Frank Temple, sitting on a large pumpkin, appears to approve Joann Glenn's selection of a nicely shaped, small pumpkin. Frank, Joann and "Charlie Brown" were photographed in Mr. and Mrs. Eberhard Kaelin's pumpkin patch at Valley Avenue and 54th Avenue East in Fife on October 22, 1968. See more featured images and posts…
Flower Basket Case?
The Tacoma Golf and Country Club held a masquerade the last week of October 1948. The event was formal in all but head gear. An unidentified woman tries on her flower-basket hat in front of a mirror to see if it needs any adjustments. See more featured images and posts…
Not Just Any Paddle Boards
Robin Hood (left) and Bert Wilson stand beside the paddle boards they built in their woodworking class at Stadium High School in this photograph from October 24, 1939. The two young men had just ridden their 12 ft. 7 in. long boards almost 25 miles down the Carbon River. Starting several miles upstream from South…
Prized Prize
JoAnn Wasson, age 7, holds the Shirley Temple doll that she just received from the Tacoma Times as a prize in their subscription drive. On October 14, 1936, the Times started a new subscription drive, and offered a "Genuine Shirley Temple Doll" to every little girl in Tacoma that could sign up 5 new subscribers…
Riches of the River
On October 21, 1937, Clarence Duncan, superintendent of the state's Puyallup River hatchery at Voight's Creek, lifted a large net filled with salmon out of the water. It was the largest run in years with record numbers of salmon returning to the creek near Orting. It was estimated that more than 8,000 salmon would be…
Lovely Lace
For Edna (Mrs. Rutherford) Barnett - Priceless handmade lace is hobby. Mrs. Barnett is a member of the National Old Lacers, women who study and collect rare laces. She is pictured above in October of 1964 with a Spanish Blonde mantilla and Venetian cape collar. On her left is an Irish Limerick lace overskirt draped…
Dog and a Tag
On October 12,1956, Janice Pender, age 8, held up dog tag #1, issued by the Pierce County Humane Society, for her Afghan Hound "Voodoo's" approval. The Pierce County Humane Society, not officially recognized by the city, was offering free licenses to dogs under the age of six months. These were not to be confused with…
Pilots-To-Be
Girls from the College of Puget Sound interested in participating in the training for pilots offered by the federal government pose in front of a hangar at the Mueller-Harkins Airport in early October of 1939. Nationwide, over 11,000 students would learn to fly under the program. Of that number, 300-400 would be women. See more…
At Your Service!
In October of 1942, Maxwell Super Service Station, 910 Puyallup Ave., really offered its customers super service. Nine women attendants rushed out to take care of a 1942 De Soto convertible (with hide-away headlights!) that had stopped for gas. The women pumped gas, checked under the hood, put air in the tires and cleaned the…
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