Comus Club dance at Winthrop Hotel, circus theme, Tribune, Mrs. Hosmer. The Comus Club held their February dance, the "Comus Circus," at the Hotel Winthrop February 19, 1949. The welcoming committee is seen at the main entrance to the dance party, L-R, Ethelyn and Joseph Baker, Al and Florence Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Peters, and James A. and Verona J. Melbostad. (TNT, 2/27/1949, p.D-1)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Comus Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Baker, Joseph; Baker, Ethelyn; Kemp, Al; Kemp, Florence; Miller, Roscoe; Peters, Harold;

Comus Club dance at Winthrop Hotel, circus theme, Tribune, Mrs. Hosmer. The Comus Club held their February dance, the "Comus Circus," at the Hotel Winthrop February 19, 1949. Choosing favors at the circus table are, L-R, Erma Otto, Elmer H. Otto, William Webber, and Ann B. Webber. (TNT, 2/27/1949, p.D-1)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Comus Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Otto, Erma; Otto, Elmer H.; Webber, William; Webber, Ann B.;

Stadium High School would be performing a musical version of Robin Hood; the students would perform this theatrical production in three acts for three nights. Left to right: Don Mooney, Margaret Zeferin, Bill Winden, Bart Redfield, Don Foreman and Gene Johnson on stage performing their musical version of Robin Hood; Sherwood Forest scenery in background (T.Times, 3/27/49, p. 27).

Costumes; Actors--Tacoma; Musical revues & comedies--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Rotary Club of Tacoma (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);

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);

In January of 1949, Tacoma's "March of Dimes" campaign was beginning their annual solicitation for funds for the nationwide fight against infantile paralysis. View of Tacoma Fire Department's new 100 foot ladder giving access to the Winthrop Hotel's seventh floor, where Scotty Miles, member of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, will accept one of the first donations for the "March of Dimes" campaign (T. Times, 1/15/49, p. 1).

Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Poliomyelitis--Prevention; National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Tacoma); March of Dimes (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma);

Tacoma's Comus Club was hosting their first dance of the year at the Winthrop Hotel's Crystal Ballroom. The "Switzers" would wear green hats with feathers and greet their guests for the "Alpine Wonderland" dance. The ballroom and buffet table would be decorated with the Swiss Alps, skiers, a lighted medieval castle and other winter Alpine decorations. Jonas and La Verne Bjelland were co-chairmen for the event (T. Times, 1/15/49, p. 6).

Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Winter--Tacoma; Events--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Comus Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

The Monday Civic Club was hosting a Mexican luncheon, "Below the Border". Waldo Davila from Bolivia and Rafael Maas from Chile would be the guest speakers. The event was held at the Crystal Ballroom in the Hotel Winthrop. View of club members wearing traditional costumes from Latin America and holding the 58th Annual Pan American poster, seated left to right are: Sutton, Hamm, Goddard and McReynold. Standing left to right are: Fahey, Fuller, Rybin and Oursler (T. Times, 4/1/47, p. 6).

Costumes; Posters; Women--Clubs--Tacoma; Monday Civic Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Exterior of the back side of the Hotel Winthrop, a multi-storied brick building. The hotel was the site of many community events at the Crystal Ballroom and the Roof Garden. The hotel also had suites available for permanent residents.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Tacoma's eight Zone Air Raid Wardens met at the Hotel Winthrop to receive posters and other materials for the national V-Home campaign, scheduled to start Monday. V-Home stood for Victory Home, and it was a civil defense program targeted at teaching citizens to defend themselves in case of enemy attack. They were also expected to conserve, ration, buy war bonds and save salvage. The Zone wardens coordinated the effort of the precincts and block Air Raid Wardens. They are, left to right, R.J. Carino with printed air raid instructions, Paul Garver with a V-Home poster, C.W. Sangster, Tom Miller, Handel Ingham, Russell Longworth and James Crawford. Seated is Charles Strong holding a copy of the new bomb protection regulation. (TNT 4/19/1943, pg. 1-picture, T. Times, 4/19/1943, p. 2).

World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Group portraits;

Metal Trades convention. Large group portrait of men. A scenic tapestry covers a large portion of the wall at the Hotel Winthrop behind the men. Photo ordered by the Labor Advocate.

