ca. 1910. Copy made from glass plate, Richards Studio. This is the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club circa 1910. Stands are filled with well-dressed ladies, some under canopies, as they watch tennis matches. Some spectators are viewing the tennis from a bridge overhead; that bridge has now been demolished. There is a referee and two seated line judges as well as ball boys. Tennis outfits were quite formal in the early 1900's; women are dressed sedately in long skirts although the sole male player has on more casual attire. Copy of glass plate made on October 3, 1958.

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis; Tennis courts; Spectators;

Participants in the September, 1923, tennis tournament at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club posed outdoors on the club's property. The athletes were from Tacoma and Hoquiam. The team from Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club defeated the visiting Hoquiam squad 8 matches to 5. The player wearing #23 on his sweater has been identified as Wally Scott, outstanding Tacoma product who was the defending Tacoma city champion. G55.1-004 (TDL 10-1-23, p. 7-article)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis players--Tacoma--1920-1930; Scott, Wally;

Taken for the News Tribune; three young women walking toward the camera with trees on either side at the Tacoma Lawn & Tennis Club. This picture was not used in the August 1935 News Tribune, but was probably taken in conjunction with their large tennis tournament early in August and its accompanying parties and social events.

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Women--Clothing & dress--1930-1940;

Each year the Tennis Club held a Presidents' Tea to open the summer season. It was sponsored by the board members to honor all past presidents of the club. In 1937, it was held on May 20th. Pictured pouring is Mrs. Welles Wheeler. Standing are Mrs. Grant S. Hicks, Mrs. W. S. Anderson, Mrs. D.J. Young and Mrs. James Morris (order uncertain.) (T.Times 5/22/1937, pg. 9).

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Several young adults enjoy a game of croquet at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. They are taking a break between matches at the Northwest Tennis Tournament being held at the Club. Pictured are, left to right, Margaret McGinnis, Mary Jean Morris, Virginia Crowe, Ronald Edwards of San Jose, Helen Gurley and Robert Taylor. (T. Times 7/16/1938, pg. 9)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Croquet--Tacoma;

Bob Weaver of Bellarmine prepares to use his backhand in a tournament at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. Bob is one of the rising net stars competing in the Pacific Northwest Tennis Tournament in July of 1938. He was defeated in the finals of the Boys's Singles. (T. Times 7/16/1938, pg. 13)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tennis rackets; Weaver, Bob;

Four young women carry wood-frame tennis rackets as they walk across lawn at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club to participate in tennis matches. The Club was hosting the Northwest Tennis Tournament in July of 1938. The girls are, left to right, Hazel Schenck of Portland, Lucille Price of Hood River, Wyona Diener and Virginia Welker of Tacoma. (T. Times 7/16/1938, pg. 9)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tennis rackets;

Five young adults relax in the evening on an outdoor swing at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club House where tennis matches are being held. The Club is hosting the Northwest Tennis Tournament. The young people are, left to right, Virginia Haines, Robert Stanford of Los Angeles, Betty Doud of Beverly Hills and Tacoma, Dorothy Buckell of Oakland and Edward Hamilton. (T. Times 7/16/1938, pg. 9)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Doud, Betty;

Dick Bennett, formerly of California and now residing in Tacoma, prepares to smash one over the net in the July 1938 Pacific Northwest Tennis Tournament being held at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. Bennett is favored to win the men's singles title. (T. Times 7/16/1938, pg. 13)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tennis rackets;

Rising tennis star Helen Gurley is caught in midair as she leaps over a tennis net at the end of her match. Miss Gurley of Sacramento is one of the one hundred plus young players competing at the Pacific Northwest Tennis Tournament being held at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club in July of 1938. Buoyed by her victories, Miss Gurley will play Barbara Duncan for the crown. (T. Times 7/16/1938, pg. 13)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tennis rackets; Gurley, Helen;

On July 10, 1940, a group of teenagers at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club, located at 502 Bourough Rd., were enjoying a game of croquet on one of the lawns. The game was sandwiched between the matches of the annual Pacific Northwest Tennis Tournament. The venerable club was celebrating its Golden Anniversary. Pictured, left to right, were Budge Patty of Los Angeles, Patricia Greenup of Tacoma, Donald Harris of LA, Jo Ann Schwalen and Juliette Schwalen of Tacoma. (T. Times 7/13/1940, pg. 5)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Croquet--Tacoma; Tennis rackets; Tennis players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Greenup, Patricia; Schwalen, Jo Ann; Schwalen, Juliette;

On June 5, 1942, Mary Thomas, Geraldine Hayes and Doris Nelson held a Senior Tea at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. 150 girls, high school and seminary seniors, were invited as their guests. The three hostesses received their guests with their mothers. Pictured left to right are Mrs. Henry Nelson and her daughter Doris, Miss Geraldine Hayes and her mother Mrs. E.J. Hayes and Donna Rhu McDonald. (T. Times 6/13/42, pg. 5- picture, 6/8/1942-society page announcement)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nelson, Doris; Hayes, Geraldine; McDonald, Donna Rhu;

