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

New oil tank delivery truck No. 12 and driver. Pat Cardin, manager of Griffin Fuel Company aided Edwin Griffin in designing this modern fuel truck, the first tank truck of its type in Tacoma. White Trucks built the vehicle. (T. Times, 9/30/1937, p. 5) (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940; White trucks; Tacoma White Trucks, Inc. (Tacoma);

President Roosevelt addresses a large crowd from his train at Union Depot. On the car platform with the President are his granddaughter Anna Eleanor (nicknamed Sistie) Dall, 29 year old son James, daughter Anna (Mrs. John Boettiger), his bodyguard, and grandson Curtis (Buzzie) Dall. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9).

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Dall, Anna Eleanor; Roosevelt, James; Dall, Curtis; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945;

A radioman stretches his microphone toward President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, center in profile, who looks over the large crowd gathered at the Union Depot. He was preparing to leave on the Great Northern Railway for a tour of the Grand Coulee Dam project site. The small children behind the railing are his grandchildren, Anna Eleanor (nicknamed Sistie) and Curtis (Buzzie) Dall. The men are believed to be, left to right, Senator Homer T. Bone, Harold Allen, the President's son James, Tacoma Mayor George Smitley (waving to the crowd) and the President's bodyguard (in hat.) ALBUM 1.

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Dall, Anna Eleanor; Dall, Curtis;

On October 1, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made an early evening speech from the back of his train at Union Depot. The train made a 15 minute stop to allow the President to board. Roosevelt was being picked up after an automobile trip around the Olympic Peninsula and a motorcade from Olympia to Tacoma. It was estimated that over 50,000 Tacomans lined the street and crowded Union Station to catch a glimpse of the popular President. The President's next destination was the site of the Grand Coulee Dam project. Visible behind the President on the train car deck are believed to be Tacoman Harold Allen, the President's son James Roosevelt, Tacoma Mayor George Smitley and the President's grandson Curtis (Buzzie) Dall. At the time of this photograph, he was in his second term as President. He died April 12, 1945, during his fourth term, of a cerebral hemorrhage. (T. Times 10/02/1937, pg. 9) TPL-1999 ALBUM 1

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945;

African-American porter or waiter beside President Roosevelt's train upon arrival at Union Depot at 7:35 PM for a 15 minute whistle stop. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p.9).

Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad employees;

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Tacoma in October of 1937 he was greeted at the Tacoma Union Depot by 11 year old Lorraine July. Miss July, a fellow victim of infantile paralysis, came to the station with her aunt, Mrs. E.F. Brown to present the President a large bouquet of flowers. She was stricken with polio at the age of four, and had twice received letters of encouragement from the President. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9).

July, Lorraine; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma);

Two students in Natalie Blix's first grade class at McKinley School play house in the miniature home built by the class. Creative teacher Miss Blix used the construction to teach the children vocabulary. While they constructed the small building, they learned the names of tools and construction methods and how to recognize them in print. (T.Times,10-16-1937, p. 1].

McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children's playhouses;

Conductor E. M. Osborne gives his "highball" as President Roosevelt's train pulls out from Union Depot after an early evening 15 minute whistle stop in Tacoma on October 1, 1937. The President's short speech in Tacoma was sandwiched between an automobile tour of the Olympic Peninsula and a tour of the Grand Coulee dam. Cropped version of D839- series 1. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9)

Osborne, E.M.; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad employees;

In October of 1937, Lorraine Maben swept the floor of the new playhouse built by the six-year-old students in Miss Natalie Blix' first grade classroom at McKinley School, 3702 McKinley Ave., as Arlene Skaugset watched. The young students built and decorated the playhouse themselves, with their teacher using the project as an innovative technique to introduce them to new vocabulary such as "hammer", "wall paper", and "drapes". They were so pleased with their work on the playhouse that they asked to build the "library" to Arlene's right, made from old crates. The students also made most of the books in their library, using pictures and drawings clipped out of magazines and papers, pasted into volumes under different headings. (T. Times,10-16-1937, p.1].

