The womens' auxiliary of the Young Men's Business Club poses with a poster advertising the sale of "Fort Nisqually stamps." The woman seated at the desk in the center also holds up a sheet of the stamps. The proceeds from the sale of the stamps were for the ongoing restoration work at Fort Nisqually. In 1934, just in time for the Fort's 101st birthday, the YMBC achieved a goal it had for many years. They succeeded in moving the Fort from its original location at DuPont to Point Defiance. Restoration proceeded and the Fort had its dedication on Labor Day, Sept. 3, 1934. It was intended, as the poster states, to "help bring the tourist to Tacoma."

This is one way to open a tourist attraction, with bathing beauties catching some rays on the rooftop. In 1934, the Young Mens Business Club of Tacoma succeeded in reaching a goal they had for many years. They moved Fort Nisqually from DuPont, restored it at a new location at Point Defiance and opened it as a tourist attraction. The dedication for the restored historical fort was September 3, 1934. Here Frankie Cowan, on the ladder, and another unidentified young lady pose on the roof on one of the structures at the Fort.

The Tacoma Drama League had a full program of plays scheduled for the 1934-35 season. The first production was a revival of the old fashioned melodrama "The Streets of New York". In their effort to recreate the true atmosphere of an old time play, special scenery, costuming and lighting had to be designed and constructed. From 1933 through 1939 the Tacoma Little Theater productions were presented on the stage of the Slavonian Hall at 2306 No. 30th St. In 1940 they moved to their current home at 210-12 No. I St.

Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma);Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical Productions--Tacoma;

Tacoma Drama League "After the Show Party", October 20, 1937. Harry P. Cain, future Tacoma Mayor and U.S. Senator, is third from right, seated on floor.

Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma);Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical Productions--Tacoma; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979;

Sonya (Mrs. Donald) Doud, left, and Gertrude (Mrs. Roger) Peck prepare to open the Junior League Thrift Shop for business. The shop is open Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 10 -4 p.m. Established in 1930, the proceeds of the store support the League's well baby clinic.

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Thrift shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Junior League Thrift Shop (Tacoma); Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Doud, Sonya; Peck, Gertrude;

Three women pose in front of the Junior League Thrift Shop. They are, left to right, Elizabeth Hailey, the Regional director of the Junior League from Portland, Aida (Mrs. Charles) Ingram, local president of the League and Letitia Fogg, head of the local League shop. Charles Ingram was the assistant general manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. The window of the shop is decorated with a Christmas tree. The Shop was established in 1930, to support the charitable work of the League. TPL-10523

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Thrift shops--Tacoma; Charitable organizations--Tacoma; Junior League Thrift Shop (Tacoma); Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ingram, Aida; Hailey, Elizabeth; Fogg, Letitia;

Junior League members Sonya (Mrs. Donald) Doud and Gertrude (Mrs. Roger) Peck (from left) pause at the doorway of the League's Thrift Shop in December of 1934. Women donated their time and effort in running the store, with proceeds earmarked for the well-baby clinic they sponsored. The Junior League Thrift Shop was located at 117 S. 10th St. with hours of operation listed on the door's window.

Junior League (Tacoma); Junior League Thrift Shop (Tacoma); Thrift shops--Tacoma--1930-1940; Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Doud, Sonya; Peck, Gertrude;

Two women wearing full length fur coats and hats standing outside the Junior League Thrift Shop in December of 1934. They are, left to right, Mrs. Richard Wagstaff and Miss Letitia Fogg, head of the shop. The shop is open Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 10 -4p.m. Established in 1930, the proceeds of the store support the League's well baby clinic. The window of the store is decorated with a festive holiday tree. (filed with Argentum)

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Thrift shops--Tacoma; Charitable organizations--Tacoma; Junior League Thrift Shop (Tacoma); Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wagstaff, Richard--Family; Fogg, Letitia;

ca. 1935. Junior League Play Committee working on costumes for their play "Little Black Sambo." Four women and a young girl, wearing skates, working on sewing. The woman in the center is tentatively identified as Mrs. Marion Long and the woman to the right of her as Mrs. Robert Abel. (Tribune - Seattle Times)

