Steven Motor Co. used car lot at 6910 South Tacoma Way. Floyd N. Steven, manager. An ad in the 7/15/1953 Tribune, pg. D-5, stated that business had been so good that the lot was now short on used cars. Steven Motor Co. would now offer an "over allowance" on used cars traded in for new Chryslers or Plymouths at the new car lot. Their slogan was "We sell high quality used cars."

Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1950-1960; Steven Motor Co. (Tacoma);

Exterior of South Tacoma Radio & Record Bar, with their new delivery truck. Walter L. King, owner. Business changed forever for radio stores with the explosion of television in the fifties. Every home needed one and many radio stores, such as this one, converted to TV sales and repairs.

South Tacoma Radio & Record Bar (Tacoma); Sound recording stores--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Tacoma Beauty Supply, 1135 Commerce. Man fixing woman's hair while beauticians and patrons watch. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Beauty Supply (Tacoma);

Bellarmine Midget Football players, 1938 city wide champions. Twenty-five boys and coach Leo Eckstein pictured on the field. The Bells beat the Lincoln High School Railsplitters 14 to 7 in the Championship. Midget football was for boys classified as 132 pounds and under. The last city wide midget championship was played in 1940. (T. Times 11/22/1938, pg. 11) (filed with Argentum)

Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Private schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma)--Sports;

Schoenfeld's Furniture, China and Glassware department. (filed with Argentum)

Glassware; Tableware; Art objects; Furniture stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Schoenfeld's Furniture. Studio display of toys. Automobile service station model toy. (filed with Argentum)

Dictating machines; Toys; Furniture stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Schoenfeld's Furniture, China and Glassware department. Shelves are crammed full of vases and other pottery. Photograph taken in November of 1938. (filed with Argentum)

Vases; Pottery--Tacoma; Art objects; Furniture stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Schoenfeld's Furniture. Studio display of toys. Model of an airport with two circulating planes. (filed with Argentum)

Toys; Furniture stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Schoenfeld's Furniture. Studio display of toys. "Gilbert Fun with Electricity Set", Badminton Set. (filed with Argentum)

Toys; Furniture stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Schoenfeld's Furniture. Studio display of toys. Badminton set on the left and a doctor's kit on the right. (filed with Argentum)

Toys; Furniture stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Schoenfeld's Furniture. Studio display of toys. Archery and golf toy sets. (filed with Argentum)

Toys; Furniture stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Schoenfeld's Furniture. Studio display of toys. Three dimensional painting kit and "Scotland Yard Detective Kit". (filed with Argentum)

Dictating machines; Toys; Furniture stores--Tacoma; Home furnishings stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma);

Portrait of Eric and Minnie Bennett on their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The Bennetts lived at 4424 Asotin and were celebrating their Golden Anniversary with an open house on November 29, 1938. They had lived in Tacoma for 40 years. (TNT 11-28-38, p. 8)

Bennett, Eric; Bennett, Minnie; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Couples; Older people--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Parkhurst, pioneer residents of Tacoma, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving Day, 1938. The Parkhursts celebrated by sitting down to a large dinner with their children and grandchildren. They were married in 1888 at Brooking, S.D., and moved to Tacoma in 1890. For the past 33 years, they have resided in the same house at 2820 So. Yakima Ave. Mr. Parkhurst retired nine years ago. He had worked for the city, Peterman Manufacturing Co., F.S. Harmon & Co. and at the Courthouse. (T. Times 11/23/1938, pg. 3)

Parkhurst, C.A.; Anniversaries;

On November 21, 1938, Charles and Marian Bedford celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary with 200 friends and relatives at their home. They lived at 3718 South M Street. They were married November 21, 1888, in Minneapolis and came to Tacoma in 1899. (T. Times, 11/26/1938, p. 9)

Anniversaries; Bedford, Charles; Bedford, Marian;

On November 21, 1938, Charles and Marian Bedford celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with 200 friends and relatives at their home. They lived at 3718 South M Street. They were married November 21, 1888, in Minneapolis and came to Tacoma in 1899. (T. Times, 11/26/1938, p. 9)

Anniversaries; Bedford, Charles; Bedford, Marian;

Drying sheds, Port Piers. Ordered by Smith & Murray, consulting engineers. William D. Smith and Clyde E. Murray were construction engineers and maintained an office at the Perkins Bldg. Ste 238.

