ca. 1936. Pacific Mutual Door Company. Cut-outs made from plywood advertising Pamudo millwork. Pacific Mutual had their home office in Tacoma. They also had branch offices in Brooklyn, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Paul and Los Angeles.

Plywood; Pacific Mutual Door Company (Tacoma); Advertisements; Logos;

ca. 1936. Thomas Strom, Sr. (2nd from left) and the whole staff of Strom's Grocery posed for this photograph in 1936. Strom's I.G.A. Grocery occupied part of the first floor retail section of Normanna Hall, 1502 So. K St. (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way). Tacoma's Norwegian community began planning and fund raising for their own building in 1914. Over 700 attended when Normanna Hall was finally dedicated in March of 1923. Thomas Strom, Jr., is on the far right. Next to him is his mother Anna; his sister Prudence stands next to a John I. Ness. Thomas Strom, Sr., is behind the delivery truck. A man tentatively identified as Eric Linder rests his arm against the grocery truck. TPL-8775

Strom's Grocery (Tacoma); Normanna Hall (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Strom, Thomas; Strom, Anna; Strom, Prudence;

ca. 1936. Man standing beside West Coast Grocery Company Ford delivery panel truck. Sign on truck : "candy and tobacco service." For H.E. Stimpson Motor Company. (filed with Argentum)

West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma); Ford trucks--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Two men working on the hull of sailboat moored on the beach. Concrete bulkhead, roadway, and hillside in background. Automobiles parked along the road include a truck from Covach Bros. grocery.

Boats--Tacoma; Beaches--Tacoma; Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Point Defiance Zoo aviary. Visitors gathered around aviary to view exotic birds.

Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Aviaries--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Lazy afternoon. Three people sit on the edge of a dock watching a small motor boat pass by with three people and two black dogs aboard.

Boats--Tacoma; Piers & wharves--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Close view of Mount Rainier. Stock negative.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1936. Tacoma skyline with Mount Rainier in the distance. See D2532 image 1 for original photograph. The major buildings in the foreground are, left to right, the Provident Building (917 Pacific Ave.), large blank area, the Bank of California (1011-1013 Pacific Ave.) and the Washington Building (1019 Pacific Ave.) The two large buildings in the background are, left to right, the Tacoma Building (1017-21 A St.) and the Perkins Building (1101 A St.)

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. George Lawler bulb field. Tulips at Roy, Washington. Stretching over many acres, the rows of tulips in full bloom fade into the horizon. (WSHS)

Lawler, George--Homes & haunts; Tulips--Roy;

ca. 1936. Rain does not seem to deter riders and horses at the Woodbrook Hunt Club who are assembled near the clubhouse on a dreary day. The soil in the area is wet with many small puddles. Kathryn Snyder and Susanne Ingram are two of the hunt club members on horseback. There are also two Model-T Fords parked on the left.

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses; Horseback riding;

ca. 1936. Tacoma Fire Company, Fireboat No. 1 and crew on Commencement Bay.

Fireboats--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. George Lawler tulip fields at Roy, Washington. Three negatives were shot at the same position in red, blue, and yellow, to produce a color separation print. Neat rows of blooming tulips stretch into the distance.

Lawler Bulbs (Roy); Lawler, George--Homes & haunts; Tulips; Croplands--Roy;

ca. 1936. Ellis-Ayr (L) and Ethlynne ("Skit") Smith (later Babson), noted local skiers, examine hiking boots made by the Bone Dry Shoe Company before departing to train for the 1936 Winter Olympic Games at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Ellis-Ayr was an alternate to the United States team.

Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoe industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Athletes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Babson, Ethlynne; Smith, Ethlynne; Smith, Ellis-Ayr; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Ellis-Ayr Smith, noted local skier, holds a pair of Bone Dry Shoe Company hiking boots. She and her sister "Skit" are about to depart for training for the 1936 Winter Olympic Games at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Ellis-Ayr was an alternate member of the United States team.