Maben, Lorraine; Skaugset, Arlene; McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children's playhouses;

Students in innovative teacher Natalie Blix's first grade classroom at McKinley School in 1937 were proud of the playhouse and library built by the class as a vocabulary lesson. The six year old students learned vocabulary with hammers, saws and nails rather than books. While they constructed the small building at the back of their classroom, they learned the names of the various objects used in its construction and how to recognize them in print. The small "handymen" painted, wallpapered, sewed drapes and built furniture. After completing the playhouse, the children decided to build their own library complete with shelves and books they created themselves. (T.Times, 10-16-1937, p. 1].

McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children's playhouses;

Tacoma Mayor George Smitley arrives to visit President Roosevelt on his train at Union Depot. Along the motorcade and at the depot, the popular president attracted crowds estimated at over 50,000. (T.Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9)

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945;

Tacoma Mayor George Smitley with President Roosevelt on his train at Union Depot. Posed on the platform with the President were, left to right, Senator Homer T. Bone, Tacoman Harold Allen, granddaughter Anna Eleanor (called Sistie) Dall (at the railing), Roosevelt's son James, the President's bodyguard (wearing hat) on his left side, and Tacoma Mayor George Smitley. The President's next stop was the Grand Coulee Dam project. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9). ALBUM 1.

Presidents; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Roosevelt, James; Dall, Anna Eleanor;

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;

African-American porter or waiter beside President Roosevelt's train upon arrival at Union Depot at 7:35 PM for a 15 minute whistle stop.Most of the train's crew was handpicked by the President and had served him before. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p.9).

Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945;

C. J. Koenigs, steward of President Roosevelt's train, in charge of food and service, chats with Paul Starr, local Great Northern Railway official following the early evening 15 minute whistle stop in Tacoma. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9).

Koenigs, C.J.; Starr, Paul; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad employees;

Lorraine Maben, with broom, assisted by Arlene Skaugset, sweeps the floor of the new playhouse built by the six-year-old students of Natalie Blix's first grade classroom at McKinley School. The children also built what they call the "library" to the right of the picture. Teacher Blix used the construction as an opportunity to introduce the children to vocabulary words and also how to recognize them in print. cropped version of D844- image 2 (T. Times,10-16-1937, p.1].

Maben, Lorraine; Skaugset, Arlene; McKinley School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children's playhouses;

Railroad conductor E. M. Osborne signals, with lantern in hand, that President Roosevelt's train is ready to leave Union Station. After a 15 minute stop in Tacoma to reboard the train, the President continued his tour of the Northwest. (T. Times).

Osborne, E.M.; Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad employees;

Fireman Ray Foster (left) and engineer John Finn were the regular crew of the Great Northern Railway "Fast Mail" train. This photograph was taken October 1, 1937 at Tacoma's Union Station shortly before it left Tacoma for points north and west. Number 2500 was carrying President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who had made a special stop in Tacoma while on a trip to Washington state. Over 12,000 Tacomans crowded into the Union Station train yard to see and hear the President. (T.Times 10-02-1937 p.9)

Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad employees; Foster, Ray; Finn, John;

Conductor E. M. Osborne gives his "highball" as President Roosevelt's train pulls out from Union Depot after an early evening 15 minute whistle stop in Tacoma on October 1, 1937. Fifty to sixty thousand Tacomans lined the streets of Tacoma to catch a glimpse of the President as he entered the city by automobile from Olympia. More crowded into Union Station to hear his short speech. (T. Times, 10/2/1937, p. 9)

Visits of state--Tacoma--Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad employees; Osborne, E.M.;

Sales ladies assist women shoppers who are trying on the latest style hats offered at a local department store during the United Tacoma Days 3 day sale October 7-9, 1937. Over 200 downtown Tacoma merchants lowered their prices and threw open their doors for the gigantic sale. (T.Times, 10/8/37, p.1)

Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Millinery; Hats--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tannis Girswaite, aged 3 1/2, helped Wayne Carlsteen, five, try on a new "Navy look" overcoat in one of Tacoma's department stores during the United Tacoma Days sale held October 7 -8-9, 1937. Tens of thousands of shoppers from Tacoma and the surrounding area flocked to downtown Tacoma to take part in the three day sale. Over 200 merchants put special bargain basement price tags on every line of merchandise. Shoppers could ride street cars and busses from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. for free, and out-of-towners could park without fearing parking tickets; no overtime parking tickets were issued to cars registered to cars owned by drivers from outside the city limits. (T.Times,10/8/37, p1)

Girswaite, Tannis; Carlsteen, Wayne; Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children shopping--Tacoma;

