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954-2
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- 1935 (Creation)
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ca. 1935. Publicity for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday Ball to benefit Infantile Paralysis (Polio) research. Two women and three little children, one on crutches, with a multi-layer cake in front of the Model Bakery. Ordered by Mr. Seigaus. In 1935, President Roosevelt's birthday was celebrated across the nation with proceeds going to polio research, a disease that afflicted the President himself. The Model Bakery was constructed in Tacoma in 1919 and was added onto for the next nine years. It has since been demolished.
Fund raising--Tacoma--1930-1940; March of Dimes (Tacoma); Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Bakeries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Model Bakery (Tacoma); Cakes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Orthopedic braces; Children--Tacoma--1930-1940;