Saraki-Sagami wedding photo at the altar.

Scott-Brown Wedding photo with bridesmaids smiling and talking.

Double exposure photo of Scott-Brown wedding with bride being attended to.

Fort Lewis buffet featuring pickles, aspic desserts, gourds and cake.

Link-Colvert wedding photo with bride and bridesmaids.

Boitono-Ennis wedding photo with couple looking at ring and crucifix in the background.

Yasuda-Miyamoto wedding photo of the couple inside of a vehicle with plaid interior seating.

Boitono-Ennis wedding photo of two children in purple dresses holding flower arrangements.

Yasuda-Miyamoto wedding photo of bride and groom cutting the cake with floral arrangements, fruit bowl and 7-Up bottle in the background.

Flavel ("Bizz") Beattie-Henrietta Foss wedding. Miss Henrietta Foss and her four attendants: Marion Osgood, Joan Barber, Bettye Wilbur, and Donna Smith, stand on the steps at the altar. The bridesmaids hold bouquets of mums and the bride's train is spread out down the steps. The bride's bouquet is made of white spider chrysanthemums and ivy leaves. The wedding took place at Christ Episcopal Church. (T.Times, 9/28/1946, p.7)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Foss, Henrietta--Marriage; Barber, Joan; Smith, Donna Jean; Wilbur, Bettye; Osgood, Marion; Foss, Henry O.--Family;

Several men enjoy a toast at the wedding of Dorothy Ann Simpson. Miss Simpson's engagement was announced in the Tacoma Times May 10, 1947. She was the daughter of J.P. and Hazel M. Simpson. She and Mr. John J. Wilson Jr., of Boston, Massachusetts, were married at St. Patrick's Church on June 28, 1947. The reception was held at the home of the bride. (T.Times, 5/10/1947, p.10; 6/28/1947, p.9; 7/5/1947, p.9)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Receptions--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Miss Mary Catherine McDonald has set September 2, 1946 as the date for her marriage to Edward Charles Davis. Mary Catherine is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McDonald of Tacoma. Edward is the son of Harry Lee Davis of Chicago, Illinois. She stands on the stairway at Haddaway Hall with her train spread on the steps around her. Handsome woodwork adorns the stairway. Large windows behind her look out into tree tops.

Brides--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Veils; Haddaway Hall (Tacoma); McDonald, Mary Catherine--Marriage; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Wedding at No. 9th St. and Oxford Church made from an old barn, Times, Paul Lantz. The bride, Myrna McCallister, is wearing a suit and corsage of orchids, and the groom, Paul Case Smith, is wearing his Army uniform. They cut the first piece of their wedding cake. The cake is decorated with a stylish wedding couple figurine. A lace tablecloth and crystal candle sticks decorate the table. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were the first bride and groom married at the new church converted from a barn, the Skyline Boulevard Christian Church. They exchanged vows before 30 guests on August 13, 1947. (T.Times, 8/16/1947, p.4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Cakes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Spouses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Figurines; McCallister, Myrna; Smith, Paul Case;

Jack Langley. The bride and groom with the bridesmaid and best man. Flowers and candles are arranged behind the wedding party. This is believed to be the wedding of Jayne Gedelman and Bill V. Williams who were wed in September of 1947 at the bride's home. She is the daughter of W.L. Gedelman of Port Angeles. The couple would make their first home in Tacoma. (TNT 10-7-1947, p. 9-alt. photo of bride)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Veils; Bouquets; Flowers--Tacoma;

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Nicholson Bogue stand at the altar facing towards the back of the Asbury Methodist Church. They were married June 7, 1948, with Reverend Harry L. Allen officiating in the presence of 250 guests. Arnold wears a double-breasted tuxedo with black bow-tie. His new bride, the former Ella Louise Kipper, wears a formal wedding gown in the colonial style of heavy irovy satin with illusion yoke and train embellished with lace Bertha. Ella's veil is also edged with the same lace and it flows from a beaded tiara. Her bouquet of Ophelia roses and stephanotis has many ribbons cascading from it. Candelabra and flowers decorate the church altar behind them. (T.Times, 6/12/1948, p.10)

Wedding costume--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Altars--Tacoma; Asbury United Methodist Church (Tacoma); Methodist churches--Tacoma; Bogue, Arnold Nicholson; Kipper, Ella Louise--Marriage;

Dorothy Mae Rudolph, daughter of the widowed Belle M. Rudolph of Tacoma and Navy Lieutenant James Allen Wasner, son of Earl and Mary Wasner of Seattle; were married on April 23, 1949 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. View of formal photograph of the recently wedded happy couple, Dorothy Mae and Lieutenant James Allen Wasner (T.N.T., 5/1/49, p. D-1).

