Ozanich-Combs wedding photo with bridesmaids and child.

Pierce-Bowers wedding photo with bride blowing out candles on a birthday cake.

Unknown bride and groom cutting into wedding cake.

Lindbloom-Lonts wedding photo bridal portrait.

Babich-Lovkovich wedding photo of bride holding veil.

Drielbirs-Lows wedding photo of the bride and groom getting into their vehicle.

Overhead shot of Yoshihara-Ikejiri wedding with bride and groom walking down the aisle and large floral arrangement in the background.

Bride and child at Yoshioka-Mizutani wedding holding floral arrangements. Display of bananas, apples and oranges can be seen in background.

Yoshioka-Mizutani wedding photo with bride and attendee wearing formal dress.

Jean Vennette McDonald and William Jepson were married on Saturday afternoon, August 17, 1941 at the Little Church on the Prairie. The wedding was followed by a reception at the Steilacoom Lake home of the bride's aunt and uncle, Mrs. and Mrs. Otto H. Weller. The wedding guests are pictured outside the large Dutch Colonial house in the trees. (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, and followed by a reception at the Rainier Club. The parents of the bride and groom pose for a portrait. On the left are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hewitt and on the right are Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglas Ball of Seattle.

Weddings--Seattle--1940-1950;

Wedding of Miss Barbara Ball and Henry Hewitt, Jr., held May 24, 1941 at the Mount Baker Presbyterian Church, Seattle. Pictured are the mothers of the bride and groom. On the left is believed to be Mrs. Henry Hewitt in a periwinkle blue lace dress with a fuchsia and black hat and purple orchids. To the right is believed to be Mrs. Ball in a dress with black lace over dusty pink, a Lily Dache hat with a green veil and green orchids. (T. Times 5/26/1941, pg. 11)

Weddings--Seattle--1940-1950; Ball, Douglas--Family; Hewitt, Henry--Family;

Despite the early hour on the wedding, 10 a.m. on August 12, 1941, Owen Thomas Gallagher, the groom, and a group of friends tap a keg in the basement during the reception. The wedding of Gallagher and Georgann Leahey was held at the Holy Cross Church, 10th & Verde. The following reception was at the bride's parents' home at 3808 No. 33rd St. The other men pictured are possibly Best Man William Gallagher and ushers Robert Gallagher, James McMenamin and Philip Brockert. (T. Times 8/16/1941, pg. 5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gallagher, Owen Thomas; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950;

Wedding in late spring of 1941 of Dorothy Walesby and Arthur Hagan at Immanuel Presbyterian Church. The bride and groom happily duck rice shower inside the front doors. Building by Russell and Babcock, Architects, 1909. [Also dated 06-13-1941]

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Walesby, Dorothy--Marriage; Hagan, Arthur; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding attendants--Tacoma;

Bridal portrait of Georgann Leahey Gallagher. Georgann Leahey and Owen Thomas Gallagher married at 10a.m. Tuesday August 12, 1941 at the Holy Cross Church, 10th & Verde, with the Rev. Martin Duggan officiating. The reception was held at the Leahey home. The bride is posed at her family home wearing her wedding gown of white satin with a sweetheart neckline, fitted bodice and long train and veil. She is carrying a prayerbook adorned with a white orchid. The bride is a graduate of Aquinas Academy. (T. Times 8/16/1941, pg. 5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Leahey, Georgann--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950;

The Georgann Leahey- Owen Thomas Gallagher wedding. The couple was married on August 12, 1941 at the Holy Cross Church. The wedding was followed by reception at the Leahey home, 3808 No. 33rd St. The bride and groom are pictured along with maid of honor Julia Jean Leahey (in blue) and bridesmaids (in pink and in no particular order) Mary Agnes Gallagher, Mrs. James McMenamin and Edna Fraser. William Gallagher was his brother's Best Man. The couples on the right are Mrs. and Mrs. William Gallagher (parents of the groom) and between them and the bridal couple are Mr. and Mrs. George W. Leahey (parents of the bride.) (T. Times 8/16/1941, pg. 5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Leahey, Georgann--Marriage; Gallagher, Owen Thomas; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950;

ca. 1942. Miraldi - Webb wedding. The wedding party is seated before decorated tables in this circa 1942 photograph. A traditional wedding cake awaits cutting by the new bride and groom. The bride's gown appears to be made of satin, with long sleeves, and she wears a bridal cap and veil.

Weddings--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Wedding attendants; Cakes;

Barbara Joyce Bartley (Rankin) and her new husband William J. Rankin sign the marriage license after their wedding ceremony on June 6, 1942. Onlookers included the Rev. J. Renwick McCullough, best man Dale Darling and maid of honor Ruth Anderson. (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;

On September 5, 1941, Lois Elizabeth Nelson and Dean Gifford Thompson were married in a romantic candlelight ceremony at the First Lutheran Church. The glowing bride is pictured with her attendants on the church's altar. Mrs. Thompson was attended by (in no particular order) her youngest sister Doris Nelson as maid of honor in a "rose dust" gown and four bridesmaids attired in aqua gowns, Mrs. Marco Magnano (also a sister), Charlene Anderson, Virginia Jones and Mrs. Victor Bernard Gunderson (matron of honor.) (T. Times 9/6/1941, pg. 5)

Brides--1940-1950; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; First Lutheran Church (Tacoma); Lutheran churches--Tacoma; Nelson, Lois Elizabeth--Marriage; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950;

The Julius Gius wedding party poses in front of the Rainbow Inn in Bremerton on their wedding day August 24, 1940. Mrs. Gius, the former Elizabeth Gail Alexander, stands in the center of the group. Julius Gius was the editor of the Bremerton Sun.

