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D9343-1
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- 1940-01-25 (Creation)
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In January of 1940, Tacoma public schools were introducing students to music at elementary school age. This photograph of the orchestra at Sherman School was featured in an article extolling how this early immersion was benefitting the junior and senior high orchestra programs as well as the relatively new Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra. The Sherman Orchestra was under the direction of Delwen Jones. Pictured in the front row, l-r, are Gaylord Warren, Billy Dillman, James Sherrod, Owen Woolard and Harriet Harmann. 2nd row: Eva Mae Janes, Margaret Steadman, Jane McCrea, Nancy Newell, Delores Swalles, John Carr and Genevieve Martin. Top row: George Sherrod, Van Lowry, Gordon Sommerville, Richard James, Patsy Brown and Bobby Peterson. (T. Times, 01/26/1940, p.13).
Sherman School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1940-1950;