The Comus Club presented the "Comus Comets" ball at the Winthrop Hotel. Eight men and eight women are seen in their formal attire for the event. The men wear tuxedos and black bow ties. The women wear evening gowns and tiaras with three stars each. Charles and Betty Wolf were co-chairmen of the dance. Mr. Wolf was president of the Comus Club at this time. Other members of the planning committee were Wilfred and Avonelle Brown, Leonard and Lucille Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hogan, Sidney and Ellen Dean, George and Gwyne Bevington, and Jonas and LaVerna Bjelland. (TNT, 10/12/1952, p.D-4)

Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; Clubs--Tacoma; Dance parties--Tacoma--1950-1960; Comus Club (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

A group of thirty-two men and one woman gathered for Standard Brands' annual Quarter Century club dinner for the Northwest area at the Winthrop Hotel. Four new members were inducted into the club: Clifford T. Blanchfield, Henry E. Dieatrick, Ada Kacer, and Harry E. Kuhn. All four new members were employed at the Fleischmann plant in Sumner. Each new member must have completed 25 years of continuous service with Standard Brands and they were presented with an engraved gold watch and a certificate of long service at the dinner. (TNT, 10/2/1952, p.16)

Standard Brands, Inc. (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

On Saturday September 6, 1952 a sound truck caravan carrying the Pierce County Youth for Cain set out from the Winthrop Hotel to drum up support for Senator Harry Cain's re-election. The Senator's daughter, Marlyce "Candy" Cain, handed out candy canes from a small basket, as various speakers took turns at the microphone. Cain supporters taking part in the caravan included Harry Cain Jr. (second from left), "Candy" Cain (at center with basket) and Bill Brown (second from right). Senator Cain was unseated by Henry M. Jackson in the fall 1952 election. (TNT, 9/5/1952, p.C-11)

Legislators--Washington--1950-1960; Political campaigns; Cain, Harry P.; Cain, Marlyce; Brown, Bill; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Nearly 200 delegates attended the annual summer board meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel on August 23, 1952. Ten women, both past and present officials, posed at the head table which had been decorated with candles and a large bouquet of gladiolus. Standing from left to right: Fay Anderson, present of the Tacoma Business and Professional Women's Club; Fae Hite; Mrs. John Stanley; Alice Colman; Helen Haller and Selma Therrault. Seated from left to right: Ruby Grant; Ruth Cullen, national federation chrm.; Margaret Pearson, state president and Marguerite Boye. Later a costume and swimming party was held at the American Lake home of Ruby Grant.

Tacoma Business & Professional Women's Club (Tacoma); Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Grant, Ruby; Cullen, Ruth; Pearson, Margaret; Boye, Marguerite; Therrault, Selma; Haller, Helen; Colman, Alice; Stanley, John--Family; Hite, Fae; Anderson, Fay;

Beatrice (Mrs. Harry) Houdini, dressed in a long white coat and hat, photographed at the Hotel Winthrop where she is a guest. She is standing beside an elaborate table on which an ornate potted palm has been placed. Mrs. Houdini was visiting in Tacoma after attending the convention of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians in Seattle the prior week. As Harry Houdini's assistant for 42 years, she was the only living person who knew all the secrets of his famous tricks and she wasn't giving any away. Houdini had not been able to perform his greatest trick after death, the communication to his wife of a prearranged word and message psychically from the "Beyond." Mrs. Houdini planned the "Seance to end all seances" for October 31, the 10th anniversary of his death. Psychics would be linked by radio coast to coast in a psychic circle to wait for the message, but none came. (T. Times 7/14/1936, pg. 3)

Magicians; Houdini, Harry--Family; Houdini, Beatrice;

Delivering new Royal typewriters for use at Washington State Federation of Labor convention at Winthrop Hotel. Four women with new standard typewriters at Information table in hotel lobby and surrounded by four men. Photograph taken on July 16, 1952. For Royal Typewriter Company.

Typewriters; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Jordan Baking Company banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. The bakery was introducing a new and improved loaf of bread, "Sunbeam Bread". The new trademark showed a little blonde girl eating a slice of bread and butter. "Sunbeam Bread was an achievement of many years experimentation to produce a truly superior loaf of bread," according to Arthur K. Jordan, owner of the bakery. The new wrapper design was executed in a light blue and white with a floral border and a picture of the girl eating a slice of bread and butter. Arthur K. Jordan is seated in the middle of the front row wearing a lei. (TNT, 3/6/1952, p.16)

Jordan Baking Co. (Tacoma); Bakeries--Tacoma--1950-1960; Jordan, Arthur K.; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

A group visiting Columbia Breweries from Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. They pose in front of their bus outside the Winthrop Hotel.

