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The Pantages Theatre Baseball Team posed in uniform for this photograph in June 1911, in front of a large billboard advertising the Fayettes of Boston, a vaudeville group, who would appear at the Pantages starting Monday, June 12.
Eighty years ago today, on June 11, 1941, Rev. Vern D. Poole, the pastor of the East Side Chapel, gave Rodney Larson the bill of sale for the trombone he played in the chapel's orchestra. The East Side Chapel at 314 East 26th Street had a very innovative program to encourage the young people in the church community to play music. They maintained an orchestra open to area boys and girls. Instruments were provided through donations. The young musicians were required to study and attend rehearsals regularly. At the end of the year, those with good records were given the instrument to keep, complete with a bill of sale. The six members who earned ownership of their instruments in 1941 were: (front row, l to r) Bonnie Jean Cater, violin; Rodney Larson, trombone; and Bruce Gorse, snare drum. Back row, l to r: Jimmy Johnson, baritone horn; Marjorie Gorse, violin; and Serafin Malfatti, cornet.
On Thursday June 10, 1948, President Harry S. Truman stopped off in Tacoma long enough to address a crowd of thousands of Tacomans from a platform built on the corner of South 9th and Broadway. In an address carried live over KMO radio, he blasted the congress for doing nothing to curb inflation and control prices. He also attacked their tax reduction program which he called "a rich man's tax law - for the relief of the rich."
On June 9, 1924, the graduating students and faculty at the College of Puget Sound gathered to bid farewell to the old campus at 602 North Sprague Avenue (now the site of Jason Lee Middle School). The building was constructed in 1903 from a design by George W. Bullard, and demolished in 1924 after the college moved to its new location at 1500 North Warner. The 21st Commencement Exercises were held on the morning of June 11th at Jones Hall on the new campus.
On June 8, 1938, Lincoln High School graduated a record class of 709 at the Armory. The building was filled to capacity, with only parents and relatives of graduates allowed to attend. 1938 was the school's 24th annual graduation. After the graduation exercise, the Armory floor was cleared of chairs to provide room for dancing.
An unidentified man helped himself to a six-pack of Heidelberg from the serve-yourself refrigerator at the Park Way Delicatessen & Tavern at 313 North I Street on June 7, 1955. A counter and stools and a neon sign for Columbia Ale can be seen behind the man. The refrigerator is in the novelty shape of a floor-to-ceiling bottle and holds ice-cold 7up, Bubble Up, Nesbit, Pepsi-cola, Old Colony, Coca-Cola, Can-a-Pop Grape, Heidelberg beer and Squirt.
Perry Watkins (1948-1996) was one of the first servicemembers to challenge the ban against homosexuals in the United States military. Born in Joplin, Missouri, Watkins was a teenager when his family moved to Tacoma, where he attended Lincoln High School.
This June 1925 view looks north up McKinley Avenue which is decorated for the upcoming McKinley Hill Improvement Celebration. The McKinley Avenue Improvement Club held an outdoor evening celebration in June of 1925 which started with a concert and ended with a street dance held on McKinley between Division and Harrison, a summer tradition still honored by the McKinley Hill neighborhood. Both sides of the business district on McKinley are lined with small local businesses. A streetcar runs down the avenue, where banners for the celebration wave overhead; the track turns following a jog in the street. On the right can be seen signage for the Miles Neff Grocery Store (3517), and on the left Curran Drug Store (3512) and the Park Theater (3510). The thriving neighborhood contained the Northern Pacific Hospital, 3 grade schools, 5 churches, 15 grocery stores, 6 butcher shops, 2 hardware stores and a drugstore.
We’re rolling into the weekend with #ArchivesOnWheels with this great artifact from our collection.

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