The Thomas Handforth Digital Collection is comprised of the artistic output of Thomas Handforth and related items in the collections of Tacoma Public Library. Tacoma Public Library received the Handforth Collection in a number of increments from the Handforth family, and from a number of his friends and associates, along with a small collection from…
Baseball Past Watching Over Baseball Future
Past and possible future baseball stars stare into the August, 1961, night. The little boy, lying down on the grass, is believed to be Bucky O'Brien, the ball boy for the Cheney Studs, a team sponsored by local lumberman and philanthropist, Ben Cheney. Both he and his older counterpart, believed to be his father Eddie…
Tacoma Air Show 1948
The Tacoma Squadron, Civil Air Patrol sponsored the Tacoma Air Show August 19, 1948, at Spanaway Sky Ranch. The exhibition was for the benefit of the cadets' treasury and funds were used for the purchase of new equipment for the unit. Major Orville French, commanding officer of the squadron, left, shows tickets to Joe Sim…
See Sea Scout
Four bare chested Sea Scouts are flanked by two Sea Scout leaders in uniform as they posed behind giant oars on August 17, 1931.Tacoma's Sea Scouts were led by Dr. Hubert Watson who is believed to be the man with the John Paul Jones Tacoma sweater kneeling above. Dr. Watson was the "skipper" of the…
Summer Camp Time!
On August 14, 1941, this unidentified youngster smiled at the camera as he waited by the Tacoma totem pole at 10th & A Street to board an automobile that would whisk him off to camp as the guest of the Kiwanis Club. Sixty underprivileged boys stayed at the YMCA's Camp Seymour at Glen Clove as…
The One That Didn’t Get Away
King Salmon, Mr. Van, The Vandes Company Sport Shop.This unidentified fisherman is delighted to show the very large salmon he caught and the fishing pole and line he used. He posed in front of the Vandes Co. store at 115 So. 10th St. on August 9, 1947. See more featured images and posts…
At the end of Bike Meet
The end of the First Annual "Bike Meet" and Parade held August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. At dusk, tired competitors lift their bikes over barriers at the Stadium Bowl and head for home. See more featured images and posts…
St Albans Girls’ Camp
In this photograph from August of 1948, five Girl Scouts relax in one of the three shelters at St. Albans Girls' Camp by Lake Devereaux. The land for the camp was donated to the Girl Scouts by Mrs. W.W. Seymour in memory of her husband, an early mayor of Tacoma. The architect, Silas E. Nelson…
Cinderella Coach
Here is the "Cinderella Coach" as it looked on July 28, 1920 when it rolled with its load of costumed kiddies through the streets of Tacoma's business district to a storytelling festival in Wright Park. The children were dressed in Fairytale costumes, including a small bride and groom. Standing on the roof of the coach…
Presenting to the Lucky Winners
Kathleen McElwain and Donald Langbridge stand beside two new Schwinn "World" bicycles, loaded with all the newest accessories, in Wright Park in late July of 1938. Some lucky boy and girl will win these bikes in Tacoma's First Annual Bicycle Meet sponsored by the Tacoma Times and the Metropolitan Park District. The meet will include…
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