma; Bevington's Triple XXX Root Beer Restaurant (Tacoma); Waitresses--Tacoma--1940-1950;