Program coverage. U.S.O. Unit #2. A group of mostly service men are seated in the audience. Other unidentified individuals are seated on the stage. In 1943, the Army was still segregated and the USO Club art 713-15 Commerce was intended for servicemen of color. [Also dated 02-29-1943]

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950; African Americans--Social life--1940-1950;

Northern Pacific hosteses at 13th & Fawcett U.S.O. [Also dated 02-28-1943]

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma); Group portraits--1940-1950;

May 11, 1943 review of ROTC at Bellarmine High School, honoring cadets and their mothers. Shown are ROTC members, with their mothers, who received awards for outstanding achievements. Pictured are, left to right, Mrs. A.A. Huston and son Jack, Mrs.M.McCaffrey & Bob, Mrs. Walter Erickson & Bob, Mike Jayko, Mrs. A.B.Comfort, Mrs.P. Brown & Phil, Mrs. J.Mijich & Joe and Mrs. F.M. Holt & Jim. Over 300 guests observed the inspection and review. (T.Times, 5/12/43, p.3)

World War, 1939-1945--Students--Tacoma; Church schools--Tacoma; Private schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma); Reserve Officers Training Corps (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Mothers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Families--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Service mothers in Defense plants. War-time workers, mothers of service men, are honored for the second Mother's Day since the United States entered the World War. Mrs. Esther Baker is shown welding in May of 1943. She has a son, Rawlin Charles Baker, who is now training for service in the Navy at Farragut, Idaho. He was a welder at Sea-Tac before entering the service five weeks prior. (T. Times 5/8/43 p.1,4 & 5)

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Mothers; Baker, Esther;

Mrs. Clyde Best was one of several defense worker mothers who was honored by the Tacoma Times on the nation's second wartime Mothers Day in May of 1943. Mrs. Best had a husband serving in the Army who was stationed in Africa and an eighteen year old son, James Gibson, who had been in the Army three months. Many women took non traditional jobs during the war to support their families and free the men up for military service. (T. Times 5/8/1943 p.4)

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Mothers; Best, Clyde--Family;

Government officials visiting Clover Park High School. Classroom with adults seated at desks. Many women are dressed in coveralls and are wearing bandanas. Clover Park offered a program for civilian and military education related to the war effort .

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Government officials visiting Clover Park High School. Classroom with adults seated at desks. Many women are dressed in coveralls and are wearing bandanas. Clover Park offered a program for civilian and military education related to the war effort .

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950;

War Housing. Housing facilities. Ordered by Mr. H. Stubbs.

ca. 1943. Clover Park High School orchestra.

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; School children--Lakewood; Youth orchestras--Lakewood; Children playing musical instruments--Lakewood--1940-1950;

Henry Mill was located at the foot of No. Starr St., right at the waterfront. It was on the 28 acre site of the old Tacoma MIll Co. During the war, Henry Mill specialized in prefabricated elements for the military. The company was taken over in 1945 by Tacoma Lumber Fabricating Co. The photograph shows lots of stored lumber as well as a couple of cranes.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma); Mills--Tacoma--1940-1950; Waterfronts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Henry Mill and Timber Company. Burner and lumber storage dock along the Tacoma waterfront. Henry Mill began operations at this site in 1925. It was formerly the site of the Old Tacoma Mill Co. TPL-8381

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma); Mills--Tacoma--1940-1950; Waterfronts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Henry Mill and Timber Company. Lumber storage dock along the Tacoma waterfront. Began operations at this site in 1925.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma); Mills--Tacoma--1940-1950; Waterfronts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Office w/roll-top desk, lg. flat desk, chairs, and sofa

Cafeteria of Hanson and Rowland offices

ca. 1943. Mount Rainier, Scenic view with small lake in foreground. Mount Rainier National Park, the nation's 5th national park, was established in 1899 and encompasses 235,625 acres. It includes the active volcano Mount Rainier, 14,410 feet, encased in 25 square miles of snow and ice. The mountain is surrounded by old growth forests and subalpine meadows dotted with wildflowers. For many years, Tacoma stubbornly insisted on calling our mountain Mount Tacoma, after the Indian name for the mountain.

Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

In July of 1943, with both an army and a civilian population to feed, harvesting the crops became a patriotic duty. With most of Washington's able-bodied men, and many of its women, serving in the military and in the defense industries, farm labor jobs fell to students. Two unidentified students are pictured working as farm laborers in Puyallup Valley in July of 1943. A young boy helps an older teenage girl lift a crate of leafy spinach onto a stack of crates placed in an open field. Boxes are labeled Kelley, Farquhar & Co., a major vegetable and fruit packing company with plants in Salem, Oregon and Tacoma. In 1958, Clyde Farquhar became sole owner of the company. (P.C. Herald 8/9/1984 p.3)

Agricultural laborers; World War, 1939-1945--Students--Tacoma; Croplands--Puyallup Valley;

