January 18, 1938, saw the installation of new officers of the Tacoma Lodge of B'nai B'rith, worldwide Jewish community service organization. From left to right were: Lester Seinfeld, president; Ben Schwartz, assistant monitor and Morris Elyn, vice president. Ceremonies were held in the Talmud Torah synagogue. (T.Times 1-19-38, p. 7-alt. photograph)

B'nai B'rith (Tacoma); Community service--Tacoma--1930-1940; Seinfeld, Lester; Schwartz, Ben; Elyn, Morris;

Women of Rotary Club staging annual party. Group of eleven women dressed in formal attire. (T.Times, 2/26/1938, p.7).

Organizations - Clubs - Rotary International Club - Women of Rotary - Tacoma

The Spinster Club held a "Bowery" dance at the Century Ballroom on February 25, 1938. A couple is pictured dancing next to the band leader. (T.Times, 3/5/1938, p.7)

Spinster Club (Tacoma); Century Ballroom (Fife); Dance parties--Fife--1930-1940;

Spinster Club "Bowery" dance at the Century Ballroom on February 25, 1938. Twelve band members pose for their portrait in front of the bandstand during a break. (T.Times, 3/5/1938, p.7).

Spinster Club (Tacoma); Century Ballroom (Fife); Dance parties--Fife--1930-1940; Big bands; Musicians--1930-1940;

The Spinster Club "Bowery" dance held February 25, 1938 at the Century Ballroom. Two women seated on the low stage in front of a young drummer in the band. (T. Times, 03-05-1938, p.7).

Spinster Club (Tacoma); Century Ballroom (Fife); Dance parties--Fife--1930-1940; Drums (Musical instruments)--Fife;

The Spinster Club held a "Bowery" dance at the Century Ballroom in Fife on February 25, 1938. The costume cabaret dance offered favors as prizes for the best costumes. Three unidentified young women in costumes smile at a man dressed in a sailor's uniform who is lighting a candle placed in the neck of a beer bottle. The bottles with candles in them were then placed on tables as part of the New York decor. (TNT 2/24/1938, p.13-article)

Spinster Club (Tacoma); Century Ballroom (Fife); Dance parties--Fife--1930-1940;

A quartet of party goers relaxes during the intermission at the Spinster Club "Bowery" dance, held February 25, 1938 at the Century Ballroom. Seated left to right in the booth are Donald Baker, Geraldine Elsbree, Classina Buffelen, and Vivian Sturtridge. Miss Elsbree was the general chairman for the event, which featured appropriately "low rent" decorations, such as the candle in the beer bottle. (T.Times, 3/5/1938, p.7).

Spinster Club (Tacoma); Century Ballroom (Fife); Dance parties--Fife--1930-1940; Baker, Donald; Elsbree, Geraldine; Buffelen, Classina; Sturtridge, Vivian;

Co-Ed Club skating party at the Midway Skating Rink. Donald MacDonald, Amy Lou Murray, Dean MacDonald and Charlotte Doud stop beside the railing to engage in conversation. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p,7).

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Roller skating--Tacoma; Skating rinks--Tacoma; Midway Skating Rink (Tacoma); MacDonald, Donald; Murray, Amy Lou; MacDonald, Dean; Doud, Charlotte;

Co-Ed Club skating party at the Midway Skating Rink. Young men stand in front of the skate rental booth observing a couple on roller skates skate by arm-in-arm. Dorothy (Dody) La Gasa and her partner share a joke as they glide by. They are wearing metal skates strapped to the outside of their street shoes. (T.Times 4/2/1938, p.7).

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Roller skating--Tacoma; Skating rinks--Tacoma; Midway Skating Rink (Tacoma); La Gasa, Dorothy;

Co-Ed Club skating party at the Midway Skating Rink. Young men stand in front of the skate rental booth observing a couple on roller skates skate by arm-in-arm. Dorothy (Dody) La Gasa and her partner share a joke as they glide by. They are wearing metal skates strapped to the outside of their street shoes. According to the sign, aluminum skates cost ten cents extra. (T.Times 4/2/1938, p.7).

