Metal Trades Convention for the Labor Advocate. On March 2, 1943, four unidentified men who were convention delegates stood behind a table with a blackboard behind them showing tally of votes for president of the Pacific Coast District Metal Trades Council. Incumbent Anthony Ballerini was defeated in a re-election bid by Ed Weston of Seattle. A banner states: "Affiliated with the A.F. of L." Held at the Hotel Winthrop in early March of 1943, the wartime convention was concerned with the metal trade councils' responsibility to deliver vital goods essential to allied victory. Delegates took an aggressive stand against the NLRB-CIO's disruption in the shipbuilding industry. Keynote speaker was John P. Frey, president of the A.F. of L. Metal Trades Department, Washington D.C. (Tacoma Labor Advocate, 3-5-43, p. 1+ -article)
Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Metal Trades Council (Tacoma); Labor unions--Tacoma--1940-1950; American Federation of Labor (Tacoma); Group portraits--1940-1950;
Morris Jaffe-Edith Brodsky held their wedding and wedding reception at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Winthrop on November 3, 1946. Eleven waitresses, a chef and kitchen manager stand behind the heavily laden banquet serving table. The bride was the daughter of Phillip and Anne Brodsky. The groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Jaffe of Seattle. The bride's cake, not shown, was surrounded by 100 gardenias and a sprinkling of silver sequins. (T.Times, 11/6/1946, p.8)
Club of Hearts 11th annual Christmas dance was held in the Crystal and Junior ballroom at the Winthrop Hotel. The elaborate decorations included a huge red banner with "Merry Christmas" written in silver, hung behind the orchestra. Seated left to right are: Don Brown, Clara Bowe, Ben Fawcett, Joan Thrasher, Margaret Hansen and Jack Christensen, a bottle of "Clicquot Club" champagne in foreground (T. Times, 12/21/46, p. 10).
The Portland and Tacoma staff of the Tide and Bay Company were to attend a dinner and dance party. Over 200 people were expected at the festivities taking place at the Hotel Winthrop on Saturday. View of Tide and Bay Co. employee's banquet in the Crystal Ballroom at the Hotel Winthrop.
Banquets--Tacoma; Banquet halls--Tacoma; Tide & Bay Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
Daffodil Queen Doreen Moody (second from right) and two of her princesses look on as Charles F. Wolf, chairman of the Hawaii committee of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce hands United Airlines hostess Katherine A. McDonald four boxes of Puyallup valley daffodils. In April of 1948, the Chamber of Commerce sent their sister organization in Honolulu a beautiful shipment of locally grown flowers to help advertise the up-coming Daffodil Festival. The United Airlines office was located in the Hotel Winthrop. The three members of the Daffodil court pictured are: (l to r) Princess Jerene Fly, Queen Doreen Moody and Princess Joy Lundgren. (T.Times, 4/2/1948, p.1)
Daffodils--Tacoma; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1948 : Tacoma); Fly, Jerene; Moody, Doreen; Lundgren, Joy; Wolf, Charles; McDonald, Katherine; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shipping;
The Daughters of Pioneers of Washington were holding their convention at the Winthrop Hotel in May of 1948. Margaret Smith (left) and Mrs. T. A. Lund were the hostesses. Margaret is wearing a wedding gown worn by her mother and later worn for her own wedding. The gown is made of white wool challis with lace inserts. Mrs. Lund is wearing a gay nineties black lace and velvet over two chiffon petticoats gown. View of Margaret Smith (left) and Mrs. T. A. Lund wearing pioneer costumes at the Winthrop Hotel, portrait of George Washington in background (T. Times, 5/13/48, p. 11).
Meetings--Tacoma; Smith, Margaret E.; Lund, T. A.--Family; Costumes; Wedding clothing & dress; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Daughters of Pioneers of Washington (Tacoma);
Carstens Packing Company was hosting a meeting for meat cutters at the Winthrop Hotel's Crystal Ballroom. View of unidentified business men and meat cutters standing behind the demonstration table, a Toledo scale, meat, Carstens advertising posters, knives, and other meat cutting tools are displayed on the table.
