Photograph of a Mrs. Mary T.Boyle (listed in the City Directory as Boyles) speaking on the telephone in April of 1937. For National Want Ad Week, the Tacoma Times ran a full page of photographs of satisfied Times Want Ad customers. Mrs. Boyle was the manager of the Sound View Apartments at 10 Stadium Way. (WSHS) (T.Times 4/21/1937, pg. 13)

Telephones--1930-1940; Boyle, Mary T.;

Businesswoman Lucille Frantz was one of the Tacoma Times' satisified Want Ad customers in 1937. This photograph of her on the telephone was included in a montage of pictures in a full page ad run by the newspaper as part of the celebration of National Ad Week in April. Prior to opening her Thrifty Beauty Salon at 947 Broadway in March of 1937, Lucille Frantz had been the manager of the Moler Beauty College at 1215 Pacific Avenue. She owned the beauty shop through the following war years. (T. Times 4/21/1937, pg. 13; T.Times 3-1-37, p. 5-article on Thrifty Beauty Salon)

Telephones--1930-1940; Frantz, Lucille; Advertising--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Cigar firmly clutched in his teeth, Clarence Potter ordered his weekly advertising over the telephone in April of 1937. For National Want Ad week, the Tacoma Times ran a full page ad of satisfied want ad customers like Mr. Potter. He was founder and president of the Clarence Potter Co., 1006 S. Tacoma Ave, which sold Harley-Davidson motorcycles and package trucks. (WSHS) (T.Times 4/21/1937, pg. 13)

Telephones--1930-1940; Potter, Clarence;

ca. 1937. Photograph of Mrs. H.R. Baker speaking on the telephone in April of 1937. In honor of National Want Ad Week, the Tacoma Times ran a full page promotion using pictures of satisfied Times Want Ad customers. (WSHS) (T.Times 4/21/1937, pg. 13)

Telephones--1930-1940; Telephone directories; Baker, H.R.--Family;

ca. 1937. Helen Matthews with telephone operator's equipment, April of 1937, in a promotional photograph for National Want Ad Week. Miss Matthews was an employee of the Tacoma Times advertising department, answering phone calls for the want ads. She was featured in a full page ad in the April 21, 1937 Tacoma Times, extolling the virtues of want ads. (WSHS) (T. Times 4/21/1937, pg. 13)

Telephones--1930-1940; Telephone operators--1930-1940; Matthews, Helen;

Aerial view of Tacoma General Hospital with Wright Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

Aerial photographs; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Wright Park (Tacoma);

While attending Army Day at Fort Lewis on April 6, 1938, Emery Alling, Bill Clark, and Bob and Pete Burnell listened to Sergeant Edward B. Green explain how this field artillery piece was used in France, during World War I, to quell a German advance. Green was the only member of the gun crew who survived. Wounded twice, he was decorated with the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross and Victory medals. (T. Times, 4/6/1938, p. 1).

Alling, Emery; Clark, Bill; Burnell, Bob; Burnell, Pete; Green, Edward B.; Arms & armament--Tacoma--1930-1940; Artillery (Weaponry); Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940; Howitzers; Cannons; Fort Lewis (Wash.);

Judge J. H. Nichols with the bird he selected as the Grand Champion, a Rhode Island Red rooster. The cock is the overall winner at the 44th Annual All-Northwest Winter Poultry Show. He is owned by George Cvetcovich of Seattle. The poultry show took place mid December 1938 at the Henry Mohr Hardware Building, 1141-43 Broadway. (T. Times, 12/15/1938, p. 13)

Animal shows--Tacoma; Roosters; Poultry; Nichols, J. H.;

On March 10, 1938 the soldiers of Fort Lewis' 125 member 3rd Balloon Company, under the command of Major M. E. McHugo test flew the newest addition to their arsenal. The new blimp was 105 feet lomg and could attain a top speed of 40 miles per hour. It was considered to be a great advance over the blimps used during the First World War. (T.Times, 3/11/1938, p.1).

