Fort Lewis Third Division Review, held May 13, 1937. Front view of military tank, with two soldiers visible through openings beneath the gun turret.

Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis; Tanks (Military science)--Fort Lewis;

As part of the annual Army-Navy parade this battalion of Marines marched north on Pacific Avenue at 10th Street on Thursday morning, July 30, 1936. Thousands of spectators lined the sidewalks beneath the rows of flags that adorned the downtown streets. For the parade, in honor of Fleet Week, military personnel and motorized equipment were provided by Fort Lewis, as well as the Navy and Marines from nine visiting cruisers at anchor in Commencement Bay. Marching bands came both from Fort Lewis and the flagships. Some 2,000 men thrilled the crowds as an example of the nation's military might. (T. Times 7/30/1936, pg. 1-article; T.Times 7-29-36, p. 1-article).

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Riviera Theatre (Tacoma); Marines (Military personnel);

Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Parade. Marine unit carrying rifles turns West on South 9th Street from Pacific Avenue. They will proceed up the hill to Broadway. Spectators line the street and sidewalks. The parade was being held in honor of Fleet Week. (T. Times 7/30/1936, pg. 1).

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Riviera Theatre (Tacoma); Marines (Military personnel);

Military personnel, provided by Fort Lewis, the US Navy and the Marines, parade down the 900 block of Pacific Ave. for the Fleet Week parade. Two flag bearers march in front, flags whipping in the breeze. The Riviera Theater, Rust Building and other 900 Pacific Avenue block buildings are in background. (T. Times 7/30/1936, pg. 1).

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Rust Building (Tacoma); Riviera Theatre (Tacoma); Military personnel--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Navy Day Parade held during Fleet Week in Tacoma. Mayor George Smitley and military officers on reviewing stand. (T. Times 7/24/1937, pg. 1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956;

Thousands of spectators lined Broadway when over 4,000 soldiers, sailors and marines staged a military parade on Saturday July 24, 1937 as part of the annual Fleet Week program in Tacoma. Some 2,000 soldiers from Ft. Lewis joined 2,200 enlisted men and officers from the six battleships resting at anchor in Commencement Bay. Also taking part in the parade were a battalion of marines from the U.S.S. Oklahoma, and the combined bands of the Oklahoma, the U.S.S. West Virginia and the 10th Field Artillery Band from Ft. Lewis. The parade started at South 15th and Pacific. Marching north, they took So. 9th up to Broadway, and then marched south to So. 17th Street. In this photograph of the parade, the marine band led by drum major Roy Van Antwerp, is between So. 9th and So. 11th on Broadway. (T.Times 7/24/1937, pg. 1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Van Antwerp, Roy; Drum majors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Military bands--United States;

Army-Navy Game at Stadium Bowl. Flag bearers march in front of the officials stand where Rear Admiral T.T. Craven, Maj. Gen. David L. Stone, Mayor George A. Smitley, and others give honorary salutes. A large unit of soldiers stand at attention on the sidelines. A 21-gun salute fired from the 75 mm guns of Fort Lewis opened the military pageant which preceded the second annual football contest between the two Armed Forces branches. Musicians from the USS Idaho and the 10th Field Artillery supplied the obligatory marching tunes. (Bremerton Sun; T. Times 11-12-36, p. 1).

Military parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flags--United States; Flag bearers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flag salutes--Tacoma;

Army-Navy football game at Stadium Bowl. A large unit of Army troops stand at attention and salute stadium spectators from the center field of Stadium Bowl. Over 10,000 people were present to watch the second annual Army-Navy football game held in Tacoma; for the second year in a row, Navy was triumphant. Navy defeated Army 14-0 before the eyes of Rear Admiral T.T. Craven and Fort Lewis commander, Maj. Gen. David L. Stone. (Bremerton Sun, T. Times 11-12-36, p. 1, 17).

Military parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Saluting--Tacoma; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Football--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Over 10,000 people crowded into the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton on October 27, 1936 to witness the various exhibits celebrating Navy Day. Mrs. Elmer Moen admired the many medals awarded to Platoon Sergeant C.J. Anderson, a Marine stationed at the barracks in the yard. The medals demonstrated his proficiency as a marksman. He was part of the US Marine Corps team which recently won the national rifle team match. (Bremerton Sun 10/28/1936, pg. 1)

Moen, Elmer--Family; Anderson, C.J.; Medals; Marines (Military personnel)--1930-1940; Military uniforms--1930-1940;

Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power at Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park, during filming of "Thin Ice". Publicized as romantically involved at the time, Henie and Power seem alone although surrounded by a crowd of star-seekers.

