Two Stadium High School yell leaders and twelve Lincoln High School majorettes pose below the Stadium Bowl's football-shaped scoreboard. Despite being on the losing end of the Thanksgiving Day game between Stadium and Lincoln, the Lincoln students sport brave smiles. The game was held on Thursday, November 23, 1939. A crowd of 12,000 to 15,000 spectators watched as the Stadium Bengals beat the Abes for the sixth year in a row. Stadium would retain the city crown although it did not win the Cross-State League trophy. Standing between the two unidentified Stadium cheerleaders is Josephine Ludwig of Lincoln. The other Lincoln students are, L-R, Myrtle Gordon, Betty Yenne, Ann Scopoli, Bernice Berhartsen, Doris Long, Virginia Griffin, Helen Sandquist, Beverly Steele, Lois Ammon, Dorothy Warter and Evelyn Lannigan. (T. Times 11-24-1939 p.11)

Drum majorettes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cheerleading--Tacoma--1930-1940; Scoreboards-- Tacoma--1930-1940; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Football--Tacoma--1930-1940

Morley Barnard (left) and Bill Anderson (right) of the Griffin Fuel Company hockey team warm up for their game against the team fielded by Cammaranos. On Wednesday November 15, 1939 the Griffin Fuel hockey team set a new league record at the Lakewood Ice Arena when they defeated the Cammaranos 19 to 16. In 1938, the Oakes Pavilion at 7310 Steilacoom Blvd. was converted into the Lakewood Ice Arena. The Ice Arena was torn down after its roof collapsed in October 1982.

Ice hockey--Lakewood--1930-1940; Lakewood Ice Arena (Lakewood); Ice hockey players--Lakewood;

Three of the winners in the 9th Annual Tacoma Winter Carnival races posed with Orville Stewart, the general chairman of the carnival, on January 28, 1940 at Paradise on Mt. Rainier. Shirley McDonald was the first "Tacoma girl" to win the Rhodes Brothers trophy for the women's slalom. From left to right are: Don French of Portland, winner of the junior downhill; Orville Stewart; Shirley McDonald; and Carl Neu of Seattle, winner of the men's slalom. Mr. Neu skied for the University of Washington. Approximately 3,500 fans watched the races. The field of competitors was one of the largest in the history of the races; 116 total skiers, with 76 of those entered in the men's slalom. (T. Times 1/29/1940, pg. 14- picture; 1/25/40, pg 14; 1/29/40, pg.1)

Skiers; Athletes; Paradise Inn (Wash.); French, Don; Stewart, Orville; McDonald, Shirley; Neu, Carl;

The concrete bleachers at Stadium Bowl are empty of people but untidy with scattered litter, probably programs or newspapers, after the annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Stadium and Lincoln High School in 1939. The State Historical Museum building is in the background.

Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Bleachers--Tacoma; Refuse--Tacoma; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington State Historical Building (Tacoma);

Diamond T Baseball (boys) Team. In July of 1940, at the commencement of the second half of the Junior League games, Diamond T was in the basement of the standings with no wins and 2 losses. (T. Times 7/16/1940, pg.11)

Baseball players--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Washington Hardware Juniors Baseball team. By the middle of July of 1940, the eleven teams of the Junior League were going into the second half of their playoffs with Washington Hardware near the top with 2 wins and no losses. (T.Times 7/16/40, pg. 11)

Baseball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma);

Pacific Lutheran College basketball coach Cliff Olson, left, shows team members one sure way to make a basket. Players are, top to bottom, Harry Lang, Marty North, Earl Platt, Sig Sigurdson and Marv Harshman. Mr. Harshman later had a distinguished 40 year career as a basketball coach; coaching winning teams at Pacific Lutheran, Washington State and the University of Washington. This picture ran in the Tacoma Times with overlays so that the goal became the 1941 Winko Hoop Crown and the players passed the ball up a timeline indicating games that needed to be won. (T. Times 2/12/1941, pg. 14)

Basketball players--Tacoma; Basketball--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Olson, Cliff; Lang, Harry; North, Marty; Platt, Earl; Sigurdson, Sig; Harshman, Marv;

National Guard Basketball team, Company E., 116th Medical Regiment. The team was competing in the military basketball playoffs at the Armory.

