ca. 1935. Mrs. Ray Gamble coaxing her dog to sit up and beg. Addie Gamble and her husband Ray resided in Tacoma's north end at 3915 North 30th St. Mr. Gamble was a well-known industrialist, world traveler and collector of carved elephants, ceramic tiles and dice carved from precious stones. The Gambles also had friends in the entertainment business including magicians, a field in which Mr. Gamble held a great interest.

Gamble, Addie; Gamble, Ray--Family; Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

In October of 1935, all of Tacoma's firemen were given special training in the proper use of gas masks when confronted with toxic air. Lieut. Claude Bray, the instructor for the course, is carried out of a smoke filled building by (l to r) E.P. McCormick, A.M. Kelchner, A.F. Willis and Capt. C.A. Potter. For the training exercise, heavy sulphur fumes were generated in a special smoke-chamber, and a detachment of firemen was sent in to search for possible bodies. (T. Times 10/30/1935 p.12)

Gas masks; Fire fighters--Tacoma; Fire prevention; Safety; Vocational education

Bremerton firefighter in breathing apparatus at the Golden Hotel fire on November 13, 1935. The fire originated in the kitchen of the Golden Cafe and quickly spread through the frame building. (Bremerton Sun)

Golden Hotel (Bremerton); Fire fighters--Bremerton--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Bremerton--1930-1940; Fires--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Scenes from the Golden Hotel fire in Bremerton on November 13, 1935. Close-up of an older man holding a metal pot and cup posed for portrait in front of fire engine. The man is most probably posing with things that he was able to save from the fire. (Bremerton Sun 11-13-1935, pg. 1- story)

Golden Hotel (Bremerton); Fire fighters--Bremerton--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Bremerton--1930-1940; Fires--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Firefighters on a ladder attempting to put out a fire at the building next to the Golden Hotel in Bremerton on November 13, 1935. The fire originated in the Golden Cafe and quickly spread throughout the frame building, which also housed the Pacific Drug Co. and Gate Confectionery. The building was already scheduled to be demolished and replaced. Everyone escaped from the fire and it was quickly put under control by the Navy yard fire department. Photograph ordered by the Bremerton Sun. (Bremerton Sun 11/13/1935, pg. 1-story)

Golden Hotel (Bremerton); Fire fighters--Bremerton--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Bremerton--1930-1940; Fires--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, daughter of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, addresses a Junior Women's Club city-wide luncheon in her honor at the Winthrop Hotel on "Developing and Encouraging One's Hobbies and Talents." She also spoke of interesting incidents regarding her mother's recent trip to Seattle. Dressed in "Eleanor Blue," Mrs. Boettiger wore a corsage of Talisman roses and lilies of the valley. 300 women attended the May 18, 1937, luncheon. (T.Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, 9) ALBUM 1.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public speaking--Tacoma;

Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger received the "keys of the city" in the form of an armful of flowers and a painting of "Mount Tacoma" when she spoke to the Tacoma Junior Women's Club on May 18, 1937. Several hundred guests and club members filled the roof garden of the Hotel Winthrop to see and hear Mrs. Boettiger, the only daughter of President & Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Following the luncheon, she was photographed holding the flowers and picture while surrounded by club members and flanked by her secretary Rosemary Meagher (far left) and Sally Sicade (to her right), the general chairman and toastmistress of the Junior Women's Club. Mrs. Boettiger was the wife of John Boettiger, Jr., the publisher of the Post-Intelligencer newspaper in Seattle.(T.Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, p. 9) ALBUM 1.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Meagher, Rosemary; Sicade, Sally;

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, daughter of the President, receives a framed print of Mt. Tacoma during a Junior Women's Club luncheon in her honor at the Hotel Winthrop. To her left in this May 18, 1937, sepia photo is her secretary Rosemary Meagher and to her right is Sally Sicade, general chairman and toastmistress of the club. Mrs. Boettiger is also holding a large bouquet of sweetpeas and snapdragons which was presented to her by C. H. Schartow on behalf of the mayor and City of Tacoma. In her first visit to Tacoma, Mrs. Boettiger spoke to 300 women on developing talents and hobbies. (T.Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, 9) ALBUM 1.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Public speaking--Tacoma; Meagher, Rosemary; Sicade, Sally;

