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- 1941-01-20
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
In January of 1941, Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain warmly greeted Viola Wasterlain (center), noted Tacoma violinist, on she arrival at Union Station. Pictured left to right are believed to be Lazlo Bartel (accompanist), Mrs. Fernanda Wasterlain Ashmun (the artist's mother), Miss Wasterlain, Mayor Cain, unidentified. Miss Wasterlain, in town for a Temple Theater concert, had recently performed for President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House and soon would be appearing with the New York Philharmonic under Otto Klemperer at Carnegie Hall. The violinist, who grew up in Tacoma, had debuted at New York's Town Hall in 1937 and had last been in Tacoma in 1939. (T.Times 1-20-41, p. 1, 14) ALBUM 12.
Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Wasterlain, Viola; Ashmun, Fernanda Wasterlain; Shaking hands--Tacoma;