Two hundred retail businesses in downtown Tacoma took part in a special fall United Tacoma Days sale from October 7 through 9, 1937. During the three day sale free bus and streetcar transporation was available in the downtown shopping area from 9:30 to 11 each morning.This little girl could be selecting a new book at the Book Nook in the Rhodes Brothers Department Store, at Sharman's Bookstore, or at one of the other five booksellers that could be found in the retail center of Tacoma in 1937. (T.Times, 10/8/37, p.1)

Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children shopping--Tacoma; Bookstores--Tacoma; Books; Globes; Mothers & children--Tacoma;

Come here big guy and let me help you with that! Tannis Girswaite, 3 1/2, struggles to adjust the overcoat of shopping buddy Wayne Carlsteen, 5, during the United Tacoma Days sale October 7-9, 1937. The second annual sale brought tens of thousands of bargain hunters to downtown Tacoma to get a jump on holiday shopping. (T. Times 10/8/1937, pg 1)

Girswaite, Tannis; Carlsteen, Wayne; Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children shopping--Tacoma;

Women crowd the aisles of a local department store to look for bargains on sales tables during the downtown United Tacoma Days three day sale October 7-9, 1937. Tens of thousands of bargain hunters thronged the aisles of Tacoma stores hoping to find a deal. This was the second annual sale. Free bus and streetcar transportation was offered to downtown and police were asked to look the other way at illegally and overtime parked cars. (T.Times, 10/8/37, p.1)

Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Department stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

A Griffin Fuel Company driver filled the heating oil tank at the Sears Exhibition Home at 1920 North Union Avenue on October 9, 1937, the day before the house opened for public viewing. The building was not a Sears "kit" house. It was designed by Stanley T. Shaw, architect, and built with material purchased in the Tacoma area. By building this demonstration house, Sears hoped to show what could be done locally to create a modern, comfortable and convenient home. All the furnishings throughout the building's eight rooms were supplied by Sears, as were the heating, electrical and plumbing supplies. Over three October Sundays, nearly 16,000 people toured the house. (T. Times, 10/9/1937, p. 5)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On October 10, 1937, a large group had gathered at the Union dock to observe the weighing in of the fish caught during the Bremerton Community Salmon Derby. Around 250 anglers had qualified to compete in the derby, by hooking a weighty salmon earlier in the season. The contestants set off at 5:45 in the morning and returned by 11a.m., having brought in around 100 salmon. The winner, caught by Puget Sound Naval yard draftsman J. Earl Schoenberger, weighed in at 26 lb. 7 oz. The second place fish was only slightly less weighty at 24 lb. 9 oz. Both fish won their captors a new Ford V8 sedan. (Bremerton Sun 10-11-1937, pg. 1 info only).

Salmon; Bremerton Community Salmon Derby (Bremerton); Fishing--Bremerton;

A crowd gathered at the Union dock on October 10, 1937 to get a gander at some of the 100 fish caught during the Bremerton Community Salmon Derby. The 250 entrants set off from Kuett's Tavern at 5:45 a.m. in a chilly fog and had five hours to land a champion salmon. Around 100 salmon were hooked during the allotted time, with the winning fish weighing in at 26 lb. 7 oz. (Bremerton Sun 10-11-1937, pg. 1)..

Salmon; Bremerton Community Salmon Derby (Bremerton); Fishing--Bremerton;

Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl Schoenberger posed on October 10, 1937 with the 26 lb. 7 oz. salmon which won them a new Ford V8 sedan. Mr. Schoenberger was the winner of the first annual Bremerton Community Salmon Derby. His fish won out over 100 others caught by the 250 entrants in the derby. The entrants were all finalists from previous qualifying derbies held earlier in the summer. (Bremerton Sun 10-11-1937, pg. 1).

Schoenberger, J. Earl; Salmon; Bremerton Community Salmon Derby (Bremerton); Fishing--Bremerton;

Kuett's Tavern on Hood Canal was chosen as the location for the finals of the Bremerton Community Salmon Derby on October 10, 1937. 1930s vintage automobiles were photographed parked in the parking lot and on the road adjacent to Kuett's Tavern. (Bremerton Sun)

Bremerton Community Salmon Derby (Bremerton); Fishing--Bremerton; Kuett's Tavern (Bremerton);