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger (seated center), daughter of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, at a May, 1937, Junior Women's Club luncheon in her honor at the Winthrop Hotel. To her left is her secretary Rosemary Meagher, to her right is Sally Sicade.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Public speaking--Tacoma; Sicade, Sally; Meagher, Rosemary; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Junior Women's Club (Tacoma);

Dolores Hansen sitting on the wooden steps of her home with her black and white house cat that is nursing five motherless puppies. The question is will the puppies learn to bark or meow? The Hansen's cat came to the rescue of the litter of puppies when the Hansen's mother dog was poisoned shortly after giving birth. The mother cat had recently given birth to a single kitten and welcomed the puppies as brothers and sisters to her only child. As the puppies grew, mamma cat also took over their training - teaching them to chase mice and such. The Hansens gave away all but two of the puppies. The pups still take their meals side by side with the kitten. The whole family is watching the puppies' behavior anxiously to see just how they turn out. (T. Times 8/18/1936 p.1)

Hansen, Dolores; Children & animals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cats; Dogs;

The joys of married bliss show clearly in the faces of R.W. Henry and his bride of 62 years, the former Mary Carter, as they celebrate their anniversary. The pair were married March 2, 1875 in Curwinsville, Pa. when they decided to call on the village pastor instead of joining a sleighing party as planned. In 1937, they resided at 1404 Henry Ave. in Bremerton in an old fashioned four room cottage. He was 83 and his better half was 79. The pair had raised 12 children as they moved from Pennsylvania to homestead in Montana and finally settle in Washington in 1901. The deeply happy pair spend their time together, taking care of their home and garden. Their six living children also reside in Washington. (Bremerton Sun 03-13-1937, pg. 1).

Henry, R.W.; Henry, Mary; Anniversaries--Bremerton--1930-1940; Henry, R.W.--Commemoration; Couples--Bremerton;

Elizabeth Ann Hewitt, Mary Blankenhorn, Mary Lee Griggs, and Nancy Griggs on tennis courts. (T.Times, Society).

Hewitt, Elizabeth Ann; Blankenhorn, Mary; Griggs, Mary Lee; Griggs, Nancy; Tennis courts--Tacoma;

Harry L. Hopkins, in chair, Federal Relief Administrator and aide to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with brothers John and Lewis and another man during an extended visit to Tacoma. Lewis Hopkins was a Tacoma physician. John Hopkins was a treasury department employee in Portland. The other man is most likely Lt. Cmdr. D.B. Duncan, from the USS Saratoga, a brother-in-law of Harry Hopkins. Harry Hopkins resigned from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938 to become Secretary of Commerce. He was appointed special assistant to the president by President Roosevelt in 1941. He submitted a letter of resignation to President Truman on July 2, 1945. Harry L. Hopkins died on January 29, 1946. His granddaughter, June Hopkins, wrote a biography entitled "Harry Hopkins: Sudden Hero, Brash Reformer" in 1999. Sepia photograph taken in August, 1936. ALBUM 2. (T. Times 9/14/1936, pg. 1)

Hopkins, Harry L., 1890-1946; Hopkins, Lewis; Hopkins, John; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;

One of the 50 participating riders thrills the audience by standing straddled on two moving horses. The scene is the first horse show of the season at the Tacoma Armory. It is being sponsored by the Headquarters Troop, 24th Cavalry Division, Washington National Guard, known locally as "Troop B." (T. Times, 11/30/1937, p. 5).

Horse shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Show horses; Washington National Guard, 24th Cavalry Division (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Trick riding;

Army Day. Casual group of people gathered under the shade of a spreading oak tree on June 21, 1936. The group is in the front yard of a two-story, Colonial-style house. The occasion was reportedly Army Day.

Houses--1930-1940; Oaks;

ca. 1935. Mr. Ross Houston standing by wooden flume at Yelm. A local farmer and man with young child are inspecting flume. Farm buildings in background. .

