The Ladies' Musical Club celebrated their fifty years of existence with a concert and tea in Weyerhaeuser Hall at the YWCA. The group had its first concert on October 28, 1890 in one of the member's homes. Over 20 charter members of the organization attended the Golden Jubilee celebration. (T. Times 10/4/1940, pg. 3)

Ladies Musical Club (Tacoma); Young Womens Christian Association (Tacoma);

The Normanettes were going to perform their 3rd Annual Spring Concert at Weyerhauser Hall Y.W.C.A. Members of the Normanettes are all Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or Islandic descent. Every year they study folksongs of their mother countries for their annual concert. View of the Normanettes, photo ordered by Mrs. Marchell Stenns (T. Times, 5/20/46, p. 2).

Evening gowns--Tacoma; Women--Clubs--Tacoma; Young Women's Christian Association (Tacoma); Normanette Womens Chorus Ensemble (Tacoma);

With summer just around the corner, the young daughters of Marion C. Edwards of Browns Point posed on May 8th in what the well dressed young lady would be wearing for summer fun in 1947. Sherry (left, age 11) patiently tried to convince baby sister Wendy Sue (1 1/2) to remove her hand from her mouth while next in line was pigtailed Gretchen, age 6, and Jane, age 3. All four girls were dressed in sun suits, ankle socks and dress shoes. (T. Times, 5/10/47, p. 1- different image of same girls).

Posing; Fashion models--Tacoma; Children--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Edwards, Sherry; Edwards, Wendy Sue; Edwards, Gretchen; Edwards, Jane;

YWCA, Teen Age Department, Phyllis Porter. Three teenagers are looking at long tickets.

Teenagers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Young Womens Christian Association (Tacoma);

Queen and Court of Latter Day Saints at Weyerhauser Hall. Although no further information is available on this picture, it is most probably from the Gold and Green Ball, the winter social event of the church. The dance is sponsored by the Mutual Improvement Association of the Church. The event is named for the colors of the Mutual Improvement Association and it is staged in all stakes and missions of the church.

Beauty contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Crowns; Evening gowns--Tacoma; Mormons--Tacoma;

This group of newly minted mermaids was photographed in the Y.W.C.A. pool, 405 Broadway, on August 27, 1942. For the first time, the pool remained open for the whole summer that year to expand the recreation facilities available to the children who spent their vacation at home. The youngsters pictured could not swim at all at the beginning of the season, but by the end of August they were all "at home in the water" according to Mrs. John McConnell, swimming instructor. Pictured clockwise, starting at the top center with the girl in the dark cap, are: Joyce Sheets, Jeanne Arkin, Patilou Babbitt, Margaret Ward, Laura Sheppard, Onnalee Dungan, Pat Sternberg, Ella Mae Goddell, mary Jean Harvel, Barbara Ann Combs, Carole Jenks, Virginia Gundstrom, Nancy Ann Wilhelmi and Mary Ann Norton. (TNT 8/31/1942 p.9)

Young Womens Christian Association (Tacoma); Swimming pools--Tacoma; Swimmers--Tacoma;

Modelling her latest formal creation on July 27, 1942, while standing on a stack of books at the YWCA, was USO Junior Hostess Dorothy Blanchfield. Lending a hand with the construction, left to right, were Carolyn Moore, (Miss Blanchfield,) Anna Mae Willman, Marian Allen and Myrl Van Den Heuvel. A USO Junior Hostess, in order to keep her permanent card and be a member in good standing, was required to attend one social function a week. The most popular functions were the dances. In order to have a wide variety of formal dresses and to keep costs down, some of the girls met weekly at the YWCA, with volunteer stylists from the department stores, to sew their own formals. Publicity for Community Chest. (TNT 8/2/1942 p.A-7)

Young Womens Christian Association (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Sewing; Seamstresses; Sewing machines; Blanchfield, Dorothy; Moore, Carolyn; Willman, Anna Mae; Allen, Marian; Van Den Heuvel, Myrl;

The seventh annual spring concert of the Normanettes women's choral ensemble was given on Tuesday evening May 23, 1950 at the Tacoma Y.W.C.A. As was usual with this singing group, the performance featured both a number of Scandinavian songs, and a selection of sacred and secular compositions sung in English. The women in this photograph are wearing Scandinavian costumes with beautifully embroidered, close fitting bodices, white, long-sleeved blouses, skirts with embroidery or ribbons and aprons. They performed folk dances at Normanna Hall, possibly in conjunction with the Normanette concert. Ordered by the Tacoma Athletic Association, Mr. Metcalf.

Ethnic groups; Costumes--Swiss; Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Normanna Hall (Tacoma);

Tacoma's Y.W.C.A had a number of different sports groups meeting during the evening hours at the club; the groups were still accepting new members in January of 1949. Swimming and aquatic sports were just one of the fun groups to join. View of swimmers, Muriel Sagan, Dorothy Jorgenson, Barbara Kitlar, Marilou Baillargeon, Helen Gladstone, Patte Blakeslee, Kathe Childs and Anne Moe; unidentified lifeguard kneeling by the poolside (T.N.T., 1/9/49, p. D-1).

Women--Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Aquatic sports--Tacoma; Lifeguards--Tacoma; Swimming--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Swimmers--Tacoma; Swimming pools--Tacoma; Young Women's Christian Association (Tacoma);