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;

Douglas Fir Plywood Association was hosting their 13th annual meeting in Tacoma's Winthrop Hotel in May of 1949. Tacoma continued to be the worldwide leader in plywood production. View of informational Douglas Fir Plywood charts, these indicate: "Effective Promotion + Aggressive Selling = Healthy Order Files;" chart on left side has information about the Douglas Fir Plywood industry today.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Conference rooms--Tacoma; Charts; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Signs (Notices); Plywood; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Douglas Fir Plywood Association held their annual meeting to discuss the Douglas Fir plywood industry at the Winthrop Hotel. Douglas Fir plywood is the "Wood of 1000 Uses", used in houses, advertising, boats, and hundreds of other products. View of unidentified DFPA representative at the annual DFPA conference, which is being held at the Winthrop Hotel; DFPA plywood sign in foreground.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Signs (Notices); Plywood; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

More than 600 members of the Washington State Junior Chamber of Commerce attended the state convention held in Tacoma at the Winthrop Hotel. The Junior Chamber of Commerce would be electing new officers for this year; and they designated Spokane as next year's site for the state convention. The convention consisted of several meetings and programs and would wrap up with a Saturday night banquet at the Top of the Ocean restaurant. View of members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Winthrop Hotel (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);

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);

Winthrop Hotel's new Daffodil Dining Room will have a full restaurant, coffee bar and shop. Ann Rickard, Western Hotels' decorator, stated the room will have a strong yellow over the ceiling, two tones of red and chartreuse on the walls, pebble cloth drapes and deep green on eight chandeliers; Victor Jones and Associates of Seattle are the architects. Interior view of Winthrop Hotel's Daffodil Dining Room being painted for its upcoming grand opening (T. Times, 3/30/49, p. 6 & 7).

Painting--Tacoma; Hotels--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ladders; Paints & varnishes; Restaurants--Tacoma; Hotel employees--Tacoma; Remodeling--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

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);

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.;

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. A thoroughly amused group stands below a circus rider, L-R, Edgar J. and Mary E. Murnen, Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Thompson, and Arleyne I. and Russell W. Ross. (TNT, 2/27/1949, p.D-1)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Comus Club (Tacoma); Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Murnen, Edgar J.; Murnen, Mary E.; Thompson, E.D.--Family; Ross, Russell W.; Ross, Arleyne I.;

Comus Club dance at Winthrop Hotel, circus theme, Tribune, Mrs. Hosmer. The Comus Club held their February dance, the "Comus Circus," in the Hotel Winthrop's Crystal Ballroom on February 19, 1949. Four men wearing black ties, tuxedos and tall, conical hats stand in front of a picture of a female dancer. The man on the left points over his shoulder at the picture.

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

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);

Chairman and officers of the Capital District, Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, in the Daffodil Room at the Hotel Winthrop. A group of seventeen women from the various local garden clubs have gathered for a lunch meeting prior to the opening of the second annual Christmas show by the group, "Twas the Week Before Christmas", held at the Hotel Winthrop. Funds generated from the show were to be used to establish a garden center building fund. More than 85 garden clubs from the district responded with exhibits to the show. Ordered by Mrs. Fred Gordon.(TNT, 12/16/1949, p.C-10)

Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs (Tacoma); Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Group of approximately 30 at Winthrop Hotel, Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis, R. Ralstad. It was reported earlier in the month that Edward A. Lane had been elected president of the North-West Tacoma Kiwanis Club for 1950. (TNT, 11/10/1949, p.C-11)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Kiwanis Club (Tacoma); Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950;

This photograph from December 1949 of the Sabre Room in the Winthrop Hotel shows the popular Tacoma restaurant three months after its official opening in September. Created by Trader Vic to look like an authentic old-English tap room, the Sabre room was decorated in authentic English style and featured open hearth food service where you could see expert chefs prepare the food. The menu included roast beef cooked in rock salt, barbecued ribs, and steak and kidney pie - desert included trifle. The room could seat 110 persons, including the ladies' cocktail lounge. (TNT, 9/24/1950, p.6)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Lounges--Tacoma; Buffets (Cookery)--Tacoma; Cooks; Waitresses--Tacoma; Bartenders--Tacoma; Bars--Tacoma;

The Sabre Room, Winthrop Hotel, Mr. Boyd. A well-dressed gentleman sits at a desk talking on the telephone. He is looking at a card pulled from a small, metal card file. The desk has a day calendar open at the back edge and a lamp with a carved head base is lit. Another lamp is lit in the background. The man's cuff-link shines in the light. The Sabre Room opened in September 1950. Trader Vic, who specialized in designing unusual spots, had a personal hand in creating the new addition to the Hotel Winthrop. (TNT, 9/24/1950, p.6)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Telephones; Calendars; Cuff links--Tacoma; Desks; Lamps;

Hotel Winthrop was inviting all of Tacoma to join them in the grand opening celebration for the new Trader Vic's Sabre Room. Trader Vic is an internationally known restaurateur, and he has now brought his world famous menu items to Tacoma. The interior of the Sabre Room is modeled after an authentic old English tap room, with figured red carpet, copper bowl lamps, the walls give the impression of aged plaster in a driftwood color. Trader Vic and his wife will host the grand opening celebration.