In July of 1943, with our country at war and an army to feed, bringing in the crops became a patriotic duty. Most men were either in the service or working in the defense industry; therefore, the job of harvesting fell to women and youth. Especially targeted as a work force were youth organizations and the schools. Here, women and students work side by side in a Puyallup Valley spinach field. Wooden crates are placed in the field and Richards Studio's wood paneled station wagon is parked in the distance. Adults were also urged to join the youths in the harvest of valley peas and berries whose peak was to be reached soon. 1,200 kids had already been enrolled in Pierce County's harvest army through the Tacoma Agricultural Manpower Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. 7,000-10,000 adult workers were needed the first two weeks in July. Bus transportation would be provided by the Chamber of Commerce. (T.Times 7-2-43, p. 16-article on harvesting)

Agricultural laborers; World War, 1939-1945--Students--Tacoma; Croplands--Puyallup Valley;

ca. 1943. American Lake Gardens. New war-time housing. Five single-story building with gable roof and plywood siding. Unpaved roads and fir trees in background. These multiple-family units were built during the war years to house families of civilian workers.

American Lake Gardens Housing Center (Tacoma); Housing developments--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Interior of the remodeled Great Northern Railroad Ticket Office in November of 1942. Pictured are the long, curved ticket counter with the agents' desks lying beyond. Three large landscape paintings decorate the walls. The office was located in the Drury building. It was part of "Transportation Row," 112-18 So. 9th St., which housed the ticket offices of all area railroads.

Railroad companies--Tacoma; Offices--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ticket offices; Great Northern Railway Co. (Tacoma);

Chicago Milwaukee Picnic at Wapato Lake-people under trees

On February 28, 1943, the Kappa Delta sorority alumnae presented a Sunday afternoon coffee hour at the USO center at 13th and Fawcett as their February war project. Each month during the war years, the group came up with a different war- related service project. Mrs. Louis P. Smith, president of the organization, was pictured left presiding over the silver coffee service surrounded by appreciative members of the military. The woman on the right holding the tray of cookies is Ethel Corfield. The lace covered collation table had a silver coffee service at either end, spring flowers and candles in crystal holders. (T.Times 3/5/1943, pg. 8)

Alumni & alumnae--Tacoma--1940-1950; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Smith, Louis P.--Family; Corfield, Ethel;

Members of the Red Cross Motor Corps load materials into their vehicle for transportation to Ft. Lewis. Pictured left to right are Mrs. Lyle Abrahamson, Mrs. Hazel Rushmore, Mrs. D. M. Woods and Mrs. Clinton Reynolds.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects of war--Tacoma; War bonds & funds; Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Volunteer home defense units in Fircrest and University Place were equipped and trained to defend their home territory. By the beginning of April, 1943, firefighting equipment had been purchased and volunteers trained to operate the equipment. Pictured, left to right, are Leo Ashe, Chief of Fircrest Unit, H.J. Jueling, zone commissioner, 6th District Pierce County, Lesley McGaw, UP chief. (T. Times 4/7/1943, pg. 18)

Ashe, Leo; Jueling, H.J.; McGaw, Lesley B.; Fire engines & equipment; Fire fighters--Fircrest; Fire fighters--University Place;

Queen and Court of Latter Day Saints at Weyerhauser Hall. Although no further information is available on this picture, it is most probably from the Gold and Green Ball, the winter social event of the church. The dance is sponsored by the Mutual Improvement Association of the Church. The event is named for the colors of the Mutual Improvement Association and it is staged in all stakes and missions of the church.

Beauty contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Crowns; Evening gowns--Tacoma; Mormons--Tacoma;

Birthday party for Bill at Olsen's. "Bill's" full name was not provided but another photograph in this series indicated that he was a corporal in the military. He and his guests are seated around a table prepared to dine. The party occurred on February 16, 1943.

Birthday parties--1940-1950;

Birthday party for Bill at Olsen's. "Bill's" full name was not provided. He is pictured blowing out the candles on his birthday cake. "Bill" was a corporal in the military.

Birthday parties--1940-1950; Cakes;

Rudder Club. Birthday party for Johnny Davis (Davies). Mr. Davis and a woman in evening dress are standing in front of the bar and two bartenders are working behind it. The Rudder Club had opened the previous year as a social club catering to Shipyard employees. The Club had a restaurant, bar, Club room and lounge. [Also dated 03-27-1943 and 03-29-43]

Birthday parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bars--Tacoma; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma)--People; Davis, John--Commemoration;

Early in 1943, scaffolding still surrounds the dry dock and ways built at 223 East F St. for Peterson Boat Building. The small shipyard was founded by father and son partners George and John Peterson. They remained at this site until it burned to the ground in 1969. TPL-9442

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Charts; Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Dressed in matching dark dresses are the 1943 champion womens' team of the Ruston Bowling League, which played on its own community lanes. Pictured left to right are Grace Murphy, Lena Larsen, Lois Oberg and Margaret Velacich. (Times 4/20/1943, pg. 15)

Bowlers--Ruston--1940-1950;

Buffelen Lumber and Manufacturing Company.

Buffelen Lumber & Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;