Vaal Stark, regional director of Girl Scouts from Palo Alto, California, awarded Golden Eaglet insignia to Margaret Miller (center) and Winifred Tuft (r) of Tacoma at the spring Court of Awards ceremony held at Jason Lee Intermediate School in May of 1925. The Golden Eaglet was then the highest award given by the Girl Scouts. Recipients had to possess at least 21 merit badges, been a scout for at least three years and meet other obligations. Margaret Miller had earned 42 merit badges, achieved 100% attendance in four years at Scout meetings and won many honors. Winifred Tuft also had won honors in all branches of Scout work and had 100% attendance over two years at Scout meetings. G23.1-117 (TNT 5-8-25, p. 7, 10-articles; TNT 5-9-25, p. 1)

Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Awards; Stark, Vaal; Miller, Margaret; Tuft, Winifred;

Tree dedication. On May 10, 1925, a tree was dedicated on the grounds of the new American Lake Veterans Hospital in memory of former President Woodrow Wilson. Members of the American Legion are pictured gathered around the newly planted tree. G30.1-009

Tree planting ceremonies--Lakewood;

Albert H. Gamin posed outdoors with his new Ford delivery truck decorated with a painted mural on May 11, 1925. He operated Mt. Tacoma Cleaners, 1138 Court C, which dealt in cleaning, pressing and dyeing. Mr. Gamin had been in the cleaning business for six years and this was his third Ford truck. He was well satisfied with the excellent job Ford had provided. Photograph ordered by R.E. Bennatts, Inc., Ford dealership. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 6-7-25, 2-G)

Ford trucks; Mt. Tacoma Cleaners (Tacoma); Gamin, Albert;

Construction continues on the James P. Stewart Intermediate School, 5010 Pacific Avenue, in May of 1925. Scaffolding surrounds the multi-storied structure which cost over $400,000. Tacoma's school population had been increasing and six intermediate schools were planned to alleviate overcrowding. Stewart Intermediate was the second to be completed, after Jason Lee. The school, designed by architect Roland Borhek and built by John Biehn & Co., contractors, was originally called the South Central Intermediate School. By the time the school was opened in September of 1928, the name had been changed to honor Tacoma's first school teacher, James P. Stewart. The school is still being used today with a slight name change to the James P. Stewart Middle School. G47.1-082; BU-11,440 (TNT 5-16-25, p. 20)

Stewart Junior High School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Building construction--Tacoma--1920-1930; Progress photographs;

Cargo moving. An unidentified worker is perched aboard equipment believed to have been manufactured by Dallas Machinery. The vehicle is transporting lumber from one of Tacoma's docks. G49.1-214

Shipping--Tacoma--1920-1930;

View looking up Saint Helens Ave. This photograph was taken from the top of the Winthrop Hotel, 773 Broadway, on May 15, 1925, the day before its grand opening. The view is of Saint Helens Avenue, just beyond the Bostwick Block (755-71 Saint Helens), the triangular shaped building next to the Winthrop. Visible businesses included the Montelius Music House (736 Saint Helens), the Gilliam & Steven Motor Co. (735 Saint Helens -street renamed Court C), and the Caswell Optical Co.(752-66 Saint Helens), on the far left edge. In the distance at the far left is Central School. G8.1-013

Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1930; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1920-1930; Central School (Tacoma); Montelius Music House (Tacoma); Gilliam & Steven Motor Co. (Tacoma); Caswell Optical Co. (Tacoma);

This view of South 9th Street looking west from the corner of Broadway and Saint Helens was taken on May 15, 1925 from the top of the Winthrop Hotel. At the bottom left is a part of the old Tacoma Theater. The ornate white building on the same side of 9th is the Rialto Theater, 310 So. 9th. Up the street is the First Baptist Church at 902 Market Street with its bell tower still under construction. On the north side of 9th is the Caswell Optical building, 752-66 St. Helens, in the foreground, followed by the white Exley Apartments at 309 So. 9th, originally the oldest existing house in Tacoma and later converted into apartments. The taller Rhodes Apartments, 311 So. 9th (now the Rialto Apartments), are next. Rising in the background are the Gothic towers of the Pierce County Courthouse, left, and the Central School building, right. G57.1-101

Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1940; Tacoma Theatre (Tacoma); Rialto Theatre (Tacoma); First Baptist Church (Tacoma); Caswell Optical Co. (Tacoma); Exley Apartments (Tacoma); Rhodes Apartments (Tacoma); Rialto Apartments (Tacoma);

Over 300 telephones scheduled to be installed at the new Hotel Winthrop posed around the two person switchboard. A desk telephone will stand on a table in each guest room. The Winthrop is the first hotel in Tacoma to have this type of instrument furnished throughout. The installation will require over 71 miles of lines, running through a 2 ft x 4 ft shaft extending perpendicularly from the basement to the private branch switchboard on the roof garden floor. These phones will bring the total number of phones in Tacoma to over 23,000. TPL-460 (TNT 5/16/1925, pg 3) print filed under A 1003

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Telephones--1920-1930; Telephone switchboards;

Genevieve Brophy (left) and Anna Fuchs, employees of the main central office of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., sit at the new Hotel Winthrop switchboard surrounded by 300 desk telephones. After the telephones and switchboard were installed, the Hotel Winthrop became the first Tacoma hotel to have a telephone in every room. The switchboard was located on the roof garden floor of the hotel in a private room set apart from public view. It was staffed by four young women and chief operator Mrs. Johanna Hicks, who maintained the hotel's service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (TNT 5/16/1925, pg 3) negative A1001-0, TPL-9971

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Telephones--1920-1930; Telephone switchboards; Brophy, Genevieve; Fuchs, Anna;

Genevieve Brophy (left) and Anna Fuchs, employees of the main central office of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., show off the new switchboard at the Hotel Winthrop. They are surrounded by a few of the 300 telephones being installed at the Winthrop. When the installation was complete, the Winthrop became the first Tacoma hotel to have a telephone in every room. The switchboard was located on the roof garden floor of the hotel in a private room set apart from public view. (TNT 5/16/1925, pg 3) (WSHS, also Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Telephones--1920-1930; Telephone switchboards; Brophy, Genevieve; Fuchs, Anna;

When the Tacoma "suburb" of Regents Park was designed in 1907, a manmade spring-fed lake, aptly named Spring Lake, was at its center. By 1925, just prior to when the area incorporated as Fircrest, the lake area was showing signs of neglect. This large crew of Regents Park residents called a work day on May 17, 1925 to clean up and rehabilitate the area. Included in the picture are: Earl Libby, Norma Pickering, Mrs. Ernie Fox, Jack Pickering, Ernie Fox, Oscar Ellison, Joe Baker, Owen Ellison, H.D. Baker, Bob Rasmussen, Dr. Caswell, Ernie and Harold White, Robert Freeman, Grady Hume, Bruce Hume, a Mr. Glen, John and Bob Van De Mark, Lewis Ellison, Mayor Woodkirk, Bill Brock, Irene Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boyd. The volunteers would clean the lake's bed and landscape the area. The lake was drained of water and all mud removed from the gravel bottom before refilled. The large cement block in this photograph's background was used as a base for one of the Fircrest Lions at the time of early development. Eventually, the lake dried up and its location is now the site of Fircrest Park. (TNT 5/18/1925, pg. 5) ("Of Lions and Dreams, Of Men and Realities," Osness, pg. 110) G72.1-109

Real estate development--Fircrest; Lakes & ponds--Fircrest; Urban beautification--Fircrest--1920-1930; Regents Park (Fircrest);

Regent Park residents of all ages pitched in and helped to spruce up the Spring Lake area of their community on May 17, 1925. New shrubs and flowers were planted and watered and vegetation trimmed. Regents Park and its 306 residents would incorporate as the Town of Fircrest in September of 1925. G72.1-117 (TNT 5-18-25, p. 5-article on beautification project)

Regents Park (Fircrest); Real estate development--Fircrest; Urban beautification--Fircrest--1920-1930;

The cornerstone of the new Epworth Methodist Church was laid in ceremonies held on Sunday, May 17, 1925. The church congregation and friends gathered at the site of the new church at 710 South Anderson; the old church is in the background. The cornerstone was donated by Robert Walker of Walker Cut Stone who had given cornerstones for all the churches erected in Tacoma in recent years. The finished $90,000 Epworth Methodist was dedicated a year later in May of 1926. G22.1-128 (TNT 5-16-25, p. 14-article; TNT 5-18-25, p. 4)

Epworth Methodist Church (Tacoma); Methodist churches--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cornerstone laying--Tacoma--1920-1930;