Irrigation canals & flumes--Yelm; Farms--Yelm; Houston, Ross; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building materials;

ca. 1935. Mr. Houston's flume at Yelm. Close-up of underside and wooden supports of flume. Ross Houston had the contract to build this flume to irrigate farm land in Yelm. At the same time, he was installing prefabricated wooden gutters in Tacoma.

Irrigation canals & flumes--Yelm; Farms--Yelm; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Building materials;

Three Japanese men spin a bicycle wheel at one of the games of chance offered at a Japanese bazaar held in the Fife High School Gymnasium. (T. Times).

Japanese Americans--Fife--1930-1940; Bazaars--Fife--1930-1940; Ethnic groups--Fife--1930-1940; Games--1930-1940;

Stadium High School's Clayton Johnson is ready to conduct the original opera, "Masquerade," in March of 1937. Mr. Johnson, Director of Music at Stadium, had written the opera himself. He would remain at Stadium for 30 years with hundreds of students under his musical guidance.

Johnson, Clayton; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;

W. H. Kerhli, former wrestler and current president of the Oregon Poultry & Pet Stock Association, stares eye to eye with the Grand Champion, a 12-pound Brahma Cockerel, at the 34th Annual Tacoma Poultry Show held in the old Mohr Building. The animal was entered by George Green of Kirkland. (T. Times, 12/31/1937, p. 14).

Kerhli, W. H.; Tacoma Poultry Show (Tacoma); Poultry; Chickens; Animal shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Roosters;

Mattson kidnapping case. An open Bible and a poinsettia plant are seen on a wrought iron table at Charles Mattson's bedside. The Bible, treasured by the murdered boy, is said to be as he left it. The Bible had been won by the boy by attending Sunday School regularly. He had returned it to his bedside table after attending Sunday School the same day as the kidnapping. On Sunday, 12/27/1936, at around 9 p.m., Charles Mattson was abducted at gunpoint from his parents' home. A ransom of $28,000 was demanded for his return. As the days dragged on, the kidnapper's demands became more confused and conflicting. Dr. Mattson was unable to obtain clear instructions on paying the ransom. Charles' battered body was found in the snowy woods outside of Everett on January 10, 1937. His murder remains unsolved. (photograph T.Times 1/2/37 p. 10; story T. Times 12/28/1936- 1/25/1937, page 1)

Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bibles--Tacoma; Mattson, Charles--Associated objects;

Mattson kidnapping case, playmates of Charles Mattson. Three boys posed on the sidewalk for their portrait, ordered by the Seattle Star. At approximately 9 pm. on December 27, 1936, Charles Mattson, his 16 year old brother William, his 14 year old sister Muriel and a 14 year old family friend Virginia Chatfield sat in the front room of the Mattson home at 4605 No. Verde watching motorists drive up to view the large, living Christmas tree illuminated on the front lawn. The childrens' parents, Dr. and Mrs. William Mattson, were attending a social function. The idyllic scene was interrupted by the shattering of glass as an armed intruder broke through a french door at the rear of the house. He made a pretense of searching William for money and then bodily carried ten year old Charles out the rear of the house, leaving a ransom note. The Mattsons were an unusual target, although living in a wealthy neighborhood, the family was only moderately well-to-do. Dr. Mattson had lost much of his savings in the Great Depression and their home was mortgaged. He raised the $28,000 ransom with difficulty but was unable to receive clear instructions from the kidnapper on how to deliver the money. Charles Mattson was killed by a blow to head and dumped in a wooded area off of the Edmonds-Everett highway. His body was discovered January 10, 1937, he had been dead 5-6 days. Despite questioning and holding many suspects, the FBI and police were unable to locate his murderer. The canny and well planned kidnapping varied greatly from the kidnapper's later disjointed and confused communications. The authorities were led to believe that the kidnapper was a madman. (T. Times 12/28/1936 - 1/25/1937, pg. 1)

Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mattson, Charles--Kidnappings;

William (Bill) Baxter was photographed working at the Kitsap Dairy lifting a large milk can off a truck. He wears the striped overalls used as a uniform at the dairy. Mr. Baxter, route supervisor for Kitsap Dairy, held the world's record for delivering the most milk in one day. Several years ago he smashed the record of 1,000 gallons by delivering 1100 gallons on one occasion and a whopping 1200 gallons on another to ships in the Puget Sound Navy Yard. As route supervisor, he daily directed the trucking of around 250 gallons of milk to the warships docked in Bremerton. Mr. Baxter came to Bremerton 14 years prior to this picture and had handled the delivery to the Navy Yard for 12. (Bremerton Sun 3-11-1937, pg. 1).

