Meeting of a group of committee members planning the annual benefit bridge tea of the Chi Omega Sorority. The photograph was taken on April 20, 1938 at the home of Mrs. Richard Jones, alumnae president. Pictured are, left to right, Ruth (Mrs. T.J.) Green, Miss Helen Glans, Mrs. Percy McCormick and Mildred (Mrs. A.D.) Myers. (T. Times 4/23/1938, pg. 8)

Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Alumni & alumnae--Tacoma; Chi Omega (Tacoma); Glans, Helen; Green, Ruth; Myers, Mildred;

The funeral for James T. Gregory, 81, was held August 2, 1938 at Mellinger's Chapel. This photograph is of the service for his cremation. It was in the Oakwood Hill Crematory Chapel in Oakwood Cemetery. Mr. Gregory, of 1318 S. 4th St., died of a heart ailment. He was well known in lumber, mining and banking circles. He was president of Vilas Lumber Co. in Oregon, vice president of Warren-Soule-Fairhurst Co. of Tacoma, a director of the National Bank of Washington and former president of Tacoma Tidewater mill. Born near St. Thomas, Ontario, Mr. Gregory moved first to Duluth, Minn. In 1901, he came to Tacoma. He was a lifelong bachelor and member of the Elks, Masons and Afifi Temple of the Shrine. (T. Times 8/1/1938, pg. 7; information supplied by an employee of Piper-Morley-Mellinger) TPL-8770

Funeral rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1930-1940; Morgues & mortuaries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flowers--Tacoma; Gregory, James T.--Death & burial;

ca. 1938. Small slot machine. For Charles E. Kent Company. (T. Times)

Gambling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Slot machines--1930-1940;

Mr. Atkin's slot machine, a wooden cabinet with window at top and on side and a handle in front to play game.

Gambling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Slot machines--1930-1940; Coin operated machines--1930-1940;

Albert and Alfreda Gamin pose in front of their home at 6810 So. Yakima Ave.

Gamin, Albert; Gamin, Alfreda; Gamin, Albert--Homes & haunts;

New GMC Truck for Ohanapecosh Hot Springs, Mt. Rainier National Park, at Packwood. Probably taken behind Tacoma General Motors Truck Company, 307 Puyallup Ave. In 1939 you could stay at Ohanapecosh Lodge for $4 a day and dinner cost $1. The lodge and public baths were run by the Ohanapecosh Hot Springs Co. and owned by Dr. Albert W. Bridge of Tacoma. They were a popular tourist facility and visitors came from afar to partake of the mineral waters of Ohanapecosh Hot Springs. The resort and hot springs operated until the 1960's. The Park Service bought the resort, removed the buildings and converted the springs back to their natural state. All that remains today are boggy seeps, remnants of the hot springs. (www.nps.gov/archives)

General Motors trucks--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ohanapecosh Hot Springs Co. (Packwood);

ca. 1938. Marianna Van Rooy, daughter of Clemens Van Rooy, accountant and secretary of Allenmore Golf Club. Marianna is shown with long curls, a bow in her hair, wearing a pleated sleeveless dress, seated on a table with her arms around her crossed legs. (filed with Argentum)

Girls--Tacoma--1930-1940; Van Rooy, Marianna Catherine;

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);

Griffin Fuel Company. Man standing next to fuel truck. For Harmon Miller. In February of 1939, Griffin Fuel Co. celebrated its 50th anniversary. The company was founded in 1889 by Fred L. Griffin. Griffin started his business with one horse, one wagon and fuel logs, which he cut himself. (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Griffin Fuel Company dump truck with bed in dump position. Built by Highway Truck Company. (T. Times, 9/30/1938, p. 8). (filed with Argentum)

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Highway Truck Co. (Tacoma);

In August of 1938 after many years in the grocery business in Tacoma, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Atwood opened a new IGA store at 124 Tacoma Avenue North in the Stadium district. The previously standing brick building was completely remodeled and all new equipment of the latest design was installed. From the gigantic ice cream refrigerator to the marble-topped service counter everything possible was done to create a store that would fulfill the expectations of the discriminating shoppers in this important section of town. (T. Times 8/12/1938)

Grocery stores--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Group taken at Prairie Owl. C/O Mrs. H. I. Wold, 3819 So. G. The name of the group is unknown, but to the right of the picture, seated at the table, is John Bjorklund, Pierce County Sheriff. Standing to the left of Bjorklund is Thor Tollefson, recently elected Pierce County Prosecutor. Both men have an insignia hanging from their suit lapels.

