Ordered for The Shield by Annie Wright Seminary. Members of the medical staff at Annie Wright Seminary observe one of the students: Miss Eileen Hooley, informary assistant and "baby corridor" housemother; Miss Alice H. Carey, nurse; and Dr. Joseph R. Turner, school physician. Student's name was not provided. Format 3 1/2" x 4 1/2". (1951 Shield yearbook, "Faculty" page)

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Annie Wright Seminary. Several girls from the lower school at Annie Wright Seminary are reading books in their school room. A chart on the wall lists, "Books I have read", and a list of words as well as samples of addition along the top of the blackboard. These girls are wearing the traditional sailors uniform for the lower classes.

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Annie Wright Seminary. Several girls are seen during swimming class at Annie Wright Seminary. The school provided aquatic formation and water ballet groups.

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Ordered for The Shield by Annie Wright Seminary. Members of the faculty at Annie Wright Seminary: Mrs. Martha A. Shand, assistant in 5-year kindergarten; Mrs. Gladys Foster, 3rd class; Miss Ruth N. Jackson, 7th class, english and social sturies; Mrs. Erdine W. Schwan, 5-year kindergarten; Miss Sarah B. Thompson, 6th class, mathematics and religious education; and Mrs. Jean V. Jepsen, 4-year kindergarten. (The Shield, 1951)Format 5" x 6".

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Annie Wright Seminary. Mr. Karl Weiss is pictured with two girls in the school library in November of 1951. He is explaining illustrations of Christ and Mary shown in a portfolio. Mr. Weiss taught civic and music classes at Annie Wright. The 1952 school yearbook, the "Shield," was dedicated to him in appreciation for all he had given to the students both spiritually and scholastically.

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Annie Wright Seminary dinner house. Young women seated at tables in dining room. A group of teachers or mothers are seated at a long table in background. For Mrs. Russell. Photograph was taken on November 19, 1951.

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The Junior Class (Class of 1953) are seen at Annie Wright Seminary. The junior class with 29 students was the largest junior class in the history of Annie Wright. They presented "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" for honorable mention at Halloween and "The Mikado" operetta. Names are listed in the school yearbook for 1952, The Shield.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The Reverend Canon Arthur Bell, Chaplain, (left) and The Right Reverend Stephen Fielding Bayne, Jr., President of Annie Wright Seminary's Board of Trustees are photographed outside the chapel at Annie Wright Seminary on March 18, 1952. Annie Wright is a private school, established in 1884. ("The Shield," school yearbook, 1952)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Bell, Arthur; Bayne, Stephen Fielding; Clergy--Tacoma--1950-1960; Chapels--Tacoma; Raynor Chapel (Tacoma);

A view from the grounds at Annie Wright Seminary across Puget Sound on the day of the annual Dad's Day festivities by the lower school. Ordered by Miss Jenkins.

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Twenty-five students graduated from Annie Wright Seminary in 1951. They pose outside for their group portrait in white gowns and motor boards. The students came from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii and British Columbia. (The Shield, 1951)

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An exterior view of Annie Wright Seminary from the south-east showing the open area next to the colonnade where many festivities took place.

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Daddies Day at Annie Wright Seminary Lower School. Elevated view of families and staff seated on wooden folding chairs at 11 tables set-up on school lawn. Servers provide food for the large crowd. Photograph was taken on May 17, 1952.

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Daddies Day at Annie Wright Semimary Lower School. Girls share notebooks and art projects with fathers in classroom. The uniform at this time was a sailor-style dress. Table-type desks are large, to accommodate both child and parent. These children and their dads were photographed on May 17, 1952.

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The presentation of 1952 May Queen Marilyn Earley to her court. Marilyn was a senior at Annie Wright where she was active in theatre, music and sports.

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Dads' Day at Annie Wright Seminary. Dads playing softball on May 5, 1952. Catcher prepares to catch ball as player swings bat and appears to connect a hit. Other fathers wait their turn or just enjoy the game.

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Some of the younger Annie Wright students perform in costume at the May Day program of 1952.

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Members of the 1952 Annie Wright Seminary graduating class in white cap and gown, flanked by Headmistress Ruth Jenkins and the Right Reverend Stephen Fielding Bayne, Jr. The graduating class totalled 20. Class officers were Joann Schafer, Ann Gowen and Carol Baldwin. Their colors were blue and white and their class slogan was "Onward and not for ourselves alone." (Annie Wright yearbook "The Shield 1952") see yearbook for graduating class names

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A rousing game of baseball is underway at Annie Wright's annual Dads Day celebration. Families were invited to the school and games were planned for this particular day set aside to honor students' Dads.

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Annie Wright lower school students in matching outfits for the 1952 May Day celebration.

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Annie Wright Seminary's 1952 May Day Queen Marilyn Earley, surrounded by her family. Marilyn Earley was from Gig Harbor and was the Student Body President. She was a member of Masque (the drama club), Choir and Glee Club and a First Team Hockey and Basketball Player. (Annie Wright yearbook "The Shield 1952")

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Photo of play rehearsal at Annie Wright Seminary, "The Mikado." The largest junior class in the history of Annie Wright presented the colorful Junior Operetta "The Mikado." Class officers were Leonna Saffren, Molly Dahlquist and Gloria Davis. (Annie Wright yearbook "The Shield 1952")

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Annie Wright upper-level students in costume for the 1952 May Day celebration.

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Dads' Day at Annie Wright Seminary. Large group of families and students sitting on wooden bleachers at the school watching the Dads baseball game.

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Baseball--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Annie Wright students, possibly middle schoolers, in matching slacks, sweaters and headscarfs for the 1952 May Day celebration.

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Several couples dance under a ceiling draped with crepe paper and balloons at the hop presented by the freshmen and sophomores annually for the upper grades at Annie Wright Seminary. This year's theme was an "Evening in Paris". Some of the girls have their dance cards strapped around their wrists.

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Charles Wright School students are building a snow man and having a snowball fight at Annie Wright Seminary in January of 1952. The newly fallen snow has outlined the branches of trees and covered the ground. The Charles Wright School had been added as an annex to Annie Wright two years prior so that brothers of Annie Wright pupils could have a place to attend after the 1949 earthquake severely damaged Lowell School. There were seventeen boys in the Charles Wright class in 1952. In 1957 the Charles Wright Academy would be created on a 127-acre site near University Place. (1952 Shield)

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Six students from Annie Wright's Freshman and Sophomore classes serve punch and cookies during the dance they presented for the upper grades at the seminary on January 26, 1952. The theme was an "Evening in Paris."

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The twenty-two girls from the freshmen class at Annie Wright in 1952 are almost all aboard a pickup truck for an outing. Many are wearing beanies with the numbers '55 on them. Saddle shoes and jeans, rolled up, are "in" this year. They helped present the Freshman-Sophomore Hop, "Evening in Paris", in January 1952. Ordered by Annie Wright Seminary for the school annual. (The Shield, 1952)

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Annie Wright Seminary's Masque Club presented "The Mad Woman of Chaillot" as their main production for the 1951-1952 school year under the direction of Miss Avalon. The play cast is seen on stage at Annie Wright Seminary. (The Shield, 1952)

Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Private schools--Tacoma; Theatrical productions--Tacoma;

Group of boys from Charles Wright School playing in snow at Annie Wright Seminary.

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