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1933- IF YOU WERE THERE ...

1) You are part of the hunger march this morning. Describe your thoughts.

2) Why is the concrete 4th Avenue Bridge so important to Olympia?

3) Fast forward to the future and name some businesses in Downtown Olympia or at the port that are currently on the Carlyon Fill. Describe the city's expansion in 1933.

4) Discuss changes . in transportation, architecture and entertainment in Olympia since the 1899 scene.

5) The wood veneer plants give jobs to many local citizens. Describe what a day might be like working on the waterfront at Olympia Veneer.

6) Why do you think the group of shanties along Water Street are called Little Hollywood? How should the city view this community?

7) Imagine the shipping canal from Olympia to Grays Harbor is chosen this year ( 1 9 3 3) to be a major public works project. How will the canal affect Olympia in the near and distant future?

8) Where would you take visitors in 1933 Olympia?

9) Women and Native Americans can now vote in Olympia. Do you think they are afforded equal rights in other areas in 1933? Explain.

1 O) Discuss differences in and around Sylvester Park since the last scene. Are the streets more or less pedestrian friendly? Explain.

11) Why do you think people voted for Prohibition? Today, in 1933, Washington is about to make liquor sales legal again. Why did they change their minds? How does this affect the region and the Olympia Brewery?

1 2) If you were the photographer Vibert Jeffers, what would you be taking pictures of today?

1 3) Chain stores now exist in Olympia. How has that affected downtown?

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1933- WHAT ELSE WAS HAPPENING? (within five years before and after 1933)

1928- (June 21) First Capital to Capital Yacht Race from Olympia to Juneau Alaska. 1928- Penicillin is discovered. In Olympia, Legion Way trees planted by American Legion. 1928- Olympia Airport is acquired. On Sept 9, fire destroys clocktower on Old Capitol Bldg. 1929- Vatican City becomes an independent country. 1929- The first Academy Awards Ceremony held in California. 1929- (Oct 24) The stock market crash signals the beginning of the Great Depression. 1930- The painting "American Gothic" is introduced. First World Cup soccer game in Uruguay. 1930- Olympia first uses crossing guards. Many old abandoned cars dumped in Budd Inlet. 1930- A patent is granted for the first gas turbine engine, forerunner of the first jet engine. 1930- Thurs. Co. Courthouse built on Capitol Way. Last chautauqua on site before construction 1931- Canada becomes self-governing within the British Empire. 1931- Worst flood of all time occurs on Huang He River in China killing 3,700,000 people. 1931 - GM and Dupont produce FREON for refrigeration and aerosols. Photoflash invented. 1931 - (Aug 13) Second bandstand dedicated in Olympia's Sylvester Park. 1931 - Dick Tracy comic strip first drawn. Empire State Bldg completed in New York City. 1932- The cyclotron splits the atom. First electron microscope constructed. 1932- "Pet and Doll Parade" begins in Olympia. KGY moves from St. Martins to downtown. 1932- (June 3) Lou Gehrig hits four home runs in one game.

1933-(January 17) HUNGER MARCH HELD IN OLYMPIA

1933- Fluorescent lamps and a new soda pop called 7-Up are introduced. 1933- (June) The historic frigate Constitution (bit 1797) visits Olympia for ten days.

Olympia Chamber of Commerce issues wooden "oyster money." 1933- Proposal to dig a ship canal from Olympia to Grays Harbor strongly considered. 1933- President Franklin Roosevelt begins New Deal. Grand Coulee Dam project approved. 1933- Modern Olympia Brewery plant built, (expanded greatly later). 1933- Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor and then "Fuhrer" of Germany. 1933- Olympia- 11 legislators including Warren Magnuson rent Sylvester Home for session. 1933- (Dec) The 21st Amendment repeals the 18th, making liquor sales legal again. 1934- The Florida Everglades becomes national park. First ski tow invented in Woodstock, VT. 1934- The Sunset Highway over Washington's Snoqualmie Pass is paved. 1935- Color film is introduced by the Eastman Kodak Company. WA sales tax created. 1935- (June 28) The Spar Restaurant opens in downtown Olympia. 1935- Social Security is established this year. First radar system developed. 1936- Gone With The Wind is published. Whitman Mission is declared a national historic site. 1936- Boulder Dam is completed (renamed Hoover Dam in 1947). 1937- (Jan) Olympia's Oddfellows building destroyed by fire. (Sept) Martin Way is dedicated. 1937- Carlson patents first automatic copier: the XEROX 914. Golden Gate Bridge is built. 1937- North Coast Bus Lines Depot opens on 7th & Capitol Way in Olympia. 1937- The Hobbit is published. Disney releases the movie Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs. 1937- Olympia Airport runways paved and hangar built as WPA project. 1937- (July 1) Amelia Earhart's airplane crashes somewhere near New Guinea. 1938- The process of dismantling Little Hollywood in Olympia begins. (Completed in 1941.) 1938- Fission discovered. Orson Wells' broadcast " War of the Worlds" creates scare in U.S. 1938- First paperback-The Good Earth published. First nylons and nylon bristle toothbrushes. 1938- FDR signs act establishing Washington's Olympic National Park.

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VEHICLES IN 1 9 3 3 OLYMPIA

Capitol Way (North to South) Legion Way (West to East) 1. generic 10. 1925 Model T Ford Coupe 2. Birney Streetcar 11. 1933 Willys Sedan 3. 1929 Hudson Sedan 12. 1 930 Oldsmobile Sedan

13. North Coast Motor Stage

7th Avenue (West to East) 4. 1931 Chevrolet Delivery

Washington Street (North to South) 14. 1929 Model A Ford Roadster

5. 1930 Model A Ford Coupe 1 5. North Coast Motor Stage 6. 1933 Hupmobile Coupe 16. 1 930 Studebaker 7. 1931 Chrysler Sedan 17. 1933 Ford Sedan 8. 1932 Dodge Sedan 18. 1925 Dodge Truck 9. 1930 Model A 2 Door

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