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D68254-A

Marilyn Joan Taylor and Charles E. Bott were married August 9, 1952, at Visitation Church. The bride is the daughter of Joseph J. and Mary Lanz. The groom is the son of Romeo A. and Leona M. Bott. The Rev. Gabriel Donohue officiated. The bride wore a ballerina length gown of white embroidered organdy. She wore her mother's pearl rosary and carried a bouquet of white gladioli centered with pink roses. Patricia Taylor was the maid of honor and Margaret Weger and Florence McDonald were the bridesmaids. Best man was Richard Bott and ushers were William Bender and Andrew Litwin. (TNT, 8/29/1952, p.C-5)


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Church of the Visitation (Tacoma); Bonnets; Catholic churches--Tacoma; Taylor, Marilyn Joan--Marriage; Bott, Charles E.;

D67219-64

A large wedding party poses for pictures at the Willis-Bushnell nuptials. Shirley June Willis and David S. Bushnell Jr. were married August 8, 1952 at the First Presbyterian Church. The bride was the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Henry Willis of Tacoma and the groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Bushnell of Seattle. The bride wore Chantilly lace over ice blue tulle and satin with an ice blue fingertip veil. The bridal attendants were Mrs. George W. Brewer, Mrs. Alvin Lackey, Mrs. W. Benjamin Davis, Mrs. Harry Sanky, Miss Jeanne Shugard and Miss Billie Mellis. Junior attendants were Linda Willis and Gary Willis. The best man was the groom's twin brother Donald D. Bushnell. Ushers were Alvin Lackey, Gail Halliday, Wes Wager, Robert Hagedorn and Wayne Willis. Lois Gunderson and Carol Berger were candlelighters. The reception was held at the Tacoma Lawn and Tennis Club. The bride was a graduate of Stadium High School and the University of Washington, where she was president of Pi Beta Phi sorority and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The groom was from Glendale, California and working on his doctorate at the University of Washington. (TNT 8/17/1952, pg. D-7)


Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Wedding attendants--Tacoma; Willis, Shirley June--Marriage; Bushnell, David S.;

D67750-1

Table setup for Cavanaugh-Berkshire wedding reception at the Tacoma Golf and Country Club. The tables are set with the wedding cake, lighted candelabras and silver tea and coffee service. The reception was to celebrate the nuptials of Mary Frances Cavanaugh and Arthur J. Berkshire.


Weddings--Lakewood--1950-1960; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Country clubs--Tacoma; Cakes--Lakewood; Candelabras; Table settings & decorations;

D67702-9

Wedding portrait of Grace Louise Fullager and William L. Richey Jr. married August 2, 1952 at the First Methodist Church. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Fullager and the groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Richey. The bride wore white brocaded satin with a rolled collar, long sleeves, a sheath skirt and overskirt and a cap of lace with an ankle length veil. A reception at the Tacoma Lawn and Tennis Club followed the ceremony. The couple made their first home at 2917 1/2 No. 21st St. The bride was a graduate of Stadium High, the College of Puget Sound and belonged to Phi Beta Pi sorority. The groom graduated from Clover Park, CPS and was a member of Kappa Sigma. (TNT 81/17/1952, pg. D-4)


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Fullager, Grace Louise; Richey, William L.;

D68259-22

The bride and groom pose with their wedding party in front of a fireplace. The four bridesmaids wear matching gowns with satin bodices and net skirts decorated with ribbon. The flower girl holds a bouquet similar to those of the other female attendants. The men wear white, double-breasted dinner jackets.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960;

D68259-A

The bride and groom escape together with the bride's overnight bag. Streamers trail from them as they rush through the garden waving and smiling. The bride is wearing a suit with a peplum jacket and a large corsage. The groom is wearing his hair in a recent style - the flattop.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Gardens--Tacoma;

D68050-29

Several unidentified children crowded onto a few chairs during the festivities at Katherine June Craig's and George Vincent Rickard's wedding on July 19, 1952 at the Parkside Church. Four of the girls wore similar brocade dresses with wide ruffles at the neckline, indicating that they may have been members of the wedding party. Another girl wore a white dress with an eyelet edged ruffle. The boy on the left wore a carnation boutonniere and held a ring pillow - he must have been the ring bearer. Another dapper young fellow on the left wore a suit and tie. (TNT, 8/28/1952, p.C-6)


