Washington State celebrated its Diamond Jubilee (75th anniversary) in November 1964 with a 600 pound cake. Although there had been concerns that the cake would not fit inside the doors of the Legislative Building, it survived the journey, accompanied by sisters Christy, Gayle, and Sarah Conger, of Olympia.
Daily Olympian photo, November 1964, State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1986.43.64.11.10.3.1
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2020