Junior League (Tacoma); Costumes; Sewing; Meetings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Play "Little Black Sambo," presented by the Junior League of Tacoma. Cast on stage. The Junior League presented the childrens' play "Little Black Sambo" February 23-23 at the Little Theatre. (filed with Argentum)

Junior League (Tacoma); Costumes; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Theatrical productions--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Junior League Board. Ten women in dresses or suits; five are sitting on rock bench, five are standing in back of them. Front row center is Miss Presley Ellis, current president. The women are identified as, front row, left to right: Mrs. Hilding Lindberg, Mrs. Gershom Rowland, Mrs. Virginia Phelps, Miss Ellis; Miss Lois Williams and Mrs. Charles Ingram. Back row, left to right, Mrs. L. Donald Fisher, Mrs. Paul Hebb, Mrs. Thomas Moffitt and Mrs. Roger Peck. (filed with Argentum)

Junior League (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Ellis, Presley; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Miss Presley Ellis, Junior League Board. Woman in long sleeved dress standing in garden.

Junior League (Tacoma); Ellis, Presley;

This group of Boy Scouts was planning to attend the National Boy Scout Jamboree, scheduled for August 21-31,1935, in Washington, D.C. The names of the boys are, left to right, Charles Anderson, Warren Nordquist, Bob Brotherton, Charles McAfee, Al Pousard, Bob Stetson, Bill Mill, Bob Peterson and William Dane. The jamboree was planned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of scouting. Before boarding the train however, the boys received word that the jamboree had been cancelled due to a threatened epidemic of infantile paralysis (polio) in the nation's capital. Instead the boys travelled to Vancouver, Lake Louise, Winnipeg, Chicago, Niagra Falls, Albany, West Point, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC and the naval academy at Annapolis. (Bremerton Sun 8/7/1935, pg. 1)

Boy Scouts (Bremerton)--1930-1940; Uniforms--Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940;

A father pins a Cub Scout badge on his son as the boy moves into the next level of Boy Scouts. The boy is a member of Cub Scout troop #27.

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Uniforms--Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940; Cub Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940;

Junior League women are photographed weighing a toddler girl during a well baby check at the County Hospital. The Well Baby Clinic was one of the programs financially supported by the Junior League. (filed with Argentum)

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma);

Junior League members Mrs. J. Arthur Thompson (L) and Mrs. L. Donald Fisher (R) assist public health nurse Alva Tuve in weighing a baby during a well baby check at the County Hospital at 3572 Pacific Avenue in August of 1935. This child welfare clinic was one of the programs financially supported by the Junior League in Tacoma. Over 3,000 children were seen at League sponsored clinics during the previous year. The Junior League was dedicated to quality medical care for all local children and were later instrumental in the founding of Mary Bridge Hospital. (filed with Argentum) (T.Times 8-27-35, p. 5-article & alternate photograph)

Junior League (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Thompson, J. Arthur--Family; Fisher, L. Donald--Family; Tuve, Alva; Nurses--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma);

Officers of the auxiliary to the International Association of Machinists were pictured on August 7, 1935 at 2020 11th Street in Bremerton, the home of their new president Mrs. Ethel Soike. The ten women pose outside the frame house in light spring or summer dresses. Reading left to right, top row, are Dagney Olson, June Nordquist, Anne Farrell, Alice Barg. Bottom row- Mary Holbrook, Margaret Roddy, Ethel Soike, Ethel Bernard, Hannah Walker and Emma Akers. (Bremerton Sun 8/20/1935, pg. 2)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; International Association of Machinists, auxiliary (Bremerton); Soike, Ethel--Homes & haunts;