Metal Trades Convention--Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Metal Trades Council (Tacoma); Group portraits--1940-1950;

Magazine subscription sales booths were set up at the Winthrop Hotel, giving hotel guests easy access for placing their orders. A magazine subscription was the perfect gift for those hard to shop for people on your christmas list. View of two women, not identified, in charge of the magazine order table, a young man appears to have chosen the magazine he would like to order.

Periodicals; Mail-order businesses--Tacoma; Pamphlets; Shopping--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Sales personnel--Tacoma; Selling--Tacoma;

Fisher's style show. The model is standing on the roof of the Hotel Winthrop wearing a light-colored dress with shoulder padding. The sleeves are 3/4 length and there is light shirring at the waist. A peplum with a longer back is also featured. The model wears a broad-brimmed, straw hat and carries a purse and cloves to match her platform shoes. The Medical Arts building is shown in the background. Clothing for the fashion show was furnished by Fisher's Department Store.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fisher's Department Store (Tacoma); Fashion shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fashion models--Tacoma; Dresses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hats--1940-1950; Handbags; Gloves;

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;

Boat show at Hotel Winthrop. The first major Tacoma Boat Show in several years was held the week of August 17-22, 1948 in the lobby of the Hotel Winthrop. Western Boatbuilding displayed their Torpedo Flyer speed boat, and Pleasurecraft brought a fully rigged sailing dingy with a 19-foot mast. There were several models of boats on display including a cabin cruser built by Western Boat along with Chinese sampans and junks.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Boats; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Motorboats--Tacoma; Sailboats--Tacoma; Models;

American Institute Banking held their annual one day Northwest Regional Officers Conference, delegates from Oregon, Washington and Idaho attended the meeting at the Winthrop Hotel. American Institute of Banking's guest of honor was Herbert C. Bryant, Vice President and Manager of New York's Times Square branch of Washington Mutual Savings Bank. View of AIB members enjoying cocktails, dinner and dancing at the Hotel Winthrop (T.N.T., 8/1/48, p. A-2).

Meetings--Tacoma; Delegations--Tacoma; Banquets--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); American Institute of Banking (Tacoma);

Ellensburg Drill Team taken in Junior Ballroom, Hotel Winthrop, Mrs. L.B. Smith. Twenty-two women wearing matching floor-length gowns and nineteen men wearing white shirts and ties pose with four American flags.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Drill teams; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The brand "Douglas Fir" plywood is known as the "wood of 1,000 uses." This plywood undergoes a series of laboratory and field tests. The Douglas Fir Plywood Association has helped establish and maintain Tacoma as the plywood center of the world, by setting up a industry maintained quality control laboratory here. View of U. S. Senator, Harry P. Cain (right) with a DFPA representative at the annual DFPA conference, being held at the Winthrop Hotel on May 13, 1949.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Legislators--Washington--1940-1950; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979;

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);

Westinghouse Appliance Show at Winthrop Hotel, Westinghouse Electrical Supply Company, Betty Dahl. This view of appliances by Westinghouse on display at the Hotel Winthrop include drinking fountains, standing roasters, a two-burner hot plate, electric irons, coffee pots, toasters, a mixer and waffle irons. Electric blankets and a heat lamp sit on the floor by the floral arrangement.

Westinghouse Electric Co. (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Appliances;

Westinghouse Appliance Show at Winthrop Hotel, Westinghouse Electrical Supply Company, Betty Dahl. Westinghouse also displayed electric blankets, vacuum cleaners with all the attachments needed to clean your home, clothes washers and water heaters.

Westinghouse Electric Co. (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Appliances; Blankets; Vacuum cleaners; Water heaters; Washing machines;

Westinghouse Appliance Show at Winthrop Hotel, Westinghouse Electrical Supply Company, Betty Dahl. This portion of the Westinghouse display features radios and record players. Two console models, one in a dark wood cabinet and one in light wood, are seen on the left. Smaller players flank an easy chair; and portable players and radios are lined up on shelves. Westinghouse referred to the popularity of radio thrillers aired at that time in their advertisements for their radios, "It's a crime not to hear it" and "Listen to the evidence, your ear will prove it."

Westinghouse Electric Co. (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Radios; Phonographs;

Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma and Tacoma Athletic Commission were sponsoring a Sportsmen Show. Stands were set up for four days at the Winthrop Hotel. The show featured anything a sportsman could want or need. View of fishing tackle demonstration at Winthrop Hotel, photo ordered by McCune-Merifield, manufacturers agents based out of Seattle, Washington. Warter's Hardware and Clifton's Sporting Goods stands in background (T.N.T., 5/19/48, p. 12).