Weddings--Bremerton--1940-1950; Gius, Elizabeth Gail; Alexander, Elizabeth Gail--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Rainbow Inn (Bremerton);

Iva A. Poinsett and Julius W. Mann were married on December 17, 1944. Iva is wearing a beautiful necklace with her floral-lace wedding gown, she is holding a bouquet of roses and daffodils, while standing in front of a stone hearth, that holds two matching candlesticks.

Brides--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Poinsett, Iva A.--Marriage; Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Miss Frances Lee Macdonald and John C. Lowe were married in Seattle's Church of the Epiphany. Miss Macdonald was the daughter of Julia Lee (Mrs. Donald) Cavanaugh of Mount Vernon. John C. Lowe was the son of Mrs. John C. Lowe of Seattle. The service was read by the Rev. Elmer B. Christie before a gathering of guests from Tacoma, Everett and Seattle. A reception was held at the Seattle Tennis Club. (TNT, 12/29/1949, p.12)

Weddings--Seattle--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Macdonald, Frances Lee--Marriage; Lowe, John C.;

Detailed shot of unidentified lovely 50's era bride, Colman-Brown wedding, in embroidered lace headdress and scalloped edge satin gown. The bride holds a round bouquet of barely opened roses. Photo ordered by Dick Brown.

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Dolores Jeanne Vissel was married to William Talbott Harrar at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in October of 1948. Mrs. Harrar is seen here with her attendants attired in Elizabethan-style gowns of burgundy at the altar of the church. They are, L-R, Mrs. Harrar, Doris McFadden, Beverly Sjoroen, and Marilyn Whitman Anderson. (TNT, 11/7/1948, p.D-3)

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Tacoma); Brides--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Lutheran churches--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma; Vissel, Dolores Jeanne--Marriage; Wedding attendants--Tacoma;

Dorothy Mae Rudolph and James Allen Wasner's wedding ceremony included the Navy officers forming the traditional arch of swords. View of Dorothy Mae and James Allen Wasner cutting their wedding cake with a Navy sword; the couple's reception was held at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church rectory (T.N.T., 5/1/49, p. D-1).

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

Dorothy Mae Rudolph and Lieutenant James Allen Wasner were married on April 23, 1949 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in a traditional Catholic and Navy ceremony. View of Dorothy Mae and Lieutenant James Allen Wasner leaving St. Patrick's Catholic Church (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;

Retha Winifred Conlon and William F. Erwert were married in Sumner, Washington; the couple will be living in Oregon where the groom is enrolled in a Master's degree program at University of Oregon. View of wedding guests, possibly Conlon or Erwert family members, standing outside of Saint Andrew's Catholic Church (T.N.T., 6/12/49, p. D-11).

Weddings--Sumner--1940-1950; Marriage--Sumner; Families--Sumner; St. Andrew's Catholic Church (Sumner); Women--Clothing & dress--Sumner--1940-1950; Hats--1940-1950; Erwert, William F.--Family; Conlon, Retha Winifred--Family;

Retha Winifred Conlon, daughter of Peter O. and Rachel M. Conlon of Sumner, was married to William F. Erwert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Erwert of Woodburn, Oregon. The couple was married in Saint Andrew's Catholic Church in Sumner, Washington (T.N.T., 6/12/49, p. D-11).

Weddings--Sumner--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Altars--Sumner; Catholic churches--Sumner; St. Andrew's Catholic Church (Sumner); Erwert, William F.; Conlon, Retha Winifred--Marriage;

View of the Bowe-Light wedding party, the recently wedded Mr. and Mrs. Light are standing in the center; church altar in background. The groom and groomsmen are wearing white tuxedo jackets with black pants and ties; the beautiful bride is wearing a lovely dress with a princess collar, long sleeves and a gathered waist; the bridesmaid's dresses are similar in style. The bride is the former Clare Bowe, who was the 1948 Miss Tacoma.

Weddings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Altars--Tacoma; Love; Bowe, Clare--Marriage;

Helen Ruth Lydia Ramstad and her bridesmaids pose in front of the altar at Trinity Lutheran Church. Miss Ramstad and Orville Eldon Kyllo were married August 20, 1949. The bridesmaids wear light-colored, floor-length dresses but not of the same design. The bride's train curves around in front of her into a puddle. The attendants carry sprays of gladiolus. (TNT, 8/28/1949, p.D-7)

Brides--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950; Weddings--Parkland--1940-1950; Altars--Parkland; Trinity Lutheran Church (Parkland); Lutheran churches--Parkland; Ramstad, Helen Ruth Lydia--Marriage;