Wedding costume--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Tacoma); Wasner, James Allen--Marriage; Rudolph, Dorothy Mae--Marriage;

Helen Ruth Lydia Ramstad and Orville Eldon Kyllo were married August 20, 1949, by Miss Ranstad's father, Rev. A.W. Ramstad. The bride and groom stand by their wedding cake ready to cut the first piece. The cake has three circular layers in the center with four square cakes evenly spaced around it. Four tall, tapered candles are spaced decoratively around the cake; which has bride and groom figurines on top. The reception took place at the church parlors. The bride wore her mother's veil. (TNT, 8/28/1949, p.D-7)

Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Weddings--Parkland--1940-1950; Cakes--Parkland; Trinity Lutheran Church (Parkland); Lutheran churches--Parkland; Ramstad, Helen Ruth Lydia--Marriage; Kyllo, Orville Eldon;

Vera Janalyne Angus and Raymond James Malcomb were married December 16, 1949, at the Church of Holy Communion. The bride is wearing a green velvet floor-length gown with a train and a matching hat trimmed with imported hand-made French veiling and she carries a bouquet of pink roses and bouvardia. The groom, chief petty officer Raymond James Malcomb, is wearing his U.S. Navy uniform. They stand together at the church altar. (TNT, 1/21/1950, p.8)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Military uniforms--United States; Altars--Tacoma; Church of the Holy Communion (Tacoma); Angus, Vera Janalyne--Marriage; Malcomb, Raymond James; Wedding costume--1940-1950;

Dolores Determan and Sgt. Mason F. Stober, Jr., were married April 18, 1950 at the McChord Air Force Base chapel. The bride is wearing a floor-length wedding gown with a train, a finger-tip veil with a heart-shaped headress, and she carries a bouquet of white orchids and hyacinths. The bride-groom is wearing his military uniform. (TNT, 5/6/1950, p.23)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Military uniforms; Determan, Dolores--Marriage; Stober, Mason F.;

Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Gus Martigopoulos who were married in Tacoma on the morning of March 11, 1950 at the Greek Orthodox church. Mrs. Martigopoulos, the former Edna Williams, was the daughter of Mrs. Edna Williams of Lubbock, Texas. The reception was held in the home of the bridegroom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Martigopoulos. The pair established their first home in Portland where he was stationed as a staff sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. (TNT 3/30/1950 pg. 24)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Military uniforms--United States--1950-1960; Hats--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Martigopoulos, Gus; Williams, Edna; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960;

Studio portrait of Trofel-Valent wedding party

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Military uniforms--United States--1950-1960;

Mickelina Retha Spadafore and Bertram Edward Corkill were married at the First Methodist Church (located on 423 South K Street) in evening ceremonies on July 31, 1948. Reverend M. A. Marcy officiated. The bride is the daughter of Josephine Jaconetty of Dutton, Montana and the groom is the son of Ida Corkill of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is wearing a beautiful gown of white satin with marquisette yoke, pointed long sleeves and a lace enhanced veil. The pearls around her neck were a gift from her bridegroom. Her bouquet was composed of orchids, gardenias and stephanotis. Mr. and Mrs. Corkill are pictured above in the act of cutting the three-tier wedding cake at the 100-guest reception held at Normanna Hall. Mickelina is a graduate of Lincoln High School and Bertram graduated from Vancouver Tech in British Columbia and attended the University of British Columbia. They will be at home on Rochester St. in Tacoma. (TNT 8-24-1948, p. 6-alt. photo)

Wedding costume--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Cakes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Spadafore, Mickelina Retha--Marriage; Corkill, Bertram Edward; First Methodist Church (Tacoma);

One of the largest weddings photographed by the Richards studio was the marriage of Virginia Lee (Wendy) Wagner to George Hunt Weyerhaeuser (eight and nine from left) in the summer of 1948. The wedding took place in the gardens of "Lakewold", the Wagner estate. With a wedding party and guest list of Washington's most prominent, Associated Press covered the event. The noteworthy marriage received front page coverage in the Tacoma Sunday Ledger/News Tribune and an entire page in the society section which featured Richards photographs of the event. (TNT, 7/11/1948, p. 1, D-1).

