ca. 1979. Tacoma Central School, 601 So. 8th St. (Now houses administrative offices.) Central School was built in 1912 and designed by the architectural firm of Heath and Gove.

Central School (Tacoma);

These Native American girls were taking a sewing class at the Cushman Indian School on the Puyallup Reservation in June of 1918. The goal of Native American education from 1880-1920 was to assimilate the children into the dominant European culture, removing them from traditional Indian ways. One method was to remove them from their families and enroll them in government run boarding schools. By 1910, the Puyallup Indian School had become the Cushman Indian School, a large industrial boarding school, hosting over 350 students from the Northwest and Alaska. The school's focus was training the students for a place as a laborer in an industrialized America. During WWI the Red Cross entered into a partnership with schools to produce needed goods for the war torn countries. The girls in this photograph are probably sewing for the Red Cross. The boarding school closed in 1920. G39.1-163; TPL-2822

Cushman Indian School (Tacoma); Boarding schools--Puyallup Reservation; Sewing--1910-1920; Sewing machines--1910-1920;

Senior play at Annie Wright Seminary. Wearing makeup and garbed in costume, these twelve Annie Wright seniors are posed on June 22, 1919, on the school grounds in preparation for their senior class play. Since Annie Wright had an all-female population in 1919, all roles were played by girls including the male parts. The private school was located at that time in modified Queen Anne buildings at 611 Division Avenue. G64.1-054

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1910-1920; Private schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1910-1920; Actresses; Theatrical productions--Tacoma;

Despite appearances, all the actors in this June 22, 1919, photograph are girls. Annie Wright seniors were practicing their senior class play on the school grounds at 611 Division Avenue. Since Annie Wright at that time was an all-female academy, all roles in theatrical productions were played by girls, including the male parts. Costumes and mannerisms indicate that this may have been a play occurring during Elizabethan times. G64.1-055

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1910-1920; Private schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1910-1920; Actresses; Theatrical productions--Tacoma;

ca. 1919. Park Lodge School's "Primary Grade" in 1919; copy of Cooke photograph made in April of 1923. Park Lodge School was located in Lakewood at 10020 Gravelly Lake Dr. S.W. These youngsters may have been in the kindergarten or first grade. TPL-4410

Park Lodge School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1920-1930; School children--Lakewood--1920-1930;

More than forty little faces would greet the teacher of this Sherman (Elementary) School class in 1924. The children are seated quietly in furniture common to the times - desks connected to the wooden seats in front of them. Several hats hang on pegs fastened to the classroom door.

Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Picture Day at Sherman (Elementary) School in Tacoma's North End meant that the school children dressed in neat and tidy clothing - including ties for some of the boys -to have their classroom photograph taken on May 21, 1924. This class had about 40 pupils which was probably not uncommon during this time.

Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Many of these youngsters look stoically at the camera during classroom picture day at Sherman Elementary in May of 1924. Sherman School, named after Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, was located in the city's North End. To ease overcrowding, a new Sherman Elementary would be built in 1954 and the old school demolished. G46.1-145

Sherman School (Tacoma)--Group portraits--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

A group of children and adults line up for an Epworth Bible School Parade. They are lining up next to a building at 2802 Sixth Ave. Photo taken at So. Anderson and 6th Ave. looking south. TPL-7071

Epworth Bible School (Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Students at Franklin School. This is possibly one of the 8th grade classes at Franklin School, located at 3202 South 12th St. Many of the girls pictured above in May of 1924 had fashionably bobbed hair and low-waisted dresses. The boys wore suit coats and either knickers or long dress pants. G46.1-080

Franklin School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Epworth Bible School parade on 6th Ave. Photograph was taken in front of the building at 2501-2509 6th Ave., between Prospect & Fife. Building at 2407-11 6th Ave. can be seen in the background. TPL-7072

Epworth Bible School (Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1920-1930; A. Grumbling & Co. (Tacoma);

Epworth Bible School parade on 6th Ave. Photograph taken looking east on 6th Ave. toward building at 2511-2519 6th Ave. Photo also shows houses at 605, 607 and 611 No. Fife. Can also see the 6th Ave. streetcar. TPL-7073

Epworth Bible School (Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Pupils at Washington School posed for a group portrait on May 18, 1924, in front of the school doors. These boys and girls appear to be among the oldest in the elementary school. G46.1-151

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Washington School (Tacoma);

Unidentified class at Sherman School having their picture taken on May 21, 1924. Sherman was an elementary school located at 3811 North Cheyenne.

Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

These solemn students are believed to be in the 8th grade at Sheridan School, 5317 McKinley Avenue. They posed on the school steps in June of 1924. The elementary school was named after Civil War General Philip H. Sheridan. G46.1-140

Sheridan School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

1924's eighth grade class at Central School. The eighth grade girls wore fashionably bobbed hair and nearly calf-length dresses while the boys either wore suits with knickers or comfortably worn shirts. The eight-story Central School, located at 601 South 8th St., opened in 1913; local newspapers considered it to be one of the largest and the best in the West. G46.1-050

Central School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Eighth graders at Fern Hill School pose in front of the elementary school's brick facade on June 3, 1924. Fern Hill School began as Byrd School in 1880 and was used by settlers as a church and also a Sunday School at what is now 86th & Park Avenue. When the City of Tacoma expanded its boundaries in 1910, the school (by then re-named Fern Hill School) was annexed to the Tacoma School District. Land was purchased in 1911 and a new Fern Hill School was built at the present location. Since then the school has been remodeled several times, the most recently in 2005-6. G46.1-083 (Olsen: For the Record, p. 97)

Fern Hill School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930;

In June of 1924, the Bryant School baseball team claimed the North End Pennant for the Grammar School League by winning 8 straight games against 8 different teams. Posing proudly in the lower row are Bruno Manarino, Charles Burr, Earl Butler & Lavern Kolstead (plus two young men unidentified in the paper.) Top row, left to right, Eugene Dix, Francis Voliginy, Grant Evans, Robert Lacy, Principal R.F. Bown, Arthur Westle, Clement Nelson and Delbert Bowler. Bryant School was located at 708 South Ainsworth Avenue. The school, designed by Bullard & Bullard, was used for 70 years, from 1890-1961, by Tacoma students. It was demolished after the construction of a new school. (TNT 6/12/1924, pg. 17) G46.1-022

Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Bryant Elementary School (Tacoma); Baseball players--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Children from Grant (Elementary) School were dressed in a variety of costumes depicting other nations in late April of 1922. Some of the clothing was undoubtedly retrieved from the children's own homes, perhaps relics from older generations. It is believed that the children, numbering 40, had sung and danced in a musical play, "A Meeting of Nations," before the Grant P.T.A. on April 28, 1922. The Grant P.T.A. had its biggest meeting of the year to support the 30-10 initiative which sought to equalize school funding. Grant School is located at 1018 North Prospect and was named for former President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-30-22, D-7-article)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Grant School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Costumes;

It appears that the entire student body and teaching staff of this public school in Eatonville has assembled outdoors to patriotically salute the flag on this September day in 1922. The three-story wood framed school had a recessed porch and cupola. It was set on a deep wide fenced lot with plenty of room for small children to play. This was the third school building built by the Eatonville School District on Mashell Ave. in Eatonville. It first served as a grade school and a high school before a separate high school was built in 1916. The grade school building was replaced in 1926. The low fence was to keep the cows out. TPL-5798; G7.1-036 (print has deteriorated) (Additional information provided by a reader)

Public schools--Eatonville; School children--Eatonville; Flag salutes--Eatonville; Saluting--Eatonville; Flags--United States;

View of Eatonville's Public School from across the street on September 22, 1922. See B6626 for another view of school. Judging from the small children amassed in the schoolyard, this was an elementary or grade school in the small Pierce County town southeast of Tacoma. All the students plus the teaching staff are saluting the American flag. G7.1-035 (print has deteriorated) TPL-10106

Public schools--Eatonville; School children--Eatonville; Flags--United States; Flag salutes--Eatonville; Saluting--Eatonville;

Grade school class in Eatonville in 1922. These children appear to be portraying Native Americans with their feathered headdresses, bows and arrows, and with a tepee in the rear of the classroom. There is even a large goose standing on a wooden chair. G46.1-058

Public schools--Eatonville; School children--Eatonville;

