In June of 1938 four Tacoma girls who were part of the "sub-deb" set were photographed on the lawn of the Tacoma Country and Golf Club, 13204 Gravelly Lake Drive S.W., as they gathered for a busy day of summer sports. Holding her sunglasses and tennis racket is Catharine Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frost Snyder. The three young ladies on bicycles are: (l to r) Hazel Schaeffer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R.C. Schaeffer, and Suzanne and Marian Ingram, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingram. (T. Times 7/2/1938, pg. 9)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Tennis players; Tennis rackets; Bicycles & tricycles; Snyder, Catharine; Schaeffer, Hazel; Ingram, Suzanne; Ingram, Marian;

To celebrate their 54th year in the banking business, National Bank of Washington threw a gala banquet and entertainment for 180 directors, officers and employees at the Tacoma Country Club on October 21, 1939. Pictured are Board Chairman Samuel L. Jackson with three young female employees of the bank, dressed in formal gowns. Posed, left to right, are Helen Salander, Barbara Jo Huntsman and Lola Huff. (T. Times 10/23/1939, pg. 14; 10/20/1939, pg. 3)

Anniversaries--Tacoma--1930-1940; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma)--Commemoration; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Salander, Helen; Huntsman, Barbara Jo; Huff, Lola; Jackson, Samuel M.;

Bathers. National Bank of Tacoma annual picnic at Tacoma Golf and Country Club.The Club purchased this land on the shores of American Lake in 1904. (Argentum)

Swimmers--1920-1930; Bathing suits--1920-1930; National Bank of Tacoma--People; Picnics--1920-1930; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma);

The Pharaoh Club was playing host on September 27, 1941 at a dance at the Tacoma Country & Golf Club. This group picture is posed on the Club's famous staircase. The Pharaoh Club was composed of young men of high school and college age. The dance was advertised as a autumn semi formal. (T. Times 9/20/1941, pg. 5)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pharaoh Club (Tacoma);

On September 27,1941, the Pharaoh Club was hosting an autumn semi-formal at the Tacoma Country & Golf Club. The young ladies by the piano are believed to be Marian Ingram and Hazel Schaeffer. The Pharaoh Club was composed of young men of high school and college age. (T. Times 9/20/1941, pg. 5)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pharaoh Club (Tacoma);

In June of 1943, four women load boxes of surgical dressings into a Red Cross paneled station wagon at the Tacoma Country Club in Lakewood. During the war, the clubhouse served several days a week as a Surgical Dressing Production Unit. Pictured left to right in their white Red Cross Production Service uniforms are Joyce (Mrs. Herbert) Syford, Mrs. Harry H. Schmalz, Nelsie (Mrs. Minot) Davis, Harriet (Mrs. William) Deering and driver Etta (Mrs. Allan H.) Moody, dressed in the Red Cross Motor Corps suit and visor cap. (T. Times 7/3/1943, pg. 4)

American National Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Syford, Joyce; Davis, Nelsie; Deering, Harriet; Moody, Etta; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Alpha Beta Upsilon's spring formal dinner dance at the Country Club. Alpha Beta Upsilon was a sorority located at the College of Puget Sound. (for attendees, see newspaper article TNT 5/5/1951, pg. 14) TPL-8086

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Alpha Beta Upsilon Sorority (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

The Junior League held their Christmas Party at the Tacoma Country Club on December 16, 1949. Five unnamed women are shown wearing evening clothes. Photograph ordered for the Tribune by Barbara Dana, Society editor. (TNT, 12/25/1949, p.21)

Junior League (Tacoma); Country clubs--Tacoma; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Costume Ball at Tacoma Golf and Country Club, Sunday Ledger, Mrs. Hosmer. The Tacoma Golf and Country Club held a masquerade the last week of October 1948. The event was formal in all but head gear. An unidentified woman tries on her flower-basket hat in front of a mirror to see if it needs any adjustments. The handle on the basket loops over her forehead and a scarf attaches it below her chin. (TNT, 11/7/1948, p.D-1)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Hats--1940-1950; Masquerades--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Tacoma Country Club's Junior Council was pleased to be hosting their first holiday dance, dancing would continue until midnight. The Junior Council was planning spring time activities as well. Left to right view of Juniors wearing their beautiful ball gowns, Joan Trauernicht, Helen Ramstedt, Paddy Black, Barbara Stowe (seated) and Suzy Marion. The girls are in the newly remodeled and decorated powder room (T. Times, 12/31/47, p. 9).

Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evening gowns--Tacoma; Ball dresses; Dressing tables; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma);

Swimming area at American Lake, part of the Tacoma Country and Golf Club. The club purchased this property on the eastern shore of American Lake in 1904. Originally, members were issued deeds to 25 foot lots along the lake front where they could set up tents and escape the city's summer heat. As time passed, the tents gave way to homes, greens and the clubhouse. The lake still remained a favorite "Ole Swimmin' Hole" for a quick refreshing dip. A dock reaches out into the lake, topped with a life guard stand. Boats are also tied up to the right of the dock. ("A History of Pierce County, Wa." vol. 1) TPL-8640

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Water holes--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The entrance drive to the exclusive members only Tacoma Country and Golf Club, located on the shores of American Lake. The club relocated to this location in 1904. It is the oldest continuously operating Country Club west of the Mississippi.("A History of Pierce County, Wa." vol. 1)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma);

The PNGA Junior Championship banquet and trophy presentation at the Tacoma Country & Golf Club. The Pacific Northwest Golf Association sponsored the junior tournament held August 29- September 1st. Entrants were boys under the age of 19 on Aug. 29th. They were anticipating around 125 entrants from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada to participate in the 9 hole qualifying round. Erv Parent (left), president of the PNGA, is presenting Bryan Copp (center), of Vancouver BC, the medalist trophy at the conclusion of the qualifying round held on August 29, 1955. The wiry, red headed seventeen year old Copp was the current British Columbia Junior Champion. He posted one over par in the 9 hole play off to break a three way tie with Gary Congdon and Bobby Pratt of Tacoma. Qualifiers will continue play until there is a single winner. Copp was defeated in the final round by Ted Puetz of Seattle. (TNT 8/7/1955, pg. B-10, 8/30/1955, pg. 2, 9/2/1955, pg. 20)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Country clubs--Tacoma; Golf--Tacoma; Parent, Erv; Copp, Bryan;

Harry Cain, future Mayor of Tacoma and U.S. Senator, on right. Cain, wearing kilts and wig, clowns it up with a group of people in costume during Masked Ball at Tacoma Country Club.

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Masquerades--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Scotland--Clothing & dress;

Four well dressed women pose near the pillars of the Tacoma County & Golf Club in late April, 1937. They are there to attend the first bridge luncheon of the season. They are, from left to right, Mrs. H.A. (Jean) Karlen, Mrs. L.B. (Ida) Macdonald, Mrs. C.E. (Gertrude) Bonnell and Mrs. Fred Karlen. Another view of the four, enlarged and cropped, is D1021-B. (T. Times 5/1/1937, pg. 9)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Karlen, Jean; Macdonald, Ida; Bonnell, Gertrude; Karlen, Fred--Family;

Four well dressed women pose near the pillars of the Tacoma County & Golf Club in late April, 1937. They are there to attend the first bridge luncheon of the season. They are, from left to right, Mrs. H.A. (Jean) Karlen, Mrs. L.B. (Ida) Macdonald, Mrs. C.E. (Gertrude) Bonnell and Mrs. Fred Karlen. Another view of the four, taken from a further distance, is D1021-8. (T. Times 5/1/1937, pg. 9)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Karlen, Jean; Macdonald, Ida; Bonnell, Gertrude; Karlen, Fred--Family;

Annual golf tournament sponsored by the Lumbermans' Association and held at the Tacoma Country Club. Photograph ordered by Cecil Cavanaugh. The man in the center holds two loving cups to be awarded as prizes in the Northwest Lumbermans' Handicap Golf Championship on August 9-10, 1941. Hugo Peterson of Tacoma was the big winner. He was employed at the Douglas Fir Plywood Association (DFPA). (T. Times 8/11/1941)

Tournaments--Tacoma; Awards; Golf--Tacoma--1940-1950; Country clubs--Tacoma; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

The Ida Baille Guild, Tacoma Orthopedic Association, staged a style show and Easter Parade for 100 members who attended the guild luncheon March 22, 1948, at the Country Club. Mrs. John Seward of Helene's Inc. was the stylist. The women posed on the staircase in an assortment of Easter bonnets (styled by Lee Durrell), dresses and suits. Helene's, located on Gravelly Lake Drive SW, sold women's clothing. Names listed in paper. (T.Times, 3/27/1948, p.9)

Fashion shows--Tacoma; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Tacoma Orthopedic Association (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fashion models--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Country clubs--Tacoma; Stairways--Tacoma;

Tacoma Country and Golf Club was hosting one of the largest and most beautiful events of the year on June 10, 1948. The annual Ladies Day luncheon had more than 150 women attend; the club rooms were decorated with lovely June flowers. Left to right are some of the ladies who attended the event: Ethel M. Andrews, Chairman of the event, Ruth K. Babbit, Marion T. Minton, Mary L. Carman, and F. Louise Vine (T. Times, 6/19/48, p. 9).

Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Events--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Social life--1940-1950; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Andrews, Ethel M.; Babbit, Ruth Kennedy; Minton, Marion T.; Carman, Mary ; Vine, F. Louise;

Sorority colors of wine and silver blue decorated the Tacoma Country and Golf Club for the College of Puget Sound's Phi Beta Phi formal dinner dance. The dinner was scheduled for 7p.m., followed by dancing until midnight to the strains of a popular orchestra. (see article for list of attendees names TNT 3/20/1951, pg. 8)

Tuxedoes; Teenagers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Evening gowns--Tacoma--1950-1960; Stairways--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Phi Beta Phi (Tacoma);

Tuesday was Ladies' Day at the Tacoma Country Club. One of a pair of unidentified female golfers takes a swing while the teenage caddie looks on. The country club purchased the R.B. Lehman farm on the eastern shore of American Lake in 1904. The final price for a total of 287 acres was $7,000. (Country Club One Hundred Years almanac)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Golf--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Jacqueline Mayna Shore and Robert Doud Martin held their wedding reception at the Tacoma Country Club. They are seen here cutting the six-layer wedding cake decorated with gardenias tinted blue at the base. They were married August 25, 1950, at First Presbyterian Church. (TNT, 8/27/1950, p.D-5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Shore, Jacqueline Mayna--Marriage; Martin, Robert Doud; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Cakes--Tacoma--1950-1960; Country clubs--Tacoma; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma);

The party's over, and Father-of-the-Bride Reno Odlin was left to contend with all of the empty champagne bottles after his daughter's wedding reception at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club on August 20, 1948. Mr. Odlin was the President of Puget Sound National Bank of Tacoma. His daughter Mary Lee Odlin and William Philip were married at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Tacoma. (T.N.T., 8/29/48, p. D-1).

Champagne (Wine)--Tacoma; Tuxedoes; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Marriage--Tacoma; Families--Tacoma; Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma);

View of Merrilee Longstreth's bridesmaids, maid of honor and matron of honor, the wedding attendants are wearing lovely satin dresses. Merrilee Longstreth was marrying Roland Day, their wedding reception would be at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club. Merrilee and Roland had an engagement party the previous week at Joan Thompson's home in Lakewood (See D34655-1 & 10).

Wedding costume--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Wedding photography--Tacoma; Marriage--Tacoma; Longstreth, Merrilee--Family; Day, Roland--Family; Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma);

The Clubhouse at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club. In June of 1909, a fire that started in the servant's quarters burned the original clubhouse to the ground. This regal building, known as the "Grand Old Lady," rose in its place. It was best remembered for its gracious spiral staircase in the entrance hall, shown in many wedding portraits. A fire gutted this structure in 1961. TPL-5741 ("A History of Pierce County, Wa." vol. 1)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma)--Buildings; Clubhouses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The entrance drive to the exclusive members only Tacoma Country and Golf Club, located on the shores of American Lake. The club relocated to this location in 1904. It is the oldest continuously operating Country Club west of the Mississippi.("A History of Pierce County, Wa." vol. 1)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma);

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;

Members of the Tacoma Country and Golf Club reveled at a masquerade ball at the clubhouse on Halloween, 1934. In the center in kilts with wig askew was future Mayor of Tacoma Harry P. Cain. To the far left was his wife, Marjorie Cain, dressed as a Russian cossack. Cain was holding the leg of an unidentified French maid, as an unidentified aviator held that of his wife in this interesting picture. The unidentified cross dressing couple to the right smiled merrily at the camera.

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Masquerades--Tacoma--1930-1940; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Scotland--Clothing & dress; Cain, Marjorie Dils, 1908-1994

On October 31, 1934, the Tacoma Golf and Country Club held a holiday Costume Ball. Miss Ohlson posed with her prize, a live turkey. (filed with Argentum)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Hats--1930-1940; Masquerades--Tacoma--1930-1940; Turkeys; Costumes;

Resting between tennis games in front of the Country Club clubhouse are Anne Weyerhaeuser (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Weyerhaeuser), Mary Heard (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Heard) and Vera Fraser (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Audsley Fraser.) (T. Times 7/2/1938, pg. 9)

Tacoma Country & Golf Club (Tacoma); Tennis players; Tennis rackets; Weyerhaeuser, Anne; Heard, Mary; Fraser, Vera;