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Roller skating--Tacoma; Skating rinks--Tacoma; Midway Skating Rink (Tacoma); La Gasa, Dorothy;

Co-Ed Club skating party at the Midway Skating Rink. Herbert Munson, Barbara Bonnell, Virginia Davis and Robert Richards converse as they sit on benches at the edge of the rink. Richards wears a Stadium letterman's sweater. (T. Times 4/2/1938, pg. 7)

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Roller skating--Tacoma; Skating rinks--Tacoma; Midway Skating Rink (Tacoma); Munson, Herbert; Bonnell, Barbara; Davis, Virginia; Richards, Robert;

A quartet strap on skates for some roller rink fun at the Co-Ed Club skating party at the Midway Skating Rink. The metal skates are strapped on over the girls' saddle shoes. Gene Rickabaugh adjusts the skates of Marian Guyles. Also pictured are Betty Kirkland, Co-Ed Club president, and Joseph Henderson. Boldly printed signs in the background shout the rink's rules. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p,7).

Co-Ed Club (Tacoma); Roller skating--Tacoma; Skating rinks--Tacoma; Midway Skating Rink (Tacoma); Rickabaugh, Gene; Guyles, Marian; Kirkland, Betty; Henderson, Joseph;

Co-Ed Club skating party at the Midway Skating Rink. Couple wearing aluminum skates skating on wooden rink. The smart set of college and high school students gathered at the Midway Rink for this gathering organized by the Co-Ed Club. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p.7).

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Gathering of men at the Tacoma Club in the Washington Building to celebrate Sam Perkins 73rd birthday. Group of men seated and standing around dinner table, Perkins far left; Mayor Smitley third from left.

Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Perkins, S.A.--Commemoration; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Sam Perkins, seated on the right, and three other men pose for a portrait to celebrate Perkin's 73rd birthday. The event was held at the Tacoma Club in the Washington Building. Mr. Perkins had a long and varied work history in Tacoma. Sam Perkins and W.P. Bonney were partners in a wholesale and retail drug business in the late 1880s- 1890s. They went out of business in the depression of the early 90's when customers dried up. Mr. Perkins became the secretary of Mark Hanna, chairman of the Republican election committee for William McKinley. After the election, Perkins stayed on with Hanna for a while. Mr. Perkins returned to Tacoma in the late 90's as the owner of the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the News. His party at the Tacoma Club was attended by over 100 of his friends and business associates. (T. Times 5/5/1938, pg. 1)

Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Perkins, S.A.--Commemoration; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Dinner at Tacoma Club for 73rd birthday of Sydney Albert "Sam" Perkins, local tycoon and former newspaper editor. The dinner was attended by over 100 of Mr. Perkins's friends and business associates. During his 50 years in Tacoma, he had served as the partner of W.P. Bonney in a wholesale and retail drug business, in Washington D.C. as the secretary of Mark Hanna and as owner of the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the News.

Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Perkins, S.A.--Commemoration; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Five men dressed in tuxedos pose for a portrait at Sam Perkins' 73rd birthday event held at the Tacoma Club.

Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Perkins, S.A.--Commemoration; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Gathering of men at the Tacoma Club in the Washington Building to celebrate Sam Perkins 73rd birthday. Men seated at dinner table. E. T. Short, Tacoma Times columnist, seated on right. The party for Mr. Perkins birthday was attended by over 100 friends and business associates from his 50 plus years in Tacoma. (T. Times 5/5/1938, pg. 1)

Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Perkins, S.A.--Commemoration; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Sam Perkins celebrates his 73rd birthday with friends at the Tacoma Club. Mayor Smitley (far right) and another man sing happy birthday as he prepares to blow out the candles on his huge cake. Mr. Perkins was born in Boston on May 6, 1865 and was christened Sidney Albert Perkins. That moniker was soon shortened to "Sam." For his 73rd birthday, he was feted by some of the friends he made in over 50 years of business in Tacoma. Mr. Perkins was best known locally as the owner of the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the News. (T. Times 5/5/1938, pg. 1)

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Sam Perkins, right, receives a toast from an unidentified friend on his 73rd birthday at a party given in his honor at the Tacoma Club.

Tacoma Club (Tacoma); Perkins, S.A.--Commemoration; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Water wheel at Woodbrook Hunt Club. A couple sits in the shade of the oak trees on the lawn beside the rippling creek and water wheel. Stock photograph taken on May 15, 1938.

