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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A10627-1
Date(s)
- 1940-12-22 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Christmas display of the Nativity located on the front lawn of St. Joseph's Hospital, at So. 19th & "I" St. The figures appear to be wooden cutouts painted in a highly romanticized style. In the scene, the shepherds bow before the baby Jesus, who is lying in Mary's arms. The nativity was constructed, painted and arranged by Harold Johnson, of the hospital utility crew, on his own time. Characters in the scene are the Virgin Mary, Baby Jesus, Joseph, three shepherds, the innkeeper's wife and her small son. (T. Times 12/25/1940, pg. 1)
St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Creches (Nativity scenes); Christmas decorations;