Swimming and wading pools at Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. The Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club was established in 1905. The original clubhouse was demolished in 1967 and replaced. The ground was broken for this pool in June of 1954 and the pool opened in September of 1954. The opening ceremony was a luncheon and pool party for 500.

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Swimming pools--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Swimming and wading pools at Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. This exclusive club, established in 1905, is located in Tacoma's north end, near the Annie Wright Academy. The pool & surrounding area was designed by Lea, Pearson & Richards, architects, and opened in September of 1954. The pool deck area is located down an incline, far below the surrounding homes. This photograph was ordered by the Cascade Pool Co.

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Swimming pools--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Swimming and wading pools at Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. This exclusive club was established in 1905. The pool area was designed by Lea, Pearson & Richards, architects, and opened in Sept. 1954. The pools are not very crowded, since April is still early for outdoor swimming in the Northwest. A high fence surrounds the pool area.

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Swimming pools--Tacoma--1950-1960;

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;

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;

Three smiling women pose for the camera at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. The attractive trio of matrons are members of the planning committee for the fashion show tea to be held August 22, 1956 around the pool of the Club. Tables will be set around the pool and models wearing the latest fall fashion will stroll among the tables. Helen (Mrs. Hall D.) Murtland is perched on the edge of the flower bed. Roberta (Mrs. F.A. Haines Jr.) stands on the left with Betty (Mrs. Judd) Day to her right. All three women are dressed in the summer style of the time; brightly patterned dresses with cinched waists and full skirts. (TNT 8/12/1956, pg. D-4)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Murtland, Helen; Haines, Roberta; Day, Betty; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960;

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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Two tennis players on the courts of the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club pose for a portrait on July 20, 1957. Dressed in traditional whites, the couple are carrying their Bancroft and Spalding of Canada rackets. John Been of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and Sue Butt, 19, of Victoria B.C., were finalists in the men's and women's singles during the 66th annual Pacific Northwest Championships which opened on July 15, 1957. Been went on to lose to top seeded Noel Brown of Santa Monica, California, in straight sets, but rebounded to win the men's doubles and mixed doubles championships. Butt, second seeded in singles, defeated top seeded 16-year-old Patty Miller of Portland, 6-1, 6-2. She also teamed with Miller to win the women's doubles. Matches took place at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. Established in 1905, Tacoma Lawn Tennis is still located in Tacoma's North end, next door to Annie Wright Seminary. Members continue to play tennis on the well-maintained courts and lessons are offered by club professionals. 2002 marked the 111th annual Pacific Northwest Championships held at the Club; the event attracted participants from as far away as the Czech Republic. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. (TNT 7-14-57, B-10, 11, TNT 7-21-57, B-12, TNT 7-22-57, p. 18)

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis players--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tennis rackets;

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;

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;

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;

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

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

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;

ca. 1971. 1971 Richards color stock footage. This is believed to be a look at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club's outdoor hard courts and viewing stands ca. 1971. The courts are filled with members playing while a small group of spectators watch from the stands. The long-established club is located in the city's Northend, next door to Annie Wright School. Lessons are offered by club pros and the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club also hosts the annual professional Pacific Northwest Championships each summer.

Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club (Tacoma); Tennis--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tennis courts--Tacoma--1970-1980; Tennis players--Tacoma--1970-1980;

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;

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;

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.;

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;

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;