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Actresses--Tacoma; Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969; Skaters; Actors--Tacoma; Power, Tyrone; Motion picture industry--Tacoma;

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Nyman, of San Francisco, on skis at Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. The man wears an alpine hat and what appears to be short pants, the woman wears short sleeves. (T.Times).

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Skiers; Skiing; Winter sports; Snow; Paradise Inn (Wash.);

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Nyman of San Francisco skiing at Paradise Lodge, Mount Rainier Park. For another image of the same couple, see D745-55. The man wears an Alpine hat and what appears to be short pants. The woman wears a scarf and is bareheaded. Paradise Inn, heavily laden with snow, can be seen in the background. (T.Times).

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Skiers; Skiing; Winter sports; Snow; Paradise Inn (Wash.); Nyman, Benjamin;

House movers, Krohn & Sons of Seattle, move the G. W. Littooy family and their 10-room house from 1402 1/2 So. Cushman Ave. to 911 So. K St in October of 1937. The large, two-story wooden house rests on skids in the street, prior to being mounted on wheels and moved by two trucks. George and Mabel Littooy, the couple pictured standing in front of the porch, remained in the house as it was moved, going about their daily activities. (T.Times, 10/23/37, p.9)

Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Littooy, George; Littooy, Mabel; Krohn & Sons (Seattle);

George and Mabel Littooy enjoy a cup of tea as their home is being moved from 1402 South Cushman to 911 South K. The only unusual feature is that the house is being moved with them in it! The two story, ten room house is being moved approximately one mile, a journey of five days. The house has been jacked up and put on rollers and is being pulled by two trucks. The Littooys are going about their days inside the home as usual, cooking on their woodstove and writing letters. Cropped version of D852, image 1. (T.Times 10/23/1937, pg. 9) TPL-8813

Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Littooy, George; Littooy, Mabel; Tea--Tacoma--1930-1940;

House movers, Krohn & Sons of Seattle, move the G. W. Littooy family and their 10-room house from 1402 1/2 So. Cushman Ave. to 911 So. K St. The large, two-story wooden house rests on skids in the street. George and Mabel Littooy remain in the house as it is moved, going about their daily activities. (T.Times, 10/23/37, p.9)

Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Littooy, George; Littooy, Mabel; Tea--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tugboat "Fearless" preparing to move a house to its new site. The one-and-one-half story wood frame house is resting on skids on top of the barge. Tugboat "Fearless" rigged to barge preparing to pull it away from shoreline. The house was formerly the old Puget Sound Lumber Co. office and after its move, it will fulfill the same purpose at the Henry Mill Fuel Co. (TNT 11/22/1935, pg. 1)

Moving of structures--Tacoma--1930-1940; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tugboats--1930-1940; Towing;

Halfdan O. Stromsnes, a machinist at the Defiance Lumber Company, mastered fourteen trades in addition to being a musician. Here Stromsnes plays his one-man "Depression" band, a drum, horn, and guitar, which pleases his small dog Lobo, who sits-up and begs for more. (T.Times, 11/10/37, p16).

Musical instruments--Tacoma; Musicians--Tacoma; Stromsnes, Halfdan O.; Dogs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Defiance Lumber Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Depressions--1929;

There were 86 music teachers listed in the 1934 Polk's Tacoma Classified Business Directory. Violin teacher Bernard Oscar Aus, shown here with his student, seven year old violin prodigy John Joyce, Jr., was one of those listed in the directory. Aus came to Tacoma from Wisconsin in 1910. He died in Tacoma in 1974 at the age of 95. (T. Times 10-19-1935, pg. 10) TPL-5978

Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940; Joyce, John; Children playing musical instruments--Tacoma--1930-1940; Violins; Aus, Bernard Oscar; Teachers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Three military men: soldier, sailor and marine. Tactical maneuvers at the Bremerton Navy Yards on March 23, 1936 brought together 2500 members of diverse military groups for "war practice." (Bremerton Sun)

Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton; Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton); Military personnel--Bremerton--1930-1940;

In October of 1937, Pierce County Treasurer Paul Newman, left, handed Pierce County Auditor S. Clifford Davis a check for $105,000 to cover the final payment on the bonds that were issued to purchase the land that became Fort Lewis. In 1917 the voters of Pierce County had approved a $2 million bond issue to purchase property to be turned over to the Federal Government for an army post. It took the tax payers of the county 20 years to pay off the bonds, with interest. (T.Times,10/21/37,p.1)

Newman, Paul; Davis, S. Clifford; County government--Tacoma;

This photograph of Bennett R. "Ben" Nichols was taken in his city office on September 1, 1936, his 28th anniversary as a Tacoma city employee. In 1927 he became the city's very first purchasing agent; the position that he held until 1947 when he retired. Mr. Nichols died on August 20, 1949 at the age of 65. When he retired he had served as a city employee for 37 years. (T. Times 09-01-1936 p.1).

