Annual Armistice Day Navy and Army football game at Stadium Bowl, November 11, 1935. Football players waiting on the bench. After a hard fought game on a sea of mud, the Navy emerged victorious 6-2. (Bremerton Sun).

Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Army Day at Fort Lewis, April 6, 1936. 30,000 visitors were expected to take advantage of this annual opportunity to view Ft. Lewis peacetime activities. Included in the festivities was a review of the troops. Soldiers assembling for parade. Groups are gathering on street lined with young trees and 3-story, brick buildings. Wooden buildings are in the background. (T. Times 4/6/1936 & 4/7/1936, pg 1)

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Soldiers;

Army Day at Fort Lewis. Military unit on parade grounds. Memorial monument and several 2-story, brick buildings in background. (T. Times 4/6 & 4/7/1936, pg.1)

Fort Lewis (Wash.); Soldiers;

Mrs. Grace Francis posed in October of 1936 inside the women's clothing shop, the Francis Dress Shop at 417 Pacific Ave. in Bremerton, that she owned and operated with her husband George. She is wearing an elaborate lace collar with velveteen flowers clustered at the neckline. Her hair is styled in a marcel. A satin blouse and lingerie are on the counter. Mrs. Francis was called a "modern woman" in the Bremerton Sun newspaper article, able to run a business and still keep her home "spic and span." (Bremerton Sun 11/28/1936, pg.1).

Francis, Grace; Francis Dress Shop (Bremerton);

On May 26, 1937, hundreds of West End youngsters gathered on the Franklin School playground to take part in a Treasure Hunt in the Hoodlum Lake area. The hunt was a feature of a meeting called by the West End Improvement Club; where adults would discuss plans to raise funds to pay off the small mortgage on the Hoodlum Lake property, opening the door for the WPA to develop Tacoma's historic "Ol' Swimmin' Hole." Of the 100 prizes offered in the hunt, only 18 were not found. In the background is the three story brick Franklin School. (T. Times, 5/27/1937, p. 15).

Franklin School (Tacoma); West End Improvement Club (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Treasure hunts--Tacoma;

Shriners' Ball and banquet at the Winthrop Hotel on June 5, 1937. Two photographers, one a Shriner, taking photographs of couples on the dance floor.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On June 5, 1937, as a function of the Shrine spring reunion in Tacoma, the Afifi Temple held a Ball and banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. Shriners and their wives were the guests. Here the photographer was setting up camera to take photographs of people in the receiving line.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Thousands of spectators lined the Lake Washington Ship Channel as the Afifi Temple of Tacoma float was towed by during the Shriners Marine Pageant in Seattle 7/10/1936. A huge barge carrying members of the Afifi Temple Band and a large replica of Mount Rainier is pictured just after it passes the draw of the Montlake Bridge in this night scene.The float, designed by Walt Sutter, featured thousands of gallons of water pouring down from an imitation Narada Falls. It was one of the audience's favorites. (T.Times 7/17/1936, pg. 3)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Naval parades & ceremonies--Seattle; Parades & processions--Seattle--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Seattle; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

On June 5, 1937, over 1,000 Shriners gathered in Tacoma for a spring reunion. They kicked off the get together with a parade. A long line of Shriners waited behind their drill leader for the parade to begin. Winthrop Hotel and Roxy theater on Broadway are in background.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Roxy Theatre (Tacoma);

Steilacoom frog farmer Charles Turner holds one of the bullfrogs that he raised to market as the delicacy "frogs' legs" in this photograph from July of 1937. The "Leaping Lena" is stretched out to her full length. Turner gave up his career as a taxi driver in 1936 and dug four frog ponds for his new industry. By July of 1937 he had over 50,000 amphibians that he intended to market when fully grown. It takes about 3 years for the frogs to grow to market size, 30-36 inches. At the time, Turner said that the biggest disadvantage in frog farming is that the males croak a lot in mating season and the neighbors complain about the noise. (T.Times, 7/30/1937, p. 16)

Frogs; Farms--Steilacoom; Meat industry; Turner, Charles;

Margaret "Peggy" Orr, daughter of Dwight and Margaret Orr, recites her prayers on Christmas Eve. The 5-year-old child is wearing her "Dr. Denton" pajamas and kneeling on a foot stool beside her chenille-covered bed. (T. Times, Society, 12/24/1937, p 7).

Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children praying--Tacoma; Sleepwear; Beds; Bedspreads; Orr, Margaret; Orr, Dwight--Family;

Come here big guy and let me help you with that! Tannis Girswaite, 3 1/2, struggles to adjust the overcoat of shopping buddy Wayne Carlsteen, 5, during the United Tacoma Days sale October 7-9, 1937. The second annual sale brought tens of thousands of bargain hunters to downtown Tacoma to get a jump on holiday shopping. (T. Times 10/8/1937, pg 1)

Girswaite, Tannis; Carlsteen, Wayne; Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children shopping--Tacoma;

Mrs. Don Gordon, formerly Bernita Royse, had been a sales clerk in the stationery department at Rhodes Department Store for 5 years when she was featured in the "Around the Clock" column of the Tacoma Times in January 1936. The bride of two months likened her job as a clerk to sitting in a Parisian cafe watching the world pass by, because sooner or later everyone came to Rhodes. When asked about the changing habits of Tacomans she noted the increasing sales of smoking equipment, such as ash trays, lighters and holders, formerly scandalous items, and the shift away from formalism. The newly wed couple resided at 3502 1/2 McKinley Ave, apartment #2. (T. Times 1/9/1936, pg. 8)

Gordon, Bernita; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma)--Employees; Sales personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Montana Governor Roy E. Ayres, Admiral E.B. Fenner, Oregon Governor Charles D. Martin, Washington Governor Clarence D. Martin and Brigadier General Alfred E. Smith, the base commander, during the Governor's review at Fort Lewis. 14,000 regular army and national guard troops of five northwest states passed in formal review during a three hour military pageant. The governors of Idaho and Wyoming were not expected. Planes from the 91st and 116th observation squadrons buzzed overhead for the thousands of civilian spectators. (T. Times 8-21-37, p. 1, 8-23-37, p. 1) ALBUM 10.

Governors; Ayres, Roy E.; Martin, Charles D.; Admirals--Tacoma; Fenner, Edward B.; Generals; Smith, Alfred E.; Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955;

Governor Clarence Martin at Community Achievement Dinner held at the Masonic Temple on December 28, 1937. He is flanked by Congressman John Coffee and Toastmaster Reno Odlin of Puget Sound National Bank. U.S. Senator Homer T. Bone and Tacoma Mayor George Smitley are seated to the far right. A large poster of "Roosevelt, Our President" hangs on the wall. Over a thousand attended the Achievement dinner which was being held for only the second time in the city's history. (T. Times, 12-29-37, p. 1) ALBUM 10.

Governors; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Coffee, John; Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. In 1937, Ed Griffin (left), owner of Griffin Fuel, and an unidentified man were photographed with a pair of English Mastiffs. One of the enormous dogs has its paws on Griffin's shoulders. At this time, Griffin owned the only mastiffs in the Northwest. In September of 1936, his female "Broomcourt Nell" had given birth to 10 puppies. The champion mastiff had been bred with "Roxbury Boy." The result was seven female pups and 3 male.

Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955; Dogs;

ca. 1937. Ed Griffin, of Griffin Fuel Co., and his sister-in-law, Bea (Mrs. Frederick) Griffin, admire the English mastiff puppies born in September of 1936. The puppies were sired by Griffin's Champion mastiff "Broomcourt Nell" and "Roxbury Boy." There were originally ten puppies, although there appear to be only 9 in the picture.

Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955; Griffin, Bea; Dogs;

Bea (Mrs. Frederick) Griffin has a firm grip on the leash of a nine month old Mastiff "puppy" named Monty, in April of 1938. At left is her sister-in-law Nancy (Mrs. Edwin) Griffin and Nancy's son, Edward ("Ted") Irving Griffin. Edwin and Nancy Griffin breed English Mastiffs. Mr. Griffin is also the owner of Griffin Fuel in Tacoma. (T. Times 04-22-1938, pg. 14) (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Griffin, Nancy; Griffin, Edwin L., 1908-1955--Family; Griffin, Edward Irving; Griffin, Bea; Dogs;

Tacoma Times reporter Carl Hamelin examines Ethiopian war implements from the collection of Tacoma tobacconist Charles H. Manley. Each of the tools took one Ethiopian worker a lifetime to build. Manley acquired the collection 35 years ago. They were left to him by an African explorer named Niblock, who later died of black fever. (T. Times 12/12/1935)

Hamelin, Carl; Arms & armament--Ethiopia; Manley, Charles H.--Associated objects;

On November 18, 1937, Patricia Bush, a nurse at Tacoma General Hospital, was photographed while holding William Henry Hartle, one of the triplets born to Mrs. William (Genevieve) Hartle on Sunday November 14th around midnight. There had only been one other set of triplets born at Tacoma General and that was years before 1937. The first of the triplets, a girl later named Waunita (at right), was born at 11:23 Sunday night and weighed 3 lb. 7 oz. She was followed by two boys, William Henry 4 lb. 7 oz. and Warren Edward (at left) 4 lb 2 oz. The two smallest babies were kept in incubators; William was in a cloth-covered bassinet. All three of the triplets survived. They and their older sister Dorothy were still living in Washington state in August of 2000. (T.Times 11/15/1937 p.1 & 11/18/1937 p.1).