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Waterwheels;

Water wheel at Woodbrook Hunt Club. Artistic view of water wheel framed under the branches of an oak tree with Mount Rainier in the distance.

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Waterwheels;

Tacoma Girl Scouts at Camp St. Albans. Virginia Garrison leads Girl Scouts group in traditional camp songs on July 31, 1938. The girls are joined by visiting Kiwanis Club member Herbert Ford. Left to right: back, Marilyn MacKee, Connie Warren, Janice Nye; center, Joan Cheim, Herbert Ford, Shirley Abel; seated, Mary Warren, Jean McCrae. (T. Times, 8/6/ 1938, p.9)

Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Kiwanis Club (Tacoma); Camp St. Albans (Lake Devereaux); Garrison, Virginia; MacKee, Marilyn; Warren, Connie; Nye, Janice; Cheim, Joan; Ford, Herbert; Abel, Shirley; Warren, Mary; McCrae, Jean;

In appreciation for their service to Camp St Albans, area Girl Scouts have invited the Tacoma Kiwanis Club members to enjoy a Saturday at the rustic camp near Allyn. Enjoying conversation after dinner in the dining hall are area Scout leaders and Kiwanis members. L. to r., back row: Frank Taylor, Harold Mann. E.E. Searles, Mrs. E.W. Janes; seated: Mrs. B.E. Buckmaster, Everett Smith, Mrs.Taylor. (T.Times, 8/6/1938, p.9)

Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Kiwanis Club (Tacoma); Camp St. Albans (Lake Devereaux); Taylor, Frank; Mann, Harold; Searles, E.E.; Buckmaster, Dorothy G.; Smith, Everett;

Fresh air, comradery, canoes, camp songs and s'mores- it's summer and time for Girl Scout Camp! Tacoma Girl Scouts learn boating in July of 1938 at Camp St. Albans on the shore of Lake Devereaux near Allyn. Seven Girl Scouts pose in a row boat with paddles held in an upright position. In 2004, Camp St. Albans has been providing an outdoor adventure, never to be forgotten, for Girl Scouts for 69 years. (T. Times, 8/6/1938, p. 9)

Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Camp St. Albans (Lake Devereaux); Camps--Lake Devereaux;

Tacoma Girl Scouts at Camp St. Albans on shore of Lake Devereaux near Allyn. Three Girl Scouts are photographed receiving their Golden Eaglet awards. Left to right: Irene Doten, Mrs. Buckmaster, Helen Valkenberg, Shirley Taylor, and Mrs. A. E. Freeman. (T. Times, 8/6/1938, p. 9).

Girl Scouts (Tacoma); St. Albans Girls' Camp (Lake Devereaux); Doten, Irene; Buckmaster, Dorothy G.; Valkenberg, Helen; Taylor, Shirley;

Spinster Hop at Fircrest Golf and Country Club. Lucile Anderson, Muriel MacDonald, Karl Richardson, and Henry Rosenberg chat during intermission at the semi-formal "Back to School" dance. Decorative windows and wall. (T. Times, 9/3/1938, p. 9)

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Junior Women's Club dance, "Night in Harlem." Mrs. Russell, A. T. Dockeray and Eleanor Dockeray wearing formal attire and standing in doorway under Club Cotton sign on November 26, 1938. The popular jitterbug dance highlighted the evening. (T. Times, 11/26/38, p. 11).

Junior Women's Club (Tacoma); Dockeray, A.T.; Dockeray, Eleanor;

Four young ladies smilingly gaze over their shoulders at the camera prior to entering the Club of Hearts yearly formal ball held at the Winthrop Hotel on December 26, 1938. From left to right are: Helen Feek, Lorraine Ronquist, Sheryl Nyman and Marcelle Patrick. This is the same image as D7769, image 5, only cropped.

Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Feek, Helen; Ronquist, Lorraine; Nyman, Sheryl; Patrick, Marcelle; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Club of Hearts annual yuletide dance. Three unidentified couples gather in front of a Christmas tree at the Winthrop Hotel for one of the most popular affairs of the season.. (T. Times, 12/31/1938, p. 4)

Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Christmas trees; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940;