Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bennatts would be celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary at a reception on April 14, 1940 at the Mason Methodist Church. The couple is pictured at their home at 3008 No. 30th Street prior to the celebration. Mr. Bennatts had come to Tacoma to seek his fortune. He started out with a job in Old Town in the grocery business. He soon met Harriet Richards and the pair were married in a little frame Baptist Church, located on what is now the site of the First Baptist Church at Ninth and Market, on April 15, 1890. The pair opened a grocery store in the Pioneer Block, a brick building erected by Allen C. Mason in Old Tacoma. They did business there for 20 years before moving to North 24th and Proctor, where they remained for another 20 years. Mr. Bennatts retired ten years ago. (T. Times 4/15/1940, pg. 11)

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bennatts during a photo shoot at their home prior to celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary on April 15, 1940. Mrs. Bennatts (formerly Harriet Richards), dressed in long gown and wearing a corsage, watches her husband feed a begging Siamese cat. Two other Siamese cats lying on footstool wait their turn. The Bennatts were married in Tacoma on April 15, 1890. They ran grocery stores in the north end for 40 years. (T. Times 4/15/1940, pg. 11)

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