Meetings--Tacoma; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meat industry--Tacoma; Meat; Meat cutting--Tacoma; Scales; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Signs (Notices); Advertisements--Tacoma; Carstens Packing Co. (Tacoma);
The Club of Hearts officers were: Lorraine Bottiger, President, W. B. Wingard, Adviser, Sally Waller, Vice-President, Margaret Mathew, Recording Secretary, Patricia Black, Corresponding Secretary, and Joanne Goodrick, Treasurer. View of two unidentified couples standing in the Winthrop Hotel's lobby, telephone booth and Hotel porter station in background (T.N.T., 12/19/48, p. D-5).
Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ball dresses; Telephone booths--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evening gowns--Tacoma; Christmas--Tacoma; Couples--Tacoma; Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
The Club of Hearts held their 16th annual Christmas dance in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel, 773 Broadway, in December of 1948. Four of the "Tacoma Belles" who attended the holiday ball were: (l to r) Shirley Larson, Patricia Perella, Marjie Joy Miller and Rosemary Tollefson. Miss Tollefson and Miss Miller were home from Stephens College for winter break. Marjie Joy Miller embarked in the 1950's on a film and stage career as Marjie Millar. (T. Times, 1/2/49, p. 13).
Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ball dresses; Evening gowns--Tacoma; Christmas--Tacoma; Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Miller, Marjie Joy; Millar, Marjie; Tollefson, Rosemary; Larson, Shirley; Perella, Patricia;
The Club of Heart's officers would be greeting guests at their 16th annual Christmas dance; dancing would be from 9:00 P.M. until 1:00 A.M. in the Winthrop Hotel's Crystal Ballroom. View of two unidentified couples and a Club of Hearts member at the annual Christmas dance at the Winthrop Hotel's Crystal Ballroom (T.N.T., 12/19/48, p. D-5).
Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ball dresses; Evening gowns--Tacoma; Christmas--Tacoma; Couples--Tacoma; Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
Irving E. Stimpson from Seattle, was elected President of Washington State Junior Chamber of Commerce, Jack McCullough was elected one of the eight new vice-presidents. View of members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Winthrop Hotel, campaigning for the presidential and vice presidential candidates (T.N.T., 4/23/49, p. 1).
Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Conference rooms--Tacoma; Hotels--Tacoma; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
Pacific Coast Hockey League was holding their annual meeting in Tacoma at the Winthrop Hotel. Ice Hockey representatives from Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Fresno, Oakland, California; Vancouver, British Columbia; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle and Tacoma attended the meeting. The Fresno franchise made the surprise announcement of withdrawing from the League; and the Victoria, British Columbia franchise applied to enter the League. Representatives names appear in newspaper (T.N.T., 4/29/49, p. 24).
Tacoma was celebrating the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day with a dinner party at the Winthrop Hotel; Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver would be speaking at the event. Left to right: George Sheridan of Tacoma, State Chairman of the Jefferson-Jackson Day affair; Senator Estes Kefauver; and Harry Henson, Executive Secretary of the Democratic State Committee (T.N.T., 5/1/49, p. A-14).
Receptions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Legislators--Tennessee--1940-1950; Dinner parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Events--Tacoma--1940-1950; Men--Clothing & dress--1940-1950; Jefferson-Jackson Day (1949 : Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
Northwest Florists were celebrating their 25th anniversary this year at their annual convention, which was being held at the Winthrop Hotel. The Winthrop Hotel's lobby has been converted into a flower wonderland, which is open to the public. View of an unidentified man looking at a display commemorating Northwest Florists' silver anniversary (T.N.T., 9/4/49, p. 1 & 5).
The 25th annual convention for the Northwest Florists would include: meetings, workshops, trade fair, round table gatherings, a tour of a greenhouse at Vashon Island, and everyone was invited to attend the weekend salmon derby. View of members of the Northwest Florists' association, at a banquet being held in the Winthrop Hotel (T.N.T., 9/4/49, p. 1 & 5).