Balloons (Aircraft)--Fort Lewis; Balloonists; Air pilots--Fort Lewis; Military personnel--Fort Lewis; Fort Lewis (Wash.);

International-style Military Ball, held February 18, 1939 at the Hotel Winthrop's Crystal Ballroom. Sue Devlin, of Tacoma, and Elsie Lough, of Vancouver, entertain surrounding officers from their perches on chairs. Admirers, left to right, are Robert Sconce of Tacoma, Capt. Graeme Gibson of the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders, Col. A.W. McMorris of Tacoma and Lt. Fowles of Olympia, liaison officer for the 248th Coast Artillery. (T. Times, 2/20/1939, p. 1)

Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ball dresses; Military uniforms; Scotland--Clothing & dress; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Devlin, Sue; Gibson, Graeme; Lough, Elsie; McMorris, A.W.; Sconce, Robert E.;

Opening of the 1938 baseball season, May 5. Crowd behind stadium fence watching game.

Baseball--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Tigers (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Tacoma Athletic Park (Tacoma);

Fleet Week, July 5 through 11 1938, Tacoma. Four U.S. Navy Battleships in Commencement Bay, tideflats in background. Taken from a high bluff, framed by trees.

Battleships--1930-1940; Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Minnie (Mrs. Eric) Bennett at home, crocheting while sitting in a chair next to a window. She is wearing a double strand of pearls wrapped around her neck and a cameo. Decorative ceramic pots, planted with succulent plants, sit on the window ledge. Mrs. Bennett and husband Eric were to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on November 29, 1938, at their South Asotin home.

Bennett, Minnie; Anniveraries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bennett, Minnie--Homes & haunts; Older people--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jewelry--Tacoma; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940;

John C. Bicker family's Christmas tree. Tree reaches to the ceiling and is heavily decorated with tinsel and ornaments. Christmas presents cover the floor beneath the tree and Christmas cards line the piano.

Bicker, John C.--Homes & haunts; Christmas trees--1930-1940; Christmas decorations; Christmas gifts;

Ladies' Musical Club concert at First Baptist Church. Guest artist Jussi Bjoerling, Swedish tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, autographs a portrait for Hilma Lynn, left, Ethel McFarland Siefert and Margrete Anderson, right (T. Times, 1/7/1939, p. 5).

Bjoerling, Jussi; Singers; Autographing--Tacoma; Lynn, Hilma; Siefert, Ethel McFarland; Anderson, Margrete; First Baptist Church (Tacoma);

A delighted Margaret Bowman holds aloft a mallard-drake duck, the winner in the Washington Hardware and Tacoma Times hunting contest, pulling out a wing to show its span. Shot by E. M. Pederson, the game bird weighed 3 pounds, 5 ounces. (T. Times, 11/30/1938, p. 13)

Bowman, Margaret; Game bird hunting; Duck shooting; Ducks;

Two young boys were photographed in June of 1938, attired in boxing trunks and gloves. They are the sons of Ray M. Smith.

Boxing; Boxers (Sports); Boys--1930-1940; Smith, Ray M.--Family;

Two young boys "duke it out" at the gym in June of 1938 under the watchful eye of an unidentified referee. The boys, outfitted in boxing trunks and gloves, are the sons of Ray M. Smith. TPL-10061

Boxing; Boxers (Sports); Boys--1930-1940; Smith, Ray M.--Family; Referees;

National Boy Scout Week. Boys gather around Scout Commissioner W.W. Glenn at the First United Presbyterian Church. The church serves as sponsor for the troop. Boys are Lawrence Myers, Jack Thompson, Howard Perkins, Bryce Jensen, Ross Everett, Bob Barnett and Duane Dennis. (T. Times, 2/14/1939, p. 1)

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Glenn, W.W.;

Looking down on Pacific Avenue at 11th Street from upper floors of old Pacific First Federal Building. The Rust Building is at the left, buses and automobiles; people on sidewalk. (T. Times, 2/8/1939).

Business districts--Tacoma; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Buses--Tacoma; Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940;

View of Rhodes Department Store Building, Fredrick Heath and A.J. Russell, Architects, 1903. View from across street, pedestrians and traffic in foreground. Publicity for three day sale.

Business Enterprises - Department Stores - Tacoma - Rhodes Brothers

Chauncy Griggs of St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company feeds a deer in the snow at the entry gate to Mount Rainier National Park. Stock negative.