Basketball--1940-1950; Washington National Guard, Company E, 116th Medics (Tacoma);

Coach Bill Vinson led the Fife High School basketball team to an 11 and 1 record in 1941. That was good enough for the League Championship. The team included: (back, l to r) Willard Ogden, Bill Haminshi, Frank Spear, Mel Rowe, Frank Evancich. (front) Yahachi Sagami, Bob Vinson, Roy Herting, Frank Dreyer, Dave Wilcox, Coach Bill Vinson. (T. Times 3/3/1941, pg. 11)

Fife High School (Fife); Basketball players--Fife; Vinson, Bill; Spear, Frank;

Fife High Basketball Team, 1941 League Champions. Back, L to R: ?, Frank Spear, Yahachi Sagami, Willard Ogden, Bill Haminshi, Frank Evancich, ?. Front: Mel Rowe, Frank Dreyer, Bob Vinson, Roy Herting, Dave Wilcox, Coach Bill Vinson.

Fife High School (Fife); Basketball players--Fife; Vinson, Bill; Spear, Frank;

Fife High Basketball Team, 1941 League Champion. L to R. Back: Yahachi Sagami, Bill Haminshi, Frank Spear, Mel Rowe, Frank Evancich. Front: Willard Ogden, Bob Vinson, Roy Herting, Frank Dreyer, Dave Wilcox, and Coach Bill Vinson, marking game strategy on the floor. (T.Times, 3/3/1941, p. 11)

Fife High School (Fife); Basketball players--Fife; Vinson, Bill; Spear, Frank;

Action shot of the Clover Park football team. Photograph taken on November 19, 1940.

Football--Lakewood--1940-1950; Football players--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood);

Four determined players on the Bellermine Bells football team practiced a "quarterback sneak" in September of 1940. The players are identified as (l to r, front row) #61 Jim McNertney, #62 George Oswald, #63 Ray O'Leary and #60 Bing Fournier, quarterback. The 1940 Bells, coached by Hank Haug, were plagued by injuries and had lost many of their 1939 star players to graduation. They managed to pull off a 6-6 tie against the heavily favored Puyallup in their first game of the season. (T. Times 9/25/1940, pg. 18)

Football--Tacoma; Football players--Tacoma; Private schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma)--Sports; O'Leary, Ray; McNertney, Jim; Oswald, George; Fournier, Bing;

An unidentified skier soars over stands draped with red, white and blue bunting during a ski jump competition at the Snoqualmie Ski Bowl on March 2, 1941. Norwegian skier Torger Tokle broke his own record, setting a new North American record of 288 feet. (T. Times 3/3/1941, pg. 10)

Skiers--1940-1950; Snoqualmie Ski Bowl (Snoqualmie);

Snoqualmie Ski Bowl meet. A ski jump landing strip appears to be pictured lined with spectators. This is the Class A hill at Cascadia Hyak, Snoqualmie Ski Bowl. The spectators were thrilled to view Norwegian skier Torger Tokle break the North American jump record on March 2, 1941.

Skiers--1940-1950; Snoqualmie Ski Bowl (Snoqualmie);

Pictures taken at the Snoqualmie Ski Bowl of a ski meet. An ambitious unidentified skier soars over the stands holding the press members at the meet. All eyes were turned to the Northwest when Norwegian skier Torger Tokle broke his own ski jump record to set a new North American one of 288 feet. (T. Times 3/3/1941, pg. 10)

Skiers--1940-1950; Snoqualmie Ski Bowl (Snoqualmie);

Arms extended upright, an unidentified skier is caught by the camera in his attempt for maximum distance at the Snoqualmie Ski Bowl on March 2, 1941. He is soaring over the bunting-clad stand holding assorted press members although only a couple are actually watching him compete. One of the cameramen may have been Howie Clifford.

Skiers--1940-1950; Snoqualmie Ski Bowl (Snoqualmie);

Second Army Air Corps Basketball Team. Ten players in uniform, coach in Air Corps Lieutenant's uniform. They were likely a Pierce County Inter-League team.

Sports - Ball Games - Basketball Military Personnel - Army Air Corps

Bremerton High School basketball team, winner of State Tournament at the University of Washington in Seattle. Player and coaches receiving trophies in a photograph from March of 1941. (Bremerton Sun) [Also dated 04-05-1941]

Basketball--Bremerton; Awards; Coaches (Athletics);

Packing house building; shingled structure with overhang, boxes stacked under overhang. Rural location not provided. Photograph was taken on July 9, 1941.

