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| Title | Eastern Stars ball, Tacoma, 1961 |
| Photographer | Zirnis, Vilis |
| Date | 1961 |
| Caption | The photo captures the grand march at the Eastern Stars ball. The queen (far left) was Seattle resident Fern Johnson Proctor. |
| Notes | The Eastern Stars is a women's group related to the Masons.
Handwritten on verso: 1961 - Tacoma. Fern Proctor, Queen for Year. Leon Warrick.
Stamped on verso: Vilis Zirnis, Photography, 803 No. "M" Street, Tacoma, Wash. |
| Subjects | Balls (Parties)--Washington (State)--Tacoma
Fraternal organizations--Washington (State)--Tacoma
African Americans--Washington (State)--Tacoma
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| Personal Names | Proctor, Fern Cogswell |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma |
| Digital Collection | Black Heritage Society Collection |
| Image Number | 2003.03.2.05 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions, contact: TheBoard@blackheritagewa.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 400 ppi TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
