First shipment of custom-tailored suits shipped on hangers in specially constructed cases. The suits arrived at Klopfenstein's exactly as they left Hart, Shaffner & Marx. Left to right: Dick Bennett, Don Baker, Rod Shaw as pictured on March 1, 1938. (T.Times, 3/8/1938, p.19).

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In March of 1938 Klopfenstein's men's wear, 935-37 Broadway, received their first order of custom-tailored Hart Schaffner & Marx suits shipped on shaped hangers in specially constructed wooden cases. Watching the unpacking is Dick Bennett (far left), amateur tennis champion of Washington and California. He is wearing a gray herringbone Shetland three-button lounge coat and gray Hanley Hall hat. Don Baker of Klopfenstein's is showing Mr. Bennett how the suits are packed, and Rod Shaw, also of Klopfenstein's, is taking a new suit out of one of the special shipping cases. (T.Times, 3/8/1938, p.19).

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Klopfenstein's Clothiers, interior view of shoe department. Nunn-Bush shoe dealer. Klopfenstein's sold quality name brand clothing and shoes for men. They were located in downtown Tacoma at 935-37 Broadway. This photograph was taken on May 28, 1940. (filed with Argentum)

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