The Comus Club held a ball, "Winter Fantasia" at the Crystal Ballroom, Hotel Winthrop, January 21, 1950. Two couples are helping themselves to punch from the punchbowl set in a large square of ice. Ordered by the Tribune by Barbara Dana, Society editor. (TNT, 1/16/1950, p.5; 1/29/1950, p.B-3))
Dance parties--Tacoma--1950-1960; Comus Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
The wedding of Shirley Claire Fields and Jack Schneidermann in the Wedgewood Room at the Winthrop Hotel. A single ring ceremony was performed by Rabbi Bernard Roseberg under a canopy of white stock and greens flanked by candelabra. The bride, the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Hyman S. Fields, wore an ivory satin gown with a yoke of net and venice lace with a long train and an illusion veil. She carried a bouquet of orchids and stephanotis. The groom was from Coos Bay, Oregon and was the son of Mrs. David Schneidermann. The matron of honor was the recently married Mrs. Alvin L. Fields, sister-in-law of the bride, who wore the same bridal gown at her wedding. The Junior Bridesmaid was Dorothy Fields and the Bridesmaids were Helen Gold, Mona Kleiner and Nancy Brown. The Best Man was Harold Schneidermann. The bride was a graduate of Stadium High School and received her degree in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington. She was a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi. The groom was a Business Administration graduate from the University of Oregon and a member of Sigma Alpha Mu. The Schneidermanns honeymooned in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, Ca. (TNT 4/22/1951, pg. D-4)
Judith Shore and Merton Glant were married June 3, 1951, in the Army-Navy room at the Winthrop Hotel. Rabbi Bernard Rosenberg officiated at the ceremony. Judith was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murry Shore and Merton was the son of Mrs. and Mrs Samuel Glant. Both the bride and groom were graduates of the University of Washington. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a ballerina-length bouffant white organdy gown with pale pink pique flower appliques on the skirt. She wore a short veil of imported illusion and a white daisy crown and carried a bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley, daisies and bleeding hearts. (TNT, 6/17/1951, p.D-6)
Members of the Comus Club were invited on a "Flight to Mars" during the club's first dance of the season, the "Comus Comets" ball. This was the club's 33rd season. Leonard and Lucille Peck and Charles and Betty Wolf (from left) had their guest tickets checked by Wilfred and Avonelle Brown, the captain and flight attendant on the right, before boarding. (TNT, 10/16/1952, p.D-6)
Dance parties--Tacoma--1950-1960; Comus Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Peck, Leonard; Peck, Lucille; Brown, Wilfred; Brown, Avonelle; Wolf, Charles; Wolf, Betty;
Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the College of Puget Sound, was the featured speaker at the annual banquet of the Pacific Northwest Conference Savings & Loan Associations on May 24, 1954. His speech was entitled "Prelude to a New Age." At the head table in the Winthrop Hotel's Crystal Ballroom with Dr. Thompson were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Perham, Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit VanderEnde, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Alston Adams. More than 150 delegates and wives attended the two day savings & loan conference. (TNT 5-23-54, C-16, TNT 5-25-54, p. 11)
Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Public speaking--Tacoma--1950-1960; Thompson, R. Franklin, 1908-1999; Perham, Ben; VanderEnde, Gerrit; Adams, J. Alston;
A large luncheon for the Shell Oil Company. Most of the women wear nametags, corsages and hats. They are seated at circular tables, with the speakers' long table at the end of the room. The luncheon was held at the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel and was attended by 185 wives of Shell Oil employees from the Tacoma district. The guest speaker was travel expert Carol Lane. She offered the women helpful hints for summer travel including how to pack a suitcase and how to care for children on a trip. (TNT 5/20/1956, pg. A-18)
Banquets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Shell Oil Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Chandeliers;
Convivial Shriners enjoy themselves at the "Jesters" banquet in early June, 1957. Tam-o'-shanters seem to be the fashion of the evening. A seated guest extends his hand toward the head table; he appears to be speaking directly into a microphone. Their "Book of the Play" had been held earlier. Photograph ordered by Pacific Northwest Shrine Association. (TNT 6-6-57, A-1)
Banquets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hats; Pacific Northwest Shrine Association (Tacoma);
