Archive for June 2016

Margaret Bell is pictured holding a copy of the new 1941 Tacoma phone book, estimated to be the largest issue ever published. The phone book featured a band warning customers not to use the book until June 29th, as more than 4,000 number changes would be effective at that time. 49,000 copies of the new…

In June 1929, work continues on the installation of equipment aboard Tacoma's first fire boat, Tacoma Fire Boat No. 1. After the fire boat's successful launching on June 8th, the vessel was moved to a Port of Tacoma pier where five engines and four centrifugal pumps were installed. http://goo.gl/h3Bgo3 …

William C. Larson holds his 3-year-old daughter, Carol Ann, while Nurse Dorothy MacIntyre holds his new son, William Bruce Larson, for them to see through the window of the maternity ward at Tacoma General Hospital. http://goo.gl/NbSnPa …

A dramatic moment unfolds during the silent movie "Heart of the Yukon," filmed in June 1926 by Tacoma's own movie studio, H.C. Weaver Productions. The story features Anita Wayne, played by Anne Cornwall (left), who seeks her gold mine inheritance and missing father amidst the Alaskan Gold Rush, using only a locket as her guide…

In June of 1937, John L. Kress ("Lee") opened his first malt shop in Tacoma at the corner of 9th and Broadway in the Bostwick building. The new Tacoma shop could seat 40 customers at the counter and in booths. http://goo.gl/0vi1lw…