Group portraits--1930-1940;

Beginning in May of 1938, J. Clifford Haley Jr. wrote a series of articles for the Tacoma Times about the nine months he spent fighting with the Loyalists in Spain. He had recently returned to his wife and two small children in Tacoma after a harrowing escape from a Spanish prison. Mr. Haley had lent his services to the Loyalists because he believed in their cause. A radio technician by trade, he had ending up serving on a front line machine gun crew. He found the Loyalist army rife with disorganized leadership, unjust treatment, petty politics, bureaucracy and a disregard of human life; he also found that they were not living up to the Marxian doctrine that they held up to the world. He fled the Loyalist army using falsified documents, but was caught and imprisoned by the Spanish. He managed to escape. He sailed first to Africa and then on to New York - and finally Tacoma. Far from giving up his ideals, he still believed in the Loyalists' cause and their Marxist doctrine. (T. Times 5/14/1938, pg. 1 plus succeeding articles)

Haley, Clifford; War correspondents--Tacoma--1930-1940; Journalists; Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939--Communications;

ca. 1938. Family portrait for Lieutenant H. T. Hamilton, Lake Steilacoom.

Hamilton, H.T.--Family;

Frankie Hansler, left, and Bill Tokarczyk look perplexed at Russ Moody's entry in the Washington Hardware Company's 1938 game bird and big game contest. Mr. Moody, Pacific Ave. cigar dealer, exhibits his trophy animal, bagged on his first hunting trip, the rare "albino deer," also known as a white rabbit. Mr. Hansler is posed next to his prize-winning 214-pound buck. (T. Times 10/25/1938, pg. 3)

Hansler, Frank; Tokarczyk, Bill; Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma); Deer hunting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Deer; Rabbits;

Tacoma Railway and Power group in Curtiss Hill's office. Mr. Hill is seated at a desk with office staff gathered around him in this photograph from March of 1938. His association with the company spanned many years and he played a major role in Tacoma/Pierce County public transportation. (filed with Argentum)

Hill, Curtiss; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma); Tacoma Railway & Power Co.--Employees (Tacoma);

Hood Street Reservoir. Taken from hill with city, tideflats and Holy Rosary Church in background. Ordered by Comfort & Davis.

Hood Street Reservoir (Tacoma); Holy Rosary Church (Tacoma); Reservoirs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1938. Seattle boxer Al Hostak, the "Savage Slav," and his manager Eddie Marino in a 1938 photograph. The 22-year-old Hostak defeated Tacoma's Freddie Steele for the United States and National Boxing Association middleweight title at Seattle's Civic Stadium on July 26, 1938, sending him to the canvas four times. A two-time champion, he finally hung up his gloves in 1949. Mr. Hostak later became a Deputy Sheriff as well as a successful businessman. (www.secondsout.com/legends; T.Times 6-25-38, p. 13)

Hostak, Al; Marino, Eddie; Boxers (Sports)--Seattle--1930-1940;

Seattle boxer Al Hostak (right), the "Savage Slav," and his manager Eddie Marino looked at the dilapidated stairs leading to the former location of Marino's Olympic Athletic Club, 917 Commerce St., on June 25, 1938. Eddie Marino had brought his boxer down to Tacoma to introduce him to his (Marino's) old friends and decided to visit the old building where his gym had been located on the second floor. The rooms were now vacant and the front door locked tight. Hostak would go on to defeat champion Freddie Steele and claim the middleweight title on July 26, 1938. (T.Times, 6-25-38, p. 13)

Hostak, Al; Marino, Eddie; Boxers (Sports)--Seattle--1930-1940; Olympic Athletic Club (Tacoma);

Earl W. Howe - poet, artist, philosopher, playwright, visits his brother. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times in August of 1938. (filed with Argentum)

Howe, Earl W.;

The Jackson Brothers Meat Market was one of two meat markets located within Mannings Market at 1102 Commerce Street in 1938. They were located on the north side of the market and had been there since the market was founded in 1920. Brothers Elmer, Walter, unidentified associate and Edwin Jackson (from left) are pictured behind the refrigerated showcases which are filled with sausages, weiners, and assorted cold cuts. Jackson Brothers was an authorized distributor of Swift's branded beef, whose hams are prominently displayed. The meat market remained at the same location until 1972 when the building was razed. (TNT 11-17-38, p. 8-article)

Jackson Brothers Meat Market (Tacoma); Butcher shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Merchadise displays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Showcases; Meat; Jackson, Elmer; Jackson, Walter; Jackson, Edwin;