Mrs. E.W. Schweer, left, and Mrs. E.C. Jack pose in the garden of the Schweer home in Manette in September of 1935. The pair had just returned from the national convention of the P.E.O. (philanthropic educational organization), held at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone Park. Big home with low pitched gable in background. The garden path is edged with rock, also used for accents, and backed by an arbor. For Bremerton Sun. TPL-8554 (Bremerton sun 9/21/1935, pg. 2)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; Gardens--Bremerton; Clothing & dress--Bremerton--1930-1940; P.E.O. (Bremerton); Schweer, E.W.--Family; Jack, E.C.--Family;

Five women looking at book "Piano Jazz" on front porch of a house. Taken for the Bremerton Sun newspaper on September 24, 1935. The women were the committee completing the final arrangements for the annual Grand Ball sponsored by the Olympic Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star in Bremerton. The Ball was held at the Masonic Temple on October 4, 1935. The women are, left to right, Mrs. Sadye Dunlap; Mrs. Gertrude Reynolds, Mrs. Beth Young, worthy matron, Mrs. Alice Duckwiler and Bertha Tappe. (Bremerton Sun 10/3/1935, pg. 2)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; Sheet music covers; Order of the Eastern Star, Olympic Chapter (Bremerton); Dunlap, Sadye; Reynolds, Gertrude; Young, Beth; Duckwiler, Alice; Tappe, Bertha;

Drama League. Cast of "I'll Leave It To You" on stage at Tacoma Little Theatre. The players are costumed as native Americans and settlers. From 1933 through 1939 the Tacoma Little Theater productions were presented on the stage of the Slavonian Hall at 2306 No. 30th St. In 1940 they moved to their current home at 210-12 No. I St.

Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma); Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical Productions--Tacoma;

This portrait of Mrs. Betty Grosse was made in December of 1935. She posed in a long formal white dress next to a buffet holding crystal. Mrs. Grosse was an active member of the Olympic Chapter, NO. 216, Order of the Eastern Star. She held the office of noble grand in the Mystic Rebekah Lodge, No. 168. (Bremerton Sun 12/28/1935, pg. 4)

Clubwomen--Bremerton; Buffets (Furniture); Grosse, Betty; Order of Eastern Star, Olympic Chapter, NO. 216 (Bremerton); Fraternal organizations--Bremerton; Mystic Rebekah Lodge, No. 168 (Bremerton);

Awarding of silver beaver medal to Superior Court Judge Ernest M. Card by Tacoma Boy Scout council. Left to right, Bill Reynolds, Eagle Scout; U. E. Harmon, president Tacoma area council; Judge Card, president of Tacoma Boy Scouts; and Robert Mitchell, Sea Scout. Judge Card received the award on February 19, 1936, for outstanding long service to youth. (T. Times, 2/20/1936, p. 18).

Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Card, Ernest M.; Reynolds, Bill; Harmon, U.E.; Mitchell, Robert; Awards; Judges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Flags--United States;

Javanese Art Exhibit opening, in the Tacoma Art Association gallery at the College of Puget Sound. Ellen (Mrs. Albert H.) Hooker, Jr., member of the Junior League, standing beside a Javanese hand-made puppet. Ellen Hooker, an artist, is widely recognized for her miniature portrait paintings. (T. Times, 2/22/1936, p. 7).

Tacoma Art Association (Tacoma); Aloha Club (Tacoma); Hooker, Ellen; Art objects; Art exhibitions;

The opening of the Javanese Art Exhibit, Tacoma Art Association gallery at the College of Puget Sound. Beatrice Turrell, president of the Aloha Club, and Mrs. A. D. E. Beck, artist, standing in front of quilt/wall hanging. Mrs. Beck is a prominent Northwest artist. The Aloha Club sponsored the exhibit. (T.Times, 2/22/1936, p. 7).

Tacoma Art Association (Tacoma); Aloha Club (Tacoma); Art objects; Art exhibitions; Turrell, Beatrice;

The opening of the Javanese Art Exhibit, the fourth exhibit of the winter, given by the Tacoma Art Association at their gallery at the College of Puget Sound. Marietta (Mrs Hunter) Kennard, president of the Tuesday Study Club and president of the Aloha Club 1934-35, stands beside an unusual cut leather sculpture of a Javanese shadow dancer. The Aloha Club sponsored the opening. The exhibit will run until the first of March. (T.Times, 2/22/1936, p. 7).)