Kitsap Dairy (Bremerton); Dairying--Bremerton; Cans; Baxter, William;

C. J. Koenigs, steward of President Roosevelt's train, in charge of food and service, chats with Paul Starr, local Great Northern Railway official following the early evening 15 minute whistle stop in Tacoma. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9).

Koenigs, C.J.; Starr, Paul; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad employees;

Guests at a tea hosted July 15, 1936 by Kathryn La Gasa in honor of Miss Marian Davis, visiting Tacoma from Chicago. Four young women outside the home of Dr. & Mrs. James La Gasa. They are tentatively identified as Edith Ann Fogg, Laura Wheeler, Judy Fraser and Alice Daugherty. They are seated on modern outdoor furniture made of vinyl and steel. Presiding at the tea with Miss La Gasa would be Charlotte Doud. (T. Times 7/11/1936, pg. 9)

La Gasa, James--Homes & haunts; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Guests at a tea hosted July 15, 1936 by Kathryn La Gasa in honor of Miss Marian Davis, visiting Tacoma from Chicago. Four young women beside a vine-covered fence at the home of Dr. & Mrs. James La Gasa. Presiding at the tea with Miss La Gasa would be Charlotte Doud. The girls are tentatively identified as, left to right, Dody La Gasa, Kathryn La Gasa, unidentified and Charlotte Doud. (T. Times 7/11/1936, pg. 9)

La Gasa, James--Homes & haunts; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On July 12, 1935, traffic stopped as the Washington National Guard and striking mill and timber workers met in a bloody battle that began at 11th and A St, and ended with cracked heads and numerous arrests. The problem was made worse by hundreds of curious onlookers. Guardsmen in gas masks used tear and ammonia gas bombs to control the crowd. The gas was largely ineffectual, as the demonstrators picked up the bombs and hurled them back at the guardsmen. The National Guard formed lines shoulder to shoulder and pushed the crowd up the hill to Yakima, where it dispersed. (TDL 7/13/1935, pg 1) TPL-8771

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Demonstrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington National Guard (Tacoma);

Lumber mill employees entering the yards at St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. are happy to return to work today after the end of the strike that paralyzed activity for the past 13 weeks. The workers just voted positively on an agreement submitted by 22 Tacoma mill owners. The agreement called for a 50 cent minimum wage, a 40 hour work week, 8 hour day, time and 1/2 for overtime, reemployment of striking employees and recognition of the union. The vote on the agreement was 1391 to 97. (T. Times 8/5/1935, pg. 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

A returning lumber mill employee proudly wears his Union button on his hat after the settlement of a strike that lasted 13 weeks. The agreement called for a 50 cent minimum wage, a 40 hour work week, 8 hour day, time and 1/2 for overtime, reemployment of striking employees and recognition of the union. The vote on the agreement was 1391 to 97. (T. Times 8/5/1935, pg. 1)

Labor unions--Tacoma; Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2633 (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

In January of 1936, William T. "Tom" Lane, the Metropolitan Park District's blacksmith, was photographed with one of his inventions, a complex device for sharpening stakes. Thousands of wooden stakes were used each year by the Tacoma Parks. In 1936, Mr. Lane made all of the materials used in the park system. When needed, he also invents tools and machinery to use in their construction. He received his early training in England and in 1889, sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco and spent years travelling around the Southwest. He shod stage coach horses for twenty years in Wyoming. In May of 1919, he drifted to Tacoma and took a security job at Point Defiance. He gradually became the park's full time machinist and carpenter. (T. Times 2/4/1936 p.9).

Lane, William T.; Blacksmiths--Tacoma; Blacksmithing--Tacoma--1930-1940;