Weddings--Lakewood--1940-1950; Weyerhaeuser, George H.; Wagner, Virginia Lee--Marriage; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Lakewold (Lakewood); Group portraits;

One of the largest weddings photographed by the Richards studio was the marriage of Virginia Lee (Wendy) Wagner to George Hunt Weyerhaeuser; the wedding took place in the gardens of "Lakewold", the Wagner estate. View of man with two little girls, possibly the flower girls for the upcoming weekend wedding, they are sitting in a heart shaped swing which reads "To Our Valentines" (TNT, 7/11/1948, p. 1, D-1).

Weddings--Lakewood--1940-1950; Weyerhaeuser, George H.; Wagner, Virginia Lee; Children swinging--Lakewood; Lakewold (Lakewood); Group portraits;

Mary Lee Odlin and William Philip were married on August 20, 1948 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church with their wedding reception held at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club. Left to right are the bride's parents, Reno and Edith M. Odlin, and the groom's parents, Warren F. and Lillian Philip (T.N.T., 8/29/48, p. D-1).

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Marriage--Tacoma; Families--Tacoma--1940-1950; Odlin, Reno--Family; Philip, Warren F.--Family; Tacoma Country & Golf 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;

Gina Petrecca and Frank Brunette were married on November 20, 1948 at St. Rita's Catholic Church, Father Baffaro officiated the double-ring ceremony. Gina is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Petrecca, Frank is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Brunette of Yelm. Gina is wearing a white slipper satin gown with marquisette yoke, long sleeves, full skirt and a long train; her bouquet is made of white carnations and stephanotis centered around an orchid (T.N.T., 12/12/48, p. D-10).

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Marriage--Tacoma; Petrecca, Gina--Marriage; Brunette, Frank; Petrecca--Family; Brunette--Family; St. Rita's Catholic Church (Tacoma);

Wedding portrait of Avonne Nadine Nelson and Lt. Truman Everett Boudinot, Jr. Miss Nelson, daughter of Mrs. Hazel Morton Nelson, and Lt. Boudinot, son of Mrs. Truman Boudinot of Beverly Hills, Ca. and the late Brigadier General Boudinot, were married on a Friday afternoon, January 12, 1951, in Raynor Chapel at the Annie Wright Seminary with Reverend Arthur Bell officiating at the single ring ceremony. Miss Nelson wore a pastel pink Adrian suit with an off white straw hat trimmed with white velvet flowers and carried a bouquet of carnations, pink roses and white stephanotis. The maid of honor was Miss Constance Brady and the best man was Robert Winskill. After the ceremony, the couple left for a three week motor tour of Santa Barbara and Palm Springs. The bride attended Annie Wright and was a graduate of Mills College. The groom received his commission at West Point Military Academy. (TNT 1/14/1951, pg D-3; TNT 1/21/1951, D-2 picture only)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Nelson, Avonne Nadine--Marriage; Boudinot, Truman Everett; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

Norma Brott and Gilbert Simmons marry in a candlelight ceremony at the First Lutheran Church on Feb. 10, 1951. The bride, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Brott, wore a white satin and lace gown with a train. The long veil of imported Italian lace was trimmed with seed pearls and she carried a bouquet of orchids and white carnations. The matron of honor was Mrs. Richard Johnson, and the bridesmaids were Misses Doris Gardner, Emily Simard and Florence Brooker. The groom was the son of Mrs. Willis Simmons of Long Island, N.Y. Russell White served as best man, and the ushers were Winter Burnett, Richard Johnson and Frank Kirch Jr. The reception was held in the church parlor. The couple made their first home in Bremerton. (TNT 2/28/1951, pg. B-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brott, Norma; Simmons, Gilbert;

Wedding picture of Marilyn Jean Mann and Edward Stanley Annas at St. Lukes Episcopal Church. The bride wore an azalea pink satin gown with a molded bodice and a stiff collar of chantilly lace, which was also used at the elbows and wristline. The bouffant skirt had a cathedral length train and the bonnet of pink satin had a fingertip veil. The bride carried a bouquet of calla lilies tied with pink velvet ribbon. The lilies were also used as floral displays for the church and reception. Jo Anne Wood was the maid of honor and Mrs. E. Wayne Mann Jr. was the matron of honor. Both women worn gowns of pale lavender taffeta. The bride was attended by four other bridesmaids in darker lavender. Louis Wohlman was Best Man. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Wayne Mann Sr. and attended the College of Puget Sound, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. The groom was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Annas Sr. of Enumclaw and also attended CPS, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma and the Lettermen's Club. The reception was held at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. (Wedding shower picture & article TNT 3/11/1951, pg. D-7, Wedding TNT 3/25/1951, pg. D-4)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Mann, Marilyn; Annas, Edward; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960;