Smith, Ellis-Ayr; Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoe industry--Tacoma; Athletes--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Opening of the new Tacoma Hotel Annex. Man in tuxedo believed to be Mr. George Calvert, manager of the front office.

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Local bulb grower Karl Koehler, Sr., with four women in a tulip field at Orting. The tulip flowers are in bloom in this circa 1936 photograph. Mr. Koehler is handing out cut tulilps to two of the ladies. His wife, Elsie, is at the far left. Karl Koehler had imported bulbs from Holland and experimented to develop his own species and eventually had more than 800 varieties. His beautiful blossoms were photographed for such periodicals such as National Geographic and movies of his gardens were shown extensively by news photographers. (T.Times 10-28-1942, p. 1-obituary; TNT 10-28-1942, p. 12-obituary) (Identification provided by a family member)

Koehler, Karl; Koehler, Elsie; Tulips--Orting;

ca. 1936. This circa 1936 photograph of Karl Koehler and his young son, Karl Jr., is a wider view of D2539, image 5A. Mr. Koehler, a noted bulb grower from the Orting area, was the owner and operator of the Karl Koehler Bulb Farm. His enormous variety of blooms, with emphasis on tulips, garnered wide praise from news photographers and commercial magazines. His technique in planting them so that the colors would harmonize and the blooms appear in rotation making a rainbow effect ensured beautiful fields from the earliest blooms to the end of the season. (T.Times 10-28-1942, p. 1-obit.; TNT 10-28-1942, p. 12-obit.; "History of the Flower Bulb Industry in Washington State" p. 71-72- article only). (Identification provided by a family member)

Koehler, Karl; Families--Orting; Tulips--Orting;

ca. 1936. Close view of bulb grower Karl Koehler helping his young son, Karl Jr., pick out the large tulips at the Koehler Bulb Farm in Orting, circa 1936. Born in Saxony, Germany, Mr. Koehler was a long time resident of the Puyallup River Valley where he owned and operated his bulb farm which grew tulips, narcissus, hyacinths and crocus. Tulips became his primary crop and by 1942 he would have over 800 varieties and according to the book, History of the Flower Bulb Industry in Washington State, had introduced three new hybrids of his own. At the time of his death in October of 1942, he had been married to the former Elsie Stilke for 23 years. Besides his young son Karl Jr., his daughters Louise and Helene survived him. (T.Times 10-28-1942, p. 1-obituary; TNT 10-28-1942, p. 12-obituary; Gould: History of the Flower Bulb Industry in Washington State, p. 71-72-article only) (Identification provided by a family member)

Koehler, Karl; Families--Orting; Tulips--Orting;

ca. 1936. View of McKinley Hill neighborhood with Mt. Rainier and Cascade range in background taken about 1936. Richards Studio stock negative.

Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

ca. 1936. An unidentified grocer sets up a Roman Meal pie crust display circa 1936. The pie crust, called "Speed-I-Mix," was made by Tacoma's Roman Meal Co. Cases of the product are located next to loaves of Kream Krust wheat bread and shelves of assorted jams and condiments. The Roman Meal Co. had been founded by Dr. Robert Jackson who developed a healthy cereal using whole grain wheat, rye, bran and flaxseed based on the dietary habits of Roman legionnaires. Dr. Jackson sold his company to baker William Matthaei in 1927; Mr. Matthaei then went on to develop a new bread called Roman Meal and assorted other products. (History of Pierce County, Washington, Vol. 3, p. 347-article on company)

Grocery stores--1930-1940; Roman Meal Co. (Tacoma); Baked products;

ca. 1936. Rhodes Brothers Department Store Annex, circa 1936. In 1920, the Rhodes Brothers, in need of more floor space, purchased the Judson Block at 947-49 Broadway. They connected it, by means of a skybridge across the alley, to the main store at 950 Broadway and named it the Annex. (Photograph donated by the Rhodes Reunion Committee)

Rhodes Brothers Department Store Annex (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Steven Motor Co., 738 Broadway, Tacoma Chrysler-Plymouth distributor and Steven Marine Supply at 734 Broadway, circa 1936.

