US Congressman Wesley Lloyd's funeral at the First Baptist Church. Casket draped with flag, stage covered with flowers. The Church is adorned with 150-200 separate floral displays. Representative Lloyd died of a heart attack in his apartment in Washington, D.C. The Tacoma attorney was serving his second consecutive term as the Democratic representative for the new 6th Congressional District. The district was composed of Tacoma, Pierce County and most of King County, outside of Seattle. The criminal lawyer was the partner of Leo McGavick. He and his family resided at 3919 No. 34th. (T. Times 1/16/1936, pg. 5)

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Interior of First Baptist Church showing choir members in gowns.

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Autograph seekers gather around Swedish tenor Jussi Bjoerling of the Metropolitan Opera who had just concluded a performance at the First Baptist Church on January 5, 1939. Margrete Anderson, second from right, watches as Mr. Bjoerling affixes his signature to a memento.

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Ladies' Musical Club concert at First Baptist Church. Guest artist Jussi Bjoerling, Swedish tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, autographs a portrait for Hilma Lynn, left, Ethel McFarland Siefert and Margrete Anderson, right (T. Times, 1/7/1939, p. 5).

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ca. 1935. Reverend Weldon M. Wilson and wife Nellie, circa 1935. Rev. Wilson, 39, was the newly arrived pastor of the First Baptist Church. The church pulpit had been occupied by supply pastors and visitors for over a year before Rev. Wilson came to town. He was a graduate of the Berkeley Baptist Divinity School and prior to coming to Tacoma in September of 1935, had been the pastor of Grace Baptist in Spokane. Rev. Wilson would later be named pastor of the First Baptist Church in Portland and take up duties there in January of 1939. (T. Times 9-6-35, p. 1-alternate photograph; TNT 11-24-38, p. 1-article ).

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Miss Jade Sang and Herbert Lim were married April 28, 1951, in the Burnham chapel of the First Baptist Church. Miss Sang was the daughter of Charley and Agnes Sang and was a graduate of St. Leo's High School. Herbert Lim was the son of Gordon and the late Mrs. Lim, of Vancouver, B.C., and he had served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Burma and India as a paratrooper. Miss Lenna Sang was her sister's maid of honor. George Chong was the best man. The bride and groom pose with their parents and the bride's attendant. A reception was held after the ceremonies at the Derby Club. (TNT, 5/7/1951, p.4)

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Marilyn Giesy and Leonard Eugene Estes on their wedding day June 30,1951 at the First Baptist Church. 700 guests were present at their candlelight ceremony in the sanctuary. The bride was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Archie Giesy and the groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Leonard Estes. The bride's five attendants were dressed in Nile green organdy embossed with lilly of the valley and carried bouquets of pink and orchid sweet peas. The bride wore a gown of ivory slipper satin with a yoke of Alencon lace and a Peter Pan satin collar. The gown had a full circular skirt with a court length train. The bride wore a bonnet of shirred net trimmed with pink rosebuds and lilly of the valley, with a fastened fingertip veil of imported French illusion. She carried a bouquet of stephanotis and pale yellow sweetheart roses with a white orchid topping a white prayer book. The couple made their home in Portland, where the groom was continuing his studies at the University of Oregon dental school. (Bride featured in TNT wedding layout 5/9/1951, pg. C-9, wedding article TNT 7/1/01, pg. D-4)

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Group of 10 or 12 greeting Dr. S. Jones of First Baptist Church, Tacoma Council of Churches, Mr. Vickers. Dr. E. Stanley Jones is seated in the center of the group of Tacoma ministers and laymen. 1,200 people from Tacoma gathered at the First Baptist Church to hear the first in a series of six lectures by Dr. E. Stanley Jones, noted Methodist Episcopal missionary to India and author of a series of books on religion. The lectures were sponsored by the Tacoma Council of Churches. "There is a need for this gereration to remake our morality," Dr. Jones declared in his opening address. (TNT, 11/29/1949, p.3)

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Bride's portrait of Phyllis Lee Murphy. Phyllis Lee Murphy and Robert Bernard Freeman were married September 11, 1948, at the First Baptist Church. Reverend Walter O. Macoskey performed the services. Phyllis carried her paternal grandmother's handkerchief and wore the engagement ring of gold-set moonstones belonging to her maternal grandmother. Her gown was of white moire with a petal shaped collar and cuffs, both trimed in seed pearls and bugle beads. The full skirt swept into a train. Her veil was edged in lace, cascading from a petaled headpiece. She carried a bouquet of white rosebuds and stephanotis circled with pink rosebuds. Candles and flowers stand to either side of her. (TNT, 9/15/1948, p.8)

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The Tacoma Times on their front page reported on the wedding of James H. Louie and Virginia Lew Wing who were married by Rev. Walter Macoskey on August 5, 1948 at First Baptist Church in front of 125 guests. This was the first wedding ceremony officiated for a Chinese-American couple at First Baptist Church. Virginia had been a member of the church since childhood. James is a graduate of University of Washington and received his masters degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Virginia graduated from Stadium High School and is a graduate of St. Joseph Hospital, School of Nursing. The couple will live in Seattle. Left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Bow Wing of Tacoma, and Mr. and Mrs. Montim Louie of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; the bride and groom's parents (T. Times, 9/1/48, p. 1 & 9)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Evening gowns--Tacoma; Chinese Americans--Tacoma; Chinese American families--Tacoma; Louie, James H.--Family; Wing, Virginia Lew--Family; First Baptist Church (Tacoma);