Restaurants--Tacoma; Dining rooms--Tacoma; Dining tables; Hotels--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Sabre Room (Tacoma);

Trader Vic and his wife would be hosting the grand opening celebration at the new Sabre Room in the Winthrop Hotel. View of Mayor C. Val Fawcett (second from left) with Trader Vic (second from right) and two unidentified men standing below the sign for the new restaurant, the Sabre room, located in the Winthrop Hotel (T.N.T., 9/21/49, p. 2).

Hotels--Tacoma; Restaurants--Tacoma; Signs (Notices); Events--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Sabre Room (Tacoma); Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Bergeron, Victor J.;

Internationally known restaurateur, Trader Vic, had brought his world famous menu items to Tacoma. The Winthrop Hotel and Trader Vic enterprises have remodeled the restaurant site, at an estimated cost of $45,000, and opened up the Sabre Room. View of Mayor C. Val Fawcett (center) with Trader Vic (left) and an unidentified man at the grand opening celebration of the new Trader Vic's Sabre Room, located in the Winthrop Hotel (T.N.T., 9/21/49, p. 2).

Hotels--Tacoma; Restaurants--Tacoma; Events--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Sabre Room (Tacoma); Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Bergeron, Victor J.;

Tacoma's Quarter Century Club would be celebrating their second anniversary with a banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. Club members would gather together to commemorate the club's yearly activities. View of unidentified members of the Quarter Century Club celebrating the club's second anniversary; club members are holding programs and reviewing member names listed in the program.

Commemoration--Tacoma; Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Table settings & decorations; Banquets--Tacoma; Men--Social life--1940-1950; Quarter Century Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Tacoma's Quarter Century Club would be celebrating their second anniversary with a banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. Club members would gather together to commemorate the club's yearly activities. View of unidentified members of the Quarter Century Club celebrating the club's second anniversary; club members are playing musical instruments and singing.

Commemoration--Tacoma; Singers; Singing--Tacoma; Musical instruments--Tacoma; Men--Social life--1940-1950; Quarter Century Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

This flower convention, being hosted by Northwest Florists, would have the "Flower Shop of Tomorrow" on display, this was considered the most ultramodern flower shop. View of flower shop display in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel; this display was part of the workshop being offered to the florists (T.N.T., 9/4/49, p. 1 & 5).

Workshops (Adult education)--Tacoma; Delegations--Tacoma; Florists--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Flowers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma);

Northwest Florists were holding their 25th annual meeting in Tacoma's Winthrop Hotel. The florists could attend an "Afternoon Growers Clinic", Professor Alex Laurie from the University of Ohio was the guest speaker. View of florists that attended the afternoon workshop held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel (T.N.T., 9/4/49, p. 1 & 5).

Workshops (Adult education)--Tacoma; Delegations--Tacoma; Florists--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma);

Northwest Florists were having their 25th annual convention; florists from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia and other areas were gathering at Tacoma's Winthrop Hotel for four days of meetings. View of Floralife, Incorporated exhibit; florist products, including: flower dyes, flower cement and flower food, are displayed (T.N.T., 9/4/49, p. 1 & 5).

Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma); Floralife, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.);

Northwest Florists conference would include an exposition featuring new and traditional florist products. The trade fair was being held in the Winthrop Hotel's Wedgwood Room. View of Oliver & Thompson and O. E. Panzer exhibits, both business are from Portland, Oregon; florist products are displayed (T.N.T., 9/4/49, p. 1 & 5).

Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma); Oliver & Thompson (Portland, Or.); O.E. Panzer (Portland, Or.);

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).

Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Florists--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma);

Banquet in Army-Navy Room for Buick Motor Company Distributors, Mueller-Harkins, Rudy Mueller. Buick dealers and salesmen of Southwest Washington previewed the new Buick Special at the Mueller-Harkins Motor Company. Afterwards the group met for a luncheon meeting where they were addressed by Buick factory officials. (TNT, 8/5/1949, p.18)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Group portraits; Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mueller-Harkins Motor Co. (Tacoma);

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).

Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Florists--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma);

The Hotel Winthrop, a multi-storied brick building, was the site of many community events at the Crystal Ballroom, Wedgwood Room and the Roof Garden, among other hotel amenities. The hotel also had suites available for permanent residents. Interior view of the lobby, view of the modern telephone booths; photo ordered by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. TPL-9268

Telephone booths--Tacoma--1940-1950; Telephone companies--Tacoma; Telephone industry--Tacoma; Hotels--Tacoma; Lobbies--Tacoma; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma);

Northwest Florists were meeting in Tacoma for their 25th annual convention; Tacoma's Hotel Winthrop was converted into a beautiful garden. The florists would be participating in a salmon derby and visiting a greenhouse at Vashon Island. View of Austin Stover (center), incoming President of the Northwest Florists' association, with other unidentified officers of the Northwest Florists' association (T.N.T., 9/08/49, p. 28).

Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Delegations--Tacoma; Florists--Tacoma; Flower shows--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Northwest Florists (Tacoma); Stover, Austin;