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- 1969-03-12
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Ruby Gray and Leonard Butler display two rare celebrity items that were to be auctioned on Saturday, March 15, 1969, to benefit the Tri-Mart Youth Center. One is a pen used by President Lyndon Baines Johnson to sign a bill. The other, a beautiful scarf, once belonged to Princess Grace of Monaco. Among the other items to be auctioned was one of Bing Crosby's wallets. The Tri-Mart Youth Center was sponsored by the Tri-Mart Multi-Service Center, a unit of the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. Photograph ordered by the O.D.I. (TNT 3-14-69, A-6)
Gray, Ruby; Butler, Leonard; Auctions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Pens; Scarves; African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970;