Glen Fansler of Spokane shows a pamphlet to fellow Liquified Petroleum Gas Service Association member R.J. Munzer of Long Beach as the gas executives register for a conference on March 28, 1958, at the Winthrop Hotel. Delegates from Sacramento and North Bend look on with amusement. 250 members of the bottled gas industry opened the first Northwest district convention held in Tacoma. This was the 11th annual gathering of the Liquified Petroleum Gas Association. Delegates attended from six Western states and British Columbia. Photograph ordered by the Liquified Petroleum Gas Service Association, Chicago. (TNT 3-28-58, C-12)
Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Liquified Petroleum Gas Service Association (Chicago, IL); Fansler, Glen; Munzer, R.J.;
Famed commercial photographer Victor Keppler posed with Miss Tacoma at the Professional Photographers of Washington convention held at the Winthrop Hotel in early July of 1962. The duo are being photographed by a pair of girls in Scotch plaid who worked for Morley Studios in Tacoma. Mr. Keppler of New York had been invited to speak and demonstrate his photographic and lighting techniques at the convention along with famous glamour photographer Peter Gowland of California. (TNT 7-2-62, p. 11-article)
Photographers gathered in July of 1962 at the Winthrop Hotel for the Professional Photographers of Washington convention in order to exchange tips of the trade and listen to experts in the field. Guest lecturer Victor Keppler (second from left) is shown working with unidentified photographers in demonstrating how to light clear glass goblets on a glass table. Mr. Keppler was a famous commercial photographer from the East Coast. (TNT 7-2-62, p. 11-article on convention)
Victor Keppler, well-known national commercial photographer, was a special guest at the Professional Photographers of Washington convention here in Tacoma in July of 1962. He is shown working with a young woman dressed in plaid, believed to be Lynda Pederson of Tacoma who was employed by Morley Studios, 720 Pacific Avenue, at the Seattle's World Fair. In his addresses to convention attendees, he advised his fellow photographers to continually experiment in order to keep ideas flowing and not stagnant. A photographer since the 1920s, Mr. Keppler worked with the nation's largest advertising agencies as well as cover photos for the Saturday Evening Post. He founded the Famous Photographers School in Westport, Conn., in 1961 which attracted such famed photographers as Richard Avedon, Alfred Eisenstardt, and Richard Beattie as guiding faculty. (www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Victor_Keppler/A/)
A large group of well-dressed women gathered on March 24, 1963, for the charter installation of the second Tacoma chapter of the American Business Women's Association at the Winthrop Hotel. Vice-president Mrs. Theodore Kagarice and president Mrs. H.W. Akam display the ABWA banner. The ABWA was formed nationally in 1949 with the aim of bringing together businesswomen of diverse occupations and offering support in professional development and career advancement. (TNT 3-26-63, p. 12)
Meetings--Tacoma--1960-1970; American Business Women's Association (Tacoma);
The second annual Red Rose Cotillion, sponsored by the Unique Social & Community Club, was held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel on December 22, 1967. The debutantes being introduced to society were all graduates of Stadium High School and all were attending college. In attendance were : (standing at top, left to right) Brenda Jackson, Gloria Austin; (standing on floor left to right) Donna Dorsey, Rose Underwood; (seated left to right) Roberta Morris, Audrey Capers; (standing on floor at right) Gwendolyn Lang, Marcia McDaniel. Following the girls' promenade and first waltz with their fathers, a stately minuet was performed by the debutantes and their escorts. Their fathers presented them with red rose bouquets and a champagne toast was offered by their mothers. (TNT 9-17-67, D-6, TNT 12-27-67, A-6) (Additional identification provided by a reader)
Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1960-1970; Unique Social & Community Club (Tacoma); Evening gowns--Tacoma--1960-1970; Debutantes--Tacoma--1960-1970; African Americans--Social life--1960-1970;
These ladies are members of the Women's Traffic & Transportation Club who were attending the 20th annual West Coast conference held at the Winthrop Hotel, February 23-25, 1968. The Tacoma chapter was hosting the three-day convention. The function of the club is to study and discuss traffic and transport matters. The Hooper Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1959 to further the education of women in the field of traffic and transportation; the 1966-67 scholarship winner would be presented at the conference. Photograph ordered by the Women's Traffic & Transportation Club of Tacoma. (TNT 2-18-68, D-1, D-11)
Entertainment at the Women's Traffic & Transportation Club convention. These dancers show off the latest dance steps at the 20th annual West Coast convention of the Women's Traffic & Transportation Club held at the Winthrop Hotel February 23-25, 1968. 130 delegates from 13 clubs were expected to be in attendance. Photograph ordered by the Women's Traffic & Transportation Club of Tacoma.
