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Link-Colvert wedding photo of attendees wearing large, decorative hats.
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Link-Colvert wedding photo of attendees wearing large, decorative hats.
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Risley-La Bounly wedding photo with two attendees wearing bow ties.
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Risley-La Bounly wedding photo bridal portrait.
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Fort Lewis buffet featuring pickles, aspic desserts, gourds and cake.
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Deteriorated Steele-Tarte wedding photo featuring bride and two bridesmaids.
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Lyons-Anderson wedding photo with the couple posing inside of a car with a pinwheel spinner on the antenna.
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Link-Colvert wedding photo with bride and bridesmaids.
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Lindbloom-Lonts wedding photo bridal portrait.
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Fort Lewis buffet featuring fruit salad, dips, cake and a large roast.
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Fort Lewis buffet featuring fruit salad, dips, cake and floral arrangements.
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Kay-Long wedding reception at the Woman's Club.
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Drielbirs-Lows wedding photo of the bride holding a piece of glassware while the crowd smiles looking on.
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Babich-Lovkovich wedding photo of bride holding veil.
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Drielbirs-Lows wedding photo of the bride and groom getting into their vehicle.
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Bill Brown family possibly posing at a storefront window with a snowman and artificial snow.
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Boitono-Ennis wedding photo with couple looking at ring and crucifix in the background.
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Yasuda-Miyamoto wedding photo of the couple inside of a vehicle with plaid interior seating.
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Ice skater Patsy Baker posing with skate shoe laces in Richards' studio.
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Daughters of the Nile group photo with members wearing silver uniforms and ceremonial head ware.
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Boitono-Ennis wedding photo of two children in purple dresses holding flower arrangements.
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Overhead shot of Yoshihara-Ikejiri wedding with bride and groom walking down the aisle and large floral arrangement in the background.
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Bride and child at Yoshioka-Mizutani wedding holding floral arrangements. Display of bananas, apples and oranges can be seen in background.
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Yoshioka-Mizutani wedding photo with bride and attendee wearing formal dress.
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Yasuda-Miyamoto wedding photo of bride and groom cutting the cake with floral arrangements, fruit bowl and 7-Up bottle in the background.
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ca. 1926. Picture of the bride and groom from the Wight wedding. (WSHS)
Weddings--Tacoma--1920-1930;
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ca. 1926. Wight Wedding (WSHS)
Weddings--Tacoma--1920-1930; Brides--1920-1930;
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One of the strangest social events of the 1920's & 1930's was the "Tom Thumb wedding," a mock wedding of a child couple impersonating the 1863 wedding of P.T. Barnum's famous midget couple, Charles Stratton (exhibited as Gen. Tom Thumb) and his miniature bride, Lavinia Warren. The pictured double Tom Thumb wedding was held April 16, 1937 at the St. Paul Methodist Church as a fund raiser, with proceeds going to the missionary society. The participants were, left to right, Harrison Killian (best man), Curtis Killian (Tom Thumb, groom), Shirley Clark (Jennie June, bride), Eddie Goodenough (minister), Buddy Cross (best man), Billy Goettling (Fred Finger, groom) and Barbara Ann Bowen (Nellie May, bride.) All of the children, with the exception of Goodenough, were four years old. Eddie Goodenough was the son of Rev. Frank Goodenough. In all, over 100 children, ages 4-11, took part in the pageant, impersonating wedding members and guests, including Pres. & Mrs. Roosevelt, movie stars and local city officials and personalities. ( T. Times 4/16/1937, pg. 8- picture & article)
Children playing adults; Weddings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brides--1930-1940; Wedding clothing & dress--1930-1940; Grooms (Weddings)--1930-1940;
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On April 16, 1937, St. Paul Methodist Church held a double "Tom Thumb" wedding to raise funds for their missionary society. "Tom Thumb" weddings were held in the early 1900's as a social event; they were recreations of the 1863 wedding of P.T. Barnum's most famous attraction, the midget Charles Stratton (exhibited as Gen. Tom Thumb) and the equally tiny Lavinia Warren. Children doubled in the Tom Thumb pageants as the tiny couple. The St. Paul event starred, left to right, Eddie Goodenough as the minister, Curtis Killian as Tom Thumb, Shirley Clark as the bride Jennie June, Billy Goettling as the second groom Fred Finger and Barbara Ann Bowen as the other bride, Nellie May. The couples were four years old. All together, over 100 children, ranging in age from 4-11, took part in the event, impersonating the wedding party and its famous guests. (T. Times 4/16/1937, pg. 8)
Children playing adults; Weddings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Brides--1930-1940; Wedding clothing & dress--1930-1940; Grooms (Weddings)--1930-1940; Goodenough, Edward; Killian, Curtis; Clark, Shirley; Goettling, William; Bowen, Barbara Ann;
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Haley wedding. Frank Haley and his bride Nell peer out the window from the back seat of a two-door sedan after their wedding ceremony which took place in May of 1938.
Weddings--1930-1940; Brides--1930-1940; Grooms (Weddings)--1930-1940; Haley, Frank; Haley, Nell; Haley, Frank--Family; Automobiles--1930-1940;