View of Hylebos Bridge on May 18, 1925. Standing on two planks above the Hylebos Waterway, a surveyor is himself framed in a plywood form. A pipe-smoking worker pauses in the process of nailing down plywood. Both may be unaware that they are being photographed. A single leaf bascule drawbridge, using 240,000 pounds of steel, and having an 80-foot horizontal clearance, would replace the old wooden drawbridge pictured above. Costing $80,000, it would open on October 15, 1925. It would be ordered closed just ten years later by the War Department due to insufficient clearance for waterborne traffic into the Port of Tacoma. Photograph is misdated "5-18-24;" it was actually taken on 5-18-25. Photograph ordered by Hart Construction Co. TPL-6512; G15.1-024 (NWR clipping file: TNT 11-3-25)

Bridges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hylebos Bridge (Tacoma); Drawbridges--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Indian cemetery. This was the Puyallup Indian cemetery located next to the Cushman Veterans Hospital, 2002 E. 28th St, as pictured in May of 1925. Indians under the direction of H.C. Sicade of Fife had spent the month cleaning and renovating the old cemetery. They graded, sown grass seed, planted new shrubs, installed a 600-foot wire fence, repaired 300-feet of old fence, and erected 500 marble monuments. Henry Sicade had secured a $3000 appropriation from the U.S. government for the complete renovation and restoration of the cemetery. There were about 2000 graves but many had been obliterated. Among those buried there were Chief Salatat, Chief Thomas Stolyer, Chief Sitwell, Chief Tommy Lane and Chief Leschi. The low-lying white fences surround the tribal cemetery have since been replaced by high stone walls. The small church next door was a Presbyterian mission founded in 1881 and since rebuilt. The Cushman Veterans (later Tacoma Indian Hospital) Hospital has been demolished. TPL-8741; G5.1-021 (photograph has black marks) (TNT 5-19-25, p. 11)

Puyallup Indian Cemetery (Puyallup); Cemeteries--Puyallup; Indian reservations--Puyallup;

Boys, some in costume, are ready to participate in the bicycle "Safety First" parade on May 23, 1925. Many of the bicycles have their spokes decorated. One youngster near the right wears a clown costume while others prefer to simply decorate their two-wheelers. There were also girls among the several hundred childen participating. The parade would traverse downtown Tacoma streets from City Hall and end up in the Stadium (Bowl). Once at the Bowl, John Rodda, New York representative of Cycle Trades of America and arranger of the parade, lectured on the right and wrong way to ride bicycles and proper conduct on the roads while in traffic. Mr. Rodda was a proponent of bicycle safety. 50 prizes, including watches and medals, were awarded that day. (TNT 5-19-25, p 17-article; TNT 5-22-25, p. 24, TNT 5-23-25, p. 1) TPL-045; G66.1-008

Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cyclists--Tacoma; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1920-1930;

An unidentified man and Ruth McDowell, "Miss Winthrop," posed with a large key on May 26, 1925. Miss Winthrop, also known as the "Girl of the Mountain," was on hand to greet guests during the weeks following the hotel's Grand Opening on May 16, 1925. She was attired in a scarlet "mountain costume" and welcomed guests in the spirit of Mount Rainier. In the photograph she is dressed warmly in sturdy thick boots, wool hat, gloves and wrap. Hotel Winthrop manager Sam D. Atkisson is believed to be the man in the background, far right. Photograph ordered by Hotel Winthrop. G67.1-141 (TNT 5/16/1925, pg. 6)

Keys (Hardware); Celebrities; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930; McDowell, Ruth; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1920-1930;

16 members of the graduating class of nurses from Tacoma General Hospital posed for a group portrait on the grounds of the hospital in June of 1925. They would bid farewell to the hospital training school on June 18th in ceremonies held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Pictured in the upper row, left to right, are Sophia Anderson, Elizabeth Appelman, Mary L. Putnam, Eva V. Athow, Minnie E. Sternagle, Helen Needham, Marie W. Hack and Johanna L. Jansen. Seated are, left to right, Helen MacChapin, Nina A. Walker, class salutatorian Alice Carrick, Gladys H. Bright, Edythe Hansen, Gladys E.Strickland, Dora B. Winslow, and Nellie G.R. Frostad. Not pictured were class valedictorian Dorothy Kyne and Grace K. Smith. The Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing was one of the oldest in the nation and was in existence from 1895 to 1980. During that extended period of time, the school graduated over 2,200 registered nurses. (TNT 6/10/1925, pg. 3; multicare.org) (WSHS)