These McKinley School students dressed as Native Americans posed at the school, 3702 McKinley Avenue, in early November of 1922. All the children wore headdresses and fringed outfits made of burlap. The 25 pupils participated in the school's annual carnival that closed on November 10th and featured on that date a dramatization of Longfellow's "Hiawatha." McKinley Elementary School was built in 1908 and named in honor of President William McKinley. In 2008 the school celebrated its 100th year anniversary. TPL-8015; G2.1-113; G20.1-017 (TDL 11-11-22, p. 2-article on school carnival; TNT 11-10-22, p. 14- photograph & names of children listed)

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; McKinley School (Tacoma);

Most of the children seated in this first grade classroom at Rogers (Elementary) School stare solemnly at the photographer on January 19, 1923. Their teacher stands in the back of the room. Blackboards for reading, writing and arithmetic stretch along at least two sides of the room. Rogers School was built in 1907 and was the first concrete school building in Tacoma. It was named in honor of Gov. John R. Rogers. Rogers School was closed in 2002. G46.1-052

Rogers School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma; School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Teachers--Tacoma--1920-1930; Classrooms--Tacoma--1920-1930;

St. Edward's Hall, Marymount. Later more commonly known as Marymount Military Academy, the boarding school for boys under 14 was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1923, with the Right Reverend Bishop O'Dea of Seattle officiating. St. Edward's Hall was the two-story fireproof central building built in the Lombardine mission style. Classrooms, living room, library, dining hall, kitchen, and reception area were all located on the spacious first floor. The second floor contained sleeping quarters and bathrooms for the boys. There was a chapel in one wing. A well-equipped gym was located 200 feet west of the main building complete with swimming pool. The school even had its own infirmary about 150 feet south of the main unit. Set in a grove of treees in what is now Spanaway, the school was run by Dominican nuns who also set high academic standards. It was the only military school for boys in the State of Washington. Marymount would close in 1976, a victim of lessening enrollment. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 5-13-23, E-5-article with alternate photographs) TPL-1507; BU11, 450

Marymount Military Academy (Spanaway); Private schools--Spanaway; Military education--Spanaway;

8A Class - Sheridan School. On January 19, 1925, the 8A class of Sheridan School posed for what was probably the class graduation picture. Its teacher and/or school principal are also included. Sheridan (Elementary) School was located at 5317 McKinley Ave. The school, which had been built in 1908 to replace an older building, was named in honor of Civil War General Philip H. Sheridan.

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Sheridan School (Tacoma);

This is the 8A class of Fern Hill School as pictured on January 22, 1925. They are posed in front of the entrance to the brick school building located at 8442 South Park Avenue. Mont Downing, principal of Fern Hill, is in the back row. TPL-9716; G46.1-082

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Fern Hill School (Tacoma); Downing, Mont; School principals--Tacoma;

In January of 1925, the 8A class of Sheridan School, along with their teacher and/or school principal, posed for a group portrait in front of the school doors. Another very similar view of the children is Boland B11668. These elementary school children would be graduating and moving onto high school. G46.1-141

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Sheridan School (Tacoma);

Raynor Chapel. This is an interior view of Raynor Chapel at Annie Wright Seminary in March of 1925. A narrow wood pathway leads between the rows of wooden pews to the alcove containing the altar with stained glass window above. An open beamed ceiling accentuates the heavy use of wood inside the chapel. Raynor Chapel was erected in honor of Mrs. Amanda Raynor, vice-president of the school for many years. Jesse Thomas donated the stained glass window in memory of his wife. The Tacoma Rotary Club presented the school with the altar as a gift. (See A1034, image 1, for additional view of the chapel's interior)

Private schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1920-1930; Raynor Chapel (Tacoma);

Dressed in their best on picture day in 1925 is the 8A class of Washington School. Boys were neatly attired in suits and pullovers, and girls with bobbed hairdos wore middy-blouses and skirts. Washington (Elementary) School is still located at 3701 North 26th St., across from the Tacoma Public Library's Wheelock Branch Library. TPL-9718; G46.1-150

School children--Tacoma--1920-1930; Public schools--Tacoma--1920-1930; Washington School (Tacoma); Children--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1920-1930;