Stadium in 1909, just after the completion of the Bowl

Construction of Stadium and the Bowl used horses and wagons, not motorized vehicles

Aerial view of Stadium District in the city's northend, includes turreted Stadium High School, Stadium Bowl, and State Historical Museum on the hillside overlooking the Bowl and with views of Commencement Bay. The school's tennis courts are to the right.

Home economics class.

Remember dance lessons in gym class? The divider was closed, with boys on one side and girls on the other. Half of us learned to follow, and half of us learned to lead.

On the plus side, we had genuine marble shower stalls and an indoor pool.

This classroom was on the fourth floor, probably Room 424 in the southwest tower. Not in the best of shape. The roof did leak in places.

A spring day in the courtyard. Did girls always get the prime seats at lunch?

12-02-1958
The Madrigals performed numerous special Christmas concerts throughout the holiday season. Sitting from left to right are: Don Coovert, Betty Martin, Jean Atkins, DeEtte Slater, M. Hodges, Carol Slayden and Gene Prescott. Standing are: Carl Fitzpatrick, Sally Mattson, Loleta Bailey, Lola Paine, Dixie Smith, Nora Christiansen, Sandy Miller and Mr. Paul Margelli, vocal music teacher.

The twelve 1959 Daffodil Festival Princesses, pose in the daffodil fields of the Francis Chervenka family farm on the east side of the Sumner-Orting Highway. Kneeling is Carol Mills, representing Franklin Pierce High School. The standing princesses are left to right Sandra Lilyblad of Sumner, Lani Torre of Wilson H.S., Chris Rupp of Sumner, Julie Wahlgren of Stadium H.S., Caryn Chervenka of Puyallup, Sally Yoder of Sumner, Shelia Keogan of Puyallup, Jo Anne Tatum of Clover Park H.S., Gail Christenson of Puyallup, Anita Johnson of Lincoln H.S. and Gail Eagan of Orting.

The princesses are dressed in daffodil yellow full skirted dresses with white parka jackets. The jackets are the festival's abbreviated version of an Alaskan parka. They can be worn with hoods, or the hoods can be folded back into a shawl collar.

Five Daffodil princesses sit on giant hibiscus blossoms amidst 25,000 daffodils and wave to the large crowds lining up on Pacific Avenue at the Greyhound station on April 9, 1960. The large star on the Puyallup community's float commemorates the entry of Hawaii as the 50th state. "Daffodils Salute Hawaii" had been chosen as the festival theme and the festival welcomed Hawaii's Lt. Gov. James K. Keahola as the parade's grand marshal. The royal court was Peggy Root of Puyallup, Sharon McCoy and Margaret Dudley of Sumner, Madeline Shouse of Orting and Martha Barringer from Stadium High School. The two-hour parade in Tacoma featured 31 floats, 28 bands, 30 drill teams, eight decorated cars, six mounted units and two drum & bugle corps.