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Item
Title
1026-1
Date(s)
- 1937 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
ca. 1937. Tacoma Swiss Society Wrestlers, circa 1937. 23 men photographed with trophy in center and Swiss Wrestling Association flags. When the Swiss Society was formed in 1889, there were about 200 Swiss living in and around Tacoma. The Society grew steadily and in 1913, Swiss Hall was built. Affiliate organizations formed like the Swiss Singing Society Edelweiss, the Swiss Ladies Society, 1908; Swiss Wrestling Club; Swiss Aid Society, 1924; and, the Swiss Drill Team, a youth group organized in 1937. (filed with Argentum)
Wrestling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swiss Americans--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma; Tacoma Swiss Society (Tacoma); Swiss Wrestling Club (Tacoma);