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Governor Arthur B. Langlie, standing extreme left, second row, with other men at awards ceremony during the Pulp and Paper Industry's Safety Conference at the Winthrop Hotel. These may be representatives of Crown Zellerbach Corp., whose Port Townsend plant won the Joint Labor-Management trophy for the best five-year safety record or possibly the Longview Fibre Co., who won the award for best accident rate. ALBUM 10. (TNT 1-24-52, A-12, 1-25-52, p. 30)

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Awards;

Governor Arthur B. Langlie makes a presentation at the awards ceremony during the Pulp and Paper Industry's Safety Conference at the Winthrop Hotel. The two-day conference was a gathering of pulp and paper concerns and labor unions. The conference concluded with a banquet honoring those firms with superlative safety records. Longview Fibre Co. of Longview, Washington, won the Governor's Annual Safety trophy and the Crown-Zellerbach plant of Port Townsend, the best five-year safety record. (TNT 1-24-52, A-12, 1-25-52, p. 30) ALBUM 10.

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Awards;

Governor Arthur B. Langlie presents the Governor's Safety Trophy at awards ceremony during the pulp and paper industry's safety conference at the Winthrop Hotel. Longview Fibre Co. of Longview, Washington, was honored with the trophy for the lowest accident rate in the preceding year. The awards ceremony was held at the conclusion of the two-day Washington State Joint Labor-Management Safety Conference which was topped off by a banquet at the Winthrop on January 24, 1952. (TNT 1-24-52, A-12, 1-25-52, p. 30) ALBUM 10.

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Awards; Longview Fibre Co. (Longview);

Governor Arthur B. Langlie, seated second from left in front row, with other men at awards ceremony during the Pulp and Paper Industry's Safety Conference at the Winthrop Hotel. The two-day conference held at the Winthrop Hotel concluded with an evening banquet on January 24, 1952. Several awards were presented at that time, including the Governor's Annual Safety trophy and the Joint Labor-Management trophy. ALBUM 10. (TNT 1-24-52, A-12, 1-25-52, p. 30)

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Awards;

Governor Arthur B. Langlie presents a State Safety Award to John Sherman at the Pulp and Paper Industry's Safety Conference at the Winthrop Hotel. The award states that it is for "Meritorious Service in Industrial Safety." More than 200 persons attended the two-day Washington State Joint Labor-Management Safety Conference held at the Winthrop Hotel. Representatives attended the meeting from major pulp and paper firms, including Crown-Zellerbach Corp., and labor unions, including the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers. ALBUM 10. (TNT 1-24-52, A-12, 1-25-52, p. 30)

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sherman, John; Awards;

Governor Arthur B. Langlie, second from left in front row, with other attendees at the Pulp and Paper Industry's Safety Conference held at the Winthrop Hotel. Safety in the workplace was one of Governor Langlie's emphasis. He started the annual Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference in 1949; an event that is still currently held. The governor was present to honor Longview Fibre Co. of Longview, Washington, with the annual safety trophy, given to the firm with the lowest accident rate in the preceding year. ALBUM 10. (TNT 1-24-52, A-12, 1-25-52, p. 30)

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Two men present information about injury frequency rates using a graph during the Pacific Coast Association of Pulp and Paper Manufacturers banquet at the Winthrop Hotel.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Pacific Coast Association of Pulp & Paper Manufacturers (Tacoma); Safety; Charts;

Rayonier, Inc., lumber company, skit at conference held at Winthrop Hotel. Eight men in front of factory mural. Rayonier manufactured cellulose products for rayon and acetate staple fibers in fabrics. However, the fastest growth occured in tire cord, cellophone and other uses entirely apart from textiles. Rayonier had been diversifying over a period of years hoping to be less affected by fluctuations of demand in the textile markets. Note: Lines in print due to diacetate film deterioration. One of several thousand images preserved through copying by Tacoma library. (Rayonier, Inc., 1951 Annual Report)

Rayonier, Inc. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Phi Beta Phi's annual dinner dance was held March 15, 1952, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel. Gwen Scheyer and Charlotte Nelson were those responsible for planning the dinner dance. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the College of Puget Sound, can be seen near the edge of the crowd along the right. TPL-8087

Tuxedoes; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Phi Beta Phi (Tacoma); Thompson, R. Franklin, 1908-1999; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Erling O. Johnson was elected president of the Pierce County division of the Washington State Restaurant Association at the annual meeting of the organization at the Winthrop Hotel in January 1952. Mr. Johnson succeeded E.J. Zarelli, also of Tacoma. Shown are, L-R, Al Tyrell, secretary-treasurer, E.J. Zarelli, Erling O. Johnson, and Vern Powell, vice president. (TNT, 1/9/1952, p.6)

Washington State Restaurant Association (Tacoma); Johnson, Erling O.; Zarelli, E.J.; Tyrell, Al; Powell, Vern; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Shaking hands--Tacoma;

Standard Brands, Sumner, Washington. Twenty-Five Year Club annual banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. Group of men singing around a piano. Standard Brands each year honored the hard working employees who had 25 years of service to the firm with a special banquet. Standard Brands manufactured yeast and vinegar.