Tacoma Art Association (Tacoma); Aloha Club (Tacoma); Kennard, Marietta; Art objects; Art exhibitions;

Walter E. Holman, vice-president of the national Junior Chamber of Commerce, received quite a Tacoma welcome when he arrived via plane on March 12, 1936. Three motorcycle policemen greeted him with an "arrest" for exceeding the air speed limit and "released "him to the custody of the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce who was expecting delivery of its national charter. Mr. Holman, center in dark topcoat, took it with aplomb, and presented the charter to the local group, making them official members of the US Junior Chamber of Commerce. From left to right are: Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce vice-president William J. Gantz, Officer Earl Corneilson, Secretary Stanley Bekins, Mr. Holman, Portland Junior Chamber president Worth W. Caldwell, Officer O.C. Stitsworth, and Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce member Donald Sloan. (T.Times 3-12-36, p. 5)

Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Holman, Walter E.; Ganz, William; Corneilson, Earl; Bekins, Stanley; Caldwell, Worth; Stitsworth, O.C.; Sloan, Donald; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma);

Walter E. Holman, center, vice-president of the US Junior Chamber of Commerce is detained as he steps off a plane bearing the national charter for the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce. It is all in good fun, however. The Tacoma Jr. Chamber, organized two years ago, became an official member of the US Jr. Chamber of Commerce when the charter was presented by Holman, a resident of Portland, Oregon, to the group. Pictured left to right are William J. Ganz, Tacoma's vice- president, Officer Earl Corneilson, Holman, Officer O.C. Stitsworth and Stanley Bekins, Tacoma's secretary. (T. Times 3/12/1936, pg. 5)

Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Holman, Walter E.; Ganz, William; Corneilson, Earl; Bekins, Stanley; Stitsworth, O.C.; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma);

Walter E. Holman, vice president of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce, was nabbed by Tacoma police and officials as he stepped from a northbound plane on March 12, 1936 bearing the national charter for the Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was met by a squadron of three motorcycle policemen who "arrested " him for exceeding the air speed limit and turned him over to the custody of the local club celebrating at the Winthrop Hotel. Pictured, left to right, William J. Ganz, Tacoma's Jr. Chamber vice president, Officer Earl Corneilson, Stanley Bekins, Tacoma's secretary, Holman, Worth W. Caldwell, president Portland's Junior Chamber, Officer O.C. Stitsworth and Donald Sloan, member Portland Jr. Chamber of Commerce. (T. Times 3-12-1936, pg. 5)

Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Holman, Walter E.; Ganz, William; Corneilson, Earl; Bekins, Stanley; Caldwell, Worth; Stitsworth, O.C.; Sloan, Donald;

Junior League. Gertrude (Mrs. Roger) Peck, 1936-37 President of the Tacoma Junior League, posed at her home with members of Executive Board on April 11, 1936. Standing in the back row, left to right, Mrs. Martha Fisher, Mrs. Ellen Hooker, Mrs. Phoebe Lea, Mrs. Helen Hurley and Miss Lois Williams. Seated middle row, left to right, Miss Presley Ellis, Mrs. Peck and Sally Moffitt. The women seated on the floor in front are Connie Rie Cardin and Jean Dunkle. (T. Times 4/18/1936, pg. 7)

Junior League (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1930-1940; Peck, Roger--Homes & haunts;

Contract bridge expert Ely Culbertson visited the Tacoma Bridge Club on May 1, 1936, at the Winthrop Hotel. Mr. Culbertson is standing directly in front of the hanging framed picture. He was nearly 45 at the time and had been a key figure in the international popularization of contract bridge in the 1920s and 1930s. Photographer Chapin Bowen was present during this visit; he is standing far left. TPL-6687