Demonstrations--Tacoma; Fishing & hunting gear; Sporting goods; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Audiences--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); McCune-Merifield (Seattle);

Bob Dickinson and his Orchestra have recorded for Victor and Columbia. They have played at St. Francis in San Francisco, California, and the Davenport in Spokane, Washington. They will be opening at the Winthrop Hotel's Wedgwood Room in late June of 1948. View of Margie Smith, vocalist, Bob Dickinson and six members of his Orchestra at the Wedgwood Room in the Winthrop Hotel (T. Times, 6/18/48, p. 8).

Hotel employees--Tacoma; Orchestras--Tacoma--1940-1950; Musicians--Tacoma--1940-1950; Musical instruments--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Dickinson, Bob; Smith, Margie;

Banquet at Winthrop Hotel, honoring National Commander for the Amvets. Left to right view, Adeline Pozega, Second Vice-Commander of the Parkland Amvets Post No. 3, Frank E. Dixon, First Vice-Commander of the Department of Washington Amvets, unidentified woman, and Edgar C. Corry, National Commander for the Amvets. Commander Corry was the guest of honor at the banquet (T. Times, 5/12/48, p. 3).

Patriotic societies--Tacoma; Banquets--Tacoma; Banquet halls--Tacoma; Couples--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Amvets Club (Tacoma);

In 1948, three women Amvets members discuss world events over drinks and cigarettes. They were with a group of one hundred and thirty Amvets attending a banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. The guest of honor was National Commander Edgar C. Corry who spoke on the topic "Peace Through National Preparedness." (T. Times, 5/12/48, p. 3).

Patriotic societies--Tacoma; Banquets--Tacoma; Banquet halls--Tacoma; Smoking--Tacoma; Cigarettes; Matches; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Amvets Club (Tacoma);

In 1947 1,600,000,000 square feet of plywood was produced in the Pacific Northwest. Plywood firms in Tacoma are: Buffelen, Wheeler-Osgood, Northwest Door, Oregon-Washington Plywood, Puget Sound Plywood, and Donald W. Lyle Plywood Company; the first three mentioned plants also manufacture doors. View of plywood presentation, DFPA representative is showing the strength and durability in the plywood panels.

Plywood; Molded plywood; Signs (Notices); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Warter's Hardware was located at 3907 Sixth Avenue, they had hardware and sporting equipment to fill every sportsman's needs. View of display at the Sportsmen's Show at the Winthrop Hotel, the display features new Schwinn World Bicycles, Lauson Sport King Outboard Motors, a large display of Remington Winchester firearms and a bear rug in background (T.N.T., 5/20/48, p. 27).

Sporting goods stores--Tacoma; Sporting goods--Tacoma; Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma; Rifles; Merchandise displays--Tacoma; Warter's Hardware (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Audience at Parker Lecture, Winthrop Hotel, Paul P. Parker. A view of the Crystal Ballroom at the Hotel Winthrop while Paul P. Parker is addressing a large audience of mostly men. He has written "To all the Richards lovely people" across the upper left corner.

Parker, Paul P.; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Audiences--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public speaking--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Alden Woodworth (center) was photographed handing a Quit Claim Deed to Tacoma Mayor John H. Anderson in early February of 1951, at a meeting of the Young Men's Business Club held at the Winthrop Hotel. The deed was for the land at the east approach of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge where a memorial to Tacoma's war dead was planned. It was a project worked on by the Y.M.B.C. for many years. Also seated next to Mr. Woodworth is Bremerton mayor L. Hum Kean. Standing, from left to right: Mayor of Gig Harbor, Harold H. Ryan; Kitsap County Commissioner Verd Nichols; Y.M.B.C. memorial committee chairman Arthur Paulsen; Mrs. Ruth E. Peeler of the State Parks commission; Jack Roberts of the Public Works commission and Y.M.B.C. president Peter Pelegruti. ALBUM 14 (TNT 2-4-51, A-6)

Mayors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Anderson, John H.; Woodworth, Alden; Ryan, Harold H.; Nichols, Verd; Paulsen, Arthur; Peeler, Ruth E.; Roberts, Jack; Roberts, John S.; Pelegruti, Peter; Young Mens Business Club (Tacoma); Memorial Park (Tacoma);