Hospitals--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Nurses--Tacoma--1920-1930; Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing (Tacoma);

W.E. ("Bill") Dalgleish of Tacoma was one of the leaders after the first day of competition, June 19, 1925, at the 27th annual Pacific Northwest Golf Association open tournament held at the Tacoma Country & Golf Club links. Mr. Dalgleish was the head pro at the site of the event. He would eventually finish at 309 strokes for the tournament, 14 behind the winner, Seattle pro Jack Hueston. The Tacoma Country & Golf Club was founded in 1894 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in the United States. (TNT 6/19/1925, pg. 1; Tacoma Sunday Ledger 6-21-25, p. 1,4-article) (WSHS)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Golf--Tacoma--1920-1930; Golfers--Tacoma--1920-1930; Golfers--Clothing & dress--1920-1930; Dalgleish, W.E.;

Mortie Dutra, the pro at the Grays Harbor Country Club, takes a swing for the camera in June of 1925. He was competing in the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) open tournament, which began on June 19, 1925. The tournament would run through June 27th and include the open, amateur, women's and Class B competitions. (TNT 6/19/1925, pg. 1) (WSHS)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Golf--Tacoma--1920-1930; Golfers--Tacoma--1920-1930; Golfers--Clothing & dress--1920-1930; Dutra, Mortie;

This photograph of the Jason Lee Intermediate School (Middle School) at 602 North Sprague was taken several months after the school was officially dedicated. Designed by Roland E. Borhek, the gothic revival style school opened for classes in September of 1924. Originally named West Intermediate school, the name was soon changed to Jason Lee to honor an early Northwest missionary and pioneer of that name. The school, which recently underwent a $27 million restoration, is built on the site of the old College of Puget Sound campus at Sixth and No. Sprague. ("For the record" by Winnifred L. Olsen)

Public Schools--Tacoma; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma);

The graduating class at Whitman School, circa 1925. The girls are dressed alike in white skirts with white middy blouses and dark neckties. The boys wear jackets and ties. Whitman was the first brick school in Tacoma. It opened in 1892. An addition in 1906 was designed by Frederick Heath. The structure was damaged in the 1949 earthquake and was demolished the next year. (WSHS)

Whitman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Students--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Phil Taylor of Victoria, wearing sports jacket, tie and knickers, was in town on June 19, 1925 to compete in the Pacific Northwest Golf Association open tournament at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club links. (TNT 6/19/1925, pg. 1) (WSHS)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Golf--Tacoma--1920-1930; Golfers--Tacoma--1920-1930; Golfers--Clothing & dress--1920-1930; Taylor, Phil;

Harry Youngblad, mechanic, worked on a Federal truck in June of 1925, while working underneath the truck was his better half, Sonja Youngblad. Mrs. Youngblad was believed to be Tacoma's first genuine girl mechanic. The couple had recently immigrated from Sweden. The 21 year old, 5 ft 2 inch blonde worked right beside her husband as a mechanic in the garage of the Commercial Truck Co. on E St. Her husband preferred her as a partner to any male mechanic, admiring her thoroughness. As for the truck, between 1910 and the company's closure in 1959, more than 160,000 Federal trucks were assembled. Commercial Truck Co. was purchased around 1931 and became Star Commercial, a predecessor to Star Moving Systems. (TNT 6/18/1925, pg. 13) (WSHS)

Vehicle maintenance & repair--1920-1930; Federal trucks; Youngblad, Henry; Youngblad, Sonja; Mechanics (Persons);

In June of 1925, Mike Marush posed in front of his store, the Marush Fish Co., with the King Salmon believed to be the largest ever caught in local waters on hook and line. The huge fish, weighing in at 47 lbs. dressed, was caught by G.C. Crawford of Gig Harbor at a point known as the "mouth of Gig Harbor," not far from the Narrows. The salmon fought for an hour, almost capsizing the boat. TNT 6/23/1925, pg. 16 (BU12230, Boland #B12818)

Marush, Mike; Marush Fish & Oyster Co. (Tacoma); Salmon; Seafood stores--Tacoma;