Hartle, William--Family; Triplets; Hartle, William Henry; Hartle, Warren Edward; Hartle, Waunita Marie; Bush, Patricia; Nurses--Tacoma; Incubators;

Anne Rowland, daughter of DeWitt and Anne, lights the holiday candles at her home at 2509 No. Starr opening the 1937 Christmas season. Anne will turn three years old on New Year's Eve. (T.Times, 12/25/1937, p. 8).

Holidays--Tacoma; Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rowland, Anne; Rowland, Dewitt R.--Homes & haunts; Candles;

A.O. Holladay, Bremerton's "oldest newsboy," sold the Townsend Weekly in April of 1936 to R.W. Henry, left, veteran Bremerton resident and ardent member of the local Townsend pension club. Mr. Holladay, 75 years old, each week distributed 150 copies of the Townsend journal throughout the city of Bremerton. He had performed this feat every week since the Townsend Club No. 1 was formed in Bremerton two years prior, never receiving a penny for his work. He was sold on the Townsend Plan, formulated by Dr. Francis Townsend, which called for a $200 a month pension for each retired person over the age of 60. Mr. Holladay came to Bremerton in 1916 and worked at the Navy Yard and as a Teamster. He lived at 1012 4th St. The Townsend Plan never became law, but Social Security was partially based on its tenets. (Bremerton Sun 05/07/1936, pg. 1).

Holladay, A.O.; Henry, R.W.; Activists; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Newspapers--Bremerton;

Chinese exhibit at Horace Mann school. Three young girls, left to right Betty Bowers, Amy Langlow and Josephine Field, dressed in kimonos are seated in front of a mural of mountain peaks, drawn in the oriental style. Miss Bowers holds a chinese fan, Miss Langlow holds a fisherman's globe and Miss Field holds chinese shoes. Hand-made paper lanterns made by the students hang overhead. The students were learning about China. (T. Times 12/9/1936)

Horace Mann School (Tacoma); Schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fans; Bowers, Betty; Langlow, Amy; Field, Josephine;

The Headquarters Troop, 24th Cavalry Division, Washington National Guard sponsors the first horse show of the season on November 29, 1937 at the Armory. Two soldiers watch a white horse perform a trick with a very young rider on the horse's back. Tacoma's famous Cavalry unit was known locally as "Troop B." It was the oldest military organization in the state. (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;

Mrs. Owen's real estate activities. Woman showing snapdragon flowers to two small children in the front yard of a 1930s minimal colonial-style home. Individuals were not identified in this July of 1937 photograph. Ordered but not published by Tacoma Times. (T. Times).

Houses--1930-1940; Children; Flowers; Women--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. Early vernacular cottage with wood foundation, gable roof and central chimney. Fire hydrant in front of home. Murder story connected with house. No further details, including location, were provided. Photograph was taken circa 1937. (T. Times).

Houses--1930-1940; Fire hydrants;

On June 1, 1937, the Tacoma Times ran a Turner Richards portrait of a mother humming bird feeding her young on the front page of the paper. The mother bird had built her nest in a rosebush in the backyard of Edward Stabbert's home at 886 So. 86th St. The family called the paper when the mother bird went missing. They wanted to know how to feed the orphaned babies. Before they could field all 64 calls that they received, the mother bird returned, 24 hours later and dazed. She finally managed to revive enough to feed the babies herself. (T.Times 6/1/1937, pg. 1)

Hummingbirds; Birds;

On June 1, 1937, the Tacoma Times ran a Turner Richards portrait of a mother humming bird feeding her young on the front page of the paper. The mother bird had built her nest in a rosebush in the backyard of Edward Stabbert's home at 886 So. 86th St. The family called the paper when the mother bird went missing. They wanted to know how to feed the orphaned babies. Before they could field all 64 calls that they received, the mother bird returned, 24 hours later and dazed. She finally managed to revive enough to feed the babies herself. (T.Times 6/1/1937, pg. 1)

Hummingbirds; Birds;

Close up of Lucinda Lea, daughter of architect Charles W. Lea, Jr., age four months. The little girl is awaiting her first New Year's. She is gently resting in a bassinet with finely woven curtains. See D1042-1 for picture of the baby in an elaborate rattan bassinet.

Infants--Tacoma; Children's furniture; Lea, Lucinda;

Three young Japanese women enjoy refreshments and sodas at a Japanese bazaar held in the Fife High School gymnasium. One girl holds what appears to be a sugar coated doughnut. (T. Times).

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