Standard Brands, Inc. (Sumner); Standard Brands, Inc. (Sumner)--Employees; Banquets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pianos; Singers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Singing--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Standard Brands of Sumner held a banquet at the Winthrop Hotel on November 21, 1951, to honor those employees who had worked there for 25 years. Company officials presented a watch and a certificate for long service to Arthur S. Learman, a new member of the Quarter Century Club.

Standard Brands, Inc. (Sumner); Learman, Arthur S.; Group portraits--1950-1960; Banquets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Events--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

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);

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);

The Stardust Dance Club held their final dance of the season, an aloha party, in May 1951 with "A Trip to Hawaii" as their theme. Cocktails and dancing were presented at the Wedgwood Saloon at the Winthrop Hotel. Ordered by the Tribune. (TNT, 5/20/1951, p.D-4)

Stardust Dance Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dance parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Five leaders of the junior department of the Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs who attended the State convention pose for their group portrait at the Winthrop Hotel. They are, L-R, Mrs. Edward C. Francisco of Pomeroy; Mrs. Norman E. Robbins of Kennewick; Mrs. Lloyd Mitchell of Kelso; Mrs. Malcolm Mays of Yakima; and Mrs. Milton Sutton of Seattle. The junior day session of the Washington State Federation of Women's clubs was June 12, 1951. The theme for junior day was "Juniors Rise to Achievement through Friendship and Unity". Ordered by Mrs. Peter Berone. (TNT, 6/14/1951, p.9)

Junior Women's Club (Tacoma); Women--Clubs--Tacoma; Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Scottish Bagpipers and Scotty Nyles at the Winthrop Hotel. The entire pipe and drum band pose for their group portrait wearing their specific uniforms. The pipers wear white spats, carry a cape over their shoulders and the pockets of their jackets are decorated with white piping. The drummers wear lighter colored jackets with white belts and cross-pieces. One of the drummers wears an animal skin down his front to soften the weight of the largest drum. Three men in the center of the front row, possibly the drum majors, wear somewhat darker jackets, berets and dark socks.

Costumes--Scottish; Bagpipes; Drums; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Scottish Bagpipers and Scotty Nyles at the Winthrop Hotel. Three members of the band, wearing Scottish attire, stand with an unidentified man wearing a suit.

Costumes--Scottish; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Students from Fife High School are grouped against one end of the Wedgwood Room at the Winthrop Hotel during their junior prom held on May 4, 1951. The young women wear floor-length gowns and the young men wear suits and ties. Ordered by the Tribune. (TNT, 5/14/1951, p.4)

Students--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fife High School (Fife); Dance parties--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Models posed on the ramp at the Tacoma Day Nursery's benefit luncheon and style show in the Hotel Winthrop's Crystal Bellroom. L-R, are Mrs. Lawrence Metter, wearing a French-inspired navy taffeta and white organdy gown; J. Mercedes (Mrs. Frederick) Haines, Jr., in Chinese blue; and Miss Helen Kresge, wearing daisy-splashed gray. Proceeds would go to the Tacoma Day Nursery. (TNT, 4/20/1951, p.C-4) TPL-9340

Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Fashion shows--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fashion models--Tacoma; Tacoma Day Nursery (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The Ladies' Musical Club sponsored a concert by Hildegarde, a New York supper club singer who was on a concert tour across the continent, at Temple Theater. She would perform a 2 1/2 hour concert with her 12-piece orchestra. Her program included not the classics but favorites such as, "The Last Time I Saw Paris". She traveled with 35 evening costumes packed in specially built 6-foot trunks but would only be wearing two for her Tacoma appearance. She is seen here looking from the window of her room at the Hotel Winthrop. Tacoma's City Hall can be seen through the window. (TNT, 4/18/1951, p.12)

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Hildegarde; Singers;

Eddie Peabody, his banjo and two unidentified Camp Fire Girls at the Winthrop Hotel promoting the mint sale fund raiser. Edwin Ellsworth "Eddie" Peabody was a well known vaudeville star and was in Tacoma at this time as a performer with the Shrine Circus.

Peabody, Eddie; Camp Fire Girls (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1950-1960; Banjos; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);