Group at First Baptist Church, Times, Dick Yost. William Anderson, a student at Stewart Junior High School, right, is pointing to a strategic point on the map of Palestine in this February 24, 1948 photograph. Looking on are, L-R, Glen Coe, Inez Jackson, Director of Mason Junior High robed choir, Suzanne Haskin, Robert Gray Junior High and E.T. Munz, counselor, First Baptist Church junior high fellowship. The junior high school students were in charge of providing music and the message at the evening services at First Baptist this week. (T.Times, 2/28/1948, p.3)

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Tacoma General Hospital graduation exercises at First Baptist Church for Mrs. Moore. The graduating class of nurses sits at the front of the church which is decorated with flags and a small copy of the Statue of Liberty. The top of the photograph is damaged.

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Tacoma General Hospital. Commencement ceremonies for the nurses class of 1943 at First Baptist Church.

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The chimes in the tower of the First Baptist Church, located downtown, that rang daily at 12 noon reminding business men, city officials and shop girls of their devotions, would herald Easter Sunday April 25, 1943. Easter Sunday sunrise services would take place despite the war and attendance would probably be heavier because of it. (T. Times 4/24/1943 p.1)

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Chimes ringer at First Baptist Church. Miss Evelyn Alcorn is seated at the console of the First Baptist Church organ. Before her are three tiers of keyboards, many stops between the tiers with a large number of buttons across the top. Miss Alcorn daily plays the chimes at noon and will be on hand to herald Easter April 25, 1943. (T. Times, 4/24/1943, p.1)

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Thirty three nurses stand for recognition after receiving their diplomas during the Tacoma General Hospital Commencement exercise at First Baptist Church on September 9, 1942. It was the school's 46th annual commencement exercise.

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Tacoma General Hospital Commencement class at First Baptist Church.

September 9, 1942 commencement exercises for 33 nurses from Tacoma General's School of Nursing, held at the First Baptist Church.

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Tacoma General Hospital Commencement class at First Baptist Church.

The 46th annual commencement exercises for the Tacoma General School of Nursing, held September 9, 1942 at the First Baptist Church. In the center of this group of formally dressed men is Governor Arthur B. Langlie who will be speaking at the ceremony. To the right of Langlie is Sam M. Jackson, who for 30 year has been president of the hospital and who will be presiding over the ceremony.

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Tacoma General Hospital Commencement class at First Baptist Church. Two recently minted nurses sit with two soldiers in this photograph from September of 1942.

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Tacoma General Hospital Commencement class at First Baptist Church.

Friends and family watch from the floor and balcony of the First Baptist Church as 33 nurses from Tacoma General's School of Nursing receive their diplomas on September 9, 1942.

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On September 9, 1942, the Tacoma General School of Nursing held its 46th annual commencement exercise at the First Baptist Church. The class consisted of 33 nurse graduates. The ceremony was presided over by Sam M. Jackson, who was concluding his 30th year as President of the hospital.

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Nurses are called to the stage to receive their diplomas at the 45th annual commencement exercises of the Tacoma General School of Nursing. The exercises were held September 9, 1942 at the First Baptist Church.

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Tacoma General Hospital Commencement class at First Baptist Church.

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September 9, 1942 commencement exercises for 33 nurses from Tacoma General's School of Nursing, held at the First Baptist Church.

Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); First Baptist Church (Tacoma); Baptist churches--Tacoma; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Many hours of painstaking handwork were put in by the members of the Monday Civic Club to create the many quilts shown in this photograph from July, 1942. The club members had promised Mrs. Edward Coleman of the Red Cross that they would make 17 quilts for her Red Cross program. The club women pictured, who met at the First Baptist Church, 902 Market St., each Tuesday are: standing (l to r) Mrs. Percy Creath Smith, president of the club; Mrs. C.M. Moore; Mrs. Charles Huhn; and Mrs. Edward Coleman; seated (l to r) Mrs. Gardner Reynolds; Mrs. George Edgar Staples; Mrs. Zoe B. Wheeler; Mrs. J.C. Huntley; and Mrs. John Williams. (T. Times 7/25/1942, pg. 5)

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The Monday Civic Club spent many hours sewing at the First Baptist Church, creating 17 quilts for the Red Cross Program. The Club consisted of Tacoma women who met to study current affairs and trends. Their quilts were their contribution to the war effort. Pictured are standing (l to r) Mrs. Percy Creath Smith, president of the club; Mrs. C.M. Moore; Mrs. Charles Huhn; and Mrs. Edward Coleman; seated (l to r) Mrs. Gardner Reynolds; Mrs. George Edgar Staples; Mrs. Zoe B. Wheeler; Mrs. J.C. Huntley; and Mrs. John Williams. (T. Times 7/25/1942, pg. 5)

Monday Civic Club (Tacoma); First Baptist Church (Tacoma); Quilts;