Haley wedding. Frank Haley and his bride Nell peer out the window from the back seat of a two-door sedan after their wedding ceremony which took place in May of 1938.

Weddings--1930-1940; Brides--1930-1940; Grooms (Weddings)--1930-1940; Haley, Frank; Haley, Nell; Haley, Frank--Family; Automobiles--1930-1940;

Female wedding guests scramble for the bouquet tossed by new bride Jean McDonald Jepson. Jean McDonald and William Jepson were married on August 17, 1941 at the Little Church on the Prairie. The wedding was followed by a reception at the Steilacoom Lake home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Weller, the bride's aunt and uncle, and the site of this free for all. The bride still appears to be attired in her modern wedding costume of ice green silk jersey dinner dress with elbow length gloves and matching turban. (T. Times 8/18/1941, pg.7)

Weddings--Lakewood--1940-1950; McDonald, Jean--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950;

Wedding of Miss Barbara Ball and Henry Hewitt, Jr., held May 24, 1941 at the Mount Baker Presbyterian Church, Seattle, followed by a reception at the Rainier Club. Four men in formal wear pictured at the wedding. The one only half seen on the right appears to be the father of the bride, R. Douglas Ball.

Weddings--Seattle--1940-1950;

Wedding of Miss Barbara Ball and Henry Hewitt, Jr., held May 24, 1941 at the Mount Baker Presbyterian Church, Seattle, followed by a reception at the Rainier Club. A woman believed to be Mrs. Henry Hewitt, second from right, sits with wedding guests..

Weddings--Seattle--1940-1950;

Wedding of Miss Barbara Ball and Henry Hewitt, Jr. The couple wed May 24, 1941 at the Mt. Baker Presbyterian Church in Seattle. The reception was held at the Rainier Club. The couple is photographed cutting their wedding cake. (T. Times 5/31/1941, pg. 5)

Weddings--Seattle--1940-1950; Ball, Barbara--Marriage; Hewitt, Henry; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Cakes;

The bride and groom pull away in their vehicle, pulling a string of tin cans and a "Just Married" sign. Georgann Leahey and Owen Thomas Gallagher were married at 10a.m. Tuesday August 12, 1941 at the Holy Cross Church, 10th & Verde. The wedding was followed by a reception at the family home, 3308 No. 33rd St. The couple will honeymoon in Canada and return to the new home that they are building on North Winifred St.

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Leahey, Georgann--Marriage;

Nancy Hewitt posed with her bridal party on her wedding day, June 28, 1939. The bride and eight attendants in long dresses held bouquets in front of a large window. The wedding was held at the Hewitt family home 615 No. E. St. Amy Lou Murray located second from right. (filed with Argentum)

Hewitt, Nancy--Marriage; Weddings--Tacoma--1930-1940; Wedding clothing & dress--1930-1940; Brides--1930-1940;

Wedding of Joyce Rosene and Robert Ellett at First Congregational Church. The bride and her attendants pose on the altar of the church on March 19, 1940. Joyce is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther W. Rosene of Tacoma and Robert, the son of Senator and Mrs. A.O. Ellett of Salt Lake City, Utah. Standing with the bride (order not determined) are: maid of honor Elinor Perkins, matron of honor Mrs. Austin Gibbons, bridesmaids Lillian Morisse, Mrs. Ernest J. Estes, Betty Donahue and Frances Newell, junior bridesmaid Betty Lou Babnick and flower girl Dorothy Ellen Babnick. Bernice Morse and Eunice Washburn also participated in the wedding as candlelighters. The best man (not pictured) was Glen Rosene, brother of the bride. (T.Times 3-6-1940, p. 9-announcement of wedding party; T.Times 3-20-1940, p. 11-article on wedding only) (filed with Argentum)

Rosene, Joyce Elizabeth--Marriage; First Congregational Church (Tacoma); Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950; Wedding attendants--Tacoma;

Marion Roseann Burns, now Monroe, shows off her wedding ring to a group of men that possibly includes her husband, Thomas Harbine Monroe, and his groomsmen. Best man for the wedding was A.E. Betz, Jr. Ushers were Bernard D. Elliott, Robert Martin, Manson Backus II and John C. Bardsley, Jr. The couple was married November 24, 1940 at the Christ Episcopal Church in Tacoma. (T. Times 11/25/1940, pg. 7)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Burns, Marion Roseann; Wedding costume--1940-1950;

Allen - Brewster wedding. Lilly Catherine Allen and Benjamin J. Brewster were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Allen, on October 7, 1939. The new Mrs. Brewster is pictured above in her gown of white satin and fingertip veil. She wore a large corsage of gardenias and roses. White and yellow 'mums and blue Michaelmas daisies provided an attractive setting for the wedding which was officiated by Rev. L. Edgar Taber and attended by close friends and relatives. The groom, Benjamin Brewster, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brewster. Both bride and groom graduated from Lincoln High School. The Sonya Mae Apartments was the couple's first home. (T.Times 10-10-39, p. 9-article; TNT 10-10-39, p. 8-article; T.Times 10-28-39, p. 4-cropped photograph)

Weddings--1930-1940; Brides--1930-1940; Wedding clothing & dress--1930-1940; Allen, Lilly Catherine--Marriage;

June 6, 1942 wedding of Barbara Bartley and William J. Rankin at Ferguson Chapel, First Presbyterian Church. Ruth Anderson served as her best friend's Maid of Honor and was attired in pink. Marianne Bartley, sister of the bride, and Joizell Wilkenson were bridesmaids; one was dressed in yellow and the other in aqua. Dale Darling was Best Man, assisted by Clinton Nordquist and Mose Dieffenbach. (T. Times 6/12/1942, pg. 8-announcement)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bartley, Barbara Joyce--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Rankin, William J.; World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950;

Friends of the bridegroom provided the music for the June 6, 1942 wedding of Barbara Joyce Bartley and William J. (Bill) Rankin. Pictured are Bill Rhodenbough, organist, and Bob Kirkpatrick, soloist. The pair performed the classic "Oh Promise Me." (T. Times 6/12/1942, pg. 8)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Rhodenbough, Bill; Kirkpatrick, Bob;

Doris Ristvet and Frank J. Malanca were married October 3, 1942 at Holy Rosary Church. They pose with their wedding party inside the church following the ceremony. Mrs. Bernard Bjorkman was matron of honor while Patricia Casper, Mrs. Ernest Manning and Genevieve Stemp served as bridesmaids for their friend. Bert Nigro was best man, and Bernard Bjorkman, Jr., Albert Malanca and Edward Stemp served as ushers.

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ristvet, Doris--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Malanca, Frank J.; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950; Wedding attendants--Tacoma; Holy Rosary Church (Tacoma);

Doris Ristvet and Frank J. Malanca were married October 3, 1042 at Holy Rosary Church. The reception was held at the church parish hall. The couple is pictured departing from what is most probably that building, while the remainder of the wedding party poses at the top of the stairs.

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ristvet, Doris--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950;

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;

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;

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;

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);

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);

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;

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;

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;