Pet show at Fircrest School held in March of 1937 in connection with "Be kind to animals week." Marilyn White holds her pet dog and Douglas Shacklett poses with his pet rabbit. Behind the pair are fish bowls and cages filed with birds, chickens, and ducks. See more featured images and posts…
Showtime on McKinley
Theater curtain. This curtain, made up of ads featuring McKinley Avenue businesses, graced the stage of the Park Theater, 3508 McKinley Avenue, in March of 1925. The ads ranged from grocery stores to shoe stores to dry goods and cleaners. See more featured images and posts…
Raising of the Rubaiyat
Diver Walter McCray prepares to resume the raising of the "Rubaiyat." After several unsuccessful attempts, raising of the sunken freighter "Rubaiyat" was once more underway in March of 1924. The ship had sunk the previous September when she capsized on an outbound journey from Commencement Bay. Diver Walter McCray and Foss Launch & Tug had…
It’s Better With Butter
Butter was in short supply in Tacoma in March of 1943. As soon as word leaked out that a merchant had received a shipment of butter, long lines of customers began to form. Two unidentified clerks behind the counter of one of the merchants in the Crystal Palace Market at 1101 Market Street had plenty…
Great Day At the Home Show!
Janet Kendall poses for a studio portrait on March 14, 1962, publicizing the annual Tacoma Home Show. She is holding a giant clover leaf saluting the Irish. The photograph was scheduled to be printed on Saturday the 17th, St. Patrick's Day, but instead ran the day before. See more featured images and posts…
Tacoma Cares
A young Boy Scout attaches a small sticker promoting the Community Chest drive onto the windshield of a parked vehicle in March of 1922. This photograph was used in the Tacoma Sunday Ledger, March 19, 1922, edition. The Community Chest was a precursor of the United Good Neighbor Fund and later, United Way of Pierce…
The Breaking Of Glass Barriers
In March of 1924, two young ladies at Stadium High School were breaking down vocational barriers. Mary Fern Winfree (17), left, and Blanche Barnhart (18) were learning their way around a tool shop after enrolling in woodworking class. The educational pioneers had been warned that they would be expected to participate in shop clean up…
Hollywood Comes To Tacoma
The stars of the future Weaver Productions, Inc. motion picture "Totem Pole Beggar" arrived at Tacoma's Union Depot on March 5, 1926. The movie was scheduled to begin filming at the H. C. Weaver studios near Titlow Beach on March 8. H. C. Weaver, studio head, is in the back row, third from the right…
Caught In the Act
Diminutive Robert Dykeman was caught in the act of fishing for votes by Patrolman Bill Herbst, left, and Sgt. Bill Christilaw, right. Dykeman was running for Park Commissioner in the March 12, 1935 election. Four foot four inch Robert Dykeman, never one to let his size deter his commitment to the city and county, ran…
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