Mrs. Barbara Ball Hewitt and her new husband, Henry Hewitt, Jr., smile happily from the inside of an automobile as they prepare to leave on their honeymoon. The couple was married May 24, 1941 at the Mount Baker Presbyterian Church in Seattle. (T. Times 5/31/1941, pg. 5)

Weddings--Seattle--1940-1950; Ball, Barbara; Hewitt, Henry; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950;

Formal portrait of Barbara Ball on her wedding day, May 24, 1941, to Henry Hewitt Jr. of Tacoma. The bride is wearing a white satin gown with a "V" neckline and a four foot train. Her veil is held in place by a pearl halo and a cluster of orange blossoms. Her flowers are white orchids, lilies of the valley and forget me nots. After their wedding trip, the couple will return to Tacoma to reside on North Union Street. (T. Times 5/26/1941, pg. 11)

Weddings--Seattle--1940-1950; Ball, Barbara--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950;

On May 15, 1941, Kathleen Marie Kelly and Archie Henry Pozzi married at the First Congregational Church in Everett. The bride was a former Tacoman. The wedding was followed by a reception in the Guild Hall. The couple is shown dodging rice as they leave the reception. The bride wears a garnet suit, black hat and corsage of orchids. The couple were alumni of the University of Washington and made their first home in Carson City, Nev. (T. Times 10/11/1941)

Weddings--Everett--1940-1950; First Congregational Church (Everett); Brides--1940-1950; Kelly, Kathleen Marie; Pozzi, Archie;

Miss Jade Sang and Herbert Lim were married April 28, 1951, in the Burnham chapel of the First Baptist Church. Miss Sang was the daughter of Charley and Agnes Sang and was a graduate of St. Leo's High School. Herbert Lim was the son of Gordon and the late Mrs. Lim, of Vancouver, B.C., and he had served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Burma and India as a paratrooper. Miss Lenna Sang was her sister's maid of honor. George Chong was the best man. The bride and groom pose with their parents and the bride's attendant. A reception was held after the ceremonies at the Derby Club. (TNT, 5/7/1951, p.4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Sang, Jade--Marriage; Lim, Herbert; First Baptist Church (Tacoma);

Miss Lucille Flateau and Ralph Long are searching the globe for their honeymoon destination. Lucille and Ralph would be starting their honeymoon after their July 1951 wedding. (TNT, 5/9/1951, p.C-10)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Honeymoons--Tacoma; Flateau, Lucille; Long, Ralph; Travel--Tacoma--1950-1960; Globes--Tacoma;

Virginia McNerthney is shopping for her crystal pattern as she prepares for her wedding. Grace McGinley, a sales person, holds up a goblet cut in a diamond pattern while Virginia holds one that is less ornate. Virginia and George Richner planned to be married June 16, 1951, at St. Patrick's Church. (TNT, 5/9/1951, p.C-8)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960; McGinley, Grace; Shopping--Tacoma--1950-1960; McNerthney, Virginia; Crystal glass; Glassware;

Miss Bebe Erdahl and Boyd Galligan shop for luggage they will use on their honeymoon trip. They were married at the Bethany Methodist Church during the 1951 wedding season. (TNT, 5/9/1951, p.C-13)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960; Shopping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Luggage; Erdahl, Bebe; Galligan, Boyd;

Miss Violet Anderson and John Thompson shop for their wedding rings. Violet and John were to be married May 12, 1951, in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. (TNT, 5/9/1951, p.C-9)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960; Shopping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Rings; Anderson, Violet; Thompson, John;