On June 5, 1942, Mary Thomas, Geraldine Hayes and Doris Nelson held a Senior Tea at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. 150 girls, high school and seminary seniors, were invited as their guests. The three hostesses received their guests with their mothers. Decorations included tables covered with white lace cloths laid over pink, fresh flowers and a silver tea service. Pictured, left to right, are Mary Thomas, her aunt Mrs. A. George Nace, Alice Walker and Betty Jeanne Jackson. (T. Times 6/13/42, pg. 5- picture, 6/8/1942 society page announcement)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Thomas, Mary; Walker, Alice; Jackson, Betty Jeanne;

Annual ball, held on July 17, 1942, following the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club tournament

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Pictured at the July 17, 1942 ball, concluding the annual tennis tournament at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club, are (left to right) George Weyerhaeuser, Donna Rogers, Ann Murray and Lt. Arthur Sinnette. (T. Times)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Weyerhaeuser, George; Rogers, Donna; Murray, Ann; Sinnette, Arthur;

Annual ball, held on July 17, 1942, following the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club tournament

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Annual ball, held on July 17, 1942, following the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club tournament

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Annual ball, held on July 17, 1942, following the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club tournament

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Annual ball, held on July 17, 1942, following the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club tournament

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950;

At the conclusion of the annual July tennis tournament at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club, a tournament ball was held for members, especially the younger set, and visiting players. A group of members is pictured at the July 17, 1942 ball. Pictured left to right are Ensign H.W. Whitman, Lt. William Hyde, MIss Noreen Inveen, Ensign Ralph Hill, Miss Phyllis Dickman and Lt. Chester Johnson. (T. Times)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hyde, William; Inveen, Noreen; Hill, Ralph; Dickman, Phyllis; Johnson, Chester;

Annual ball, held on July 17, 1942, following the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club tournament. The two young couples hold hands in dance mode while posing for the camera.

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Balls (Parties)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Teenagers--1940-1950;

Tacoma News Tribune. Publicity for the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. Fourteen young women pose in a yard with lawn furniture.

Tennis--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma);

Oscar Franson, 70 year old caretaker for the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club, seen with his lawn mower in May 1948. Mr. Franson began as grounds keeper at the club in 1914. One of the oldest private tennis clubs in the West, the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1890. The club's first permanent clubhouse was erected at their current location at 502 Borough Road in 1905. A new clubhouse built in 1968 replaced the original structure.

Lawn mowing--Tacoma; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Tennis--Tacoma; Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Franson, Oscar;

Tribune. The Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club officially opened the season for 1949 with a tea held May 25, 1949. A group of women of the Tennis Club board met to discuss plans for the event. Shown here, L-R, are: Dorothy W. (Mrs. Camille J.) Pessemier, Doris T. (Mrs. Leon) Titus, Frances B. (Mrs. Earl V.) Clifford, Edith (Mrs. Will J.) Connor, Mrs. Maddox Mellinger, and Mary C. (Mrs. George R.) Thompson. (TNT, 5/22/1949, p.D-3)

Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pessemier, Dorothy W.; Titus, Doris T.; Clifford, Frances B.; Connor, Edith; Mellinger, Maddox--Family; Thompson, Mary C.;

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club matrons were hosting the second guest luncheon of the season. Creigh C. Fratt (right) was attending with her daughter, Mrs. Gaston Jennings; Mrs. Jennings was visiting from Greenville, South Carolina; she would be spending five weeks with her parents (T.N.T., 8/11/49, p. 24).

Clubwomen--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Social life--1940-1950; Socialites--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hats--1940-1950; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mothers & children--Tacoma; Fratt, Creigh C.--Family; Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma);

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;

Rosemary Tollefson and Ardeis Harold Myers, Jr. held their wedding reception at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. The bride and groom are ready to cut their wedding cake. The large cake, in the shape of a cross, is made up of square cakes with four on each side of the central, highest tier of cakes. Flowers decorate the base of the cake and bride and groom figurines under a bell decorate the top. A gladiola bouquet is next to the cake table. The bride's satin dress shimmers in the light; her curved neckline is decorated with lace. Lace appliques have been added to her veil. Rosemary's bridal bouquet is seen on the table next to the cake. 600 guests were invited to the wedding, making it one of Tacoma's largest of the season. (TNT 8-21-49, D-1)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Receptions--Tacoma; Cakes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tollefson, Rosemary--Marriage; Myers, Ardeis Harold--Family;

Congressman Thor Tollefson with his daughter Rosemary on the occasion of her marriage to Ardeis H. Myers, Jr., of Kansas City, MO, at Tacoma's Central Lutheran Church. They are seen here during the reception held at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. It was one of the largest weddings of the season which saw 600 guests in attendance at the double-ring candlelit ceremony. The bride had ten attendants, all dressed alike in Empire-styled models of chartreuse velvet. She wore an ivory satin gown with fitted bodice and stand-up collar, accessorized by orange blossoms in her silk illusion fingertip veil. The new Mrs. Myers was a graduate of Stadium High School and Stephens College in Columbia, MO. After a three week honeymoon in the South, the newlyweds will be home in Columbia where they will continue studies at the University of Missouri. (TNT 8-14-49, D-2, TNT, 8-21-49, D-1) ALBUM 4.

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Tollefson, Rosemary--Marriage; Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tollefson, Thor C., 1901-1982; Legislators--Washington--1940-1950;