VIP table at the Pierce County Republican Club's 1944 Lincoln Day dinner at the Masonic Temple where Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican Presidential candidate and titular head of the party, gave the main address. Mr. Willkie is seated towards the center, wearing a dark suit; next to him is Evelyn Langlie, wife of Governor Arthur Langlie. Two seats away is Gov. Langlie along with Edith Willkie, wife of the guest speaker. There were so many requests for banquet tickets that additional tables had to be inserted behind the head table; approximately 1700 people dined in the Fellowship Hall with additional hundreds in the roof garden. (T.Times, 2-12-44, p. 1)
Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Willkie, Wendell, 1892-1944; Willkie, Edith; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Langlie, Evelyn; Governors;