Nichols, Bennett R.; Civil service--Tacoma--1930-1940; Government employees--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Organizers of the 14th annual North Pacific Saengerfest, held in Tacoma July 31st - August 2nd, 1936. All six men wear delegate ribbons on their suit. The seated men are, left to right, Joe Guilder, member Tacoma Saengerbund; J. W. Bixel, music director Tacoma Saengerfest & chorus director for concerts; John Forkenbrock, Saengerfest president; and John Dressen, German Singing Society of Walla Walla. Standing are Fred F. Diel, president Tacoma Saengerbund, and Martin Dudel, editor Washington Staatzietung, Seattle. The group was expecting several thousand visitors and 400 singers for the festival. (T. Times 7/31/1936, pg. 1)

North Pacific Saengerfest--Tacoma; Music festivals--Tacoma--1930-1940;

An estimated 10,000 people attended tha Labor Day Townsend Club picnic at Spanaway Park in 1935. Portrait of three men: Roy L. Allen, member of the 6th congressional district advisory board; Tom Brown, 6th district organizer; and E. J. Young, Puyallup, state board member. Dr. Francis E. Townsend proposed a $200 per month pension for all persons over 60. Supporters, five million of them at the height of the movement, banded together into Townsend Clubs. (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).

Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Allen, Roy L; Brown, Tom; Young, E.J.;

Greek picnic held by the Order of Ahepa and its affiliated organizations, the Maids of Athens and Sons of Pericles, at Five Mile Lake. Group of men dancing outdoors in a circle. Two men are wearing a fez. Crowd and automobiles in background. The Order of Ahepa, a national society of Americans of Greek descent, was holding its annual district convention in Tacoma at the Hotel Winthrop. Over 1500 delegates attended. Sunday was highlighted by special services at St. Nicholas and this lively picnic at Five Mile Lake. (T. Times 6/26/1936, pg. 18)

Order of Ahepa (Tacoma); Greek Americans--Tacoma; Folk dancing; Ethnic groups--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Members of the Hunt Club relax on the club house porch for atternoon tea on the day of the horse show: Mrs. Minot Davis, Mrs. J. Fred Kenworthy, Cecilia Schofield, Mrs. James Mathews, Mrs. Frost Snyder, and Iris Bryan. (T. Times, Society).

Organizations - Clubs - Sports Clubs - Riding and Hunt Clubs

Swiss dance. Large crowd of men and boys drinking and singing. Sign on wall indicates "Beer free."

Organizations - Ethnic Organizations - SwissEvents - Social Events - Dances

ca. 1937. Alfred Oswald of Bekins Moving & Storage and Arthur Cook, secretary/treasurer of the Young Men's Business Club look down to examine information regarding the Air Circus scheduled for June 13, 1937. Mr. Oswald was on the YMBC aviation committee. This is a cropped photograph of D768-4.

Oswald, Arthur; Cook, Arthur A.; Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma);

Pacific Lutheran College's noted Choir of the West sings at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new library building on October 23, 1937. P.L.C. choir director leads the college choir composed of men and women students. (T. Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1930-1940; Choirs (Music); Cornerstone laying--Parkland--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Parkland; Rites & ceremonies--Parkland--1930-1940;

The cornerstone laying ceremony of the new library building on the Pacific Lutheran College campus took place on Saturday, October 23, 1937. A crowd gathered around the partially completed brick building to listen to the college's "Choir of the West." At this time, the school had an enrollment of 700 and was a Christian Junior College and Normal School headed by Dr. O.A. Tingelstad. This building was replaced in 1967 by the Mortvedt Library; it was remodeled and is now known as Xavier Hall. (T.Times 10/25/1937, pg. 3)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1930-1940; Cornerstone laying--Parkland--1930-1940; Universities & colleges--Parkland; Rites & ceremonies--Parkland--1930-1940; Choirs (Music);

Pacific Lutheran College, May Day. Queen Verna Tegland and her court wearing formal attire and posing beside the school's four-story brick "Old Main" building during the coronation ceremony on April 30, 1937. (T. Times 5/1/1937, pg. 1)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland); May Day--Tacoma; Rites & Ceremonies--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma; Tegland, Verna;