Marietta Chamber of Commerce dinner photograph   Save
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Description: This photograph shows tables set at the Betsey Mills Club gymnasium for the annual Marietta Chamber of Commerce dinner. Keynote speeches at this event were given by U.S. Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield and Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche. At each place setting is a copy of "The Marietta Story," published in 1953 for the Marietta Chamber of Commerce dinner as part of the Ohio Sesquicentennial celebration. The booklet was created by S. Durward Hoag, President and Manager of the Hotel Lafayette in Marietta. Advertisements for various local stores and members of the Chamber of Commerce are hanging from the upper-level seating area and include: "Wainwrights, your friendly neighborhood Furniture Store;" "Tommy Windsor, Marietta's World Famous Banquet Entertainer;" "Carl E. Mead & Company, Complete Investment Programs;" "Remington Rand, Inc., Safe Cabinet Division;" "Elson Lumber;" "Brother's, Where Good Furniture Isn't Expensive;" "Marietta Paint, Fine Finished for Fifty Years;" and "Otto Brothers Department Store." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F18_005_1
Subjects: Banquets; Marietta (Ohio); Business and Labor; Chambers of Commerce
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)