FTD Floral display was held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral on April 11, 1932. View of potted blossoms and a small floral gazebo. Hundreds of thousands of blossoms were on display during the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association April 10-12, 1932. The public was welcomed to attend the flower show without charge. G26.1-100 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article)
The classic figure of Mercury is the official logo of the Florists Telegraph Delivery, or FTD, service. (now called Florists Transworld Delivery) It is on display here at the April, 1932, flower show held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The room was filled with thousands of blossoms, all part of the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association. FTD International president Thomas Luke of Portland was a guest speaker at the convention. G26.1-116 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article; TDL 4-11-32, p. 1-article)
Interior view of the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 5 South "G" St. prior to its dedication in April of 1922. This photograph of the richly elaborate interior was one of those selected to be printed in the Tacoma Daily Ledger's article of April 7, 1922. The $200,000 structure, located at Park Heights & Division Avenue overlooking Wright Park, was formally dedicated on April 7, 1922. The idea of a Masonic temple had been floated about for several years before the site on "G" St. had been purchased in June of 1919. The structure was designed by the architectural firm of Sutton, Whitney & Dugan with Albertson, Cornell Bros., and Walsh serving as contractors. It would remain a Masonic temple only until 1937 when it was sold to the Independent Bible Church and subsequently remodeled. (TNT 4-6-22, p. 1-article; TNT 4-7-22, p. 1, 11-articles; TDL 4-7-22, p. 5-photograph & article)
An impressive floral gazebo was one of the outstanding displays at the FTD Floral Show held on April 11, 1932, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The public had been invited to attend the flower show presented at the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association. Thousands accepted the invitation to view daffodils and other bulbs in full bloom. G26.1-101 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article; TDL 4-11-32, p. 1-article)
This elevated view within the Scottish Rite Cathedral shows a wide variety of blossoms in the FTD Floral Show held on April 11, 1932. Thousands of flowers, potted and cut from the greenhouses of member florists, decorated the large auditorium. A floral gazebo takes center stage. The flower show was part of the ninth annual convention of the Northwest Florists Association and the Northwest Bulb Growers Association. G26.1-102 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 4-10-32, A-1-article; TDL 4-11-32, p. 1-article)