Helen Clarice McCrea and Russell L. Smith were married October 6, 1951, at First Lutheran Church. Helen is the daughter of Mrs. Mabel A. Mc Crea and G.R. McCrea. Russell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith. The bride wore a gown of white silk over embroidery sent to her from a friend in Japan. The dress was fashioned with a scalloped neckline, hoop skirt and court-length train. Her pearl choker was a gift of the bridegroom and she carried a Bible of white satin which had belonged to her mother and was topped with white orchids and stephanotis. Helen attended Lincoln High School and the Northwest Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapolis and Russell attended Clover Park and was in the US Marine Corps. (TNT, 10/7/1951, p.D-4)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; McCrea, Helen Clarice--Marriage; First Lutheran Church (Tacoma); Lutheran churches--Tacoma;

Carol Blundell and Emmett Reed Miller were married August 18, 1951, at St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church. Carol is the daughter of Richard Archibald and Pearl H. Blundell. Emmett is the son of Ross O. and Anna F. Miller. Carol wore a gown of ivory satin with long sleeves, sheer yoke and fitted bodice. Appliques of Alencon lace provided detail at the shoulder line and the fitted satin peplum skirt over bouffant tulle extended into a circular train that was also appliqued with lace. (TNT, 8/19/1951, p.D-1)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Episcopal churches--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma; Blundell, Carol--Marriage; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma);

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)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Shore, Judith--Marriage; Glant, Merton; Cakes--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Studio portrait- wedding pictures- Miss Edna Williams, soon to be Mrs. Gus Martigopoulos. For her March 11, 1950 wedding, the bride wore an off white jersey suit with balenciago accessories. Her corsage was a green orchid. Miss Pat Stewart, in a green suit, was maid of honor and Harry Martigopoulos was best man for his brother. The couple made their first home in Portland. (TNT 3/30/1950 pg. 24)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Hats--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Williams, Edna;

Dressed in satin and Chantilly lace with a long, full train, Marion Ingram stands in profile with her eyes closed in the late summer of 1951. Her bridal gown has a scalloped neckline, full skirt, and long sleeves with lace appliques; she is carrying a beribboned bouquet of mums. Her lace cap with fingertip veil rests gently on her softly waved hair. Marion Ingram wed Bruce Gilpin on September 15, 1951, in a ceremony at her parents' American Lake home. (TNT 9-16-51, D-1)

Brides--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Bouquets; Ingram, Marion;

In this sepia photograph, Rosemarie Lefor poses with a bridal attendant at the site of her wedding on September 15, 1951. She married William Vermilyea in the Holy Rosary Catholic Church. The bride is wearing an ankle length white satin gown with lace overdress and lace shoulder line. Her fingertip veil is caught onto a satin bonnet. She carries a bouquet of orchids and gladiolus. Her attendant pictured is possibly Darlene Harris, her maid of honor, who is wearing a pink taffeta dress with overskirts of blue and pink net. She has on a blue and pink stole and a light lavender hat. (TNT 9-23-51, D-5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Bouquets; Lefor, Rosemarie; Holy Rosary Church (Tacoma);

Jane Shadley and Carl Russell Herness were married June 24, 1950, at Lincoln Park Christian Church. The Reverend Donald Cox performed the double-ring ceremony and the bride was given in marriage by Roy A. Cornwell. The bride wore an ankle-length gown of imported egg-shell Irish linen lace, fashioned with a yoke of net ornamented with lace. Her pink shoulder-length veil was caught with orange blossoms to a satin-trimmed lace cap. She wore a single strand of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom, and carried orchids and stephanotis. The reception was held in the church parlors. (TNT, 8/7/1950, p.7)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Lincoln Park Christian Church (Tacoma); Shadley, Jane--Marriage;

Miss Phyllis Anderson was not overlooking the tiniest detail as her wedding day, May 19, 1950, approached. That is the most important finger which is receiving the nail polish, the finger onto which Jack D. Houghton will slip the ring during their wedding in Parkland Lutheran Church. Ordered by the Tribune for a layout on wedding preparations. (TNT, 5/3/1950, p.37)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960; Manicuring--Tacoma--1950-1960; Anderson, Phyllis;

