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D1729-1
Date(s)
- 1937-08 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Schwinger Frank Betschart, holding a trophy, bows before "Crown Girl" Mary Keller during the Tacoma Schwingfest in 1937. Each year since 1928 participants in the art of Schwingen, Swiss wrestling, would come north to Washington for the Tacoma club's competition. In 1958 the Tacoma Schwinger Club would merge with the Tacoma Swiss Rifle Club to become the Swiss Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma, thereby combining schwingen, marksmanship and a greater membership. (Swiss Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma: Golden Anniversary Book, various pages)
Tacoma Schwinger Club (Tacoma); Wrestling--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swiss Americans--Tacoma; Ethnic groups--Tacoma; Keller, Mary; Betschart, Frank;