Alma Johnson, of Johnson-Cox Printing Co., holds a "freak of nature" fish caught by Doris Peterson in Deep Lake, Thurston County. The fish is 14 inches long, 6 inches wide and weighs two pounds dressed. It has the humped back and receding lower body of a perch, four catfish feelers and a round toothless mouth. Its scales are large like a carp and sparse. It is dark brown on the upper body and light bronze on the belly. Its meat is pinkish like a cutthroat trout. The fish was displayed at Vandes Tackle Shop. It was to be sent to the State Game Department afterwards and then to the University of Washington. (T. Times 6/1/1938, pg. 1) (filed with Argentum)

Johnson, Alma; Fish; Curiosities & wonders; Vandes Co. (Tacoma); Fishing--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Old time American Legion leaders of the state are feted at the Edward B. Rhodes Post No.2 dinner and meeting on January 1, 1938. Photograph was taken at the Elks Club. Seated in the front are, left to right, Dr. Hinton D. Jonez, Tacoma, Department Commander 1924; Reno Odlin, Tacoma, Commander 1931; Murray W. McCarthy, Tacoma, Department Commander of Utah 1920-21 and National Executive Commander 1920-22. Standing, left to right, Lee Carter, Tacoma, last Department Vice Commander serving the state at large; Homer Jones, Bremerton, Department Commander 1934; Claude Snyder, Vancouver, Commander 1936; L.L. Thompson, Tacoma, Permanent Chairman of state legion convention at Seattle 1919. Their were 27 members present at the preceding dinner. (T. Times 2/1/1938, pg. 14)

Jonez, Hinton D.; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; American Legion Club (Tacoma); Patriotic societies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Charles H. Manley stands beside his wood-carved Cigar Store Indian, "Chief Skookum." Manley owned a tobacco store at 9th and Pacific for 50 years. He was born in Constantine, Michigan, in 1857. He became interested in the rolling of cigars and at the age of 12 became an apprentice in Jamestown, New York. He set up his own business at the age of 15. He travelled west, setting up his own businesses in Cleveland, Minneapolis, Livingston, MT. and finally, in the late 1880's, in Tacoma. When Manley and Skookum opened for business, Pacific Avenue was a sea of mud with wood planks in the street and the first horse drawn streetcar had just begun operation. Manley died in 1947 at the age of 90. (T. Times, 6/10/38, p.15; TNT 1/7/1979) (filed with Argentum)

Manley, Charles H.; Skookum; Charles H. Manley Tobacconist/Cigar Store (Tacoma); Cigar store Indians--Tacoma;

Two of the 85 new city buses ordered by Tacoma Railway and Power Company to replace Tacoma's streetcars are parked beside the old car shops at 1301 A St. in this photograph from February 1938. The busses were due to completely displace the Tacoma street railway system by mid-summer. They were purchased from the Twin Coach Co. of Kent, Ohio. By replacing the steetcar system with busses, Tacoma was one of the first cities on the west coast to have an entirely modern transportation system - in tune with the times. (T. Times 2/8/1939 p.22)

Mass transit--Tacoma; Buses--Tacoma; Tacoma Railway & Power Co. (Tacoma); Bus terminals--Tacoma;

View of the Tideflats shrouded in fog. McCormick Steamship Company warehouse dominates the foreground. Looking across the City Waterway, the Associated Oil Company storage tanks and Port Industrial area can be seen.

McCormick Steamship Co. (Tacoma); Waterfronts; Cityscapes;

Model Bakery trucks photographed with their drivers for International Harvester in February of 1939. The delivery trucks have signs advertising the bakery's Star Loaf bread. (filed with Argentum)

Model Bakery (Tacoma)--Associated objects; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1939. Group of clubwomen taking part in "Philanthropic," photograph taken at Mrs. Thompson's in Steilacoom circa 1939. Left to right: Amy Lou Murray, Mrs. C. Fogg, Virginia Davis, Charlotte Dowd, and Margaret Ann Schaefer. (filed with Argentum) names from Richards Studio records

Murray, Amy Lou; Davis, Virginia; Dowd, Charlotte; Schaefer, Margaret Ann; Clubwomen--Tacoma;

James Bryant, wearing a colorful cowboy costume with hat, vest, and boots, sits on a window ledge as he plays an all-metal Dobro in this photograph from February 1938. The first Dobros were built in the 1920s by John Dopyera and his brothers. By adding a metal plate to the guitar top, they increased the volume of the guitar's sound so that it could be heard when played in a band.

Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bryant, James;

ca. 1938. National Bank of Washington, South 12th and Pacific Avenue. Sandstone renaissance style building designed by Sutton, Whitney and Dugan, Architects in 1920 for National Bank of Tacoma on site previously occupied by the Rudolph Knabel Bakery. The structure is listed on the National Registry. (filed with Argentum)

National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma;