Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Nicholson Bogue stand at the altar facing towards the back of the Asbury Methodist Church. They were married June 7, 1948, with Reverend Harry L. Allen officiating in the presence of 250 guests. Arnold wears a double-breasted tuxedo with black bow-tie. His new bride, the former Ella Louise Kipper, wears a formal wedding gown in the colonial style of heavy irovy satin with illusion yoke and train embellished with lace Bertha. Ella's veil is also edged with the same lace and it flows from a beaded tiara. Her bouquet of Ophelia roses and stephanotis has many ribbons cascading from it. Candelabra and flowers decorate the church altar behind them. (T.Times, 6/12/1948, p.10)

Wedding costume--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Altars--Tacoma; Asbury United Methodist Church (Tacoma); Methodist churches--Tacoma; Bogue, Arnold Nicholson; Kipper, Ella Louise--Marriage;

Dorothy Mae Rudolph, daughter of the widowed Belle M. Rudolph of Tacoma and Navy Lieutenant James Allen Wasner, son of Earl and Mary Wasner of Seattle; were married on April 23, 1949 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. View of formal photograph of the recently wedded happy couple, Dorothy Mae and Lieutenant James Allen Wasner (T.N.T., 5/1/49, p. D-1).

Wedding costume--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Tacoma); Wasner, James Allen--Marriage; Rudolph, Dorothy Mae--Marriage;

Helen Ruth Lydia Ramstad and Orville Eldon Kyllo were married August 20, 1949, by Miss Ranstad's father, Rev. A.W. Ramstad. The bride and groom stand by their wedding cake ready to cut the first piece. The cake has three circular layers in the center with four square cakes evenly spaced around it. Four tall, tapered candles are spaced decoratively around the cake; which has bride and groom figurines on top. The reception took place at the church parlors. The bride wore her mother's veil. (TNT, 8/28/1949, p.D-7)

Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Weddings--Parkland--1940-1950; Cakes--Parkland; Trinity Lutheran Church (Parkland); Lutheran churches--Parkland; Ramstad, Helen Ruth Lydia--Marriage; Kyllo, Orville Eldon;

Tollefson-Myers Wedding. Congressman Thor Tollefson (far right) and wife Eva with Mr. and Mrs. Ardeis H. Myers of Kansas City, Missouri, visit during the reception held at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club following the marriage of their children, Rosemary Tollefson and Ardeis H. Myers, Jr. The younger Myers is a student at the University of Missouri in Columbia and his new wife a graduate of Stephens College. This was one of Tacoma's largest weddings of the year with 600 invited guests. The bride's aunts served at the reception. (TNT, 8-21-49, D-1) ALBUM 4.

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Myers, Ardeis Harold--Family; Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tollefson, Thor C., 1901-1982--Family; Legislators--Washington--1940-1950; Receptions--Tacoma;

Vera Janalyne Angus and Raymond James Malcomb were married December 16, 1949, at the Church of Holy Communion. The bride is wearing a green velvet floor-length gown with a train and a matching hat trimmed with imported hand-made French veiling and she carries a bouquet of pink roses and bouvardia. The groom, chief petty officer Raymond James Malcomb, is wearing his U.S. Navy uniform. They stand together at the church altar. (TNT, 1/21/1950, p.8)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Military uniforms--United States; Altars--Tacoma; Church of the Holy Communion (Tacoma); Angus, Vera Janalyne--Marriage; Malcomb, Raymond James; Wedding costume--1940-1950;

Dolores Determan and Sgt. Mason F. Stober, Jr., were married April 18, 1950 at the McChord Air Force Base chapel. The bride is wearing a floor-length wedding gown with a train, a finger-tip veil with a heart-shaped headress, and she carries a bouquet of white orchids and hyacinths. The bride-groom is wearing his military uniform. (TNT, 5/6/1950, p.23)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Military uniforms; Determan, Dolores--Marriage; Stober, Mason F.;

Wedding portrait of Avonne Nadine Nelson and Lt. Truman Everett Boudinot, Jr. Miss Nelson, daughter of Mrs. Hazel Morton Nelson, and Lt. Boudinot, son of Mrs. Truman Boudinot of Beverly Hills, Ca. and the late Brigadier General Boudinot, were married on a Friday afternoon, January 12, 1951, in Raynor Chapel at the Annie Wright Seminary with Reverend Arthur Bell officiating at the single ring ceremony. Miss Nelson wore a pastel pink Adrian suit with an off white straw hat trimmed with white velvet flowers and carried a bouquet of carnations, pink roses and white stephanotis. The maid of honor was Miss Constance Brady and the best man was Robert Winskill. After the ceremony, the couple left for a three week motor tour of Santa Barbara and Palm Springs. The bride attended Annie Wright and was a graduate of Mills College. The groom received his commission at West Point Military Academy. (TNT 1/14/1951, pg D-3; TNT 1/21/1951, D-2 picture only)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Nelson, Avonne Nadine--Marriage; Boudinot, Truman Everett; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

Norma Brott and Gilbert Simmons marry in a candlelight ceremony at the First Lutheran Church on Feb. 10, 1951. The bride, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Brott, wore a white satin and lace gown with a train. The long veil of imported Italian lace was trimmed with seed pearls and she carried a bouquet of orchids and white carnations. The matron of honor was Mrs. Richard Johnson, and the bridesmaids were Misses Doris Gardner, Emily Simard and Florence Brooker. The groom was the son of Mrs. Willis Simmons of Long Island, N.Y. Russell White served as best man, and the ushers were Winter Burnett, Richard Johnson and Frank Kirch Jr. The reception was held in the church parlor. The couple made their first home in Bremerton. (TNT 2/28/1951, pg. B-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brott, Norma; Simmons, Gilbert;

Wedding picture of Marilyn Jean Mann and Edward Stanley Annas at St. Lukes Episcopal Church. The bride wore an azalea pink satin gown with a molded bodice and a stiff collar of chantilly lace, which was also used at the elbows and wristline. The bouffant skirt had a cathedral length train and the bonnet of pink satin had a fingertip veil. The bride carried a bouquet of calla lilies tied with pink velvet ribbon. The lilies were also used as floral displays for the church and reception. Jo Anne Wood was the maid of honor and Mrs. E. Wayne Mann Jr. was the matron of honor. Both women worn gowns of pale lavender taffeta. The bride was attended by four other bridesmaids in darker lavender. Louis Wohlman was Best Man. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Wayne Mann Sr. and attended the College of Puget Sound, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. The groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Annas Sr. of Enumclaw and also attended CPS, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma and the Lettermen's Club. The reception was held at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. (Wedding shower picture & article TNT 3/11/1951, pg. D-7, Wedding TNT 3/25/1951, pg. D-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Mann, Marilyn; Annas, Edward; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960;

Microsoft mogul Bill Gates' parents' wedding. William Henry Gates Jr. and Mary Maxwell married May 11, 1951 in Seattle. The photo shows the couple in an automobile leaving after the ceremony and reception. Both of Gates' parents can trace their Northwest roots back to the late 1800's. Bill Jr. grew up in Bremerton, the son of a prosperous local merchant, served as a Second Lieutenant in WW II and returned after the war to complete his undergraduate work at the University of Washington and enter law school. There he met Mary Maxwell, an energetic and high spirited athlete and sorority girl nicknamed "Giggles" by her friends. ("Bill Gates" by Adam Woog, "Bill Gates, Billionaire Computer Genius" by Joan D. Dickinson and "Smart Money, The Story of Bill Gates" by Aaron Boyd)

Weddings--Seattle--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Maxwell, Mary; Gates, William Henry; Wedding costume--1950-1960;

The wedding of Shirley Claire Fields and Jack Schneidermann in the Wedgewood Room at the Winthrop Hotel. A single ring ceremony was performed by Rabbi Bernard Roseberg under a canopy of white stock and greens flanked by candelabra. The bride, the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Hyman S. Fields, wore an ivory satin gown with a yoke of net and venice lace with a long train and an illusion veil. She carried a bouquet of orchids and stephanotis. The groom was from Coos Bay, Oregon and was the son of Mrs. David Schneidermann. The matron of honor was the recently married Mrs. Alvin L. Fields, sister-in-law of the bride, who wore the same bridal gown at her wedding. The Junior Bridesmaid was Dorothy Fields and the Bridesmaids were Helen Gold, Mona Kleiner and Nancy Brown. The Best Man was Harold Schneidermann. The bride was a graduate of Stadium High School and received her degree in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington. She was a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi. The groom was a Business Administration graduate from the University of Oregon and a member of Sigma Alpha Mu. The Schneidermanns honeymooned in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, Ca. (TNT 4/22/1951, pg. D-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Fields, Shirley Claire; Schneidermann, Jack; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

The flower girl and ring bearer impishly grin for the camera at the wedding of Helen Bruhn and Harley Lee Brown, Jr. The couple was married April 20, 1951 at Bethesda Baptist Church, with the ceremony followed by a reception in the Church's parlors. Miss Bruhn was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K.R. Bruhn of Enumclaw. The groom was the son of the H.L. Browns of Tacoma. The Browns honeymooned in California and then made their first home in Tacoma. (wedding picture of couple TNT 4/29/1951, pg D-6)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Joan Kohl is looking for just the right going away shoes for her upcoming wedding. These spectator pumps may be nothing new under ordinary circumstances but they take on priceless glamour as part of her trousseau. Joan and Lt. Clifford O. Johnson planned a home wedding to take place in 1951. (TNT, 5/9/1951, p.C-14)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960; Kohl, Joan; Shoes; Shopping--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Helen Greco is taking advantage of Penney's Towel Event to choose towels for her new home as she prepares for her upcoming wedding. A saleswoman helps by showing her several designs. Helen and Alfred McKechnie were to be married July 22, 1951. (TNT, 5/9/1951, p.C-11)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960; Shopping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Greco, Helen; Towels; J.C. Penney Co. (Tacoma); Sales personnel--Tacoma--1950-1960;

June Marie Johnson and Albert Herman Kosmin were married April 28, 1951, in the Little Church on the Prairie. The bride and groom stand at the altar with Donna and Doyle Nelson, twins, who were their flower girl and ring bearer. June Marie Johnson was the daughter of Harold G.and Ester A. Johnson. The bride attended Lincoln High School and the College of Puget Sound. Albert Herman Kosmin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. B.B. Kosmin of Philadelphia and he attended school in Germantown, Pennsylvania. (TNT, 5/6/1951, p.D-8)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Johnson, June--Marriage; Kosmin, Albert Herman; Nelson, Donna; Nelson, Doyle; Little Church on the Prairie (Lakewood);

Doreen Magnuson is picking her silverware pattern as she prepares for her wedding. Doreen and Sanford Shaub planned to be married June 16, 1951, in Immanuel Presbyterian Church. (TNT, 5/9/1951, p.D-5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960;Journalism--Tacoma--1950-1960; Shopping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Magnuson, Doreen; Silverware;

Marie Margaret Ultsch and Robert Austin O'Donnell were married September 18, 1951, at Holy Rosary Church. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. T.F. Ultsch. The groom is the son of Mrs. Edna O'Donnell of Seattle and B.A. O'Donnell of New York. Celebrant of the mass was Father John Kilty, North Vancouver, B.C., cousin of the bridegroom. The bride wore a white slipper-satin gown fashioned with a lace yoke, princess panel, pointed sleeves and an arched hipline. Miss Jean Bucsko was maid of honor. Terrence O'Donnell was his brother's best man. John M. Griffin and Robert E. Ultsch were ushers. (TNT, 9/25/1951, p.10)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Ultsch, Marie Margaret--Marriage; O'Donnell, Robert Austin; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Holy Rosary Church (Tacoma); Catholic churches--Tacoma;

Nancy Jean Riehl and Donald Maurice Hoff were married August 18, 1951, at the First Methodist Church. Nancy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lock Carl Riehl and Donald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jens A. Hoff, Astoria. Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the College of Puget Sound, officiated at the ceremony. Nancy wore a Swiss organdy gown with a floral embroidered jacket topping a strapless gown of nylon marquisette. The full skirt extended over a hoop into a dance length train. Mr. and Mrs. Hoff established a home in Portland after August 27th. Both the bride and groom were graduates of the College of Puget Sound. (TNT, 8/19/1951, p.D-3)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; First Methodist Church (Tacoma); Hoff, Donald Maurice; Riehl, Nancy Jean--Marriage;

Marianne Chrystine Stacy and Harold Robert Klett were married July 22, 1951, at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. Norma Oden, one of the bridesmaids, is shown here in her gown seated outside holding her bouquet. (TNT, 7/26/1951, p.12; 7/29/1951, p.D-5) (information supplied by a wedding party member)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Stacy, Marianne Chrystine--Marriage; Oden, Norma; Wedding attendants--Tacoma;

Bride with flower girls and ring bearer. Mrs. Frank A. Roe, the former Jane Irene Carr, gazes smilingly downward at her two little flower girls and solemn ring bearer. She is wearing a wedding gown of ivory slipper satin with a fitted bodice, dolman sleeves, and mandarin collar. Stephanotis decorates her veil and it is also included in her bouquet with gardenias and ivy. Her little cousins, Mary Lee Hein and Margret Taylor, are the flower girls and her nephew, Michael Edward Carr, is the ring bearer. The double-ring ceremony took place on September 1, 1950, at Holy Cross Catholic Church. (TNT 9-3-50, p. C-4)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Altars--Tacoma; Holy Cross Catholic Church (Tacoma); Carr, Jane Irene--Marriage; Hein, Mary Lee; Taylor, Margret; Carr, Michael Edward;

