PHONO TERIA

06/28/2026

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On this date in Tacoma history: the Tacoma Centennial Parade on June 28, 1969. Thousands of area residents lined the streets of downtown Tacoma to watch history pass in review. The two-hour parade started from Stadium High School, headed south on Stadium Way and Pacific Avenue to 21st. The bells in the Old City Hall clock tower started ringing at 10 a.m. and continued until the color guard passed. Although the sky was dark and threatening, it did not rain and spectators were able to enjoy the parade under cool and dry conditions. The parade was a mixture of 23 floats, 25 horse units, 16 bands, 13 drill teams and about 40 antique automobiles. Standing several rows deep along Pacific near 11th, parade watchers saw the McChord AFB honor guard plus units from other services accompany the Command Module 101 above.

Photograph courtesy Tacoma Public Library

03/20/2026

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02/26/2026

Oscar Holden (1886-1969) - the "Patriarch of Seattle Jazz" - arrived in Seattle in 1925 and quickly became a central figure in the city's jazz scene. www.historylink.org/File/11074

02/20/2026

AFM Seattle Local 493, the "Negro Musicians' Union", was founded in 1918 in response to a Jim Crow system of turf boundaries among local musicians. It finally merged with AFM Local 76 in 1958. historylink.org/File/10329

Pictured here, the Wang Doodle Orchestra, Seattle, 1925

01/07/2026

100-year old+ cartoon panels of generational taste dispute after the influenza pandemic and before radio:

DIANA DILLPICKLE
1. "I'll just take away and hide pa's favorite records, then he can't play anything that isn't up to high musical standard."
2. "Drat such high-falutin' stuff!!"

12/22/2025

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In the 1920s and early 1930s Americans flouted traditions. Women known as Flappers drove automobiles, wore short skirts, and smoked and drank in public. Gangsters ran speakeasies defying prohibition laws and leading to a spike in crime. Young people played and danced to strange music. On this day in Washington (Dec. 22, 1933) a state legislator blamed the social disorder on “jazz intoxication.”

State Representative William A. Allen, who lived near Alki Beach, introduced a bill claiming “people are becoming dangerously demented, confused and distracted or bewildered by jazz music.” He urged Washington Governor Clarence Martin to “bring about immediate cessation” of playing jazz in public. Violators faced heavy penalties. “All persons convicted of being jazzily intoxicated shall go before the Superior Court and be sent to an insane asylum,” Allen threatened.
His bill calling for a commission to study the deleterious effects of jazz on society never made it out of committee. Jazz intoxication has spread unchecked in America ever since.

Post written courtesy of David J Jepsen - Historian

Image from WSHS collection. Four women, members of a jazz band, holding different types of saxophones, pose outdoors in Puyallup, WA. Photographic print. Creator Marvin D. Boland Creation Date Sep. 23, 1922 Catalog ID: 1957.64.B6663

11/30/2025

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