Students from Fife High School take over the dance floor of the Crystal Ballroom in the Winthrop Hotel to "Shake, rattle and roll" on April 18, 1970, for their annual Junior-Senior prom. About 50 couples attended the spring function with girls dressed in long formals with corsages and boys in suits and ties adorned with boutonnieres. Photograph ordered by Fife High School.

Rock & roll dancing; Dance--Tacoma--1970-1980; Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1970-1980; Students--Fife; Fife High School (Fife); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Dining at the Three Keys. A young couple enjoy the elaborate food preparation at their table while dining at the elegant Three Keys restaurant, Winthrop Hotel, on October 30, 1970. The tuxedoed head waiter carefully monitors the flaming dish. The Winthrop's main dining room had been re-named the Three Keys in 1963 to stand for the three keys to fine dining: excellent service, precisely prepared foods, and properly aged wines. Color photograph ordered by Jay Rockey Public Relations, Seattle.

Three Keys (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1970-1980; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Waiters--Tacoma--1970-1980; Cookery--Tacoma--1970-1980;

On February 16, 1936, Lou Henry (Mrs. Herbert) Hoover, wife of the former President and honorary national president of the Girl Scouts, met with the scouts of Tacoma-Pierce County. She presented the Golden Eaglet badge, the highest award in scouting, to Dorothy Bachelor during a ceremony in the Crystal Ballroom of Tacoma's Winthrop Hotel. Helen Cannon (left) and Dorothy Hitchcock of the Mariner ship "Spray" were guards of honor for the ceremony. (T. Times, 2/17/1936, p. 9).

Presidents' spouses; Hoover, Lou Henry, 1875-1944; Girl Scouts (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor, Dorothy; Cannon, Helen; Hitchcock, Dorothy;

On Saturday, June 5, 1937, over 1,000 Shriners gathered in Tacoma for a Spring reunion sponsored by Tacoma's Afifi Temple. Afifi temple drum major Tom Richards, third from left, posed for a photograph in front of the Winthrop Hotel with "mascot" Marjorie Joy (also known as Marjie Joy) Miller, a Shirley Temple look-a-like, dressed in a drum majorette costume. Other band members identified, order unknown, were Guy Stone and Alex Rabstoff. Mr. Richards was a longtime drum major for the Tacoma Shrine Band and a mayor of Tenino. As an adult, Marjie moved to Hollywood and achieved fame as an actress and dancer under the name Marjie Millar. (T.Times 6/7/1937 p.16)

Drum majors; Drum majorettes; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Miller, Marjie Joy; Actresses; Millar, Marjie; Richards, Tom;

International-style Reserves Officers Military Ball, held February 18, 1939 at the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Miss Elsie Lough, of Vancouver, holds court from atop a chair, teasing the officers surrounding her. Enjoying her witty repartee are, left to right, Lt. Fowles of Olympia, liaison officer of the 248th Coast Artillery, Miss Sue Devlin of Tacoma, Capt. Graeme Gibson (dressed in MacKenzie tartan kilts) of the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders, Col. A. W. McMorris of Tacoma, and Robert Sconce. (T. Times, 2/20/1939, p. 1).

Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ball dresses; Military uniforms; Scotland--Clothing & dress; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Devlin, Sue; Gibson, Graeme; Lough, Elsie; McMorris, A.W.; Sconce, Robert E.;

Reserve Officers International Military Ball held February 18, 1939 at the Hotel Winthrop's Crystal Ballroom. Major Harold E. Snider, of Vancouver, B.C., dressed in kilts, and wife as well as Mrs. Nelson Lynde and Colonel A. W. Melchoir, of the Tacoma Reserve Officers group, are shown arriving at Winthrop Hotel for the dance. The ball was to be attended by regular and reserve officers of all military branches in Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia and surrounding cities, as well as select Canadian regiments. Canada was sending officer representatives of the Seaforth Highlanders, British Columbia Hussars and Irish Fusiliers. All of the officers were resplendent in their elaborate dress uniforms. (T. Times, 2/20/1939, p. 1)

Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ball dresses; Military uniforms; Scotland--Clothing & dress; Snider, Harold--Family; Melchoir, A.W.; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

One of the most anticipated social events for the younger set in 1938 was the "Club of Hearts" yearly formal ball held in the Winthrop Hotel's Crystal Ballroom on December 26, 1938. Helen Feek, Lorraine Ronquist, Sheryl Nyman, and Marcelle Patrick smilingly glance back over their shoulders to have their picture taken. The young ladies are all wearing lovely evening gowns and corsages. (T. Times, 12/31/1938, p. 4).)

Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Feek, Helen; Ronquist, Lorraine; Nyman, Sheryl; Patrick, Marcelle; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The Crystal Ballroom at the Hotel Winthrop was the site of the November 25, 1938, College of Puget Sound Sigma Mu Chi fraternity and Kappa Sigma Theta sorority formal dance. One couple sitting on edge of table catch-up on events with another couple who is just arriving. Streamline formals seem to have been popular that year as well as marcelled hairdos. (T. Times, 12-3-38, p. 9).

Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1930-1940; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Sigma Mu Chi Chapter (Tacoma); Kappa Sigma Theta (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Marquis Dance at the Winthrop Hotel. Conductor Stan Miskowski leading the Washingtonians, a 7-piece orchestra. Dated April 16, 1938.

Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940; Orchestras--Tacoma--1930-1940; Conducting--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Dance parties--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Women's fashions shown at the Winthrop Hotel. Unidentified woman wearing a dark dress, hat and pumps is seated on a bench beside a floral display. This is possibly the Young Men's Business Club (Y.M.B.C.) luncheon and fashion show scheduled for March 11, 1938, at the Winthrop. (Also dated 3/8/1938).

Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fashion shows--Tacoma--1930-1940; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

ca. 1938. Presidential Suite at Winthrop Hotel with dining set for 8 in center and sofa, several chairs, and stools for sitting. Building by W.E. Stoddard and Roland Bohrek, Associated Architects, 1924.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The Jubilee Princesses smile brightly at the Winthrop Hotel after the preliminary round of selection for the Jubilee Queen, held on June 26, 1939. The resulting six finalists, pictured here, were selected from a field of 26. The winner will be declared Jubilee Hostess Queen and the runner up Miss Pierce County. The remaining four princesses will reign over the four principal features of the celebration: the pageant, air show, water carnival and Mardi Gras festival, also called the "Village of Nations." The girls are, left to right, Elizabeth Johnson, Lucille Courtney, Amy Lou Murray (elected Queen), Kathleen Hurley, Margaret Franich (elected Miss Pierce County) and Venette Maybin. (T. Times 6/27/1939, pg. 1)

Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Franich, Margaret; Murray, Amy Lou; Johnson, Elizabeth; Courtney, Lucille; Hurley, Kathleen; Maybin, Venette;

Wauna Club dance on the Roof Garden at the Hotel Winthrop. Several people stand under a rainbow arch. The women are holding gifts of pottery. Woman in striped skirt is Mrs. Carroll C. Carlson. (T. Times, 4/29/1939, p. 7)

Wauna Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Wauna Club dance in the Roof Garden at Hotel Winthrop. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Frankland and Dr. and Mrs. James Gourley engage in pleasant conversation in the lounge on April 22, 1939. The formal affair called for tuxedos and gowns. (T. Times, 4-29-39, p. 7).

Wauna Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Couples--Tacoma--1930-1940; Frankland, Walter J.; Gourley, James;

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. Men and women seated at tables, some wearing leis. (filed with Argentum)

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Chamber of Commerce Gridiron Dinner at the Winthrop Hotel. Head table with sign above "1889 - Golden Jubilee Membership Campaign - 1939". (T.Times) (Also Dated 4-30-1939)

Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

The Daughters of America Drill Team poses on the roof of the Winthrop Hotel. They are dressed in white skirts and blouses, with wrist length capes folded back to reveal a bright satin lining. Their caps, reminiscent of those of veteran's groups, are perched at an angle on their heads. They also wear a ribbon on the left side of their blouse.