Business people--Tacoma--1930-1940; Griggs, Chauncey L., 1909-1989; Deer; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); Animal feeding;

Loading of Norwegian motorship "Nordhval" with scrap streetcar tracks for shipment to Japan. Man pushing tracks over rail into hold of ship. Japan, at war with China, would not say what the 2,500 tons of scrap metal in the shipment would be used for. Over 1/2 of the scrap came from the useless ties in the TR & P Bay street yards. The streetcars had been discontinued in Tacoma in June of 1938. (T.Times, 10/17/1938, p. 5).

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma);

In October of 1938 the Norwegian motorship "Nordhval," bound for Japan, was being loaded with old streetcar rails at the Shaffer Terminals, Dock No. 2 on Tacoma's waterfront. Two men operate cranes as another man watches the rails being loaded. Tacoma's last streetcar had been taken out of service in April of 1938 as the old method of travel was replaced with city buses. Street railroad tracks were only a portion of the 2,500 tons of scrap metal assembled from various parts of the Northwest that were being sent to Japan aboard the "Nordhval." (T.Times, 10/17/38, p.5)

Cargo ships--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery;

Close up of port side view of lumber laden cargo ship "American Robin" tied up at North Coast Dock on City Waterway (Thea Foss Waterway) below Stadium High School.

Cargo ships--Tacoma; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Loading docks--Tacoma; North Coast Dock (Tacoma); Warehouses--Tacoma;

In this photograph from October, 1938, Mr. Thomas Jacobsen, of 1007 So. Tyler St., sits next to the wooden replica of the Reims cathedral that he had just finished carving. Working 3 to 4 hours a day, and all day on Sundays, it had taken Mr. Jacobsen three years to create his beautiful 3 foot tall model. He used three kinds of wood - alder, birch, and walnut. Working from a photograph in National Geographic Magazine, his carving included 250 separate statues.(T. Times 10/25/1938, p.1)

Cathedrals--France; Reims Cathedral (France); Wood Carving--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wood carvings; Jacobsen, Thomas

The wood replica of the Reims Cathedral at Notre-Dame, France, carved by Thomas Jacobsen, of 1007 So. Tyler St. It took Mr. Jacobsen three years to create his beautiful 3 foot tall model, which includes 250 separate statues. He used three kinds of wood - alder, birch, and walnut and worked from a photograph in National Geographic Magazine. (T. Times 10/26/1938, p.1)

Cathedrals--France; Reims Cathedral (France); Wood Carving--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wood carvings; Jacobsen, Thomas--Associated objects;

Narrows Bridge celebration at the Stadium Bowl. A Capacity crowd is pictured in stadium and behind the fence on the west side for celebration of $2,700,000 P.W.A. (Progress Works Administration) grant for Narrows Bridge construction. The fete was attended by over 5,000. (T. Times 7/1/1938, p. 1).

Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Narrows Bridge Celebration (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

On Thursday evening June 30, 1938 a crowd of 5,000 gathered in Tacoma's Stadium Bowl to celebrate the P.W.A. (Progress Works Administration) grant of $2,700,000 to begin construction of a bridge over the Narrows. Dignitaries, included Governor Clarence D. Martin, U.S. Senator Homer T. Bone, Congressman John M. Coffee, and Tacoma Mayor John C. Siegle, spoke to the large gathering of bridge boosters including the Peninsula Bridge Gang. The celebration was not all talk. The evenings festivities included a dance revue which was spread over the entire program, music performed by the 10th Field Artillery band, and a community sing led by Herbert Ford. (T. Times, 7/1/1938, p. 1).

Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Narrows Bridge Celebration (Tacoma); Stadium Bowl (Tacoma);

Narrows Bridge celebration at Stadium Bowl. Senator Homer T. Bone, left, and Major General Walter C. Sweeney Commanding Officer of Fort Lewis, right, attend event marking $2,700,000 Progress Works Administration grant for bridge construction. Senator Bone is credited with much of the work done to obtain the grant. (T. Times, 7/1/1938, p 1).

Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Narrows Bridge Celebration (Tacoma); Sweeney, Walter C.; Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970;