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; Craig, Katherine June--Marriage; Rickard, George Vincent--Marriage;

D68226-41

Eleanor Mary Mellish and Robert Stanley Adams wedding at Saint Luke's Memorial Church. Bride and groom leaving through Gothic entry to stone church following July 19, 1952 wedding ceremony.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mellish, Eleanor Mary--Marriage; Adams, Robert Stanley; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding clothing & dress--1950-1960; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma);

D68226-24

Eleanor Mary Mellish and Robert Stanley Adams wedding at Saint Luke's Memorial Church. Bride tosses her bouquet to bridesmaids from covered stone stairway of church. The couple was wed on July 19, 1952.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mellish, Eleanor Mary--Marriage; Adams, Robert Stanley; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding clothing & dress--1950-1960; Wedding attendants--Tacoma;

D68047-54

Helen Marie Hansen and Hugh Burton Leach wedding. Wedding couple following ceremony dressed in "going away" clothes. Bride appears to be carrying a trendy molded plastic purse. Couple are standing on steps to house with number 3220 above door. The Leaches were married on July 12, 1952 at Mason Methodist Church in Tacoma.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hansen, Helen Marie--Marriage; Leach, Hugh Burton; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Honeymoons;

D68138-24

Bertha Lee Steiner and George Conrad Birchler were married at All Saints Cathollic Church in Puyallup. They stand at the altar with their six attendants and flower girl.


Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Puyallup--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Altars--Puyallup; All Saints Catholic Church (Puyallup);

D68254-37

Marilyn Joan Taylor and Charles E. Bott were married August 9, 1952. An afternoon reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, Joseph and Mary Lanz. Family members gather outdoors for a group portrait in the garden. Four generations are represented with two young children, their parents, grandparents and their great-grandmother. (TNT, 8/29/1952, p.C-5)


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Families--Tacoma--1950-1960; Group portraits--1950-1960; Lanz, Joseph--Homes & haunts;

D68011-19

Beatrice Elaine Ewy and Lieutenant M. L. Davis wedding at First Church of Nazarene. Bride and groom holding electric coffee perculator, one of the many gifts displayed on tables. For Mrs. Rudolph (Olive) Ewy.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ewy, Beatrice Elaine--Marriage; Davis, M.L.; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding clothing & dress--1950-1960; Gifts; Coffeepots;

D68002-25

Mary Lee Horjes and Virgil Larsen were married June 20, 1952. Portrait of bride dressed in lace, Princess length wedding gown with lace jacket.


Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Horjes, Mary Lee--Marriage;

D68002-A

Mary Lee Horjes poses for her bridal portrait. She is wearing a lace, princess length gown with a matching lace jacket. She is wearing a close cap with no veil and holds a bouquet of orchids. Mary Lee and Virgil Larsen were married June 20, 1952.


Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Horjes, Mary Lee--Marriage;

D64514-46

Women are ready to serve refreshments at the reception following Joan Thrasher's and Allen Jerome Morgan's wedding. The wedding took place June 14, 1952, at Christ Episcopal Church. The reception was held at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Thrasher. The groom's parents were the Allen B. Morgans of Seattle. (The Reporter, 6/21/1952, p.4)


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Receptions--Tacoma; Tea--Tacoma; Coffee--Tacoma; Thrasher, Joan--Marriage; Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma);

D66510-19

Wedding portrait of Shirley Joan Trippel and Rolf Eric Lindstrom. The couple married June 13, 1952 at the Messiah Lutheran Church. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trippel. The couple made their first home in California, where the bridegroom was stationed with the Navy. The bride is wearing an open necked satin and lace gown, with a cut out design on the train overlaid with lace. (TNT 8/23/1952, pg. 5)


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Trippel, Shirley Joan; Lindstrom, Rolf Eric;

D66717-15

Larsen - Chubb wedding party. Members of the wedding party included two flower girls, a ring-bearer, two young candlelighters, two bridesmaids and a maid of honor plus several ushers and the best man. The bride wore a satin gown with long train and a lace-trimmed veil. The groom sported a flower in the boutonniere of his dark suit. The evening ceremony took place on June 7, 1952.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding attendants--Tacoma;

D65256-2

Lovejoy-Fatulich wedding.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Wedding costume--1950-1960;

