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D24528-4
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- 1946-11-16 (Creation)
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Senator-elect Harry Cain and noted pianist Dorothy Helen Eustis enjoy coffee while looking over sheet music on November 16, 1946. Miss Eustis was in town for a performance in Lakewood, her only Northwest appearance of the year. Heavy snows would force cancellation and due to Miss Eustis' busy schedule, it would not be rescheduled. By age 30, Seattle-born Dorothy Eustis had performed with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham and pianist Jose Iturbi. In 1946 she played at the Hollywood Bowl under conductor Leopold Stokowski. Her later life would take strange turns as she moved to France, losing track of family and friends. It is believed that she later moved to London and then to Venice where her true identity was discovered as she lay nearly mute in a hospital for two years. Miss Eustis would eventually leave the Venice hospital for a permanent stay at a Catholic convent nursing home in Florence. She passed away on May 20, 2001. Harry P. Cain, seated next to Miss Eustis, was a former mayor of Tacoma and also served in the European theater during WWII. He won election to the U.S. Senate by defeating Democrat Hugh Mitchell in early November, 1946. ALBUM 13. (Additional information on Miss Eustis was provided by her niece, Barbara E. Cooper)
Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Eustis, Dorothy Helen;