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801-2
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- 1934-08 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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These young women, wearing convention ribbons, were three of the "Alaska maidens" who attended the sixth annual Sourdough Reunion held in Tacoma August 16-19, 1934. "Alaska maidens" were girls born to prospectors who went to Alaska during the Klondike gold rush. On the left is Ethel Thibault, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Thibault of Portland, who was born in Dawson, Yukon in 1914. Next to her is Dorothy Flintoff, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Flintoff, 1112 So. Oakes St., Tacoma, who was born in Fairbanks in 1914. On the right is Lillian Smith, of Milton, the daughter of Mrs. Eva Buehner of Puyallup, born 1902 in Juneau. (T. Times 8/18/1934, pg. 1)
Thibault, Ethel; Smith, Lillian; Flintoff, Dorothy; Pioneers--Alaska;