During a picnic at Long Lake, a man is sitting on the lawn feeding a bottle to an infant in a bassinet as a toddler watches, automobiles in background. Long Lake is in Kitsap County. Photograph was taken in August of 1940.

Picnics; Infants--1940-1950; Girls--1940-1950;

Three women, in dresses with long skirts, and a young girl are shown on the porch of "Nisqually House" at Fort Nisqually. They were part of a special ceremony held in February 1941at the reconstructed fort in Point Defiance Park. Representatives from the British Columbia headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Co. presented Fort Nisqually a replica of the flag that had flown over the entrance of the original fort. From left to right are Virginia Davis, Arminda Lou Davis, Arminda Buchanan, and Nellie Harris. They represent four generations of the same family. Arminda Buchanan was born in the Oregon Territory.( T. Times 2-26-1941 p.31)

Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Fort Nisqually (Tacoma); Historical reenactments--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Nurse Hortense Terry, right, and physical therapist Iola Thompson lift a small patient into the therapy pool at Tacoma General Hospital with a new hoist. The hoist was donated by the Tacoma Orthopedic Association. The warmth and buoyancy of the pool assist in treatments that strengthen muscles weakened from polio. The hoist reduces the number of nurses needed to get the patient into the pool and reduces the risk of stretching weakened muscles. (T. Times 2/25/1941, pg. 11)

Poliomyelitis--Tacoma--1940-1950; Physical therapy--Tacoma; Sick children; Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Tacoma Orthopedic Association (Tacoma); Thompson, Iola; Terry, Hortense;

Polio patient Katherine Ann Clinton smiles from her crib. A doctor and nurse are practicing the polio treatment of the time. They are immobilizing her affected limbs in splints. An Australian nurse named Elizabeth Kenny fought the medical establishment, arguing that this treatment weakened the muscles further. She advocated moist heat and limb mobilization, a treatment that is used today.

Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Sick children; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Clinton, Katherine Ann;

Polio patients encased in iron lungs at the Pierce County Hospital. The infectious viral disease affected children and young adults, sometimes causing paralysis. One of the most dreaded complications was the loss of the ability to breathe. The iron respirator took over that responsibility, breathing for the child.

Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Sick children; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Iron lungs;

Republican candidates on stage at Jason Lee Jr. High School. Arthur Langlie, seated directly behind the speaker, awaits his turn at the podium during a large Republican rally held in the Jason Lee Auditorium. Several supporters cradle "Langlie for Governor" signs and there is one (Paul) "Preus for Congress" sign as well. "Uncle Sam", dressed in typical patriotic garb, has joined the group. A small band is seated below the stage, instruments at rest. The windy and rainy evening failed to keep away the party faithful as both Democrats and Republicans staged rallies at separate locations. This was the final drive for both parties before the November 5th election. ALBUM 2. (T. Times 11-1-40, p. 1, T. Times, 11-2-40, p.12)

Political elections--Tacoma--1940-1950; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Signs (Notices);

ca. 1940. Paul Preus is pictured using a hand plow in his garden between the rows of gladiolus. In 1940, Mr. Preus was running for Congress, 6th District, on the Republican ticket against the Democratic incumbent John M. Coffee. He resided in Parkland and was a financial agent for Pacific Lutheran College. For his qualifications for office, he cited his 30 years of experience in business, finance and his first love, farming.

Preus, Paul; Gardening--1940-1950; Gardening equipment & supplies;

Franklin B. Gault Intermediate School, Hill and Mock, Architects; 1925. General view of building with City Light trucks parked in front.

Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Public utility companies--Tacoma; Tacoma City Light (Tacoma);

City Light employees pose in front of Gault Intermediate School.

Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gault Junior High School (Tacoma); Public utility companies--Tacoma; Tacoma City Light (Tacoma);

Thirteen young women form a chorus line, modeling bathing suits and high heel shoes. They are participating in the "Poise, Posture and Personality" contest at Lincoln High School. These top entries will also win coveted "model" roles in the Music Department's upcoming original musical comedy "Of Men and Models." The production will be completely written and scored by Lincoln students. The story line revolves around a football hero and his teammates who inherit a Fifth Avenue dress shop and try to make it a success. Bathing beauties pictured are, left to right, Florence Anderson, Betty Snyder, Carol Lind, Janet Wolters, Martha Farrell, Lois Dahl, Matilda Drennen, Garnet Thompson, Lawauna Dickes, Mary Sandford, Doris Davey, Harriet Sommervell and Mary Anne Wilkins. (T. Times 2/14/1941, pg. 13; T. Times, 5/9/1941, p. 1; picture: T.Times 5/8/1941, pg. 1) TPL-1721

Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bathing suits; Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Pauline Martin, seated sixth from left, was selected as the 1941 Daffodil Festival Queen from this group of Sumner contestants. They are seated on stage at Sumner High School. L to R: Unidentified contestant, unidentified contestant, Ruth Carnahan, Myrtle Ramsey, Doris Lee, Queen Pauline Martin, Verna Blanchfield, Patty Riddell, Bonnie Moriarity, Jean Howe, Margaret Bowen. (T. Times, 03/01/1941, p.1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1941 : Sumner); Martin, Pauline; Carnahan, Ruth; Ramsey, Myrtle; Lee, Doris; Blanchfield, Verna; Riddell, Patty; Moriarity, Bonnie; Howe, Jean; Bowen, Margaret;

On November 18, 1940, S. Bernard Chambers, 24, assents to the oath of allegiance recited by Maj. Fred P. Andrews. Along with 28 other selective service volunteers, he is being inducted on the 12th floor of the Washington Building into the US Army. The country had just reinstated the draft, but so far no one in the state had been called up due to the number of volunteers. The selective service volunteers would serve for one year and have a fair chance of reaching commissioned officer status before that year runs out. (T. Times 11-19-1940 p.11)

Recruiting & enlistment; Chambers, S. Bernard; Military personnel--Tacoma--1940-1950; Andrews, Fred P.;

On August 15, 1940, George W. Ross retired after 51 years of railroad work, including 25 in Tacoma. He had served as the ticket agent and cashier for Union Pacific in Tacoma continuously since 1920. When the new Union Station opened in 1911, Mr. Ross sold the very first ticket at that establishment. The 70 year old Mr. Ross, posed here for the Tacoma Times at the UP ticket office at 114 So. 9th St., was also a candidate for one of the best liked and best dressed males in Tacoma. (T. Times 8/14/1940, pg. 11)

Ross, George W.; Railroad employees; Retirements--Tacoma--1940-1950; Union Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950;

On March 22, 1941, Lew Floystead, left, Grand Royal Chief of the Tacoma Chapter of Royal Birds, received a stuffed bird from Al Frederick, charter member of the Portland Cage #1, during the organization's first annual banquet and initiation at the Hotel Winthrop. The bird was the emblem of the national laundry operators association, the Royal Birds. The Royal Birds were founded in 1921. The organization was national in scope and membership was limited to laundry operators whose plants had reached a high standard of quality and service. (T. Times 3/24/1941, pg. 12)

Royal Birds (Tacoma); Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Floystead, Lew; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

On March 17, 1941, an unidentified University-Union Club member enjoyed a drink, a fine cigar, and a kiss on the cheek from a costumed dancer prior to the club's annual Saint Patrick's Day Dinner. By tradition the club's members donned aprons and chef hats to cook their own meal at the Saint Patrick's Day Dinner and Stag Night. His fellow club member looked on with a big grin.

Saint Patrick's Day--Tacoma; Cooks; Men--Clubs--Tacoma; Aprons--Tacoma; University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Entertainers--Tacoma;

All Pierce County men between the ages of 21 and 35 inclusive were required to report to their precincts on October 16, 1940 to register for the reinstated draft. Times linotype operator and 27th District State Representative Paul Sandegren, a Democrat, turned 36 on October 16th and was thus exempt from registering for the draft. (T. Times 10/16/1940, pg. 1)

Sandegren, Paul; Tacoma Times Publishing Co. (Tacoma); Draft; World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma;

Progress picture of Hull #3, MC #121, at Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. The company was hard at work on five identical 415 foot cargo ships. Hull #3 would be launched November 29, 1940 as the Cape Cleare. The ship builders were also receiving military contracts and would soon be running operations around the clock.

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co.; the first and third launches of the company are docked in the photograph. Cape Alava is in the foreground and Cape Cleare in the rear. The shipyard opened in 1939 at the site of the old Todd Shipyards, just in time to receive several lucrative wartime contracts. Todd Shipyards, of which the Seattle-Tacoma yard is a subsidiary, would soon be the biggest maritime company in the nation. STSC had over $200,000,000 in orders in January of 1941 and was planning the construction of four new yards.

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Uniformed keeper Oscar V. Brown at Brown's Point Lighthouse points to an entry in the lighthouse book and explains its significance to two teenage visitors wearing bathing suits. Shirley Jackson signs the register while Anita Rowe patiently waits her turn to sign. Mr. Brown has been the keeper of this lighthouse for 36 years. He will turn 70 on October 19 and will take mandatory retirement November 1st. The first lighthouse at this location was a shaky wooden structure. It was replaced in 1934 with this white concrete building. (T. Times 6/15/1939, pg. 1)

Lighthouses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brown, Oscar; Lighthouse keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jackson, Shirley; Rowe, Anita;

From the writing on the blackboard, this night school class appears to be hard at work studying their prefixes. In October of 1939 over 1,700 adults took part in over 60 classes offered at Lincoln High School on Monday and Thursday nights. One of the purposes of the night school program was to help adult students catch up on basic educational tools, such as reading, writing and basic arithmetic. The most popular courses were Naturalization and Americanization, shop and interior design. (T. Times 10/12/1939, pg. 13)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Adult education; Classrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Night school classes at Lincoln High School. Figure drawn on the blackboard for an engineering or drafting class. The men at the makeshift table made of sawhorses and boards work with pens and protractors. Over 61 classes were offered in night school during the fall of 1939 covering vocational training, hobbies and education basics. (T. Times 10-12-1939 p.13)

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Adult education; Vocational education; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Classrooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Four unidentified young men from Lincoln High School share smiles as they examine some sheet music on the school steps in June of 1939. They appear to be a French horn quartet. See D8373, image 2 for another view of the musicians.