Boxes; Buildings;

This is a publicity photograph for the 1941 Silver Skis Race held on Mt. Rainier. The Silver Skis competition began in 1934. The mens downhill couse was 3.6 miles. It began at Camp Muir and decended to Edith Creek basin. The shorter womens couse started at McClure Rock. The 1941 race attracted 39 men and 17 women. The weather on the day of the race was so bad, and the conditions so hazardous, that the officials moved the mens starting point down from Camp Muir at 10,000 ft. to Little Africa at 8,695. Even with this change, the winning skier, Bill Taylor of Tacoma, fell four times and took 4 minutes and 51.4 seconds to complete the couse. Shirley McDonald, also of Tacoma, won the womens race. (T. Times 04/06/1941)

Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1940-1950; Paradise Inn (Wash.); Skiers; Winter sports;

One of the publicity photographs shot advertising the Silver Skies race, held at Mount Rainier. The women are dressed in abbreviated spring or summer attire, in sharp contrast to the surrounding snow. (T. Times)

Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1940-1950; Paradise Inn (Wash.); Skiers; Winter sports;

When this photograph was taken on March 5, 1941, the calendar indicated that it was time for spring skiing, but it still looked a little nippy for the models' abbreviated attire. This frosty cheesecake was promoting the 1941 Silver Skis Race held on Mt. Rainier. The Silver Skis competition began in 1934, boosted by local skiing enthusiasts. The downhill course on Mount Rainier was dangerous and plagued with treacherous weather conditions. In 1941, the weather was very bad but the race was held with a few course adjustments. Bill Taylor and Shirley McDonald, both of Tacoma, won the men's and women's races. (T. Times 04/06/1941)

Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1940-1950; Paradise Inn (Wash.); Skiers; Winter sports;

Ski patrol during the 1941 Silver Skis race held on Mt. Rainier in early March. Six of the seven unidentified skiers carry American flags. TPL-1383

Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1940-1950; Paradise Inn (Wash.); Skiers; Winter sports; Flags--United States;

Annual golf tournament sponsored by the Lumbermans' Association and held at the Tacoma Country Club. Photograph ordered by Cecil Cavanaugh. The man in the center holds two loving cups to be awarded as prizes in the Northwest Lumbermans' Handicap Golf Championship on August 9-10, 1941. Hugo Peterson of Tacoma was the big winner. He was employed at the Douglas Fir Plywood Association (DFPA). (T. Times 8/11/1941)

Tournaments--Tacoma; Awards; Golf--Tacoma--1940-1950; Country clubs--Tacoma; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Three men from the timber industry pose at the 1941 annual Northwest Lumbermans' Handicap Golf Championship held August 9-10 at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club.

Tournaments--Tacoma; Golf--Tacoma--1940-1950; Country clubs--Tacoma; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

These caddies put in long days on the greens of the Tacoma Country & Golf Club in Lakewood during the 21st annual Northwest Lumbermen's Golf Tournament held in August of 1941. There were 115 individual entries and numerous match plays. Robert Studebaker of Shelton won the golf championship with a net 69 over Tacoman Corydon Wagner. Hugo Peterson, with 85-20=65, won the handicap title. (TNT 8-9-41, p. 10-article on tournament)

Tournaments--Tacoma; Golf--Tacoma--1940-1950; Country clubs--Tacoma; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Caddies;

Members of the Sport Center team, all season champions of the Broadway Ladies Bowling League, pose with their bowling balls. The ladies scored 2347 in the playoff. Pictured, left to right, are Laurene Putbres, Evalyn Stein, Margaret Neary, Vera Kindervich and Jerry Bergman. (TNT 5/3/1942, PG. A-13)

Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Broadway Bowling Center (Tacoma); Bowling alleys--Tacoma--1940-1950; Putbres, Laurene; Stein, Evalyn; Neary, Margaret; Kindervich, Vera; Bergman, Jerry;

On April 20, 1942, the members of the Venetians bowling team posed at the Coliseum Bowling Alley, 407 So. 13th St. Pictured standing, left to right, were Eva Gipple, Gladys Putbres, Hattie Wilkowski and Ann Berry. Seated was Jennie Small. The women, all first year bowlers, were the champions of the Coliseum's Women's Class B League. They defeated their nearest opponents by two points. (TNT 4/26/1942, pg. A-12)

Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Coliseum Bowling Alley (Tacoma); Gipple, Eva; Putbres, Gladys; Wilkowski, Hattie; Berry, Ann; Small, Jennie;

Moose Lodge bowling team.

Bowlers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Loyal Order of Moose (Tacoma);