Steven Motor Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Steven Marine Supply (Tacoma);

ca. 1936. Actress Lucille Lund shares a moment with girls in her hometown of Buckley during a visit in 1936. Lund had a long career in motion pictures and television after leaving Buckley for Hollywood in 1933, starring in "Saturday's Millions" with Robert Young, "The Black Cat" with Boris Karloff, several Charlie Chase comedies and numerous television commercials. She later became Mrs. Kenneth Higgins.

ca. 1936. Walker Cut Stone Co. outcropping, Wilkeson, Washington, circa 1936. Walker Cut Stone operated a sandstone quarry in Wilkeson from 1914-1959. Sandstone was commonly used in building and paving projects. The Walker company used Wilkeson sandstone in constructing the major state Capitol buildings in Olympia. Walker Cut Stone's offices and plant were located in Tacoma at 2403 Center St. (photograph copied for TPL by Mary Randlett)

ca. 1936. A view of Columbia Breweries along South C Street circa 1936. The front of the tallest section has been removed for remodeling. A truck is seen backed up to the loading dock with Alt Heidelberg painted on the sides. A large, white building up the hill, along South 23rd Street at 2302 Fawcett Avenue, has a sign, "Columbia Bottling Company." Columbia Bottling Company was at this address in 1935 and 1936 only. West Coast Grocery Company, Coffee - Spices - Extracts, is next door to Columbia Breweries at 2114 South C Street and Vicray's Garage is on the right at 2112 South C Street. Copies of old prints ordered by Heidelberg Brewing Company in December 1954. TPL-6498

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Opening of new, small restaurant with counter and tables. Space in older building with elaborate wood and leaded glass cabinetry, tin ceiling, and arcaded windows with Corinthian columns. Large, uniformed staff standing at designated stations. Probably Feeney's Cafe. Feeney's was owned by Mrs. Jessie Feeney, Mrs. Viola Hinz and Irving Ball.

Feeney's Cafe (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1930-1940; Restaurant workers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1936. Studio setup for photographing machinery designed and manufactured by American Machinery and Electric Co. The white backdrop will make the details of the machinery stand out in the photograph. American Machinery was located at 2123 Pacific Ave. Thomas M. Gepford was president of the company and Arthur G. Nickelsen was vice-president and manager.

American Machinery & Electric Co. (Tacoma); Photography--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. Exterior of American Machinery & Electric Co. at 2123 Pacific Ave., also the home of American Manufacturing Co. Thomas M. Gepford was president of both companies. An eagle logo decorates the top of their outdoor marquee. The brick building at the corner of Pacific Ave. and 22nd Street was built in 1927 for the Cunningham Electric Company. Streetcar tracks run on Pacific Ave. in front of the building. TPL-8278

American Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); American Machinery & Electric Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1936. Exterior of Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936. The photograph shows both the original building, front, opened in 1915 and designed by the firm of Heath and Gove., and the 1926 addition. The addition can be seen behind the original building. It is called the East, or "C," Wing. It was designed by the firm of Sutton, Whitney and Dugan. The hospital began its life as the Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital in 1882 on Starr St. It is the oldest continuously operating hospital in the city of Tacoma. (filed with Argentum)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

ca. 1936. Close-up of illuminated register at Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936, invented by hospital superintendent C.J. Cummings. The board, situated at the hospital office, listed all the doctors and could be easily seen by the switchboard operators. There was a small light and a switch to the side of each name, as well as a slot where a message could be inserted. As each doctor entered the building, he switched on his light, letting everyone know that he was in the building. The board was the most modern device of its kind and a great aid in hospital efficiency. (filed with Argentum) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);