D65530-28

The bride and groom and their attendants pose at the altar on May 3, 1952. The bride wears an ankle-length lace gown and a finger-tip-length veil. Her two bridesmaids wear floral headdresses and their dresses have lace bodices with peter-pan collars and short sleeves. They hold nosegay bouquets. The groom is wearing a double-breasted white dinner jacket as do his three groomsmen.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding clothing & dress;

D65530-4

The bride's family arranged for the Richards' Studio photographers to be at their home at 8:15 a.m. to begin recording the wedding day of their daughter. The wedding party has gathered at the table set with juice and glasses for champagne. Lilly of the valley form part of the bouquet. Mom and Dad stand in the background serving the young people.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960;

D65530-3

A newly married bride and groom are seen entering their automobile in May of 1952. The groom is wearing a white dinner jacket and bow tie. The bride holds her bouquet above the car door. Her dress has a lace and netting bodice and her veil is edged in lace. Names of the young couple were not provided.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Automobiles--Tacoma--1950-1960;

D65411-50

Five young men wearing white dinner jackets stand by the punchbowl ready to toast the newly married couple at Carole Otto's and Stanley Nyssen's wedding. Two of the groom's brothers are shown, Dick is second from the left and Bing is on the right. Carole and Stanley were married May 2, 1952. Their wedding was reported in the Tacoma Reporter July 1, 1952. Stanley was the son of Carl H. and Elizabeth Nyssen.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Receptions--Tacoma; Nyssen, Stanley--Marriage; Otto, Carole--Marriage;

D66454-2

Honeymoon couple "Going Away." Following the Fera - Paulik, Jr. wedding in April of 1952, the bride and groom stand beside the open door of a coupe-style automobile. Bride is wearing checkered top, dark skirt and carrying the current trend in purses, a wicker basket.


Weddings--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Automobiles--1950-1960; Honeymoons;

D65911-28

Fera-Paulik wedding. The newlyweds posed with their eight attendants on April 20, 1952.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Wedding attendants

D66222-6

Margie Orris stands on a curved staircase admiring a bouquet at Miethkes Flower Shop. The shop sold and delivered floral arrangements and offered small gifts for sale. The address for Miethkes is given in the 1952 phone book as "Milton Ave.- foot of the Hill, Route 2, Tacoma" and in the 1953 phone book as " 1 mile East of Old Fife Square, RFD 2." Photo ordered for the never published TNT wedding layout of 1952. The TNT pressmen were on strike from April - August of 1952 and no papers were published during the time that weddings were usually featured. Miss Orris wed Gary Myles White on August 9, 1952 at St. Patricks. Miss Orris was the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Frank F. Orris and the bridegroom elect was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.K. White. (TNT 8/24/1952, pg. D-3)


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Orris, Margie; Bouquets; Miethkes Flower Shop (Tacoma); Florist shops--Tacoma--1950-1960;

D66229-1

Leo Rink selecting a tuxedo at Hy Mandles & Son for his upcoming wedding. Hy Mandles & Son was a men's clothier owned by Mrs. Anna G. Mandles (widow of Henry Mandles) and Aaron H. Mandles. Leo Rink and his bride elect Jeanne Farrar were married on October 5, 1952 at St. Patricks Church. The future Mrs. Rink was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Farrar and a graduate of Lincoln High School. Rink was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Rink and a graduate of Bellarmine and Seattle College. The couple made their first home at 809 So. 5th St. Photograph shot for the never published 1952 TNT bridal layout. The TNT was struck April-August of 1952 and no newspapers were published during this period. TPL-9244


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Rink, Leo; Tuxedoes; Clothing stores--Tacoma--1950-1960;

D66226-2

Sally Bertucci and her mother select a dress for the mother-of-the-bride at Andrews Women's Apparel. Miss Bertucci was the fiance of Richard Boyle. Andrews was owned by Mrs. Valerie L. Andrews and sold ladies' apparel, coats, suits, dresses, millinery and Charles of the Ritz cosmetics. The Bertucci-Boyle wedding took place on May 24, 1952.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Bertucci, Sally; Andrews Women's Apparel (Tacoma); Clothing stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960;

D66223-3

Tom Beatty, ring bearer, and his mother Mrs. Tom Beatty, select a suit at Dorothy Kellogg's for the upcoming wedding. Dorothy Kellogg sold clothing for infants and children.


Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Beatty, Tom; Boys--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mothers & children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dorothy Kellogg's (Tacoma); Clothing stores--Tacoma--1950-1960;

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