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Standing behind three bowling pins and a bowling ball, five women wearing the same dresses as their team “uniforms” played on the 1306 Tavern Team. At the bottom of the picture, there's a newspaper clipping that says “Bowlers Style – the 1306 Tavern girls from Tacoma won the distinction of being the best dressed bowling team as they stepped to the footlights ...” Bowling was a popular sport nationwide for women at the time. In 1917, the Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) was formed and it grew into the world's largest sports organization.
Photo of women's bowling team, the 1306 Tavern Team. Pasted at bottom center is a newspaper clipping: "Bowlers Style - The 1306 Tavern girls from Tacoma won the distinction of being the best dressed bowling team as the stepped to the footlights in pert bLexicon
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