Smith & Murray (Tacoma); Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Lowell Elementary School. Ordered by Smith & Murray, consulting engineers. William D. Smith and Clyde E. Murray were construction engineers and maintained an office at the Perkins Bldg. Ste. 238. This building replaced the Lowell school at 1210 No. Yakima destroyed in the 1949 earthquake. Lowell students attended Grant, Bryant or Jason Lee until the new school opened in November of 1950. The school is named after James Russell Lowell, American poet and diplomat.

Smith & Murray (Tacoma); Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma)--Buildings; Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Love Electric Co. Ordered by Smith & Murray, Consulting Engineers. The new $180,000 building measured 175 x 120 feet, with 25,000 feet of floor space. The company was formerly located at 732 Pacific Ave. Love Electric was a wholesale supplier of electrical products and appliances.

Love Electric Co. (Tacoma); Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Love Electric Co. Ordered by Smith & Murray, Consulting Engineers. This new location for Love Electric opened in 1953. The company was a wholesale supplier of electrical products and appliances. This new location offered 25,000 square feet of floor space for merchandising.

Love Electric Co. (Tacoma);

College of Puget Sound Memorial Field House. Ordered by Smith & Murray, Consulting Engineers. The fieldhouse was completed in 1949 and dedicated as a tribute to war dead. It was designed by Dugan, Mock & Morrison, architects, and the Roy T. Earley Co. served as contractor. The building housed sporting events and large expositions.

Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Memorial Field House (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--Buildings; Smith & Murray (Tacoma);

Flooring detail, new Telco location. Ordered by the DFPA. In February of 1953, the site of the former Crawford's Sea Grill Restaurant was leased to Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Telco). The site would be remodeled under the direction of R.H. Dobell, architect, and James W. Purvis, contractor, into a new billing center for all of Western Washington, with the exception of Seattle. Workers are shown laying tile for the new office building. The new accounting office was scheduled to open 8/10/1953 with a staff of 58 young women. When the move to the office was completed by the end of 1953, the office would handle 200,000 customer accounts, with an additional 175 people employed. A.P. King from Seattle was selected to head up the office. (TNT 8/2/1953, pg. A-14)

Floors--Tacoma; Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Crawford's Sea Grill Restaurant (Tacoma); Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma); Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Mrs. Chester (Anna) Thorne Residence, 424 No. D St., circa 1938. Stairwell in entry way and second floor banister. Georgian Revival style home, built circa 1938. (filed with Argentum)

Thorne, Anna--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1938. Anna H.Thorne residence, view from driveway. Georgian Revival style home, built circa 1938. Mrs. Thorne was the widow of banker Chester Thorne for whom Thornewood was built in Lakewood. In 1935, Mrs. Anna Thorne deeded over the 100 acre Thornewood to her daughter Anita Thorne Corse Stone. Mrs. Thorne then had this Georgian manor house built from a design by architect Elizabeth Ayer. (also numbered A7665-4A)

Thorne, Anna--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1938. Anna H.Thorne residence, entrance door. Georgian Revival style home, built circa 1938. Mrs. Thorne was the widow of banker Chester Thorne for whom Thornewood was built in Lakewood. In 1935, Mrs. Anna Thorne deeded over the 100 acre Thornewood to her daughter Anita Thorne Corse Stone. Mrs. Thorne then had this smaller Georgian manor house built. (filed with Argentum)

Thorne, Anna--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1938. Mrs. Chester (Anna) Thorne Residence, 424 No. D St., circa 1938. Georgian Revival style home, built circa 1938. Library, Parlor or sitting room in home. (filed with Argentum)

Thorne, Anna--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1938. Anna H.Thorne residence, view from driveway. Georgian Revival style home, built circa 1938. Mrs. Thorne was the widow of banker Chester Thorne for whom Thornewood was built in Lakewood. In 1935, Mrs. Anna Thorne deeded over the 100 acre Thornewood to her daughter Anita Thorne Corse Stone. Mrs. Thorne then had this home built. Elizabeth Ayer was the architect who designed the home. (filed with Argentum)

Thorne, Anna--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1938. Anna H. (Mrs. Chester) Thorne residence, dining room as seen from hallway. Georgian Revival style home, built circa 1938. (filed with Argentum)

Thorne, Anna--Homes & haunts; Dining rooms--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Anna H. (Mrs. Chester) Thorne residence, front hall, table or buffet on left, couch on right. Georgian Revival style home, built circa 1938. (filed with Argentum)

Thorne, Anna--Homes & haunts;

ca. 1938. Anna H. (Mrs. Chester) Thorne residence, Georgian Revival style home, built circa 1938. Dressing room or powder room. (Filed with Argentum)

Thorne, Anna--Homes & haunts;