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2563-4
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- 1935-05-09 (Creation)
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Looking north along West Side Dairy Road (54th Avenue East) at Milton Avenue (20th Street East). The photograph is likely taken from the Fife Fountain. It is now located 1/2 block east, in front of the Fife Pool. The fire in this photograph was covered in a front page article in the Tacoma Times. A disasterous windborne fire damaged and destroyed many homes and businesses in Fife Corners on May 9, 1935. Residents and volunteers did what they could to try to curtail the flames but the lack of fire fighting equipment and ready supply of water meant that over $20,000 of damage was incurred. (T.Times 5/10/1935 p.1)
Fires--Fife--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Fife--1930-1940; Kibe Produce Co. (Fife); Disasters--Fife--1930-1940; Crowds; Fife Drug Store (Fife);