Displaying a lovely star bouquet of stephanotis and camiss, the former Katherine Mary Geehan, now Mrs. Henry Sandahl, stands before the altar of St. Luke's Episcopal Church on August 25, 1950. She is wearing an ivory satin gown wtih sweetheart neckline and long sleeves. Her bridal veil of net and lace was brought from Europe by her cousin and her gown was loaned by her sister. (TNT 8-27-50, p. D-6)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Bouquets; Geehan, Katherine Mary--Marriage; Brides--1950-1960; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma);

All Saints Catholic Church in Puyallup was the setting for the Kathlene O'Connell-Dell Thurston wedding in August, 1950. The bride had two attendants and the groom, three. This view, shot from the rear of the church, shows the beautiful painted murals and large side altars with statues of the Sacred Heart and Mary with baby Jesus.

Weddings--Puyallup--1950-1960; Catholic churches--Puyallup; All Saints Catholic Church (Puyallup); Religious architectural elements--Puyallup; Altars--Puyallup;

Marilyn Knapp and Albert Lawrence Fisher, III, were married August 4, 1950, at Epworth Methodist Church. The bride was given in marriage by her father and wore a gown of nylon net with lace insets over ivory satin. The shirred bodice was trimmed with seed pearls at the neckline. The gathered skirt was hooped and extended to a court length train. Her flowers were white baby orchids. (TNT,8/6/1950, p.D-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Knapp, Marilyn--Marriage; Altars--Tacoma; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Epworth Methodist Church (Tacoma);

Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Gus Martigopoulos who were married in Tacoma on the morning of March 11, 1950 at the Greek Orthodox church. Mrs. Martigopoulos, the former Edna Williams, was the daughter of Mrs. Edna Williams of Lubbock, Texas. The reception was held in the home of the bridegroom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Martigopoulos. The pair established their first home in Portland where he was stationed as a staff sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. (TNT 3/30/1950 pg. 24)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Military uniforms--United States--1950-1960; Hats--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Martigopoulos, Gus; Williams, Edna; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960;

Studio portrait of Trofel-Valent wedding party

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Military uniforms--United States--1950-1960;

Carol Blundell and Emmett Reed Miller are joined by their parents at the altar of Saint Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church after their wedding August 18, 1951. Carol is the daughter of Richard Archibald and Pearl H. Blundell. Emmett is the son of Ross O. and Anna F. Miller. Carol is a graduate of Mills College and has taught in Pasadena. Emmett is a graduate of the University Of Washington. They would be making their new home in Walnut Creek, California. (TNT, 8/19/1951, p.D-1)

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

Barbara Jean Anderson and David Frank James were married August 19, 1951, at Mason Methodist Church. Barbara is the daughter of Mrs. Zelma E. Anderson and the late Lawrence Anderson of Olympia. The bridegroom's parents ware Dr. Frank H. and Alice Clark James of Tacoma. The Rev. Frank B. James of Kansas City, Missouri, officiated at the wedding of his grandson. Barbara and David met while attending the University of Washington. (TNT, 8/26/1951, p.D-3)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Methodist churches--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma; Mason Methodist Church (Tacoma); Anderson, Barbara Jean--Marriage; James, David Frank;

Miss Donna Mae Handel and Donald P. Kemp were married June 7, 1951, at the St. Paul Evangelist Lutheran Church. Donna was the daughter of Richard and Ruby Warner and Donald was the son of Paul and Margaret Kemp. Donna wore a white lace ballerina length dress with a short, long sleeved jacket with a high neckline. A fingertip veil was attached to a crown headpiece with pearls. She carried a bouquet of white orchids. (TNT, 7/3/1951, p.8)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Handel, Donna Mae--Marriage; Kemp, Donald P.; Lutheran churches--Tacoma; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Tacoma);

Anderson and Niebergall wedding. Portrait of bride and groom beside two elaborate floral sprays. Mary Joan Anderson of Seattle wed Albert Durry Niebergall, formerly of Walla Walla, on June 13, 1953 in Puyallup. She is wearing a lace gown and carrying an orchid and statis (small white flowers) bouquet. The dark haired groom is in a white tuxedo. (TNT 6-25-1953, C-8)

Weddings--Puyallup--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Anderson, Mary Joan--Marriage; Niebergall, Albert Durry; Wedding clothing & dress--1950-1960; Flower arrangements;

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;