Miss Jane Shadley and Carl R. Herness were busy planning their honeymoon trip. They were to be married June 24, 1950. They were interrupted while scanning travel folders at a travel agency. Ordered by the Tribune for a layout on wedding preparations. (TNT, 5/3/1950, p.40)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960; Travel--Tacoma; Honeymoons--Tacoma--1950-1960; Couples--Tacoma--1950-1960; Shadley, Jane; Herness, Carl R.;

Shirley Lucille Llewellyn and Vaeth Hewitt were married July 14, 1950, at Mason Methodist Church. The bride and her attendants pose together at the church altar. They are, L-R, Lonna Savage (seated), Dianne Poole, Mary Lee Philip, Patricia Eldridge, Mrs. Hewitt, Holly Hewitt, flower girl, Donalda Moncrieff, Beverly Warner, Virginia Carr and Janis Jacobson (seated). The bride's gown was made of white nylon marquisette fashioned with a portrait neckline edged in imported French lace. The pointed bodice was enhanced by a lace peplum and lace cascading down the back panel of the full skirt extended to a court length train. She wore a floor-length mantilla of French lace. The attendants hold fan-shaped bouquets. Their dresses have short capes with Peter-Pan collars. (TNT, 7/16/1950, p.D-2)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Mason Methodist Church (Tacoma); Llewellyn, Shirley Lucille--Marriage;

Wedding portrait of Violet Anderson, Anderson-Thompson wedding party, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Miss Anderson, daughter of the Carl Sixtus Andersons, became the wife of John Darrell Thompson, son of the John William Thompsons, on May 12, 1951 in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore a gown of Chantilly lace with tiers of flower-edged ruffles. The bodice was lace appliqued over satin and the costume was accented by elbow length lace gloves. The veil was waist length illusion attached to a pearl trimmed lace bonnet. The bouquet was of baby gardenias and lilly of the valley. The bridesmaids wore pale green gowns of net over taffeta and carried bouquets of purple and yellow. The reception was held in the church parlor and utilized the same lavender and yellow color scheme as the wedding. Mrs. Thompson attended Lincoln High School and the University of Washington. The groom graduated from Stadium and attended Willamette University and received his degree from the University of Washington.The couple made their first home in Olympia. (TNT 5/13/1951, pg. D-6; shower announcement TNT 5/3/1951, pg. C-18; additional picture in TNT wedding layout 5/9/1951, pg. C-9; wedding picture of couple TNT 5/20/1951, pg. D-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Anderson, Violet;

Bonnie Fern Brabec and Lt. Harold B. Krogness were married December 1, 1951, at Trinity Lutheran Church. The bride and groom are seen at the altar from the back of the church. Bonnie carried her grandmother's wedding ring tied in her bouquet of white carnations and pink roses. (TNT, 12/9/1951, p.D-7)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Trinity Lutheran Church (Tacoma); Brabec, Bonnie Fern--Marriage; Krogness, Harold B.; Altars--Tacoma;

Lois Elinor Holm and Arthur Louis Jewett were married January 26, 1952, in Immanuel Presbyterian Church. Mrs. David Curtis was matron of honor and wore a gold colored velveteen dress. Patricia Jo Holm, sister of the bride, Mrs. Robert Hansen, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Joyce Anderson were the other attendants. They wore emerald green velveteen dresses and each carried a muff with her flowers pinned on it. Roy Bodine was best man and Dean Marshall, cousin of the bride, Robert Hansen, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, and Raymond Burgener were ushers. (TNT, 2/3/1952, p.D-3)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Holm, Lois Elinor--Marriage; Jewett, Arthur Louis; Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Presbyterian churches--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma;

Sepia photograph of church ceremony. This sepia photograph was taken in September, 1950, with the photographer in a loft directly across the recessed loft holding the organist and soloist. Janice Marie Ludwig and Richard D. North were married during an evening ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church; the candlelight wedding was a large one with the bride and groom each having eight attendants. The bride had a fingertip veil and a wedding dress with a long and full satin and lace train. (TNT 9-13-50, p. 22, TNT 9-17-50, p. D-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Ludwig, Janice Marie--Marriage; North, Richard D.; Altars--Tacoma; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma);