Lincoln High School (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bands--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brass instruments;

Assembly of St. Paul employees out on strike between 7 and 9:15 a.m. Automobile, several new, parked along street. Group of men milling around. Two-story, wood-frame building in background with large trees in median strip.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Custer Post Relief Corps reunion at the Armory on Saturday, July 1st.The Post held a luncheon at the Armory to celebrate the Corps 55th birthday. Photograph made for Mrs. Bryan. The man in the center of the seated row is George Manning, a proud member of the Custer Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR,) who will be 101 on July 20th 1939. The man to the left of Manning is Commander L.A. Wilcox, also a Civil War veteran, and on the right of Manning is Ruston O. Reed, Departmental Commander. The women are not identified, but are most probably spouses and descendents of Post members.The photograph is damaged on the right hand side, with a line running through part of the picture. (T.Times 7/10/1939, pg. 14)

Manning, George; Grand Army of the Republic, Custer Post; Civil War, U.S., 1861-1865--Veterans--Tacoma; Wilcox, L.A.; Reed, Ruston O.;

Tacoma Mayor J.J. Kaufman at Allenmore Golf Course on May 3, 1939, with skier Gretchen Kunigk and skater Dora Mae Rice for "Hole-in-One" Tournament. Miss Kunigk is posed on her snow skiis with poles hovering while Mayor Kaufman aims to tee off. Miss Rice, in ice skates, is perched on the car's bumper. The new Buick would be awarded to any contestant who aced the hole. In 1948, Gretchen Kunigk Fraser would become the first American to medal in Olympic Skiing. (T. Times, 5-4-39, p. 14).

Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Kaufman, Joseph J.; Fraser, Gretchen Kunigk, 1919-1994; Rice, Dora Mae; Golf--Tacoma--1930-1940; Golfers--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Steilacoom Prilly Blossom Sylvia II, one of the prize cows of the Western State's herd, poses proudly with A.D. Wertman, left, director of the farm, and Dr. W. N. Keller, superintendent of the hospital. The cow is the granddaughter of the famous Prilly Ormsby Blossom, who died last year holding the world's record for most milk production. At 17 years of age, she had produced 258, 209 pounds of milk, 9,556 pounds of butterfat. Her granddaughter is no slouch however; at ten years of age she has already produced over 4 times the milk an average cow will produce in a lifetime. (T. Times, 5/11/39, p. 2).

Mental institutions--Lakewood; Asylums--Lakewood; Institutional care--Lakewood; Farms--Lakewood; Western State Hospital (Lakewood); Cows; Wertman, A.D.; Keller, W. N.;

Just the top of the lodge, with its extending waving flag and pole, can be seen above the Spring snow pack at Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park. The occasion of the photograph is "Bremerton Day" at Mount Rainier.

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Snow;

Four women and one man salute the camera from their perch on a long toboggan at "Bremerton Day" at Paradise, Mount Rainier in March of 1939. They are enjoying the deep snow on this early spring day.

Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Winter sports; Snow; Sleds & sleighs; Toboggans;

National Checker Association holds their second annual title tournament at the Winthrop Hotel. Portrait of a large group of men and women with checker boards displayed in front of group. The tournament would have the largest turn out of any in national history, as well as the largest prize- an automobile. The final match would be on September 9th and feature Walter Wallman of Gary, Ind. vs. William J. Ryan of New York. The first 6 games of the pair ended in a draw. (T. Times 8/29/1939, pg. 1; 9/9/1939, pg. 7)

National Checker Association (Tacoma); Checkers;

The members of the Pacific Match Company champion women's bowling team pored over their score sheet on April 7, 1939. They were preparing for the Women's International Bowling Congress to be held in Oklahoma City. Pictured at the Broadway Bowling Center, 739 Broadway, are (l to r) Helen Nelson, Helen Blattler, Louise Wahlers, Evaleen Olson and Dani Radonich. Although their team didn't win the tournament, they did win lots of admiring glances with their matching outfits made especially for the event in "stop-red." (T. Times 4/12/1939, pg. 15)

Nelson, Helen; Blattler, Helen; Wahlers, Louise; Olson, Evaleen; Radonich, Dani; Broadway Bowling Alley (Tacoma); Bowling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bowlers; Bowling alleys--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bowling balls; Pacific Match Co. (Tacoma)--People;