page_title: Victor Aloysius Meyers
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: Victor Aloysius Meyers / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: Trianon Building, Belltown, Seattle, Washington. The former Trianon Ballroom.
context_page_description: Victor Aloysius "Vic" Meyers was an American jazz bandleader and politician. He served for 20 years as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Washington and an additional eight years as the 10th Secretary of State of Washington.
context_section_description: Born in Little Falls, Minnesota, Meyers was the fifteenth of 16 children. His mother was a pianist; his father Morrison County treasurer. Meyers became a multi-instrumental musician, with drums as his first instrument. His family moved to Oregon. In his teens, Meyers played drums professionally at a Seaside, Oregon hotel.
caption: The former Trianon Ballroom, now an office building.
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