Portrait of bride and eight bridesmaids. Dressed in lace and satin, this smiling bride apparently had a very large and elaborate wedding. Janice Marie Ludwig became the bride of Richard D. North on September 12, 1950, during an evening ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church. The bride's satin wedding gown had pointed sleeves of Chantilly lace and she carried a bouquet of stephanotis and white orchids. There are eight attendants, all dressed similarly in sleeveless white tulle with transparent stoles; Marjorie Ludwig was her cousin's maid of honor. Lighted candelabra and pale gladiolus provide a beautiful backdrop to the double ring ceremony. (TNT 9-13-50, p. 22, TNT 9-17-50, p. D-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Group portraits; Ludwig, Janice Marie--Marriage; Brides--1950-1960; North, Richard D.--Family; Altars--Tacoma; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma);

Four smiling bridesmaids in the Edna Duerfeldt-Robert Schroeder wedding pose for the photographer in September, 1950. From left to right are Betty Barclay, Sally Pierce, Janet (Mrs. Gordon) Pentice, and Sally Schroeder. The young women are beautifully dressed in scoop neck, claret red velveteen gowns with narrow bertha collars and elbow-length gloves, and carry long stemmed beribboned roses. Coronets of roses and looped velvet adorn their hair. The wedding occurred in the St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church with Canon Arthur Bell officiating. (TNT 9-17-50, p. D-1, 9-24-50, p. C-6)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Bouquets; Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Duerfeldt, Edna--Marriage; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Barclay, Getty; Pierce, Sally; Pentice, Janet; Schroeder, Sally; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma);

Jacqueline Keller stands next to her bridesmaid, Dayle Hoegh, in front of the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club's massive fireplace which is decorated with chrysanthemums and candles in glass holders. The former Jacqueline Brown married College of Puget Sound student David Keller on October 7, 1950. The bride, wearing a pearl necklace, is dressed in a lovely ankle length gown of white French imported lace over net. She has a fingertip veil with satan cap and wears lace elbow length gloves. She appears to be carrying a large bouquet of stephanotis and ivy. Her sole attendant, Dayle Hoegh, is wearing an ankle length organza gown and a shirred cap. (TNT 10-15-50, D-7)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Fireplaces; Bouquets; Brown, Jacqueline; Keller, David; Hoegh, Dayle; Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma);

Sepia "going away" photograph of Edward and Marian Firch. The couple is seated behind the wheel of what appears to be a Chevrolet with plaid upholstery. The bride is wearing a long sleeved satin wedding gown and is carrying a bouquet of roses decorated in ribbons and lace. A crown of small flowers adorns her veil. The former Marian A. Lindstedt of Chehalis married Edward A. Firch of Tacoma in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Chehalis, on September 17, 1950. (TNT 10-14-50, p. 4)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Lindstedt, Marian A.--Marriage; Firch, Edward A.;

A double shower in honor of Nancy Challman and Mary Louise Graiff was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Horjes in August, 1950. Barbara Horjes and Myrna Juntti entertained many friends and relatives of the brides-to-be. Posed near a lilly pond in the Horjes' yard are the honorees, standing, and the two hostesses. Miss Challman and Miss Graiff both plan September weddings. (TNT 8-29-50, p. 6; TNT 8-30-50, p. 12)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Challman, Nancy; Graiff, Mary Louise; Horjes, Barbara; Juntti, Myrna;

Drielbirs-Lows wedding photo of the bride holding a piece of glassware while the crowd smiles looking on.

Bill Brown family possibly posing at a storefront window with a snowman and artificial snow.

Daughters of the Nile group photo with members wearing silver uniforms and ceremonial head ware.