Daughters of America (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

On March 11, 1939, the Bachelor Club of Tacoma hosted a large ball and style show in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Several guests were photographed seated around small round tables at the event. (filed with Argentum)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Bachelor Club (Tacoma); Fashion shows;

A Washington State Patrol officer knocks on the door of room 305 at the Winthrop Hotel where officers questioned Frank Olson who had confessed to the Mattson kidnapping. Olson, also known as Lester Mead and Charles Thorp, had walked away from the Medical Lake Asylum and fabricated his part in the crime. He was found to be harmless and returned to the Asylum. The state officers were accused by the Tacoma Times of blowing up the entire incident with poor investigative technique. To make matters worse, the Times claimed that special editions were released by the Tacoma News Tribune and a Seattle morning paper proclaiming that the crime had been solved. (T. Times 7/13/1938, pg. 1; TNT 7/13/1938, pg. 1)

Kidnappings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Washington State Patrol (Tacoma); Mattson, Charles--Kidnappings;

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, daughter of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, addresses a Junior Women's Club city-wide luncheon in her honor at the Winthrop Hotel on "Developing and Encouraging One's Hobbies and Talents." She also spoke of interesting incidents regarding her mother's recent trip to Seattle. Dressed in "Eleanor Blue," Mrs. Boettiger wore a corsage of Talisman roses and lilies of the valley. 300 women attended the May 18, 1937, luncheon. (T.Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, 9) ALBUM 1.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Public speaking--Tacoma;

Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger received the "keys of the city" in the form of an armful of flowers and a painting of "Mount Tacoma" when she spoke to the Tacoma Junior Women's Club on May 18, 1937. Several hundred guests and club members filled the roof garden of the Hotel Winthrop to see and hear Mrs. Boettiger, the only daughter of President & Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Following the luncheon, she was photographed holding the flowers and picture while surrounded by club members and flanked by her secretary Rosemary Meagher (far left) and Sally Sicade (to her right), the general chairman and toastmistress of the Junior Women's Club. Mrs. Boettiger was the wife of John Boettiger, Jr., the publisher of the Post-Intelligencer newspaper in Seattle.(T.Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, p. 9) ALBUM 1.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Meagher, Rosemary; Sicade, Sally;

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, daughter of the President, receives a framed print of Mt. Tacoma during a Junior Women's Club luncheon in her honor at the Hotel Winthrop. To her left in this May 18, 1937, sepia photo is her secretary Rosemary Meagher and to her right is Sally Sicade, general chairman and toastmistress of the club. Mrs. Boettiger is also holding a large bouquet of sweetpeas and snapdragons which was presented to her by C. H. Schartow on behalf of the mayor and City of Tacoma. In her first visit to Tacoma, Mrs. Boettiger spoke to 300 women on developing talents and hobbies. (T.Times, 5-19-37, p. 1, 9) ALBUM 1.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Public speaking--Tacoma; Meagher, Rosemary; Sicade, Sally;

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger (seated center), daughter of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, at a May, 1937, Junior Women's Club luncheon in her honor at the Winthrop Hotel. To her left is her secretary Rosemary Meagher, to her right is Sally Sicade.

Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger, 1906-1975; Boettiger, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, 1906-1975; Public speaking--Tacoma; Sicade, Sally; Meagher, Rosemary; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Junior Women's Club (Tacoma);

Beatrice (Mrs. Harry) Houdini, dressed in a long white coat and hat, photographed at the Hotel Winthrop where she is a guest. She is standing beside an elaborate table on which an ornate potted palm has been placed. Mrs. Houdini was visiting in Tacoma after attending the convention of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians in Seattle the prior week. As Harry Houdini's assistant for 42 years, she was the only living person who knew all the secrets of his famous tricks and she wasn't giving any away. Houdini had not been able to perform his greatest trick after death, the communication to his wife of a prearranged word and message psychically from the "Beyond." Mrs. Houdini planned the "Seance to end all seances" for October 31, the 10th anniversary of his death. Psychics would be linked by radio coast to coast in a psychic circle to wait for the message, but none came. (T. Times 7/14/1936, pg. 3)

Magicians; Houdini, Harry--Family; Houdini, Beatrice;

ca. 1926. Lesson in Friendship by Tacoma Knights of Pythias at the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. The fraternal order was founded in 1864 by Justus H. Rathbone on the principles of friendship, charity and benevolence, or "FCB" the letters inscribed on the triangles that make up the group's emblem. One of the main themes in the group's ceremonies is the fast friendship of Damon and Pythias. (filed with Argentum)

Knights of Pythias, Commencement Lodge #7 (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Lou Henry (Mrs. Herbert) Hoover, Honorary Vice- President of the Girl Scouts, greets a line of Scouts during a ceremony in the Crystal Ballroom of Tacoma's Hotel Winthrop. She appears to be holding back a smile at an eager young Scout. Mrs. Hoover addressed the crowd and presented a coveted "Golden Eaglet" award. ALBUM 1.

Presidents' spouses; Hoover, Lou Henry, 1875-1944; Girl Scouts (Tacoma);

ca. 1920. View of 9th and Broadway taken from the roof of the Medical Arts Building. Night scene showing the Winthrop Hotel (773 Broadway), left, and an illuminated Pantages Theater (901 Broadway) building.

Aerial photographs; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1920-1930; Pantages Theater (Tacoma);

Publicity for Army-Air Corps baseball game, taken at Winthrop Hotel. Frank Gillihan of the Y.M.B.C., McChord Field Morale Officer Capt. R.L. Bell, Mayor Harry P. Cain and 41st Division Morale Officer Capt. Cal Butterworth hold a friendly conversation on September 2, 1941. Mr. Gillihan had just succeeded in selling Mayor Cain a ticket to the September 9th match between the Army All-Stars and McChord Bombers. The Young Men's Business Club were the sponsors of the event. The Army team would go on to defeat McChord 3-2 in the pouring rain. (TNT 9-5-41, p. 17, 9-10-41, p. 11)

Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Gillihan, Frank J.; Butterworth, Cal; Bell, R.L.;

The new officers for the Spinster Club pose on the roof of the Winthrop Hotel. The Medical Arts Building can be seen in the background. The Spinster Club was a social club composed of prominent young Tacoma girls. The officers for the coming year were, left to right, Lea Mills (president), Ann Baillargeon (vice pres.), Virginia Austin (secretary) and Valdene Hazelton (treasurer.) (T. Times 3/15/1941, pg. 5)

Spinster Club (Tacoma); Mills, Lea; Baillargeon, Ann; Austin, Virginia; Hazelton, Valdene;

Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, second from left, daughter of the late President Woodrow Wilson, visited Tacoma on June 10, 1942 for a War Bond rally at Jason Lee School. She was pictured with Mayor Harry Cain (left), an unidentified woman and Pierce County War Bonds chairman Leon Titus (right) at the Winthrop Hotel. Mrs. McAdoo held the lengthy title of Regional Advisor of Women's Activities of the War Savings Stamps and Bonds Staff, operating under the Treasury Dept. in Washington D.C. During World War I, she had served in a similar position, with a shorter title, Chairman of the Liberty Loan Drive, under her father. In Tacoma, she spoke on opportunities for women to help raise funds for the current war. At the meeting, a Tacoma and Pierce County Chapter of the Women's League for War Savings was formed. (T. Times 6/9/1942, pg. 2; 6/11/42, pg. 11)

McAdoo, Eleanor Wilson; Wilson, Woodrow--Family; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Titus, Leon E.; War bonds & funds; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects of war--Tacoma;